K-ryhmä: Kesko Corporation: Disclosure in compliance with Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act (20.9.2024)

According to the notification, on 20 September 2024, BlackRock, Inc.'s holding in Kesko Corporation, including holding through financial instruments, fell below the threshold of five (5) per cent of shares.

According to the notification of BlackRock, Inc.:

% of % of shares Total of Total number of shares
shares and voting both in % and voting rights of
and rights (A + B) issuer
voting through
rights financial
(total instruments
of A) (total of B)
Resulting Below Below 5% Below 5% 400,079,008 shares
situation on the 5% shares shares
date on shares 1,542,611,260 voting
which threshold Below 5% Below 5% rights
was crossed or Below voting rights voting
reached 5% rights
voting
rights
Position of 4,87% 0.13% shares 5.00% ------------------------
previous shares shares
notification Below 5%
(if applicable) Below voting rights Below 5%
5% voting
voting rights
rights

A: Shares
and voting
rights
Class/type Number % of shares and voting rights
of of
shares shares
and
voting
rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(SMA 9:5) (SMA 9:6 (SMA 9:5) (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)
and 9:7)
FI0009000202 Below 5% Below 5% shares
shares
Below 5% voting rights
Below 5%
voting
rights
SUBTOTAL A Below 5% Below 5% shares
shares
Below 5% voting rights
Below 5%
voting
rights

B:
Financial
Instruments
according
to
SMA 9:6a
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Physical Number % of shares
financial date Conversion or of and voting
instrument Period cash shares rights
settlement and
voting
rights
Securities N/A N/A Physical Below 5% Below 5%
Lent  shares  shares

Below 5% Below 5%
voting voting rights
rights
CFD N/A N/A Cash Below 5% Below 5%
 shares  shares

Below 5% Below 5%
voting voting rights
rights
SUBTOTAL B Below 5% Below 5%
 shares  shares

Below 5% Below 5%
voting voting rights
rights

Kesko Corporation's share capital is divided into A shares and B shares. The total number of shares is 400,079,008 of which 126,948,028 (31,7%) are A shares and 273,130,980 (68.3%) are B shares. The total amount of own B shares held by the company is 2,122,600.

The full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity is presented in the enclosed attachment.

Further information is available from Lasse Luukkainen, Executive Vice President, Legal and Sustainability, tel. +358 105 322 818.

Kesko Corporation

DISTRIBUTION
Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd
Main news media
www.kesko.fi

Attachment: Annex