Kesko Corporation has on 28 May 2019 received a notification pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Market Act from Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company. According to the notification, on 28 May 2019, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company’s holding has exceeded the threshold of five (5) per cent for shares and ten (10) per cent for voting rights. Total position of Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company subject to the notification: +-----------------+-------+---------------+------+-------------------------+ | |% of |% of shares and|% of |Total number of shares | | |shares |voting rights |total |and voting rights in | | |and |through | |issuer | | |voting |financial | | | | |rights |instruments | | | +-----------------+-------+---------------+------+-------------------------+ |Resulting |5.51% |0.00 |5.51% |100,019,752 shares and | |situation on the |and | |and |385,652,815 voting rights| |date on |10.72% | |10.72%| | |which the | | | | | |threshold was | | | | | |crossed or | | | | | |reached | | | | | +-----------------+-------+---------------+------+-------------------------+ |Position of |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 | | |previous flagging| | | | | |notification (if | | | | | |applicable) | | | | | +-----------------+-------+---------------+------+-------------------------+ Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: ACM. Shares and voting rights +------------+----------+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+ |Class / type|Number of |% of shares and voting rights | |of shares |shares and | | |ISIN code |voting | | | |rights | | +------------+----------+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+ | |Direct |Indirect|Direct |Indirect | | |(SMA 9:5) |(SMA 9:6|(SMA 9:5) |(SMA 9:6 and 9:7) | | | |and 9:7)| | | +------------+----------+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+ |FI0009007900|3,981,271 | |3.98% of shares and | | | |shares and| |10.32% of voting rights| | | |39,812,710| | | | | |voting | | | | | |rights | | | | +------------+----------+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+ |FI0009000202|1,534,032 | |1.53% of shares and | | | | | |0.40% of voting rights | | +------------+----------+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+ |SUBTOTAL |5,515,303 |5.51% of shares and 10.72% of voting rights| +------------+----------+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+ Further information is available from Mika Majoinen, EVP, Group General Counsel, tel. +358 105 322 206. Kesko Corporation DISTRIBUTION Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd Main news media www.kesko.fi