Kesko Oyj: Kesko's Annual Report, Corporate Governance Statement and Remuneration Statement for 2011

KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 23.03.2012 AT 09.00 1(1)

Kesko's Annual Report, a separate Corporate Governance Statement and a Remuneration Statement for 2011, referred to in the Finnish Corporate Governance Code, have today been published in Finnish and English. The Annual Report includes the financial statements, the consolidated financial statements, the Report by the Board of Directors and the Auditors' Report.

The Annual Report, the Corporate Governance Statement and the Remuneration Statement can be read and downloaded from www.kesko.fi/investors. Printed Annual Reports can be ordered from the same web address.

Further information is available from Investor Relations Manager Riikka Toivonen, telephone [phone].

Kesko Corporation

Merja Haverinen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Responsibility

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Keskos_Annual_Report_2011 (http://hugin.info/3055/R/1596717/503140.pdf)
Kesko_Remuneration_Statement_for_2011 (http://hugin.info/3055/R/1596717/503142.pdf)
Keskos_Corporate_Governance_Statement_2011 (http://hugin.info/3055/R/1596717/503141.pdf)

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