KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, February 9, 2026, at 03:55 p.m. EET
KONE Corporation's long-term incentive plan: transfer of shares and change in holding of treasury shares
The Board of Directors of KONE Corporation has decided on 5 February, 2026 based on the authorization given by the company's annual general meeting in 2025, on a directed share issue without consideration to pay the share reward under the company's performance based long-term incentive plan 2023-2025 and restricted share plans 2023 and 2024.
In the share issue on 9 February 2026, KONE Corporation has assigned a total of 378,499 KONE class B shares held by the company to 414 key employees participating in the Group's performance based long-term incentive plan's performance period 2023-2025. KONE has also assigned a total of 20,714 KONE class B shares held by the company to participants of the Restricted Share Plan 2023 and a total of 8,449 KONE class B shares held by the company to participants of the Restricted Share Plan 2024. The shares assigned constitute the share portion of the reward payments.
The shares were transferred on 9 February 2026. After the transfer, KONE Corporation holds 11,129,576 of its own class B shares.
For further information, please contact:
Kaija Bridger, Executive Vice President, People & Communications, tel. +358 20 475 4292
Sender:
KONE Corporation
Niina Vilske
Secretary to the Board
Kaija Bridger
Executive Vice President, People &
Communications
About KONE
At KONE, our purpose is to shape the future of cities. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we move two billion people every day, making their journeys safe, convenient, and reliable with smart and sustainable People Flow®. In 2025, KONE had annual sales of EUR 11.2 billion, and at the end of the year over 60,000 employees in close to 70 countries. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.