2007-01-11 KONE Publishes 1 January, 2006–31 December, 2006 Financial Statement Bulletin and Pro Forma Report for 2006 on Friday, 26 January, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.

KONE Corporation will publish its Financial Statement Bulletin for the accounting period 1 January, 2006–31 December, 2006 on Friday, 26 January, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. Finnish time.

In order to facilitate the evaluation of the financial performance and status of the company, a separate Pro Forma Report is published, where the company uses 1 January–31 December, 2005 data for comparison. (KONE Corporation demerged into two separately listed corporations, KONE Corporation and Cargotec Corporation, on 1 June, 2005.) The reviews will be available on the company website at www.kone.com after publishing.

A meeting for the press, conducted in Finnish, will be held on Friday 26 January, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. Finnish time at KONE Building, address Keilasatama 3, 02150 Espoo.

A telephone conference and a meeting for analysts, conducted in English, will begin at 3:30 p.m. Finnish time at KONE Building, address Keilasatama 3, 02150 Espoo. The telephone conference will also be available as webcast on the company website. Callers may access the conference directly at the following telephone numbers:

US callers: +1 334 323 6201
Non-US callers: +44 (0)20 7162 0025
Participant code: KONE

On demand version of the conference will be available on the company website www.kone.com later the same day.

KONE’s Financial Statement and Pro Forma Report for 2006, and presentation material will be available in the meetings. The presentation material and KONE’s Annual Report for 2006 will be available in pdf-format on the company website as of 2:00 p.m. The printed Annual Report will be published in the week starting 5 February.

The stock exchange announcements and releases published by KONE Corporation in 2006 can be reviewed on the company’s website at www.kone.com.

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Aimo Rajahalme
Executive Vice President,
Finance & IR

Minna Mars
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Communications

For further information, please contact:

Sophie Jolly, Vice President, IR, tel.+358 204 75 4534

KONE is one of the world’s leading elevator and escalator companies. It provides its customers with industry-leading elevators and escalators and innovative solutions for their maintenance and modernization. KONE also provides maintenance of automatic building doors. In 2005, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 3.2 billion and about 27,000 employees. Its class B shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.