KONE Publishes January-June, 2006 Interim Report on 19 July, 2006, at 12:30 p.m.

KONE Corporation will publish its Interim Report for the period 1 January–30 June, 2006 on Wednesday, 19 July, 2006 at 12:30 p.m. Finnish time. The report will be available on the company website at www.kone.com after publishing.

A meeting for the press and analysts will be on 19 July, 2006, at 3:00 p.m. at KONE Building, address Keilasatama 3, Espoo.

A telephone conference for analysts and investors, conducted in English, will begin at 5:00 p.m. Finnish time and will also be available as audio 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.

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Aimo Rajahalme
Executive Vice President,
Finance

Minna Mars
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Communications & IR

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 Exchanges.

www.kone.com