2011-08-19 Share repurchase 19.8.2011

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We are a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, and our job is to make the world’s cities better places to live. Find out about our history, vision and strategy, our organization, as well as our innovations. Overview

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Vision and strategy

Our vision is to create the best People Flow® experience. Read more about our vision, strategy and our value.

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Culture

KONE's company culture consists of three core principles and four company values.

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Organization and management

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History

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Innovations

At KONE, our track record in research and development means we hold more than 3,000 patents across our businesses. Read more about KONE's ground breaking innovations and solutions

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KONE high-rise laboratories

High-rise, laboratory, elevator testing, Tytyri, China Zun, Kunshan, Jeddah Tower, UltraRope, JumpLift, Free falling test.

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Innovating together

By working with many companies and organizations, across different industries, we can create the best people flow experience together.

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Join the KONE “Veturi” ecosystem

The mission of the ecosystem is to develop smooth and sustainable services and solutions for the next 1 billion people moving into cities by 2030.
Products & services
Products & services

Discover our world-class services and innovative solutions for new buildings and existing buildings – everything you need for smooth people flow. Overview

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Elevators, escalators and automatic doors

Explore the elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors solutions suitable for new buildings.

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Maintenance and modernization

Explore our maintenance and modernization solutions which help make your existing equipment runs smoothly throughout its lifetime.

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KONE Care - preventive maintenance

Create a tailor-made maintenance plan for your elevators, escalators and building doors together with KONE. Choose the services that best meet your needs and stay up to date wherever you are with smart digital tools.

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KONE Care™ DX

Boost user experience, maximize uptime and prolong your elevator’s life with a sustainable maintenance service for KONE DX Class elevators.

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KONE 24/7 Connected Services

KONE 24/7 Connected Services provides valuable information on upcoming maintenance needs and identifies any potential issues before they cause problems. We connect your elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors to our cloud-based service and use artificial intelligence-based analytics to m

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Elevator modernization

Boost your elevator's reliability, eco-efficiency, comfort, and appearance — and bring it in line with the latest safety and accessibility standards — with our modernization solutions for all needs and budgets.

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Escalator modernization

With modernization, your escalators will become more energy-efficient, reliable, and most importantly safer.

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Advanced people flow solutions

Make your building smarter and offer users a great experience with advanced solutions for security, comfort and convenience.

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KONE Office Flow

KONE Office Flow is a modular, connected solution that adapts with the needs of your building and its users, providing smooth people flow with touch-free access and personalized user experiences that make office environments more attractive and efficient.

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Health and well-being solutions

Get KONE’s touchless and cleaning solutions to keep your elevators, escalators, and doors safe, and healthy.

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KONE office solutions

Rethinking the office experience is key to success. Create the best People Flow experience with KONE’s innovative solutions for the workplace environment.

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For special buildings and large projects

KONE Major Projects has a team of experts ready to help you anywhere in the world with your most challenging and complex projects. Read more.

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Solutions for greener buildings

We support sustainable and green building through our energy-efficient and innovative offering, healthy, functional and sustainable materials, as well as transparent documentation about the environmental impacts of our products.

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LEED

Next-generation green building with KONE and LEED

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BREEAM

BREEAM helps building developers, owners, and operators manage and mitigate risk through demonstrating sustainability performance during planning, design, construction, operation, or refurbishment. KONE supports you with achieving BREEAM International NC 2016 credits

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Lifecycle impact assessments

KONE’s environmental responsibility covers the full life cycle of its products from design and manufacturing to installation, maintenance, modernization, and end-of-life treatment.

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Best-in-class energy efficiency

KONE was the first elevator and escalator company to achieve the best A class energy efficiency classification for a number of our installations. Read more about our products' energy-efficiency.

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Cybersecurity in our digital solutions
Careers
Careers

Learn about KONE as an employer and browse open positions at KONE. Overview

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Open positions

Your next career begins at KONE. Browse open positions.

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Professionals and technical experts

At KONE you work on challenging international projects in teams that are eager to learn and develop. Find out what it is like to work at KONE.

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Technology and innovation careers

Creating industry-leading solutions that move billions of people every day. Join KONE Technology and Innovation and get people moving.

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Software and digital

Software and digital expertise - IoT, analytics, AI, automation, simulation, to name a few - are essential for building the next generation of solutions for moving people.

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Hardware and engineering

Our hardware and mechanical engineering professionals get to create and develop products that are used by millions of people every day: products that are widely recognized for their quality and innovation.

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Design

Our design team lies at the heart of customer experience, whether that’s service, UX, or product design. At KONE, design principles are factored into product development from day one thanks to KONE’s end-to-end product teams.

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Students and graduates

Are you a student or recent graduate, looking for an opportunity to work abroad? Explore the opportunities here.

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We offer

We are proud to offer a range of reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work. Read more.

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Recruitment process

Find out our recruitment process here.

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FAQ

Got questions on recruitment at KONE? You are in the right place. Check out the frequently asked questions page.
Investors
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You can find KONE's financial related information, financial reports and presentations here. Overview

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KONE as an investment

Are you interested in investing in KONE? Here you can find basic information about KONE as an investment.

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Why invest in KONE?

Find out the key financial figures and learn more about the mega trends that support the growth of the elevator and escalator business.

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Strategy and growth drivers

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Business model

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Markets

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KONE as a sustainable investment

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KONE factsheet

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FAQ

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Financials and outlook

Check out our key financial figures and ratios.

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Key figures

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Outlook

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Financial targets

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Financing facilities

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Consensus estimates

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Capital management

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KONE Share

In this section, you can find all the information about our share.

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Share tools

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Treasury shares

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Dividends and splits

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Reports and presentations

This is your one-stop-shop for KONE's investor publications - interim and annual reports, presentations, webcasts, transcripts and more.

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Financial reports

All reports and presentations from the year 2005 are available here, as well as webcasts and transcripts from 2014.

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Other presentations

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Podcasts

KONE IR Insights is a podcast provided by KONE's Investor Relations team. You can find links to the released episodes here.

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Accounting principles

Read more about KONE's accounting principles.

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Shareholders

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Major shareholders and ownership structure

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Flaggings

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Managers' transactions

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Capital Markets Days

KONE holds Capital Markets Day to provide an update on strategy and business performance to institutional investors and analysts. You can find the Capital Markets Day's webcasts and presentations here.

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2022

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2020

KONE hosted its 2020 Capital Markets Day in virtual form on September 29.

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2018

KONE’s Capital Markets Day 2018 was held in Helsinki on September 25, 2018. The day included presentations by President and CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth, EVP Service Business Hugues Delval, EVP Asia-Pacific (excl. China) Axel Berkling, EVP Greater China William B. Johnson and CFO Ilkka Hara.

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2017

The day included presentations from President and CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth, CFO Ilkka Hara, EVP Greater China William B. Johnson, EVP Central and North Europe Thomas Hinnerskov and EVP Service Business Hugues Delval.

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2016

The day included presentations from President and CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth, EVP Greater China William B. Johnson, EVP Americas Larry Wash, CTO Tomio Pihkala.

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Previous years

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Annual general meetings

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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Previous years

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Governance

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Board of Directors and Management

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Remuneration

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Risk management

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Internal Control

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Auditing

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Insiders

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Code of Conduct

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Tax Strategy

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Articles of Association

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Investor service

You can find our investor relations team's contact information.

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Contacts

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Investor calendar

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Analysts
Sustainability
Sustainability

We choose sustainability every day Overview

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Environment

We help create smart and sustainable cities

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Carbon neutrality

Learn more about our targets for net zero emissions

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Circular economy

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Diversity, equity and inclusion

Diversity makes us unique, inclusion makes us powerful. At KONE, we strive to build and nurture an inclusive culture that promotes and values diversity.

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Accessibility

KONE solutions are designed to improve accessibility within buildings for all users.

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Ethics and compliance

Being a good corporate citizen

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Human rights

Our human rights policy and program focus on the human rights topics that have been recognized as the most relevant to our business and operations.

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KONE Compliance Line

Link to KONE Compliance line to report a suspected violation of KONE’s code of conduct.

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Safety and quality

Safety and quality are integral parts of our culture

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Employee safety

Safety is an integral part of our way of working. We work safely, care for others and actively encourage safe practices.

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End-user safety

Safety is top of the agenda at KONE, and it is our strong belief that all accidents are preventable.

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Customer and partner safety

We, at KONE, work closely with our customers to help them recognize and deal with situations that could lead to safety risks. We communicate actively about safety, organize activities and provide training along with educational materials to our customers and the general public to help equipment user

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Quality

At KONE, quality is embedded in everything we do, from customer interaction and product planning all the way to the services we offer. Read more.

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Our Sustainability Report

KONE's sustainability report explains KONE's role in terms of social, environmental and economic responsibility. The report covers topics that are considered material in terms of corporate responsibility, and follows the global GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) reporting framework.

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Materiality Assessment

Identifying material topics

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Sustainability recognition

KONE has earned positive recognition from third parties that assess the sustainability of our operations.
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News & Insights
News & Insights

This is your one-stop shop for our latest press and stock exchange releases, media contact information, stories from our industry, and KONE publications. Overview

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Releases

Find all our press releases and stock exchange releases to get you updated with the latest news from KONE.

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Stories

Explore our stories from around the world.

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Podcasts

Urbanization, digitalization, and our future cities; discover new perspectives in The Flow of Urban Life podcast by KONE.

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Publications

We publish a range of global reports and brochures to share information about our business and solutions. You can also find news and information in our global stock exchange and press releases.

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Events

Don’t miss out on KONE Experience to discover the path to smarter, more sustainable cities.

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KONE Experience 2022

Revisit the KONE Experience 2022 to learn about the trends, challenges, and opportunities in building smart and sustainable cities.
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In the Helsinki Stock Exchange


Trade date	19.8.2011
Bourse trade	BUY
Share	KNEBV
Amount	147.870 shares
Total cost	5.383.962,19 EUR
Average price/ share	36,4101 EUR
Highest price/ share	37,00 EUR
Lowest price/ share	35,86 EUR

KONE Corporation now holds a total of 5.528.120 shares including the shares repurchased on 19.8.2011.

On behalf of Kone Corporation

NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC

Petri Simberg

Julius Summanen

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