Kesko Oyj (HEL:KESAV) KESKO CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE 05.12.2008 AT 12.00 1(1)

The President of the Republic has granted the Finnish honorary title of vuorineuvos to Kesko Corporation's President and CEO Matti Halmesmäki, M.Sc. (Econ.), LL.M.

President and CEO Matti Halmesmäki was born in 1952. He started employment with Kesko in 1980 and since then, has held several key positions, for example, Executive Vice President, Finance and Accounting, and President of Rautakesko Ltd. During the period 1989-2000, he acted as a member of Kesko Corporation's Board of Directors. Since 1 March 2005, he has acted as the Kesko Group's President and CEO.

Matti Halmesmäki holds the following positions of trust, among others: Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, Board member of the Federation of Finnish Commerce, and Board member of the Central Chamber of Commerce.

More detailed information about President and CEO Matti Halmesmäki's career path and positions of trust can be read at www.kesko.fi/Group and http://aineistopankki.kesko.fi/kesko_en.

Kesko Corporation Corporate Communications and Responsibility

Paavo Moilanen Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Responsibility telephone +358 1053 22764

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Kesko Oyj

http://www.kesko.fi

ISIN: FI0009007900

Stock Identifier: XHEL.KESAV

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