The Board of Directors of Kesko Corporation proposed to the Annual General Meeting to be held on 26 March 2024 that a dividend of EUR 1.02 per share be paid for the year 2023 based on the adopted balance sheet on shares held outside the company at the date of dividend distribution. The remaining distributable assets will remain in equity. The Board proposes that the dividend be paid in four instalments.

The first instalment of EUR 0.26 per share is to be paid to shareholders registered in the company's register of shareholders kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd. on the instalment's record date 28 March 2024. The Board proposes that the dividend instalment pay date be 9 April 2024. The second instalment of EUR 0.25 per share is to be paid to shareholders registered in the company's register of shareholders kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd. on the instalment's record date 16 July 2024.

The Board proposes that the dividend instalment pay date be 23 July 2024. The third instalment of EUR 0.26 per share is to be paid to shareholders registered in the company's register of shareholders kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd. on the instalment's record date 15 October 2024. The Board proposes that the dividend instalment pay date be 22 October 2024.

The fourth instalment of EUR 0.25 per share is to be paid to shareholders registered in the company's register of shareholders kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd. on the instalment's record date 14 January 2025. The Board proposes that the dividend instalment pay date be 21 January 2025. The Board proposes it be authorised to decide, if necessary, on new dividend payment record dates and pay dates for the second, third and/or fourth instalments, if the rules and statutes of the Finnish book-entry system change or otherwise so require.

As at the date of the proposal for the distribution of profit, 29 January 2024, a total of 397,769,511 shares were held outside the company, and the corresponding total amount of dividends is EUR 405,724,901.22. The distributable assets of Kesko Corporation total EUR 1,584,703,413.17, of which profit for the financial year is EUR 509,617,838.22.