The Finnish government proposes to transfer the state-owned Metso Corporation shares to Solidium Oy

Metso Corporation Company Release, October 22, 2008 at 5.45 p.m. Metso Corporation has today been informed of the following:

The Finnish State and Solidium Oy (company id 0866693-1) inform about an arrangement that would result in the Finnish State’s holdings in Metso Corporation to fall below and Solidium Oy’s holdings to exceed the thresholds set out in the Finnish Securities Markets Act, section 9 of chapter 2….more at Metso.com