Metso Corporation's Financial statements will be published on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at about 12:00 p.m. Finnish time/EET (10:00 a.m. GMT, 11:00 a.m. CET, 5:00 a.m. EST)

The news conferences

Metso will hold two news conferences in Helsinki on Thursday, February 3, 2011

• The press conference for media in Finnish will be arranged at 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Finnish time

• The news conference with live webcast and conference call for investors and analysts in English will be arranged at the following local times:

• 03:00 p.m. EET (Helsinki)
• 01:00 p.m. GMT (London)
• 02:00 p.m. CET (Paris)
• 08:00 a.m. EST (New York)

Both events will take place at Metso Group Head Office, Fabianinkatu 9 A, Helsinki, Finland.

The news conference in English can also be followed through a live webcast at www.metso.com/investors or through a simultaneously arranged conference call. Due the live webcast, we are kindly asking those attending the news conference starting at 3:00 p.m. EET, to be present 5 minutes prior the start of the event.

Conference call details

Conference call participants are requested to dial in a few minutes prior to the start of the teleconference

• US: +1 334 323 6201
• other countries: +44 20 7162 0025 or +44 20 7162 0077
• please quote: : 885192


A replay will be available for 7 days until midnight on February 11, 2011 on the following phone numbers:
• US: +1 954 334 0342
• other countries: +44 20 7031 4064
• access code: 885192

After the news conference there will be an audio file (mp3) available for downloading and at the latest on Monday, February 7 also a transcript of the event at www.metso.com/Investors.

The presentation material will be available after the publishing of Metso Corporation's Financial Statements 2011 at www.metso.com/Investors.

You are most welcome to participate in these events.

Metso Corporation