Wärtsilä - Changes in company's own shares

Notification in accordance with the Finnish Securities Market Act Chapter 2 §9: Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland r.f. increased holding in Wärtsilä Corporation

Wärtsilä Corporation Changes in company's own shares 9.10.2007 at
9.45 a.m. local time

Wärtsilä Corporation has today received a notice from Svenska
Litteratursällskapet i Finland r.f. that it has purchased Wärtsilä
shares on the 22 August 2007 and now owns over 1/20 of the company's
votes. Following the transaction Svenska Litteratursällskapet i
Finland r.f. owns 1,546,596 A shares and 17,000 B shares giving a
total holding of 1,563,596 Wärtsilä shares or 1.63% of Wärtsilä's
share capital and 5.03% of the total votes.

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