Valmet Corporation - Major shareholder announcements

Notification according to chapter 9, section 5 of the Securities Market Act: Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC's ownership in Valmet exceeds 5 percent

Valmet Corporation's stock exchange release on October 17, 2014 at 9:45 a.m. EET

Valmet Corporation (business ID 2553019-8) has on October 16, 2014 received a
notification referred to in Securities Market Act from Franklin Templeton
Institutional, LLC, stating that the company's ownership and share of votes in
Valmet Corporation exceeds the threshold of 5 percent (1/20).

As a result of share transactions on October 15, 2014, the holding of Franklin
Templeton Institutional, LLC increased to 7,517,629 shares, representing an
ownership of 5.02 percent of Valmet Corporation's total number of shares and
share of votes. Previously, the holding of Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC
was below 5 percent.

Valmet Corporation has one series of shares in which each share carries one
vote. The aggregate number of shares is 149,864,619.


Further information, please contact:
Hanna-Maria Heikkinen, VP, Investor Relations, Valmet Corporation, tel.
+358 10 672 0007


VALMET CORPORATION

Markku Honkasalo
CFO

Hanna-Maria Heikkinen
VP, Investor Relations


Valmet Corporation is a leading global developer and supplier of services and
technologies for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our 11,000 professionals
around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our
customers' performance forward - every day.

Valmet's services cover everything from maintenance outsourcing to mill and
plant improvements and spare parts. Our strong technology offering includes
entire pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power
plants for bio-energy production.

The company has over 200 years of industrial history and was reborn through the
demerger of the pulp, paper and power businesses from Metso Group in December
2013. Valmet's net sales in 2013 were approximately EUR 2.6 billion. Valmet's
objective is to become the global champion in serving its customers.

Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.

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