Metso Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Nico Delvaux to start as Metso's President and CEO on August 1, 2017

Nico Delvaux to start as Metso's President and CEO on August 1, 2017

Metso Corporation's stock exchange release on May 15, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. EET

Metso Corporation's new President and CEO Nico Delvaux will join Metso on July
1, 2017, and will assume his duties as President and CEO on August 1, 2017.

Nico Delvaux will join Metso from Atlas Copco, where he served lately as Senior
Executive Vice President and Business Area President for Compressor Technique.
He was appointed Metso's President and CEO on May 3, 2017.

Metso is a world leading industrial company serving the mining, aggregates,
recycling, oil, gas, pulp, paper and process industries. We help our customers
improve their operational efficiency, reduce risks and increase profitability by
using our unique knowledge, experienced people and innovative solutions to build
new, sustainable ways of growing together.
Our products range from mining and aggregates processing equipment and systems
to industrial valves and controls. Our customers are supported by a broad scope
of services and a global network of over 80 service centers and about 6,000
services professionals. Metso has an uncompromising attitude towards safety.

Metso is listed on the NASDAQ Helsinki Ltd, Finland, and had sales of about EUR
2.6 billion in 2016. Metso employs over 11,000 persons in more than 50
countries. Expect results.

www.metso.com, www.twitter.com/metsogroup


Further information, please contact:
Matti Kähkönen, President and CEO, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3000


Metso Corporation


Eeva Sipilä
CFO


Juha Rouhiainen
VP, Investor Relations


Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd
Media
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