Metso Oyj - Company Announcement

INVITATION TO A NEWS CONFERENCE

Metso Corporation's Interim Review for January - March 2009

Metso Corporation's Press Release on April 15, 2009 at 11.45 a.m.

Metso Corporation's Interim Review for January - March 2009 will be
published on Tuesday April 28, 2009 at about 12:00 p.m. Finnish
time/EEST (10:00 a.m. BST, 11:00 a.m. CEST)

The news conferences
There will be two news conferences in Helsinki on Tuesday, April 28,
2009;

-     The press conference for media in Finnish will be arranged at
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Finnish time

-     The news conference for investors and analysts in English  will
be arranged  at the following local times:

            08:00 a.m. US EDT (New York)
            01:00 p.m. BST (London)
            02:00 p.m. CEST (Paris)
            03:00 p.m. EEST (Helsinki)

Both events will take place at Metso Group Head Office, Fabianinkatu
9 A, Helsinki, Finland. Due the live webcast, we are kindly asking
those attending the news conference starting at 3:00 p.m. EEST, to be
present 5 minutes prior the start of the event.

The news conference can also be followed through a live webcast at
www.metso.com/investors
or through a simultaneously arranged conference call.

Conference call details

Conference call participants are requested to dial in a few minutes
prior to the start of the teleconference in
*      US: +1 334 323 6201
*      other countries: +44 20 7162 0025 or +44 20 7162 0077

A replay will be available for 7 days until May 5, 2009 on the
following phone numbers:
*      US: +1 954 334 0342
*      other countries: +44 20 7031 4064
*      access code 822 729

After the news conference there will be an audio file (mp3) available
for downloading and at the latest on Thursday, May 30 a transcript of
the event at www.metso.com/Investors.

The presentation material will be available after the publishing of
the Interim Review at www.metso.com/Investors.

You are most welcome to participate in these events.

Metso Corporation

Kati Renvall
Vice President, Corporate Communications

Johanna Sintonen
Vice President, Investor Relations