Metso Oyj - Corporate Action

Metso's SEC registration of its securities and related reporting obligations have been terminated

Metso Corporation filed a Form 15F with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 17, 2007 to terminate its
Section 12(g) registration and Section 13(a) and Section 15(d)
reporting obligations under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act. The
90-day waiting period, which was triggered upon the filing of Form
15F, has now ended and the termination of reporting obligations
became effective today on December 17, 2007.

From December 17, 2007 onwards, Metso will continue to publish in
English on its website (www.metso.com) materials that are required to
be made public pursuant to Finnish law, or required to be publicly
filed with its primary trading market or required to be distributed
to security holders.

Following the SEC deregistration and delisting from the New York
Stock Exchange on September 17, 2007, Metso maintains its American
Depositary Receipt (ADR) facility with the Bank of New York, and
Metso's ADSs are traded over-the-counter (OTC) under the symbol"MXCYY"in the United States. Metso's ordinary shares will continue to
trade on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2006
net sales of approximately EUR 5 billion. Its more than 26,000
employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and
paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and
selected other industries.
www.metso.com

For further information, please contact:
Pekka Hölttä, Senior Vice President, Corporate Treasurer, Metso, tel.
+358 204 84 3195
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso, tel.
+358 20 484 3253
or
USA: Mike Phillips, Senior Vice President, Finance and
Administration, Metso USA Inc., tel.+1 770 246 7237


Metso Corporation



Olli Vaartimo
Executive Vice President and CFO



Kati Renvall
Vice President,
Corporate Communications



distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Media
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