Valmet Corporation - Company Announcement

Valmet's Nomination Board's proposal for the composition and remuneration of the Board of Directors

Valmet Corporation's stock exchange release on January 22, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. EET

Proposal on the composition of Board of Directors

The  Nomination Board of Valmet Corporation  proposes to the next Annual General
Meeting,  which is  planned to  be held  on March  27, 2015, that the  number of
members  of the Board of  Directors until closing of  the Annual General Meeting
2016 will be seven and that

  * Mikael von Frenckell, Lone Fønss Schrøder, Friederike Helfer, Pekka
    Lundmark, Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen and Rogerio Ziviani are re-elected as Board
    members,
  * Bo Risberg is elected as the new Board member.

The  Nomination Board proposes that Bo Risberg is elected as the Chairman of the
Board and Mikael von Frenckell is re-elected as the Vice-Chairman of the Board.
Jukka Viinanen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Valmet Corporation, has
informed Valmet's Nomination Board that he will not be available in the election
of the Board of Directors in the next Annual General Meeting. Jukka Viinanen
(born 1948) has served as a member of Metso's Board of Directors 2008-2013 and
as Chairman 2009-2013. He has served as Chairman of Valmet's Board of Directors
since the demerger (December 31, 2013).

The  Nomination Board notes, that a personnel representative will participate as
an  invited  expert  in  Board  meetings  within  the limitations imposed by the
Finnish law. The new Board of Directors will invite the personnel representative
as  its  external  expert  in  its  organizing  meeting after the Annual General
Meeting.

Proposal on Board of Directors' remuneration

The  Nomination Board  proposes to  the Annual  General Meeting  that the annual
remuneration  payable to the members of the  Board of Directors to be elected at
the  Annual General Meeting for  the term until the  close of the Annual General
Meeting in 2016 be as follows:

  * EUR 100,000 for the Chairman of the Board,
  * EUR 60,000 for the Vice Chairman of the Board and for the Chairman of the
    Audit Committee,
  * EUR 48,000 for each Board member.

In  addition, the Nomination Board proposes that  a meeting fee in the amount of
EUR  700 shall be paid for  those members whose place  of residence is in Nordic
countries,  EUR 1,400 for those members whose place of residence is elsewhere in
Europe  and EUR 2,800 for those  members whose place of  residence is outside of
Europe  for the Board meeting attended, including the meetings of the committees
of the Board of Directors.

The Nomination Board proposes to the General Meeting that as a condition for the
annual  remuneration the members of the Board of Directors are obliged, directly
based  on the Annual General Meeting's decision,  to use 40 percent of the fixed
annual  remuneration for purchasing Valmet Corporation shares from the market at
a  price formed  in public  trading and  that the  purchase will  be carried out
within  two weeks  from the  publication of  the Interim  Review for  the period
January 1, 2015 to March 31, 2015.


The Nomination Board

Martin Oliw (Partner, Cevian Capital AB) acted as the Chairman of the Nomination
Board. The members the Nomination Board were Kari Järvinen (Managing Director,
Solidium Oy), Jorma Eräkare (Head of Finnish Equities, Nordea Funds Oy), Roger
Hagborg (Investment Advisory Professional, Triton) and Jukka Viinanen as an
expert member in his capacity as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Valmet Corporation.

Valmet's Board of Directors will include these proposals into the notice of the
Annual General Meeting of 2015, which is estimated to be published on February
6, 2015.

Further information, please contact:

Martin Oliw, Chairman of the Valmet Corporation's Nomination Board,
+46 8 545 675 50


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.

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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