Metso Oyj - Company Announcement

Standard & Poor's revised Metso's rating outlook to stable

Metso Corporation Company release on November 7, 2008 at 9.45 a.m.

Standard & Poor's has affirmed Metso's BBB long-term and A-2
short-term credit ratings and changed the outlook from positive to
stable.

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2007
net sales of approximately EUR 6 billion. Its almost 27,000 employees
in approximately 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 for the press, please contact:

Pekka Hölttä, Senior Vice President, Corporate Treasurer, Metso, tel.
+358 20 484 3195

For further  information for the investors, please contact:

Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso, tel.
+358 20 484 3253


Metso Corporation


Olli Vaartimo
Executive Vice President and CFO


Kati Renvall
Vice President, Corporate Communications

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