Metso Oyj - Decisions of general meeting

Decisions of the Annual General Meeting of Metso Corporation

Metso Corporation's company release on March 31, 2009 at 5:20 p.m.

The Annual General Meeting of Metso Corporation approved today the
accounts for 2008 as presented by the Board of Directors and decided
to discharge the members of the Board of Directors and the President
and CEO of Metso Corporation from liability for the financial year
2008. In addition, the Annual General Meeting approved the proposals
of the Board of Directors to authorize the Board of Directors to
resolve of a repurchase of the Corporation's own shares, the issuance
of shares and the granting of special rights.

The Annual General Meeting decided that a dividend of EUR 0.70 per
share will be paid for the financial year which ended on December 31,
2008. The dividend will be paid to shareholders who have been entered
as shareholders in the Corporation's shareholder register maintained
by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd. by the dividend
record date, April 3, 2009. The dividend will be paid on April 15,
2009.

In addition, the Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of
Directors to decide, at its discretion and when the economic
situation of the Company favors it, on the payment of a dividend of
no more than EUR 0.68 per share in addition to the above mentioned
dividend.

Jukka Viinanen was elected Chairman of the Board and Jaakko Rauramo
was elected Vice Chairman of the Board. Pia Rudengren was elected a
new member of the Board. The Board members re-elected were
Maija-Liisa Friman, Christer Gardell, Arto Honkaniemi and Yrjö Neuvo.
The term of office of Board members lasts until the end of the next
Annual General Meeting.

The Annual General Meeting decided that the annual remunerations for
Board members be EUR 92,000 for the Chairman, EUR 56,000 for the Vice
Chairman and EUR 45,000 for the members and that the meeting fee
including committee meetings be EUR 600 for each meeting they attend.

The auditing company, Authorized Public Accountant
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy was re-elected to act as an Auditor of the
Corporation until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.

The Annual General Meeting decided to establish a Nomination
Committee of the Annual General Meeting to prepare proposals for the
following Annual General Meeting regarding the composition of the
Board of Directors and director remuneration. Representatives of the
four biggest shareholders are elected to the Nomination Committee;
the Committee additionally comprises as expert members the Chairman
of the Board of Directors as well as one member who is appointed by
the Board of Directors from among its members who is independent of
significant shareholders.

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on
Metso's website at www.metso.com as of April 14, 2009.

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for
mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the
pulp and paper industries. We have over 29,000 employees in more than
50 countries. www.metso.com

Further information for the press, please contact:
Aleksanteri Lebedeff, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Metso
Corporation,
tel. +358 20 484 3240

Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso
Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3253