Metso Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Metso's Nomination Committee proposes seven members to the Board

The Nomination Committee established by Metso's Annual General
Meeting, proposes to the next Annual General Meeting, which is
planned to be held on April 2, 2008, that the number of Board members
is seven.

The Nomination Committee proposes that from the current Board members
Maija-Liisa Friman, Christer Gardell, Matti Kavetvuo, Yrjö Neuvo and
Jaakko Rauramo be re-elected. Matti Kavetvuo is proposed to continue
as Chairman of the Board and Jaakko Rauramo as Vice Chairman. It is
also proposed that Mr. Jukka Viinanen and Mr. Arto Honkaniemi shall
be elected as new members of the Metso Board.

The new proposed Board member Jukka Viinanen is presently the
Chairman of the Board of Rautaruukki Corporation. Jukka Viinanen has
previously been the President and CEO of Orion Corporation during the
years 2000-2007, the President and CEO of Neste Corporation during
the years 1997-1999 and held Executive and Board member positions in
Neste during the years 1990-1999.

The new proposed Board member Arto Honkaniemi, LL.M, B.Sc. Econ., is
currently Sr. Financial Counsellor at Ownership Steering Department
of the Prime Minister's Office. Mr. Honkaniemi is currently a Board
member of Destia Oy and Alko Inc. Arto Honkaniemi has previously
been, among other things, a member of the Board of Kemira GrowHow Oyj
(listed) during the years 2004-2007, as well as a member of the Board
of Outokumpu Corporation during the years 1999-2006 and Partek
Corporation during the years 1998-2002.

The Nomination Committee proposes the following annual fees to be
paid: Chairman of the Board EUR 92,000, Vice Chairman of the Board
EUR 56,000 and other Board members EUR 45,000. In addition, a fee of
EUR 600 per meeting is paid to all members for the Board and Board
committee meetings they attend.

Metso's Board of Directors will include these proposals into the
Annual General Meeting notice, which will be published later.

Personnel participation

The Nomination Committee notes that a personnel representative will
participate as an external expert in the Metso Board meetings also in
the next Board term within the limitations imposed by the Finnish
law. The new Board will invite the personnel representative as its
external expert in April 2008.



The Nomination Committee

The members of the Nomination Committee were Pekka Timonen
(Chairman), Mikko Koivusalo, Harri Sailas, and Lars Förberg. Matti
Kavetvuo, Chairman of Metso's Board of Directors, served as the
Committee's expert member.

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


Further information for the press, please contact:
Aleksanteri Lebedeff, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Metso
Corporation
Tel. +358 204 84 3240

Further information for investors, please contact:
Olli Vaartimo, Executive Vice President and CFO, Metso Corporation,
tel. +358 204 84 3010



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