Valmet Corporation - Company Announcement

Trading in Valmet Corporation's shares on the official list of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd begins today

Valmet Corporation's stock exchange release on January 2, 2014 at 9:55 a.m. EET

Trading in Valmet Corporation's ("Valmet") shares on the official list of NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki Ltd begins today, January 2, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. Finnish time. The
trading code of the shares is VALMT.

On October 1, 2013, the Extraordinary General Meeting of Metso Corporation
("Metso") decided that Metso will demerge through a partial demerger in such a
manner that all of the assets, debts and liabilities relating to Metso's Pulp,
Paper and Power businesses will transfer, without liquidation, from Metso to
Valmet.

In connection with Metso's partial demerger, Metso's shareholders received as
demerger consideration one (1) share in Valmet for each share in Metso owned. At
the beginning of trading, the number of shares in Valmet subject to public
trading is 149,864,619.




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.

The company has over 200 years of industrial history and was reborn through the
demerger of the pulp, paper and power businesses from Metso Group in December
2013. Valmet's net sales in 2012 were approximately EUR 3 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.

Read more www.valmet.com , www.twitter.com/valmetglobal

Further information, please contact:
Markku Honkasalo, CFO, Valmet Corporation, tel. +358 10 672 0008
Rasmus Oksala, VP, Legal, Valmet Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3252

VALMET CORPORATION

Markku Honkasalo
CFO

Hanna-Maria Heikkinen
VP, Investor Relations


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