Valmet Corporation - Company Announcement

The Swedish Court of Patent Appeals' decision to revoke Andritz' Swedish Patent is upheld - Andritz' Patent SE 531498 is invalid

Valmet Oyj's stock exchange release on September 1, 2016 at 4:45 p.m. EET

As Valmet announced by stock exchange release on February 20, 2015, Andritz Oy
had filed an application for summons with the Stockholm District Court against
Valmet AB, a subsidiary of Valmet, regarding alleged patent infringement.
Andritz requested that the court order Valmet to cease the use of the technology
described in said patent. Further, Andritz demanded that Valmet pay damages with
EUR 54 million.

The validity of the patent has been challenged by Valmet, and as announced by
stock exchange release on April 8, 2016, the Swedish Court of Patent Appeals on
March 23, 2016, agreed with Valmet and revoked Andritz' patent in full.

Following Andritz' subsequent appeal, the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court
has in a decision of August 30, 2016, now refused leave to appeal. The decision
to revoke Andritz' patent is thus upheld and the Swedish patent SE 531498 is
permanently invalidated. This entails legally that the patent is deemed to never
have existed, and as a consequence Andritz' claims for damages in the
infringement case in Stockholm District Court are unfounded on all grounds.


Further information, please contact:
Rasmus Oksala, General Counsel, Valmet, tel. +358 10 672 0026
Hanna-Maria Heikkinen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Valmet, tel.
+358 10 672 0007

VALMET

Kari Saarinen
CFO

Hanna-Maria Heikkinen
VP, Investor Relations



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