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2017-12-18 08:15:00 CET 2017-12-18 08:15:37 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Valmet Corporation - Major shareholder announcementsNotification according to chapter 9, section 5 and 6 of the Securities Market Act: BlackRock, Inc ownership in Valmet decreased to below 5 percentValmet Oyj's stock exchange release on December 18, 2017 at 9:15 a.m. EET Valmet Oyj has on December 15, 2017 received a notification referred to in Securities Market Act from BlackRock, Inc, stating that the company's ownership and share of votes in Valmet Oyj has fallen below the threshold of 5 percent. As a result of share transactions on December 14, 2017, the holding of BlackRock, Inc decreased to below 5 percent of Valmet Oyj's total number of shares and share of votes. Valmet Oyj has one series of shares in which each share carries one vote. The aggregate number of shares is 149,864,619. Total positions of BlackRock, Inc subject to the notification obligation: +-----------------------+----------------+---------------------+---------------+ | |% of shares and |% of shares and |Total of both | | |voting rights |voting rights through|in % (A+B) | | |(total of A) |financial instruments| | | | |(total of B) | | +-----------------------+----------------+---------------------+---------------+ |Resulting situation on |Below 5% |Below 5% |Below 5% | |the date on which | | | | |threshold was crossed | | | | |or reached | | | | +-----------------------+----------------+---------------------+---------------+ |Position of previous |4.42% |0.63% |5.05% | |notification (if | | | | |applicable) | | | | +-----------------------+----------------+---------------------+---------------+ Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: A: Shares and voting rights +--------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+ |Class/type of shares|Number of shares and voting |% of shares and voting | |ISIN code |rights |rights | | +---------+------------------+---------+------------------+ | |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect | | |(SMA 9:5)|(SMA 9:6 and 9:7) |(SMA 9:5)|(SMA 9:6 and 9:7) | +--------------------+---------+------------------+---------+------------------+ |FI4000074984 | | Below 5%| | Below 5%| +--------------------+---------+------------------+---------+------------------+ |SUBTOTAL A | Below 5%| Below 5%| +--------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+ B: Financial Instruments according to SMA 9:6a +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ |Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |Physical or |Number of|% of | |financial |date |Conversion |cash |shares |shares | |instrument | |Period |settlement |and |and | | | | | |voting |voting | | | | | |rights |rights | +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ |Securities |N/A |N/A |Physical |Below 5% |Below 5% | |Lent | | | | | | +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ |CFD |N/A |N/A |Cash |Below 5% |Below 5% | +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ |SUBTOTAL B |Below 5% |Below 5% | +----------------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+ Further information, please contact: Calle Loikkanen, Director, Investor Relations, Valmet, tel. +358 10 672 0020 VALMET Kari Saarinen CFO Calle Loikkanen Director, Investor Relations Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers. Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and energy. Valmet's net sales in 2016 were approximately EUR 2.9 billion. Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. Read more www.valmet.com, www.twitter.com/valmetglobal Follow Valmet IR on Twitter www.twitter.com/valmetir [] |
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