2016-10-21 08:00:44 CEST

2016-10-21 08:00:44 CEST


REGULATED INFORMATION

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Metso Oyj - Interim report (Q1 and Q3)

Metso's Interim Review January 1 - September 30, 2016


Metso's Interim Review January 1 - September 30, 2016
Metso Corporation's stock exchange release on October 21, 2016 at 09:00 a.m.
local time


Metso will arrange a results audiocast today at 13:00 EEST (5:00 EST, 10:00 UTC,
11:00 CET). The audiocast is viewable at www.metso.com/latestreports. A
simultaneous conference call will be arranged, allowing participants to ask
questions. A recording of the event is available at the earliest after the event
has finished and a transcript will be available for downloading on the same
page.

This is a summary of Metso's January-September 2016 Interim Review. The complete
report is attached to this release as a pdf-file and is also available
at www.metso.com/latestreports  .

Figures  in brackets refer to the corresponding period in 2015, unless otherwise
stated.

Third quarter 2016 in brief
  * Minerals' equipment orders increased 19 percent while services orders
    decreased 3 percent.
  * Oil & gas-related valve orders weakened in the Flow Control segment.
  * Orders received totaled EUR 628 million (EUR 647 million), of which EUR 422
    million (EUR 436 million) were services orders.
  * Net sales totaled EUR 638 million (EUR 680 million), of which services
    accounted for EUR 413 million (EUR 435 million).
  * Adjusted EBITA totaled EUR 77 million, or 12.1 percent of net sales (EUR 92
    million, 13.6%).
  * Operating profit totaled EUR 63 million, or 9.9 percent of net sales (EUR
    76 million, 11.1%).
  * Free cash flow was healthy at EUR 106 million (EUR 117 million).

Outlook for 2016 (changes in brackets)

Metso's overall trading conditions in 2016 will be somewhat weaker compared to
2015. Demand for our products and services is expected to develop as follows:
  * remain weak for mining equipment and satisfactory for mining services
  * remain satisfactory for aggregates equipment and services
  * remain satisfactory for Flow Control products related to customers' new
    investments and has changed to satisfactory (previously: good) for Flow
    Control services, with increased uncertainty in the oil & gas market.
At  the end  of September  2016, our backlog  for the  remainder of 2016 totaled
approximately  EUR 680 million, but  due to current  market conditions we expect
some  of these deliveries to be postponed into 2017. Internal efficiency actions
will  continue to improve  competitiveness and they  will result in negative net
adjustment  items of  approximately EUR  30 million in 2016. Capital expenditure
excluding acquisitions is expected to be lower than in 2015. Net financial costs
are expected to be on the same level as in 2015.
President and CEO Matti Kähkönen:

Demand  in the  mining market  in the  third quarter  remained at the same level
compared to the previous quarter. Activity in the capital equipment business was
stable; despite the fact that orders increased year-on-year, we do not foresee a
rapid  recovery from the current  low level. Mining services  orders were on the
same level seen during the past 12 months. A slight improvement could be seen in
the  aggregates  business,  where  sales  in  some  markets,  such as the Nordic
countries, India and the US, have been growing this year. In Flow Control we saw
weakness  in the oil  & gas sector  demand during the  quarter. This resulted in
lower  valve  orders  for  customers'  capex  projects.  Services orders in Flow
Control were relatively stable.

Despite  challenges  in  the  market  place,  we  have been able to maintain our
profitability  and financial  position at  a healthy  level, thanks  to internal
efficiency  improvement actions  that we  will continue  to implement during the
fourth  quarter. Our EBITA margin of 12.1% was the highest seen so far this year
and our free cash flow was good at EUR 106 million.



Key figures

                                             Q1-Q3/    Q1-Q3/
 EUR million     Q3/2016 Q3/2015 Change %      2016     2015* Change %    2015*
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 Orders received     628     647       -3     2,052     2,207       -7    2,965

 Orders received
 by the services
 business            422     436       -3     1,299     1,438      -10    1,879

   % of orders
 received             67      67                 63        65                63

 Order backlog
 at the end of
 the period                                   1,305     1,289        1    1,268

 Net sales           638     680       -6     1,910     2,169      -12    2,923

 Net sales of
 the services
 business            413     435       -5     1,261     1,359       -7    1,840

   % of net
 sales                65      64                 66        63                63

 Earnings before
 interest, tax
 and
 amortization
 (EBITA),
 adjusted             77      92      -16       210       262      -20      356

   % of net
 sales              12.1    13.6               11.0      12.1              12.2

 Personnel at
 the end of the
 period                                      11,647    12,940      -10   12,619
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   * The Process Automation Systems (PAS) business was divested on April
   1, 2015. The January-September 2015 and full-year 2015 comparison
   numbers for Metso Group and Flow Control including the PAS business are
   presented in the tables section.












 IFRS figures

                                               Q1-Q3/     Q1-Q3/
 EUR million       Q3/2016 Q3/2015 Change %      2016       2015 Change %  2015
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 Operating profit       63      76      -17       183       488*      -63  555*

   % of net sales      9.9    11.1                9.6      21.9*          18.7*

 Earnings per         0.24    0.29      -17      0.70      2.60*      -73 2.95*
 share, EUR

 Free cash flow        106     117       -9       242        282      -14   341

 Return on capital
 employed (ROCE)
 before taxes,
 annualized, %                                   11.2      26.5*          25.7*

 Equity-to-asset
 ratio
 at the end of the
 period, %                                       48.1       46.4           48.3

 Net gearing at                                   5.1       15.0           10.6
 the end of the
 period, %
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   * Including a capital gain on the disposal of PAS.







Metso is a world leading industrial company serving the mining, aggregates,
recycling, oil, gas, pulp, paper and process industries. We help our customers
improve their operational efficiency, reduce risks and increase profitability by
using our unique knowledge, experienced people and innovative solutions to build
new, sustainable ways of growing together.

Our products range from mining and aggregates processing equipment and systems
to industrial valves and controls. Our customers are supported by a broad scope
of services and a global network of over 80 service centers and about 6,400
services professionals. Metso has an uncompromising attitude towards safety.

Metso is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland, and had net sales of about
EUR 2.9 billion in 2015. Metso employs over 12,000 persons in more than 50
countries. Expect results.

www.metso.com, twitter.com/metsogroup

For further information, please contact:
Matti Kähkönen, President and CEO, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3000
Eeva Sipilä, CFO, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3010
Juha Rouhiainen, VP, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation, tel.
+358 20 484 3253

Metso Corporation
Eeva Sipilä
CFO

Juha Rouhiainen
VP, Investor Relations

Distribution:
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Conference call details
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scheduled time on:
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The confirmation code for joining the conference call is 2183391.

A recording of the event is available at www.metso.com/latestreports at the
earliest after the event has finished and a transcript of the event will be
available.




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