Valmet Corporation - Major shareholder announcements

Notification according to chapter 9, section 5 and 6 of the Securities Market Act: BlackRock, Inc ownership in Valmet exceeds 5 percent

Valmet Oyj's stock exchange release on August 10, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. EET

Valmet Oyj has on August 9, 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 exceeded the threshold of 5 percent.

As a result of share transactions on August 8, 2017, the holding of BlackRock,
Inc increased to 7,559,076 shares, representing an ownership of 5.04 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 |3.79%           |1.25%                |5.04%          |
|the date on which      |                |                     |               |
|threshold was crossed  |                |                     |               |
|or reached             |                |                     |               |
+-----------------------+----------------+---------------------+---------------+
|Position of previous   |N/A             |N/A                  |N/A            |
|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        |         |          5,680,894|         |            3.79%|
+--------------------+---------+-------------------+---------+-----------------+
|SUBTOTAL A          |                    5,680,894|                      3.79%|
+--------------------+-----------------------------+---------------------------+

B: Financial Instruments according to SMA 9:6a
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+---------+
|Type of      |Expiration   |Exercise/    |Physical or  |Number of   |% of     |
|financial    |date         |Conversion   |cash         |shares and  |shares   |
|instrument   |             |Period       |settlement   |voting      |and      |
|             |             |             |             |rights      |voting   |
|             |             |             |             |            |rights   |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+---------+
|CFD          |N/A          |N/A          |Cash         |1,878,182   |1.25%    |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+---------+
|SUBTOTAL B                                             |1,878,182   |1.25%    |
+-------------------------------------------------------+------------+---------+



Further information, please contact:
Calle Loikkanen, Director, Investor Relations, Valmet, tel. +358 10 627 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.

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