Valmet Corporation - Decisions of general meeting

Resolutions of the Annual General Meeting of Valmet Corporation

Valmet Corporation's stock exchange release on March 22, 2016 at 4:20 p.m. EET

The Annual General Meeting of Valmet Corporation was held in Helsinki today. The
Annual General Meeting adopted the Financial Statements for 2015 and discharged
the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO from liability
for the 2015 financial year. The Annual General Meeting approved the Board of
Directors' proposals, which concerned authorizing the Board to decide on
repurchasing company shares and to resolve on the issuance of shares and the
issuance of special rights entitling to shares.

Dividend payment

The Annual General Meeting decided to pay dividends of EUR 0.35 per share for
the financial period ended on December 31, 2015. The dividend shall be paid to
shareholders who on the dividend record date of March 24, 2016 are registered in
the company's shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The
dividends will be paid on April 6, 2016.

Composition of the Board of Directors

The Annual General Meeting confirmed the number of Board members as eight and
appointed Bo Risberg as Chairman of Valmet Corporation's Board and Mikael von
Frenckell as Vice Chairman. Aaro Cantell, Jouko Karvinen and Tarja Tyni were
appointed as new members of the Board. Lone Fønss Schrøder, Friederike Helfer
and Rogério Ziviani will continue as members of the Board. The term of office of
the members of the Board of Directors expires at the end of the next Annual
General Meeting.

Remuneration of the Board of Directors

The Annual General Meeting resolved that the Chairman of the Board would be paid
EUR 100,000, the Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Audit Committee EUR 60,000
and the other members of the Board EUR 48,000 as annual remuneration. In
addition, for each meeting of the Board of Directors or the committees of the
Board of Directors, a fee of EUR 700 will be paid to the members of the Board
that reside in the Nordic countries, a fee of EUR 1,400 will be paid to the
members of the Board that reside in other European countries and a fee of EUR
2,800 will be paid to the members of the Board that reside outside Europe.

The Annual General Meeting resolved that, as a condition for the annual
remuneration, the members of the Board of Directors be obliged, directly based
on the Annual General Meeting's decision, to use 40 percent of the fixed annual
remuneration for purchasing Valmet Corporation shares on the market at a price
formed in public trading at Nasdaq Helsinki's stock exchange list and that the
purchase will be carried out within two weeks from the publication of the
Interim Review for the period January 1 to March 31, 2016.

Election of the auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, authorized public accountants, was appointed as the
company's auditor for a term expiring at the end of the next Annual General
Meeting. The responsible auditor will be Jouko Malinen, APA.

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available as of April 5, 2016
on the company's website www.valmet.com/agm.

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



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 2015 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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