Metso Corporation Stock Exchange Announcement February 13, 2007 at 4.00 p.m.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s holdings in Metso to 4.94 percent
Metso Corporation has been informed about a change in the holding of the mutual
funds managed by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. of the paid up share capital of Metso
Corporation. On February 12, 2007, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co 's holdings amounted to
4.94 percent of the paid up share capital of Metso Corporation after being, on
the basis of their previous announcement, 5.19 percent on November 28, 2006. The
threshold of five percent was crossed on February 12, 2007 when J.P. Morgan Asset
Management (UK) Limited sold 125,000 Metso shares.
According to their announcement, holdings by mutual funds of J.P. Morgan Chase &
Co. on February 12, 2007 were as follows:
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. 1,645,771 shares
J.P. Morgan Trust Bank 82,000 shares
JF Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited 40,450 shares
JF Asset Management Limited 112,839 shares
JP Morgan Asset Management (Japan) Limited 17,465 shares
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited 4,457,917 shares
JPMorgan Chase Bank 239,111 shares
J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. 401,179 shares
Total 6,996,732 shares
This holding corresponds to 4.94 percent of the paid up share capital of Metso
Corporation.
Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2006 net sales of
approximately EUR 5 billion. Its 25,500 employees in more than 50 countries serve
customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the
energy industry and selected other industries.
www.metso.com
Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation, tel.
+358 20 484 3253
Metso Corporation
Olli Vaartimo Kati Renvall
Executive Vice President and CFO Vice President,
Corporate Communications
distribution:
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