HELSINKI, Finland, May 30, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Metso Corporation has been informed about an increase in the holding of the Fidelity International Limited and its subsidiaries of the paid up share capital of Metso Corporation. On May 26, 2006, Fidelity International Limited and its subsidiaries owned a total of 6,849,245 Metso shares, which corresponds to 4.84 percent of the paid up share capital and voting rights of Metso Corporation. On the basis of the previous announcement, their holding was 5.12 percent on April 21, 2006.
According to the announcement of Fidelity International Limited, their holdings on May 26, 2006, were as follows:
FUND NAME SHARES
FIJ IT EURO SMLLR COS OPN MTHR 18,200 FIDELITY EUROPEAN OPP FND 1992 220,600 FIFTEEN RE FIDELITY 162,100 FID FDS - European Growth Pool 3,270,099 FID FDS - Nordic Pool 338,800 FID FDS - Euro Blue Chip Pool 972,565 fID FDS - EURO SMALLER CO POOL 342,200 EP MM Clapp 57,600 STC IntL Equity Fund - ROW 28,500 SGE MM ROW 15,900 GEC 1972 PLN GLB EQTY FD - ROW 32,900 CHURCH COMM FOR ENGLAND - ROW 23,800 BRITISH ENERGY GEN GRP - ROW 13,500 IBM DENM SELECT - GLOBAL EX-US 6,200 ACCIDENT REHAB & CMP - GLB EX-US 49,200 IBM AUSTRIA GLOBAL EX US 3,200 AFP UNILEVER SCHWEIZ - GBL EX US 4,700 DEUTSCHE ARTZE - ROW 8,200 FMT_GL ROW 34,800 EAST SUSSEX CNTY COUNCIL - ROW 33,400 RAILWAYS PENS EQUITY - EUROPE 215,200 CHEVRON TEXACO UK PNS PL-ROW 16,800 AUSTRALIA - FUNDS SA 56,300 SAINT-GOBAIN UK PENSION SCHEME 39,300 SHELL AUSTRIA PENSIONSKASSE AG 9,400 DBI - FONDS DSPT- A1 31,700 NPC TRUST - ACTIVE 1 - ROW 7,600 BAYVK A1 FIDELITY 70,000 MV4 ACTIONS EURO 52,024 FF-INST EURO BLUE CHIP POOL 46,025 STICHTING BEDRIJF VOOR DE META 176,600 GM INVESTMENT TRUSTEES LTD 29,600 THE PENSIONS TRUST - GC 12,000 FIDELITY EUROPEAN PILOT FUND 916 VICTORIAN FUNDS MGMT CORP 19,000 GIC MM EUROPEAN EQ FUND - GC 14,600 fIDELITY EUROZONE EQ PILOT FD 1,970 A/C 16MSFSLE 69,000 FIDELITY EUROPEAN CYCL PLT FD 2,300 SPH - SELECT EUROPE 47,300 SPMS-SELECT EUROPE 31,100 FIDELITY SELECT GLOBAL EQ FUND 4,700 FID AUS EUROPE FUND 16,300 FID INSTL SELECT EUROPE EQ FD 30,900 UNILEVER PRG SMALL CAP EUROPE 12,800 BASF AG - EUROPEAN SMALL CAPS 43,200 MULTI STYLE MULT MGR EUR SM CP 34,400 STCHG BD V DE MT EN TCH BD ESC 39,100 CO-OPERATIVE GRP PENS - RW 19,800 GKN GROUP PENSION SCHEME - ROW 24,600 UNILEVER (SUPERANN) IRELAND - ROW 14,300 IBM IREL SEL GLBL EQUITIES ROW 1,700 IBM AUSTRIA SELECT GLBL EQ ROW 4,300 EUROPEAN EQUITY MKT NEUT LONG 17,946 Total 6,849,245 SHARES
Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2005 net sales of approximately EUR 4.2 billion. Its 22 000 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.