Metso Corporation has been informed about a decrease in the holding of Fidelity Management Research Corporation and its subsidiaries of the paid up share capital of Metso Corporation. On October 2, 2006, Fidelity Management Research Corporation and its subsidiaries owned a total of 7,014,100 Metso shares, which corresponds to 4.95 percent of the paid up share capital and voting rights of Metso Corporation. On the basis of the previous announcement, their holding was 5.03 percent on December 19, 2005.
According to the announcement of Fidelity Management Research Corporation, their holdings on October 2, 2006 were as follows:
|
FUND NAME |
SHARES |
|
ASSET MANAGER 70% |
25,095 |
|
ASSET MANAGER 85% |
9,454 |
|
ASSET MANAGER 50% |
62,134 |
|
BANK OF MONTREALS INTL T55349 |
12,100 |
|
BP MASTER TR FOR EMP PP T55275 |
20,900 |
|
BROWN & WILLIAMSON SEL INTL |
7,800 |
|
CATERPLLR VEBA SEL EUR T55257 |
7,400 |
|
CATERPILLAR INC T55207 |
41,300 |
|
CDP QUEBEC T55293 |
145,400 |
|
CITY OF FRESNO RT SY-SI T50621 |
10,300 |
|
CATERPILLAR INC 401K SI T50578 |
6,800 |
|
STATE OF CT RET PLAN T50251 |
31,600 |
|
DALLAS POLICE & FIRE T50092 |
26,000 |
|
FID FDS - EURO SMALLER CO POOL |
0 |
|
FA ASSET ALLOCATION |
1,633 |
|
FA DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIONAL |
1,480,100 |
|
FA GLOBAL CAP APP INTL EQ SUB |
19,600 |
|
FICL SEL INTL EQTY TR T55106 |
25,800 |
|
FICL SEL INTL SM CP TR T55105 |
5,800 |
|
FICL GLBL ASSET ALL EQ-EUROPE |
31,600 |
|
FIDELITY OVERSEAS FUND - CANADA |
12,700 |
|
FID SEL GLBL EQ TR-WLD T55281 |
800 |
|
FID DIVERSIFIED INTRNTNL SUB A |
2,242,800 |
|
FIDELITY EUROPE FUND - CANADA |
264,500 |
|
FIDELITY EUROPE FUND |
515,600 |
|
FID AGGRESSIVE INTL FUND |
76,052 |
|
FID SELELCT INTL EQUITY (T319) |
261,100 |
|
IBM CANADA SELECT INTL T2286 |
28,400 |
|
IBM NETHERLANDS - SELECT EUROPE |
52,600 |
|
IBM SELECT EAFE CANADA T2205 |
50,000 |
|
FA INTL CAPITAL APPRECIATION |
66,087 |
|
INTL SMALL CAP OPPORTUNITIES |
290,900 |
|
SELECT INT SM CAP COLL (T1056) |
10,200 |
|
METLIFE FI INTL STOCK T50432 |
76,800 |
|
MINNESOTA SBI SEL INTL T55303 |
22,300 |
|
FIC NORDIC FUND |
157,400 |
|
OREGON INVMT CL SEL INT T55271 |
105,900 |
|
OVERSEAS FUND |
639,900 |
|
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS INTL T50423 |
67,000 |
|
SAN DIEGO RETIREMENT (T2193) |
34,500 |
|
SHELL OIL SELECT INTL T55322 |
17,000 |
|
ILLINOIS SURS-SEL INTL T50448 |
13,400 |
|
TRANSITION ISMAL (T50260) |
2,200 |
|
VIP GROWTH WORLD WIDE SUB |
1,633 |
|
VIP ASSET FOREIGN EQUITY SUB |
14,954 |
|
VIP INTERNATION CAP APP FUND |
5,758 |
|
WORLD BANK SELECT INTL T55274 |
12,800 |
|
TOTAL |
7,014,100 |
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.
www.metso.com
For further information, please contact:
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation,
tel. +358 204 84 3253
Aleksanteri Lebedeff, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Metso Corporation,
tel. +358 204 84 3240