Metso annual meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Metso Corporation approved recently the Financial Statements for 2009 as presented by the Board of Directors and decided to discharge the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO of Metso Corporation from liability for the financial year 2009. In addition, the Annual General Meeting approved the proposals of the Board of Directors to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on a repurchase of company’s own shares, on share issue and granting of special rights and on donations to universities as well as approved the proposal to amend the § 8 of articles of association (notice convening the meeting).

The Annual General Meeting decided that a dividend of EUR 0.70 per share will be paid for the financial year which ended on December 31, 2009. The dividend will be paid to shareholders who on the record date April 6, 2010 have been registered as shareholders in the company’s shareholder register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The dividend will be paid on April 13, 2010.

Jukka Viinanen was elected Chairman of the Board and Maija-Liisa Friman was elected Vice Chairman of the Board. Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen and Mikael von Frenckell were elected new members of the Board. The Board members re-elected were Christer Gardell, Yrjö Neuvo and Pia Rudengren. The term of office of Board members lasts until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.