Metso Corporation


METSO CONFERENCE CALL / WEB CONFERENCE

January - June 2000 Results

Metso Corporation will announce January-June 2000 results on August 9, 2000 and will hold a teleconference and simultaneously a web conference (please see separate instructions attached) on

Wednesday, August 9, 2000
- 9:00 a.m. (US Eastern time)
- 2:00 p.m. (UK time)
- 4:00 p.m. (Finnish time).

The operations and results will be described and discussed by Mr. Heikki Hakala, President and CEO and Mr. Sakari Tamminen, Executive Vice President and CFO of Metso Corporation.

Participants are requested to call in a few minutes prior to the start of the teleconference in
- UK: 020 8240 8245
- other countries: +44 20 8240 8245

Should you be unable to attend, a replay is available for 24 hours after the conference at
- 020 8288 4459 in UK, (access code 644 962)
- +44 20 8288 4459 in other countries, (access code 644 962)

You are most welcome to participate in the Metso conference call.


Yours sincerely,

Anna-Mari Tiilikainen
Manager, Investor relations