PLEASE NOTE: TIME OF CONFERENCE CALL CHANGED !!!


Metso Corporation will announce year 2000 result on February 13, 2001 and will hold a teleconference and simultaneously a web conference on

Tuesday, February 13, 2001
- 10:00 a.m. US Eastern time
- 3:00 p.m. UK time
- 5:00 p.m. Finnish time.

The operations and results will be presented by Mr. Tor Bergman, 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 8240
- other countries: +44 20 8240 8240

The slide presentation can simultaneously be seen at following URL-address: http://www.vcall.com/NASApp/VCall/EventPage?ID=67841

Should you be unable to attend, a replay is available for 24 hours after the conference at
- 020 8288 4459 in UK, (access code 622 532)
- +44 20 8288 4459 in other countries, (access code 622 532)

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

Yours sincerely,
Taina Sollamo
Vice President, Investor Relations