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 December 12, 2005, Fidelity Management Research Corporation and its subsidiaries owned a total of 7,043,800 Metso shares, which corresponds to 4.97 percent of the paid up share capital and voting rights of Metso Corporation.
According to the announcement of Fidelity Management Research Corporation, their holdings on December 12, 2005 were as follows:
|
FUND NAME |
SHARES |
|
INTL SMALL CAP OPPORTUNITIES |
81,800 |
|
FID NORDIC FUND |
73,300 |
|
FID EUROPE CAP APPRECIATION FD |
226,500 |
|
FA EUROPE CAPITAL APPRECIATION |
11,500 |
|
FA DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIONAL |
1,480,100 |
|
FID ASSET MANAGEr FUND |
171,200 |
|
FID DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIONAL |
3,000,000 |
|
FID INTL DISCOVERY FUND |
400,500 |
|
VIP II ASSET MANAGER |
45,600 |
|
FIDELITY EUROPE FUND - CANADA |
266,500 |
|
DALLAS POLICE & FIRE T50092 |
29,500 |
|
BROWN & WILLIAMSON SEL INTL |
13,100 |
|
STATE OF CT RET PLAN T50251 |
36,700 |
|
FID SELECT INTL EQUITY (T319) |
316,700 |
|
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS INTL T50423 |
75,900 |
|
METLIFE FI INTL STOCK T50432 |
76,800 |
|
ILLINOIS SURS-SEL INTL T50448 |
17,500 |
|
SELECT INT SM CAP COLL (T1056) |
15,000 |
|
SAN DIEGO RETIREMENT (T2193) |
39,700 |
|
IBM SELECT EAFE CANADA T2205 |
71,900 |
|
FICL SEL INTL SM CP TR T55105 |
9,600 |
|
FICL SEL INTL EQTY TR T55106 |
24,500 |
|
CATERPILLAR INC T55207 |
77,700 |
|
CATERPLLR VEBA SEL EUR T55257 |
12,300 |
|
OREGON INVMT CL SEL INT T55271 |
136,500 |
|
WORLD BANK SELECT INTL T55274 |
16,600 |
|
BP MASTER TR FOR EMP PP T55275 |
27,000 |
|
IBM CANADA SELECT INTL T2286 |
32,600 |
|
CDP QUEBEC T55293 |
100,200 |
|
MINNESOTA SBI SEL INTL T55303 |
27,800 |
|
SHELL OIL SELECT INTL T55322 |
22,200 |
|
FICL GLBL ASSET ALL EQ-EUROPE |
33,900 |
|
FID GLOBAL DISCIPLINED EQUITY |
1,200 |
|
FIDELiTY GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES |
3,700 |
|
IBM NETHERLANDS SELECT EUROPE |
68,200 |
|
total |
7,043,800 |
|
|
|
Metso is a global technology corporation serving customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries. In 2004, the net sales of Metso Corporation were approx. EUR 4 billion, and it has some 22,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Metso's shares are listed on the Helsinki and New York Stock Exchanges.
www.metso.com
For further information, please contact:
Harri Luoto, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Metso Corporation,
tel. +358 204 84 3240
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation,
tel. +358 204 84 3253