METSO CORPORATION'S EXCHANGE OFFER FOR ALL ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING
SHARES AND STOCK OPTIONS OF TAMFEL
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Metso Corporation's company release on November 20, 2009 at 8:30 a.m.Metso Corporation (Metso) and Tamfelt Corp. (Tamfelt) agreed onNovember 5, 2009 to combine their operations. According to thecombination agreement, the combination will be carried out through ashare exchange. In the share exchange, Metso offers Tamfelt'sshareholders 3 new shares issued by Metso for each 10 Tamfelt shares.Metso offers EUR 0.35 for each stock option issued by Tamfelt. TheBoard of Directors of Tamfelt unanimously recommends that Tamfelt'sshareholders and holders of Stock Options accept Metso's offer.The offer period for the share exchange offer will begin on November23, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. (Finnish time) and preliminarily expires onDecember 18, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has on November 19, 2009approved the Share Exchange Offer Document and the listingparticulars for the share exchange offer.The Finnish language Share Exchange Offer Document will be availableon the internet at www.metso.com, www.tamfelt.fi and www.seb.fistarting on November 20, 2009, and at the reception of NASDAQ OMXHelsinki Ltd at Fabianinkatu 14, Helsinki, Finland, at the Group headoffice of Metso at Fabianinkatu 9 A, Helsinki, Finland, at theTamfelt headquarters at Yrittäjänkatu 21, Tampere, Finland, and atthe offices of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) HelsinkiBranch at Unioninkatu 30, Helsinki, Finland, starting on November 23,2009. The Finnish language Share Exchange Offer Document can also beordered by telephone at +358 20 484 3255 or by e-mailvaihtotarjous(at)metso.com.The terms and conditions of the share exchange offer are attached intheir entirety to this stock exchange release (Attachment 1).Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services formining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and thepulp and paper industries. We have about 26,500 employees in morethan 50 countries. www.metso.comFurther information, please contact:Johanna Henttonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, MetsoCorporation, tel. +358 20 484 3253This release may not be released or otherwise distributed, in wholeor in part, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, SouthAfrica or the United States. This release is not a tender offerdocument and as such does not constitute an offer or invitation tomake a sales offer. Investors shall accept the Share Exchange Offerfor the shares and the offer for the Stock Options only on the basisof the information provided in a share exchange offer document.Offers will not be made directly or indirectly in any jurisdictionwhere either an offer or participation therein is prohibited byapplicable law or where any share exchange offer document orregistration or other requirements would apply in addition to thoseundertaken in Finland.The share exchange offer document and related acceptance forms willnot and may not be distributed, forwarded or transmitted into or fromany jurisdiction where prohibited by applicable law. In particular,the Share Exchange Offer or the offer for the Stock Options is notbeing made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of thepostal service of, or by any means or instrumentality (including,without limitation, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone or theInternet) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities ofa national securities exchange of, Australia, Canada, Japan, NewZealand, South Africa or the United States. The Share Exchange Offeror offer for the Stock Options cannot be accepted by any such use,means or instrumentality or from within Australia, Canada, Japan, NewZealand, South Africa or the United States.Metso CorporationOlli VaartimoExecutive Vice President and CFOKati RenvallVice President, Group CommunicationsDistribution:NASDAQ OMX Helsinki LtdMediawww.metso.comhttp://hugin.info/3017/R/1356268/329502.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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