Invitation to the Annual General Meeting

Metso Corporation's stock exchange release on February 7, 2013 at 00 p.m. local time

Notice is given to the shareholders of Metso Corporation to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 1.00 p.m. at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre at the address Messuaukio 1, 00520 Helsinki, Finland. The reception of persons who have registered for the meeting and the distribution of voting tickets will commence at 12.00 noon.

A. Matters on the agenda of the General Meeting

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Calling the meeting to order

3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and to supervise the counting of votes

4. Recording the legality of the meeting

5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the list of votes

6. Presentation of the Financial Statements, the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor's report for the year 2012

- Review by the CEO

7. Adoption of the Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial Statements

8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the payment of dividend

The Company's distributable funds totaled EUR 1,663,254,494.14 on December 31, 2012, of which the net profit for the year 2012 was EUR 266,335,290.98.

The Board of Directors proposes that a dividend of EUR 1.85 per share be paid based on the balance sheet to be adopted for the financial year which ended December 31, 2012 and the remaining part of the profit be retained and carried further in the Company's unrestricted equity.

The dividend shall be paid to shareholders who on the dividend record date April 4, 2013 are registered in the Company's shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The dividend shall be paid on April 11, 2013. All the shares in the Company are entitled to a dividend with the exception of own shares held by the Company on the dividend record date.

9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability

10. Resolution on the remuneration of members of the Board of Directors

The Nomination Board of the General Meeting proposes to the General Meeting that the members of the Board of Directors to be elected for a term of office ending at the end of the Annual General Meeting of the year 2014 be paid the following annual remuneration: to the Chairman of the Board of Directors EUR 100,000; to the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Audit Committee EUR 60,000; and to the other members of the Board of Directors EUR 48,000 each. The Nomination Board furthermore proposes that for each meeting of the Board of Directors or the committees of the Board of Directors a fee of EUR 700 is paid to the members of the Board that reside in the Nordic countries, a fee of EUR 1,400 is paid to the members of the Board that reside in other European countries and a fee of EUR 2,800 is paid to the members of the Board that reside outside Europe. The Nomination Board of the General Meeting proposes that as a condition for the annual remuneration the members of the Board of Directors are obliged, directly based on the General Meeting's decision, to use 40% of the fixed annual remuneration for purchasing Metso Corporation shares from the market at a price formed in public trading and that the purchase will be carried out within two weeks from the publication of the interim review for the period January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013.