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Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Metso Corporation will be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 at 2.00 p.m. in the Marina Congress Center at Katajanokanlaituri 6, FI-00160 Helsinki. Registration of the shareholders participating in the meeting and distribution of ballots will begin at 1.00 p.m.
The shareholders who are entered as shareholders in the Corporation’s shareholder register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd. by March 26, 2004 shall have the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting.
Shareholders who wish to participate in the meeting should notify the Corporation of their intention to participate by no later than 4.00 p.m. on April 1, 2004, either by mail to Metso Corporation, PO Box 1220, FI-00101 Helsinki, or by phone at +358 10 808 300, or by fax at +358 20 484 3125, or by email to soili.i.johansson@metso.com. Notices of participation must be received by the above-mentioned deadline. Any powers-of-attorney should also be sent to the above address by the same deadline.
Payment of dividends
The Board of Directors has decided to propose to the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of EUR 0.20 per share be paid for 2003.
Dividends will be paid to those shareholders who are entered in the Corporation’s shareholder register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd. on the record date for payment of dividends, i.e. on April 13, 2004. The actual payment of dividends will take place on April 20, 2004.
Symbols and units used in trading
Metso Corporation has one share series. Metso’s shares are listed on the Helsinki Exchanges and are registered in the Finnish Book-Entry Register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository. On the New York Stock Exchange Metso’s shares are listed as American Depository Shares (ADS). Each Metso ADS represents one Metso share. The Bank of New York acts as the depository for Metso ADs. Metso’s 2000 A options have been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges since June 29, 2001. The 2000 B options were made available for trading on the Helsinki Exchanges combined with the 2000 A options from April 1, 2003. The 2001 A and B options were also combined and made available for trading as a separate security from April 1, 2003.
Helsinki Exchanges
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| Trading code |
MEO1V |
| Lot size |
100 shares |
| Trading currency |
EUR |
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| 2000 A/B options |
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| Trading code |
MEO1VEW100 |
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MEO1VEW101 |
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New York Stock Exchange
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| Trading code |
MX |
| Trading currency |
USD |
Indexes
Metso’s shares are included in at least the following indexes:
HEX General Index
HEX Portfolio Index
HEX Metal Index
HEX 25
Bloomberg Europe Industrial Index
Bloomberg Europe Machinery Diversified Index
DJ STOXX 600
DJ STOXX Industrial Goods and Services
DJ World Sustainability Index
DJ STOXX Sustainability Index
FTSE4GOOD Index
Kempen/SNS Smaller Europe SRI Index
Nordic Sustainability Index
Ethibel Sustainability Index
Credit ratings
Metso's credit ratings are:
Standard & Poor's (on Credit Watch on February 4, 2004)
Long-term rating: BBB
Outlook: Negative
Short-term rating: A-3 (on Credit Watch on February 13, 2004)
Moody's (February 17, 2004)
Long-term rating: Ba1
Outlook: Negative
Financial reviews in 2004
| Financial statements release 2003 | February 4, 2004 |
| Interim review for January-March | April 28, 2004 |
| Interim review for January-June | July 28, 2004 |
Interim review for January-September | October 28, 2004 |
The interim reviews will be published in Finnish, Swedish and English, and the releases in Finnish and English on Metso’s Internet pages at www.metso.com. Webcasts of the related press conferences can also be viewed on Metso’s Internet pages.
Metso publishes its Index investor magazine twice a year in Finnish and English.
Annual reports for 2003
Metso has published an annual report and a sustainability report for 2003. The reports are published in Finnish, English and Swedish and are also available on Metso’s Internet pages. Web reports in Finnish and English are also available on the Internet pages.
Ordering of financial reviews
The annual reports, sustainability reports and interim reviews can be ordered from:
Metso Corporation
Corporate Communications
PO Box 1220
FI-00101 Helsinki
By phone: +358 20 484 100
By fax: +358 20 484 3123
By email: metso.info@metso.com
The financial reviews can also be ordered by using the order form available on Metso’s Internet pages at: www.metso.com > Contact Us > Order publications.
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Annual Review
