HELSINKI, Finland, Dec. 21, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Metso Corporation has been informed about an increase in the holding of Fidelity Management Research Corporation and its subsidiaries of the paid up share capital of Metso Corporation. On December 19, 2005, Fidelity Management Research Corporation and its subsidiaries owned a total of 7,123,900 Metso shares, which corresponds to 5.03 percent of the paid up share capital and voting rights of Metso Corporation. On the basis of the previous announcement, their holding was 4.97 percent on December 12, 2005.
According to the announcement of Fidelity Management Research Corporation, their holdings on December 19, 2005 were as follows:
Fund Name SHARES InTL SMALL CAP OPPORTUNITIES 131,800 FID NORDIC FUND 73,300 FID EUROPE CAP APPRECIATION FD 226,500 FA gLOBAL EQUITY 23,900 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 80,200 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 26,400 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 7,123,900
Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2004 net sales of approximately EUR 4 billion. Its 22,000 employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries.