HELSINKI, Finland, March 22, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Metso Corporation has been informed about an increase in the holding of the Fidelity International Limited and its subsidiaries of the paid up share capital of Metso Corporation. On March 20, 2006, Fidelity International Limited and its subsidiaries owned a total of 7,232,882 Metso shares, which corresponds to 5.11 percent of the paid up share capital and voting rights of Metso Corporation. On the basis of the previous announcement, their holding was 4.98 percent on March 16, 2006.
According to the announcement of Fidelity International Limited, their holdings on March 20, 2006 were as follows:
FUND NAME SHARES FIJ IT EURO SMLLR COS OPN MTHR 15,400 FIDELITY EUROPEAN OPP FND 1992 220,600 FIFTEEN RE FIDELITY 210,500 FID FDS -- European Growth Pool 3,270,099 FID FDS -- Nordic Pool 433,800 FID FDS -- Euro Blue Chip Pool 952,400 fID FDS -- EURO SMALLER CO POOL 340,600 EP MM Clapp 48,700 STC IntL Equity Fund -- ROW 37,600 SGE MM ROW 21,000 GEC 1972 PLN GLB EQTY FD -- ROW 43,400 CHURCH COMM FOR ENGLAND -- ROW 31,300 BRITISH ENERGY GEN GRP -- ROW 17,800 IBM DENM SELECT -- GLOBAL EX-US 11,500 ACCIDENT REHAB & CMP -- GLB EX-US 67,700 IBM AUSTRIA GLOBAL EX US 4,200 AFP UNILEVER SCHWEIZ -- GBL EX US 6,100 DEUTSCHE ARTZE -- ROW 10,800 FMT_GL ROW 45,800 EAST SUSSEX CNTY COUNCIL -- ROW 41,000 RAILWAYS PENS EQUITY -- EUROPE 215,200 CHEVRON TEXACO UK PNS PL-ROW 22,100 AUSTRALIA -- FUNDS SA 56,300 SAINT-GOBAIN UK PENSION SCHEME 51,800 SHELL AUSTRIA PENSIONSKASSE AG 12,400 DBI -- FONDS DSPT- A1 41,800 NPC TRUST - ACTIVE 1 -- ROW 8,400 BAYVK A1 FIDELITY 75,400 MV4 ACTIONS EURO 58,889 FF-INST EURO BLUE CHIP POOL 53,925 STICHTING BEDRIJF VOOR DE META 232,600 GM INVESTMENT TRUSTEES LTD 38,900 THE PENSIONS TRUST -- GC 12,000 FIDELITY EUROPEAN PILOT FUND 916 VICTORIAN FUNDS MGMT CORP 19,000 GIC MM EUROPEAN EQ FUND -- GC 13,900 fIDELITY EUROZONE EQ PILOT FD 1,970 A/C 16MSFSLE 90,900 FIDELITY EUROPEAN CYCL PLT FD 2,300 SPH -- SELECT EUROPE 62,300 SPMS-SELECT EUROPE 41,000 FIDELITY SELECT GLOBAL EQ FUND 6,500 FID AUS EUROPE FUND 15,000 FID INSTL SELECT EUROPE EQ FD 40,800 UNILEVER PRG SMALL CAP EUROPE 12,800 BASF AG -- EUROPEAN SMALL CAPS 43,200 MULTI STYLE MULT MGR EUR SM CP 25,700 STCHG BD V DE MT EN TCH BD ESC 39,100 CO-OPERATIVE GRP PENS -- RW 26,100 GKN GROUP PENSION SCHEME -- ROW 32,500 UNILEVER (SUPERANN) IRELAND -- ROW 18,700 IBM IREL SEL GLBL EQUITIES ROW 2,200 IBM AUSTRIA SELECT GLBL EQ ROW 5,600 EUROPEAN EQUITY MKT NEUT LONG 22,383 total 7,232,882 SHARES
Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2005 net sales of approximately EUR 4.2 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.