Wärtsilä publishes January-September 2008 Interim Report on 24 October 2008 at 8.30 a.m. local time

Wärtsilä Corporation Financial Calendar 7 October 2008 at 11.15 a.m.
local time

Wärtsilä Corporation will publish its Interim Report for the period
January-September 2008 on Friday 24 October 2008 at 8.30 a.m. Finnish
time. The interim report will be available on the company website at
www.wartsila.com after publishing.

An analyst and press conference will be held on the same date, Friday
24 October 2008, at 10.45 a.m. Finnish time (8.45 a.m. UK time), at
the Wärtsilä headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. The combined web- and
teleconference can be viewed on the internet at the following
address:
http://194.100.179.139:80/wip/directlink.do?newbrowser=1&pid=2474459.

To participate in the teleconference please call: +44 (0) 20 8288
5566 and enter the Conference ID: 812353. If you want to ask
questions during the teleconference, press the number 1 on your phone
to register for a question and the # -key to withdraw a question. The
event title for the call is: Wärtsilä Results Q3, please be ready to
state your details and the name of the conference to the operator. If
problems occur, please press the 0-button. We would recommend that
you would register to the conference in advance at the following
address:
https://eventreg1.conferencing.com/webportal3/reg.html?Acc=085460&Conf=161506.

An on-demand version of the webcast will be available on the company
website later the same day.

www.wartsila.com