美卓公司年度股东大会决议

美卓公司年度股东大会今天批准了2010年财务报表，并决定解除美卓公司董事会成员、总统和首席执行官2010财政年度的责任。此外，年度股东大会批准了董事会的建议，授权董事会就回购公司自己的股份和股票发行进行解决。年度股东大会决定在截至2010年12月31日的财政年度支付每股1.55欧元的股息。股息将支付给截至2011年4月4日已在欧洲结算芬兰有限公司维护的公司股东登记册中登记为股东的股东。股息将于2011年4月12日支付。Jukka Viinanen被选为董事会主席，Maija-Liisa Friman被选为董事会副主席。Ozey K. Horton, Jr.被选为董事会的新成员。再次当选的董事会成员是Mikael von Frenckell, Christer Gardell, Yrjö Neuvo, Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen和Pia Rudengren。董事会成员的任期至下届年度股东大会结束为止。年度股东大会决定，董事会成员的年度薪酬为主席92,000欧元，副主席和审计委员会主席56,000欧元，成员45,000欧元，居住在北欧国家的成员的会议费(包括委员会会议)为600欧元。 EUR 1,200 for those members whose place of residence is elsewhere in Europe and EUR 2,400 for those members whose place of residence is outside of Europe for each meeting they attend. The Annual General Meeting decided that 40 percent of the annual remuneration be paid in company's shares purchased from the market. The shares will be purchased directly on behalf of the members of the Board within two weeks from the release of the Interim Review January 1 - March 31, 2011. The auditing company, Authorized Public Accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy was re-elected to act as an Auditor of the Corporation until the end of the next Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting decided to establish a Nomination Board of the Annual General Meeting to prepare proposals for the following Annual General Meeting regarding the composition of the Board of Directors and director remuneration. Representatives of the four largest shareholders are elected to the Nomination Board and the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be an expert member of the Nomination Board. The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on Metso's website at www.metso.com as of April 13, 2011. Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries. We have about 28,500 employees in more than 50 countries. www.metso.com Further information for the press, please contact: Aleksanteri Lebedeff, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3240 Johanna Henttonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3253 Metso Corporation Harri Nikunen CFO Johanna Henttonen Vice President, Investor Relations Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd Media www.metso.com