Valmet Oyj — Board/Management Information 2016

Mar 8, 2016

Change in Valmet's Nomination Board

Change in Valmet's Nomination Board

Valmet Corporation's stock exchange release on March 8, 2016 at 3:40 p.m. EET

Martin Oliw, nominated to Valmet's Nomination Board by Cevian Capital Partners
Ltd., has resigned from the Nomination Board as Cevian Capital Partners Ltd. has
sold down their shareholding in Valmet.

In accordance with the Charter of the Nomination Board of Valmet, the
representative nominated by a shareholder is obliged to resign from the
Nomination Board if the shareholder concerned later transfers more than half of
the shares it held on the September 1, 2015 which entitled it to nominate a
representative and as result is no longer among Valmet's ten largest
shareholders.

After the resignation of Martin Oliw, the members of the Nomination Board are
Kari Järvinen, (Managing Director at Solidium Oy), Roger Hagborg (Investment
Advisory Professional at Triton), Risto Murto (CEO at Varma Mutual Pension
Insurance Company) and Bo Risberg, Chairman of Valmet's Board of Directors, as
the Nomination Board's expert member.

The Nomination Board has prepared proposals on members of the Board of Directors
and their remuneration for the Annual General Meeting, which will be held on
March 22, 2016. The proposals are presented in the notice convening Valmet's
Annual General Meeting, published on February 9, 2016, which is available at
www.valmet.com/agm.

Further information, please contact:
Rasmus Oksala, General Counsel, Valmet, tel. +358 10 672 0026

VALMET

Kari Saarinen
CFO

Hanna-Maria Heikkinen
VP, Investor Relations

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies,
automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to
become the global champion in serving our customers.

Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper
production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced
services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our
customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and
energy.

Valmet's net sales in 2015 were approximately EUR 2.9 billion. Our 12,000
professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to
moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is
in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

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