Metso Corporate Newsroom News 2008 Resolutions of Outotec's AGM 2008
March 18, 2008

Resolutions of Outotec's AGM 2008

OUTOTEC OYJ    STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   MARCH 18, 2008 AT 3.00 PM

Resolutions of Outotec Oyj's Annual General Meeting 2008

Outotec Oyj's Annual General Meeting was held today, March 18, 2008,
in Espoo, Finland. The Meeting was opened by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors Mr. Risto Virrankoski, and chaired by Mr. Tomas
Lindholm, attorney-at-law.

Financial Statements

The Annual General Meeting approved the parent company and the
consolidated Financial Statements, and discharged the members of the
Board of Directors and the CEO from liability for the financial year
2007.

Dividend

The Annual General Meeting decided that a dividend of EUR 0.95 per
share be paid for the financial year ended on December 31, 2007. The
dividend record date is March 25, 2008, and the dividend will be paid
on April 1, 2008.

The Board of Directors and auditors

The Annual General Meeting decided on the number of the Board
members, including Chairman and Vice Chairman, to be five (5). Mr.
Carl-Gustaf Bergström, Mr. Karri Kaitue, Mr. Hannu Linnoinen, Mr.
Anssi Soila and Mr. Risto Virrankoski were re-elected as members of
the Board of Directors for the term expiring at the end of the next
Annual General Meeting.

The Annual General Meeting re-elected Mr. Risto Virrankoski as the
Chairman of the Board of Directors.

In its assembly meeting the Board of Directors elected Mr. Karri
Kaitue as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

The Annual General Meeting confirmed the remunerations to the Board
members as follows: Chairman EUR 5,000 per month, and other Board
members EUR 3,000 per month each, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the
Audit Committee in addition EUR 1,000 per month each, and each Board
member EUR 500 for attendance at each Board and Committee meeting as
well as reimbursement for direct costs arising from Board work.

KPMG Oy Ab, Authorized Public Accountants, was re-elected as the
company's auditor, with Mauri Palvi as Auditor in charge. The fees
for the auditor are paid according to invoice.

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to
resolve upon issues of shares as follows:

- The authorization includes the right to issue new shares,
distribute own shares held by the company, and the right to issue
special rights referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Companies
Act. This authorization to the Board of Directors does not, however,
entitle the Board of Directors to issue share option rights as an
incentive to the personnel.
- The total number of new shares to be issued and own shares held by
the company to be distributed under the authorization may not exceed
4,200,000 shares.
- The Board of Directors is entitled to decide on the terms of the
share issue, such as the grounds for determining the subscription
price of the shares and the final subscription price as well as the
approval of the subscriptions, the allocation of the issued new
shares and the final amount of issued shares.

The authorization shall be in force until the next Annual General
Meeting.

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to
resolve upon the repurchase of the company's own shares as follows:

- The company may repurchase the maximum number of 4,200,000 shares
using free equity and deviating from the shareholders' pre-emptive
rights to the shares, provided that the number of own shares held by
the company will not exceed ten (10) percent of all shares of the
company.
- The shares are to be repurchased in public trading at the OMX
Nordic Exchange Helsinki at the price established in the trading at
the time of acquisition.

The authorization shall be in force until the next Annual General
Meeting.

Minutes of the Meeting

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting (in Finnish) will be
available for viewing by the shareholders as of April 1, 2008 at
Outotec Oyj's head office.


OUTOTEC OYJ

Rita Uotila, Vice President - Investor Relations
tel. +358 20 529 2003, mobile +358 400 954141
e-mail: rita.uotila(at)outotec.com


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