Metso Corporation: Notification according to chapter 9, section 5 and 6 of the Securities Market Act: BlackRock Inc.'s holding in Metso
Metso Corporation's stock exchange release on May 15, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. EEST
Metso Corporation has received a notification, pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 5 and 6 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act, about a change in the shareholding of BlackRock, Inc.
On May 13, 2024, BlackRock's holding in Metso's shares fell below the 5 percent threshold and amounted to 40,869,435 shares or 4.93 percent of total shares and votes. BlackRock's holding through financial instruments in Metso amounted to 904,576 shares, which corresponds to 0.10 percent of the total amount of Metso's shares. On May 13, 2024, BlackRock's total position amounted to 41,774,011 or 5.03 percent of Metso's shares and votes. Metso's total number of shares and voting rights is 828,972,440.
BlackRock, Inc.'s holdings according to the notification:
% of % of shares and voting rights Total of both
shares through financial instruments in % (7.A +
and (total of 7.B) 7.B)
voting
rights
(total
of 7.A)
Resulting 4.93% 0.10% 5.03%
situation on the
date on
which threshold
was crossed or
reached
Position of 5.02% 0.07% 5.10%
previous
notification
A: Shares and voting
rights
Class/type of Number of % of
shares shares and shares and
voting voting
rights rights
ISIN code Direct(SMA Indirect(SMA Direct(SMA Indirect(SMA
9:5) 9:6 and 9:7) 9:5) 9:6 and 9:7)
FI0009014575 40,869,435 4.93%
SUBTOTAL A 40,869,435 4.93%
B: Financial
Instruments according
to SMA 9:6a
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Physical or Number % of shares
instrument date Conversion cash of and voting
Period settlement shares rights
and
voting
rights
American Depositary N/A N/A Physical 9,005 0.00%
Receipt
(US5926721094)
Securities Lent N/A N/A Physical 895,571 0.10%
SUBTOTAL B 904,576 0.10%
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Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Metso employs over 17,000 people in close to 50 countries and sales for 2023 were about EUR 5.4 billion. The company is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. metso.com, x.com/metsoofficial