SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report
of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
[December 22,
2005]
Metso Corporation
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Fabianinkatu 9 A,
PO Box 1220
FIN-00101
Helsinki, Finland
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Form 20-F or Form 40-F
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Rule 12g-3-2(b):82-___
METSOS BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES A SHARE OWNERSHIP PLAN FOR 2006-2008
(Helsinki, Finland, December 22, 2005) Metso Corporation (NYSE: MX; OMXH: MEO1V)
Metso Corporations Board of Directors has approved a share ownership plan for the 2006-2008
strategy period. The plan will form part of the remuneration and commitment program for the
management of Metso Corporation and its business areas, and it is targeted to approximately 50
managers.
The purpose of the longer-term incentive plan is to support the meeting and exceeding of the
financial targets set in the 2006-2008 strategy, which was approved by Metsos Board of Directors
in August 2005. The purpose is also to commit the participants to Metso. The share ownership plan
complements Metsos existing annual incentive plans, which currently cover over 80 percent of
Metsos employees.
The share ownership plan covers three earning periods, each of them lasting one calendar year, that
is years 2006, 2007 and 2008. The Board of Directors has authorized the Metso Compensation
Committee to decide on the distribution of the share-based incentives.
The potential reward from the plan will be based on the achieved operating profit of Metso
Corporation and its business areas. The incentive will consist of both shares and cash, with cash
dedicated to cover possible taxes and tax-related payments. Shares earned on the basis of the share
ownership plan cannot be transferred within three years from the reward payment.
The share ownership plan will cover a maximum total of 360,000 shares from treasury shares. If the
value of Metsos share exceeds EUR 38, the number of grantable shares will be decreased in a
corresponding ratio. Metsos Board of Directors will decide during the first half of 2006 on the
purchase of Metsos own shares for the incentive plan.
Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2004 net sales of approximately
EUR 4 billion. Its 22 000 employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper
industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries.
www.metso.com
For further information, please contact:
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 204 84 3253.
or
USA: Mike Phillips, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, Metso USA, Inc., tel. +1 770
246 7237.