UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
November 16, 2006
Commission file number 1-14400
Metso Corporation
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Fabianinkatu 9 A,
P.O. Box 1220
FI-00101
Helsinki, Finland
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of
Form 20-F or Form 40-F
Form 20-F þ Form 40-F o
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is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Rule 12g-3-2(b):82-
Nomination Committee representatives of Metso Corporation
(Helsinki, Finland, November 16, 2006) Metso Corporation (NYSE: MX; OMXH: MEO1V)
Metsos Nomination Committee, established by the Annual General Meeting, prepares proposals on the
composition of the Board of Directors along with the director remuneration for the next Annual
General Meeting, which is tentatively scheduled for April 3, 2007. The Nomination Committee will
present its proposal to the companys Board of Directors no later than February 1, 2007. The
Nomination Committee consists of the representatives named by the four biggest registered
shareholders as of November 1, 2006 along with the Chairman of Metsos Board of Directors as an
expert member.
Metsos four biggest registered shareholders on November 1, 2006 were: State of Finland, Ilmarinen
Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Odin Norden. Odin
Norden did not nominate its representative for the Nomination Committee. Thus the right to nominate
has been transferred to the next largest registered shareholder as of November 1, 2006, Svenska
litteratursällskapet i Finland r.f. (922,000 shares or 0.65% of share capital).
The above mentioned shareholders have chosen the following persons as their representatives for
Metsos Nomination Committee: Markku Tapio (Chairman of the Nomination Committee), Director
General, State Shareholdings unit (State of Finland); Harri Sailas, Deputy CEO (Ilmarinen Mutual
Pension Insurance Company); Mikko Koivusalo, Director, Investments (Varma Mutual Pension Insurance
Company) and Henry Wiklund, Managing Director (Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland r.f.). Matti
Kavetvuo, Chairman of Metsos Board of Directors, serves as the Committees expert member.
Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2005 net sales of approximately
EUR 4.2 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:
Aleksanteri Lebedeff, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 204 84 3240
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3253
or
USA: Mike Phillips, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, Metso USA, Inc., tel. +1 770
246 7237.