Notification according to chapter 9, section 5 and 6 of the Securities Market Act: BlackRock, Inc ownership in Valmet decreased to below 5 percent
Valmet Oyj's stock exchange release on March 22, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. EET Valmet Oyj has on March 21, 2018 received a notification referred to in Securities Market Act from BlackRock, Inc, stating that the company's ownership and share of votes in Valmet Oyj has fallen below the threshold of 5 percent. As a result of share transactions on March 20, 2018, the holding of BlackRock, Inc decreased to below 5 percent of Valmet Oyj's total number of shares and share of votes. Valmet Oyj has one series of shares in which each share carries one vote. The aggregate number of shares is 149,864,