Valmet Oyj - Manager's transaction: Kemppainen, Pekka

Valmet Oyj May 4, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. EET

The Annual General Meeting of Valmet Oyj held on March 21, 2018 decided that, as a condition for the annual remuneration, the members of the Board of Directors be obliged to use 40 percent of the fixed annual remuneration for purchasing Valmet Oyj shares. Pursuant to such decision, shares have been bought as follows by the member of the Board Pekka Kemppainen:

Valmet Oyj - Managers' Transactions
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Person subject to the notification requirement
Name: Kemppainen, Pekka
Position: Member of the Board/Deputy member
Issuer: Valmet Oyj
LEI: 213800D9O7FUQDH83V62

Notification type: INITIAL NOTIFICATION
Reference number: 213800D9O7FUQDH83V62_20180504162118_4
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Transaction date: 2018-05-02
Venue: NASDAQ HELSINKI LTD (XHEL)
Instrument type: SHARE
ISIN: FI4000074984
Nature of the transaction: RECEIPT OF A SHARE-BASED INCENTIVE OR REMUNERATION

Transaction details
(1): Volume: 1,217 Unit price: 0 EUR

Aggregated transactions
(1): Volume: 1,217 Volume weighted average price: 0 EUR

Further information, please contact:
Rasmus Oksala, General Counsel, tel. +358 10 672 0026
Calle Loikkanen, Director, Investor Relations, Valmet, tel. +358 10 672 0020

VALMET

Kari Saarinen
CFO

Calle Loikkanen
Director, Investor Relations

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