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 February 19, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
EET

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 February 17, 2026, BlackRock's holding in Metso's shares amounted to
42,264,969 shares or 5.09 percent of total shares and votes. BlackRock's holding
through financial instruments in Metso amounted to 833,864 shares, which
corresponds to 0.10 percent of the total amount of Metso's shares. As a result,
BlackRock's total position amounted to 43,098,833 or 5.19 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          5.09%               0.10%                  5.19%
situation on the
date on
which threshold
was crossed or
reached
Position of        4.98%               0.09%                  5.08%
previous
notification

A: Shares and
voting rights
Class/type of  Number of                             % of
shares         shares and                            shares and
               voting rights                         voting
                                                     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                        42,264,969                       5.09%
SUBTOTAL A                  42,264,969                         5.09%
B: Financial
Instruments
according to
SMA 9:6a
Type of          Expiration  Exercise/   Physical or   Number      % of shares
financial        date        Conversion  cash          of          and voting
instrument                   Period      settlement    shares      rights
                                                       and
                                                       voting
                                                       rights
American            N/A         N/A        Physical      8,788        0.00%
Depositary
Receipt
(US5926721094)
CFD                 N/A         N/A          Cash       825,076       0.09%
                                          SUBTOTAL B    833,864       0.10%

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