Valmet Corporation
Ticker: VA Panuntie 6
Exchange: New York Stock Exchange Helsinki, Foreign
Industry: Manufacturing 3580777051

Type of Shares:American Depositary Receipts Filing Date:4/30/96
U.S. Shares:8,063,826 Offer Date:5/30/96
Non-U.S. Shares:13,534,744 Filing Price:$12.79
Primary Shares:0 Offer Price:$30.84
Secondary Shares:21,598,570 Gross Spread:$1.00
Offering Amount: $276,245,709 Selling:$0.55
Expenses:$1,005,000 Reallowance:$0.00
Shares Out After:42,550,715
Spin out parent firm: The Finnish State

ManagerTierPhone
Merrill Lynch & Co.Lead Manager (212) 449-4600
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedCo-manager (212) 703-4797
Smith Barney Inc.Co-manager (718) 921-8473

Auditor: KPMG Wideri Oy Ab
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/95 12/31/95
Revenue:$1,770.00Assets:$1,990.00
Net Income:$135.00Liabilities:$1,357.00
EPS:$2.78Equity:$633.00

Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year,
unaudited figures are partial year

Business Description
The company is a Finnish multinational industrial group with global sales and operation, primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, rebuilding and servicing of paper, board and tissue machines and pulp machinery. The company is also engaged in process automation used principally in the paper and pulp industry. Management believes that, based on the aggregate production capacity of large paper machines which were sold during the first half of the 1990s, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of large paper machines. The company's operations are conducted through four business groups: (i) Paper and Board Machinery, (ii) Automation, (iii) Power Transmission and (iv) Valmet Automotive.In 1995, the company had total net sales of FIM 8,5 74 million, of which approximately 84 percent were accounted for by exports from Finland and sales by international operations.

Use of Proceeds
Proceeds from the offering will be distributed to selling shareholders.

Last updated: 10/28/96

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