Metso announced that the company's shareholders' nomination board will propose to the next Annual General Meeting, to be held on April 25, 2019, that the Board of Directors should have eight members and that Mikael Lilius, Christer Gardell, Peter Carlsson, Lars Josefsson, Nina Kopola, Antti Mäkinen and Arja Talma should be re-elected. Mr. Kari Stadigh will be proposed as a new Board member. Ozey K. Horton, Jr. is not available for re-election after having served as Metso's Board member since 2011. Mikael Lilius will be proposed to continue as Chair and Christer Gardell as Vice Chair of the Board.