Apr 02, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. The Annual General Meeting of Metso Corporation decided that a dividend of Euro 3.00 per share be paid for the financial year which ended on December 31, 2007. The dividend comprises an ordinary dividend of Euro 1.65 per share and an extra dividend of Euro 1.35 per share. The dividend will be paid to shareholders who have been entered as shareholders in the Corporation's shareholder register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd. by the dividend record date, April 7, 2008. The dividend will be paid on April 15, 2008. Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2007 net sales of approximately Euro 6 billion. Its almost 27,000 employees in approximately 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry.