Notification in accordance with the Finnish Sec...

Wärtsilä Corporation Company Announcement 7.1.2011 at 9.15 EET

BlackRock, Inc. has informed Wärtsilä Corporation that it has purchased Wärtsilä
shares on 5 January 2011 and now owns more than one twentieth (1/20) of the
company's votes. Following the transaction BlackRock Inc. owns 4,941,593 shares
or 5.01% of Wärtsilä's share capital and total votes.







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