Notification in accordance with the Finnish Sec...

Wärtsilä Corporation Company Announcement 3.7.2012 at 10.00 am EET

BlackRock, Inc. has informed Wärtsilä Corporation that it has purchased Wärtsilä shares on 29 June 2012 and now owns more than one twentieth (1/20) of the company's votes. Following the transaction BlackRock Inc. owns 9,945,554 shares or 5.04% of Wärtsilä's share capital and total votes.

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