Wärtsilä Oyj Abp announced that the Board of Directors proposed that a dividend of EUR 1.30 per share be paid for the financial year 2016. The dividend will be paid in two instalments. The first instalment of EUR 0.65 per share will be paid to shareholders who are registered in the list of shareholders maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. on the record date 6 March 2017. The dividend payment date proposed by the Board for this instalment is 13 March 2017. The second instalment of EUR 0.65 per share will be paid in September 2017. The second instalment will be paid to shareholders who are registered in the list of shareholders maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. on the dividend record date, which, together with the payment date, shall be decided by the Board of Directors in its meeting scheduled for 12 September 2017 in accordance with the rules of the Finnish book-entry system.