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Board/Management Information • Oct 27, 2011

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Press con nference an nd conferen nce call

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For more informatio n, please c contact

Pekka Paa Chairman Mobile: +3 asikivi of the Boar 58 50 501 0 rd 06 66 Further information for the press, please contact Kemira Oyj Leena Lie, VP, Communications +358 10 862 1153

Further information for the investors, please contact

Kemira Oyj Tero Huovinen, Director, Investor Relations +358 10 862 1980

Kemira is a global two billion euro water chemistry company that is focused on serving customers in water-intensive industries. The company offers water quality and quantity management that improves customers' energy, water, and raw material efficiency. Kemira's vision is to be a leading water chemistry company.

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