Kemira Oyj

AGM Information • Oct 4, 2007

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING: PEKKA PAASIKIVI ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The extraordinary general meeting of Kemira Oyj was held today, October 4, 2007 beginning at 1 p.m., in Helsinki.

The EGM elected the members of the Board of Directors so that the number of members remains at seven. Honorary Mining Counsellor Pekka Paasikivi was elected as the Chairman and new member of the Board of Directors and CFO Juha Laaksonen was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. The present members Elizabeth Armstrong, Eija Malmivirta, Ove Mattsson, Kaija Pehu-Lehtonen and Markku Tapio will continue as members of the Board of Directors until the end of their current term.

The EGM decided to dissolve the Supervisory Board and to amend the Articles of Association as follows:

1. Articles 5 and 8 of the Articles of Association shall be deleted; and

2. Articles 4, 7 and 18, items 3 and 7-10 of the Articles of Association shall be amended so that references to the Supervisory Board and its Chairman, Vice Chairmen and members shall be deleted.

Kemira Oyj Timo Leppä, Executive Vice President, Group Communications

For more information, please contact

Kemira Oyj Jukka Hakkila, Group General Counsel Mobile +358 40 544 2303

Timo Leppä, Executive Vice President, Group Communications Mobile +358 50 301 6800

Kemira is a chemicals group made up of four business areas: Kemira Pulp&Paper, Kemira Water, Kemira Specialty and Kemira Coatings. Kemira is a global group of leading chemical businesses with a unique competitive position and a high degree of mutual synergy.

In 2006, Kemira recorded revenue of around EUR 2.5 billion and had a payroll of 9,000 employees. Kemira operates in 40 countries.

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