Neste Oil - Company Announcement

Neste Oil's Nomination Committee appointed

Neste Oil's Nomination Committee appointed

Neste Oil Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
9 November 2009 at 3.00pm  (EET)

The following persons have been appointed to Neste Oil AGM's
Nomination Committee: Director General Pekka Timonen from the
Ownership Steering Department at the Prime Minister's Office; Timo
Ritakallio, Deputy CEO, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company;
and Risto Murto, Chief Investment Officer, Varma Mutual Pension
Insurance Company. The Chairman of Neste Oil's Board of Directors
Timo Peltola and Vice Chairman Mikael von Frenckell serve as the
Committee's expert members.

According to the decision made by the Annual General Meeting on 3
April 2009, the Nomination Committee consists of the representatives
of the three largest shareholders as of 2 November 2009, and - as
expert members - the Chairman of the Board of Directors and one
member elected by the Board from among its members unaffiliated with
any of the Company's major shareholders. The Nomination Committee is
to prepare by 1 February 2010 a proposal concerning the composition
and remuneration of the Board of Directors to be elected in the
Annual General Meeting.

Neste Oil Corporation
Hanna Maula
Director, Corporate Communications


Further information: Matti Hautakangas, General Counsel, tel. + 358
50 458 5350


Neste Oil in brief

Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company
concentrating on low-emission, high-quality traffic fuels. The
company is the world's leading supplier of renewable diesel. Neste
Oil's refineries are located in Porvoo and Naantali and have a
combined crude oil refining capacity of approx. 260,000 barrels a
day. The company had net sales of EUR 15 billion in 2008 and employs
around 5,200 people. Neste Oil's share is listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki.

Neste Oil has been selected into the Dow Jones Sustainability World
Index and awarded 'Best in Class' recognition for its social
accountability by Storebrand. The company is also featured in the
Ethibel Pioneer Investment Register and included in Innovest's Global
100 list of the world's most sustainable corporations. Further
information: www.nesteoil.com.