Kemira Oyj - Company Announcement

Kemira Oyj: Proposals of the Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting 2014

Kemira Oyj
Stock Exchange Release
January 21, 2014 at 9.30 am (CET+1)


The Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting of Kemira Oyj that
six members (previously five) be elected to the Board of Directors and that the
present members Winnie Fok, Juha Laaksonen, Jari Paasikivi and Kerttu Tuomas be
re-elected as members of the Board of Directors. Nomination Board proposes that
Wolfgang Büchele (as communicated earlier) and Timo Lappalainen be elected as
new members of the Board of Directors. In addition, the Nomination Board
proposes Jari Paasikivi to be elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Kerttu Tuomas to be elected as the Vice Chairman. Jukka Viinanen has
informed the Nomination Board, that he is not available as a candidate to
continue in Kemira's Board of Directors.

Mr. Timo Lappalainen (b. 1962) M. Sc. (Eng) is currently working as President
and CEO of Orion Oyj. He is currently also a Vice Chairman of the Board of
Chemical Industry Federation of Finland and a member of the Board of Vaisala
Oyj.

The Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the
remuneration paid to the members of the Board of Directors will remain
unchanged. The remuneration paid to the members of the Board of Directors would
thus be as follows. The annual fees: for the Chairman EUR 74,000 per year, for
the Vice Chairman and the Chairman of the Audit Committee EUR 45,000 per year
and for the other members EUR 36,000 per year. A fee payable for each meeting of
the Board of Directors and the Board Committees would be for the members
residing in Finland EUR 600, for the members residing in rest of Europe EUR
1,200 and for the members residing outside Europe EUR 2,400. Travel expenses are
proposed to be paid according to Kemira's travel policy.

In addition, the Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that
the annual fee be paid as a combination of the company's shares and cash in such
a manner that 40% of the annual fee is paid with the company's shares owned by
the company or, if this is not possible, shares purchased from the market, and
60% is paid in cash. The shares will be transferred to the members of the Board
of Directors and, if necessary, acquired directly on behalf of the members of
the Board of Directors within two weeks from the release of Kemira's interim
report January 1 - March 31, 2014. The meeting fees are proposed to be paid in
cash.

The Nomination Board has consisted of the following representatives: Pekka
Paasikivi, Chairman of the Board of Oras Invest Oy as the Chairman of the
Nomination Board; Kari Järvinen, Managing Director of Solidium Oy; Risto Murto,
President and CEO, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Timo Ritakallio,
Deputy CEO, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company as members of the
Nomination Board and Jukka Viinanen, Chairman of Kemira's Board of Directors as
an expert member.

For more information, please contact

Pekka Paasikivi, Chairman of the Kemira Nomination Board
+358 10 2868 100

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


Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive
industries. We provide expertise and chemicals that improve our customers'
water, energy and raw material efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, oil &
gas, mining and water treatment. In 2012, Kemira had annual revenue of EUR 2.2
billion and around 4,900 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki Ltd.
www.kemira.com



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Link to the release.pdf