Kemira Oyj - Company Announcement

Kemira Oyj: Restated segment information for 2012 according to the new organizational structure

Kemira Oyj
Stock exchange release
March 25, 2013 at 9.00 am (CET+1)

Kemira's new organizational structure has been operational since October
1, 2012 and as announced earlier, financial reporting according to the new
structure started as of January 1, 2013. Kemira's reporting segments are Paper,
Municipal & Industrial, Oil & Mining, and ChemSolutions as a new segment. The
unit "Other" has been abolished. The restated figures for Q1 to Q4 2012 are
summarized in the attached files, see links below. Restatements for earlier
periods have not been made.

Main changes are:

  * Service revenues in Sweden and Finland, previously reported as part of the
    unit "Other" are now reported within the Paper segment. Kemira Group
    expenses previously reported as part of "Other" are now allocated to the
    four segments.
  * Kemira is now applying a key ownership principle for every production plant
    according to which every plant is owned by a dedicated segment.
  * Kemira's sodium percarbonate business, previously part of the Paper segment,
    has now been transferred to ChemSolutions.
  * Kemira's group figures for 2012 have been restated to also reflect the
    change of IAS 19, Employee Benefits.


The January-March 2013 Interim report will be published on April, 23, 2013.



For more information, please contact

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.

www.kemira.com
www.waterfootprintkemira.com


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Attachments:

Kemira restated figures for 2012 (.xls).xlsx

Link to the release.pdf

Kemira restated figures for 2012 (.pdf).pdf