Kemira Oyj - Changes in company's own shares

Kemira Oyj: Transfer of the Company's Own Shares May 6, 2011

Kemira Oyj
Stock exchange release
May 6, 2011 at 2.00 pm (CET+1)


Basis for disposal: Based on the decision of the Annual General Meeting of
Kemira Oyj on March 22, 2011, Kemira Oyj has transferred 9,675 shares to the
members of the Board of Directors as part of the remuneration of the Board.

Trading code: KRA1V

Number of shares: 9,675

The price per share of the transferred shares is EUR 12.37, which is the volume
weighted average quotation of the Kemira Oyj share on 4 May 2011.

After the transfer on May 6, 2011, the Company will continue to hold a total of
3,291,017 shares.

The Annual General Meeting on March 22, 2011 decided that the annual fee for the
Board of Directors 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. According to the decision 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, 2011.

For more information, please contact

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



Kemira is a global two billion euro chemicals 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 materialefficiency. Kemira's vision is to be a leading water chemistry company.

www.kemira.com
www.waterfootprintkemira.com
 

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Link to the release (.pdf).pdf