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Kemira Oyj: Proposals of the Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting 2017

Kemira Oyj
Stock Exchange Release
January 30, 2017 at 9.30 am (CET+1)

Kemira Oyj: Proposals of the Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting 2017

The Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting of Kemira Oyj that
six members (previously seven) be elected to the Board of Directors and that the
present members Wolfgang Büchele, Kaisa Hietala, Timo Lappalainen, Jari
Paasikivi and Kerttu Tuomas be re-elected as members of the Board of Directors.
Nomination Board proposes that Ms. Shirley Cunningham be elected as new member
of the Board of Directors. In addition, the Nomination Board proposes Jari
Paasikivi be re-elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Kerttu
Tuomas be re-elected as the Vice Chairman. All the nominees have given their
consent to the position. Winnie Fok and Juha Laaksonen have advised the
Nomination Board, that they are not be available as candidates to continue in
Kemira's Board of Directors.

Ms. Shirley Cunningham is working as Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer, Ag Business and Enterprise Strategy and as a member of the
Senior Leadership Team at CHS Inc., USA. She currently serves on the board of
directors of Ardent Mills, LLC, Ventura Foods, LLC and TEMCO, LLC. Ms.
Cunningham holds master's degree in business administration from Washington
University.

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 80,000 per year, for
the Vice Chairman and the Chairman of the Audit Committee EUR 49,000 per year
and for the other members EUR 39,000 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, 2017. 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; Reima
Rytsölä, Executive Vice-President, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company and
Timo Ritakallio, President and CEO, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company
as members of the Nomination Board and Jari Paasikivi, 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
Olli Turunen, Vice President, Investor Relations
+358 10 862 1255



Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive
industries. We provide expertise, application know-how 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 2015, Kemira had
annual revenue of EUR 2.4 billion and around 4,700 employees. Kemira shares are
listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
www.kemira.com


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