Notification referred to in chapter 2 section 9 of the Securities Markets Act on a change in holdings

Kemira GrowHow Oyj Stock Exchange Release 10.8.2007 at 15:30

Kemira GrowHow Oyj has today received the following notice:

As a result of a share transaction concluded on 24 May 2007 and
acceptances to a mandatory tender offer, the holdings of Yara
Nederland BV, a fully owned subsidiary of Yara International ASA,
have exceeded two-thirds (2/3) of the voting rights and share capital
in Kemira GrowHow Oyj. Under Chapter 2 Section 9 of the Securities
Markets Act, we hereby notify the Financial Supervision Authority and
Kemira GrowHow Oyj of the following:

1.   Name of company in which holdings have been acquired
      Kemira GrowHow Oyj

2.   Date of change in holdings
      9 August 2007

3.   Exact proportion of voting rights and share capital in Kemira
GrowHow Oyj by share classes
      Holdings of Yara Nederland BV are now as follows:


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                | Number     | Proportion of      | Proportion of  |
|                |            | share capital, %   | voting rights, |
|                |            |                    | %              |
|----------------+------------+--------------------+----------------|
| Shares (share  | 17,188,480 |              30.05 |          30.05 |
| purchase)      |            |                    |                |
|----------------+------------+--------------------+----------------|
| Acceptances    | 21,367,963 |              37.35 |          37.35 |
| (tender offer) |            |                    |                |
|----------------+------------+--------------------+----------------|
| Total          | 38,556,443 |              67.40 |          67.40 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


The share capital of Kemira GrowHow Oyj comprises a total of
57,208,857 shares representing a total of 57,208,857 votes.

4.   Shareholders' complete name, register number
      Yara Nederland BV, register number 210 159 64 (the Netherlands)


Oslo, 10 August 2007
Yara International ASA

For additional information please contact:

Kaj Friman, CFO
Tel. (+358) 50 62 626

Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
Media

Kemira GrowHow Oyj is one of the leading producers of fertilisers and
feed phosphates in Europe. Kemira GrowHow develops and markets
fertilisers and integrated solutions for crop cultivation, animal
feed supplements and chemicals required in various industries. The
company has approximately 2,500 employees worldwide and in 2006 net
sales were 1.2 billion euros. Kemira GrowHow Oyj is listed on the
Helsinki Stock Exchange.