PRELIMINARY RESULT RELATING TO THE TENDER OFFER FOR SHARES IN KEMIRA GROWHOW OYJ BY YARA NEDERLAND B.V.

YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA	STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 28 September 2007 01:52 p.m.

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO
THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA. 

PRELIMINARY RESULT RELATING TO THE TENDER OFFER FOR SHARES IN KEMIRA GROWHOW
OYJ BY YARA NEDERLAND B.V. 

On 21 June 2007 Yara Nederland B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yara
International ASA, launched a mandatory tender offer for all the issued shares
in Kemira GrowHow Oyj (the “Tender Offer”). The tender offer period commenced
at 9.30 (Finnish time) on 20 July 2007 and the extended offer period ended at
16.00 (Finnish time) on 27 September 2007. On 24 September 2007, Yara
International ASA announced that the conditions for the completion of the
Tender Offer had been fulfilled. 

According to the preliminary outcome of the Tender Offer, the Kemira GrowHow
Oyj shares, for which the Tender Offer has been validly accepted in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer, represent approximately
97.45 percent of the shares and votes in Kemira GrowHow Oyj, excluding the
shares held by Kemira GrowHow Oyj. 

Yara International ASA will notify the final outcome of the Tender Offer and
complete the Tender Offer in accordance with its terms and conditions on or
about 4 October 2007. 


Yara International ASA
Board of Directors


Further information:

Torgeir Kvidal, Investor Relations
Telephone  (+47) 24 15 72 95
Cellular (+47) 91 339 832
E-mail torgeir.kvidal@yara.com

Hamed Brodersen, Media Relations
Cellular (+47) 40 468 110 
E-mail hamed.mozaffari.brodersen@yara.com


DISTRIBUTION
OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki


DISCLAIMER


This stock exchange release must not be published, released or otherwise
distributed in whole or in part in or into the United States, Canada, Japan or
Australia. This stock exchange release is neither an offer to purchase nor a
solicitation for an offer to sell shares, and the Tender Offer will not be made
directly or indirectly in the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia or any
other jurisdiction where such an offer would violate laws of that jurisdiction.
This stock exchange release and tender offer will not and may not be
distributed, forwarded or transmitted in any way, such as by post, fax, email
or telephone, or in any other way to or from areas where it would violate the
law.