EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING: PEKKA PAASIKIVI ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(Stock Exchange Release)

The extraordinary general meeting of Kemira Oyj was held today,
October 4, 2007 beginning at 1 p.m., in Helsinki.

The EGM elected the members of the Board of Directors so that the
number of members remains at seven. Honorary Mining Counsellor Pekka
Paasikivi was elected as the Chairman and new member of the Board of
Directors and CFO Juha Laaksonen was elected as a new member of the
Board of Directors. The present members Elizabeth Armstrong, Eija
Malmivirta, Ove Mattsson, Kaija Pehu-Lehtonen and Markku Tapio will
continue as members of the Board of Directors until the end of their
current term.

The EGM decided to dissolve the Supervisory Board and to amend the
Articles of Association as follows:
1. Articles 5 and 8 of the Articles of Association shall be deleted;
and
2. Articles 4, 7 and 18, items 3 and 7-10 of the Articles of
Association shall be amended so that references to the Supervisory
Board and its Chairman, Vice Chairmen and members shall be deleted.


Kemira Oyj
Timo Leppä, Executive Vice President, Group Communications



For more information, please contact

Kemira Oyj
Jukka Hakkila, Group General Counsel
Mobile +358 40 544 2303

Timo Leppä, Executive Vice President, Group Communications
Mobile +358 50 301 6800


Kemira is a chemicals  group made up of  four business areas:  Kemira
Pulp&Paper, Kemira  Water,  Kemira  Specialty  and  Kemira  Coatings.
Kemira is a global group of leading chemical businesses with a uniquecompetitive position and a high degree of mutual synergy.

In 2006, Kemira recorded revenue of around EUR 2.5 billion and had  a
payroll of 9,000 employees. Kemira operates in 40 countries.

www.kemira.com