Tikkurila's Nomination Board proposes seven members to the Board of Directors

Tikkurila Oyj
Stock Exchange Release
January 25, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. (CET+1)

The Nomination Board of Tikkurila proposes to the Annual General Meeting, which
is planned to be held on March 28, 2012, that all present members of the Board
of Directors Jari Paasikivi, Petteri Walldén, Eeva Ahdekivi, Pia Rudengren and
Riitta Mynttinen would be re-elected and that Aleksey Vlasov and Harri Kerminen
would be elected as new members.

Aleksey Vlasov, Medical Doctor, born in 1957, is the first Vice President of
Geotech Holding, which is a Russian oilfield service company. He is currently a
member of the Board of Directors of Nokian Tyres plc. He is a Russian citizen
and resides in Russia.

Harri Kerminen, M.Sc. (Eng.), MBA, born in 1951, is the President and CEO of
Kemira Oyj. He is to retire as of April 1, 2012. He serves currently, among
others, on the Boards of Finnair Oyj and the Confederation of Finnish Industries
EK, and as the Chairman of the Board of Chemical Industry Federation of Finland.
He is a Finnish citizen and resides in Finland.

Furthermore, the Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that
the annual remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors will stay at
the current level.

The members of the Tikkurila Nomination Board are Pekka Paasikivi, Chairman of
the Board of Directors of Oras Invest Oy; Timo Ritakallio, Deputy CEO of
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company; and Risto Murto, Executive Vice
President of Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company. The fourth member of the
Nomination Board is Jari Paasikivi, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Tikkurila Oyj, who acts as an expert member. The Annual General Meeting of
Tikkurila on March 31, 2011, decided to establish a Nomination Board consisting
of shareholders or representatives of shareholders to prepare and present a
proposal for the next Annual General Meeting concerning the composition and
remuneration of the Board of Directors.

Tikkurila Oyj
Erkki Järvinen, President and CEO


For further information, please contact:

Pekka Paasikivi, Chairman of the Tikkurila Nomination Board, mobile
+358 50 501 0666

Antti Kiuru, Tikkurila Oyj, Group Vice President, Legal, mobile
+358 400 686 488, antti.kiuru@tikkurila.com


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