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DISTRIBUTION OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki DISCLAIMER This stock exchange release must not be published, released or otherwise distributed in whole or in part in or into the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia.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.
PRELIMINARY RESULT RELATING TO THE TENDER OFFER FOR SHARES IN KEMIRA GROWHOW OYJ BY YARA NEDERLAND B.V.
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