Kemira Oyj To Start Co-Determination Negotiations in Finland in Connection with Global Restructuring Program

Kemira Oyj announced that it is to start co-determination negotiations in Finland which will affect all employees working at the Company's following Finnish sites: Helsinki, Espoo, Oulu, Sastamala, Kuusankoski, Joutseno, Vaasa and Harjavalta. At the end of June 2012, the Company had 5,181 employees from which 1,259 were located in Finland. The Company had previously announced that it is to implement global restructuring program to improve the Company's profitability, internal efficiency and to accelerate growth in the emerging markets. The implementation of the measures related to the program may lead to the reduction of up to 600 positions globally, from which approximately 250 could be reductions in Finland.