Kemira Oyj (HEL:KRA1V) Coatings Business At The Core Of Kemira's Capital Markets Day

Kemira Oyj (HEL:KRA1V) Kemira Group Stock exchange release September 9, 2008, at 9.00 am (CET+1)

Kemira Oyj is today arranging a Capital Markets Day in Vantaa, Finland at Kemira Coatings', i.e. Tikkurila's, premises. The theme of the event is the paints and coatings business. Tikkurila's listing on the Helsinki Stock Exchange is expected to occur during the first half of 2009.

The CMD's program will include presentations on Tikkurila's strategy, growth markets in Eastern Europe and brands. Additionally, the agenda will feature Kemira's new focused strategy as well as a new segment division based on organizing Kemira into three customer-focused segments with P/L responsibilities: Paper, Water and Oil and Mining. The common denominator for all of these segments is water.

Capital Markets Day event's PowerPoint presentations may be viewed and downloaded at Kemira's website www.kemira.com today as of 1 p.m. Finnish time in the section Investors/Presentations.

Kemira Oyj Timo Leppä, Executive Vice President, Group Communications

For more information, please contact

Kemira Oyj

Timo Leppä Executive Vice President, Group Communications Mobile phone +358 (0)50 301 6800

Päivi Antola Investor Relations Manager Mobile phone +358 (0)40 524 1143



Kemira will be a focused company, the best in water and fiber management chemistry.

In 2007, Kemira recorded revenue of approximately EUR 2.8 billion and had a staff of 10,000. Kemira operates in 40 countries.

www.kemira.com



LINK: http://hugin.info/3008/R/1249689/271315.pdf

Kemira Oyj

http://www.kemira.com

ISIN: FI0009004824

Stock Identifier: XHEL.KRA