Kemira Oyj: Notice to the Annual General Meeting

Kemira Oyj Stock Exchange Release February 24, 2017 at 8.00 am (CET+1) Kemira Oyj: Notice to the Annual General MeetingThe shareholders of Kemira Oyj ("Kemira") are invited to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Friday, March 24, 2017 at 10.00 am at Marina...

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Stock Exchange Release
February 24, 2017 at 8.00 am (CET+1)

Kemira Oyj: Notice to the Annual General Meeting

The shareholders of Kemira Oyj ("Kemira") are invited to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Friday, March 24, 2017 at 10.00 am at Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland. The reception of persons who have given notification to attend the meeting will begin at 9.00 am.

 The following matters will be considered at the Annual General Meeting:

Documents concerning Kemira's financial statements, the proposals of the Board of Directors and the Nomination Board, this notice and other documents required by the Finnish Companies Act and the Finnish Securities Market Act are available for inspection by shareholders as from February 24, 2017, at the company's web site at www.kemira.com > Investors > Corporate governance > Annual General Meeting > Annual General Meeting 2017. The proposals and the other documents mentioned above are available at the Annual General Meeting. The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting are available in the above mentioned web site no later than on April 7, 2017. 

A shareholder who on the record date of the Annual General Meeting, March 14, 2017, is registered in the company's shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd, is entitled to attend and participate in the Annual General Meeting. A shareholder, whose shares have been recorded in his/her personal book-entry account, is registered in the company's shareholders' register.

A shareholder wishing to participate in the Annual General Meeting shall register his/her/its participation to the meeting no later than on Tuesday March 21, 2017 at 4.00 pm. Registration may be made as follows:

a)  through Kemira's website at the address www.kemira.com
b)  by telephone at +358 20 770 6886, weekdays 9 am - 4 pm
c)  by fax at +358 10 862 1119, Kemira Oyj, Anna Kosunen or
d)  by letter to the address Kemira Oyj, Anna Kosunen, P.O. Box 330, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland.

In connection with the registration, the shareholder shall notify his/her/its name, personal identification number/company identification number, address, telephone number and the name of the possible assistant, proxy representative or statutory representative and personal identification number of the proxy representative. The personal data given to Kemira is used only in connection with the Annual General Meeting and with the processing of related registrations.

 A holder of nominee registered shares has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting by virtue of such shares based on which he/she would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders' register of the company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd on March 14, 2017. The participation in the Annual General Meeting requires, in addition, that the shareholder on the basis of such shares has been temporarily entered in the shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd at the latest by March 21, 2017 at 10.00 am. As regards nominee registered shares this constitutes due registration for the Annual General Meeting.

A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request well in advance necessary instructions regarding the temporary registration in the shareholders' register, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the Annual General Meeting from his/her custodian bank. The account operator of the custodian bank shall register a holder of nominee registered shares, who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, temporarily into the shareholders' register of the company at the latest by the time stated above.

A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise his/her rights at the meeting by way of proxy representation. A proxy representative shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise demonstrate in a reliable manner his/her right to represent the shareholder at the Annual General Meeting. When a shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares at different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the Annual General Meeting.

A proxy  for representing a shareholder at the meeting is requested to be delivered together with the notice to attend the meeting by March 21, 2017 at 4.00 pm at the latest.

4. Other information

Pursuant to  Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act, a shareholder who is present at the Annual General Meeting has the right to present questions with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting.

The total number of shares and votes in Kemira as of the date of this notice, February 7, 2017, is 155,342,557.

Helsinki, February 7, 2017

Kemira Oyj
Board of Directors

Kemira Oyj
Jukka Hakkila, Group General Counsel
Tel.  +358 10 862 1690

Olli Turunen, Vice President, Investor Relations
Tel. +358 10 862 1255

is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive industries. We provide expertise, application know-how and chemicals that improve our customers' product quality, process and resource efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, oil & gas, mining and water treatment. In 2016, Kemira had annual revenue of around EUR 2.4 billion and 4,800 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
www.kemira.com