Kemira Oyj: Announcement of manager's transaction;

Kemira Oyj Managers' transactions May 9, 2018 at 11.00 am (CET+1)

Kemira Oyj: Announcement of manager's transaction; Jari Paasikivi has received Kemira's shares as part of remuneration of the Board On March 21, 2018, the Annual General Meeting of Kemira Oyj resolved that the annual fee of the company's Board of Directors is paid as a combination of the company's shares and cash in such a manner that 40% of the annual fee is paid in company's shares and 60% is paid in cash. In accordance with this resolution shares have been transferred to Jari Paasikivi, Chairman of the Board, as follows:

Person subject to the notification requirement Name: Paasikivi, Jari Position: Member of the Board/Deputy member Issuer: KEMIRA LEI: 74370031Y7RK5H88CQ48

Notification type: INITIAL NOTIFICATION Reference number: 74370031Y7RK5H88CQ48_20180508120944_4 ____________________________________________

Transaction date: 2018-05-08 Instrument type: SHARE Nature of the transaction: RECEIPT OF A SHARE-BASED INCENTIVE OR REMUNERATION

Transaction details (1): Volume: 2,904 Unit price:  0 EUR

Aggregated transactions (1): Volume: 2,904 Volume weighted average price:  0 EUR

Total ownership of instrument after the transaction: 218,010 shares

For more information, please contact: Kemira Oyj Olli Turunen, Vice President, Investor Relations Tel.  +358 10 862 1255

Kemira 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 and water treatment. In 2017, Kemira had annual revenue of around EUR 2.5 billion and 4,732 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. www.kemira.com