Kemira Oyj: Proposals of the Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting 2027

Kemira Oyj, Stock Exchange Release October 9, 2026, at 4.30 pm (EEST)

The Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting of Kemira Oyj that eight members be elected to the Board of Directors and that the present members Susan Duinhoven, Tina Sejersgård Fanø, Werner Fuhrmann, Matti Lehmus, Annika Paasikivi, Kristian Pullola and Mikael Staffas be re-elected as members of the Board of Directors and Christian Kohlpaintner be elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. In addition, the Nomination Board proposes that Annika Paasikivi be elected as the Chair of the Board of Directors and Susan Duinhoven elected as the Vice Chair.

All the nominees have given their consent to the position and are independent of the company and of its significant shareholders except for Annika Paasikivi who is not independent of a significant shareholder as she acts as the Executive Chair of the Board of Oras Invest Oy, and Oras Invest Oy owns over 10 % of Kemira Oyj’s shares.

Christian Kohlpaintner, whom the Nomination Board proposes to be elected as a new member of the Board of Directors, currently serves as a member of the supervisory board of Evonik Industries AG and Biesterfeld SE. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry and has a long executive experience from the chemical industry, including roles as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the management board at Brenntag SE and a member of the executive committee at Clariant AG. Christian Kohlpaintner is a German citizen.

Regarding the selection procedure for the members of the Board of Directors, the Nomination Board recommends that shareholders take a position on the proposal as a whole at the Annual General Meeting. This recommendation is based on the fact that Kemira’s shareholders' Nomination Board is separate from the Board of Directors, in line with a good Nordic governance model. The Nomination Board, in addition to ensuring that individual nominees for membership of the Board of Directors possess the required competences, is responsible for making sure that the proposed Board of Directors as a whole also has the best possible expertise and experience for the company and that the diversity principles of the company will be met, and that the composition of the Board of Directors meets other requirements of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code for listed companies.

The Nomination Board proposes that the remuneration paid to the members of the Board of Directors remains unchanged as follows: for the Chair EUR 141,000 per year, for the Vice Chair and the Chair of the Audit Committee EUR 79,000 per year, for the Chair of the Personnel and Remuneration Committee (if the person is not the Chair or Vice Chair of the Board of Directors) EUR 73,000 per year and for the other members EUR 61,000 per year.

The Nomination Board proposes the fee payable for each meeting of the Board of Directors and the Board Committees will be increased and be paid based on the method of participation and place of the meeting as follows: participating remotely or in a meeting arranged in the member’s country of residence  EUR 1,000 (currently EUR 750), participating in a meeting arranged on the same continent as the member’s country of residence EUR 2,000 (currently EUR 1,500) and participating in a meeting arranged in a different continent than the member’s country of residence EUR 3,000 (unchanged).

Travel expenses are proposed to be paid according to Kemira's travel policy.

In addition, the Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the annual fee be paid as a combination of the company's shares and cash in such a manner that 40 % of the annual fee is paid with the company's shares owned by the company or, if this is not possible, shares purchased from the market, and 60 % is paid in cash. The shares will be transferred to the members of the Board of Directors and, if necessary, acquired directly on behalf of the members of the Board of Directors within two weeks from the release of Kemira's interim report January 1 – March 31, 2027. The meeting fees are proposed to be paid in cash.

The Nomination Board has consisted of the following representatives: Ville Kivelä, Chief Investment Officer of Oras Invest Oy as the Chair of the Nomination Board; Hanna Kaskela, Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Communications, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company; Rami Vehmas, Head of Equities, Ilmarinen Mutual Insurance Company and Marie Karlsson, Chief Investment Officer, Nordic Equities, Nordea Funds, as members of the Nomination Board and Annika Paasikivi, Chair of Kemira's Board of Directors, as an expert member.

For more information, please contact:

Ville Kivelä, Chair of the Kemira Nomination Board
Tel. +358 10 2868 100

Kemira Oyj
Kiira Fröberg, Vice President, Investor Relations
Tel. +35840 7604258
kiira.froberg@kemira.com

Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemistry for water-intensive industries. We operate globally and serve a wide range of customers including municipal and industrial water treatment companies and the fiber industry. Our solutions and services help secure clean water for millions of people every day and support our customers in advancing circularity and responsible resource use throughout their value chains. In 2025, Kemira’s revenue totaled EUR 2.8 billion, and we employed approximately 4,900 people. Kemira’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KEMIRA) www.kemira.com