Kemira GrowHow Oyj: Notice in accordance with chapter 18, section 2 of the companies act regarding commencement of the right of redemption

Kemira GrowHow Oyj has today received the following notice:

Yara Nederland B.V. ("Yara") notifies in accordance with Chapter 18,
section 2 of the Companies Act that by 9 October 2007, it has
acquired 54,019,653 shares in Kemira Grow-How Oyj ("Kemira GrowHow"),
representing approximately 97.46 percent of the shares and votes
attached thereto, excluding, however, those shares possessed by the
company it-self,  in Kemira GrowHow. The share stock of Kemira
GrowHow registered in the Trade Register consists of a total of
57,208,857 shares of which the total of 1,783,830 shares is possessed
by the company itself.

As Yara holds more than nine tenths (9/10) of the shares and votes
attached thereto in Kemira GrowHow, it has, pursuant to Chapter 18,
section 1 of the Companies Act, the right to redeem the shares held
by other shareholders of Kemira GrowHow at the fair price.

Yara shall request, in accordance with the Companies Act, that the
Redemption Committee of the Central Chamber of Commerce appoints an
arbitral tribunal to settle the redemption of the shares in Kemira
GrowHow. Yara may before the redemption proceedings become pending
and thereafter acquire shares in Kemira GrowHow from the market.

Helsinki, 11 October 2007
Yara International ASA

For additional information please contact:

Kaj Friman, CFO
Tel. (+358) 50 62 626

Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
Media

Kemira GrowHow Oyj is one of the leading producers of fertilisers and
feed phosphates in Europe. Kemira GrowHow develops and markets
fertilisers and integrated solutions for crop cultivation, animal
feed supplements and chemicals required in various industries. The
company has approximately 2,500 employees worldwide and in 2006 net
sales were 1.2 billion euros. Kemira GrowHow Oyj is listed on the
Helsinki Stock Exchange.