The Annual General Meeting of Kemira Oyj approved the Board of Directors proposal of EUR 0.53 dividend per share for the financial year 2013. The Annual General Meeting elected six members (previously five) to the Board of Directors. Annual General Meeting reelected Winnie Fok, Juha Laaksonen, Jari Paasikivi and Kerttu Tuomas and elected Wolfgang Büchele and Timo Lappalainen as new members. Jari Paasikivi was elected as the Board's Chairman and Kerttu Tuomas was elected as the Vice Chairman.
Wolfgang Büchele (b. 1959), Dr. rer. nat. will leave his position as Kemira Oyj's President and CEO as of April 30, 2014 and start as Linde AG's President and CEO as of May 20, 2014. He is currently also a member of the Supervisory Board of Merck KGaA (to be proposed as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board).
Timo Lappalainen (b. 1962), M. Sc. (Eng) is currently working as President and CEO of Orion Oyj. He is currently also a member of the Board of ICC Finland and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Chemical Industry Federation of Finland.
