Neste Oil Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
20 December 2014 at 9.30 a.m. (EET)

Neste Oil to revise its full-year 2014 guidance

Neste Oil has revised its guidance and now expects the Group's full-year comparable operating profit to be above EUR 550 million in 2014. Previously the company expected it to be above EUR 400 million.

The revised guidance is a result of better than expected business performance during the fourth quarter, as well as an insurance compensation for the Porvoo refinery hydrogen unit damage, and reintroduction of the Blender's Tax Credit (BTC) in the US.

As announced earlier, Neste Oil had a production outage at the Porvoo refinery caused by a damaged hydrogen unit lasting from mid-August to early November. The incident had approx. EUR 60 million negative impact on our comparable operating profit. However, the agreed insurance compensation will improve the result by approx. EUR 40 million. The compensation will be paid during the first quarter of 2015.

The BTC was reintroduced for the year 2014 in the US on 19 December. However, there was no decision about a BTC concerning the year 2015. Qualified biofuel blenders are eligible for a tax credit of $1.00 per gallon of biodiesel or renewable diesel used in the blending process. The BTC is shared between the biofuel buyer and seller.  This reintroduction of the BTC is expected to improve Neste Oil's comparable operating profit by approx. EUR 80 million in 2014, and the respective cash flow is expected to be received during the first half of 2015.

Neste Oil will publish its full-year and fourth-quarter 2014 results on 4 February 2015.

Neste Oil Corporation

Osmo Kammonen
SVP, Communications and Brand Marketing

Further information:

Jyrki Mäki-Kala, CFO, tel. +358 10 458 4098

Neste Oil in brief

Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company specializing in high-quality fuels for cleaner traffic. The company produces all of the most important oil products and is the world's leading supplier of diesels made of renewable raw materials. In 2013, the company's net sales stood at EUR 17.5 billion, and it employs some 5,000 people. Neste Oil shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.

Neste Oil has been accepted into the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. The company has also been on the Global 100 list of sustainable companies for several years in succession. CDP Forest has selected Neste Oil as one of the best companies taking care of their forest footprint in the oil and gas industry. www.nesteoil.com