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_ Rockwood accomplish Sale by electronics Business to COM group

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by admin

PRINCETON, new jersey, January. 02, 2008 ( BUSINESS WIRE) — Rockwood of getting thing, Inc. ( NYSE: ROC) announced today that it accomplished sale its electronics business, to COM Group, Inc. ( NYSE: OMG), effective December 31, 2007. Die negotiation enclosed, die put option to French business electronics sell the Rockwoods to COM group exercising Die net proceeds sale was approximately $300 million. Kw_business electronics Rockwoods included its ultra pure chemicals business, printed electric circuit board business and its photomasks business also. 2006 had the segment, excluding its Oblaterueckgewinnung business, that not enclosed in the negotiation war, sales adjusted EBITDA of $35,4 million, produced of $187 million and. Credit note Suisse collateral (the USA) LLC served as a financial advisor for Rockwood on the negotiation. Rockwood of getting thing, Inc. is a prominent global die company special field chemicals and advanced materials. Rockwood has a world-wide of employees base of people approximately 10,000 and annual net turnovers of approximately $3,0 billion Die company Foki on global niche segments the special fields chemicals, the pigments and the additives and advanced material markets. To more information about Rockwood, please visit www.rocksp.com. Die information put in this press, die release safe “contains, to statements” within the meaning Private collateral law case improvement Act from 1995 regarding business forwardlooking, enterprises and financial condition from Rockwood of the getting thing, Inc. and its subsidiaries and participant firmly (”Rockwood”). Words as “it anticipates,” “believes,” “estimations,” “expected,” “prognoses,” “forecasts that” and changes of such words or expressions are to mark the forward looking of of statements. Although Rockwood believes, die expectations, die are based in such forwardlooking statements to be reflected, to appropriate acceptance, can be no insurance there that its expectations are carried out “, statements forwardlooking” consist all non-historical information, any statements including, which die prospects refer and to die future achievement of Rockwood. Actual results could do more differ materially of those, stating Rockwoods due into forwardlooking to numerous were known projected and unknown dangers and die uncertainties, under other things, die “danger factors” including described Rockwoods 2006 in the form 10-K on document with the shares and the Exchange commission. Rockwood does not deal commitment to update each possible forwardlooking statement publicly to reflect in order to reflect cases or circumstances to that date, with such statement is possibly delivered or the occurrence of the unexpected cases. SOURCE: Rockwood of getting thing, Inc. Rockwood of getting thing, Inc. Timotheegras McKenna, 609-734-6430 tmckenna@rocksp.com copyright Business Wire 2008

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