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Rockwood Press Release
Rockwood Holdings to Present at
Deutsche Bank 2010 Alternative Energy Conference;
Panel Discussion on Vehicle Electrification
to feature CEO Seifi Ghasemi
Princeton, NJ USA (April 8, 2010) – Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC), a global producer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials and the largest producer of lithium and lithium compounds, will participate in the Deutsche Bank 2010 Alternative Energy, Utilities & Power Conference in Washington, DC. Seifi Ghasemi, chairman and chief executive officer of Rockwood, will make a presentation on the company’s strategy and diversified portfolio of businesses on Wednesday, May 12th, at 8:55 am.
In addition, Mr. Ghasemi will participate in a panel discussion at 2:30 pm that afternoon entitled: Vehicle Electrification, Laying the Groundwork for Mass Adoption. The panel is scheduled to include fellow members of the Electrification Coalition, a nonpartisan group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale in the US. Scheduled at this time, in addition to Mr. Ghasemi, are David Crane, CEO of NRG Energy, Inc., and David Vieau, CEO of A123 Systems, Inc.
For more information on the Electrification Coalition, view the following links to a video and economic impact study:
A listen-only, live webcast link for the presentation along with the PowerPoint file will be available at www.rocksp.com. Following the conference, the webcast and PowerPoint file will be archived on Rockwood’s website.
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. is a leading global specialty chemicals and advanced materials company. Rockwood has a worldwide employee base of approximately 9,500 people and annual net sales of approximately $3 billion. The company focuses on global niche segments of the specialty chemicals, pigments and additives and advanced materials markets. For more information on Rockwood, please visit www.rocksp.com.
The information set forth in this press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 concerning the business, operations and financial condition of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Rockwood"). Words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "predicts" and variations of such words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although Rockwood believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that its expectations will be realized. "Forward-looking statements" consist of all non-historical information, including any statements referring to the prospects and future performance of Rockwood. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in Rockwood's forward-looking statements due to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, the "Risk Factors" described in Rockwood's 2008 Form 10-K on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Rockwood does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which any such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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