Rockwood Offering $750M Senior Notes

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. (RSGI) will offer $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2020. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Rockwood Holdings and each of RSGI's existing and future domestic subsidiaries that is a guarantor under RSGI's senior secured credit facilities.