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Rockwood Holdings Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 30
Rockwood Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Announces Date of April 30, 2013 for 1st Quarter 2013 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Business Wire (Apr 12, 2013)
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Rockwood Repays Sachtleben GmbH Secured Facility

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Rockwood Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend

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Rockwood Holdings Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 19
Rockwood Holdings Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results

Business Wire (Feb 19, 2013)
Rockwood to Acquire Kemira’s 39% interest in Sachtleben TiO2 JV

Business Wire (Feb 14, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Announces a Revised Date of February 19, 2013 for 4th Quarter and Full Year 2012 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Business Wire (Feb 5, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings Announces New Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications

Business Wire (Jan 18, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. to Webcast Investor Day Program on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Business Wire (Jan 15, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings Announces Approval of Stock Repurchases

Business Wire (Jan 10, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings Announces Changes to Board of Directors

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Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Announces 4th Quarter and Full Year Conference Call and Webcast

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Rock-Solid Long-Term Outlook For Rockwood After Strategic Acquisition Of Talison Lithium
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The Energy Report • Wed, Mar 6
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Rockwood Holdings Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 30
Rockwood Holdings Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 19
Rockwood Holdings Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 25, 2012
Rockwood Holdings' CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Aug 1, 2012
Rockwood Holdings' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Apr 25, 2012
Rockwood Holdings' CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 21, 2012
Rockwood Holdings' CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Oct 19, 2011
Rockwood Holdings' CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jul 27, 2011
Rockwood Holdings Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Apr 29, 2009
Rockwood Holdings Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 5, 2008
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jul 30, 2008
Rockwood Holdings Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Apr 30, 2008
Rockwood Holdings Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 19, 2008

Rockwood Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Announces Date of April 30, 2013 for 1st Quarter 2013 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Business Wire (Apr 12, 2013)
Rockwood Repays Sachtleben GmbH Secured Facility

Business Wire (Mar 22, 2013)
Rockwood Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend

Business Wire (Feb 25, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results

Business Wire (Feb 19, 2013)
Rockwood to Acquire Kemira’s 39% interest in Sachtleben TiO2 JV

Business Wire (Feb 14, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Announces a Revised Date of February 19, 2013 for 4th Quarter and Full Year 2012 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Business Wire (Feb 5, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings Announces New Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications

Business Wire (Jan 18, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. to Webcast Investor Day Program on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Business Wire (Jan 15, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings Announces Approval of Stock Repurchases

Business Wire (Jan 10, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings Announces Changes to Board of Directors

Business Wire (Jan 10, 2013)
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Announces 4th Quarter and Full Year Conference Call and Webcast

Business Wire (Jan 7, 2013)
Rockwood Receives All Regulatory Approvals to Complete Talison Acquisition

Business Wire (Nov 20, 2012)
Rockwood Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

Business Wire (Nov 16, 2012)
Rockwood Announces Agreement to Sell Common Stock by Stockholders

Business Wire (Nov 14, 2012)
Rockwood Reports Third Quarter Results

Business Wire (Oct 25, 2012)
Rockwood Lithium Increases Butyllithium Prices

Business Wire (Oct 15, 2012)
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Announces 3rd Quarter Conference Call and Webcast

Business Wire (Oct 4, 2012)
Rockwood Announces Pricing of $1.250 Billion of Senior Notes

Business Wire (Sep 20, 2012)
Rockwood Announces Offering of Senior Notes

Business Wire (Sep 18, 2012)

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Company Description

Rockwood is a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of high value-added specialty chemicals and advanced materials used for industrial and commercial purposes. Rockwood was incorporated in Delaware in September 2000 in connection with an acquisition of certain assets, stock and businesses... More

Sector: Basic Materials

Industry: Specialty Chemicals

Country: United States

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Monday, May 20, 6:55 PM Rockwood Holdings' (ROC) pigments businesses have attracted offers from buyout firms including Blackstone (BX) and Advent International, Reuters reports. ROC is packaging its Sachtleben titanium dioxide unit with its color additives units and is hoping to sell or spin off the businesses by the end of the year for as much as $2B. 1 Comment [Commodities, M&A]
Tuesday, April 30, 6:33 AM Rockwood Holdings (ROC): Q1 EPS of $0.68 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $934.6M (+2.8% Y/Y) beats by $25.93M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Tuesday, April 30, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ABFS, AET, AGCO, AMED, ARCO, AVP, BEN, BP, CIE, CMI, CNH, COCO, CRIS, CYNO, DBD, DDD, DPZ, ECL, EPD, ESV, EXAS, FCH, FIS, FLWS, GAS, GOV, HCLP, HCP, HEP, HNR, HOT, HRS, HUN, HW, IVZ, KLIC, LM, MCGC, MHP, MLM, MNTA, MPC, MPLX, MSO, MTG, MTOR, MWV, NEE, NI, NYX, ODP, OSK, PBI, PEG, PES, PFE, ROC, SAVE, SIRI, TFX, THC, TRI, TRW, UBS, UDR, VLO, VSH, WEC, X, XYL, ZTS Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, April 29, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ABFS, AET, AGCO, AMED, ARCO, AVP, BEN, BP, CIE, CMI, CNH, COCO, CRIS, CYNO, DBD, DDD, DPZ, ECL, EPD, ESV, EXAS, FCH, FIS, FLWS, GAS, GOV, HCLP, HCP, HEP, HNR, HOT, HRS, HUN, HW, IVZ, KLIC, LM, MCGC, MHP, MLM, MNTA, MPC, MPLX, MSO, MTG, MTOR, MWV, NEE, NI, NYX, ODP, OSK, PBI, PEG, PES, PFE, ROC, SAVE, SIRI, TFX, THC, TRI, TRW, UBS, UDR, VLO, VSH, WEC, X, XYL, ZTS 1 Comment [Earnings]
Wednesday, April 3, 5:35 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: CCG +8%. ANV +5%. AVEO +4%. GFI +3%. VALE +2%.
After-hours top losers: SFUN -6%. IMUC -3%. CPWR -3%. LSE -3%. ROC -2%. Comment! [On the Move]
Friday, March 22, 8:54 AM Specialty chemicals company Rockwood Holdings (ROC) has repaid $509M in debt using available cash. CEO Seifi Ghasemi noted that the debt repayment is evidence that the company is moving forward with its goal to deleverage the balance sheet in 2013. Comment! [Commodities]
Wednesday, March 20, 2:10 PM Rockwood Holdings (ROC +0.9%) is preparing to sell two units that could fetch more than $2B, Reuters reports, including its German titanium dioxide unit Sachtleben; first bids for the combined businesses are expected at the end of April. The assets, which ROC believes can create significant synergies by merging, are likely to attract interest mainly from PE firms, sources say.
Comment! [Commodities]
Monday, February 25, 8:52 AM Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (ROC) declares $0.40/share quarterly dividend, 14.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.35. Forward yield 2.69%. For shareholders of record Mar. 07. Payable Mar. 22. Ex-div date Mar. 05. (PR) 1 Comment [Dividends]
Tuesday, February 19, 6:36 AM Rockwood Holdings (ROC): Q4 EPS of $0.47 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $829M (+1.8% Y/Y) beats by $39M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Tuesday, February 19, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ACT, BCRX, DCIX, FUN, GPC, MDT, MRGE, NGPC, NI, NM, ROC, SAVE, SEE, WAB, WIN, XEC, YNDX Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, February 18, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ACT, BCRX, DCIX, FUN, GPC, MDT, MRGE, NGPC, NI, NM, ROC, SAVE, SEE, WAB, WIN, XEC, YNDX Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, February 8, 5:43 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: WR +5%. IDIX +3%. MTG +2%. GOL +2%. MTGE +2%.
After-hours top losers: MERU -3%. ROC -2%. MELI -2%. BG -2%. INFN -2%. Comment! [On the Move]
Friday, February 8, 12:52 PM Rockwood Holdings (ROC +6.8%) pops higher after a Bloomberg report says it is considering the sale of its Germany-based CeramTec ceramic materials unit generating $550M in annual revenue. The unit could be valued at ~$1B based on the average multiple paid in ceramic products deals in North America and western Europe in the last five years. Comment! [Commodities, On the Move]
Tuesday, February 5, 9:53 AM Specialty chemicals producer Rockwood (ROC +2.4%) and Finnish partner Kemira reportedly are renewing efforts to sell German titanium dioxide unit Sachtleben, lowering their price expectations after receiving little interest in earlier auctions. Strategic players as well as P-E firms such as CVC and Bain Capital are expected to take a look. Comment! [Commodities, On the Move]
Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 12:13 PM Talison Lithium (TLTHF.PK) calls off buyout talks with Rockwood Holdings (ROC +1.8%) after backing a sweetened takeover bid from Chengdu Tianqi. ROC had offered to buy Talison for C$6.50/share, below Tianqi's revised C$7.50 offer; the ROC offer valued Talison at C$724M, while Tianqi's offer values the miner at C$847M. Comment! [Commodities, M&A, On the Move]
Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 2:21 PM Talison Lithium (TLTHF.PK) says it will begin talks with Chengdu Tianqi to determine if the Chinese company’s C$806M takeover bid is superior to Rockwood Holdings' (ROC +1.5%) competing offer. Talison will consider factors including the funding of Chengdu Tianqi’s C$7.15/share bid and its timing. ROC says its August bid of $6.50/share is its best and final offer. Comment! [Commodities, M&A, On the Move]

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New Downgrades (3/27/13): $APD, $DOV, $E, $ETN, $EXP, $MHO, $PNR, $PX, $ROC, $SWI, $TBT, $TMO, $UTX, $VAL
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Today's Potential Downgrades (3/18/13): , $QLD, $RDC, $ROC, $ROSE, $SBUX, $SFLY, $SJM, $SPY, $TQQQ, $TRMB, $TYL, $URBN, $UTHR
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Todays news - 99.75% Pure Lithium Carbonate produced at Rodinia Lithium---http://dld.bz/bPX3d RDNAF.PK ROC LIT SQM CNQ CLQMF.PK FMC
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SQM vs ROC Rockwood losing badly
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ROC Looking for entry point after consolidation following takeover of Talison TLTHF.PK Will control 55% of world Li production now!
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8 Undervalued Mid Caps With Strong Growth Projections http://bit.ly/PjUW3j $GMCR $ROC $HAR $DAL $OIS $ATI $GT $ERJ @ZetaKap
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9 High Growth Mid Caps Trading At Low Valuations http://bit.ly/M0id6K $HAR $OIS $ROC $JAZZ $ATI $GMCR $LCC $OAS $GT @ZetaKap
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