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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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