Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC), a global producer of inorganic specialty chemicals and advanced materials, will host a listen-only, live webcast for those who cannot attend the company's Investor Day in New York on Thursday, January 17, 2013.

The webcast, with accompanying slides from the presentations, will be available via http://www.rockwoodspecialties.com/rock_english/ as of 1 p.m. eastern time that day, when the live presentations begin.

The webcast and PowerPoint file will be archived on Rockwood's website, www.rocksp.com.

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. is a leading global inorganic specialty chemicals and advanced materials company. Rockwood has a worldwide employee base of approximately 10,300 people and annual net sales of approximately $3.7 billion in 2011. 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.

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
Timothy McKenna, 609-734-6430
tmckenna@rocksp.com