Johnson Matthey announces that it has today completed the sale of its Pigments & Dispersions business to Rockwood Pigments (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc.

This completes the transaction which was first announced on 23rd July 2004.

Enquiries:

Johnson Matthey

Ian Godwin
Group Corporate Communications Manager
020 7269 8410

The HeadLand Consultancy

Howard Lee
020 7036 0369