UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 2, 2013

 

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32609

 

52-2277366

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

100 Overlook Center, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)

 

(609) 514-0300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 7.01.                     Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On December 2, 2013, Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company entered into a joint venture with Chengdu Tianqi Industry Group (“Tianqi”) giving the Company a 49% ownership interest and Tianqi a 51% interest in Talison Lithium Ltd. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. The Company will also host a public conference call on December 2, 2013 to discuss the joint venture. A copy of the conference call presentation materials is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.2.

 

The information disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)              Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated December 2, 2013.

 

 

 

99.2

 

December 2, 2013 Conference Call Presentation Materials.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

ROCKWOOD HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael W. Valente

 

 

Name:

Michael W. Valente

 

 

Title:

Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: December 2, 2013

 

 

 

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