Akzo Nobel is a Fortune Global 500 company and is listed on both the Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ stock exchanges. It is also included on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and FTSE4Good Index.

Based in the Netherlands, we are a multicultural organization serving customers throughout the world with coatings, chemicals and human and animal healthcare products. Our Dissolvine products contribute to a broad range of applications that are crucial to modern society. Dissolvine chelates are marketed through regional centers in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America.

We employ around 62,000 people and conduct activities in these four segments, with operating subsidiaries in more than 80 countries. Consolidated revenues for 2006 totaled EUR 13.7 billion. Akzo Nobel's businesses operate with much operational freedom, based on their entrepreneurial spirit in serving customers, using technology and managing their assets, while benefiting from the Company's large international scale.

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