Albemarle Corrects News Stories About Chemical Release in Pasadena, Texas Plant

Release Occurred at Another Company's Facility

PASADENA, Texas, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation would like
to correct certain erroneous initial news stories reported by multiple
Houston-area news outlets that a chemical release took place today at
Albemarle's facility located at 2500 N. South Street, Pasadena, Texas. The
event occurred at an adjoining facility and did not involve Albemarle
Corporation, its employees or its contractors.
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The incident in question took place just before 5:00 PM CDT at the
Pasadena, Texas facility of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., 3000 N. South
Street. Further information about the incident should be obtained by
contacting MEMC.
Again, the incident in question did NOT take place at Albemarle's plant,
and NO Albemarle employees or contract workers or others on Albemarle's site
were affected by the incident.
Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is
a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered
specialty chemicals for consumer electronics; petroleum and petrochemical
processing; transportation and industrial products; pharmaceuticals;
agricultural products; and construction and packaging materials. The Company
operates in three business segments-Polymer Additives, Catalysts and Fine
Chemicals, and serves customers in approximately 100 countries. Learn more
about Albemarle at www.albemarle.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Albemarle Corporation's
business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that
involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and
uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained
in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
SOURCE Albemarle Corporation

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