Clariant Highlights North American Initiatives at San Francisco Roundtable

• Investors, analysts and journalists to gain insights from Clariant's top managers

Muttenz, August 25, 2015 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, will highlight today its initiatives for the North American market to investors, analysts and journalists at Clariant´s Roundtable event in San Francisco. The event will provide important insights into the latest market and technology trends within the specialty chemicals market and focus on its specific challenges and opportunities especially in North America. An additional focal point will be the growth drivers of the global catalysts and oil businesses – in which Clariant is a major player.

The program will start on August 25 at 8:30 a.m. PST (17:30 CEST) with key notes from CEO Hariolf Kottmann and several industry experts. The Roundtable itself will follow at 1:30 p.m. PST (22:30 CEST) with presentations from Hariolf Kottmann, Ken Golder, Head of the region North America, Stefan Heuser, Head of the Business Unit Catalysis and John Dunne, Head of the Oil and Mining Services business including Q&A sessions. For those who are not on site, all presentations and additional information concerning the event are available on August 25 at 1:30 p.m. PST (22:30 CEST) at: www.clariant.com/roundtablenoram.