Investor Update
Basel, 20 July 2008
Roche Half-Year Results 2008 brought forward to Monday, 21 July 2008
We wish to inform you that the Half-Year Results for 2008 will now be published prior to opening of the Swiss Stock exchange on Monday July 21 at 7:00 CET / 6:00 GMT/ 1:00 am EDT . The release was originally planned for 24 July. Concurrently, the Half Year Presentation slides and the Half Year report will be available on the Roche website http://ir.roche.com.
The morning Telephone Conference and Q&A by senior management will commence
- at 7:45 CET / 6.45 GMT / 1.45 am EDT.
Participants will be:
- Severin Schwan, Chief Executive Officer
- Erich Hunziker, CFO and Deputy Head of the Corporate Executive Committee
- William M. Burns, CEO Division Roche Pharma
- Jürgen Schwiezer, CEO Division Roche Diagnostics
- Karl Mahler, Head of Investor Relations
Please dial in to the conference 10-15 min prior to the scheduled start using the following numbers:
+41 91 610 56 00 (Europe and ROW) or +44 207 107 06 11 (UK) or +1 866 291 41 66 (USA)
Alternatively, a live audio webcast can be accessed via http://ir.roche.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available one hour after the conference call for 48 hours.
Access is by dialing:
+41 91 612 43 30 (Europe) or +44 207 108 62 33 (UK) or +1 866 416 25 58 (USA).
and will be asked to enter the ID 12044 followed by the # sign