Albemarle Corporation and Subsidiaries

Exhibit 99.1

FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY
(In Thousands, Except for Per share Amounts)
Year Ended December 31	2006			2005			2004			2003			2002
Results of Operations(a)
Net sales	$	2,368,506		$	2,107,499		$	1,513,737		$	1,110,237		$	1,007,918
Costs and expenses		2,191,022			1,943,603			1,411,656			1,017,413			905,099
Operating profit		177,484			163,896			102,081			92,824			102,819
Interest and financing expenses		(43,964	)		(41,971	)		(17,350	)		(5,376	)		(5,070	)
Other (expenses) income, net(b)		(134	)		1,513			(12,193	)		3,995			6,752
Income before income taxes, minority interests, equity in net income (losses) of unconsolidated investments and the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net		133,386			123,438			72,538			91,443			104,501
Income tax expense		2,192			27,593			17,005			13,890			28,086
Income before minority interests, equity in net income (losses) of unconsolidated investments and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net		131,194			95,845			55,533			77,553			76,415
Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries (net of tax)		(13,258	)		(7,469	)		(5,101	)		(2,564	)		(2,137	)
Equity in net income (losses) of unconsolidated investments (net of tax)		25,033			26,491			4,407			(824	)		(1,257	)
Income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net		142,969			114,867			54,839			74,165			73,021
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net(c)		—			—			—			(2,220	)		—
Net income	$	142,969		$	114,867		$	54,839		$	71,945		$	73,021
Financial Position and Other Data
Total assets	$	2,530,368		$	2,555,618		$	2,442,745		$	1,387,291		$	1,200,398
Operations:
Working capital	$	477,905		$	451,746		$	373,664		$	271,298		$	256,481
Current ratio		1.99 to 1			2.07 to 1			2.00 to 1			2.29 to 1			2.56 to 1
Depreciation and amortization	$	112,950		$	117,435		$	97,268		$	84,014		$	80,603
Capital expenditures	$	99,847		$	70,080		$	57,652		$	41,058		$	38,382
Investments in joint ventures	$	96		$	2,500		$	9,913		$	11,102		$	2,714
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$	25,970		$	7,473		$	785,247		$	117,767		$	—
Research and development expenses	$	46,299		$	41,675		$	31,273		$	18,411		$	16,485
Gross profit as a % of net sales		23.3			20.1			19.7			21.5			23.1
Total long-term debt	$	732,590		$	833,453		$	944,631		$	228,579		$	190,628
Equity(d)	$	1,028,098		$	930,275		$	711,375		$	636,221		$	574,337
Total long-term debt as a % of total capitalization		41.6			47.3			57.0			26.4			24.9
Net debt as a % of total capitalization(e)		34.7			44.0			56.8			25.8			22.2
Common Stock
Basic earnings per share(c)	$	1.51		$	1.24		$	0.66		$	0.87		$	0.87
Shares used to compute basic earnings per share(d)		94,624			92,696			83,134			82,511			84,208
Diluted earnings per share(c)	$	1.47		$	1.20		$	0.64		$	0.85		$	0.85
Shares used to compute diluted earnings per share(d)		97,136			95,495			85,054			84,291			86,275
Cash dividends declared per share	$	0.345		$	0.31		$	0.2925		$	0.2825		$	0.27
Shareholders’ equity per share(d)	$	10.84		$	9.95		$	8.49		$	7.73		$	6.89
Return on average shareholders’ equity		14.6	%		14.0	%		8.1	%		11.9	%		12.4	%

Footnotes:

^(a) Certain reclassifications have been made in the results of operations to conform to our current presentation.

^(b) Other (expenses) income, net for 2004 includes foreign exchange hedging charges totaling $12.8 million ($8.2 million after income taxes) associated with contracts we entered into to hedge the euro-denominated purchase price for the July 31, 2004 acquisition of the refinery catalysts business from Akzo Nobel N.V.

^(c) On January 1, 2003, we implemented SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations,” which addresses financial accounting and reporting for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs.

^(d) Shareholders’ equity includes the purchase of common shares amounting to: 2006—1,130,890; 2005—0; 2004—55,138; 2003—1,387,588 and 2002—8,031,156.

^(e) We define net debt as total debt plus the portion of outstanding joint venture indebtedness guaranteed by us (or less the portion of outstanding joint venture indebtedness consolidated but not guaranteed by us), less cash and cash equivalents.

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