Exhibit 99.1

Albemarle Corporation and Subsidiaries

FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY

(In Thousands, Except for Per share Amounts and Footnote Data)

Year Ended December 31	2007			2006			2005			2004			2003
Results of Operations
Net sales	$	2,336,187		$	2,368,506		$	2,107,499		$	1,513,737		$	1,110,237
Costs and expenses		2,026,300			2,191,022			1,943,603			1,411,656			1,017,413
Operating profit		309,887			177,484			163,896			102,081			92,824
Interest and financing expenses		(38,332	)		(43,964	)		(41,971	)		(17,350	)		(5,376	)
Other income (expenses), net(a)		6,264			(134	)		1,513			(12,193	)		3,995
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		277,819			133,386			123,438			72,538			91,443
Income tax expense		55,078			2,192			27,593			17,005			13,890
Income before minority interests, equity in net income (losses) of unconsolidated investments and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net		222,741			131,194			95,845			55,533			77,553
Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries (net of tax)		(17,632	)		(13,258	)		(7,469	)		(5,101	)		(2,564	)
Equity in net income (losses) of unconsolidated investments (net of tax)		24,581			25,033			26,491			4,407			(824	)
Income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net		229,690			142,969			114,867			54,839			74,165
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net(b)		—			—			—			—			(2,220	)
Net income	$	229,690		$	142,969		$	114,867		$	54,839		$	71,945
Financial Position and Other Data
Total assets	$	2,830,450		$	2,530,368		$	2,555,618		$	2,442,745		$	1,387,291
Operations:
Working capital	$	650,521		$	477,905		$	451,746		$	373,664		$	271,298
Current ratio		2.61 to 1			1.99 to 1			2.07 to 1			2.00 to 1			2.29 to 1
Depreciation and amortization	$	106,855		$	112,950		$	117,435		$	97,268		$	84,014
Capital expenditures	$	98,740		$	99,847		$	70,080		$	57,652		$	41,058
Investments in joint ventures	$	—		$	96		$	2,500		$	9,913		$	11,102
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$	17,929		$	25,970		$	7,473		$	785,247		$	117,767
Research and development expenses	$	62,691		$	46,299		$	41,675		$	31,273		$	18,411
Gross profit as a % of net sales		26.6			23.3			20.1			19.7			21.5
Total long-term debt	$	723,938		$	732,590		$	833,453		$	944,631		$	228,579
Equity(c)	$	1,278,305		$	1,028,098		$	930,275		$	711,375		$	636,221
Total long-term debt as a % of total capitalization		36.2			41.6			47.3			57.0			26.4
Net debt as a % of total capitalization(d)		30.1			34.7			44.0			56.8			25.8
Common Stock
Basic earnings per share(b)	$	2.41		$	1.51		$	1.24		$	0.66		$	0.87
Shares used to compute basic earnings per share(c)		95,254			94,624			92,696			83,134			82,511
Diluted earnings per share(b)	$	2.36		$	1.47		$	1.20		$	0.64		$	0.85
Shares used to compute diluted earnings per share(c)		97,216			97,136			95,495			85,054			84,291
Cash dividends declared per share	$	0.42		$	0.345		$	0.31		$	0.2925		$	0.2825
Shareholders’ equity per share(c)	$	13.49		$	10.84		$	9.95		$	8.49		$	7.73
Return on average shareholders’ equity		19.9	%		14.6	%		14.0	%		8.1	%		11.9	%

Footnotes:

^(a) Other income (expenses), 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.

^(b) 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.

^(c) Shareholders’ equity includes the purchase of common shares amounting to: 2007—2,369,810; 2006—1,130,890; 2005—0; 2004—55,138 and 2003—1,387,588.

^(d) 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.