Rockwell Automation To Acquire ICS Triplex, A Leading Process Control Safety Solutions Provider

羅克韋爾自動化收購領先的過程控制安全解決方案供應商ICS Triplex公司

MILWAUKEE, May 24, 2007 - Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) announced today that it has reached an agreement by which it will acquire Industrial Control Services Group Limited ("ICS") for ￡110 million (British pounds) in cash. ICS trades and does business as ICS Triplex, a leading global supplier of critical control and safety solutions to process industries. With 40 years of experience, ICS Triplex develops, delivers and maintains advanced products and solutions for high availability, fault-tolerant applications in process industry segments worldwide.

密爾沃基5月24日消息——羅克韋爾自動化今天宣布已經達成協議，其將以1億1千萬英鎊的現金收購工業控制服務集團有限公司（ICS）。ICS以 ICS Triplex的品牌開展業務，是過程工業關鍵控制和安全解決方案的全球領先供應商。ICS Triplex擁有四十年的經驗，為全球過程工業領域的高實用性、容錯系統應用開發、銷售和維護高端的產品和解決方案。

ICS Triplex annual revenues are projected to be approximately ￡70 million (British pounds) for their current fiscal year which ends May 31, 2007. Rockwell Automation expects the transaction to be slightly dilutive to earnings per share in the first full fiscal year and accretive thereafter. Headquartered in Maldon, United Kingdom, ICS Triplex has more than 500 employees and operations across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. ICS Triplex provides engineering services, products, and solutions for industries that demand high-integrity critical control. These industries primarily include oil and gas exploration, production, transportation, and refining as well as chemicals and power generation.

ICS Triplex截至2007年5月31日的本財年的全年收入額計劃大約為7千萬英鎊。羅克韋爾自動化希望本交易在第一個全財政年度稍微沖減每股的收益，其后逐漸增加。ICS Triplex總部位于英國的 Maldon，雇員500多個，在歐洲、中東、亞洲和北美有業務。ICS Triplex為需要高集成度關鍵控制的工業提供工程服務、產品和解決方案。這些工業主要包括油氣勘探、生產、運輸、提煉，以及化學和發電。

"With their industry expertise and strong customer relationships, ICS Triplex provides an important strategic fit for our rapidly expanding process control and safety solutions businesses," said Keith Nosbusch, chairman and chief executive officer of Rockwell Automation. "ICS customers in oil and gas, and other process industries will benefit from the breadth of Rockwell Automation's product portfolio and solutions capabilities. It also allows us to incorporate ICS' high availability, fault-tolerant technology into the Logix architecture extending the reach of this technology into discrete and hybrid process applications."

羅克韋爾自動化總裁兼首席執行官Keith Nosbusch表示：“通過他們的工業技術和強大的客戶關系，ICS Triplex提供了一個適合我們快速擴張的過程控制和安全解決方案業務的重要戰略。ICS在油氣和其他過程工業的客戶將受惠於羅克韋爾自動化廣闊的產品組合和解決方案能力。這也使得我們可以結合ICS的高實用性、容錯系統技術到Logix架構，把這項技術擴充到離散和混合過程應用中?！?/P>

"For 40 years, ICS Triplex has provided fault-tolerant safety and critical control solutions to premier companies in the oil and gas industry," said Peter Mottershead, ICS Triplex chief executive. "As we combine these capabilities with Rockwell Automation's 100 years of experience and strengths as a global leader in industrial automation control and information systems, it should enable us to grow our business and better serve our customers."

ICS Triplex首席執行官Peter Mottershead表示：“40年來，ICS Triplex為油氣工業的頂尖公司提供了容錯系統安全和關鍵控制解決方案。隨著我們將這些能力與羅克韋爾自動化作為一家工業自動化控制和信息系統全球領導者100年的經驗和實力結合起來，這將使我們可以發展我們的業務，更好地服務我們的客戶?！?/P>

The process for acquiring ICS has started with an irrevocable undertaking from the owner of approximately 96 percent of ICS ordinary shares and the owner of 100 percent of ICS preference shares to accept this offer. Accordingly, by way of a United Kingdom public offer, Rockwell Automation expects, subject to the receipt of regulatory approval from the German Federal Cartel Office and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, to acquire 100 percent equity interest in Industrial Control Services Group Limited. The transaction is expected to be completed during the third calendar quarter of 2007.

收購ICS的程序由大約96%普通股所有者的一份不可更改保證以及100%的ICS優先股所有者接受本報價開始。因次，作為一家在英國上市的公司，通過德國聯邦企業聯合處的常規批準同意以及滿足慣常下市條件之后，羅克韋爾自動化希望可以收購100%的工業控制服務集團公司公司的資產。該交易預計在2007年第三季度期間完成。

ICS Triplex will be included in the Control Products and Solutions operating segment.

ICS Triplex將被納入控制產品和解決方案運營部門。

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a leading global provider of industrial automation control and information solutions that help manufacturers achieve a competitive advantage in their businesses. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., the company employs about 23,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.

羅克韋爾自動化是全球最大的自動化、電力、控制和信息解決方案供應商，致力于幫助生產商提升其業務競爭優勢。公司總部位于美國威斯康星州密爾沃基市，公司雇員大約2萬3千人，業務遍及全球超過80個國家。

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