罗克韦尔收购过程控制安全解决方案供应商ICS Triplex公司

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

罗克韦尔自动化收购领先的过程控制安全解决方案供应商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.

密尔沃基5月24日消息——罗克韦尔自动化今天宣布已经达成协议，其将以1亿1千万英镑的现金收购工业控制服务集团有限公司（ICS）。ICS以 ICS Triplex的品牌开展业务，是过程工业关键控制和安全解决方案的全球领先供应商。ICS Triplex拥有四十年的经验，为全球过程工业领域的高实用性、容错系统应用开发、销售和维护高端的产品和解决方案。

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日的本财年的全年收入额计划大约为7千万英镑。罗克韦尔自动化希望本交易在第一个全财政年度稍微冲减每股的收益，其后逐渐增加。ICS Triplex总部位于英国的 Maldon，雇员500多个，在欧洲、中东、亚洲和北美有业务。ICS Triplex为需要高集成度关键控制的工业提供工程服务、产品和解决方案。这些工业主要包括油气勘探、生产、运输、提炼，以及化学和发电。

"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."

罗克韦尔自动化总裁兼首席执行官Keith Nosbusch表示：“通过他们的工业技术和强大的客户关系，ICS Triplex提供了一个适合我们快速扩张的过程控制和安全解决方案业务的重要战略。ICS在油气和其他过程工业的客户将受惠於罗克韦尔自动化广阔的产品组合和解决方案能力。这也使得我们可以结合ICS的高实用性、容错系统技术到Logix架构，把这项技术扩充到离散和混合过程应用中。”

"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首席执行官Peter Mottershead表示：“40年来，ICS Triplex为油气工业的顶尖公司提供了容错系统安全和关键控制解决方案。随着我们将这些能力与罗克韦尔自动化作为一家工业自动化控制和信息系统全球领导者100年的经验和实力结合起来，这将使我们可以发展我们的业务，更好地服务我们的客户。”

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.

收购ICS的程序由大约96%普通股所有者的一份不可更改保证以及100%的ICS优先股所有者接受本报价开始。因次，作为一家在英国上市的公司，通过德国联邦企业联合处的常规批准同意以及满足惯常下市条件之后，罗克韦尔自动化希望可以收购100%的工业控制服务集团公司公司的资产。该交易预计在2007年第三季度期间完成。

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

ICS Triplex将被纳入控制产品和解决方案运营部门。

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.

罗克韦尔自动化是全球最大的自动化、电力、控制和信息解决方案供应商，致力于帮助生产商提升其业务竞争优势。公司总部位于美国威斯康星州密尔沃基市，公司雇员大约2万3千人，业务遍及全球超过80个国家。

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