RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) announced today that its Board of Directors has designated Wednesday, April 11, 2007 as the date of the next annual meeting of shareholders.

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Albemarle's annual meeting will be held at the company's headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. Additional meeting details will be included in the company's proxy statement, which will be mailed in early March. The record date for Albemarle's 2007 annual meeting of shareholders is February 1, 2007.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Albemarle Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Source: Albemarle Corporation