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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:39:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AkzoNobel acquires majority ownership of Japanese joint venture</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AkzoNobel has agreed to acquire a 75/25 majority interest in its Kayaku Akzo Co. Ltd (KAC) joint venture with Nippon Kayaku.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:31:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AkzoNobel completes REACH pre-registration</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AkzoNobel has submitted its list of substances in compliance with the European Union’s REACH legislation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AkzoNobel opens Elotex production facility in China</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AkzoNobel Functional Chemicals has officially opened a new production site in Shanghai, China, for its Elotex building material additives business.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Akzo Nobel divests PVC additives business</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arnhem, the Netherlands, March 15, 2007 — Akzo Nobel has divested its Akcros Chemicals PVC additives business to UK-based private investment firm GIL Investments. Financial details were not disclosed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:02:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Historic joint launch for Akzo Nobel’s flagship reports</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arnhem, the Netherlands, March 14, 2007 — Akzo Nobel has today published its Annual and Corporate Social Responsibility Reports for 2006—the first time that the company has launched both publications on the same day.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:00:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Akzo Nobel Announces Intended Sale of Organon BioSciences to Schering-Plough for EUR 11 billion</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arnhem, the Netherlands, March 12, 2007 – Akzo Nobel is pleased to announce that on March 11, 2007, it received an offer for the purchase of its wholly owned subsidiary Organon BioSciences N.V. (OBS) from Schering-Plough for EUR 11 billion in cash. As a result, Akzo Nobel will no longer be proceeding with the partial IPO of OBS on Euronext Amsterdam.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:53:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Akzo Nobel approves separation and Board changes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arnhem, the Netherlands, March 1, 2007 — Following on from the recent announcement regarding the impending separation of the company, Akzo Nobel’s Board of Management and Supervisory Board formally decided, on February 28, to divest a minority stake in Organon BioSciences through a listing of approximately 20 to 30 percent of Organon BioSciences shares on Euronext Amsterdam.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:27:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Akzo Nobel confirms IPO timing of Organon BioSciences</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arnhem, the Netherlands, Monday, February 26 - Akzo Nobel today confirms the start of the process to list Organon BioSciences N.V. (OBS) on Euronext Amsterdam. Investor pre-marketing is intended to take place during the first two weeks of March, with the management roadshow expected to commence shortly thereafter.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Akzo Nobel reconfirms listing of Organon BioSciences</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arnhem, the Netherlands, January 25, 2007 — Akzo Nobel has previously announced its intention to separate its Pharma business, preferably through a listing of approximately 20 to 30 percent of Organon BioSciences shares on Euronext in Amsterdam in early 2007.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:21:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Akzo Nobel agrees to sell 50 percent stake in Flexsys</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arnhem, the Netherlands, December 15, 2006 — Akzo Nobel has reached an agreement in principle to sell its 50 percent stake in rubber chemicals business Flexsys to joint venture partner Solutia Inc. Financial details were not disclosed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:33:54 GMT</pubDate>
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