Lonza Group Ltd. Half-Year Results 2008

Basel, 23 July 2008 – Lonza Group Ltd (SWX: LONN) today announced its financial results for the first half of 2008 ended on 30 June 2008. In this period, sales grew by 13.0% to CHF 1 463 million based on continuing operations (Excluding CHF 77 million of sales of Lonza Singapore Ltd from 2007 figures). EBIT grew by 15.2% to CHF 235 million and EBIT margins increased by 1.3 percentage points to 16.1% of sales compared to the same period last year.