BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 13, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- We would like to remind you that Roche will publish its Sales Results for the 3rd Quarter of 2004 prior to the opening of the Swiss Stock Exchange on Thursday, October 14th 2004. Please find following the full schedule:
07.00h CET (Central European time) Release will be e-mailed and posted on the Roche IR website. Presentation slides will be posted on the Roche IR website http://ir.roche.com.
14.00h - 15.30h CET (Central European time) Conference call will commence with presentations by senior management followed by a 30-minutes Q&A session (live access to the speakers). Participants will be:
Dr. Erich Hunziker, Chief Financial Officer
William M. Burns, Head of the Pharmaceuticals Division
Heino von Prondzynski, Head of the Diagnostics Division
Analysts are invited to dial in to the conference using the following dial-in numbers:
+41 - 91 - 610 56 00 (Europe and ROW) or
+44 - 207 - 107 06 11 (UK) or
+1 - 866 - 291 41 66 (USA, toll free)
Please dial into the conference call 10 - 15 minutes before the call is scheduled to start. Alternatively, you can follow the conference call as a live audio webcast through the Internet site http://ir.roche.com. A replay on the webcast will be available on demand at http://ir.roche.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available one hour after the conference call, for 48 hours. Access is by dialling: +41 - 91 - 612 43 30 (in Europe) or +44 - 207 - 866 43 00 (UK) and +1 - 412 - 317 00 88 (in USA) and enter conference ID 113 followed by the # sign.
North American investors please contact: Richard Simpson Phone: +1 973 235 3655 e-mail: richard.simpson@roche.com
The invitation can also be downloaded from the enclosed link: http://hugin.info/100334/R/963972/139528.pdf