SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KKR 1996 GP LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Rockwood Holdings, Inc. [ ROC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/07/2007
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								3,354,108	I	See Footnote(2)(7)(8)(9)(10)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	12/07/2007		S		97,999	D	$34(1)	15,174,368	I	See Footnote(3)(7)(8)(9)(10)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								131,093	I	See Footnote(4)(7)(8)(9)(10)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								318,174	I	See Footnote(5)(7)(8)(9)(10)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								10,643,136	I	See Footnote(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KKR 1996 GP LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KKR ASSOCIATES 1996 L P (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KKR 1996 FUND L P (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KRAVIS HENRY R (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ROBERTS GEORGE R (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MICHELSON MICHAEL W (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GREENE JAMES H JR (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HUTH JOHANNES P (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* NAVAB ALEXANDAR JR (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 41ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents price to the public pursuant to an underwritten offering before underwriting discounts and commissions upon the exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option.

2. These securities are held of record by KKR Millennium Fund L.P. As the sole general partner of KKR Millennium Fund L.P., KKR Associates Millennium L.P. may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such securities held by KKR Millennium Fund L.P. As the sole general partner of KKR Associates Millennium L.P., KKR Millennium GP LLC also may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such securities held by KKR Millennium Fund L.P.

3. These securities are held of record by KKR 1996 Fund L.P. As the sole general partner of KKR 1996 Fund L.P., KKR Associates 1996 L.P. may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such securities held by KKR 1996 Fund L.P. As the sole general partner of KKR Associates 1996 L.P., KKR 1996 GP LLC also may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such securities held by KKR 1996 Fund L.P.

4. These securities are held of record by KKR Partners II, L.P. As the general partners of KKR Partners II, L.P., KKR Associates (Strata) L.P. and KKR Associates, L.P. may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of such securities held by KKR Partners II, L.P. As the sole general partner of KKR Associates (Strata) L.P., Strata L.L.C. also may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such securities held by KKR Partners II, L.P.

5. These securities are held of record by KKR Partners III, L.P. (Series F). As the sole general partner of KKR Partners III, L.P., KKR III GP LLC may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such securities held by KKR Partners III, L.P. (Series F).

6. The securities are held of record by KKR European Fund, Limited Partnership. As the sole general partner of KKR European Fund, Limited Partnership, KKR Associates Europe, Limited Partnership may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such securities held by KKR European Fund, Limited Partnership. As the sole general partner of KKR Associates Europe, Limited Partnership, KKR Europe Limited also may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such securities held by KKR European Fund, Limited Partnership.

7. As members of KKR Millennium GP LLC, KKR 1996 GP LLC and KKR III GP LLC, Messrs. Henry R. Kravis, George R. Roberts, Paul E. Raether, Michael W. Michelson, James H. Greene, Perry Golkin, Johannes Huth, Alexander Navab and Todd A. Fisher may also be deemed to be beneficial owners of the securities held by KKR Millennium Fund L.P., KKR 1996 Fund L.P. and KKR Partners III L.P. (Series F), respectively; as members of Strata L.L.C. and general partners of KKR Associates, L.P, Messrs. Kravis, Roberts, Raether, Michelson, Greene and Golkin also may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the securities held by KKR Partners II, L.P.; (continued in footnote 8)

8. (continued from footnote 7); as members of KKR Millennium GP LLC and KKR III GP LLC, Messrs. Marc S. Lipshchultz, Jacques Garaialde, Reinhard Gorenflos, Scott C. Nuttall and Michael M. Calbert may also be deemed to be beneficial owners of the securities held by KKR Millennium Fund L.P. and KKR Partners III, L.P., respectively; and as directors of KKR Europe Limited, Messrs. Kravis, Roberts, Raether, Michelson, Greene, Golkin, Huth, Navab, Fisher, Lipschultz and Garaialde also may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the securities held by KKR European Fund, Limited Partnership. Each Reporting Person other than the record holders disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such Reporting Person, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's own pecuniary interest therein.

9. Due to the limitations of Form 4, certain of the persons described as beneficial owners or deemed beneficial owners of the securities reported on this Form 4 are filing as reporting persons on separate Forms 4. In addition, certain of the persons described as beneficial owners or deemed beneficial owners of the securities reported on this Form 4 have not had any change in their beneficial ownership or deemed beneficial ownership and, accordingly, are not filing a Form 4.

10. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that, for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise, the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered by this statement.

	/s/ Richard J. Kreider, by power of attorney, for KKR 1996 GP LLC	12/11/2007
	/s/ Richard J. Kreider, by power of attorney, for KKR Associates 1996 LP	12/11/2007
	/s/ Richard J. Kreider, by power of attorney, for KKR 1996 Fund LP	12/11/2007
	/s/ Richard J. Kreider, by power of attorney, for Henry R. Kravis	12/11/2007
	/s/ Richard J. Kreider, by power of attorney, for George R. Roberts	12/11/2007
	/s/ Richard J. Kreider, by power of attorney, for Michael W. Michelson	12/11/2007
	/s/ Richard J. Kreider, by power of attorney, for James H. Greene, Jr.	12/11/2007
	/s/ Richard J. Kreider, by power of attorney, for Johannes P. Huth	12/11/2007
	/s/ Richard J. Kreider, by power of attorney, for Alexander Navab	12/11/2007
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