Exhibit 8.1

EX-8.1 3 dex81.htm EXHIBIT 8.1 Exhibit 8.1

Exhibit 8.1

MAJOR CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

AMERICAS

GROUP
HOLDING%

SELLING

MANUFACTURING

RESEARCH

SERVICES,
FINANCE

ARGENTINA

Ciba Especialidades Quimicas S.A., Buenos Aires

100

BERMUDA

Chemical Insurance Company Ltd., Hamilton

100

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Eurofinance Ltd., Hamilton

100

Ciba Specialty Chemicals International Finance Ltd., Hamilton

100

BRAZIL

Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Ltda., São Paulo

100

CANADA

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Canada Inc., Mississauga

100

CHILE

Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Ltd., Santiago de Chile

100

COLOMBIA

Ciba Especialidades Quimicas S.A., Bogotá

100

MEXICO

Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Mexico S.A. de C.V., Mexico

100

PANAMA

Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Colon S.A., Colon

100

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Tarrytown, NY

100

ASIA PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Pty. Ltd., Thomastown

100

BAHRAIN

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Middle East W.L.L., Manama (Al Seef District)

100

CHINA

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (China) Ltd., Shanghai

100

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Hong Kong) Ltd.,
Hong Kong

100

ASIA PACIFIC

GROUP
HOLDING%

SELLING

MANUFACTURING

RESEARCH

SERVICES,
FINANCE

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Ltd., Shanghai

100

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Suzhou

100

Guangzhou Ciba Specialty Chemicals Co. Ltd., Guangzhou

Qingdao Ciba Pigments Co. Ltd., Qingdao

Shanghai Ciba Gao-Qiao Chemical Co. Ltd., Shanghai

Xiangtan Chemicals & Pigments Co. Ltd., Xiangtan

INDIA

Ciba India Private Ltd., Mumbai

100

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (India) Ltd., Mumbai⁽ⁱ⁾

Diamond Dye-Chem Ltd., Mumbai⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

INDONESIA

PT Ciba Specialty Chemicals Indonesia, Jakarta

100

PT Intercipta Kimia Pratama, Jakarta

PT Latexia Indonesia, Jakarta

100

JAPAN

Chemipro Fine Chemical Kaisha Ltd., Kobe

Ciba Specialty Chemicals K.K., Osaka

100

Musashino-Geigy Company Ltd., Kitaibaraki

Nippon Alkyl Phenol Co. Ltd., Tokyo

REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA)

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Korea Ltd., Seoul

100

Daihan Swiss Chemical Corporation, Seoul

100

Doobon Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., Chongwon-kun

MALAYSIA

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Klang

100

NEW ZEALAND

Ciba Specialty Chemicals N.Z. Ltd., Auckland

100

SINGAPORE

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Singapore) Pte Ltd., Singapore

100

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Industries (Singapore) Pte Ltd., Jurong Island

100

ASIA PACIFIC

GROUP
HOLDING%

SELLING

MANUFACTURING

RESEARCH

SERVICES,
FINANCE

SOUTH AFRICA

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Pty) Ltd., Spartan

100

TAIWAN

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Taiwan) Ltd., Kaohsiung

100

THAILAND

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd., Bangkok

100

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

Ciba Spezialitätenchemie Österreich GmbH, Pischelsdorf / Zwentendorf

100

BELGIUM

Ciba Specialty Chemicals N.V., Groot-Bijgaarden

100

DENMARK

A/S Alfred Gad, Lynge

100

FINLAND

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Oy, Raisio

100

Finnamyl Oy, Raisio

100

FRANCE

Ciba Spécialités Chimiques SA, Saint Fons

100

GERMANY

Ciba Spezialitatenchemie Grenzach GmbH, Grenzach-Wyhlen

100

Ciba Spezialitatenchemie Holding Deutschland GmbH, Lampertheim

100

Ciba Spezialitatenchemie Lampertheim GmbH, Lampertheim

100

HUNGARY

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Central Eastern Europe Ltd., Budapest

100

ITALY

Ciba Specialty Chemicals S.p.A., Sasso Marconi (Bologna)

100

Magenta Master Fibers S.r.l., Milano

LUXEMBOURG

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Finance Luxembourg S.A., Luxembourg

100

EUROPE

GROUP
HOLDING%

SELLING

MANUFACTURING

RESEARCH

SERVICES,
FINANCE

NETHERLANDS

Ciba Specialty Chemicals International Nederland B.V., Maastricht

100

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Maastricht) B.V., Maastricht

100

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Heerenveen B.V., Heerenveen

100

SPAIN

Ciba Especialidades Quimicas S.L., Barcelona

100

SWEDEN

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Sweden AB, Göteborg

100

AB CDM, Västra Frölunda

100

SWITZERLAND

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc., Basel⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Ciba Spécialités Chimiques Monthey SA, Monthey

100

Ciba Spezialitätenchemie AG, Basel

100

Ciba Spezialitätenchemie Finanz AG, Basel

100

Ciba Spezialitätenchemie International AG, Basel

100

Ciba Spezialitätenchemie Kaisten AG, Kaisten

100

Ciba Spezialitätenchemie Schweizerhalle AG, Muttenz

100

Ciba Spezialitätenchemie Services AG, Basel

100

CIMO Compagnie Industrielle de Monthey SA, Monthey

TURKEY

Ciba Özel Kimyevi Ürünler Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd., Istanbul

100

UNITED KINGDOM

Ciba Specialty Chemicals PLC, Macclesfield

100

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Investment PLC, Macclesfield

100

Pira International Limited, Leatherhead

100

(i)

The shares of Ciba Specialty Chemicals (India) Limited, Mumbai, (“CSCIL”) are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (www.bseindia.com) under the scrip name “CIBA SPE CH”; the scrip code is 532184. The total market value of the 13 280 819 outstanding shares of CSCIL as of December 31, 2006, was approximately CHF 98.96 million (INR 3636.95 million). As of December 31, 2006, the Company held 9 200 887 Equity Shares, representing 69.28 percent of the paid-up share capital of CSCIL.

(ii)	Diamond Dye-Chem Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of CSCIL.

(iii)

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc. is the ultimate holding company of Ciba Specialty Chemicals Group. Its Shares are listed on the Swiss Exchange and, since August 2, 2000, the Company’s American Depository Shares (ADSs”) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Two ADSs represent one Share of the Company’s common stock.