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The analyzes rangers ballpark in arlington Company has ballpark baseball reasons not experienced any problem in placing its short-term debt inthe current credit market environment.Share Repurchase:Another 0.4 million shares were acquired in the secondquarter of 2009 at an average share price of $44.77.There were 121.8 millionshares outstanding at June 30, 2009. Overall free cash flow of $159 millionin the first six months of 2009 was used to repay $100 million in short- termdebt and return $60 million to shareholders through share repurchases and a12% increase in the 2009 quarterly dividend. Capital expendituresincreased to $56 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 from $41million for the same period of 2008 as the Company expects to spendapproximately $110 million for capital in 2009 to expand its biotech capacityin Israel and its manufacturing capacity for viral products and activepharmaceutical ingredients in the U.S. government, nobenefit of this funding is included in this outlook.Currency isexpected to reduce otherwise reportable growth in 2009 byapproximately5% if exchange rates remain at current levels.--The negative impact of currency on EPS in 2009 is expected to be inexcess of $0.40 if exchange rates remain at current levels.

Demand for Sigma-Aldrich's products, particularly from thepharmaceutical and hi-tech industries, is expected to continue toreflect the uncertainty in these markets hotels near rangers ballpark in arlington . Due to the lack of clarityonallocations and timing of stimulus funding by the U.S ballpark baseball . A reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to freecash flow is on page 8.Highlights in the second quarter from global sales growth initiatives andprofit enhancement activities include:--Continued increase in sales through the Company's award winning website to 45% of worldwide Research-based sales in the second quarter of2009 from 44% in Q1 2009.--An 8% organic increase in research-based sales in the CAPLA countries,exclusive of an unfavorable currency impact of 10% that reducedreportedsales by 2% from the prior year ballpark baseball . These margins were in line with those achieved inthe first quarter of 2009.For the second successive quarter, thisperformance reflects the proactive steps taken by management that providedbenefits from global supply chain activities, lower S,G&A costs and strategicpricing actions to collectively offset the adverse currency impact on earningsfor the first half of 2009.Free cash flow (defined on page 6) for the second quarter of 2009 was $73million, resulting in free cash provided in the first half of 2009 of $159million ballpark baseball . SAFC total sales in Q2 2009 improved on Q1 2009 levels, but arecompared to even stronger sales in Q2 2008 over Q1 2008. Quarterly comparisonsand a reconciliation of reported to adjusted (organic) sales growth are onpage 7.Operating and pretax income margins in the second quarter 2009 of 23.8% ofsales and 23.3% of sales, respectively, reflect an increase of 70 basis pointsfrom 2008's second quarter.

Organic sales for SAFC, the Company's specialty fine chemicals business,declined by 7.2% and 6.3% for the second quarter and first six months of 2009,respectively ballpark at arlington . For the six monthsended June 30, 2009, overall organic sales were largely consistent with theprior year level.Organic sales for the Company's Research business grew 0.5%and 2.0% for the second quarter and first six months of 2009, respectively ballpark baseball . The organicsales performance in the second quarter compared to the first quarter gain isdue in part to the impact of the timing of Easter holidays ballpark baseball . And we plan to continue to driveprocess improvements through our supply chain initiative and manage costsprudently, seeking to drive our diluted EPS above 2008's level."2009 RESULTS:Reported sales for the second quarter of 2009 were $522 million, an overalldecline of 10.1% from the second quarter of 2008 reflecting an 8.4%unfavorable currency impact and a 1.7% decline in organic sales ballpark baseball . LOUIS, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq:SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology company, reported secondquarter 2009 diluted EPS of $0.68 compared to $0.70 in the second quarter of2008.For the six months ended June 30, 2009, reported diluted EPS was $1.36,a 1.5% increase from the $1.34 reported for the first six months of 2008.

Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq:SIAL) Reports Q2 2009 Diluted EPS of $0.68; YTD DilutedEPS up 1.5% to $1.36.Full Year 2009 Guidance Reaffirmed, With 2009 DilutedEPS Expected to Exceed 2008's $2.65.ST arlington ballpark . Lieb, Chief Financial Officer, Greenhill & Co., Inc.,+1-212-389-1800 ballpark baseball . There are important factors that could cause our actualresults, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materiallyfrom the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed orimplied by the forward-looking statements.These factors include, but are notlimited to, those discussed in our Report on Form 10-K under the caption "RiskFactors".Greenhill & Co., Inc ballpark baseball . These statements areonly predictions based on our current expectations and projections aboutfuture events . Wehave made statements in this discussion that are forward-looking statements.In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words suchas "may", "might", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate","believe", "estimate", "predict", "potential" or "continue", the negative ofthese terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-lookingstatements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions aboutus, may include projections of our future financial performance, based on ourgrowth strategies and anticipated trends in our business. is a leading independent investment bank that providesfinancial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions and restructurings;assists private funds in raising capital from investors; and manages merchantbanking funds.It acts for clients located throughout the world from itsoffices in New York, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Tokyo, Chicago, Dallas, LosAngeles, San Francisco, and will shortly open an office in Houston.Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsThe preceding discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensedconsolidated financial statements and the related notes that appear below.