Color Kinetics has become Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions!

Who is "Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions?"
A. We are a business unit within Philips Lighting's Luminaires group. We are the North American sales operation of the Luminaires group, and the global center of R&D and product development for all of Philips' LED-based luminaires.

What will happen to the CK brand?
A. In the regions where we have sales responsibility (North America/Mexico and Japan), we will operate under the co-brand of Philips/Color Kinetics. Elsewhere around the world, our products are marketed under the Philips brand.

Q. What does this mean for CK's Lighting Systems business?
A. CK's LED lighting systems is marketed under the Philips/Color Kinetics co-brand in North America/Mexico and Japan via our existing salesforce and network of manufacturer's reps, distributors and authorized dealers. Outside of these regions our lighting systems are marketed under the Philips brand via our existing international salesforce and distributors, in addition to Philips' own salesforce. As of January 1, 2008, our international salesforce and distribution partners were absorbed into Philips' own salesforce and channels according to geography.

Q. What does this mean for CK's OEM business?
A. We are dedicated to growing our OEM business as Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions. We will continue to develop, sell and support our entire range of OEM products, and we look forward to helping partners bring new, exciting LED offerings to market.

Q. What does this mean for CK's Licensing business?
A. We are as committed as ever to R&D and innovation, and will continue to protect our inventions with patents. Our Licensing program is fueled by our growing intellectual property portfolio and licenses will continue to be negotiated on a case by case basis.

Q. Where will Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions be based?
A. We are headquartered at 3 Burlington Woods Drive in Burlington, Massachusetts. This state-of-the-art facility is the leading global research & development center of innovation for all of Philips' LED-based luminaire product lines.