Rohm & Haas to make fund contribution

Rohm & Haas Co., Philadelphia, will contribute $125 million to its U.S. defined benefit plans in early October, said spokesman Richard Williams. The specialty materials company had $1.5 billion in total pension assets as of Dec. 31, 2004, according to its annual report, and the plans were overfunded by $144 million. The company does not disclose the value of its pension plans until the end of the year, Mr. Williams said.