. . . EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF ARCH CHEMICALS, INC.(1) (as of December 31, 2003) PERCENTAGE OF DIRECT/ JURISDICTION INDIRECT OWNERSHIP BY SUBSIDIARY WHERE ORGANIZED ARCH OF VOTING SECURITIES - ---------- --------------- ------------------------- Arch Acquisition, LLC Delaware 100% Arch Asia Holdings, Ltd. Republic of Mauritius 100% Arch Chemicals B.V. The Netherlands 100% Arch Chemicals California Holdings, Inc. Delaware 100% Arch Chemicals Canada, Inc. Canada 100% Arch Chemicals Coatings Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore 100% Arch Chemicals Far East, Limited Delaware 100% Arch Chemicals GmbH Germany 100% Arch Chemicals Holdings, Inc. Virginia 100% Arch Chemicals (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong 100% Arch Chemicals Japan, Inc. Japan 100% Arch Chemicals Limited United Kingdom 100% Arch Chemicals NV Belgium 100% Arch Chemicals Receivables Corp. Delaware 100% Arch Chemicals S.A. France 100% Arch Chemicals Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore 100% Arch Chemicals Specialty Products, Inc. Delaware 100% Arch Chemicals S.R.L. Italy 100% Arch Chemicals (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. People's Republic of China 100% Arch Chemicals UK Holdings Limited United Kingdom 100% Arch Coatings Espana, S.L. Spain 100% Arch Coatings France SA France 100% Arch Coatings Italia S.p.A. Italy 100% Arch Color S.p.A. Italy 100% Arch Electronic Chemicals, Inc. Pennsylvania 100% Arch Export Trading Corporation Barbados 100% Arch International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. People's Republic of China 100% Arch Investments France SA France 100% Arch Overseas Finance N.V. Belgium 100% Arch Personal Care Products, L.P. New Jersey 100% Arch Products Holdings, Inc. Virginia 100% Arch Quimica Andina C.A. Venezuela 100% Arch Quimica Argentina S.R.L. Argentina 100% Arch Quimica Brasil Ltda. Brazil 100% Arch Semiconductor Chemicals GmbH Germany 100% - ---------- (1) There are omitted from the list the names of certain subsidiaries which, if considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary. EXHIBIT21Arch 2003 EXHIBIT 21 PERCENTAGE OF DIRECT/ JURISDICTION INDIRECT OWNERSHIP BY SUBSIDIARY WHERE ORGANIZED ARCH OF VOTING SECURITIES - ---------- --------------- ------------------------- Arch Semiconductor Chemicals Limited United Kingdom 100% Arch Semiconductor Chemicals S.A.S. France 100% Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc. Delaware 100% Arch Timber Protection AB Sweden 100% Arch Timber Protection B.V. The Netherlands 100% Arch Timber Protection NV/SA Belgium 100% Arch Treatment Technologies, Inc. Virginia 100% Arch Water Products France S.A.S. France 100% Arch Water Products South Africa (Proprietary) South Africa 100% Limited Arch Wood Protection Canada Corp. Canada 100% Arch Wood Protection, Inc. Delaware 100% Doe Run Gas Marketing Company Kentucky 100% Doe Run Gas Transmission Company Kentucky 100% Hickson Finance, Inc. Delaware 100% Hickson Insurance Limited United Kingdom 100% Hickson International Limited United Kingdom 100% Hickson Investments Limited United Kingdom 100% Hickson Limited United Kingdom 100% Hickson Nederland BV The Netherlands 100% Hickson (USA) Corp. Delaware 100% Hydromen Espana, S.L. Spain 100% Inversiones Hickson Chile SA Chile 100% EXHIBIT21Arch 2003