-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, IEAVTaX4z7uhJW0vr8BqWajQUaUIcTh9XwJA0HxWjfJaCm64OcW7e/DhuX9gMT4P s5F/WP4jdmMWBGQf/1djZQ== 0000915913-04-000046.txt : 20040202 0000915913-04-000046.hdr.sgml : 20040202 20040202163505 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000915913-04-000046 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040129 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040202 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ZUMSTEIN RONALD C CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001235437 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12658 FILM NUMBER: 04559626 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 451 FLORIDA STREET CITY: BATON ROUGE STATE: LA ZIP: 70801 BUSINESS PHONE: 2253887135 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALBEMARLE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000915913 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS, MATERIALS, SYNTH RESINS & NONVULCAN ELASTOMERS [2821] IRS NUMBER: 541692118 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 330 SOUTH FOURTH STREET STREET 2: P O BOX 1335 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23218 BUSINESS PHONE: 8047886000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 330 SOUTH FOURTH STREET STREET 2: PO BOX 1335 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23218 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECHEM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931208 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0201 4 2004-01-29 0000915913 ALBEMARLE CORP ALB 0001235437 ZUMSTEIN RONALD C 451 FOURTH STREET BATON ROUGE LA 70801 0 1 0 0 VP Health Safety Environment Common Stock 2004-01-29 4 A 0 375 A 375 D Common Stock 5319 I Albemarle Savings Plan Common Stock 50 I Shares held by son, Ben Zumstein Common Stock 50 I Shares held by son, Steven Zumstein Common Stock 50 I Shares held by daughter, Emily Zumstein Transaction has no purchase or sale price. Portion of share increase due to periodic purchases by Albemarle Savings Plan trustee. Nicole C. Daniel 2004-02-02 EX-24 3 attach_1.htm 

POWER OF ATTORNEY





Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Luther C. Kissam, IV, Nicole C. Daniel, Joyce M. Whitman and Kathryn P. Finley, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Albemarle Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 2nd day of January, 2004.













       /s/ Ronald C. Zumstein

Ronald C. Zumstein
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