-----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, Tf3y/oDUO8+onFS3CYUV11zkiOTn9gE+s0WVoHMOSi57UL+/8Xt5u5afWD82AgnK lO7wIbQDdudq4IFU/fS43A== 0000915913-04-000017.txt : 20040106 0000915913-04-000017.hdr.sgml : 20040106 20040106120453 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000915913-04-000017 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040105 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040106 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NICOLS JOHN J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001238884 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12658 FILM NUMBER: 04508643 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 451 FLORIDA STREET CITY: BATON ROUGE STATE: LA ZIP: 70801 BUSINESS PHONE: 2253887334 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 42004-01-05 0000915913 ALBEMARLE CORP ALB 0001238884 NICOLS JOHN J 451 FLORIDA STREET BATON ROUGE LA 70801 0100VP Fine ChemicalsCommon Stock57ICustodian for Minor, Matthew T. NicolsCommon Stock5089IAlbemarle Savings PlanCommon Stock2004-01-054M0250A946DPerformance Unit2004-01-054M0250DCommon Stock250750DPerformance Unit2004-01-054D025030.25DCommon Stock250500DPortion of share increase due to periodic purchases by Albemarle Corporation Savings Plan trustee.Transaction has no purchase or sale price.Portion of share increase due to periodic purchases by Albemarle Corporation Dividend Reinvestment Plan trustee.Performance Unit converts 1 for 1.Performance Units issued pursuant to 1998 Incentive Plan. Units vest over three year period beginning January 2003 -- 50% of the Un its (and any fractional shares) are paid in cash and 50% of the Units are paid in stock.Amount includes dividends accrued on Performance Units.Nicole C. Daniel, attorney in fact2004-01-06 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 30th day of December, 2003.













       /s/ John J. Nicols

John J. Nicols
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