0000932440-16-000437.txt : 20160808 0000932440-16-000437.hdr.sgml : 20160808 20160808191014 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000932440-16-000437 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160805 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160808 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160808 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: 4350 CONGRESS STREET STREET 2: SUITE 700 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28209 BUSINESS PHONE: 980-299-5700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4350 CONGRESS STREET STREET 2: SUITE 700 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28209 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECHEM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931208 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SHERMAN JOHN JR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001192090 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12658 FILM NUMBER: 161815635 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ANTHEM INC. STREET 2: 120 MONUMENT CIRCLE CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2016-08-05 0000915913 ALBEMARLE CORP ALB 0001192090 SHERMAN JOHN JR ALBEMARLE CORPORATION 4350 CONGRESS STREET, SUITE 700 CHARLOTTE NC 28209 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2016-08-05 4 S 0 1800 82.21 D 1500 D Common Stock 2016-08-05 4 S 0 2500 82.00 D 10000 I IRA Account /s/ Brian Webb, Attorney-in-fact 2016-08-08 EX-24 2 poa.htm JOHN SHERMAN JR. POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Karen G. Narwold, Terrence G. Hammons, Jr., Brian Webb and Sarah Marshik, or any of them acting singly and with full power of substitution, 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, as amended, 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, as amended.

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 11th day of July, 2016.


/s/ John Sherman Jr.                          
John Sherman, Jr.