SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 1)
FILED BY THE REGISTRANT [X]
FILED BY A PARTY OTHER THAN THE REGISTRANT [ ]
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX:
[ ] PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT
[X] DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT
[ ] DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
[ ] SOLICITING MATERIAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 240.14A OR SECTION 240.14A-2
[ ] CONFIDENTIAL, FOR USE OF THE COMMISSION ONLY (AS PERMITTED BY RULE 14A-
6(E)(2))
SEALED AIR CORPORATION
(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than Registrant)
Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
[X] No fee required
[ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-12
(1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
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(2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
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(3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set firth the amount on which the
filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):
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(4) Proposed Maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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(5) Total fee paid:
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[ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
[ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or
the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
(1) Amount Previously Paid:
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(2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:
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(3) Filing Party:
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(4) Date Filed:
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[X] PLEASE MARK YOUR
VOTE AS IN THIS
EXAMPLE
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ELECTION OF ALL CLASS III
DIRECTORS AND FOR PROPOSALS 2 THROUGH 7. IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED, THIS
PROXY WHEN PROPERLY SIGNED AND RETURNED WILL BE VOTED FOR ELECTION OF ALL
CLASS III DIRECTORS AND FOR PROPOSALS 2 THROUGH 7. PLEASE DATE AND SIGN AND
RETURN PROMPTLY.
1. ELECTION OF CLASS III DIRECTORS. (SEE REVERSE) FOR WITHHELD
[ ] [ ]
FOR, EXCEPT VOTE WITHHELD FROM THE FOLLOWING NOMINEE(S):
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2. AMENDMENT OF THE CONTINGENT STOCK PLAN, FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
INCLUDING AN INCREASE IN THE SHARES OF [ ] [ ] [ ]
COMMON STOCK AVAILABLE THEREUNDER.
3. ADOPTION OF THE RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS. [ ] [ ] [ ]
AMENDMENTS OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
TO REPEAL SUPERMAJORITY PROVISIONS:
4. CLASSIFIED BOARD AND REMOVAL FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
ONLY FOR CAUSE. [ ] [ ] [ ]
5. STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
6. STOCKHOLDER AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
7. RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
PEAT MARWICK LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT [ ] [ ] [ ]
AUDITORS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1998.
8. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROXY COMMITTEE'S
DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY
PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
Please check this box if you plan to attend the
Annual Meeting. [ ]
The signer hereby revokes all proxies previously given by the signer
to vote at the 1998 Annual Meeting and any adjournments and acknowledges
receipt of the Proxy Statement dated May 21, 1998.
SIGNATURE(S) ________________________________________________ DATE __________
NOTE: Please sign EXACTLY as name appears above. When signing on behalf of a
corporation, estate, trust or other stockholder, please give its full
name and state your full title or capacity or otherwise indicate that
you are authorized to sign.
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PROXY
SEALED AIR CORPORATION PROXY/VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD
FOR 1998 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints T. J. Dermot Dunphy, William V. Hickey and H.
Katherine White, or a majority of them as shall act (or if only one shall act,
then that one) (the "Proxy Committee"), proxies with power of substitution to
act and vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Sealed Air Corporation
(the "1998 Annual Meeting") to be held at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 26,
1998 at the Saddle Brook Marriott, Garden State Parkway at I-80, Saddle Brook,
New Jersey 07663 and at any adjournments thereof. The Proxy Committee is
directed to vote as indicated on the reverse side and in their discretion upon
any other matters that may properly come before the 1998 Annual Meeting.
If the undersigned is a participant in Sealed Air Corporation's Profit-Sharing
Plan or its Thrift Plan for Cryovac Employees and has stock of Sealed Air
Corporation allocated to his or her account, then the undersigned instructs
the trustee of such plan to vote such shares of stock, in person or by proxy,
in accordance with the instructions on the reverse side at the 1998 Annual
Meeting and any adjournments thereof and in their discretion upon any other
matters that may properly come before the 1998 Annual Meeting. The terms of
each plan provides that shares for which no voting instructions are received
will be voted in the same proportion as shares are voted for participants who
provide voting instructions.
Election of Class III Directors,
Nominees:
Lawrence R. Codey
David Freeman
Robert L. San Soucie
Comments:
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PLEASE MARK, DATE AND SIGN YOUR PROXY ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND MAIL IN THE
ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED. THE PROXY COMMITTEE CANNOT VOTE
YOUR SHARES UNLESS YOU SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD. THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS
INDICATED ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
SEE REVERSE
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