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Registration No. 33-55187
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
OLIN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia 13-1872319
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
501 Merritt 7
P.O. Box 4500
Norwalk, CT 06856-4500
(Address, including zip code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
OLIN CORPORATION 1994 STOCK PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
(Full Title of the Plans)
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501 Merritt 7
P.O. Box 4500
Norwalk, CT 06856-4500
(203) 750-3000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 33-55187) to deregister
all shares of common stock registered under such Registration Statement which
were unissued under the Registrant's 1994 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors
as of the date this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is filed.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Norwalk,
State of Connecticut, on September 22, 1999.
OLIN CORPORATION
By: /s/ J.M. Jackson, Jr
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J.M. Jackson, Jr
Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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* September 22, 1999 Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Donald W. Griffin Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
* September 22, 1999 Director
William W. Higgins
* September 22, 1999 Director
Robert Holland, Jr.
________________________ Director
Suzanne Denbo Jaffe
________________________ Director
Randall W. Larrimore
* September 22, 1999 Director
G. Jackson Ratcliffe, Jr
________________________ Director
Richard M. Rompala
/s/ Anthony W. Ruggiero September 22, 1999 Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
- ------------------------ Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Anthony W. Ruggiero
* By: /s/ J.M. Jackson, Jr.
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J.M. Jackson, Jr.
As Attorney-in-Fact
Pursuant to powers of attorney contained in the original Registration Statement on Form S-8
Filed August 23, 1994
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