SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
July 19, 1996
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(Date of Report)
July 16, 1996
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(Date of earliest event reported)
POLAROID CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-4085
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(Commission File Number)
04-1734655
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
549 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(617) 386-2000
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5. Other Events.
On July 19, 1996, Polaroid Corporation issued a press release announcing
that Ron Olsen had been elected to its Board of Directors. A copy of the
press release is attached as exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7 (c) Exhibits
Exhibit 99 Polaroid Press Release dated July 19, 1996
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
POLAROID CORPORATION
By /s/ Richard F. deLima
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Name Richard F. deLima
Title: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Dated: July 19, 1996
Corporate Communications
Polaroid Corporation
549 Technology Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
617 386 2000
Media Contact: Investor Contact:
Robert L. Guenther Phil Ruddick
(617) 386-3112 (617) 386-6638
email: [email protected] [email protected]
RON OLSEN ELECTED TO POLAROID BOARD
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., -- July 19, 1996 -- Polaroid Corporation (NYSE:PRD)
announced today that Ron Olsen had been elected to its Board of Directors.
Olsen, a mechanical specialist at a Polaroid facility in Waltham, Mass.,
has worked for Polaroid since 1965. He replaces James D. Mahoney, who
retired last year, as the employee member of the board.
Olsen's election brings the membership of Polaroid's board to l4.
Polaroid Corporation, with sales of more than $2.2 billion, is the
worldwide leader in instant imaging. Polaroid supplies instant
photographic cameras and films, electronic imaging products, medical
diagnostic imaging systems, graphics imaging systems, polarizers,
and holographic films to markets worldwide.
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