CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
8-K, 1996-02-16
INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                               February 16, 1996
 

                           CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         Delaware                          0-15903               25-0530110
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(State or other jurisdiction            (Commission          (IRS Employer
 of incorporation)                      File Number)         Identification No.)
 
 
   400 Calgon Carbon Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania                  15205
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        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)
 
 
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:    (412) 787-6700
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                                                           Exhibit Index Appears
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Item 5.  Other Events.
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          Attached as Exhibit 28 is a description of the registrant's Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share, containing the information required by Item 202
of Regulation S-K. This description updates and replaces the description of the
registrant's Common Stock contained in any previous Registration Statement filed
by the registrant.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
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             (c)  Exhibits
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             The following exhibit is filed as a part of this current report:

Exhibit No.                              Description
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     28      Description of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Calgon
             Carbon Corporation


                                   SIGNATURES
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          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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                 CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
                                   (Registrant)

                                 By /s/ Colin Bailey
                                   _____________________________________________
                                   Colin Bailey
                                   President and Chief
                                   Executive Officer
 
Date:  February 13, 1996

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                           CALGON CARBON CORPORATION

                                    Form 8-K

                            Dated February 16, 1996


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


          The exhibit listed below is filed with this current report on Form 
8-K. The page number where the exhibit may be found under the Commission's
sequential numbering system is indicated.

Exhibit                                                          Sequential
  No.                              Document                        Page No.
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  28     Description of Common Stock, par value
         $.01 per share, of Calgon Carbon Corporation                 4

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                                                                      EXHIBIT 28

                          DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

General

     The Company's Certificate authorizes the issuance of a total of 100,000,000
shares of Common Stock, having one vote per share, and Class A Stock, having ten
votes per share (collectively, the "Common Shares") and 5,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock").  The Common Shares and Preferred Stock each
have a par value of $.01 per share.  Subject to the maximum number of authorized
shares, the number of shares of authorized Common Stock and Class A Stock shall
be as established from time to time by the Board in its discretion.  Without a
separate class vote of the holders of Common Stock approving the same, the
Company may not issue additional shares of Class A Stock if the number of shares
of Class A Stock which would be outstanding immediately after such issuance
would exceed 55% of the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
outstanding immediately after such issuance.

     Except as otherwise provided herein, all shares of Common Stock and Class A
Stock are identical and the holders thereof are entitled to the same rights and
privileges.

Expiration of Voting Trust

          On March 1, 1995, the Voting Trust, pursuant to which Class A Stock of
the Company was held, expired and all such stock was converted into Common Stock
of the Company.  At present, the Company has only Common Stock outstanding.

Voting Rights

     General.  Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote on all matters
submitted to stockholders and each share of Class A Stock is entitled to ten
votes on all such matters.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the holders of
Common Stock and Class A Stock will vote as a single class on all matters
submitted to a vote of stockholders.

     Directors.  The Company's by-laws provide that the Board of Directors will
be divided into three classes, each comprising approximately one-third of the
members of the Board.  The classes of directors serve staggered three year
terms.  There is no cumulative voting for the election of directors.

Dividends and Other Distributions

     The holders of Common Stock and Class A Stock are entitled to receive such
dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors out of
funds legally available therefor; subject, however, to the rights of the holders
of any Preferred Stock.  The holders of Common Stock, together with the holders
of Class A Stock, will have equal rights in any assets available for
distribution to stockholders upon any liquidation of the Company, after
satisfaction of the liquidation preference of any Preferred Stock then
outstanding.

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     The Common Stock and the Class A Stock are treated as a single series for
purposes of dividends, so that no dividend may be paid on either class unless an
equal dividend per share is paid on the other.  However, payment of dividends on
Common Shares (whether Common Stock or Class A Stock) is subject to certain
restrictions contained in the agreements under which the Company's long-term
indebtedness is outstanding.  Under those agreements, the Company may not
declare or pay any cash dividends on its Common Shares, or return any capital to
the holders of Common Shares or authorize or make any other distribution,
payment or delivery of property or cash to such holders as such, or redeem,
retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration
any Common Shares (any such action being referred to as a "Dividend"), except
within the limitations specified in those agreements.

Preferred Stock

     The Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, which may be issued from time to time in one or more series.  As of the
date hereof, no Preferred Stock is outstanding.  The Board of Directors is
authorized to determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions,
including the dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of
redemption (including sinking fund provisions, if any), redemption price or
prices, and liquidation preferences of any series of Preferred Stock and to fix
the number of shares of any such series without any further vote or action by
the stockholders.

Possible Anti-Takeover Effect

     Certain of the provisions of the Company's Certificate and provisions of
the Delaware General Corporation Law, either independent from or in conjunction
with the Rights Agreement dated as of February 3, 1995 between the Company and
First Chicago Trust Company of New York (which provides for the issuance of
rights to purchase Common Stock of the Company under certain circumstances) may
be considered as having an anti-takeover effect.  For instance, under certain
circumstances, the Board of Directors could cause additional shares of Common
Stock or shares of Preferred Stock to be issued or cause rights to purchase
Common Stock or Preferred Stock to be issued to create voting impediments or to
frustrate persons seeking to effect a takeover or gain control of the Company.
The additional shares of Common Stock, shares of Preferred Stock or rights could
be issued without any additional action by stockholders.  Shares could be
privately placed with purchasers who might join with the Board in opposing a
hostile takeover bid or could be sold with or without an option or requirement
on the part of the Company to repurchase the shares.  The Board could also
authorize holders of the Preferred Stock to vote as a class either separately or
with the holders of Common Stock on any merger, sale or exchange of assets by
the Company or any other extraordinary corporate transaction.

Miscellaneous

     The holders of fully-paid shares of Common Stock have no preemptive rights
or rights to convert their stock into any other securities and are not subject
to future calls or assessments by the Company.  All outstanding shares of Common
Stock are, and the shares offered hereby by the

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Company upon issuance and sale will be, fully paid and non-assessable. There are
no sinking fund provisions or redemption provisions applicable to the Common
Stock.

     The Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Common Stock is First Chicago
Trust Company of New York, New York, New York.



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