As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 1998
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 13E-4
(Final Amendment)
ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
(Pursuant to Section 13(e)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
012 653 101
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
E. Whitehead Elmore, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
330 South Fourth Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 788-6000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications
on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)
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Copies to:
Allen C. Goolsby, Esq.
Hunton & Williams
Riverfront Plaza, East Tower
951 East Byrd Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
August 24, 1998
(Date Tender Offer First Published,
Sent or Given to Security Holders)
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This Final Amendment amends and supplements the Issuer Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule 13E-4, dated as of August 24, 1998 as amended by Amendment
No. 1 dated September 23, 1998, relating to the offer by Albemarle Corporation
(the "Company") to purchase 5,000,000 shares (or such lesser number of shares as
are properly tendered) of its common stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Shares"), at prices not in excess of $19.50 nor less than $17.00 net per Share
in cash upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase, dated August 24, 1998, and in the related Letter of Transmittal (or
similar materials distributed to participants in the Company's employee savings
plan), which together constitute the "Offer."
A total of 5,738,241 Shares were validly tendered and purchased
pursuant to the Offer at $19.50 per Share.
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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this Final Amendment to Schedule 13E-4 is
true, complete and correct.
September 30, 1998
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
By: /s/ E. Whitehead Elmore
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Name: E. Whitehead Elmore
Title: Senior Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
