One Bankers Trust Plaza
New York, New York 10006
Damian P. Reitemeyer
Vice President
Telephone: (212) 250-4599
February 13, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attn: Filing Desk
Dear Sirs:
Re: Filing of Schedule 13G on
Rohm & Haas Company
Pursuant to Rule 13d-1 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the following is one copy of the Schedule
13G with respect to the common stock of the above
referenced corporation.
Please acknowledge your receipt of the Schedule
13G filing
submission through the EDGAR-Link System software,
by E-Mail
confirmation.
Sincerely,
Damian P. Reitemeyer
Enclosures
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3 )*
Rohm & Haas Company
_______________________________________
NAME OF ISSUER:
Common Stock (Par Value $2.50)
_______________________________________
TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES
775371107
_______________________________________
CUSIP NUMBER
Check the following box if a fee is being
paid with
this statement [ ]. (A fee is not required
only if
the filing person: (1) has a previous
statement on
file reporting beneficial ownership of more
than five
percent of the class of securities described
in Item
1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto
reporting beneficial ownership of five
percent or less
of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be
filled out
for a reporting person's initial filing on
this form
with respect to the subject class of
securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing
information
which would alter the disclosures provided in
a prior
cover page.
The information required in the remainder of
this
cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed"
for the
purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act
of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but
shall be
subject to all other provisions of the Act
(however,
see the Notes).
(Continued on following page(s))
Page 1 of 6 Pages
CUSIP No. 775371107 Page 2 of
6 Pages
1.NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
PERSON
Bankers Trust New York Corporation and its
wholly-owned
subsidiary, Bankers Trust Company 13-6180473
2.CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
*
(A) [ ]
(B) [ ]
3.SEC USE ONLY
4.CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Both Bankers Trust New York Corporation and
Bankers Trust
Company are New York Corporations
NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
9.AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
10.CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW(9)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES *
[ ]
11.PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
12.TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
Bankers Trust New York Corporation - HC
Bankers Trust Company - BK
CUSIP No. 775371107 Page 3 of
6 Pages
Item 1(a) NAME OF ISSUER:
Rohm & Haas Company
Item 1(b) ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL
EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19105
Item 2(a) NAME OF PERSON FILING:
Bankers Trust New York Corporation,
its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Bankers Trust Company.
Item 2(b) ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE:
130 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10006
Item 2(c) CITIZENSHIP:
Bankers Trust New York Corporation,
Bankers Trust Company, are corporations
incorporated in the State of New York
with their principal business offices
located in New York
Item 2(d) TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:
Common Stock (Par Value $2.50) of
Rohm & Haas Company, a Delaware
corporation.
Item 2(e) CUSIP NUMBER:
775371107
Item 3 THE PERSON FILING IS A:
For Bankers Trust New York
Corporation,
(g) [X] Parent Holding Company, in
accordance with
Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)
CUSIP No. 775371107 Page 4 of
6 Pages
For Bankers Trust Company
(b) [X] Bank as defined in section
3(a)(6) of the Act.
Item 4 OWNERSHIP:
As of December 31, 1997
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
(b) Percent of Class:
(c) Number of shares as to which the Bank
has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the
vote -
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the
vote -
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct
the
disposition of -
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct
the
disposition of -
Item 5 OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF
A CLASS:
If this statement is being filed to
report the fact that as of the
date hereof the reporting
person has ceased to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of
the class of securities, check the following
[X].
CUSIP No. 775371107 Page 5 of
6 Pages
Item 6 OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT
ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON:
Item 7 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF
THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED
THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE
PARENT HOLDING COMPANY:
See Item 3 above.
Item 8 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF
MEMBERS OF THE GROUP:
Not applicable.
Item 9 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP:
Not applicable.
Item 10 CERTIFICATION:
By signing below I certify that, to the
best of my
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to
above were
acquired in the ordinary course of business and
were not acquired for the purpose of and do not
have the effect of changing or influencing the
control of the issuer of such securities and were
not acquired in connection with or as a
participant in any transaction having such purpose
or effect.
CUSIP No. 775371107 Page 6 of
6 Pages
SIGNATURE:
After reasonable inquiry and to the best
of my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
Date: as of December 31, 1997
Signature: Bankers Trust New York Corporation
By: /s/James T. Byrne, Jr.
Name: James T. Byrne, Jr.
Title: Secretary
EXHIBIT TO ITEM 7
The chain of ownership from Bankers Trust New York
Corporation to Bankers Trust Company is shown
below:
Bankers Trust New York Corporation
|
100%
|
Bankers Trust Company
