Tredegar Corporation

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): April 28, 2005

Tredegar Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Virginia
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
1-10258
(Commission
File Number)
54-1497771
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

1100 Boulders Parkway
Richmond, Virginia

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
23225
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 330-1000

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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

          At the Board meeting held immediately prior to the 2005 annual meeting of shareholders held on April 28, 2005, the Board approved amendments to the By-laws of Tredegar Corporation (“Tredegar”) to (i) provide for the effective electronic transmission of notice to shareholders if previously consented to by the shareholders to whom notice is given; (ii) allow the President and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) or the Secretary to approve procedures for a shareholder or his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact to electronically authorize another person to act for him or her by proxy; (iii) modify the shareholder quorum and voting requirements to conform to changes in the Virginia Stock Corporation Act and to otherwise update such provisions; (iv) reduce the number of members of the Board from eleven to nine; (iv) provide for the election of one or more Directors Emeritus; (v) modify the provisions relating to the Executive Compensation Committee, the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee to ensure consistency with their respective charters; (vi) clarify that an officer may be removed with or without cause at any time by a resolution passed at any meeting of the Board or by a written consent in lieu thereof; (vii) provide that the President and CEO shall be the same person; (viIi) remove a provision permitting meetings of shareholders to be held without notice if all shareholders entitled to vote are present in person or by proxy or if the shareholders who are not present waive such notice in writing; and (ix) make other conforming changes.

          This description of Tredegar’s Amended and Restated By-laws is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Amended and Restated By-laws, which are attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(c) Exhibits.

3.01 Amended and Restated By-laws of Tredegar Corporation.

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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.


TREDEGAR CORPORATION
 
 
Date: May 2, 2005 By: /s/ D. Andrew Edwards
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D. Andrew Edwards
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer

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