Unassociated Document
UNITED STATES
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): January 26, 2007 (January 26, 2007)

Chemtura Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 Delaware
 
1-15339 
 
52-2183153 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission file number)
 
(IRS employer
identification number)
 
199 Benson Road, Middlebury, Connecticut 
 
 
 
06749
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(Zip Code)

 
(203) 573-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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(d) Mr. Edward P. Garden was appointed a director of Chemtura Corporation, effective January 26, 2007 and will serve on the Finance and Pension Committee and the Organization, Compensation and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Garden will join Class III and serve as a director until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2009.

Mr. Garden is a principal of Trian Fund Management, L.P. (“Trian”). He was appointed with the understanding that Trian would not nominate a slate of directors at the Company’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

A copy of a press release announcing Mr. Garden’s appointment as a director of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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(d)    Exhibits.

Exhibit Number   Exhibit Description
99.1
Press Release Dated January 26, 2007


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.

 
Chemtura Corporation
       (Registrant)
 
By: /s/ Barry J. Shainman
Name: Barry J. Shainman
Title: Vice President and Secretary

Date:
January 26, 2007

 
 
 
Exhibit Index
 
 
Exhibit Number Exhibit Description   
     
99.1
Press Release Dated January 26, 2007