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): July 25, 2006 (July 20, 2006)

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

 

 

 

199 Benson Road, Middlebury, Connecticut				06749
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

 

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

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(b)   Mr. Leo I. Higdon, Jr., a director of Chemtura Corporation, resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors on July 20, 2006.

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:  July 25, 2006

 

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