SEALED AIR CORPORATION FORM 8-K



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 16, 2012


SEALED AIR CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware

 

1-12139

 

65-0654331

(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


200 Riverfront Boulevard

  

Elmwood Park, New Jersey

 

07407

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 201-791-7600


Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)


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:


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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.



On January 16, 2012 the Board of Directors of Sealed Air Corporation  (the "Company") elected Richard L. Wambold as a director, effective March 1, 2012.  The Board expects to determine committee assignments for Mr. Wambold at a subsequent meeting.  Mr. Wambold will receive compensation under the Company’s compensatory and other arrangements for non-management directors which are described in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated April 6, 2011.  Mr. Wambold is not a party to any transaction described in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  


A copy of the Company’s press release dated January 16, 2012, announcing Mr. Wambolds’s election is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.



Item 9.01

 

Financial Statements and Exhibits


(d) Exhibits


 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release of Sealed Air Corporation, dated January 17, 2012.










SIGNATURE


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.


 

SEALED AIR CORPORATION

   
   
 

By:

/s/ H. Katherine White

 

Name:

H. Katherine White

 

Title:

Vice President

   

Dated: January 18, 2012

  









EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release of Sealed Air Corporation, dated January 17, 2012.