SEC Form 4 · accession 0000932440-15-000077

ALBEMARLE CORP · ALB

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — SVP - Human Resources

Period of report

Feb 24, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Feb 26, 2015 · 5:14 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000915913

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F2	Feb 24, 2015	M	762	$0.00	A	5,155	D
Common Stock^F3	Feb 24, 2015	F	271	$56.08	D	4,884	D
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	222	I	Albemarle Savings Plan

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Performance Unit^F2,F4,F5,F6	—	Feb 24, 2015	A	1,523	A	—	—	Common Stock	1,523	1,523	D
Performance Unit^F2,F4,F5,F6	—	Feb 24, 2015	M	762	D	—	—	Common Stock	762	761	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option^F2,F7	$56.08	Feb 24, 2015	A	12,402	A	—	Feb 23, 2025	Common Stock	12,402	12,402	D

F1Portion of share increase due to periodic purchases by Albemarle Savings Plan trustee.
F2Transaction has no purchase or share price.
F3Performance Units vested on 2/24/2015. Shares withheld to meet tax liabilities associated with such vested shares.
F4Each Performance Unit converts to 1 share of Common Stock.
F5Performance Units issued on 2/22/2013 subject to achievement of performance objectives. Performance Units granted by Compensation Committee upon achievement of performance objectives. Performance Units vest over a 2 year period. 50% vested on 2/24/2015 and 50% will vest on 1/1/2016.
F6No expiration date.
F7Stock Options vest in three equal installments over 3 years: 2/24/2018, 2/24/2019 and 2/24/2020.