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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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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 11, 2006 (December 13, 2005)

 

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NEWMARKET CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

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Virginia		1-32190		20-0812170
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission file number)		(IRS employer identification no.)

 

330 South Fourth Street, Richmond, Virginia		23219
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (804) 788-5000

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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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):

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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Section 1 — Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 13, 2005, the Bonus, Salary and Stock Option Committee of the Board of Directors of NewMarket Corporation (the “Company”) approved for Mr. Thomas E. Gottwald, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a 2006 base salary of $510,000 and for Mr. Russell L. Gottwald, Jr., President of Ethyl Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, a 2006 base salary of $234,500. The 2006 base salaries of each of Messrs. Thomas E. Gottwald and Russell L. Gottwald are effective as of January 1, 2006 and March 1, 2006, respectively.

 

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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.

 

Date: January 11, 2006

 

 

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