monarchs8amend042409.htm
                                                                                                                                        Registration No. 333-72244

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


OLIN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia                                                                                                             13-1872319
                                                                        (State or other jurisdiction                                                                                             (I.R.S. Employer
                                                                    of incorporation or organization)                                                                                          Identification No.)

                                            190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 1530, Clayton, Missouri                                                                                        63105
 
                                                                                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                                                                                                    (Zip Code)


MONARCH BRASS & COPPER CORP. DEFERRAL PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

G. H. Pain
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Olin Corporation
190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 1530
Clayton, Missouri 63105
(Name and address of agent for service)

314-480-1400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


 
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 333-72244) to deregister the 500,000 shares of common stock registered under such Registration Statement.  Such shares were originally registered for use under the Registrant's Monarch Brass & Copper Corp. Deferral Plan (the “Plan”).  As of the date this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is filed, no shares have been issued under the Plan and none of the remaining participants in the Plan may receive any shares under the Plan.


 
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Clayton, State of Missouri, on April 24, 2009.

                OLIN CORPORATION


                By:           /s/ G. H. Pain                                
                G. H. Pain
                Title:       Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature
Title
Date
 
 
/s/ Joseph D. Rupp
Joseph D. Rupp
 
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
/s/ John E. Fischer
John E. Fischer
 
 
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
/s/ Gray G. Benoist
Gray G. Benoist
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
 
/s/ Donald W. Bogus
Donald W. Bogus
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
 
/s/ C. Robert Bunch
C. Robert Bunch
 
 
Director
 
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
 
/s/ Randall W. Larrimore
Randall W. Larrimore
 
 
Director
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
 
/s/ John M.B. O’Connor
John M.B. O’Connor
 
 
Director
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
 
/s/ Richard M. Rompala
Richard M. Rompala
 
 
Director
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
 
/s/ Philip J. Schulz
Philip J. Schulz
 
 
Director
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
 
/s/ Vincent J. Smith
Vincent J. Smith
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
April 24, 2009
 
 
 
/s/ Todd A. Slater
Todd A. Slater
 
Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
April 24, 2009
 


 
 
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