NewMarket (NEU) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

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):  02/08/2011

NewMarket Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number:  1-32190

Virginia	20-0812170
(State or other jurisdiction of	(IRS Employer
incorporation)	Identification No.)

330 South Fourth Street, Richmond, VA 23219

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

804-788-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

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

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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 February 08, 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of NewMarket Corporation (the "Company"), taking into consideration the Company's achievements for 2010, including the successful management of the petroleum additives business, approved the following bonus payments for the Company's named executive officers:

Thomas E. Gottwald, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company                                                    $650,000

C.S. Warren Huang, President of Afton Chemical Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company    $500,000

Bruce R. Hazelgrove, III, Vice President - Corporate Resources of the Company               ;                                  $300,000

Steven M. Edmonds, Vice President and General Counsel of the Company                                                         $275,000

David A. Fiorenza, Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company                           $200,000

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.

		NewMarket Corporation
Date: February 09, 2011	By:	/s/    David A. Fiorenza
		David A. Fiorenza
		Vice President and Treasurer