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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;28, 2005</B><br>
<B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap><br><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap><B>100 Independence Mall West<BR>
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive<BR>
Offices Including Zip Code)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap><br><B>23-1028370</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>2004 AMENDED AND RESTATED<BR>
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY STOCK PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Robert A. Lonergan<BR>
Rohm and Haas Company<BR>
100 Independence Mall West<BR>
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">215-592-3000
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Copy to:</B><BR>
Dennis O. Wilson<BR>
Rohm and Haas Company<BR>
100 Independence Mall West<BR>
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><b>Amount of</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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<TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Price Per
Share</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering
Price</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
par value $2.50 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$40.83</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$408,300,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$48,056.91</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), the number of shares of Common Stock registered shall be adjusted to include any
additional shares which may become issuable as a result of stock dividends, stock splits,
combinations of shares and any other change in corporate capital structure, including
reorganization, recapitalization, merger and consolidation, in accordance with the provisions
of the Amended and Restated Rohm and Haas Company Stock Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act solely for
the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low sales
prices per share of the Common Stock on September&nbsp;23, 2005, as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register an additional 10,000,000 shares of common
stock that may be offered and sold to participants under the 2004 AMENDED AND RESTATED ROHM AND
HAAS COMPANY STOCK PLAN (the &#147;2004 Plan&#148;). The contents of registration statement on Form S-8, file
number 333-73437, previously filed by ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY and relating to the registration of
shares of common stock for issuance under the ROHM AND HAAS 1999 STOCK PLAN (the &#147;1999 Plan&#148;),
including as it has been amended and restated, are hereby incorporated by reference in this
registration statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8. &#091;The 2004 Plan amends
and restates the Amended and Restated Rohm and Haas Stock Plan approved by stockholders on May&nbsp;7,
2001, which in turn amended and restated the plan originally approved by stockholders on June&nbsp;21,
1999.&#093;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP (included as part of
Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, on this 27th day of September, 2005.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY</B><BR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Raj L. Gupta
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Raj L. Gupta&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each of the
directors and/or officers of the Company whose signature appears below hereby appoints Robert A.
Lonergan and Dennis O. Wilson, and each of them severally as his or her attorney-in-fact and agent,
each with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to
sign his or her name and on his or her behalf, in any and all capacities stated below, and to file
with the Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to
this Registration Statement as appropriate, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things on their behalf in
their capacities as officers and directors to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of
the Securities Act, and all requirements of the Commission.
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name and Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Raj L. Gupta
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Raj L. Gupta</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman,
President, Chief
Executive<br>Officer
and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jacques M. Croisetiere
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jacques M. Croisetiere</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Vice President and
Chief Financial
Officer<br>(Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William J. Avery
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William J. Avery</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>September 27, 2005</TD>
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name and Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David W. Haas
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David W. Haas</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas W. Haas
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas W. Haas</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard L. Keyser
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard L. Keyser</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Rick J. Mills
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rick J. Mills</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jorge P. Montoya
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jorge P. Montoya</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Sandra O. Moose
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sandra O. Moose</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Gilbert S. Omenn
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gilbert S. Omenn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Gary L. Rogers
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary L. Rogers</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Ronaldo H. Schmitz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronaldo H. Schmitz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ George M. Whitesides
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George M. Whitesides</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Marna C. Whittington
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Marna C. Whittington</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 27, 2005</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2005
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
100 Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices Including Zip Code)
23-1028370
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2004 AMENDED AND RESTATED
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY STOCK PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Robert A. Lonergan
Rohm and Haas Company
100 Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
215-592-3000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Dennis O. Wilson
Rohm and Haas Company
100 Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Price Per
Share
(2)
Offering
Price
(2)
Fee
Common Stock,
par value $2.50 per
share
10,000,000
$40.83
$408,300,000
$48,056.91
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), the number of shares of Common Stock registered shall be adjusted to include any
additional shares which may become issuable as a result of stock dividends, stock splits,
combinations of shares and any other change in corporate capital structure, including
reorganization, recapitalization, merger and consolidation, in accordance with the provisions
of the Amended and Restated Rohm and Haas Company Stock Plan.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for
the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low sales
prices per share of the Common Stock on September 23, 2005, as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange.
INTRODUCTION
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register an additional 10,000,000 shares of common
stock that may be offered and sold to participants under the 2004 AMENDED AND RESTATED ROHM AND
HAAS COMPANY STOCK PLAN (the "2004 Plan"). The contents of registration statement on Form S-8, file
number 333-73437, previously filed by ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY and relating to the registration of
shares of common stock for issuance under the ROHM AND HAAS 1999 STOCK PLAN (the "1999 Plan"),
including as it has been amended and restated, are hereby incorporated by reference in this
registration statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8. [The 2004 Plan amends
and restates the Amended and Restated Rohm and Haas Stock Plan approved by stockholders on May 7,
2001, which in turn amended and restated the plan originally approved by stockholders on June 21,
1999.]
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
5
Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
23.1
Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included as part of
Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page)
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, on this 27th day of September, 2005.
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
By:
/s/ Raj L. Gupta
Name:
Raj L. Gupta
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each of the
directors and/or officers of the Company whose signature appears below hereby appoints Robert A.
Lonergan and Dennis O. Wilson, and each of them severally as his or her attorney-in-fact and agent,
each with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to
sign his or her name and on his or her behalf, in any and all capacities stated below, and to file
with the Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to
this Registration Statement as appropriate, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things on their behalf in
their capacities as officers and directors to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of
the Securities Act, and all requirements of the Commission.
Name and Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Raj L. Gupta
Raj L. Gupta
Chairman,
President, Chief
Executive
Officer
and Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Jacques M. Croisetiere
Jacques M. Croisetiere
Vice President and
Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
September 27, 2005
/s/ William J. Avery
William J. Avery
Director
September 27, 2005
3
Name and Signature
Title
Date
/s/ David W. Haas
David W. Haas
Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Thomas W. Haas
Thomas W. Haas
Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Richard L. Keyser
Richard L. Keyser
Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Rick J. Mills
Rick J. Mills
Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Jorge P. Montoya
Jorge P. Montoya
Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Sandra O. Moose
Sandra O. Moose
Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Gilbert S. Omenn
Gilbert S. Omenn
Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Gary L. Rogers
Gary L. Rogers
Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Ronaldo H. Schmitz
Ronaldo H. Schmitz
Director
September 27, 2005
4
Name and Signature
Title
Date
/s/ George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides
Director
September 27, 2005
/s/ Marna C. Whittington
Marna C. Whittington
Director
September 27, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5
Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
23.1
Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page)
6