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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;29, 2005



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration
No.&nbsp;333-________ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>

<div align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>P. H. Glatfelter Company</B>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Pennsylvania
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">23-0628360</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">96 South George Street,
Suite&nbsp;500<br>York, Pennsylvania 17401</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<br>717-225-4711</td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><b>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</b>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><b>(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</b></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">P. H. Glatfelter Company<BR>
2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan


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



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">John C. van Roden, Jr.<BR>
96 South George Street, Suite&nbsp;500<BR>
York, Pennsylvania 17401


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Name and address of agent for service)</B></DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(717)&nbsp;225-2790


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">with a copy to:<BR>
Morris Cheston, Jr., Esquire<BR>
Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP<BR>
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor<BR>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103<BR>
(215)&nbsp;665-8500



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Proposed</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Proposed</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">maximum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">securities</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">offering</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">aggregate</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">price per</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">registration</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">registered</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">registered (1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">share (2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">price (2)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock
( $0.01
par value)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD align="left" colspan="2">1,500,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD>11.86</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD>17,790,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD>2,094</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
Stock issuable in the event the number of outstanding shares of the Company is increased by
stock split, reclassification, stock dividend or the like.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. In accordance with
Rule&nbsp;457(h), the price shown is based upon the average of the high and low price of the
Company&#146;s Common Stock on April&nbsp;27, 2005, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the
Company&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I &#151; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004"> Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Counsel and Experts</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"> Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemptions from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007"> Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w08195exv4w1.txt">2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w08195exv4w2.txt">FORM OF TOP MANAGEMENT RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD CERTIFICATE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w08195exv4w3.txt">FORM OF NON-EMPLOYEE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD CERTIFICATE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w08195exv5.txt">OPINION OF BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information required to be included in Part&nbsp;I of this
Registration Statement will be given or sent to all persons who are
granted awards based on shares of Common Stock of P. H. Glatfelter Company (&#147;Shares&#148;) pursuant to the P. H. Glatfelter Company 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as specified by Rule&nbsp;428
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), by P. H.
Glatfelter Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) (File No.&nbsp;1-3560) or pursuant to the Securities Act are
incorporated herein by reference:


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K dated:</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 9%">a.
December&nbsp;15, 2004, pursuant to Item&nbsp;1.01;<br>
b. January&nbsp;31, 2005, pursuant to Items&nbsp;1.01 and 9.01;<BR>
c. February&nbsp;16, 2005, pursuant to Item&nbsp;1.01;<BR>
d. February&nbsp;21, 2005, pursuant to Item&nbsp;5.02;<BR>
e. February&nbsp;28, 2005, pursuant to Item&nbsp;5.02; <BR>
f. March&nbsp;9, 2005, pursuant to Items&nbsp;5.03 and 9.01; and<br>
g. April&nbsp;27, 2005, pursuant to Items&nbsp;1.01, 5.03 and 9.01.

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
October&nbsp;23, 1998.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the termination of the
offering, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the
date of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that such statement is
modified or superseded by any other subsequently filed document which is incorporated or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Sections&nbsp;1741 through
1750 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended
(&#147;PBCL&#148;), permits, and in some cases requires, the indemnification of officers, directors and employees
of the Company. Section&nbsp;3.1 of our bylaws provides that we shall indemnify any director or officer
of the Company against expenses (including legal fees), damages, punitive damages, judgments,
penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, to
the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law in connection with any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
brought or threatened to be brought against him or her, including actions or suits by or in the
right of the Company, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or acted as a director or officer or in any other capacity on
behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or is or was serving at the request of the Company
as a director, officer, partner, fiduciary or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;3.2 of our bylaws provides that we will pay the expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees
and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred in defending a proceeding on behalf of any
officer or director entitled to indemnification in advance of the final disposition of such
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or director to repay such
amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such officer or director is not entitled to be
indemnified by us as authorized. The financial ability of such officer or director to make such
repayment shall not be prerequisite to the making of an advance.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;1713 of the PBCL, Section&nbsp;2.11 of our bylaws eliminates the personal
liability of our directors for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any
action, except where a director has breached or failed to perform the duties of his or her office
and the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have insurance coverage for losses by past, present or future directors or officers of
Glatfelter arising from claims against that person for any wrongful act (subject to certain
exceptions) in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Glatfelter. The policy also provides
for reimbursement to Glatfelter for indemnification given by Glatfelter, pursuant to common or
statutory law or its articles of incorporation or bylaws to any such person arising from any such
claim.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>P.&nbsp;H. Glatfelter Company 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Top Management Restricted Stock Unit Award
Certificate.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Award
Certificate.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP as to the legality of the securities to be
offered.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP (included as part of
Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">24&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included in signature page).</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A. The Company hereby undertakes:



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement: (i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement; and (iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement; <I>provided, however</I>, that clauses
(i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement; provided further, however, that clauses&nbsp;(i) and
(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the registration statement is for
an offering of asset-backed securities on Form&nbsp;S-1 or
Form&nbsp;S-3 and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item&nbsp;1100(c) of
Regulation AB.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that




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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in City of York, in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on April&nbsp;29, 2005.

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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY<br> &nbsp;
(Registrant)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ George H. Glatfelter II</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">George H. Glatfelter II</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below in so signing also makes, constitutes and appoints
John C. van Roden, Jr. and John P. Jacunski, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to execute
and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, with exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.

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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Capacity</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">April 29, 2005
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ George H. Glatfelter II
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Principal Executive Officer and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">George H. Glatfelter II</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">April 29, 2005
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John C. van Roden, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Principal Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">John C. van Roden, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">April 29, 2005
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John P. Jacunski
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">John P. Jacunski</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Corporate Controller</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">April 29, 2005
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Kathleen A. Dahlberg
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Kathleen A. Dahlberg</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">April 29, 2005
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Nicholas DeBenedictis
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Nicholas DeBenedictis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">April 29, 2005
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Richard C. Ill
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Richard C. Ill</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">April 29, 2005
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ J. Robert Hall
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">J. Robert Hall</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">April 29, 2005
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Ronald J. Naples
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ronald J. Naples</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">April 29, 2005
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Richard L. Smoot
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Richard L. Smoot</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">P. H. Glatfelter Company 2005
Long-Term Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Top Management
Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Non-Employee Director
Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate.</TD>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 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
P. H. Glatfelter Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
23-0628360
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
96 South George Street,
Suite 500
York, Pennsylvania 17401
717-225-4711
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
P. H. Glatfelter Company
2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
John C. van Roden, Jr.
96 South George Street, Suite 500
York, Pennsylvania 17401
(Name and address of agent for service)
(717) 225-2790
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Morris Cheston, Jr., Esquire
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(215) 665-8500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
maximum
maximum
securities
Amount
offering
aggregate
Amount of
to be
to be
price per
offering
registration
registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price (2)
fee
Common Stock
( $0.01
par value)
1,500,000
$
11.86
$
17,790,000
$
2,094
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
Stock issuable in the event the number of outstanding shares of the Company is increased by
stock split, reclassification, stock dividend or the like.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. In accordance with
Rule 457(h), the price shown is based upon the average of the high and low price of the
Company's Common Stock on April 27, 2005, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the
Company's Common Stock.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I — INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Counsel and Experts
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Item 7. Exemptions from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
FORM OF TOP MANAGEMENT RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD CERTIFICATE
FORM OF NON-EMPLOYEE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD CERTIFICATE
OPINION OF BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED ACCOUNTING FIRM
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PART I - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information required to be included in Part I of this
Registration Statement will be given or sent to all persons who are
granted awards based on shares of Common Stock of P. H. Glatfelter Company ("Shares") pursuant to the P. H. Glatfelter Company 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as specified by Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), by P. H.
Glatfelter Company (the "Company") (File No. 1-3560) or pursuant to the Securities Act are
incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004;
(b)
Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31,
2004;
(c)
Current Reports on Form 8-K dated:
a.
December 15, 2004, pursuant to Item 1.01;
b. January 31, 2005, pursuant to Items 1.01 and 9.01;
c. February 16, 2005, pursuant to Item 1.01;
d. February 21, 2005, pursuant to Item 5.02;
e. February 28, 2005, pursuant to Item 5.02;
f. March 9, 2005, pursuant to Items 5.03 and 9.01; and
g. April 27, 2005, pursuant to Items 1.01, 5.03 and 9.01.
(d)
Description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
October 23, 1998.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the termination of the
offering, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the
date of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that such statement is
modified or superseded by any other subsequently filed document which is incorporated or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Counsel and Experts.
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Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
Sections 1741 through
1750 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended
("PBCL"), permits, and in some cases requires, the indemnification of officers, directors and employees
of the Company. Section 3.1 of our bylaws provides that we shall indemnify any director or officer
of the Company against expenses (including legal fees), damages, punitive damages, judgments,
penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, to
the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law in connection with any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
brought or threatened to be brought against him or her, including actions or suits by or in the
right of the Company, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or acted as a director or officer or in any other capacity on
behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or is or was serving at the request of the Company
as a director, officer, partner, fiduciary or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.
Section 3.2 of our bylaws provides that we will pay the expenses (including attorneys' fees
and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred in defending a proceeding on behalf of any
officer or director entitled to indemnification in advance of the final disposition of such
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or director to repay such
amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such officer or director is not entitled to be
indemnified by us as authorized. The financial ability of such officer or director to make such
repayment shall not be prerequisite to the making of an advance.
As permitted by Section 1713 of the PBCL, Section 2.11 of our bylaws eliminates the personal
liability of our directors for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any
action, except where a director has breached or failed to perform the duties of his or her office
and the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness.
We have insurance coverage for losses by past, present or future directors or officers of
Glatfelter arising from claims against that person for any wrongful act (subject to certain
exceptions) in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Glatfelter. The policy also provides
for reimbursement to Glatfelter for indemnification given by Glatfelter, pursuant to common or
statutory law or its articles of incorporation or bylaws to any such person arising from any such
claim.
Item 7. Exemptions from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
P. H. Glatfelter Company 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
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4.2
Form of Top Management Restricted Stock Unit Award
Certificate.
4.3
Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Award
Certificate.
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Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP as to the legality of the securities to be
offered.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (included as part of
Exhibit 5).
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Power of Attorney (included in signature page).
Item 9. Undertakings.
A. The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; and (iii) to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however
, that clauses
(i) and (ii) above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement; provided further, however, that clauses (i) and
(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is for
an offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 or
Form S-3 and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of
Regulation AB.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
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is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in City of York, in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on April 29, 2005.
P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
(Registrant)
By
/s/ George H. Glatfelter II
George H. Glatfelter II
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below in so signing also makes, constitutes and appoints
John C. van Roden, Jr. and John P. Jacunski, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to execute
and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, with exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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.
Date
Signature
Capacity
April 29, 2005
/s/ George H. Glatfelter II
Principal Executive Officer and Director
George H. Glatfelter II
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
April 29, 2005
/s/ John C. van Roden, Jr.
Principal Financial Officer
John C. van Roden, Jr.
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
April 29, 2005
/s/ John P. Jacunski
Controller
John P. Jacunski
Vice President and
Corporate Controller
April 29, 2005
/s/ Kathleen A. Dahlberg
Director
Kathleen A. Dahlberg
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April 29, 2005
/s/ Nicholas DeBenedictis
Director
Nicholas DeBenedictis
April 29, 2005
/s/ Richard C. Ill
Director
Richard C. Ill
April 29, 2005
/s/ J. Robert Hall
Director
J. Robert Hall
April 29, 2005
/s/ Ronald J. Naples
Director
Ronald J. Naples
April 29, 2005
/s/ Richard L. Smoot
Director
Richard L. Smoot
April 29, 2005
/s/ Lee C. Stewart
Director
Lee C. Stewart
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Exhibit
4.1
P. H. Glatfelter Company 2005
Long-Term Incentive Plan.
4.2
Form of Top Management
Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate.
4.3
Form of Non-Employee Director
Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate.
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Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP as to the legality of the securities to be
offered.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5).
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Power of Attorney (included in signature page).