content: 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):    March 15, 1999
  
  
                        SEALED AIR CORPORATION                              
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
          Delaware                  1-12139            No. 65-0654331           
  (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission        (I.R.S. Employer
  of incorporation)                File Number)     Identification Number)
  
  
  Park 80 East
  Saddle Brook, New Jersey                          07663-5291                   
  (Address of principal                             (Zip Code)
  executive offices)
  
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:         (201) 791-7600  
  
  
  
                                Not applicable                             
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
  
  
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  Item 5.  Other Events.
  
       The Company's 1999 Annual Meeting will be held on May 21, 1999 in
  accordance with the Company's By-Laws, and proxy materials are expected 
  to be mailed to the Company's stockholders on or about March 31, 1999.  The 
  Company's 1998 Annual Meeting was held on June 26, 1998, delayed from the 
  date provided in the Company's By-Laws due to the closing of the transactions
  involving the combination of Sealed Air Corporation and the Cryovac packaging
  business of W. R. Grace & Co. on March 31, 1998.
  
  
                              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.
  
                                SEALED AIR CORPORATION
                                     (Registrant)
  
                                By   s/WILLIAM V. HICKEY      
                                   William V. Hickey
                                   President 
  
  
  
  Date: March 15, 1999
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text: 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):    March 15, 1999
  
                        SEALED AIR CORPORATION                              
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
          Delaware                  1-12139            No. 65-0654331           
  (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission        (I.R.S. Employer
  of incorporation)                File Number)     Identification Number)
  
  Park 80 East
  Saddle Brook, New Jersey                          07663-5291                   
  (Address of principal                             (Zip Code)
  executive offices)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:         (201) 791-7600  
  
                                Not applicable                             
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
  Item 5.  Other Events.
  
       The Company's 1999 Annual Meeting will be held on May 21, 1999 in
  accordance with the Company's By-Laws, and proxy materials are expected 
  to be mailed to the Company's stockholders on or about March 31, 1999.  The 
  Company's 1998 Annual Meeting was held on June 26, 1998, delayed from the 
  date provided in the Company's By-Laws due to the closing of the transactions
  involving the combination of Sealed Air Corporation and the Cryovac packaging
  business of W. R. Grace & Co. on March 31, 1998.
  
                              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.
  
                                SEALED AIR CORPORATION
                                     (Registrant)
  
                                By   s/WILLIAM V. HICKEY      
                                   William V. Hickey
                                   President 
  
  Date: March 15, 1999