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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June ___, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- ______</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>P. H. Glatfelter 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"><B>Pennsylvania</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>23-0628360</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>96 South George Street, Suite&nbsp;500<BR>
York, Pennsylvania</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><br><B>17401</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Thomas G. Jackson<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
96 South George Street<BR>
Suite&nbsp;500<BR>
York, Pennsylvania 17401</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(717)&nbsp;225-4711</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">with a copy to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Brian Doerner, Esquire<BR>
Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP<BR>
1735 Market Street<BR>
51th Floor<BR>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103<BR>
215-665-8500</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TD valign="top">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD valign="top" align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR>
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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 width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Securities</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount of</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered(1)</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
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    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,000,000 shares
</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">$8.26
</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$33,040,000
</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,844</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the equity plan described below in the event
the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant is increased by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization or similar
transaction.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. In accordance with
Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, the price shown is based upon the average of
the high and low prices reported for the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June
26, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART
II &#151;</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Explanatory Note</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;P.&nbsp;H. Glatfelter Company (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this registration statement to register
an additional 4,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), for
issuance under the P. H. Glatfelter Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
The increase in the number of shares available to be awarded under the Plan, as well as certain
other amendments to the Plan that are described in the Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement,
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on March&nbsp;25,
2009, were approved by the Registrant&#146;s shareholders on April&nbsp;29, 2009. The Registrant previously
filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-124485) to register shares of Common Stock
authorized for issuance under the Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, Part&nbsp;I and
Items 4-7 and 9 of Part&nbsp;II of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-124485) are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or
superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new
information not contained in the earlier registration statements are presented herein.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, filed or to be filed with the Commission, are incorporated herein by
reference:
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008,
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;13, 2009;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2009;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February
23, 2009, May&nbsp;5, 2009 and June&nbsp;16, 2009;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;23, 1998.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated 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 a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. The statements required to be so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">P. H. Glatfelter Company Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;5, 2009).</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Top Management Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on May
5, 2009).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Stock Only Stock Appreciation Right Award Certificate (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on May
5, 2009).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP (filed herewith).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP (filed herewith).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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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>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signatures page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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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 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 the City of York, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on June 29, 2009.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ George H. Glatfelter II
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">George H. Glatfelter II&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints John P. Jacunski and Thomas G. Jackson, and each of them, as the true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and
in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to
this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
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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, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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George H. Glatfelter II</TD>
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<br>
(principal executive officer)
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John P. Jacunski</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Senior Vice President and<br>
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(principal financial officer)
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David C. Elder</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Vice President and Corporate<br>
Controller
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kathleen A. Dahlberg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kathleen A. Dahlberg</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Nicholas DeBenedictis
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nicholas DeBenedictis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard C. Ill</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
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Director
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Ronald J. Naples</TD>
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Director
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June ___, 2009
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
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
23-0628360
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
96 South George Street, Suite 500
York, Pennsylvania
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
17401
(Zip Code)
P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
AMENDED AND RESTATED LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas G. Jackson
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
96 South George Street
Suite 500
York, Pennsylvania 17401
(Name and address of agent for service)
(717) 225-4711
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Brian Doerner, Esquire
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street
51th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
215-665-8500
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Offering Price(2)
Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
4,000,000 shares
$8.26
$33,040,000
$1,844
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the equity plan described below in the event
the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant is increased by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization or similar
transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. In accordance with
Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, the price shown is based upon the average of
the high and low prices reported for the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June
26, 2009.
PART
II —
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Explanatory Note
P. H. Glatfelter Company (the "Registrant") is filing this registration statement to register
an additional 4,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), for
issuance under the P. H. Glatfelter Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
The increase in the number of shares available to be awarded under the Plan, as well as certain
other amendments to the Plan that are described in the Registrant's definitive proxy statement,
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 25,
2009, were approved by the Registrant's shareholders on April 29, 2009. The Registrant previously
filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-124485) to register shares of Common Stock
authorized for issuance under the Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, Part I and
Items 4-7 and 9 of Part II of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-124485) are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or
superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new
information not contained in the earlier registration statements are presented herein.
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents, filed or to be filed with the Commission, are incorporated herein by
reference:
•
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008,
filed with the Commission on March 13, 2009;
•
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May 11, 2009;
•
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February
23, 2009, May 5, 2009 and June 16, 2009;
•
the description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October 23, 1998.
In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated 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 a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. The statements required to be so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
P. H. Glatfelter Company Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the
Commission on May 5, 2009).
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.2
Form of Top Management Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May
5, 2009).
4.3
Form of Stock Only Stock Appreciation Right Award Certificate (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May
5, 2009).
5.1
Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signatures page to this Registration Statement).
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 the City of York, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on June 29, 2009.
P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
By:
/s/ George H. Glatfelter II
Name:
George H. Glatfelter II
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints John P. Jacunski and Thomas G. Jackson, and each of them, as the true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and
in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to
this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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 dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ George H. Glatfelter II
George H. Glatfelter II
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
June 29, 2009
/s/ John P. Jacunski
John P. Jacunski
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
June 29, 2009
/s/ David C. Elder
David C. Elder
Vice President and Corporate
Controller
June 29, 2009
/s/ Kathleen A. Dahlberg
Kathleen A. Dahlberg
Director
June 29, 2009
/s/ Nicholas DeBenedictis
Nicholas DeBenedictis
Director
June 29, 2009
/s/ Richard C. Ill
Richard C. Ill
Director
June 29, 2009
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ J. Robert Hall
J. Robert Hall
Director
June 29, 2009
/s/ Ronald J. Naples
Ronald J. Naples
Director
June 29, 2009
/s/ Richard L. Smoot
Richard L. Smoot
Director
June 29, 2009
/s/ Lee C. Stewart
Lee C. Stewart
Director
June 29, 2009