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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
SCHEDULE 14A
 
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
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    CHEMTURA CORPORATION
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
 
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CHEMTURA CORPORATION
199 BENSON ROAD
MIDDLEBURY, CT 06749
 
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Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS
If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 
Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

VOTE BY MAIL
Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
 
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:
KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
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DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.
                                            
                
For
All
 
Withhold
All
 
For All
Except
 
To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.
         
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote
                                     
 
FOR the following:
 
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1.
Election of Directors
                                             
   
Nominees
                                             
                                                   
 
01
Jeffrey D. Benjamin
 
02
Timothy J. Bernlohr
03
Anna C. Catalano
   
04
Alan S. Cooper
05
James W. Crownover
 
  06 
Jonathan F. Foster
  07 
Craig A. Rogerson
  08
John K. Wulf
                         
                                                   
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:
               
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
 
2
To approve an advisory vote on executive compensation.
             
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The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:
         
 
1 year
2 years
 
3 years
 
Abstain
 
 
3
To designate the frequency of periodic advisory votes on executive compensation.
         
 
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The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:
             
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
 
4
To ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.
       
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NOTE:   Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
                 
                                                   
                                                   
 
Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name, by authorized officer.
                                 
                                                   
                           
 
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Annual Report, Notice & Proxy Statement is/are available at www.proxyvote.com.
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CHEMTURA CORPORATION
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
May 10, 2011 8:30 AM EDT
This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors
 
The shareholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Timothy J. Bernlohr and Jeffrey D. Benjamin, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of common stock of CHEMTURA CORPORATION that the shareholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholder(s) to be held at 8:30 AM, EDT on 5/10/2011, at The Westin Philadelphia Hotel, 99 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, and any adjournment or postponement thereof.
 
This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendations.
 
 
Continued and to be signed on reverse side
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