Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Executive Officers of the Registrant.

The names, ages and biographies of our executive officers, as of February 18, 2020, are set forth below. The term of office of each officer is until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual shareholders’ meeting (May 5, 2020).

Luther C. Kissam IV was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors in November 2016. Mr. Kissam was first elected to our Board of Directors effective November 2011. He was elected as Chief Executive Officer effective September

2011 and as our President effective March 2010. Previously, Mr. Kissam served as Executive Vice President, Manufacturing, Law and HS&E from May 2009 until March 2010, and as Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Law and Corporate Secretary from January 2008 until May 2009. Mr. Kissam joined us in October 2003 and served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from that time until December 2005, when he was promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Before joining us, Mr. Kissam served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Merisant Company (manufacturer and marketer of sweetener and consumer food products), having previously served as Associate General Counsel of Monsanto Company (provider of agricultural products and solutions). Mr. Kissam joined the Specialty Products Advisory Committee in April 2018 and has served as an ex-officio member of the DowDuPont Board since that time. Mr. Kissam was appointed to the Board of Directors of DuPont in June 2019. On February 4, 2020, Mr. Kissam advised the Board of Directors that he will retire from his roles as an officer and director of Albemarle effective June 2020, for health reasons.

Karen G. Narwold joined us in September of 2010 and currently serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Narwold has over 25 years of legal, management and business experience with global industrial and chemical companies. After five years in private practice, she served as Vice President, General Counsel, Human Resources and Secretary of GrafTech International Ltd., a global graphite and carbon manufacturer and former subsidiary of Union Carbide. She then served as Vice President and Strategic Counsel of Barzel Industries, a North American steel processor and distributor. Ms. Narwold resigned from Barzel in November 2009, after Barzel reached an agreement to sell substantially all of its assets in a planned transaction that was consummated in a sale pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Prior to joining Albemarle, Ms. Narwold served as Special Counsel with Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and with Symmetry Advisors where she worked in the areas of strategic, financial and capital structure planning and restructuring for public and private companies. Ms. Narwold was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Ingevity Corporation on February 20, 2019.

Scott A. Tozier was elected as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 2011. Mr. Tozier also served as our Chief Accounting Officer from January 2013 until February 2014. Mr. Tozier has over 25 years of diversified international financial management experience. Following four years of assurance services with the international firm Ernst & Young, LLP, Mr. Tozier joined Honeywell International, Inc., where his 16 year career spanned senior financial positions in the U.S., Australia and Europe. His roles of increasing responsibilities included management of financial planning, analysis and reporting, global credit and treasury services and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell’s Transportation Systems, Turbo Technologies and Building Solutions divisions. Most recently, Mr. Tozier served as Vice President of Finance, Operations and Transformation of Honeywell International, Inc. Mr. Tozier has served as a member of the board of directors of Garrett Motion Inc. since October 2018.

John C. Barichivich III was elected Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective November 2019. Mr. Barichivich has worked for the Company for over 12 years holding various staff and leadership positions of increasing responsibility. Most recently, Mr. Barichivich served as Chief Financial Officer Vice President Finance, Purchasing, and S&OP Catalysts GBU since February 2019. Between January 2016 and February 2019, Mr. Barichivich acted as Vice President - Finance, Bromine Specialties global business unit, and he previously served as Vice President of Finance, Catalysts global business unit from September 2012 until December 2015. Mr. Barichivich was also the Director of Finance for the Albemarle shared service centers and he started his career with Albemarle as the Operations Controller for the Polymer Solutions business. Prior to Albemarle, Mr. Barichivich held a number of positions, including Director of Finance at the Home Depot, CFO Sensors SBE at PerkinElmer, and Manager of FP&A at General Electric. Mr. Barichivich began his 27 year career at Georgia Pacific, where he worked as an internal auditor and was a financial analyst supporting the restructuring of the Distribution Division.

Raphael Crawford was appointed President, Catalysts Global Business Unit in 2018. Mr. Crawford joined Albemarle in 2012 as Vice President of the Performance Catalysts Solutions unit, and the additional responsibility of Managing Director for Rockwood Lithium GbmH after the Rockwood acquisition. In 2015, Mr. Crawford was appointed President of the Bromine Specialties business unit until being named to his current role. Prior to Albemarle, Mr. Crawford served as the Director of Global Marketing and Business Development for Dow Coating Materials, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company. He also served as the Global Commercial Director and Global Asset Director for Dow Water and Process Solutions, following the acquisition of Rohm and Haas Company. Previously, Crawford held various strategic marketing and commercial roles at Rohm and Haas. Prior to Rohm and Haas, Mr. Crawford worked at Campbell Soup Company as a Marketing Manager. He began his career at SNET Telecommunications where he served in several capacities including new ventures, finance and marketing. Mr. Crawford currently serves on the Association of American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Board of Directors, where he has served as chairman of the Petrochemical Members Committee and has been elected to a member of the Executive Committee starting in 2020.

Netha Johnson joined Albemarle as President, Bromine Global Business Unit in 2018. Mr. Johnson has more than 20 years of diverse leadership experience, both domestically and internationally, including having worked extensively in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Germany. Prior to joining Albemarle, Mr. Johnson served in several progressive leadership roles with 3M Company. Most recently, he served as Vice President and General Manager, Electrical Markets Division, where he was directly responsible for 3M’s electrical and renewable energy solutions. Prior to that, he served as 3M’s Vice President, Advanced Materials Division. In this role, he was responsible for three distinct businesses comprising the Advanced Material division, which provided world-leading, innovative solutions in fluoropolymer chemicals, advanced ceramics and light-weighting materials. Preceding his business career, Mr. Johnson served as a U.S. Naval Officer.

DeeAnne Marlow joined Albemarle in 2018 as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, she is responsible for leading the execution of the Human Resources’ strategic plan and key initiatives with an emphasis on business partnerships, talent acquisition and development, compensation and benefits, inclusion and diversity programs, and HR operations. Prior to joining Albemarle, Ms. Marlow served as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, at Greif, Inc., a leader in industrial packaging solutions. Previously, she spent seven years with Cummins, Inc., where she led Human Resources for the Turbo Technologies business and then for the Global Power Generation business segment. In addition, she had responsibility for all Cummins operations in Central America and the Middle East including multiple manufacturing facilities, sales, engineering technical centers and general management / support. She was also responsible for marketing and sales capability development and succession across Cummins. Prior to Cummins, Ms. Marlow held progressive leadership roles with GE, SC Johnson, and Principal Financial, where she gained experience in consumer products, financial services, diversified industrials and healthcare.

Eric Norris was appointed President, Lithium Global Business Unit in August 2018. Mr. Norris joined Albemarle in January 2018 as Chief Strategy Officer. In this role, he managed the company’s strategic planning, M&A, and corporate business development programs as well as its investor relations efforts. Prior to joining Albemarle, Mr. Norris served as President of Health and Nutrition for FMC Corporation. Following FMC’s announcement to acquire DuPont Agricultural Chemical assets, he led the divestiture of FMC Health and Nutrition to DuPont. Previously, Mr. Norris served as Vice President and Global Business Director for FMC Health and Nutrition, and Vice President and Global Business Director for FMC Lithium. During his 16-year FMC career, he served in additional leadership roles including Investor Relations, Corporate Development and Director of FMC Healthcare Ventures. Prior to FMC, Mr. Norris founded and led an internet-based firm offering formulation and design tools to the chemical industry. Previously, he served in a variety of roles for Rohm and Haas Company including sales, marketing, strategic planning and investor relations.

David Ryan was appointed Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations in 2018. In this role, he manages the company’s strategic planning, M&A, and corporate business development programs, as well as its investor relations efforts. Ryan joined Albemarle in April 2016 as Vice President and Treasurer after a 25-year career with West Rock Company where he held several progressive leadership roles. At WestRock, Ryan served as Vice President, Special Projects, responsible for leading the spin-off of the Specialty Chemicals Division into a standalone, publicly traded company. Prior to that, he served in a wide range of strategic finance roles at WestRock including, Chief Financial Officer of the Packaging Platform and the Specialty Chemicals divisions. While with Specialty Chemicals, Ryan also served as Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of the Industrial Air Purification business. He also held several positions in the Beverage Packaging, Consumer Products, and Electronic Publishing businesses.

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