-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MWVs+sTyTBG8soFjIFsGTiHDUAlSgz7Hv7ANci4rrtlWY/i1aqjGhgf8tMvkF1sI dDlSoyHCrrsadlO0Kxj9mg== 0000090185-09-000005.txt : 20090106 0000090185-09-000005.hdr.sgml : 20090106 20090106162643 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000090185-09-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090102 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090106 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090106 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PAUL STEVEN M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001237564 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-08135 FILM NUMBER: 09510311 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ELI LITTY & CO STREET 2: LIIY CORPORATE CENTER DC 1093 CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46285 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SIGMA ALDRICH CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000090185 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [5160] IRS NUMBER: 431050617 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3050 SPRUCE ST CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63103 BUSINESS PHONE: 3147715765 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3050 SPRUCE STREET CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SIGMA INTERNATIONAL LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19750925 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALDRICH CHEMICAL CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19750908 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0303 4 2009-01-02 0 0000090185 SIGMA ALDRICH CORP SIAL 0001237564 PAUL STEVEN M C/O ELI LITTY & CO LIIY CORPORATE CENTER DC 1093 INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285 1 0 0 0 Common Stock, Par Value $1 2009-01-02 4 A 0 1200 0 A 1200 D Carrie Fields, Attorney in Fact 2009-01-06 EX-24 2 paul.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24.1

Power of Attorney

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned (the “Reporting Person”) hereby constitutes and appoints Carrie A. Fields, Attorney in Fact as the Reporting Person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting Person's capacity as an officer or trustee of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)   do and perform and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting Person which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person.

The Reporting Person hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting Person might or could do if personally present, with full power of Substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by the virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted . The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting Person, are not assuming, nor is the company assuming, any of the Reporting Persons responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the Reporting Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the Reporting Person's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of September, 2008.

 

 

/s/ Steven Paul

 

Signature

 

Reporting Person:    Steven Paul

 

 

 

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