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  <P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt">UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt">FORM S-8
  
  
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  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>WELLMAN, INC.</B>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>595 Shrewsbury Avenue<BR>
  Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702</B>
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Keith R. Phillips<BR>
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
  Wellman, Inc.<BR>
  595 Shrewsbury Avenue<BR>
  Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702<BR>
  (732)&nbsp;212-3300</B>
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">with a copy to:
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>D. Roger Glenn, Esq.<BR>
  Edwards &#038; Angell, LLP<BR>
  750 Lexington Avenue<BR>
  New York, New York 10022<BR>
  (212)&nbsp;756-0299</B>
  
  
  
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $.001 par value (3)</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right">1,000,000</TD>
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      <TD align="right">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">7.84</TD>
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      <TD align="right">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">7,840,000</TD>
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      <TD align="right">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">993.33</TD>
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      <TD>Represents 1,000,000 shares under the Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock
  Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
  Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of additional shares as may become issuable under the Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock
  Plan in connection with share splits, share dividends or similar
  transactions.</TD>
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      <TD>These figures are estimates made solely for the purpose of calculating
  the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended. The registration fee has been calculated in accordance
  with Rule 457(h) based upon the average of the high and low prices for shares of the Registrant on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;25, 2004.</TD>
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      <TD>Includes rights which automatically trade with the common stock.</TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b51022wiexv4.txt">Ex-4 Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b51022wiexv5.txt">Ex-5 Opinion of Edwards & Angell, LLP</A></TD></TR>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INTRODUCTION
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Wellman, Inc., a
  Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;), relating to 1,000,000
  shares of its common stock, $.001 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;),
  issuable to eligible persons under the Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan.
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART I
  
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
  I of Form S-8.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
  I of Form S-8.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which the Registrant has filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated in this
  Registration Statement by reference:
  
  
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      <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on
  March&nbsp;15, 2004, for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003;</TD>
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      <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
  ended March&nbsp;31, 2004 filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2004;</TD>
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      <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock incorporated by
  reference in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A, as
  amended, filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports
  filed for the purpose of updating such description; and</TD>
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      <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Rights to Purchase Common Stock
  incorporated by reference in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on
  Form 8-A, as amended, filed under the Exchange Act, including any
  amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
  Sections&nbsp;13, 14 or 15 (d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
  Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
  hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
  which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
  incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof from the date of filing
  of such documents (but excluding information furnished in filings made under
  Items 9 or 12 of Form 8-K or any successor items thereto).
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or 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. Any statement so modified or superseded
  shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
  of this Registration Statement.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officers and directors of the Company are covered by certain provisions of
  the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Certificate of Incorporation and
  Bylaws of the Company, which serve to limit, and, in certain instances, to
  indemnify them against, liabilities which they may incur in such capacities.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify its
  directors, officers, employees and agents if the person acted in good faith and
  in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the
  corporation.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation limits the liability of a
  director to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
  Law and specifically provides that a director of the Company will not be
  personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
  for breach of fiduciary duty by a director, except for liability, (i)&nbsp;for any
  breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders,
  (ii)&nbsp;for actions or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the
  Delaware General Corporation Law, and (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the
  director derived an improper personal benefit.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s bylaws provide for the indemnification of directors and
  officers (as well as certain other persons) to the fullest extent authorized by
  the Delaware General Corporation Law, against all expenses, liability and loss
  reasonably incurred or suffered by such person; provided, however, that the
  Company will indemnify such person in connection with any action, suit or
  proceeding only if such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the
  Company&#146;s Board of Directors. Such indemnification right is a contract right
  and includes the right to be paid by the Company such expenses incurred in
  defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition. The By-laws
  provide that if the Company does not pay a claim in full within ninety days
  after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any
  time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of
  the claim. The Company has as its defense against such claims, that the
  claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under
  the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Company to indemnify the claimant
  for the amount claimed.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company carries directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
  
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Edwards &#038; Angell, LLP, counsel to Registrant</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <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 Ernst &#038; Young, LLP (independent auditors)</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <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 KPMG Chartered Accountants, Dublin, Ireland</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Edwards &#038; Angell, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration
  Statement)</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.
  
  
  
  <P>
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
  after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
  or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
  Statement or any material change to such information in this
  Registration Statement;
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided, however, that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;shall not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement;
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
  registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
  fide offering thereof; and
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
  of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
  the offering.
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">- 5 -
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  Registrant&#146;s Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
  of the Registrant pursuant to its Bylaws, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
  advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
  public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
  liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
  paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
  matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
  appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
  by the final adjudication of such issue.
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">- 6 -
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURES AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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, hereunto duly
  authorized in the city of Shrewsbury, state of New Jersey on June&nbsp;30, 2004.
  
  <DIV align="center">
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      <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">WELLMAN, INC.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">By</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;Thomas M. Duff</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Thomas M. Duff</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
  below constitutes and appoints Thomas M. Duff and Keith R. Phillips, or either
  of them acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full
  power of substitution and revocation, for him and in his name, place and stead,
  in any and all capabilities, to sign any and all amendments (including
  post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to
  file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each
  and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all
  intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
  and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his, her or their
  substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
  thereof.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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      <TD width="27%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signatures</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;Thomas M. Duff<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Thomas M. Duff</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;Keith R. Phillips<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Keith R. Phillips</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;Mark J. Ruday<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Mark J. Ruday</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
  and Controller (Principal Accounting<BR>
  Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;James B. Baker<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  James B. Baker</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;David A. Barr<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  David A. Barr</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="27%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="53%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signatures</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
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  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;Oliver M. Goldstein<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Oliver M. Goldstein</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;Richard F. Heitmiller<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Richard F. Heitmiller</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;Gerard J. Kerins<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Gerard J. Kerins</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;David J. McKittrick<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  David J. McKittrick</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;James E. Rogers<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  James E. Rogers</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ &nbsp;Roger A. Vandenberg<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Roger A. Vandenberg</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">- 8 -
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  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description of Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Edwards &#038; Angell, LLP, counsel to Registrant</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <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 Ernst &#038; Young LLP (independent auditors)</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <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 KPMG Chartered Accountants, Dublin, Ireland</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Edwards &#038; Angell, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration Statement)</TD>
  </TR>
  
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text: Wellman, Inc.
  Table of Contents
  Registration Statement No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, DC 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  WELLMAN, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  04-1671740
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  incorporation or organization)
  595 Shrewsbury Avenue
  Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702
  (Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
  Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Keith R. Phillips
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  Wellman, Inc.
  595 Shrewsbury Avenue
  Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702
  (732) 212-3300
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  with a copy to:
  D. Roger Glenn, Esq.
  Edwards & Angell, LLP
  750 Lexington Avenue
  New York, New York 10022
  (212) 756-0299
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Amount
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Title of each Class of
  to be
  Offering Price
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  Securities to be Registered
  Registered(1)
  Per Unit (2)
  Offering Price (2)
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $.001 par value (3)
  1,000,000
  $
  7.84
  $
  7,840,000
  $
  993.33
  (1)
  Represents 1,000,000 shares under the Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock
  Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
  Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of additional shares as may become issuable under the Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock
  Plan in connection with share splits, share dividends or similar
  transactions.
  (2)
  These figures are estimates made solely for the purpose of calculating
  the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended. The registration fee has been calculated in accordance
  with Rule 457(h) based upon the average of the high and low prices for shares of the Registrant on the New York Stock Exchange on June 25, 2004.
  (3)
  Includes rights which automatically trade with the common stock.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  PART II
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  SIGNATURES AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Ex-4 Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan
  Ex-5 Opinion of Edwards & Angell, LLP
  Ex-23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  Ex-23.2 Consent of KPMG Charted Accountants
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  INTRODUCTION
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Wellman, Inc., a
  Delaware corporation (the "Company" or "Registrant"), relating to 1,000,000
  shares of its common stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"),
  issuable to eligible persons under the Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
  I of Form S-8.
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
  I of Form S-8.
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  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents, which the Registrant has filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated in this
  Registration Statement by reference:
  (1)
  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on
  March 15, 2004, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003;
  (2)
  The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
  ended March 31, 2004 filed with the Commission on May 10, 2004;
  (3)
  The description of the Registrant's Common Stock incorporated by
  reference in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A, as
  amended, filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports
  filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
  (4)
  The description of the Registrant's Rights to Purchase Common Stock
  incorporated by reference in the Registrant's registration statement on
  Form 8-A, as amended, filed under the Exchange Act, including any
  amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
  Sections 13, 14 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
  Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
  hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
  which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
  incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof from the date of filing
  of such documents (but excluding information furnished in filings made under
  Items 9 or 12 of Form 8-K or any successor items thereto).
  Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or 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. Any statement so modified or superseded
  shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
  of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
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  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Officers and directors of the Company are covered by certain provisions of
  the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Certificate of Incorporation and
  Bylaws of the Company, which serve to limit, and, in certain instances, to
  indemnify them against, liabilities which they may incur in such capacities.
  Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify its
  directors, officers, employees and agents if the person acted in good faith and
  in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the
  corporation.
  The Company's Certificate of Incorporation limits the liability of a
  director to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
  Law and specifically provides that a director of the Company will not be
  personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
  for breach of fiduciary duty by a director, except for liability, (i) for any
  breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders,
  (ii) for actions or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the
  Delaware General Corporation Law, and (iv) for any transaction from which the
  director derived an improper personal benefit.
  The Company's bylaws provide for the indemnification of directors and
  officers (as well as certain other persons) to the fullest extent authorized by
  the Delaware General Corporation Law, against all expenses, liability and loss
  reasonably incurred or suffered by such person; provided, however, that the
  Company will indemnify such person in connection with any action, suit or
  proceeding only if such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the
  Company's Board of Directors. Such indemnification right is a contract right
  and includes the right to be paid by the Company such expenses incurred in
  defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition. The By-laws
  provide that if the Company does not pay a claim in full within ninety days
  after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any
  time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of
  the claim. The Company has as its defense against such claims, that the
  claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under
  the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Company to indemnify the claimant
  for the amount claimed.
  The Company carries directors' and officers' liability insurance.
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
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  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description of Exhibit
  4
  Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan
  5
  Opinion of Edwards & Angell, LLP, counsel to Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP (independent auditors)
  23.2
  Consent of KPMG Chartered Accountants, Dublin, Ireland
  23.3
  Consent of Edwards & Angell, LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
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  Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration
  Statement)
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  (a)
  The Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
  after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
  or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
  Statement or any material change to such information in this
  Registration Statement;
  provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) shall not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
  Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement;
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
  registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
  fide offering thereof; and
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
  of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
  the offering.
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  (b) The Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  Registrant's Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
  of the Registrant pursuant to its Bylaws, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
  advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
  public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
  liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
  paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
  matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
  appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
  by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  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, hereunto duly
  authorized in the city of Shrewsbury, state of New Jersey on June 30, 2004.
  WELLMAN, INC.
  By
  /s/  Thomas M. Duff
  Thomas M. Duff
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
  below constitutes and appoints Thomas M. Duff and Keith R. Phillips, or either
  of them acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full
  power of substitution and revocation, for him and in his name, place and stead,
  in any and all capabilities, to sign any and all amendments (including
  post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to
  file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each
  and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all
  intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
  and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his, her or their
  substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
  thereof.
  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.
  Signatures
  Title
  Date
  /s/  Thomas M. Duff
  Thomas M. Duff
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  June 30, 2004
  /s/  Keith R. Phillips
  Keith R. Phillips
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  June 30, 2004
  /s/  Mark J. Ruday
  Mark J. Ruday
  Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  and Controller (Principal Accounting
  Officer)
  June 30, 2004
  /s/  James B. Baker
  James B. Baker
  Director
  June 30, 2004
  /s/  David A. Barr
  David A. Barr
  Director
  June 30, 2004
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  Signatures
  Title
  Date
  /s/  Oliver M. Goldstein
  Oliver M. Goldstein
  Director
  June 30, 2004
  /s/  Richard F. Heitmiller
  Richard F. Heitmiller
  Director
  June 30, 2004
  /s/  Gerard J. Kerins
  Gerard J. Kerins
  Director
  June 30, 2004
  /s/  David J. McKittrick
  David J. McKittrick
  Director
  June 30, 2004
  /s/  James E. Rogers
  James E. Rogers
  Director
  June 30, 2004
  /s/  Roger A. Vandenberg
  Roger A. Vandenberg
  Director
  June 30, 2004
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description of Exhibit
  4
  Wellman, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan
  5
  Opinion of Edwards & Angell, LLP, counsel to Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (independent auditors)
  23.2
  Consent of KPMG Chartered Accountants, Dublin, Ireland
  23.3
  Consent of Edwards & Angell, LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
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  Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration Statement)
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