Registration No. 333-_____


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

__________________
FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

__________________


WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.

1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)





Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)


 


38-1185150

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)




 

 

 




9341 Courtland Drive, Rockford, Michigan

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


 


49351

(Zip Code)







(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(616) 866-5500

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for
Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE





Stephen L. Gulis, Jr.

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

Officer and Treasurer

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

9341 Courtland Drive

Rockford, Michigan 49351



Copies to:



Jeffrey A. Ott

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

900 Old Kent Building

111 Lyon Street, N.W.

Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2487









Title of

Securities to be

Registered

Amount to be

Registered

Proposed Maximum

Offering Price

Per Share (3)(4)

Proposed Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price(3)(4)

Amount of

Registration Fee





Common Stock,

$1 Par Value(1)

2,000,000 shares(2)

$10.16

$20,320,000


$5,364.48














PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT




(1)

Includes the Series B Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights (ARights@)
attached to each share of Common Stock. Until the occurrence of certain
prescribed events, the Rights are not exercisable, are evidenced by the
certificate representing the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Common Stock, and
may be transferred only with such shares of Common Stock.



 



(2)

Pursuant to Rule 416, this registration
statement also includes an indeterminate number of additional shares as
may be required to be issued in the event of an adjustment as a result
of an increase in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting
from a subdivision of such shares, the payment of stock dividends or certain
other capital adjustments.



 



(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose
of calculating the registration fee.



 



(4)

On December 17, 1999, the average
of the high and low prices of Common Stock of Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
on the New York Stock Exchange was $10.16 per share. The registration fee
is computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) and (c).








                   
The following documents filed by Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (the ACompany@
or the ARegistrant@)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated in this registration
statement by reference:





Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.



                   
All 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 that indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and
to be a part of this registration statement from the date of filing of
such documents.

 

 


 

         
(a)          The Registrant's
latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the AExchange
Act@).

 



 

 



 

         
(b)          All other reports
filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a)
above.

 



 

 



 

         
(c)          The description
of the Registrant's Common Stock,
$1 par value, which is contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 



                    
Not applicable.

 

 


Item 4.

  Description of Securities.



                    
Not applicable.

 

 






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Item 5.

Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.







                    
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company
is permitted to indemnify its directors and officers (among others) against
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with actions, suits or
proceedings arising out of that person's
acting in a corporate capacity or at the request of the Company if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. That section
also requires that such indemnification be made to the extent that such
person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
such action, suit or proceeding.
                    
Similarly, Article Nine of the Company's
amended Certificate of Incorporation requires the Company to indemnify
a present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Company
against any and all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts reasonably incurred
in connection with any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding,
civil or criminal, in which such person may become involved by reason of
his or her being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent
of the Company or any firm, corporation or organization which he or she
served in any capacity at the request of the Company. It is a condition
to indemnification in connection with any such action, suit, or proceeding
that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and,
in criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful. Furthermore, where such action, suit or proceeding
is by or in the right of the Company, indemnification is not permitted
unless and then only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State
of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses.
                    
Termination of an action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent does not, of itself, create a presumption that such person did
not meet the required standard of conduct. The determination that a person
has or has not met the standard of conduct required for indemnification
may only be made by (i) the Board of Directors by a majority of a quorum
consisting of the directors who were not party to such action, suit or
proceeding, (ii) by written opinion of independent legal counsel who may
be the regular counsel of the Company, or (iii) by the stockholders of
the Company. These indemnification rights are expressly declared to be
additional to such other rights to which any officer or director may be
entitled by contract or as a matter or law. The Company also maintains
in force a policy of directors and officers liability insurance.
                    
Article Ten of the Company's
amended Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Company
will be personally liable to the Company or to the stockholders for any
breach of fiduciary duty. Article Ten does not affect the liability of
a 





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director for any breach of his or her duty of loyalty, for acts or omissions
not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct, for any conduct
proscribed under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
                    
In addition, the Company has entered into indemnity agreements with each
director and officer of the Company. The indemnity agreements indemnify
each director and officer against all expenses incurred in connection with
any actions or investigation involving the director or officer by reason
of his or her position with the Company (or with another entity at the
Company's request). The directors
and officers will also be indemnified for costs, including judgments, fines
and penalties, indemnifiable under Delaware law or under the terms of any
current or future liability insurance policy maintained by the Company
that covers the directors and officers. A director or officer involved
in a derivative suit will be indemnified for expenses and amounts paid
in settlement. Indemnification is dependent in every instance on the director
or officer meeting the standards of conduct set forth in the indemnity
agreements. If a potential change in control occurs, the Company will fund
a trust to satisfy its anticipated indemnification obligations.

 

 


Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.





                    
Not applicable.

 

 


Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.



                    
The following exhibits have been filed or incorporated by reference as
part of this registration statement:







Item 8.

Exhibits.






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Exhibit

Number

 

Document



 

 

 



4.1

 

The Company's Certificate of Incorporation as
amended, previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 14, 1997, is incorporated
herein by reference.



 



4.2

 

The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws, previously
filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended January 2, 1999, are incorporated herein by reference.



 









 


4.3

 

The Rights Agreement dated as of April 17, 1997,
previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's
Form 8-A registration statement filed on April 12, 1997, is incorporated
herein by reference.



 



5.1

 

Opinion Regarding Legality of Securities Offered.



 



23.1

 

Consent of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP--Included
in Exhibit 5.1 and incorporated herein by reference.



 



23.2

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.



 



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Powers of Attorney.







Item 9.

  Undertakings.







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(a)           The undersigned
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 to:

 



 

 



 

 

 

         
(i)          include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities
Act");

 



 

 



 

 

 

         
(ii)         reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the registration statement; and

 



 

 



 

 

 

         
(iii)         include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such information
in the registration statement; 

 



 

 



 

 

provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.

 



 

 











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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 Rockford, State of Michigan, on this 23rd day
of December, 1999.





 

 

         
(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.

 



 

 



 

 

         
(3)           To remove
from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 



 

 



 

         
(b)           The undersigned
Registrant hereby 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 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 the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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.

 











                    
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form S-8
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.





 

WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.

 
By /s/Stephen L. Gulis, Jr.

     Stephen L. Gulis, Jr.

     Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

     Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial

     and Accounting Officer)






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Signature


 


Title



Date




 
 

 

 



 
 
 

 



*

Geoffrey B. Bloom
 
Chief Executive Officer and

Chairman of the Board of 

Directors (Principal Executive

Officer)

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



*

Timothy J. O'Donovan
 
President and Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



/s/Stephen L. Gulis, Jr.

Stephen L. Gulis, Jr.
 
Executive Vice President, Chief

Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



*

Daniel T. Carroll
 
Director

December 23, 1999











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EXHIBIT INDEX



 

 



Signature

 

Title



Date




 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*

Donald V. Fites
 
Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*

Alberto L. Grimoldi
 
Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*

David T. Kollat
 
Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*

Phillip D. Matthews
 
Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*

David P. Mehney
 
Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*

Joseph A. Parini
 
Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*

Joan Parker
 
Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*

Elizabeth A. Sanders
 
Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*

Paul D. Schrage
 
Director

December 23, 1999



 
 
 

 



 
 
 

 



*By /s/Stephen L. Gulis, Jr.

        Stephen L. Gulis, Jr.

        Attorney-in-Fact
 
 

December 23, 1999














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EXHIBIT 5.1 and 23.1





Warner  Norcross & Judd LLP

Attorneys at Law

900 Old Kent Building

111 Lyon Street, N.W.

Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2487


Telephone (616) 752-2000

Fax (616) 752-2500




December 23, 1999

Securities and Exchange Commission

450 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549





Exhibit

Number

Document



 



 



4.1

The Company's Certificate of Incorporation as
amended, previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 14, 1997, is incorporated
herein by reference.



 



4.2

The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws, previously
filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended January 2, 1999, are incorporated herein by reference.



 



4.3

The Rights Agreement dated as of April 17, 1997,
previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's
Form 8-A registration statement filed on April 12, 1997, is incorporated
herein by reference.



 



5.1

Opinion Regarding Legality of Securities Offered.



 



23.1

Consent of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP--Included
in Exhibit 5.1 and incorporated herein by reference.



 



23.2

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.



 



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Powers of Attorney.











Dear Sir or Madam:
                    
We represent Wolverine World Wide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
with respect to the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") filed pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act") to register 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock.
                    
As counsel for the Company, we are familiar with its Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws and have reviewed the various proceedings taken by the Company
to authorize the issuance of the Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement. We have also reviewed and assisted in preparing
the Registration Statement. In our review, we have assumed the genuineness
of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity
of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original
documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic
copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.
                    
On the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, when the Registration
Statement has become effective under the Act, any and all shares of Common
Stock which are the subject of the Registration Statement will, when issued
upon payment of the purchase price therefore, if any, to the Company, be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

 








Securities and Exchange Commission

December 23, 1999

Page 2

______________________________

 

 
                    
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 covering the Common Stock to be issued pursuant to
the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.







 

Re:

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 



 

 

Registration Statement on Form S-8



 

 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 



 

 

1999 Stock Incentive Plan                   


















                    
                    




EXHIBIT 23.2



 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS










We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Form S-8 Registration
Statement pertaining to the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive
Plan of our report dated February 8, 1999, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. and subsidiaries
included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January
2, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 



 

Very truly yours,
WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP

 
By:/s/ Jeffrey A. Ott 

      Jeffrey A. Ott

     A Partner














Grand Rapids, Michigan

December 22, 1999

 

 
















                    
                    




EXHIBIT 24
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


 

ERNST & YOUNG LLP


















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Geoffrey B. Bloom

Geoffrey B. Bloom

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Timothy J. O'Donovan

Timothy J. O'Donovan

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Daniel T. Carroll

Daniel T. Carroll

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 



Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Donald V. Fites

Donald V. Fites

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Alberto L. Grimoldi

Alberto L. Grimoldi

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/David T. Kollat

David T. Kollat

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Phillip D. Matthews

Phillip D. Matthews

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/David P. Mehney

David P. Mehney

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Joseph A. Parini

Joseph A. Parini

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Joan Parker

Joan Parker

















LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or
both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby appoint
GEOFFREY B. BLOOM, BLAKE W. KRUEGER, and STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR., and any
of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as
a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World
Wide, Inc., a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Wolverine World Wide,
Inc. for the Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, any
and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Elizabeth A. Sanders

Elizabeth A. Sanders

















 





  
    
      
  


Date: December 10, 1999

/s/Paul D. Schrage

Paul D. Schrage