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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 2, 2016
W. R. GRACE & CO.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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1-13953 | | 65-0773649 |
(Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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7500 Grace Drive | | |
Columbia, Maryland | | 21044 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
(410) 531-4000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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W. R. GRACE & CO.
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On November 2, 2016, the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) of W. R. Grace & Co. (the “Company”) elected Julie Fasone Holder as a Class II Director of the Company to serve for an initial term expiring at the Company's 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. The Board of Directors appointed Ms. Holder to the Company's Audit, Nominating and Governance, Compensation, and Corporate Responsibility Committees.
For her services as a Director, Ms. Holder will participate in the Company’s standard compensation arrangements for non-employee directors, as described under the heading "Director Compensation" in the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2016.
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Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
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99.1 | W. R. Grace & Co. press release, dated November 3, 2016 (Election of Director) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| | W. R. GRACE & CO. |
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| By | /s/ Mark A. Shelnitz |
| | Mark A. Shelnitz |
| | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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Date: November 3, 2016 | | |