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) June 20, 2007
W. R. GRACE & CO.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-13953 |
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65-0773649 |
(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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7500 Grace Drive |
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Columbia, Maryland |
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21044 |
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(410) 531-4000
(Registrants 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
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
In connection with the bankruptcy court process for estimating the asbestos personal injury liability of W. R. Grace & Co. and its subsidiaries (collectively, Grace), Grace, the official committee of asbestos personal injury claimants (the PI Committee) and the representative of future asbestos claimants (the FCR) have submitted expert reports that each party will rely upon to support its respective estimate of such liability. The estimate of such liability is expected to provide the basis for determining the appropriate funding amount to resolve current and future asbestos personal injury claims in a plan of reorganization. Copies of the Grace and PI Committee estimation expert reports and portions of the FCR report are available through the Delaware Bankruptcy Court.
The expert reports submitted by the parties are subject to supplementation, rebuttal and discovery. They are based on data, methodologies and assumptions that may or may not be accepted by the Bankruptcy Court. The trial for estimating Graces asbestos personal injury liability is now scheduled to begin in January 2008. As described in Graces periodic reports, Graces current recorded asbestos-related liability reflects its proposed plan of reorganization. Because the plan remains pending and because the estimation litigation is ongoing, Grace does not intend to adjust its recorded asbestos-related liability unless developments in the bankruptcy proceeding justify a change.
This information shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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(Registrant) |
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/s/ Mark A. Shelnitz |
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Mark A. Shelnitz |
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Secretary |
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Dated: June 22, 2007 |
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