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) February 23, 2012

 

W. R. GRACE & CO.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

(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

 

Item 5.02.                                        Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Departure of Director

 

On February 23, 2012, John J. Murphy resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of W. R. Grace & Co.

 

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On February 23, 2012, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of W. R. Grace & Co. (“Grace”) approved the Grace Annual Incentive Compensation Program (the “AICP”) applicable to all executive officers.

 

The amount of an individual’s payment under the AICP is discretionary and is based upon:  the individual’s AICP target amount; the size of the AICP incentive pool; and the individual’s performance during the one-year performance period.  The size of the AICP incentive pool is determined based on two Grace performance measures as follows:

 

·                  75% of the aggregate AICP incentive pool (the “Adjusted EBIT Pool”) funding is based on the amount of Grace Adjusted EBIT for the one-year performance period, calculated as described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Analysis of Operations” in the Grace 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2012.

 

·                  25% of the aggregate AICP incentive pool (the “Working Capital Pool”) funding is based on the average days that Grace’s sales are outstanding during the one-year performance period (“DSO”), the average days of inventory Grace has on hand during the one-year performance period (“DOH”) and the average days Grace’s accounts payable are outstanding during the one-year performance period (“ADP”) calculated as follows: (DSO + DOH – ADP).

 

The Compensation Committee has discretion to adjust the performance objectives or establish or increase the size of the AICP incentive pool even if performance objectives are not achieved.

 

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The amount of the AICP incentive pool will be the sum of the amounts funded in the Adjusted EBIT Pool and the Working Capital Pool (each, a “Partial Pool”).  The funding of each Partial Pool is determined independently by reference to the Adjusted EBIT and Working Capital performance targets set forth in the Grace Annual Operating Plan for the one-year performance period (each a “Relevant Target”) as follows:

 

Percentage of 75% (Adjusted EBIT) or 25% (Working Capital) of Aggregate Target Award Amounts Funded in Partial Pool* (%)		Actual Grace Performance as a Percentage of Relevant Target (%)
-0-		less than 80
25		80
100		100
200		135 or above

 

*  Actual amounts funded to Partial Pools are separately prorated on a straight line basis for performance that falls between 80% and 100% of the Relevant Target or between 100% and 135% of the Relevant Target.

 

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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.

 

	W. R. GRACE & CO.
	(Registrant)
	By	/s/ Michael W. Conron
		Michael W. Conron
		Assistant Secretary
Dated: February 29, 2012

 

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