As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 10, 2010

Registration No.   333-49083

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

TO

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

W. R. Grace & Co.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

65-0773649

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Incorporation or Organization)

 

 

 

7500 Grace Drive

Columbia, Maryland  21044-4098

(Address of Principal Executive Offices including zip code)

 

W. R. Grace & Co. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Mark A. Shelnitz

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

W. R. Grace & Co.

7500 Grace Drive

Columbia, Maryland 21044

410/531-4000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large-accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer x

 

Accelerated filer o

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

 

 

 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

 

 



 

DEREGISTRATION

 

In accordance with the undertakings contained in Part II of this Registration Statement and Item 512 of Regulation S-K, W. R. Grace & Co. (the “Corporation”) has filed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to remove from registration the shares of Corporation Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, (the “Common Stock”) registered by the Corporation in this Registration Statement for issuance pursuant to the W. R. Grace & Co. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

 

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

 

The following exhibits have been filed with this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit Title

 

 

 

24

 

Power of Attorney

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-49083) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Columbia, Maryland on this 10th day of September 2010.

 

 

W. R. GRACE & CO.

 

 

 

By:

/s/Alfred E. Festa

 

 

Alfred E. Festa

 

 

President and Chief

 

 

Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Alfred E. Festa

 

Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

September 10, 2010

Alfred E. Festa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Hudson La Force III

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

September 10, 2010

Hudson La Force III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John F. Akers

 

Director

 

 

H. Furlong Baldwin

 

Director

 

 

Ronald C. Cambre

 

Director

 

 

Alfred E. Festa

 

Director

 

 

Marye Anne Fox

 

Director

 

 

John J. Murphy

 

Director

 

 

Christopher J. Steffen

 

Director

 

 

Mark E. Tomkins

 

Director

 

 

Thomas A. Vanderslice

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark A. Shelnitz

 

 

 

September 10, 2010

 

Mark A. Shelnitz

 

 

 

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit Title

 

 

 

24

 

Power of Attorney

 

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