W. R. GRACE & CO. (NYSE:GRA) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 8, 2017, W. R. Grace Co. issued a press release
announcing its financial results for the quarter ended December
31, 2016. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1
to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference. 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.

Forward-looking statements

This document and the exhibits hereto contain forward-looking
statements, that is, information related to future, not past,
events. Such statements generally include the words believes,
plans, intends, targets, will, expects, suggests, anticipates,
outlook, continues, or similar expressions. Forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, expected financial
positions; results of operations; cash flows; financing plans;
business strategy; operating plans; capital and other expenditures;
competitive positions; growth opportunities for existing products;
benefits from new technology and cost reduction initiatives, plans
and objectives; and markets for securities. For these statements,
Grace claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking
statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act and
Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Like other businesses, Grace is
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause its actual
results to differ materially from its projections or that could
cause other forward-looking statements to prove incorrect. Factors
that could cause actual results to materially differ from those
contained in the forward-looking statements include, without
limitation: risks related to foreign operations, especially in
emerging regions; the cost and availability of raw materials and
energy; the effectiveness of its research and development and
growth investments; acquisitions and divestitures of assets and
gains and losses from dispositions; developments affecting Graces
outstanding indebtedness; developments affecting Grace’s funded
and unfunded pension obligations; its legal and environmental
proceedings; uncertainties related to Grace’s ability to realize
the anticipated benefits of the separation transaction; the
inability to establish or maintain certain business relationships
and relationships with customers and suppliers or the inability to
retain key personnel; costs of compliance with environmental
regulation; and those additional factors set forth in Graces most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly report on Form 10-Q
and current reports on Form 8-K which have been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and are readily available on the
Internet at www.sec.gov. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on Grace’s projections and forward-looking statements,
which speak only as the date thereof. Grace undertakes no
obligation to publicly release any revision to the projections and
forward-looking statements contained in this document, or to update
them to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of
this document.

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