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W R Grace acquisitions, on the record

The businesses W R Grace bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
polyolefin catalysts business of Albemarle Corporation Word for word“On April 3, 2018, using cash on hand and borrowings under our credit agreement, we acquired the assets of the polyolefin catalysts business of Albemarle Corporation.” 10-K for 2018	acquisition	April 3, 2018	—
Grace Construction Products operating segment and the packaging technologies business of its Grace Materials Technologies operating segment Word for word“On January 27, 2016, Grace entered into a separation agreement with GCP Applied Technologies Inc., then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grace (“GCP”), pursuant to which Grace agreed to transfer its Grace Construction Products operating segment and the packaging technologies business of its Grace Materials Technologies operating segment to GCP (the “Separation”).” 10-K for 2018	divestiture	January 27, 2016	—
Rive Technology, Inc. ("Rive") Word for word“We completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Rive Technology, Inc. (“Rive”) on June 17, 2019, for $22.8 million.” 10-K for 2019	acquisition	June 17, 2019	$22.8 million
BASF Polyolefin Catalysts business Word for word“On June 30, 2016, we completed the acquisition of the assets of the BASF Polyolefin Catalysts business for a purchase price of $250.6 million.” 10-K for 2019	acquisition	June 30, 2016	$250.6 million
Polypropylene Licensing and Catalysts business of The Dow Chemical Company Word for word“We completed the acquisition of the assets of the Polypropylene Licensing and Catalysts business of The Dow Chemical Company on December 2, 2013, for a cash purchase price of $510.4 million (which included post-closing adjustments).” 10-K for 2019	acquisition	December 2, 2013	$510.4 million
Rive Technology, Inc. Word for word“We completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Rive Technology, Inc. (“Rive”) on June 17, 2019, for $22.8 million, with an additional $2.0 million holdback payment remitted in the three months ended September 30, 2020.” 10-K for 2020	acquisition	June 17, 2019	$22.8 million

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31	$246.5 million	$63.8 million
2017-12-31	$3.5 million	$2.4 million
2018-12-31	$418 million	$140.6 million
2019-12-31	$22.8 million	$17.8 million
2020-12-31	$2 million	—

Deal filings since 2016

2021-09-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-09-22 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-08-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-06-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-06-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-04-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-02-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-06-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-04-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-04-03 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2017-12-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-02-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-02-04 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2016-01-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from W R Grace’s annual reports (10-K for 2020, 10-K for 2019, 10-K for 2018) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2021-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.