Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

On December 3, 2019, Gregory E. Poling notified GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (the "Company") that he will retire as Executive Chairman and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") effective December 31, 2019. In connection with Mr. Poling's retirement, Elizabeth Mora, who has been an independent member of the Board since February 2016 and the Board's Lead Independent Director since August 2019, has been appointed to the role of Chairman of the Board, a non-executive role, effective December 31, 2019.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 3, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the retirement of Mr. Poling and the appointment of Ms. Mora as Chairman of the Board, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits




(d)  Exhibits

 Exhibit
   No.           Description

   99.1            Press Release, dated December 3, 2019

   104           The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as
                 Inline XBRL

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