GCP Applied Technologies Inc. announced that Marcia J. Avedon, a member of the Board of Directors of the company notified the Board of her decision not to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. She will serve out her remaining term as a director, which will expire immediately following the 2019 annual meeting. The Board expressed its deep appreciation for her service to the Company and the Board, including her leadership in Chairing the Compensation Committee of the Board and her many contributions in helping to establish the Company upon its spinoff from W. R. Grace in 2016. Immediately following the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, Class II of the Board, of which she is currently a member, will be reduced to two directors and the Company’s Board size will be reduced to eight directors. As a result, five directors will stand for election at the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders.