UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM 8-K

              CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 13, 2005


                         Commission file number 1-12372

                              CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                    Delaware                               22-3268660
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            (State or other jurisdiction               (I.R.S. Employer
         of incorporation or organization)           Identification No).

             Five Garret Mountain Plaza
             West Paterson, New Jersey                       07424    
      (Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (973) 357-3100



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Item 8.01 Other Events
(dollars in millions except per share data)

Cytec Industries Inc. (the "Company" or "Cytec") is filing this Current Report
on Form 8-K ("Form 8-K") to retroactively restate certain information that was
previously reported in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004 ("Form 10-K") resulting from the application of a change in
accounting principle from the Last-In, First-Out ("LIFO") method of inventory
valuation to the First-In, First-Out ("FIFO") method effective January 1, 2005
and to reflect the realignment of our organizational and reporting structure
which is further described below.

Under United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") requirements,
previously issued financial statements that are incorporated by reference in
subsequent Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), filings are required
to be restated to reflect the change in accounting principle described above.
Additionally, concurrent with the acquisition of the Surface Specialties
business ("Surface Specialties") of UCB S.A. on February 28, 2005, the Company
realigned its organizational and reporting structure. Accordingly, segment
information included in our consolidated financial statements and in other
information reported on Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K has been presented
utilizing the realigned organizational and reporting structure. As a result of
the aforementioned change in accounting principle, the Company is also filing on
Exhibit 99.2, for all years presented, an amended "Computation of Ratio of
Earnings to Fixed Charges" which was originally filed on Exhibit 12 to the Form
10-K.

The Company has applied the change to FIFO retroactively by restating its
consolidated financial statements in accordance with Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 20, "Accounting Changes," and previously reported amounts have been
restated for all periods presented. The change from LIFO to FIFO had the
following effects:

                                                  2004      2003      2002
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Net earnings available to common stockholders   $  4.9    $  1.8    $  (0.6)
Basic earnings per common share                 $ 0.12    $ 0.04    $ (0.02)
Diluted earnings per common share               $ 0.12    $ 0.04    $ (0.02)
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Additionally, inventories at December 31, 2004 were increased by $41.7, retained
earnings were increased by $25.4 and deferred income tax assets were decreased
by $16.3.

Other than to reflect the change from LIFO to FIFO and the Company's realigned
organizational and reporting structure, and to file an amended Computation of
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for the three years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, this Form 8-K does not update any other information that was
previously reported on Form 10-K, including any forward-looking statements which
were made when the 10-K was filed on February 25, 2005 including those made in
connection with the then pending acquisition of Surface Specialties.

Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K replaces Item 1 "Business" and Item 2 "Properties"
of Part I of Form 10-K and Item 6 "Selected Financial Data," Item 7
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations," and Item 8 "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data," of Part
II of Form 10-K. The consolidated financial statements in Item 8, conformed for
the changes discussed above, will become the Company's historical consolidated
financial statements.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

99.1 Items 1 and 2 of Part I and Items 6, 7 and 8 of Part II of the Company's
     Annual Report on Form 10-K, as revised, for the year ended December 31,
     2004

99.2 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

99.3 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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                                    Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                    CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.




Date:  June 13, 2005                By:  /s/ James P. Cronin
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                                    Name:  James P. Cronin
                                    Title: Executive Vice President and
                                               Chief Financial Officer


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Exhibits

99.1 Items 1 and 2 of Part I and Items 6, 7 and 8 of Part II of the Company's
     Annual Report on Form 10-K, as revised, for the year ended December 31,
     2004

99.2 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

99.3 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


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