HOUSTON , March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Kraton Polymers LLC and Kraton Polymers Capital Corporation (together, the “Company”), two subsidiaries of Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA) (together with its subsidiaries including the Company, “Kraton”), a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers, announced today that it has launched and priced an offering of $100,000,000 principal amount of its 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019. The notes will constitute a further issuance of, and are fungible with, the $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019 which were issued on February 11, 2011 through an institutional private placement and subsequently exchanged in full for identical notes (the “existing notes”) on June 13, 2011 through a registered exchange offer under the Securities Act. Upon issuance, the additional notes will form a single series of debt securities with the existing notes.

The Company intends to use the proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include funding for capital expenditures or investments, including, among other things, a portion of our proposed new hydrogenated SBC (“HSBC”) manufacturing facility.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated served as joint book-running managers.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase with respect to, additional notes or other securities, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or purchase would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.