0001099409-11-000022.txt : 20110518 0001099409-11-000022.hdr.sgml : 20110518 20110518120307 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001099409-11-000022 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110516 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110518 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110518 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001321646 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS, MATERIALS, SYNTH RESINS & NONVULCAN ELASTOMERS [2821] IRS NUMBER: 200411521 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15710 JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77032 BUSINESS PHONE: 800 457-2866 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15710 JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77032 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Polymer Holdings LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050324 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GMT CAPITAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001106191 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34581 FILM NUMBER: 11854023 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GMT CAPITAL CORP STREET 2: 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY SUITE 840 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 BUSINESS PHONE: 7709898261 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GMT CAPITAL CORP STREET 2: 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY SUITE 840 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0303 4 2011-05-16 0 0001321646 Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. KRA 0001106191 GMT CAPITAL CORP GMT CAPITAL CORP 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY SUITE 840 ATLANTA GA 30328 0 0 1 0 Common Stock 2011-05-16 4 P 0 56400 36.26 A 3471155 D This Form 4 is being jointly filed by Bay Resource Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Bay"), Bay II Resource Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Bay II"), Bay Resource Partners Offshore Master Fund, L.P., an exempted limited partnership organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands ("Offshore Fund"), GMT Capital Corp., a Georgia corporation ("GMT Capital"), and Thomas E. Claugus, a United States citizen ("Claugus"). The foregoing persons are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the Reporting Persons. GMT Capital, the general partner of Bay and Bay II, has the power to direct the affairs of Bay and Bay II, including the voting and disposition of shares. As the discretionary investment manager of the Offshore Fund and certain other accounts, GMT Capital has power to direct the voting and disposition of shares held by the Offshore Fund and such accounts. Mr. Claugus is the President of GMT Capital and in that capacity directs the operations of each of Bay and Bay II and the voting and disposition of shares held by the Offshore Fund and separate client accounts managed by GMT Capital. GMT Capital and Mr. Claugus may be deemed to beneficially own indirect pecuniary interest as the result of performance-based fees and profit allocations. Each of GMT Capital and Mr. Claugus disclaims such beneficial ownership except to the extent ultimately realized. The aggregate number of shares of common stock purchased was 56,400 shares and such shares were purchased by the Reporting Persons in the following amounts: Bay = 9,800 shares; Bay II = 13,200 shares; Offshore Fund = 30,000 shares; GMT Capital = 2,700 shares; Claugus = 700 shares. 3,471,155 shares of common stock is the aggregate number of shares of common stock owned by the Reporting Persons and is owned as follows: Bay = 471,100 shares directly owned by it; Bay II = 976,400 shares directly owned by it; Offshore Fund = 1,789,655 shares directly owned by it; GMT Capital = 141,000 shares of common stock beneficially owned by it with respect to separate client accounts managed by it; Claugus = 93,000 shares directly owned by him. George E. Case, III 2011-05-18