0001127602-13-009614.txt : 20130306 0001127602-13-009614.hdr.sgml : 20130306 20130306161054 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-13-009614 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130304 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130306 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130306 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: SMITH DAN F CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001188511 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34581 FILM NUMBER: 13669690 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1221 MCKINNEY STREET STREET 2: SUITE 700 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77010 4 1 form4.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2013-03-04 0001321646 Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. KRA 0001188511 SMITH DAN F C/O KRATON PERFORMANCE POLYMERS 15710 JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD., SUITE 300 HOUSTON TX 77032 1 Common Stock 2013-03-04 4 A 0 2936 0 A 39940 D Each director is granted $70,000 of common stock of Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. for their services on the Board. The number of shares is based upon a fair market value of $23.835 determined by averaging of the high and low prices of the common stock of Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 1, 2013. /s/ James L. Simmons As Attorney-in-Fact for Dan F. Smith 2013-03-06 EX-24 2 doc1.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): SMITH POWER OF ATTORNEY THE STATE OF TEXAS ( ( COUNTY OF HARRIS ( KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned hereby appoints Stephen E. Tremblay, Stephen W. Duffy, and/or James L. Simmons as the undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with power to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s capacity as an officer and/or director of Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (the ?Company?), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (the ?Section 16 Filings?), as required under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ?Exchange Act?), and file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Section 16 Filings and file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such attorney-in-fact?s discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Section 16 Filings under the Exchange Act with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned by giving written notice of such revocation to the foregoing attorney-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 27th day of February, 2013. /S/ DAN F. SMITH Dan F. Smith