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~~Securities ofExchange ~~Report~~Act ~~(Date~~ of ~~earliest~~ ~~event~~1934 ~~reported): 12/11/2009~~

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): 12/08/2009

Kraton Polymers LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 333-123747

Delaware

26-3739386

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

15710 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 300

Houston, TX 77032

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

281-504-4700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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1Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Item 1 5.0102(e). ~~Entry~~On December 8, 2009, Kraton Polymers LLC (the “Company”) and Polymer Holdings LLC (the “Parent”) entered into aAmended ~~Material~~and ~~Definitive~~Restated ~~Agreement~~Employment Agreements with Messrs. Bradley, Fogarty, Ott, Freund and Tremblay (the “Named Executive Officers”) which provide the continued terms and conditions of employment for each such officer.

OnThe ~~December 11,~~Amended ~~2009, Kraton Polymers U.S. LLC (“Kraton”)~~ and ~~Shell~~Restated ~~Chemical~~Employment ~~LLP~~Agreements ~~(“Shell”)~~provide for increases ~~fully~~in ~~executed~~the ~~Amendment~~base ~~Number~~salaries ~~Twelve (#12)~~ of ~~their~~Messrs. ~~Isoprene~~Fogarty, ~~Sales Contract of September 11~~Bradley, ~~1999~~Tremblay ~~(the~~and ~~“Amendment~~Freund ~~Number~~to ~~Twelve~~$575,000, ~~(#12)”)~~$425,000, ~~which~~$375,000 ~~Amendment~~and ~~Number Twelve (#12) is dated effective December 11~~$300,000, ~~2009~~respectively.

~~Under~~In addition, the ~~terms~~Amended ofand ~~Amendment~~Restated ~~Number~~Employment ~~Twelve~~Agreements ~~(#12),~~also ~~the~~provide ~~Period~~for ofan ~~the~~increase ~~Contract~~in ~~under~~the ~~Article~~Named 3Executive ~~was~~Officers’ ~~amended~~severance ~~and~~benefits ~~restated.~~for ~~The~~certain ~~period~~terminations of ~~this~~employment ~~Sales~~within ~~Contract~~one ~~will~~year following ~~begin~~a onchange ~~July 1,~~in ~~1999~~control. ~~and~~Potential ~~end~~benefits ~~of December~~(i) ~~31,~~increased ~~2009,~~from ~~but~~18 ~~will~~to ~~continue~~24 ~~thereafter,~~months ~~subject~~of tobase ~~termination~~salary ~~effective~~and onhealth ~~such~~benefit ~~ending~~continuation ~~date,~~for orMr. Fogarty atand ~~any~~from ~~subsequent~~12 ~~time,~~to by18 ~~either~~months ~~Party~~for ~~giving~~all ~~the~~ other atNamed ~~least~~Executive ~~nine~~Officers and (9ii) ~~calendar~~increased from ~~days~~a ~~prior~~lump ~~written~~sum ~~notice~~payment atequal ~~any~~to ~~time~~1.5 times annual bonus to 2.0 times annual bonus for ~~any reason,~~Mr. Fogarty ~~provided~~and ~~that~~from ~~such~~1.0 ~~termination~~to ~~will~~1.5 ~~not~~times ~~take~~annual ~~effect~~bonus ~~before~~for ~~December 31,~~all ~~2009~~other Named Executive Officers.

*The ~~Kraton~~above ~~Polymers~~descriptions ~~U.S.~~are ~~LLC~~qualified isin ~~a wholly~~their ~~owned~~entirety ~~subsidiary~~by ofreference ~~Elastomers~~to ~~Holdings~~the ~~LLC.~~following ~~Elastomers~~Amended ~~Holdings~~and ~~LLC~~Restated isEmployment aAgreements, ~~wholly~~which ~~owned~~are ~~subsidiary~~attached ofhereto ~~Kraton~~as ~~Polymers~~Exhibit ~~LLC~~10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5 and 10.5.

Item 9.01. ~~Financial Statements and~~ Exhibits.

~~The~~(d) ~~following~~Exhibits: ~~exhibit is filed with this Current Report pursuant to Item 1.01.~~

~~(d)~~The following ~~Exhibits~~exhibits are furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit 99.1: Amendment Number Twelve (#12) To Isoprene Sales Contract dated effective December 11, 2009, between Kraton and Shell.


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated December 8, 2009, between the Company, the Parent and Kevin M. Fogarty.

10.2		Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated December 8, 2009, between the Company, the Parent and David A. Bradley.

10.3		Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated December 8, 2009, between the Company, the Parent and Richard Ott.

10.4		Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated December 8, 2009, between the Company, the Parent and Lothar Freund.

10.5		Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated December 8, 2009, between the Company, the Parent and Stephen E. Tremblay.

SIGNATURES

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.

		~~Kraton Polymers LLC~~	Kraton Polymers LLC
Date: December 14, 2009		By:	/S/ STEPHEN W. DUFFY
Date:	December 15, 2009		By:	/S/ STEPHEN W. DUFFY
			Stephen W. Duffy
				Stephen W. Duffy Vice President and General Counsel
			Vice President and General Counsel

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