On January 7, 2017, Mr. Steven J. Demetriou notified the Board of Directors of Kraton Corporation that he was resigning as a director of Kraton effective immediately following Kraton's 2017 annual general meeting of stockholders, currently scheduled for May 25, 2017. Mr. Demetriou resigned due to expanded commitments elsewhere and not as a result of a disagreement with Kraton.