HOUSTON, Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA ) today announced that on August 6, 2014 its Board of Directors withdrew its prior recommendation that Kraton's stockholders approve the previously announced Combination Agreement under which Kraton would combine with LCY's styrenic block copolymer ("SBC") operations. As previously announced, Kraton notified LCY on June 30, 2014 that its Board of Directors intended to withdraw its recommendation to Kraton's stockholders unless the parties could agree upon mutually acceptable revised terms to the Combination Agreement.