15.04.2005 – 16:20

Resolution Performance Products LLC

Resolution Performance Products LLC Announces Price Increase on Epoxy Resins in the Americas

Houston (ots/PRNewswire)

Effective May 15, 2005, or as contracts
allow, Resolution Performance Products LLC will increase prices of
its epoxy resin product line in the Americas as follows:

EPON(TM) Liquid Epoxy Resins: 7 cpp (cents per pound)
    EPON(TM) Solid Epoxy Resins: 7 cpp
    EPON(TM) Epoxy Resin Solutions: 7 cpp
    EPON(TM) Epoxy Resin Blends: 7 cpp
    EPON(TM) Brominated Epoxy Resins: 7 cpp
    EPON(TM) High Performance Resins: 5%
    EPIREZ(TM) Waterborne Resins: 5 cpp

For details of this price increase by specific product grade,
please refer to the following link to our web-site,
http://www.resins.com/resins/am .

"Continued increases in our raw material prices coupled with
strong demand for epoxy resins necessitates these increases," says
Bradley Crocker, Business Manager for Performance Products.

Resolution Performance Products is the leading worldwide
manufacturer and developer of epoxy resins and is also the leading
global manufacturer of versatic acids and derivatives. Epoxy resins
are chemicals primarily used in the manufacture of coatings,
adhesives, printed circuit boards, fiber reinforced plastics and
construction materials. The Company, with approximately 900
employees, has operations in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Additional information about the Company and its financial results
for annual, quarterly and current report filings are available on its
web site at http://www.resins.com under the corporate information
heading.

Certain statements in this press release may contain
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Legislation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based
on the Company's current expectations and involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ
materially from those set forth in the statements. The Company can
give no assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct.
Factors that could cause the Company's results to differ materially
from current expectations include: general economic and business
conditions, industry trends, raw material costs and availability,
changes in demand for its products, actions of its competitors and
the additional factors and risks contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 declared effective July 2, 2003.

Web site: http://www.resins.com
              http://www.resins.com/resins/am

Contact:

Bradley Crocker, Business Manager, Americas of Resolution Performance
Products LLC, +1-832-366-2453