ÀÖÌìÌÃfun88(ÖйúÇø)¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Advanced Materials Americas LLC announces price increases for ARADUR curatives effective 1 October 2017

September 29, 2017

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Dear Valued Customer in the NAFTA Region:

Recently, ÀÖÌìÌÃfun88(ÖйúÇø)¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Advanced Materials Americas LLC has experienced an increase in our raw material costs.Ìý This will impact the pricing of certain products currently offered.ÌýÌý The affected products are:

ÌýÌýAradur® 265-1ÌýÌýÌýAradur® 283
ÌýÌýAradur® 2963ÌýÌýÌýAradur® 2964Ìý
ÌýÌýAradur® 2965ÌýÌýÌýÌýAradur® 2965 LC
ÌýÌýAradur® 2975ÌýÌýÌýÌýAradur® 2978-1
ÌýÌýAradur® 2994ÌýÌýÌýÌýAradur® 3218
ÌýÌýAradur® 3246ÌýÌýÌýÌýAradur® 3374
ÌýÌýAradur® 3376ÌýÌýÌýÌýAradur® 355
ÌýÌýArafloor® Pilgrim 1 Part B

We anticipate that prices will be increased by up to $0.20 per lb for certain aforementioned products.Ìý The effective date of this price increase will be October 1, 2017.Ìý We are still finalizing our costing moving forward, and will follow up shortly with more precise details for each product and the associated price increase.

This price increase is in addition to all previously implemented price increases.Ìý If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact your local ÀÖÌìÌÃfun88(ÖйúÇø)¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Advanced Materials Americas Sales Associate.

We thank you for your business and look forward to supporting your future product needs.

Sincerely,

Michael Quinn
Sales Director, NAFTA Region
ÀÖÌìÌÃfun88(ÖйúÇø)¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Advanced Materials Americas LLC

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About ÀÖÌìÌÃfun88(ÖйúÇø)¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾:
ÀÖÌìÌÃfun88(ÖйúÇø)¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals with 2016 revenues of approximately $10 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 100 manufacturing and R&D facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 15,000 associates within our 5 distinct business divisions including the Pigments and Additives division that we intend to spin-off as Venator Materials Corporation. For more information about ÀÖÌìÌÃfun88(ÖйúÇø)¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾, please visit the company's website at .

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