Exhibit 12.1

KRATON POLYMERS LLC

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(In thousands)



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|                                                                                                             |  | December 31,2008 |   |  | December 31,2007 |   |  | December 31,2006 |   |  | December 31,2005 |   |  | December 31,2004 |  
|Fixed Charges:                                                                                               |  |                  |   |  |                  |   |  |                  |   |  |                  |   |  |                  |  
|+ Interest expensed                                                                                          |  | 35,188           |   |  | 42,608           |   |  | 39,916           |   |  | 32,303           |   |  | 34,247           |  
|+ Interest capitalized                                                                                       |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |  
|+ Amortization of deferred financing costs                                                                   |  | 2,139            |   |  | 2,715            |   |  | 2,351            |   |  | 2,262            |   |  | 5,563            |  
|+ Accretion of debt discount                                                                                 |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |  
|+ Estimate of interest within rental expense                                                                 |  | 2,800            |   |  | 2,449            |   |  | 2,449            |   |  | 2,267            |   |  | 2,133            |  
|+ Preference security dividend requirements                                                                  |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |  
|                                                                                                             |  |                  |   |  |                  |   |  |                  |   |  |                  |   |  |                  |  
|Total fixed charges                                                                                          |  | 40,127           |   |  | 47,772           |   |  | 44,716           |   |  | 36,832           |   |  | 41,943           |  
|Earnings:                                                                                                    |  |                  |   |  |                  |   |  |                  |   |  |                  |   |  |                  |  
|+ Pre-tax income (loss)                                                                                      |  | 36,874           |   |  | (37,605          | ) |  | 22,068           |   |  | 34,179           |   |  | (54,794          | )
|- Income from equity investees                                                                               |  | (437             | ) |  | (626             | ) |  | (168             | ) |  | (1,516           | ) |  | (462             | )
|+ fixed charges                                                                                              |  | 40,127           |   |  | 47,772           |   |  | 44,716           |   |  | 36,832           |   |  | 41,943           |  
|+ Amortization of capitalized interest                                                                       |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |  
|+ Distributed income of equity investees                                                                     |  | 1,041            |   |  | 106              |   |  | 1,265            |   |  | 461              |   |  | 561              |  
|+ Pre-tax losses of equity investees for which charges arising from guarantees are included in fixed charges |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |  
|- Interest capitalized                                                                                       |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |  
|- Preference security dividend requirements                                                                  |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |  
|- The minority interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges               |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |   |  |                 |  
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|Total Earnings                                                                                               |  | 77,605           |   |  | 9,647            |   |  | 67,881           |   |  | 69,956           |   |  | (12,752          | )
|Deficiency (Surplus)                                                                                         |  | (37,478          | ) |  | 38,125           |   |  | (23,165          | ) |  | (33,124          | ) |  | 54,695           |  
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|Ratio                                                                                                        |  | 1.93             |   |  | 0.20             |   |  | 1.52             |   |  | 1.90             |   |  | (0.30            | )
|Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                                                                           |  | 1.9:1.0          |   |  | 0.2:1.0          |   |  | 1.5:1.0          |   |  | 1.9:1.0          |   |  |                 |  

Our earnings were insufficient to cover our fixed charges for the year ended December 31,
2007 by approximately $38.1 million and for the year ended December 31, 2004 by approximately $54.7 million.