Exhibit 10.2(d)(vi)


                          PERFORMANCE CASH AWARD UNDER
                            THE CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
                       1993 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN


February 9, 2006


[Employee name]
[Address]


Target Amount of Performance Cash Award: $
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Performance Period:  January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008


Dear [first name]:

     As a key  employee  of  Cytec  Industries  Inc.  (the  "Company"),  or of a
subsidiary  or  affiliate  of  the  Company,   you  have  been  granted  by  the
Compensation and Management Development Committee (the "Committee") of the Board
of Directors,  for the one-year performance period indicated above a performance
cash award  ("Performance  Cash Award").  This award is subject to the terms and
conditions  hereof and of the Company's 1993 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the
"Plan").


     (1)  Subject  to  Paragraphs  (4),  (5) and (7) below,  and  subject to the
          attainment  of  performance  goals  as  hereinafter   provided,   this
          Performance  Cash Award  shall vest  effective  as of January 1, 2009;
          provided that such vesting shall be subject to the further requirement
          that the Committee certify that the performance goals have been met.

     (2)  Performance goals, and the related payout matrix, for this Performance
          Cash Award have been set by the  Committee  and will be advised to you
          in writing (the "Target  Documentation").  The  performance  goals are
          based 50% on year 2008 EPS and 50% on 2008 ROIC. The performance goals
          provide for the partial vesting of the  Performance  Cash Award in the
          event that the EPS performance  goal or the ROIC  performance  goal is
          substantially, but not fully, achieved.


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Performance Cash Award -
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     (3)  The  Performance  Cash Award may not be sold,  assigned,  transferred,
          pledged,  hypothecated  or  otherwise  disposed  of; and  neither  any
          interest therein or under the Plan, may be assigned; and any attempted
          assignment shall be void.

     (4)  If your employment  with the Company or a subsidiary  terminates on or
          prior to the end of the performance period, the Performance Cash Award
          shall be  forfeited,  except as  provided in  paragraphs  (5) and (6),
          below, or except as the Committee shall otherwise determine.

     (5)  If your  employment  with the  Company or a  subsidiary  or  affiliate
          terminates by reason of your (i) death,  (ii) disability as defined in
          the Company's Long-Term  Disability Plan, (iii) retirement on or after
          your 60th birthday,  or (iv) under other  circumstances  determined by
          the  Committee to be not contrary to the best interest of the Company,
          then, if such termination  occurs in 2008, your Performance Cash Award
          shall not be forfeited by reason of such  termination  of  employment;
          and if your employment so terminates in 2007, two-thirds of said award
          shall not be so  forfeited;  and if your  employment  so terminates in
          2006,  one-third  of said  award  shall not be so  forfeited.  Nothing
          contained  in this  paragraph  shall  preclude  the Company  (with the
          approval of the  Committee) and you from agreeing in writing as to the
          portion  of  your  award  which  is not  forfeited  by  reason  of the
          termination of your employment.

     (6)  As provided in the Plan,  and in the  Committee's  "Target  Document,"
          upon the  occurrence  of a "change in control" all  unvested  (and not
          previously  forfeited)  amounts of the  Performance  Cash Award  shall
          immediately  vest  as  if  the  maximum  performance  goals  had  been
          achieved.  Upon  such  occurrence,   the  cash  value  of  the  vested
          Performance Cash Award shall be delivered to you promptly.

     (7)  The Committee's Rules of General Application, as in effect on the date
          hereof, provide that under certain circumstances,  in lieu of vesting,
          a portion of a  Performance  Cash Award will be forfeited and you will
          be issued, instead, an equivalent Deferred Cash Award.

     (8)  Nothing in this award shall confer on you any right to continue in the
          employ of the  Company or any of its  subsidiaries  or  affiliates  or
          interfere  in any way with the right of the Company or any  subsidiary
          or affiliate to terminate your employment at any time.

     (9)  You agree to pay the  Company  promptly,  on demand,  any  withholding
          taxes due in respect of the Awards  made  hereunder.  The  Company may
          deduct such  withholding  taxes from any  amounts  owing to you by the
          Company or by any of its  subsidiaries  or affiliates,  including from
          this Performance Cash Award.


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Performance Cash Award -
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     In the event of any conflict  between the terms of this  Agreement  and the
provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.

     If you accept the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,  please
execute the enclosed  copy of this letter where  indicated and return it as soon
as possible, at which time the award shall become effective.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.


                                         BY:
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                                            J. E. Marosits
                                            Secretary - Compensation
                                            and Management
                                            Development Committee

Enc.

ACCEPTED:

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Employee Name:
Social Security No.
Date:


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