Exhibit 12

Cytec Industries Inc.

Computation of Ratio of
Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollar amounts in millions)



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|                                                                                                                                                                      |  | Year Ended December 31, |     
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  | 2009                    |      |   | 2008 |   |        | 2007 | 
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                         |     
|Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in earnings of associated companies, minority interest and
cumulative effect of accounting change (1) |  | $                       | (4.7 | ) |      | $ | (151.1 | )    |  | $ | 282.5 |  
|Add:                                                                                                                                                                  |  |                         |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |       |  
|Distributed income of associated companies                                                                                                                            |  |                         | 2.0  |   |      |   | 2.4    |      |  |   | 3.3   |  
|Amortization of capitalized interest                                                                                                                                  |  |                         | 1.9  |   |      |   | 2.4    |      |  |   | 2.1   |  
|Fixed charges                                                                                                                                                         |  |                         | 45.1 |   |      |   | 46.9   |      |  |   | 51.9  |  
|Less:                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                         |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |       |  
|Capitalized interest                                                                                                                                                  |  |                         | (8.2 | ) |      |   | (3.0   | )    |  |   | (1.9  | )
|Minority interest                                                                                                                                                     |  |                         | (1.6 | ) |      |   | (1.8   | )    |  |   | (0.8  | )
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|Earnings as adjusted                                                                                                                                                  |  | $                       | 34.5 |   |      | $ | (104.2 | )    |  | $ | 337.1 |  
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|Fixed charges:                                                                                                                                                        |  |                         |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |       |  
|Interest on indebtedness including amortized premiums, discount and deferred financing costs (3)                                                                      |  | $                       | 39.8 |   |      | $ | 41.6   |      |  | $ | 46.0  |  
|Portion of rents representative of the interest factor                                                                                                                |  |                         | 5.3  |   |      |   | 5.3    |      |  |   | 5.9   |  
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|Fixed charges                                                                                                                                                         |  | $                       | 45.1 |   |      | $ | 46.9   |      |  | $ | 51.9  |  
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (2)                                                                                                                                |  |                         | 0.8  |   |      |   | N/A    |      |  |   | 6.5   |  
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|(1) | 2008 includes a $385.0 before tax non-cash goodwill impairment charge ($358.3 after tax).
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|(2) | In order to achieve a one-to-one ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, earnings would need to increase by $10.6 and
$151.1, respectively.
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|(3) | Interest on unrecognized tax benefits are not included as they are recognized as part of income tax expense.
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