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Exhibit 10.8
                                            (Translated from Dutch into English)

 SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE MANAGEMENT CODE

o    Staff Members and Delegated Administrators

         Cytec Surface Specialties S.A./N.V.

FORTIS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS,  E. Jacqmainlaan 53, B-1000 Brussel - Tel. +32(0)2 220
82 11 - Fax: +32(0)2 220 94 19 - http://www.fortisag.be

Fortis Employee  Benefits is part of Fortis AG s.a., E.  Jacqmainlaan 53, B-1000
Brussel- RPR  0404.494.849 - BTW : BE 404.494.849 - Firm  authorized  under code
no. 0079

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SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE MANAGEMENT CODE             FORTIS AG
1.       TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.       Table of contents .................................................. 2
2.       Object ............................................................. 4
3.       Date the code goes into effect ..................................... 4
4.       Subscription ....................................................... 4
   4.1      Personnel to subscribe........................................... 4
   4.2      Subscription conditions ......................................... 4
   4.3      Moment of subscription .......................................... 4
   4.4      Suspension of the employment agreement before subscription....... 5
   4.5      Changing categories ............................................. 5
   4.6      Calculating the subscriber's age ................................ 5

5.       Pension date anticipated by the code ............................... 5
6.       Characteristics of the pension system .............................. 6
7.       Insurances provided by the employer ................................ 6
8.       Insurance transactions ............................................. 8
9.       Financing .......................................................... 8
    9.1     Modalities of premium payment ................................... 9
         9.1.1    Taxes on contributions and premiums ....................... 9
         9.1.2    Periodicity of the contributions and premiums.............. 9
         9.1.3    Contribution by the subscriber to the
                    financing of the insurances.............................. 9
         9.1.4    Failure to pay the contributions and premiums.............. 9
10.Annual recalculation of the premiums and benefits......................... 9
11.Acquired rights and minimum guarantee ....................................10
   11.1     Acquired benefits ...............................................10
   11.2     Acquired reserves................................................11
   11.3     Minimum guarantee................................................12
   11.4     Financing .......................................................12
12. Benefit payments.........................................................12
   12.1      Benefit payment method .........................................12
13.Termination of the employment agreement ..................................13
   13.1     Termination of the employment agreement as a consequence of
               early retirement..............................................13
   13.2     Termination of the employment agreement as a consequence
               of the conventional interim pension...........................13
   13.3     Termination of the employment agreement for a reason
               other than death, retirement or a conventional
                  interim pension ...........................................13
14. Particulars with respect to the employment agreement ....................14
   14.1     Part-time work ..................................................14
   14.2     Suspension of the employment agreement during the subscription ..14
15.Options offered to the subscribers .......................................15
   15.1     Reception structure  ............................................15
   15.2     Surrender .......................................................15
   15.3     Individual supplementary deposits................................15
   15.4     Advances ........................................................15
   15.5     Object of the advance............................................15
16.Introduction, modification or cancellation of the pension system .........16
   16.1     Decision authorization ..........................................16
         16.1.1   Principle .................................................16
         16.1.2   Restriction of the exclusive authorization
                    to introduce, modify or cancel the pension system........16
   16.2     Modifications of the pension system .............................16
   16.3     Changing pension agencies .......................................16
   16.4     Cancellation of the pension system ..............................16
   16.5     Discontinuation of the employer's activities ....................17
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SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE MANAGEMENT CODE             FORTIS AG

 2.   OBJECT
 This code regulates the pension system of

 Cytec Surface Specialties S.A./N.V. Square Marie
 Curie 11 1070 Brussels

hereinafter  referred to as "the  employer" of the Staff  Members and  Delegated
Administrators.

The employer has entrusted  the  management of this code to an insurer with whom
it has  underwritten  a group  insurance.  The general  conditions of this group
insurance apply to this code.

This code is available to subscribers, who can obtain the text from the employer
by simple request.

3. DATE THE CODE GOES INTO EFFECT
The code goes into effect on March 1, 2005.

4. SUBSCRIPTION

4.1     Personnel to subscribe

Every  personnel  member with an employment  agreement of indefinite or definite
duration is required to subscribe to the pension  system,  with the exception of
personnel  members with

-    an  agreement  of  definite  duration  signed  within the  framework  of an
     educational,  work placement or retraining program especially  organized by
     the government or supported by it;

-    an agreement for employing  students,
     who are part of the Staff Member and Delegated Administrator category.

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4.2 Subscription conditions

The  subscription  for life  insurance goes into effect as soon as the personnel
member has reached the age of 25.

4.3 Moment of subscription

Employees  subscribe on the first day of the month  following the month in which
the  above-mentioned  conditions  were met or, if the conditions were met on the
first day of a month, on the first day of that month.

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4.4 Suspension of the employment agreement before subscription

If the  employment  agreement  of a  personnel  member  of  the  above-mentioned
category is suspended and the personnel  member no longer  receives pay from the
employer,  either at the time the pension  system goes into effect or at a later
date,  subscription  only commences on the date the employment  agreement is put
into effect again and insofar as the  personnel  member  meets the  subscription
conditions at that time.

4.5     Changing categories

If an affiliate leaves a category referred to in this code and continues working
for the employer, the following stipulations apply:

If the subscriber  transfers to a category not referred to in this code, he will
no longer benefit from the stipulations provided in this code, but will maintain
his  rights  to  the  benefit  insured  by the  employer  at  the  pension  date
anticipated in the framework of his former  category  limited,  however,  to the
amount stipulated on the first day of the month following the month in which the
category  was  assigned  or, if the  change  took  place on the first day of the
month, on the first day of that month.

If a subscriber  leaves a category not referred to in this code while continuing
to work for the employee and transferring to a different category referred to in
this code, he will benefit from a pension system  according to the  stipulations
typical for his new category.

The benefits  insured by the  employer in the  framework of the new category are
supplementary  to those that remain  insured in the  framework  of the  previous
category.

4.6 Calculating the age of subscribers

The age of subscribers is calculated in years and months.  For the  calculation,
it is assumed that the  subscriber  was born on the last day of the month he was
born in.

5. PENSION DATE ANTICIPATED BY THE CODE

The  anticipated  pension date is the 1st day of the month  following the one in
which the subscriber reaches the age of 60.

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6. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENSION SYSTEM

The  contributions  to be made by the  employer are  deposited in the  financing
fund. The financing fund is linked to an investment fund.

The premiums to be paid by the  subscribers  earn an interest rate for which the
duration of the insurance is defined in the management agreement.

The  reserves  are  managed  collectively  for  the  contributions  made  by the
employer.  The premiums  paid by the  subscriber  are deposited in an individual
account of the subscriber and managed individually.

7. INSURANCES PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER

A provision has been made for life insurance.

The life insurance is of the fixed benefits type.

FOR THE CATEGORY OF THE STAFF MEMBERS

a)   If the SUBSCRIBER is alive on the pension date anticipated,  he will be the
     recipient of a benefit equal to:

     (1.75 * S1 + 6.5 * S2) * n/35

     with a minimum of AS * n/35 + RW + K

     in   which

AS = the  annual  salary
     The  annual  salary is equal to 13 times the  gross  monthly  salary at the
     moment of subscription and later on March 1 of each year.

S  = the reference  salary necessary for calculation of the life insurance
     The reference salary is equal to the sum of the gross monthly salary,  plus
     the shift premiums and the thirteenth month at the time of subscription and
     later on March 1 of each year. The arithmetic  average of the 5 most recent
     reference salaries is taken into account.

     If the average reference salary (S), as defined above, is lower than 80% of
     the most recent annual salary (AS), the life insurance  shall be calculated
     on the basis of this percentage of 80% of the most recent annual salary.

     For those  subscribers with a work disability on the date the pension takes
     effect, the average of the five most recent annual salaries before the work
     disability  occurred  shall be taken into  account for  calculation  of the
     average reference salary (S).

S1 = the average  reference  salary (S),  limited to a fixed  ceiling equal to
     38,528.04 EUR on March 1, 2005.

     This ceiling is indexed  every year on March 1,  according to the evolution
     of the trigger index of wages that applies in the chemical sector.

S2 = the part of the average reference salary that exceeds S1.

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n  = subscription period

     The  subscription  period  is  equal to the  number  of  years  and  months
     calculated  from the date of  subscription  until the  anticipated  pension
     date.  For  those  subscribers  employed  on March 1,  2005,  the  years of
     subscription to the previous precautionary plan signed with the UC8 pension
     fund are also taken into account.

RW =existing  reduction value (including  profit sharing),  which corresponds to
the acquired reserves of the subscribers accumulated in an individual account in
the framework of the UCB pension plan on February 28, 2005.

K  = capital on the anticipated  pension date accumulated by the life deposits
     starting  March  1,  2005,  insofar  as this  is  deposited  in  individual
     accounts,  and if the occasion arises by the associated profit sharing.

b)   The life benefits insured in this code are equal to:

     (1.75 * S1 + 6.5 * S2) * n/35 - RW

     with a minimum of AS * n/35 + K

FOR THE DELEGATED  ADMINISTRATOR CATEGORY The life benefits insured in this code
are equal to:

     (5 * S1 + 15 * S2) * n/35 - RW

     in which

AS = the annual salary
     The annual salary is equal to 13 times the gross monthly salary at the date
     of subscription and later on March 1 of each year.

S  = the reference  salary necessary for calculation of the life insurance
     The reference salary is equal to the sum of the gross monthly salary,  plus
     the shift premiums and the thirteenth  month at the moment of  subscription
     and later on March 1 of each  year.  The  arithmetic  average of the 5 most
     recent reference salaries is taken into account.

     If the average reference salary (S), as defined above, is lower than 80% of
     the most recent annual salary (AS), the life insurance  shall be calculated
     on the basis of this percentage of 80% of the most recent annual salary.

     For those  subscribers with a work disability on the date the pension takes
     effect, the average of the five most recent annual salaries before the work
     disability  occurred  shall be taken into  account for  calculation  of the
     average reference salary (S).

S1 = the average  reference  salary (S),  limited to a fixed  ceiling equal to
     38,528.04 EUR on March 1, 2005. This ceiling is indexed every year on March
     1, according to the evolution of the trigger index of wages that applies in
     the chemical sector.

S2 = the part of the average reference salary that exceeds S1.

n  = subscription  period The  subscription  period is equal to the number of
     years  and  months  calculated  from the  date of  subscription  until  the
     anticipated pension date.

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     For those subscribers  employed on March 1, 2005, the years of subscription
     to the  previous  precautionary  plan signed with the UC8 pension  fund are
     also taken into account.

RW = existing reduction value (including profit sharing), which corresponds to
     the  acquired  reserves of the  subscribers  accumulated  in an  individual
     account in the framework of the UCB pension plan on February 28, 2005.

No  modification  of the  fixed  ceiling  may  result in  reduction  of the life
benefit.

Profit sharing related to the premiums paid for by the subscribers and deposited
beginning  March 1, 2005,  is included in the life  benefit.  This is taken into
account in financing the life insurance.

The increase in the reduction value as determined on February 28, 2005 ("RW") is
in addition to life benefit.

Allotting   fiscal   advantages  to  the  premiums  is  limited  by  the  fiscal
legislation.  When the occasion  arises,  life  benefit  shall be reduced to the
established  amount in order to take these limits into account.  If a payment in
interest is opted for, this can be  transferred  80% to the surviving  spouse or
the legal partner and indexed at 2% per year.

For staff members subscribing to the UCB plan before 12/31/2001 and younger than
60 on that  date,  the  above-mentioned  life  capital  is equal to the  capital
anticipated  for  retiring at 60  calculated  according to the code in effect on
12/31/2001.  This capital is adjusted in the event the employment  percentage is
changed.

The  above-mentioned  life capital minimum for service personnel  subscribing to
the UCB plan and  promoted to staff  member  after  12/31/2001,  is equal to the
capital  anticipated for retiring at 60 according to the code in applying to the
service  personnel,  and listed on the most  recent  information  card  received
before  promotion  to  staff  member.  This  capital  is  adjusted  in case  the
employment percentage is changed.

8. INSURANCE TRANSACTIONS

The life capital for the part of the life insurance that is financed by premiums
paid by the  subscriber  is  insured  by an  insurance  transaction  of the type
deferred capital without repayment.

The rates for the insurance  transactions  were  deposited by the insurer at the
Commission for Banking, Financing and Insurance.

9. FINANCING

The life  insurance  insured in this code is financed by the employer and by the
subscriber.

The financing  paid for by the employer is done by means of depositing  payments
in the  financing  fund.  The amount of the payments is set out in the financing
plan.

For the subscribers  employed on March 1, 2005, the reserves transferred related
to the contributions  deposited in the UCB pension fund for the years and months
of subscription to the UCB pension fund are also taken into account.

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The  financing  paid for by  subscribers  is made by  depositing  premiums in an
individual  account.  For the subscriber the annual amount of the premiums,  not
including taxes, equals: 0.50% S1 + 5% S2,

in which:

S1 = the reference  salary,  limited to a fixed ceiling equal to 38,528.04 EUR
     on March 1, 2005.  This ceiling is indexed every year on March 1, according
     to the evolution of the trigger index of wages that applies in the chemical
     sector.

S2 = the part of the reference salary that exceeds S1.

The premium to be paid by the subscriber is due in full,  even if it exceeds the
amount necessary to finance the life benefit.  In that case, the life benefit is
adapted to this.

9.1 Modalities of premium payment

9.1.1 TAXES ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND PREMIUMS
The employer  finances the taxes on the  contributions and on the premiums to be
paid by the subscriber.

9.1.2  PERIODICITY  OF THE  CONTRIBUTIONS  AND PREMIUMS
The periodicity of the payment of the  contributions is set out in the financing
plan.

The premiums to be paid by the  subscriber  can be paid monthly on a certain due
date.

9.1.3 CONTRIBUTION BY THE SUBSCRIBER TO THE FINANCING OF THE INSURANCES
Premiums to be paid by the subscriber are withheld  monthly by the employer from
the salary  starting the 1st month  following or coinciding  with the moment the
subscriber  has  completed  6  months  of  employment,  and no  sooner  than the
subscriber's 25th birthday.

9.1.4 FAILURE TO PAY THE  CONTRIBUTIONS  AND PREMIUMS
The employer shall notify every  subscriber of failure to pay the  contributions
and premiums to the insurer and of the  consequences  ensuing from this no later
than three months after the expiration date of the first unpaid  contribution or
premium.

10. ANNUAL  RECALCULATION OF THE PREMIUMS AND BENEFITS
The insurer  recalculates  the  premiums and benefits on March 1 of each year on
the basis of the data provided by the employer at that time.

Any modification  related to the family status, the category,  employment system
or any  other  modification  related  to the  insurances  shall  be  taken  into
consideration  on the 1st of the month that follows or  coincides  with the time
the modification took effect.

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11. ACQUIRED RIGHTS AND MINIMUM GUARANTEE

11.1 Acquired benefits

 a)  If the  subscriber  leaves the  employer  and leaves  his  reserves  to the
     insurers without  changing the pension system,  he shall be entitled to the
     acquired  benefits at the anticipated  pension date,  corresponding  to the
     highest of the  following  amounts,  plus the reduction  value  increase as
     decided on February 28, 2005:

     1. the sum of:

     o    the reduction value  calculated in accordance with the stipulations in
          the   insurer's   general    conditions,    corresponding   with   the
          capitalization,  on the  anticipated  pension  date,  of  the  reserve
          accumulated  since  March  1,  2005 by the life  premiums  at the time
          employment  was  discontinued,  insofar  as these  were  deposited  in
          individual  accounts  and, if the occasion  arose,  by the  associated
          profit sharing;

     o    the existing reduction value (including profit sharing)  corresponding
          with  the  acquired  reserves  of the  subscribers  accumulated  in an
          individual  account  in the  framework  of the  UCB  pension  plan  on
          February 28, 2005 ("RW").

2.  the benefit to be considered for  calculation of the minimum  reserve as set
    out in legislation and codes applying to the supplementary pensions (applied
    to point 7a);

3.  the benefit  established in correspondence  with this code (point 7a) taking
    into account the data at the moment of the  calculation  and on the basis of
    the past years of subscription or employment as recognized by the code.

The duration of the non-benefit notice period is included for calculation of the
years of subscription or employment.

 b) The acquired  benefits  insured in this code  correspond with the difference
between:

     o    the acquired benefits as described in point 11.1 a;

     o    the  existing   reduction  value   (including   profit  sharing)  that
          corresponds with the acquired reserves of the subscribers  accumulated
          in an  individual  account in the framework of the UCB pension plan on
          February  28,  2005  ("RW"),  plus  any  possible  accumulation  after
          February 28, 2005.

The  subscriber  who subscribes for less than one year to this or another of the
employer's  pension system can only assert  acquired rights on the benefits that
correspond with the premiums he is due.

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11.2 Acquired reserves

 a)  The reserves  acquired by the subscriber are equal,  on the date employment
     is terminated,  to the highest of the following  amounts,  plus the reserve
     accumulated by life profit sharing allotted after February 28, 2008, to the
     subscribers' reserves accumulated in the framework of the UCB pension plan:

     1.   the sum of:

          o    the reserve  accumulated by the life premiums from March 1, 2005,
               insofar as these were  deposited in individual  accounts,  if the
               occasion  arose plus the reserve  accumulated  by the life profit
               sharing;

          o    the reserve accumulated by the life premiums before March 1, 2005
               (in the framework of the UCB pension plan), insofar as these were
               deposited in individual accounts;

     2.   the  reserve  taken into  account for the  calculation  of the minimum
          reserve as set out in the legislation  and  regulations  that apply to
          supplementary pensions (applied to point 11.1 a);

     3.   The sum of:

          o    the reserve  accumulated by the life premiums from March 1, 2005,
               insofar as these were  deposited in individual  accounts,  if the
               occasion  arose plus the reserve  accumulated  by the life profit
               sharing

          o    the reserve accumulated by the life premiums before March 1, 2005
               (in the framework of the UCB pension plan), insofar as these were
               deposited  in  individual  accounts;

          o    the current value of the benefits  referred to in points 11.1 a 2
               and 3 above,  calculated at the time  employment was  terminated,
               minus the sum of:

               o    the  reduction  value,  calculated  in  accordance  with the
                    stipulations   of   the   insurer's   general    conditions,
                    corresponding  with the  capitalization,  at the anticipated
                    pension date, of the reserve accumulated since March 1, 2005
                    by the life premiums at the time  employment was terminated,
                    insofar as these were deposited in individual  accounts and,
                    if the occasion arose, by the associated profit sharing;

               o    the existing reduction value (including profit sharing) that
                    corresponds  with the acquired  reserves of the  subscribers
                    accumulated in an individual account in the framework of the
                    UCB pension plan on February 28, 2005 ("RW").

b)   The acquired  reserves  insured in this code correspond with the highest of
     the following amounts:

     4.   the  reserve  accumulated  by the life  premiums  from  March 1, 2005,
          insofar  as  these  were  deposited  in  individual  accounts,  if the
          occasion  arose  plus  the  reserve  accumulated  by the  life  profit
          sharing;

     5.   the  reserve  taken into  account for the  calculation  of the minimum
          reserve  as  set  out in the  legislation  and  codes  that  apply  to
          supplementary pensions (applied to point 11.1 b);

     6.   the sum of:

          o    the reserve  accumulated by the life premiums from March 1, 2005,
               insofar as these were  deposited in individual  accounts,  if the
               occasion  arose plus the reserve  accumulated  by the life profit
               sharing;

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          o    the  current  value,   calculated  at  the  time  employment  was
               terminated, of the benefits referred to in point 11.1 b minus:

               o    the  reduction  value,  calculated  in  accordance  with the
                    stipulations   of   the   insurer's   general    conditions,
                    corresponding  with the  capitalization,  at the anticipated
                    pension date, of the reserve accumulated since March 1, 2005
                    by the life premiums at the time  employment was terminated,
                    insofar as these were deposited in individual  accounts and,
                    if the occasion arose, by the associated profit sharing.

11.3 Minimum guarantee

On the day  employment  is  terminated,  the amount of the acquired  reserves is
supplemented,   should  the  occasion  arise,  to  the  amounts   guaranteed  in
application  of the  legislation  and  codes  that  apply  to the  supplementary
pensions.

11.4 Financing

If,  at  the  time  employment  is  terminated,   the  accumulated   reserve  is
insufficient  to finance  the  acquired  reserves,  should the  occasion  arise,
supplemented to the amounts of the minimum guarantee, the employer shall provide
the necessary  financing.  If there are not enough funds in the  financing  fund
that cover no other  obligations  of the employer,  the employer shall deposit a
one-time additional premium.

12. BENEFIT PAYMENTS

The life benefit is payable to the subscriber if he is alive on the  anticipated
pension date.

If  the  subscriber  remains  in  the  employment  of  the  employer  after  the
anticipated pension date, he may demand payment of the benefits.

12.1 Benefit payment method

Subscribers  may demand payment of the benefits from the employer in the form of
capital or interest.

The method of  calculating  the interest is  stipulated in the  legislation  and
codes that apply to supplementary pensions. If the annual amount of the interest
is initially  lower or equal to 500 EUR (indexed),  the benefits are paid in the
form of paid capital.

The  employer  shall inform the  subscriber  two months  before the  anticipated
pension date or within the two weeks after being informed of early retirement of
the right to convert into  interest.  In case of the decease of the  subscriber,
the employer  shall  inform the  beneficiaries  of this option  within two weeks
after being informed of the death.

On  condition  of signing a  management  agreement  between the employer and the
insurer  and the  conditions  stipulated  in this  agreement,  the  employer  is
entitled to charge the insurer with implementation of his information obligation
and possible interest payment.

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13. TERMINATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

13.1  Termination  of  the  employment  agreement  as  a  consequence  of  early
retirement

If the employment  agreement is terminated as a consequence of early  retirement
by virtue of the July 20,  1990  legislation  related to flexible  pension  age,
payment of premiums stops in the month early  retirement  goes into effect.  The
insurer shall repay the employer the prorated premiums paid, if applicable.

The  subscriber  may either opt for  immediate  settlement  of the  benefits  he
acquired,   in  observation  of  the  legal  stipulations  that  apply,  or  for
maintaining the reduced life benefits until the anticipated pension date.

13.2   Termination  of  the  employment   agreement  as  a  consequence  of  the
conventional interim pension

If the employment  agreement is terminated as a consequence of the  conventional
interim  pension,  the premium payment is terminated on the 1st day of the month
in which the conventional interim retirement goes into effect. The insurer shall
repay the employer the prorated premiums paid, if applicable.

The subscriber  may opt for immediate  settlement of his acquired  reserves,  in
observation of the legal stipulations that apply, of for maintaining the reduced
life benefits until the anticipated pension date.

13.3  Terminating  the  employment  agreement  for a reason  other  than  death,
retirement or a conventional interim pension

If a  subscriber's  employment  agreement is terminated  for a reason other than
death, retirement or the subscriber's conventional interim pension, the employer
shall  pay the  premiums  until  the end of the  month in which  the  employment
agreement is terminated.

At that time, the life benefit is reduced.

At the time employment is terminated, subscribers are entitled to transfer their
acquired  reserves,  if the  occasion  arises  increased  to the  amounts of the
minimum  guarantee,  provided the terms stipulated in the general conditions are
observed.

If the  subscriber  does not inform the insurer in writing of his choice  within
thirty days, the acquired reserves continue to be insured with the latter,  with
no  modification  of the  pension  system and at the  amount of their  reduction
value,  calculated  according  to  the  stipulations  in the  insurer's  general
conditions.

If a subscriber opts for transfer, he can choose between:

     -   transfer to the pension agency of his new employer;

     -   transfer to a pension agency referred to in a royal decree with respect
         to the allotment of enhanced  advantages  for employees  referred to in
         royal decree no. 50 of October 24, 1967,  related to the retirement and
         survival pension for employees as extant at the insurer.

Transfer is limited to the part of the  reserves on which no advance or security
was  permitted,  or that was not  allotted in the  framework  of  reinstating  a
mortgage credit.

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The insurer  shall carry out the transfer  within the month  following  the one
when the subscriber gave notice.

 If a subscriber does not choose the option for transfer, he can:

               -    request  surrender  of  the  acquired   reserves,   possibly
                    increased  to the  amounts of the  minimum  guarantee.  This
                    right to surrender can only be exercised before  12/31/2009.
                    In this case, the subscription is terminated.

               -    opt for the reception structure.

Should the subscriber die within ninety days after terminating  employment,  and
insofar as he had not yet  informed  the  employer  in writing of his choice and
possible transfer had not yet taken place, benefits are paid that are at minimum
equal to the acquired reserves at the time employment was terminated.

14. PARTICULARS WITH RESPECT TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

14.1 Part-time work

Personnel members working part time who meet  subscription  conditions enjoy the
same  benefits as  personnel  members  working  full time,  however  taking into
account the reduction in working hours.

Life  benefits  are  calculated  on the basis of the  reference  salary that the
subscriber  would receive if he were to work full time. The periods in which the
subscriber  works  part-time are  multiplied by the working hours  percentage to
calculate the subscription period.

For calculation of the premiums to be paid by the subscriber,  the percentage of
the  premium is applied to the  full-time  reference  salary and the amount thus
obtained is multiplied by the working hours percentage.

14.2 Suspension of the employment agreement during the subscription

Should the  subscriber's  employment  agreement be suspended in case of economic
disablement as a consequence of an illness or an accident,  employment  will not
be  interrupted.  The period of absence is taken into account in the calculation
of the life benefit.

If  suspension  of the  subscriber's  employment  agreement can be attributed to
disablement,  covered by an agreement  underwritten by the insurer that provides
for  exemption  of the  premium,  the  life  premium  payment  to be made by the
subscriber is made by the insurer  according to the  conditions set forth in the
agreement mentioned above.

If the subscriber's employment agreement is suspended,  the subscriber no longer
receives  a salary  from  the  employer  and the  suspension  of the  employment
agreement is not covered by an agreement  providing for exemption of the premium
in case of  disablement,  the  payment  to be made by the  subscriber  shall  be
suspended  from the month  following the one in which the employer paid the last
salary, the life benefit is reduced.

Payment of premiums is resumed and the life  insurance goes into effect again on
the month in which the subscriber receives his salary.

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SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE MANAGEMENT CODE             FORTIS AG

15. OPTIONS OFFERED TO SUBSCRIBERS

15.1 Reception structure

The employer shall underwrite a reception structure with the insurer,  for which
the  latter  submitted  the  rates  to  the  Banking,  Financing  and  Insurance
Commission and which is intended to receive reserves of supplementary pensions

     -    accumulated  by the  subscriber  in the  framework of another  pension
          system;

     -    which the subscriber wants to transfer when terminating  employment if
          he does not continue to subscribe to the employer's pension system.

The  reception  structure  consists of an  insurance  while alive and in case of
death in the form of a deferred  capital  with  repayment  of the  reserve.  The
insured amount is received by capitalizing the amount transferred. The death and
life amounts are increased by the allotted life profit sharing.

Subscribers   retain  the  opportunity  to  request   transformation   of  their
transferred  reserve to another insurance  transaction.  The reception structure
may take on a different insurance form than the one proposed by the insurer. The
subscriber  can  later  select  one of the  options  offered  to him in case his
employment is terminated.

Should  the  subscriber  opt  for  transferring  his  acquired  reserves  to the
reception  structure  at the time his  employment  is  terminated,  the acquired
reserves,  if applicable added to the amount of the minimum guarantee,  shall be
made up  immediately.  This relieves the employer from any  obligation  stemming
from the pension code.

15.2 Surrender

Subscribers  are not permitted to surrender  their  reserves as long as they are
employed by the employer.

15.3 Individual supplementary deposits

The subscriber has the opportunity to deposit individual  supplementary premiums
in  accordance  with the  conditions  set by the  insurer.  These  premiums  are
allocated to an individual contract.

15.4 Advances

The subscriber can be given an advance on the benefits  financed by the premiums
to be paid by him in  accordance  with the  conditions  and  within  the  limits
established by the insurer.

He can also be given an  advance  on the  benefits  financed  by his  individual
supplementary  premiums in accordance  with the conditions and within the limits
established by the insurer.

15.5 Object of the advance

Advances may only be granted for the purpose of allowing the  subscriber to own,
acquire,  construct,  improve, repair or remodel real estate that yields taxable
income and which Belgian tax  legislation  has  stipulated as in its  territory.
Advances must be repaid as soon as the real estate referred is no longer part of
the subscriber's capital.

This stipulation does not apply to individual supplementary deposits.

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SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE MANAGEMENT CODE             FORTIS AG

16. INTRODUCTION, MODIFICATION OR CANCELLATION OF THE PENSION SYSTEM

16.1 Decision authorization

16.1.1 PRINCIPLE

The employer has the exclusive authorization to introduce,  modify or cancel the
pension system.

16.1.2   RESTRICTION OF THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZATION TO INTRODUCE, MODIFY
         OR CANCEL THE PENSION SYSTEM

If the  pension  system  anticipates,  at its  introduction  or later,  that the
employee will  personally  contribute to its financing and the system applies to
all  employees,  the  authorization  is shared and the decision shall be made to
introduce, modify or cancel it:

     -    for a collective  employment  agreement if there is a works council, a
          committee  for  prevention  and  protection  on  the  job  or a  union
          representation at the employer's;

     -    in any other cases, due to modification of the employment code.

The employer  reserves the right to modify the pension  system or even cancel it
if the  economic,  financial  or social  conditions  of his firm or  institution
justify  this.  Modification  or  cancellation  occurs  in  observation  of  the
legislation and codes that apply to the supplementary pensions.

16.2 Modification of the pension system

Every  modification  of the  pension  system  that  causes  an  increase  in the
obligations  of the subscriber  shall relieve  subscribers,  upon request,  from
participating in the  modification of the system,  except if this was introduced
by means  of a  collective  employment  agreement  that  does  not  provide  the
opportunity  to refuse  subscription.  The subscriber who exercises his right of
refusal  remains   subscribed  to  the  pension  system  in  effect  before  the
modification.

A modification cannot in any case result in a reduction of the acquired benefits
or reserves.

All modifications in the pension system are set out in a supplement to the code.

16.3   Changing pension agencies

In case of changing pension  agencies and of possible  transfer of the reserves,
the  employer  shall  inform the  subscribers  and the  Banking,  Financing  and
Insurance  Commission  in advance.  These  parties can object to the transfer if
this could jeopardize the insurer's equilibrium.

This transfer is subject to the procedures provided in the legislation and codes
that apply to supplementary pensions.

16.4   Cancellation of the pension system

If the  pension  system is  terminated,  the  employer  shall  stop  paying  the
contributions and premiums.

At the moment of cancellation,  the acquired rights are calculated in accordance
with the stipulations of the "Acquired rights and minimum guarantee" heading.

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SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE MANAGEMENT CODE              FORTIS AG

If the capital of the  financing  fund is  sufficient  to finance  the  acquired
reserves, if applicable supplemented to the amount of the minimum guarantee, the
necessary  reserves are made up. Any possible  balance of the financing  fund is
settled in accordance with the insurer's general conditions.

If the capital of the  financing  fund is  insufficient  to finance the acquired
reserves,  if applicable  supplemented  to the amount of the minimum  guarantee,
this capital is distributed for every subscriber in proportion to the difference
between his total acquired reserve, if applicable  supplemented to the amount of
the minimum guarantee,  and the reserve of his individual  accounts and the sum,
for all  subscribers,  of those  differences.  The  employer  shall  pay the sum
required to finance the acquired reserves.

Cancellation of the pension system is set out in a supplement to the code.

16.5 Discontinuation of the employer's activities

Should the employer  discontinue  its activities  and another  employer does not
assume its  obligations,  the pension  system is  cancelled.  In that case,  the
stipulations in the "canceling the pension system" heading and the  "terminating
the contract in a way other than by death or retirement" heading apply.

Drawn up in Brussels on November 24, 2005

(Employer's signature)

/s/ Shane D. Fleming

SHANE D. FLEMING
President of Cytec Specialty ChemicalsExhibit 10.9

                                        (Translated from Dutch into English)

                                        GROUP INSURANCE PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

                                                Special stipulations

                                                        registered to

                                                CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV

        Precautionary plan no. 07.3705
        Drawn up on: 08.08.2005

                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

NAME OF THE FIRM

CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV

Anderlechtstraat 133
1620 DROGENBOS

PRECAUTIONARY PLAN NO.

07.3705

INITIATION DATE

March 1, 2005

AGENCY

This precautionary plan replaces the plan in effect on December 31, 2004 for the
members of the Executive Committee of NV SURFACE SPECIALTIES (07.3571).

Failing any written notice to the contrary from the subscriber, the previously
existing clauses that modify any benefit allotment also apply to the employer
contribution contract in this plan.

Any contracts ensuing from this plan shall serve, if necessary, as a guarantee
of possible policy advances allotted by the company on the previously existing
contracts.

SUBSCRIBER CATEGORY

Members of the Executive Committee of CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE refers to the committee that directs the Group and sees to
proper functioning of the current management. It consists of the CEO and the
General Directors.

CEO refers to each person appointed as delegated administrator.

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SUBSCRIPTION CONDITIONS

Whatever the conditions stipulated below may be, they cannot have the result of
postponing subscription until after the person to be insured reaches the age of
25.

-    subscribers must be employed by the company at the time this plan takes
     effect or later, on the basis of an employment agreement signed for a
     definite or indefinite duration and must hold a mandate as a member of the
     Executive Committee in the company.

Subscription goes into effect starting on the first day of the month following
the one in which the subscription conditions are met and not before this
precautionary plan is initiated.

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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
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1 - PREMIUMS
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1.1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREMIUMS

-    THE ANNUAL EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO THE PENSION to be paid by the company
     is x % x PAS x coefficient

     in which

     THE PENSIONABLE ANNUAL SALARY (PAS) refers to:

FOR THE EMPLOYEES:
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-    if a subscriber performs effectively for 12 months during the year that
     serves as the calculation base: PAS refers to the subscriber's gross basic
     monthly salary in the month of December of the year preceding the year of
     payment of the employer contribution, calculated on the basis of full-time
     employment and with exclusion of any variable salary, bonuses, fixed
     compensation or any other supplementary advantage, multiplied by 12, plus
     the amount of the thirteenth month paid in December of the relevant year
     that serves as the calculation base and of the double vacation bonus paid
     during that same year; plus all administrator premiums received during the
     same year that serves as the calculation base for a mandate in a company of
     the Group;

-    if a subscriber does not perform effectively for 12 months during the year
     that serves as the calculation base (e.g. in case of leaving the company)
     PAS refers to: the base salary of the most recent complete month of
     subscription and performed during the year that serves as calculation base
     calculated on the basis of full-time employment and with exclusion of any
     variable salary, bonuses, fixed compensation or any other supplementary
     advantage, multiplied by the number of months performed effectively, plus
     the amount of the thirteenth month paid, if the occasion arises prorated
     during the relevant year that serves as the calculation base and of the
     amount paid as double vacation bonus during that same year; plus all
     administrator premiums received for a mandate in a company of the Group
     with offices abroad;

-    if subscription to this plan commences during the course of a year, the
     first employer contribution shall be deposited in March of the next year
     and shall be calculated on the basis of the calculated pensionable annual
     salary as stipulated above, with the understanding that only the salaries
     paid for the position held as subscriber are taken into consideration
     (meaning from the time of subscription to the plan). The result of this is
     that the salary of the most recent complete month of the subscription and
     performed during the year that serves as the calculation base shall be
     taken into consideration and multiplied by the number of months in
     employment during the year that serves as calculation base;

-    in case of early retirement or starting at a time the subscriber no longer
     meets the subscription conditions during the course of the year, the
     pensionable annual salary that is taken into consideration shall be
     calculated in proportion to the actual performance delivered;

-    moreover, the reference salary, under any assumption, shall be adopted if
     the occasion arises

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     for those subscribers who work part-time during the year that serves as
     calculation base, depending on the part-time factor in effect in the year
     that serves as calculation base. The part-time factor is equal to the
     fraction, with the nominator representing the actually performed employment
     system (meaning x % of full-time employment) and the denominator
     representing the full-time employment system.

FOR INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEES:
--------------------------

-    PAS means the subscriber's gross monthly salary as decided by the company's
     representative in the framework of the mandate practiced or, if the
     occasion arises, decided in the service provision agreement signed with the
     company and in effect in December of the year preceding the year of payment
     of the employer contribution deposited by the company, with the exclusion
     of every variable salary, bonuses, fixed compensation or any other
     supplementary advantage, multiplied by 12, plus all administrator premiums
     received during the year that serves as calculation base for a mandate in a
     Group company. If the salary of the subscriber-independent employee is
     established and/or expressed on an annual basis, this annual amount is
     divided by 12 to obtain the amount of the gross monthly salary for the
     month of December;

-    If subscription to this plan commences during the course of a year, the
     first employer contribution shall be deposited in March of the next year
     and shall be calculated on the basis of the calculated pensionable annual
     salary as stipulated above, with the understanding that only the salaries
     paid for the position held as subscriber are taken into consideration
     (meaning from the time of subscription to the plan). The result of this is
     that the salary of the most recent complete month of the subscription and
     performed during the year that serves as the calculation base shall be
     taken into consideration and multiplied by the number of months of
     effective performance during the year that serves as calculation base;

-    in case of leaving the company or starting at the time the subscriber no
     longer meets the subscription conditions during the course of the year, the
     pensionable annual salary that is taken into consideration shall be
     calculated in proportion to the actual performance delivered.

FOR THE INSURED PARTIES AND FOREIGN EMPLOYEES:
----------------------------------------------

-    who work simultaneously in the territory of different nations and who
     are/remain subscribers to the code, the pensionable annual salary during
     the period of their multiple employment is equal to the pensionable annual
     salary to be paid by the company as stipulated above; plus any other basic
     salary (gross base salary actually received for employment as employee
     and/or independent party in one or more Group companies), with the
     exclusion of all variable salaries, bonuses, fixed compensation,
     compensation typical for the employer or all other supplementary
     advantages.

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     Moreover, the stipulations that apply to part-time working subscribers
     shall apply in the framework of this article.

     in which

     CONTRACT means:

     FOR EMPLOYEES: the employment agreement

     FOR INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEES: the service provision agreement signed with the
     company

     The "X" percentage and the coefficient are stipulated in the supplements to
     this precautionary plan.

     This premium reinforces the employer contribution contract "F".

-    LIMIT OF THE ANNUAL PENSION PREMIUM
     -----------------------------------

     The annual employer contribution to the pension may not insure "pension"
     payments in any case that exceeds the one stipulated in article 16 of the
     general stipulations entitled "Limit of the "pension benefits": fiscal
     rule".

     In case this limit is exceeded, the employer contribution shall be limited.

-    THE ANNUAL EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAPITAL PAID OUT UPON DECEASE to be
     paid by the company is the total annual premium required to insure this
     capital, defined in point 2.3.

     This premium reinforces the employer contribution contract "M".

1.2. PAYMENT AND CALCULATION OF THE PREMIUMS

The annual premiums of the year N stipulated above are deposited by the company
during the first eight days of the month of March in year N + 1; they are
augmented by all current or future taxes on the insurance premiums.

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In case the extent of the subscriber's employment changes, the company shall
immediately notify the insurance company of this fact and inform it of the new
premiums that must be taken into consideration starting the first day of the
month in which the modification took place.

1.3. UPDATING DATE

On March 1 of every year.

2 - INSURANCE CONTRACTS AND SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS
-----------------------------------------------

2.1. INSURANCE COMBINATION

-    Contract "F" is issued in the insurance combination "Deferred capital with
     repayment of the savings balance" (UKMS) which provides the payment of a
     capital if the subscriber is alive on the expiration date or a capital
     equal to the theoretical surrender value in case of decease before that
     expiration date.

-    Since the contract is reinforced according to the method of successive
     purchase prices, the guarantees will evolve in function of the amount of
     the premiums deposited and of the rates in effect at the time of their
     maturity date.

-    On January 1, 2005, the rate applied to contract "F" includes a technical
     interest rate of 3.25%. Every possible modification of the rate shall be
     activated in a supplement to the current special stipulations.

-    The "M" contract is issued in the insurance combination "Temporary
     insurance with a duration of 1 year", which provides payment of a capital
     in case of the subscriber's decease if this took place during the duration
     of the contract.

     If the subscriber is alive at the expiration date of the contract, this
     contract is terminated and all premiums deposited shall remain the property
     of the insurance company as the price of the risk it has covered.

2.2. EXPIRATION OF CONTRACTS

Expiration of the "F" contract is set down as the time the subscriber turns 65.

The "M" contract is annually renewable until the subscriber turns 65.

2.3. DESCRIPTION OF THE CAPITAL TO BE PAID UPON DECEASE

The capital to be paid upon decease insured by the "M" contract is:

1 x PAS

in which PAS is the pensionable annual salary as stipulated in point 1.1.

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The above-stipulated capital to be paid upon decease is reduced by the capital
to be paid upon decease insured by the "F" contract and the profit sharing
payable upon decease. The capital to be paid upon decease thus determined forms
the capital insured by the "M" contract.

2.4. ANNUAL UPDATING OF THE LIFE INSURANCE

The coverage "upon decease" and the corresponding premiums are calculated once
per year by the insurance company on the updating date set down in point 1.3.,
on the basis of the modifications that were made in the subscriber's salary.

For this purpose, the company shall give the insurance company the necessary
information, no later than the annual updating.

Moreover, in case the subscriber's extent of employment changes, the company
shall immediately inform the insurance company of this fact, which shall
correspondingly recalculate the capital to be paid upon decease with the first
day of the month of the event as the initiation date.

2.4. ANNUAL UPDATING OF THE LIFE INSURANCE

The coverage "upon decease" and the corresponding premiums are calculated once
per year by the insurance company on the updating date set down in point 1.3.,
on the basis of the modifications that were made in the subscriber's salary.

For this purpose, the company shall give the insurance company the necessary
information, no later than the annual updating.

The insurance company must be informed by the company of every change in the
subscriber's family situation that may have an effect on the sums to be
guaranteed; the insurance shall adapt the contract correspondingly with the
first day of the month of the event as the initiation date.

Moreover, in case the subscriber's extent of employment changes, the company
shall immediately inform the insurance company of this fact, which shall
correspondingly recalculate the capital to be paid upon decease with the first
day of the month of the event as the initiation date.

3 - ACQUIRED RESERVES AND BENEFITS
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3.1. DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONTRACT FOR SUBSCRIBERS HOLDING A POSITION WITH
     THE COMPANY

The subscriber acquires the accumulated reserves and the corresponding benefits
in the "F" contract, as well as the associated profit sharing allotted.

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3.2. IF THE SUBSCRIBER LEAVES THE COMPANY, IF HE RETIRES OR IF HE REACHES THE
     AGE OF 65, AS WELL AS IF THIS PLAN IS CANCELLED

On that date, the subscriber is entitled to the highest of the following
amounts:

-    the acquired reserves stipulated above

     and

-    for the "F" contract: the reserve constituted by the capitalization, up to
     the date of leaving, at the technical reference rate minus 0.50% of the
     premiums deposited in the contract account since its initiation and minus
     5% to cover the costs.

     However, if the subscriber is leaving the company, his retirement or
     cancellation of this plan occurs within the first 5 years after subscribing
     to the plan, the capitalization of the employer contribution for the
     pension provided for this shall be replaced, insofar this results in a
     secondary payment, by an indexed amount of this on the basis of the index
     rate of consumer prices of wages, salaries, pensions, bonuses and subsidies
     in correspondence with the August 2, 1971 Act.

"Technical interest rate" refers to the maximum technical interest rate
mentioned in article 24 ss. 1 of the April 28, 2003 act related to the
supplementary pensions. This rate was fixed at 3.75% on 01.01.2004.

The stipulations in this point do not apply to any subscriber holding his
position after extending his contract after he turns 65.

3.3. DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONTRACT FOR SUBSCRIBERS WHO HAVE RETAINED THEIR
     ACQUIRED RESERVES IN THE CURRENT PLAN AFTER LEAVING THE COMPANY

In the course of the contract, the subscriber is entitled to the highest of the
following amounts after leaving the company:

-    the accumulated reserves and corresponding benefits in the "F" contract as
     well as the associated profit sharing allotted.

and

-    For the "F" contract: the reserve accumulated by means of capitalization
     (or indexing) of the premiums as stipulated above in point 3.2, frozen on
     the date the subscriber left the company.

3.4. FINANCING OF THE MINIMUM RESERVES TO BE ACCUMULATED

Each year the insurance company shall compare the minimum reserves to be
accumulated by capitalization of the premiums as stipulated above in point 3.2
to the reserves accumulated on the same date by the "F" contract, as well as the
associated profit sharing allotted.

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                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

This comparison is made for each subscriber to the plan, to wit for the
subscriber holding a position in the company and for a person who opted to
retain his reserves in the plan after leaving the company. The insurance company
shall take every subscriber showing a demonstrable deficit between the minimum
reserves to be accumulated and the reserves already formed on his contacts into
account in determining the financing of the minimum reserves to be accumulated.
The sum of all these deficits must be covered by the financing fund. In case the
assets of this fund are not sufficient to guarantee this coverage, the company
shall make good this deficit by depositing the contribution claimed by the
insurance company.

3.5. ALLOTMENT OF ACQUIRED MINIMUM RESERVES ON THE CONTRACT

When settling the contract, either because of retirement of the subscriber or as
a consequence of his decision to no longer keep his reserves in the current plan
after leaving the company, the insurance company shall draw from the financing
fund the possible premium necessary to make good the deficit of the coverages
accumulated on the contract, if the occasion arises, with respect to the total
of the acquired minimum reserves, as stipulated in point 3.2.

In case the fund is insufficiently reinforced, the premium shall be claimed from
the company.

The same shall apply in case the contracts are extended when the subscriber
continues to hold his position at the company after turning 65 (conform point 6
below for this).

Moreover, in case the plan is cancelled, the insurance company shall also
proceed with withholding from the financing fund according to the same procedure
described above.

In case the company goes bankrupt and if the assets of the fund are
insufficient, the deficit shall be made good in proportion to the acquired
minimum reserves of the subscriber.

4 - PROFIT SHARING
------------------

According to the modalities defined in the insurance company's profit sharing
plan, sharing the profits is allotted as follows:

-    for the "F" and "M" contracts and for the pension contracts for
     reconstitution of a mortgage loan according to the code of the general fund
     of Life transactions in branch 21.

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                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
           Internet: www.axa.beo BTW BE 404 483 367 - HRB no. 356 389

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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

5 - PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
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If a subscriber to the Group did not deliver any full-time performances during
the entire year that serves as the calculation base (year N), the annual
employer contribution is calculated in the knowledge that the pensionable annual
salary (PAS) in that case corresponds to the pensionable annual part-time
employment salary (PAPES). If the subscriber was employed full-time during the
(entire) month of December of the year that serves as the calculation base, his
gross monthly salary as a member of the Executive Committee (with exclusion of
every variable salary, bonus, fixed compensation or all other supplementary
advantages) for the month of December shall be taken into consideration and
multiplied by 12 and subsequently applied on the basis of the part-time factor
in effect during the course of the year (e.g.: part-time (50%) from January to
September and full-time from October to the end of December: the part-time
factor is 7.5/12).

If the subscriber was employed part-time during the (entire) month of December
of the year that serves as the calculation base, his gross monthly salary as a
member of the Executive Committee (with exclusion of every variable salary,
bonus, fixed compensation or all other supplementary advantages) for the month
of December is first recalculated on the basis of a fictitious and hypothetical
full-time (by multiplying the actual base salary by 100% and dividing it by the
percentage of actual employment), subsequently multiplied by 12 and finally
adapted depending on the part-time factor in effect during the course of the
year.

6 - THE SUBSCRIBER WHO CONTINUES TO HOLD HIS POSITION AFTER REACHING THE AGE
THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE CONTRACT
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If a subscriber continues to hold his position in the company after reaching the
age stipulated as expiration of the contract, the capitals of the expired
contract while the subscriber is alive shall be deposited as inventory
purchasing sums in a new contract issued in the insurance combination "Deferred
capital with repayment of the savings balance" (UKMS), for which the expiration
date when the subscriber reaches the age of 70 has been decided.

The UKMS combination provides payment of a capital if the subscriber is alive at
the expiration date or a capital equal to the theoretical surrender value in
case of the subscriber's decease before that expiration date.

This contract shall be further reinforced by the employer contributions
stipulated in point 1.1.

The capital to pay out upon decease is calculated every year depending on the
new expiration date of the pension contracts.

7 - SUBSCRIBER LEAVING THE COMPANY
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The company shall immediately notify the insurance company of any subscriber
leaving the company.

If the subscriber opts for maintaining his acquired reserves at the insurance
company, either in the current plan or in the "Reception structure" plan
(conform article 14 of the general stipulations), he can continue to pay a
premium, which amount is equal to, at maximum, the premiums deposited on
contracts "F" and "M" at the time he leaves the company. This premium shall
reinforce a "personal" contract issued in the insurance combination selected by
the subscriber.

AXA-BB                                                                     11/15

                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
           Internet: www.axa.beo BTW BE 404 483 367 - HRB no. 356 389

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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

Furthermore, if the reserves remain in the current plan, the subscriber can
obtain surrender of the contracts from the time he reaches age 60. The request
for surrender must be made to the insurance company by the subscriber 6 months
before the desired surrender date. This 6-month period does not apply in case of
early retirement.

The "M" contract expires at the time when the subscriber stops holding his
position at the company or on the date the group insurance is discontinued.

Moreover, if the subscriber has opted for transfer of his reserves in the
"Reception structure" plan, he is also given various options in accordance with
the conditions of that plan.

On the other hand, in case the subscriber leaves the company during the course
of the insurance year, the part of the annual "pension" premiums that have not
matured shall be retained on the contract "F" of the subscriber in proportion to
the number of months between the first day of the month the subscriber leaves
the company and the first day of the month of the following annual update.

In case the employment agreement is severed with payment of a compensating
notice indemnity, the company shall deposit an employer contribution at the time
the subscriber leaves the company equal to the most recent employer contribution
(paid in March, before the date the agreement was severed, starting immediately
and with payment of a compensating notice indemnity), divided by 12 and
multiplied by the number of months covered by the severance indemnity. This
employer contribution shall be deposited at the time the subscriber leaves the
company. Moreover, the company shall pay an employer contribution to the benefit
of the subscriber with respect to the year in which the employment agreement is
severed, calculated pro rata temporis for the number of months of effective
performance during the year that serves as the calculation base.

Conversely, the part of the non-matured annual life insurance premium is removed
from the "M" contact and paid back to the company.

8 - SPECIAL STIPULATIONS RELATED TO THE SITUATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL
EMPLOYMENT
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This article applies to:

under the same conditions, the subscribers who are simultaneously employed in
the territory of different nations, meaning the subscribers in view of the code
who must partially exercise their professional activity at the company and
partially at another company belonging to the Group.

The subscribers and foreign employees who are simultaneously employed in the
territory of different nations and who remain or shall become subscribers to the
code insofar as they are or remain subject to Belgian social security.

AXA-BB                                                                     12/15

                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
           Internet: www.axa.beo BTW BE 404 483 367 - HRB no. 356 389

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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

GENERAL STIPULATIONS
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Edition 30001N-04.2004

The stipulations cited in this document apply insofar as this document is signed
and returned to the insurance company within 2 months after being drawn up. The
insurance company reserves the right to review these stipulations as soon as
this term has been exceeded.

     Drawn up in two copies in WATERMAAL-BOSVOORDE, on August 8, 2005.

The company                                         AXA Belgium
CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV
(Name and position of the undersigned)

/s/ Shane Fleming
Shane Fleming
President of Cytec Surface Specialties NV

                                                    /s/ Deborah LENVAIN
                                                    Deborah LENVAIN Team Manager

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                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
           Internet: www.axa.beo BTW BE 404 483 367 - HRB no. 356 389

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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

                             TRANSITION STIPULATIONS
                             -----------------------

-    The following stipulations apply to personnel members who were subscribers
     to the group insurance for members of the Executive Committee of NV SURFACE
     SPECIALTIES (07.3571) on December 31, 2004:

1)   The mathematical reserve of the "F" employer contribution contract
     accumulated on December 31, 2004, is deposited as inventory purchasing sum
     on the "F" contract that ensues from the current precautionary plan.

2)   The profit shares of the "F" employer contribution contract acquired on
     December 31, 2004 are also deposited on this new "F" contract.

3)   The text in point 7 "Subscribers leaving the company" is supplemented by
     the following:

     Until December 31, 2009 subscribers have the option of requesting
     settlements of their contracts before they reach the age of 60.

4)   The first deposit related to the performance of the employer contribution
     while the subscriber is alive is made in March 2006, on the basis of the
     pensionable annual salary of 2005 (or, if applicable, pro rata) and of the
     results and accounts of the company in 2005.

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                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
           Internet: www.axa.beo BTW BE 404 483 367 - HRB no. 356 389

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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

                                                                   Supplement 1
                                                                   ------------

X    = depends on the level of the subscriber in the company and amounts to:

          50%  for the level of positions held by the members of the Executive
               Committee other than the position of the CEO

The coefficient depends on the ratio "CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current
result before taxes/ CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before budgeted
taxes", in the knowledge that:

1)   if the ratio between the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before
     taxes and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before budgeted
     taxes equals 100% (meaning that the actual result has reached the number of
     the budgeted result), the coefficient is equal to 1;

2)   if the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before taxes differs no
     more than 10% from the budgeted result (in other words the ratio is between
     90 and 110%), the coefficient of 1 shall be adapted proportionally (for
     example: if the ratio is 90%, a coefficient of 0.9 shall be applied, if the
     ratio is 110%, a coefficient of 1.1 shall be applied, if the ratio is 95%,
     a coefficient of 0.95 shall be applied, etc.)

3)   if the ratio of CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before taxes
     and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before budgeted taxes
     is higher than 110% (meaning the actual result is at least 10% higher than
     the budgeted result), the coefficient shall be determined as follows:

                  if 111%               =>              coefficient of 1.12
                  if 115%               =>              coefficient of 1.18
                  if 120%               =>              coefficient of 1.26
                  if 125%               =>              coefficient of 1.34
                  if 130%               =>              coefficient of 1.43
                  if 135%               =>              coefficient of 1.51
                  if 140%               =>              coefficient of 1.59
                  if 145%               =>              coefficient of 1.67
                  if 150%               =>              coefficient of 1.75
                  if more than 150%     =>              coefficient of 2

     In the knowledge that if the ratio between the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV
     current result before taxes and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current
     result before budgeted taxes is situated between the two percentages of the
     table above, the coefficient is determined on the basis of the coefficient
     right below it, increased by application of a progressive "interpolation".

                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
           Internet: www.axa.beo BTW BE 404 483 367 - HRB no. 356 389

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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

4)   if the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before taxes and the
     CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before budgeted taxes is lower
     than 90% (meaning that the actual result is less than 90% of the budgeted
     result), the coefficient shall be determined as follows:

                  if 89%                =>              coefficient of 0.87
                  if 85%                =>              coefficient of 0.77
                  if 80%                =>              coefficient of 0.63
                  if 75%                =>              coefficient of 0.50
                  if less than 75 %     =>              coefficient of 0.10
                  if less than 50 %     =>              coefficient of 0.05

     In the knowledge that if the ratio between the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV
     current result before taxes and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current
     result before budgeted taxes is situated between the two percentages of the
     table above, the coefficient is determined on the basis of the coefficient
     right below it, increased by application of a progressive "interpolation".

     The percentage of the ratio between the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV result
     before taxes and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV result before budgeted
     taxes is announced by the Company on the date of annual updating.

                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
           Internet: www.axa.beo BTW BE 404 483 367 - HRB no. 356 389

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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

                                                                   Supplement 2
                                                                   ------------

X    = depends on the level of the subscriber in the company and amounts to:

          100  % for the level of the position of CEO

The coefficient depends on the ratio "CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current
result before taxes/ CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before budgeted
taxes", in the knowledge that:

if the ratio between the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before
taxes and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before budgeted taxes
equals 100% (meaning that the actual result has reached the number of the
budgeted result), the coefficient is equal to 1;

1)   if the ratio between the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before
     taxes and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before budgeted
     taxes equals 100% (meaning that the actual result has reached the number of
     the budgeted result), the coefficient is equal to 1;

2)   if the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before taxes differs no
     more than 10% from the budgeted result (in other words the ratio is between
     90 and 110%), the coefficient of 1 shall be adapted proportionally (for
     example: if the ratio is 90%, a coefficient of 0.9 shall be applied, if the
     ratio is 110%, a coefficient of 1.1 shall be applied, if the ratio is 95%,
     a coefficient of 0.95 shall be applied, etc.)

3)   if the ratio of CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before taxes
     and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before budgeted taxes
     is higher than 110% (meaning the actual result is at least 10% higher than
     the budgeted result), the coefficient shall be determined as follows:

                  if 111%               =>              coefficient of 1.12
                  if 115%               =>              coefficient of 1.18
                  if 120%               =>              coefficient of 1.26
                  if 125%               =>              coefficient of 1.34
                  if 130%               =>              coefficient of 1.43
                  if 135%               =>              coefficient of 1.51
                  if 140%               =>              coefficient of 1.59
                  if 145%               =>              coefficient of 1.67
                  if 150%               =>              coefficient of 1.75
                  if more than 150%     =>              coefficient of 2

     In the knowledge that if the ratio between the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV
     current result before taxes and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current
     result before budgeted taxes is situated between the two percentages of the
     table above, the coefficient is determined on the basis of the coefficient
     right below it, increased by application of a progressive "interpolation".

                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
           Internet: www.axa.beo BTW BE 404 483 367 - HRB no. 356 389

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                                                                GROUP INSURANCE

                                                             PRECAUTIONARY PLAN

4)   if the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before taxes and the
     CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current result before budgeted taxes is lower
     than 90% (meaning that the actual result is less than 90% of the budgeted
     result), the coefficient shall be determined as follows:

                  if 89%                =>              coefficient of 0.87
                  if 85%                =>              coefficient of 0.77
                  if 80%                =>              coefficient of 0.63
                  if 75%                =>              coefficient of 0.50
                  if less than 75%      =>              coefficient of 0.10
                  if less than 50%      =>              coefficient of 0.05

     In the knowledge that if the ratio between the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV
     current result before taxes and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV current
     result before budgeted taxes is situated between the two percentages of the
     table above, the coefficient is determined on the basis of the coefficient
     right below it, increased by application of a progressive "interpolation".

     The percentage of the ratio between the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV result
     before taxes and the CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES NV result before budgeted
     taxes is announced by the Company on the date of annual updating.

                                 AXA Belgium, NV
authorized for insurance business under no. 0039 (KB 04-07-1979, BS 14-07-1979)
              Company headquarters Vorsttaan 25 - B-1170 Brussels o
                      Phone: 02/678 61 11 Fax: 02/678 93 40
           Internet: www.axa.beo BTW BE 404 483 367 - HRB no. 356 389

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