Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Jung Holger R.
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Kraton Corp [KRA]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP & Polymer Seg. President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O KRATON CORPORATION, 15710 JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD. SUITE 300
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/29/2017
(Street)

HOUSTON, TX 77032
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 09/29/2017(1)   M   6,234 A $ 27.98 48,819 D  
Common Stock 09/29/2017   S   6,234 D $ 39.5 42,585 D  
Common Stock 09/29/2017(1)   M   6,519 A $ 23.84 49,104 D  
Common Stock 09/29/2017   S   6,519 D $ 38 42,585 D  
Common Stock 10/02/2017(1)   M   8,449 A $ 28.42 51,034 D  
Common Stock 10/02/2017   S   8,449 D $ 41 42,585 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Options (Right to Buy) $ 27.98 09/29/2017(1)   M     6,234   (2) 03/03/2024 Common Stock 6,234 $ 0 10,000 D  
Employee Options (Right to Buy) $ 23.84 09/29/2017(1)   M     6,519   (2) 03/04/2023 Common Stock 6,519 $ 0 3,000 D  
Employee Options (Right to Buy) $ 28.42 10/02/2017(1)   M     8,449   (2) 03/05/2025 Common Stock 8,449 $ 0 10,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Jung Holger R.
C/O KRATON CORPORATION
15710 JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD. SUITE 300
HOUSTON, TX 77032
      SVP & Polymer Seg. President  

Signatures

 /s/ James L. Simmons as Attorney-in-Fact for Holger R. Jung   10/02/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan established by the reporting person on August 8, 2017
(2) The options vested with respect to one-third of the underlying common stock on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the executive's being employed by the company on such vesting dates.
 
Remarks:
The transactions reported above in Table I reflect the cashless exercise of stock options. The cashless exercise for each set of options is reported in two lines. The first line of the cashless exercise transaction is coded M in column 3 of Table I and reports in column 4 the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the options had cash been paid to exercise the options, together with the exercise price with Code A for acquired. The line coded F in column 3 of Table I relates to the same cashless exercise on the preceding line and reports in Column 4 the number of shares deducted from the total number of shares issuable to pay for the cashless exercise of such options with Code D for disposed. The transactions reported in Table II above, reflect the disposition of the same stock options whose cashless exercise is disclosed in Table I above. The number of derivative securities owned after the transactions reported in column 9 of Table II above includes only stock options.

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