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HERCULES CLOSES BENCHMARK TRANSACTION



WILMINGTON, DE, JANUARY 13, 2006 . . . Hercules Incorporated (NYSE: HPC) today announced the completed purchase of the guar and guar derivative manufacturing business of Benchmark Polymer Products, L.P., a subsidiary of Benchmark Performance Group, Inc. (“Benchmark”).

"We are excited about expanding Aqualon's footprint in the gas and oil services market,” said Craig Rogerson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hercules. “We look forward to our relationship with Benchmark to further our growth plans in the global energy business.”

In addition to the oil and gas sector, Aqualon’s guar gum and guar derivatives are widely used in food, personal care, and industrial markets.

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Hercules manufactures and markets chemical specialties globally for making a variety of products for home, office and industrial markets. For more information, visit the Hercules website at www.herc.com.

This news release includes forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, reflecting management's current analysis and expectations, based on what management believes to be reasonable assumptions. Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results to differ materially from those projected, stated or implied, depending on such factors as: ability to generate cash, ability to raise capital, business climate, business performance, economic and competitive uncertainties, higher manufacturing costs, reduced level of customer orders, changes in strategies, risks in developing new products and technologies, environmental and safety regulations and clean-up costs, foreign exchange rates, and adverse legal and regulatory developments. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Company will meet future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. As appropriate, additional factors are contained in other reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This paragraph is included to provide safe harbor for forward-looking statements, which are not generally required to be publicly revised as circumstances change, and which the Company does not intend to update.

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