Cytec Industries Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings & Teleconference Schedule

    WEST PATERSON, N.J.--April 7, 2003--Cytec Industries Inc. announced the following schedule and contact information for its first quarter earnings release and teleconference:

  Earnings Release:   April 17, 2003 after the close of market
  Distribution:       By Business Wire and Cytec's web site at
                      www.cytec.com.

  Teleconference:     April 21, 2003 11:00 a.m. ET
  Dial in Number:     Domestic: 800-289-0436
                      International: 913-981-5507

                      Please call 5 -10 minutes before the 
                      scheduled start of the teleconference. 
                      Access Code: 604336

  Webcast:            Listen-only mode via Internet broadcast from 
                      Cytec's web site at www.cytec.com.

  Web Replay:         Will be available for 3 weeks, beginning at 
                      2:00 p.m. ET on April 21, 2003 at 
                      www.cytec.com.

  Telephone Replay:   Will be available from 2:00 p.m. ET April 21,
                      2003 until 11:00 p.m. ET on April 27, 2003. 
                      The dial-in number is:
                      Domestic: 888-203-1112 Access Code: 604336 
                      International: 719-457-0820 Access Code: 604336

  Contact:            David M. Drillock, VP, Controller & 
                      Investor Relations at 973-357-3249
                      George Yuro, Media at 973-357-3319

    The content of the webcast contains time-sensitive information that is accurate only as of April 17, 2003. This call is the property of Cytec Industries Inc. and any redistribution, retransmission, or rebroadcast of this call in any form, without the express written consent of Cytec is strictly prohibited.