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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

(Mark One)


☑			ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number: 001-34726

LyondellBasell Industries N.V.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Netherlands						98-0646235
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



2800 Post Oak Blvd.		4th Floor, One Vine Street
Suite 5100		London	Delftseplein 27E
Houston,	Texas	W1J0AH	3013AA	Rotterdam
USA	77056	United Kingdom	Netherlands

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


			(713)			309-7200						+44 (0)			207			220 2600						+31 (0)			10			275 5500

(Registrant’s telephone numbers, including area codes)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class						Trading Symbol						Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered
Ordinary Shares, €0.04 Par Value						LYB						New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. þ Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ¨ Yes þ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. þ Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). þ Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):



Large accelerated filer	☑	Accelerated filer	☐	Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐	Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☑

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). ☐ Yes ☑ No

The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on June 30, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, based on the closing price on that date of $57.86, was $14.8 billion. For purposes of this disclosure, in addition to the registrant’s executive officers and members of its Board of Directors, the registrant has included Access Industries, LLC and its affiliates as “affiliates.”

The registrant had 322,169,978 ordinary shares outstanding at February 18, 2026 (excluding 18,252,520 treasury shares).

Documents incorporated by reference:

Portions of the 2026 Proxy Statement, in connection with the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (in Part III), as indicated herein.

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Cautionary statement for the purposes of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995		2

PART I
Items 1. and 2.	Business and Properties	4
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	18
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	30
Item 1C.	Cybersecurity	30
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	32
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	32

PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	33
Item 6.	Reserved	34
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	35
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	52
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	54
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	125
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	125
Item 9B.	Other Information	125
Item 9C.	Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections	125

PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	126
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	126
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters	126
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	126
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	126

PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	127
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary	133
Signatures		134

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE “SAFE HARBOR” PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). You can identify our forward-looking statements by the words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “will,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target” and similar expressions.

We based forward-looking statements on our current expectations, estimates and projections of our business and the industries in which we operate. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve assumptions about future events that, while made in good faith, may prove to be incorrect and involve risks and uncertainties we cannot predict. Our actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what we have expressed or forecast in the forward-looking statements. Any differences could result from a variety of factors, including the following:

the cost of raw materials represents a substantial portion of our operating expenses and energy costs generally follow price trends of crude oil, natural gas liquids and/or natural gas; price volatility can significantly affect our results of operations and we may be unable to pass raw material and energy cost increases on to our customers due to the significant competition that we face, the commodity nature of our products and the time required to implement pricing changes;
our operations in the United States (“U.S.”) benefit from low-cost natural gas and natural gas liquids; decreased availability of these materials (for example, from their export or regulations impacting hydraulic fracturing in the U.S.) could reduce the current benefits we receive;
if crude oil prices are low relative to U.S. natural gas prices, we could see less benefit from low-cost natural gas and natural gas liquids and it could have a negative effect on our results of operations;
industry production capacities and operating rates may lead to extended periods of oversupply and low profitability and our future operating and financial results are dependent on the pace of global capacity rationalization;
we may face unplanned operating interruptions (including leaks, explosions, fires, weather-related incidents, mechanical failures, unscheduled downtime, supplier disruptions, labor shortages, strikes, work stoppages or other labor difficulties, transportation interruptions, spills and releases and other environmental incidents) at any of our facilities, which would negatively impact our operating results;
changes in general economic, business, political and regulatory conditions in the countries or regions in which we operate could increase our costs through tariffs or otherwise, limit or disrupt trade, restrict our operations and reduce our operating results;
our ability to execute our organic growth plans may be negatively affected by our ability to complete projects on time and on budget;
the successful outcome of any planned sale of our assets, or our ability to acquire or dispose of product lines, businesses, or assets could disrupt our business and harm our financial condition and results of operations;
uncertainties associated with worldwide economies could create reductions in demand and pricing, as well as increased counterparty risks, which could reduce liquidity or cause financial losses resulting from counterparty default;
the negative outcome of any legal, tax and environmental proceedings or changes in laws or regulations regarding legal, tax and environmental matters may increase our costs, reduce demand for our products, or otherwise limit our ability to achieve savings under current regulations;
any loss or non-renewal of favorable tax treatment under tax agreements or tax treaties, or changes in tax laws, regulations or treaties, may substantially increase our tax liabilities;
we may be required to reduce production or idle certain facilities because of the cyclical and volatile nature of the supply-demand balance in the chemical industries, which would negatively affect our operating results;
we rely on continuing technological innovation, and an inability to protect our technology, or others’ technological developments, could negatively impact our competitive position;

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we have significant international operations, and fluctuations in exchange rates, valuations of currencies and our possible inability to access cash from operations in certain jurisdictions on a tax-efficient basis, if at all, could negatively affect our liquidity and our results of operations;
we are subject to the risks of doing business at a global level, including wars, terrorist activities, political and economic instability and disruptions and changes in governmental policies, which could cause increased expenses, decreased demand or prices for our products and/or disruptions in operations, all of which could reduce our operating results;
if we are unable to achieve our emission reduction, circularity, or other sustainability targets, it could result in reputational harm, changing investor sentiment regarding investment in our stock or a negative impact on our access to and cost of capital;
our ability to execute and achieve the expected results of our value enhancement program and cash improvement plan;
our ability to maintain our investment-grade credit rating and execute our capital allocation strategy, including our ability to pay dividends;
if we are unable to comply with the terms of our credit facilities, indebtedness and other financing arrangements, those obligations could be accelerated, which we may not be able to repay; and
we may be unable to incur additional indebtedness or obtain financing on terms that we deem acceptable, including for refinancing of our current obligations; higher interest rates and costs of financing would increase our expenses.

Any of these factors, or a combination of these factors, could materially affect our future results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking statements. Our management cautions against putting undue reliance on forward-looking statements or projecting any future results based on such statements or present or prior earnings levels.

All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section and any other cautionary statements that may accompany such forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the “Risk Factors” section of this report.

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PART I

Items 1 and 2. Business and Properties.

OVERVIEW

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. is a global, independent chemical company and was incorporated, as a Naamloze Vennootschap, under Dutch law on October 15, 2009. Unless otherwise indicated, the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” and “LyondellBasell” are used in this report to refer to the businesses of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

We participate globally across the petrochemical value chain and are an industry leader in many of our product lines. Our chemicals businesses consist primarily of large processing plants that convert large volumes of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon feedstocks into plastic resins and other chemicals. Our chemical products tend to be basic building blocks for other chemicals and plastics. Our plastic products are used in large volumes as well as smaller specialty applications. Our customers use our plastics and chemicals to manufacture a wide range of products that people use in their everyday lives, including food packaging, home furnishings, automotive components, paints and coatings. We also develop and license chemical and polyolefin process technologies, and manufacture and sell polyolefin catalysts.

Our financial performance is influenced by the supply and demand for our products, the cost and availability of feedstocks and commodity products, global and regional production capacity, our operational efficiency and our ability to control costs. We have a strong operational focus and, as a large volume producer of commodities, continuously strive to differentiate ourselves through safe, reliable and low-cost operations in all of our businesses. We purchase large quantities of natural gas, electricity and steam which we use as energy to fuel our facilities and purchase large quantities of natural gas liquids and crude oil derivatives which we use as feedstocks. The relatively low cost of natural gas-derived raw materials in the U.S. versus the global cost of crude oil-derived raw materials has had a positive influence on the profitability of our North American operations.

Strategy

Our strategy aims to drive focus, differential growth and value creation through three strategic pillars:

Growing and upgrading the core—We expect to reshape our business portfolio to support growth, increase resiliency and drive higher returns. We will leverage our legacy strengths in technology, cost management, operational excellence and our global reach to focus on businesses with leading positions in growing markets with advantaged feedstocks and attractive returns.

Building a profitable Circular & Low Carbon Solutions (“CLCS”) business—We expect our CLCS business will grow to become a leader in meeting the rapidly growing demand for sustainable solutions at scale. We are building a comprehensive platform for sourcing recycled and renewable feedstocks while leveraging our innovative technologies and our existing asset base to serve our customers’ needs for sustainable materials. Our CLCS business is a part of our Olefins and Polyolefins-Americas and Olefins and Polyolefins-Europe, Asia, International segments.

Stepping up performance and culture—We aim to unlock significant opportunities by reshaping our culture toward a more comprehensive focus on continuous value creation, including the transformation of our Advanced Polymer Solutions business.

Our strategy is supported by an experienced leadership team, an optimized organizational structure and an ownership mindset; our advantaged cost position and global scale; our robust Value Enhancement Program; our strong cash generation; and a capital allocation approach grounded in an investment grade balance sheet.

SEGMENTS

We manage our operations through five operating segments. Our reportable segments are:

Olefins and Polyolefins-Americas (“O&P-Americas”). Our O&P-Americas segment produces and markets olefins and co-products, polyethylene and polypropylene.

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Olefins and Polyolefins-Europe, Asia, International (“O&P-EAI”). Our O&P-EAI segment produces and markets olefins and co-products, polyethylene and polypropylene.
Intermediates and Derivatives (“I&D”). Our I&D segment produces and markets propylene oxide and its derivatives; oxyfuels and related products; and intermediate chemicals such as styrene monomer and acetyls.
Advanced Polymer Solutions (“APS”). Our APS segment produces and markets compounding and solutions, such as polypropylene compounds, engineered plastics, masterbatches, engineered composites and colors.
Technology. Our Technology segment develops and licenses chemical and polyolefin process technologies and manufactures and sells polyolefin catalysts.

In February 2025, we ceased business operations at our Houston refinery. Accordingly, our refining business, previously disclosed as the Refining segment, is reported as a discontinued operation.

Financial information about our business segments and geographical areas can be found in Note 22 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Information about the locations where we produce our primary products can be found under “Description of Properties.” No single customer accounted for 10% or more of our total revenues in 2025, 2024 or 2023.

Olefins and Polyolefins Segments Generally

We are one of the leading worldwide producers of olefins and polyethylene (“PE”) and we are the world’s second largest producer of polypropylene (“PP”). We manage our olefin and polyolefin business in two reportable segments, O&P-Americas and O&P-EAI.

Olefins and Co-products—Ethylene is the most significant petrochemical in terms of worldwide production volume and is the key building block for PE and many other chemicals and plastics. Ethylene is produced by steam cracking hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane, butane and naphtha. This production results in co-products such as aromatics and other olefins, including propylene and butadiene. Ethylene and its co-products are fundamental to many parts of the economy, including the production of consumer products, packaging, housing and automotive components and other durable and nondurable goods. Olefins and co-products sales accounted for approximately 14%, 15% and 15% of our consolidated revenues in 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Polyolefins—Polyolefins such as PE and PP are polymers derived from olefins including ethylene and propylene. Polyolefins are the most widely used thermoplastics in the world and are found in applications and products that enhance the everyday quality of life. Our products are used in consumer, automotive and industrial applications ranging from food and beverage packaging to housewares and construction materials.

Polyethylene—We produce high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene and linear low-density polyethylene. PE sales accounted for approximately 24%, 23% and 23% of our consolidated revenues in 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

*•*Polypropylene—We produce PP homopolymers and copolymers. PP sales accounted for approximately 19%, 19% and 17% of our consolidated revenues in 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Olefins and Polyolefins-Americas Segment

Overview—Our O&P-Americas segment produces and markets olefins and co-products, polyethylene and polypropylene.

Sales & Marketing / Customers—Most of the ethylene we produce is consumed internally as a raw material in the production of PE and other derivatives, with the balance sold to third party customers, primarily under long-term contracts.

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Our propylene production is used as a raw material in the production of PP and propylene oxide and derivatives of those products, and we regularly purchase propylene from third parties because our internal needs exceed our internal production. In addition to purchases of propylene, we purchase ethylene for resale, when necessary, to satisfy customer demand above our own production levels. Volumes of any of these products purchased for resale can vary significantly from period to period and are typically most significant during extended outages of our own production, such as during planned maintenance. However, purchased volumes have not historically had a significant impact on profits, except to the extent that they replace our lower-cost production. We also consume PP in our PP compounding business, which is included in our APS segment.

Most of the ethylene and propylene production from our Channelview, Corpus Christi and La Porte, Texas facilities is shipped via a pipeline system, which has connections to numerous U.S. Gulf Coast consumers. This pipeline system extends from Corpus Christi to Mont Belvieu, Texas. In addition, exchange agreements with other ethylene and co-products producers allow access to customers who are not directly connected to this pipeline system. Some ethylene is shipped by railcar from our Clinton, Iowa facility to our Morris, Illinois facility and some is shipped directly to customers. Propylene from Clinton and Morris is generally shipped by marine vessel, barge, railcar or truck.

Our PP and PE production is typically sold through our sales organization to an extensive base of established customers and distributors servicing both the domestic and export markets either under annual contracts or on a spot basis. We have sales offices in various locations in North America and our polyolefins are primarily transported in North America by railcar or truck. Export sales are primarily to customers in Latin America.

Joint Venture Relationships—We have a 50% interest in Louisiana Integrated PolyEthylene JV LLC (“Louisiana Joint Venture”) which provides us with capacity of approximately 770 thousand tons of ethylene and 445 thousand tons of low density and linear-low density PE production per year. We operate the joint venture assets and market the polyethylene off-take for all partners through our global sales team. We also participate in a joint venture in Mexico, which provides us with capacity of approximately 290 thousand tons of PP production per year. We do not hold a majority interest in or have operational control of this joint venture. The capacities are based on our percentage ownership of the joint ventures’ total capacity.

Raw Materials—Raw material cost is the largest component of the total cost to produce ethylene and its co-products. The primary raw materials used in our Americas olefin facilities are natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and heavy liquids. Heavy liquids include crude oil-based naphtha and other refined products, as well as condensate, a very light crude oil resulting from natural gas production. NGLs include ethane, propane and butane. The use of heavy liquid raw materials results in the production of significant volumes of co-products such as propylene, butadiene and benzene, as well as gasoline blending components, while the use of NGLs results in the production of fewer co-products.

Our ability to pass on raw material price increases to our customers is dependent on market-driven demand for olefins and polyolefins. Sales prices for products sold in the spot market are determined by market forces. Our contract prices are influenced by product supply and demand conditions, spot prices, indices published in industry publications and, in some instances, cost recovery formulas.

Shale-based NGLs provide a cost advantage over heavy liquids, particularly in the United States (“U.S.”). A plant’s flexibility to consume a wide range of raw materials generally provides an advantage over plants that are restricted in their processing capabilities. Our Americas facilities can process significant quantities of either heavy liquids or NGLs. We estimate that in the U.S. we can produce up to approximately 90% of our total ethylene output using NGLs. Changes in the raw material feedstock mix utilized in the production process will result in variances in production capacities among products. We believe our raw material flexibility in the U.S. is a key advantage in our production of ethylene and its co-products.

Industry Dynamics / Competition—With respect to olefins and polyolefins, competition is based on price and, to a lesser extent, on product quality, product delivery, reliability of supply, product performance and customer service. Profitability is affected not only by supply and demand for olefins and polyolefins, but also by raw material costs and price competition among producers, which may intensify due to, among other things, the addition of new capacity. In general, demand is a function of economic growth, including the regional dynamics that underlie global growth trends.

We compete in North America with other large marketers and producers, including global chemical companies, chemical divisions of large oil companies and regional marketers and producers.

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Based on published capacity data and including our proportionate share of joint ventures, we believe as of December 31, 2025, we were:

the third largest producer of ethylene in North America with ethylene capacity of 6.2 million tons per year;
the third largest producer of PE in North America with capacity of 4.1 million tons per year; and
the largest producer of PP in North America with capacity of 1.9 million tons per year, including approximately 290 thousand tons of Catalloy capacity.

Olefins and Polyolefins-Europe, Asia, International Segment

Overview—Our O&P-EAI segment produces and markets olefins and co-products, polyethylene and polypropylene.

Sales & Marketing / Customers—Our ethylene production is primarily consumed internally as a raw material in the production of polyolefins, and we purchase additional ethylene as needed to meet our production needs. Our propylene production is used as a raw material in the production of PP and propylene oxide and derivatives of those products, and we regularly purchase propylene from third parties because our internal needs exceed our internal production.

With respect to PP and PE, our production is typically sold through our sales organization to an extensive base of established customers under annual contracts or on a spot basis and is also sold through distributors. Our polyolefins are primarily transported in Europe by railcar or truck.

Our regional sales offices are in various locations, including The Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, India and the United Arab Emirates. We also operate through a worldwide network of local sales and representative offices in Europe and Asia. Our joint ventures described below typically manage their domestic sales and marketing efforts independently, and we typically operate as their agent for all or a portion of their exports.

Joint Venture Relationships—We participate in several manufacturing joint ventures in Saudi Arabia, China, Poland, South Korea, and Thailand. We do not hold majority interests in any of these joint ventures, nor do we have operational control. These joint ventures provide us with annual production capacity of approximately 1.8 million tons of PP, approximately 1.6 million tons of olefins and approximately 760 thousand tons of PE. These capacities are based on our percentage ownership interest in the joint ventures’ total capacities.

We generally license our polyolefin process technologies and supply catalysts to our joint ventures through our Technology segment. Some of our joint ventures are able to source cost advantaged raw materials from their local shareholders.

Raw Materials—Raw material cost is the largest component of the total cost for the production of olefins and co-products. The primary raw material used in our European olefin facilities is naphtha; however, we also have the capability to displace up to half of our European assets’ naphtha needs with other feedstocks, such as liquified petroleum gases. We have flexibility to vary the raw material mix and process conditions in our plants in order to maximize profitability as market prices for both feedstocks and products change.

The principal raw materials used in the production of polyolefins are propylene and ethylene. In Europe, we have the capacity to produce approximately 60% of the propylene requirements for our European PP production and all of the ethylene requirements for our European PE production. Propylene and ethylene requirements that are not produced internally are generally acquired pursuant to long-term contracts with third party suppliers or via spot purchases.

In 2024, we began construction of MoReTec-1, our first industrial-scale chemical recycling plant located at our site in Wesseling, Germany. This facility will use our proprietary MoReTec technology to convert hard-to-recycle mixed plastic waste into circular feedstock for producing new polymers. This plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 50 thousand metric tons per year.

Our ability to pass through the increased cost of raw materials to customers is dependent on global market demand for olefins and polyolefins. In general, the pricing for purchases and sales of most products is determined by global market forces, including the impacts of foreign exchange rates relative to the pricing of the underlying raw materials, most of which are priced in U.S. dollars. There can be a lag between raw material price changes and contract product price changes that will cause volatility in our product margins.

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Industry Dynamics / Competition—With respect to olefins and polyolefins, competition is based on price, product quality, product delivery, reliability of supply, product performance and customer service. We compete with regional and multinational chemical companies and divisions of large oil companies. The petrochemical market has been affected by the price volatility of naphtha, the primary feedstock for olefins in the region.

Based on published capacity data and including our proportionate share of our joint ventures, we believe as of December 31, 2025, we were:

the third largest producer of ethylene in Europe with an ethylene capacity of 1.9 million tons per year;
the largest producer of PE in Europe with 2.1 million tons per year of capacity; and
the largest producer of PP in Europe with 2.5 million tons per year of capacity, including approximately 280 thousand tons of Catalloy capacity.

Other—In 2025, we entered into an agreement for the sale of select European olefins and polyolefins assets and the associated business. The sites to be sold were part of the previously announced European strategic assessment and are located in Berre l’Etang (France), Münchsmünster (Germany), Carrington (United Kingdom), and Tarragona (Spain). The sale is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026. The sites to be sold in 2026 contribute approximately 25% of the production capacity for the O&P-EAI segment. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Intermediates and Derivatives Segment

Overview—Our I&D segment produces and markets propylene oxide (“PO”) and its derivatives; oxyfuels and related products; and intermediate chemicals such as styrene monomer (“SM”) and acetyls.

*PO and Derivatives—*We produce PO through two distinct technologies, one of which yields tertiary butyl alcohol (“TBA”) as the co-product and the other of which yields SM as the co-product. The two technologies are mutually exclusive with dedicated assets for manufacturing either PO/TBA or PO/SM. PO is an intermediate commodity chemical and is a precursor of polyols, propylene glycol, propylene glycol ethers and butanediol. PO and derivatives are used in a variety of durable and consumable items with key applications such as polyurethanes used for insulation, automotive/furniture cushioning, coatings, surfactants, synthetic resins and several other household usages.

Oxyfuels and Related Products—We produce two distinct ether-based oxyfuels, methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”) and ethyl tertiary butyl ether (“ETBE”). These oxyfuels are produced by converting the TBA co-product of PO into isobutylene and reacting with methanol or ethanol to produce either MTBE or ETBE. Both are used as high-octane gasoline components that help gasoline burn cleaner and reduce automobile emissions. Other TBA derivatives, such as high-purity isobutylene, which we refer to as “C4 chemicals,” are largely used to make synthetic rubber and other fuel and lubricant additives.

Intermediate Chemicals—We produce other commodity chemicals including SM and acetyls. SM is utilized in plastic applications such as packaging, cups and containers, insulation products and durables. Our acetyls products are comprised of methanol, glacial acetic acid (“GAA”) and vinyl acetate monomer (“VAM”). Methanol is required for our downstream production of acetyls, some of which is converted to GAA. A portion of the GAA is reacted with ethylene to create VAM, an intermediate chemical used in fabric or wood treatments, pigments, coatings, films and adhesives.

Sales & Marketing / Customers—We sell our PO and derivatives through multi-year sales and processing agreements as well as spot sales. Some of our sales agreements have cost plus pricing terms. PO and derivatives are transported by barge, marine vessel, pipeline, railcar and tank truck.

We sell our oxyfuels and related products under market and cost-based sales agreements and in the spot market. Oxyfuels are transported by barge, marine vessel, pipeline and tank truck, and are used as octane blending components worldwide outside of the U.S. due to their blending characteristics and emission benefits. C4 chemicals are sold to producers of synthetic rubber and other chemical products primarily in the U.S. and Europe, and are transported by railcar, tank truck, pipeline and marine shipments. Oxyfuels and related products sales accounted for approximately 16%, 15% and 17% of our consolidated revenues in 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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Intermediate chemicals are shipped by barge, marine vessel, pipeline, railcar and tank truck. SM is sold globally into regions such as North and South America, Europe and Asia through spot sales and commercial contracts. Within acetyls, methanol is sold directly into the merchant commercial market, used as a feedstock for oxyfuels and related products, and also consumed internally to make GAA. We consume a significant portion of our internally produced GAA in the production of VAM, which is sold worldwide under multi-year commercial contracts and on a spot basis.

Sales of our PO and derivatives, oxyfuels and related products, and intermediate chemicals are made by our marketing and sales personnel, and also through distributors in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

Joint Venture Relationships—We have two PO joint ventures with Covestro AG, one in the U.S. and another in Europe. Regarding the U.S. joint venture, we operate all production facilities; Covestro’s interest represents ownership of an in-kind portion of 680 thousand tons per year of PO production. We take, in-kind, the remaining PO production as well as all co-product production. The parties’ rights in this joint venture are based on off-take volumes related to actual PO production, as opposed to ownership percentages. We do not share marketing or product sales for the PO joint venture with Covestro. In March 2025, we announced the permanent closure of the European PO joint venture, see Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

We also have joint venture manufacturing relationships in China. These joint ventures provide us with annual production capacity of approximately 190 thousand tons of PO and 300 thousand tons of SM. We market our share of the joint ventures’ production in the Chinese market. These capacities are based on our operational share of the joint ventures’ total capacities.

Raw Materials—The cost of raw materials is the largest component of total production cost for PO, its co-products and its derivatives. Propylene, isobutane or mixed butane, ethylene and benzene are the primary raw materials used in the production of PO and its co-products. The market prices of these raw materials historically have been related to the price of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas, as well as supply and demand for the raw materials.

In the U.S., we obtain a large portion of our propylene, benzene and ethylene raw materials needed for the production of PO and its co-products from our O&P-Americas segment and to a lesser extent from third parties. Raw materials for the non-U.S. production of PO and its co-products are obtained from our O&P-EAI segment and from third parties. We consume a significant portion of our internally produced PO in the production of PO derivatives. The raw material requirements not sourced internally are purchased at market-based prices from numerous suppliers in the U.S. and Europe with which we have established contractual relationships, as well as in the spot market.

For the production of oxyfuels, we purchase our ethanol feedstock requirements from third parties and obtain our methanol from both internal production and external sources.

SM is a co-product of our internal production of PO, and our feedstock requirements are sourced both internally and externally. The methanol required for our production of acetyls is internally sourced from our methanol plants in La Porte, Texas, and Channelview, Texas. Natural gas (methane) is the primary raw material required to produce methanol. Methanol is consumed internally, along with carbon monoxide from internal productions, to produce GAA. Sources of carbon monoxide can also be complemented by purchases from external sources as needed. In addition to acetic acid, ethylene is a primary raw material for the production of VAM. We obtain all our requirements for acetic acid and ethylene from our internal production. Historically, we have used a large percentage of our acetic acid production to produce VAM.

Industry Dynamics / Competition—With respect to product competition, the market is influenced and based on a variety of factors, including product quality, price, reliability of supply, technical support, customer service and potential substitute materials. Profitability is affected by the worldwide level of demand along with price competition, which may intensify due to, among other things, new industry capacity and industry outages. Demand growth could be impacted by further development of alternative bio-based methodologies. Our major worldwide competitors include other multinational chemical and refining companies as well as some regional marketers and producers.

Based on published capacity data and including our proportionate share of our joint ventures, we believe as of December 31, 2025, we were:

the second largest producer of PO worldwide; and
the largest producer of oxyfuels worldwide.

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Advanced Polymer Solutions Segment

Overview—Our APS segment produces and markets compounding and solutions, such as polypropylene compounds, engineered plastics, masterbatches, engineered composites and colors.

Our polypropylene compounds are produced from blends of polyolefins and additives and are largely focused on automotive applications. Engineered plastics and engineered composites add value for more specialized high-performance applications used across a variety of industries. Masterbatches are compounds that provide differentiated properties when combined with commodity plastics used in packaging, agriculture and durable goods applications. Performance colors provide powdered and pelletized color concentrates for the plastics industry.

Sales & Marketing / Customers—Our products are sold through our regional sales organizations to a broad base of established customers and distributors. These products are transported to our customers primarily by either truck or bulk rail. Sales for the APS segment accounted for approximately 11% of our consolidated revenues in 2025, 2024, and 2023.

Joint Venture Relationships—We participate in several manufacturing joint ventures in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Thailand. We hold majority interests and have operational control of the joint venture in Indonesia. We do not hold majority interests in any of the remaining joint ventures, nor do we have operational control. These joint ventures provide us with production capacity of approximately 70 thousand tons of compounding and solutions. These capacities are based on our percentage ownership interest in the joint ventures’ total capacities.

Raw Materials—The principal materials used in the production of our products are polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, nylon and titanium dioxide. Raw materials required for the production of our products are obtained from our wholly owned or joint venture facilities and from a number of major plastic resin producers or other suppliers at market-based prices.

Our ability to pass through the increased cost of raw materials to customers is dependent on global market demand. In general, the pricing for purchases and sales of most products is determined by global market forces.

Industry Dynamics / Competition—With respect to product competition, the market is influenced and based on a variety of factors, including product development, price, product quality, product delivery, reliability of supply, product performance and customer service. We compete with regional and multinational marketers and producers of plastic resins and compounds. As polypropylene compounds are largely utilized in the automotive industry, we are also exposed to the volatility of this industry.

Technology Segment

Overview—Our Technology segment develops and licenses chemical and polyolefin process technologies and manufactures and sells polyolefin catalysts. We market our process technologies and our polyolefin catalysts to external customers and also use them in our own manufacturing operations. Over the past three years, approximately 20% of our catalyst sales were sold internally to other segments.

Our polyolefin process licenses are structured to provide a standard core technology, with individual customer needs met by adding customized modules that provide the required capabilities to produce the defined production grade slate and plant capacity. In addition to the basic license agreement, a range of services can also be provided, including project assistance, training, assistance in starting up the plant and ongoing technical support after start-up. We may also offer marketing and sales services. In addition, licensees may continue to purchase polyolefin catalysts that are consumed in the production process, generally under long-term catalyst supply agreements with us.

Research and Development—Our research and development (“R&D”) activities are designed to improve our existing products and processes, and discover and commercialize new materials, catalysts and processes. These activities focus on product and application development, process development, catalyst development and fundamental polyolefin-focused research.

In 2025, 2024 and 2023, our R&D expenditures were $136 million, $135 million and $130 million, respectively. A portion of these expenses are related to technical support and customer service and are allocated to the other business segments. In 2025, 2024 and 2023 approximately 40% to 50% of all R&D costs were allocated to business segments other than Technology.

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GENERAL

Intellectual Property

We maintain an extensive patent portfolio and continue to file new patent applications in the U.S. and other countries. As of December 31, 2025, we owned approximately 5,000 patents and patent applications worldwide. Our patents and trade secrets cover our processes, products and catalysts and are significant to our competitive position, particularly with regard to PO, intermediate chemicals, petrochemicals, polymers and our process technologies. While we believe that our intellectual property provides competitive advantages, we do not regard our businesses as being materially dependent upon any single patent, trade secret or trademark. Some of our production capacity operates under licenses from third parties.

Environmental

Most of our operations are affected by national, state, regional and local environmental laws. Matters pertaining to the environment are discussed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors; Part I, Item 3. Legal Proceedings; Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations; and Notes 2 and 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

We have made, and intend to continue to make, the expenditures necessary for compliance with applicable laws and regulations relating to environmental, health and safety matters. In 2025, we incurred capital expenditures of $241 million for health, safety and environmental compliance purposes and improvement programs. We estimate incurring approximately $235 million in 2026 for similar expenditures.

While capital expenditures or operating costs for environmental compliance, including compliance with potential legislation and potential regulation related to climate change, cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not believe they will have a material effect on our competitive position in the near term.

In the future, climate change may physically impact our facilities and supply chain, however, we do not believe these potential impacts are material in the near-term.

Sustainability

We continue to evolve our approach to sustainability. In 2026, we updated our prior circularity and climate ambitions. With respect to circularity, we are now aiming to produce and market 800 thousand metric tons of recycled and renewable-based polymers annually by 2030. Production and marketing includes joint venture production we market plus our pro rata share of the remaining production produced and marketed by the joint venture, and production via third-party tolling arrangements. With respect to climate, our goal is now to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions 32% by 2030 relative to a 2020 baseline and we reaffirm our goal of a 30% reduction in absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 2030 relative to a 2020 baseline and our ambition to achieve net‑zero Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2050.

Sustainability Actions in 2025.

In 2025, we advanced the construction of our *MoReTec-*1 plant, our first industrial-scale chemical recycling plant at our site in Wesseling, Germany which will use our proprietary MoReTec technology to convert post-consumer plastic waste into feedstock for producing new plastic materials. This plant will have the flexibility to operate under 100% renewable power and enable a high plastic to plastic yield while reducing GHG emissions compared to virgin fossil fuel-based processes. Targeted startup for this facility is set for 2027.

In 2024, we secured power purchase agreements with an aggregate generation capacity that will enable us to procure at least 50 percent of our electricity from renewable sources by 2030, based on 2020 procured levels. These agreements are expected to generate an estimated 5.0 million megawatt hours of renewable electricity annually, reducing our scope 2 GHG emissions by more than 1.8 million metric tons.

We also completed the shutdown of refining operations at our Houston refinery in the first quarter of 2025. Ceasing refining operations is expected to reduce our scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by approximately 3 million metric tons and our scope 3 GHG emissions by approximately 40 million metric tons by the end of 2026, compared with 2020 baseline levels.

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Our ambition to achieve net zero scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2050 will require the development of robust infrastructure and enabling technologies such as cracker electrification, hydrogen utilization, carbon capture and storage (“CCS”), and carbon utilization along with market demand for low-carbon products. Additionally, we advocate for enabling policy support and government-backed frameworks to progress these initiatives. Our ambition to produce and market 800 thousand metric tons of recycled and renewable-based polymers annually by 2030 will require the successful completion of our MoReTec-1 plant, expansion of our recycling footprint through inorganic growth, increased demand for circular products and supportive regulatory frameworks. See Item 1A. Risk Factors for additional risks associated with each of our ambitions.

*Capital Budget—*We estimate capital spending to support our sustainability goals, including investments in emissions reduction and our CLCS business, will represent approximately 15% of our total 2026 capital budget. While we continue to invest in our *MoReTec-*1 plant as planned, we are delaying certain sustainability-related capital projects to preserve capital during the cycle downturn. We also continue to invest upstream to secure plastic waste feedstock and evaluate opportunities to expand mechanical and chemical recycling capacity globally through investments and commercial agreements.

Human Capital

Our success as a company is tied to the passion, knowledge, collaboration, and talent of our global team. Our strategic pillar to Step up Performance and Culture focuses on leading our culture transformation, promoting inclusion and growing the capabilities and skills of our people through our global learning and development programs.

Stepping up Performance and Culture—As part of our culture transformation, in 2025, we prioritized employee feedback and reinforced cultural attributes aligned with our strategy. One key initiative is the culture ambassador program, where employees serve as advocates for culture change and promote global understanding. Ambassadors receive context, training, and information on company initiatives to support engagement and share feedback with leadership. Insights from this program, along with our 2025 engagement survey, inform leadership actions to foster an environment that drives engagement, innovation and business results.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion—Our goal is to create a company where fairness, equity and a sense of belonging are experienced by all, propelling individual and collective success. Increasing inclusion builds high performing teams that can effectively innovate and collaborate, enables us to contribute to our financial outcomes and helps to achieve our business goals.

Demographics—As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 18,970 employees, a decrease of approximately 7% when compared to 2024, driven by fixed cost reductions attributable to our cash improvement plan and Houston Refinery shutdown. Our employee demographics, excluding student employees, consisted of the following:

U.S. Underrepresented population (“URP”) is based on reporting for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and includes employees who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, Asian or Pacific Islander, Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or two or more races.

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Diversity (Representation)—Cultivating a diverse workforce has a powerful impact on our culture and performance by broadening perspectives and experiences and helps to promote inclusive and impactful results. We also take into consideration Dutch laws with respect to gender ambitions (both male and female) for senior management, including requirements to set appropriate and ambitious gender diversity targets. We currently have an aspirational goal to have at least 33% male senior leaders and at least 33% female senior leaders, globally, by 2032. In 2025, women served in 25% of global senior leadership roles.

Equity (Fairness*)*—Our efforts on equity are focused on ensuring that our systems and processes are fair to all employees, and we want all employees to believe they are being treated fairly. Our 2025 employee survey indicates that 82% of respondents believe they are being treated fairly. In 2025, we also completed a pay equity review and performance analysis that involved approximately 12,800 employees, comparing pay for like jobs and focusing on base pay for gender (globally) and ethnicity (U.S. only). Consistent with prior findings, the review reflected that pay is generally administered fairly.

Inclusion (Belonging)—Like equity, we desire a culture where all our employees feel a sense of belonging to their teams and the company. We focus inclusion efforts on learning, education, and outreach to our leaders and utilize our eight global employee networks to promote engagement. Network programming is strongly tied to career development, business, and community impact. In 2025, our networks continued to grow, and 24% of our employees are members of a network. Survey results also indicate members are more likely to participate in surveys and have a stronger strategic alignment to our organization compared to non-members.

*Global Talent Development and Engagement—*We provide opportunities for growth through on-the-job training, coaching, mentoring and other more formal development programs. In 2025, we expanded access to our LYB University offerings by moving several of our formal programs and courses to open/self-enrollment, which allowed a greater number of employees the opportunity to enroll. Over 500 employees participated in our global leadership development programs, for people leaders and those who lead through influence. In addition, we offered a new series that focused on preparing people leaders to lead change and navigate through uncertainty and disruption, with 138 leaders in attendance. We are planning to continue this series into 2026.

Safety, Employee Health and Well-Being—We are committed to providing a safe workplace, free from recognized hazards, and we comply with all applicable health and safety laws and recognized standards to achieve a goal of zero incidents, zero injuries and zero accidents. We cultivate a GoalZERO mindset with clear standards, regular communication, training, and targeted campaigns and events, including our annual Global Safety Day.

Code of Conduct and Human Rights Policy—Our Code of Conduct establishes our expectations on topics such as respect in the workplace, anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, trade compliance, anti-trust and competition law, insider trading, sanctions, misconduct and political donations. It is available in seventeen languages on our company website. New employees are trained on the Code of Conduct, and all employees receive annual refresher training. We also have a human rights policy that establishes our standards for workforce health and safety; prevention of discrimination, harassment and retaliation; inclusion; workplace security; working conditions and fair wages; freedom of association; freely chosen employment; and child labor protections.

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INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Our executive officers as of February 20, 2026 were as follows:


Name and Age						Significant Experience

Peter Vanacker, 59						Chief Executive Officer since May 2022. President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Executive Committee of Neste Corporation, a renewable products company from September 2018 to May 2022. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the CABB Group, a global supplier of fine and specialty chemicals from April 2015 to August 2018.

Tracey Campbell, 59						Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs since October 2022. Vice President, Public Affairs from November 2020 to September 2022. Director, Polyolefins Asia Pacific from July 2018 to October 2020.

Trisha Conley, 53						Executive Vice President, People and Culture since February 2023. Senior Vice President, People Development of Renewable Energy Group, a renewable energy company, from August 2020 to January 2023. Vice President of Human Resources, Fuels North America and Head of Country (United States) for Downstream Human Resources at BP, a global energy provider, from July 2015 to July 2020.

Kim Foley, 59						Executive Vice President, Global Olefins & Polyolefins and Refining since August 2024. Executive Vice President, Global Olefins & Polyolefins, Refining and Supply Chain from March 2024 to August 2024. Executive Vice President, Intermediates and Derivatives and Refining from October 2022 to March 2024. Senior Vice President, HSE, Global Engineering and Turnarounds from August 2020 to September 2022. Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment from October 2019 to July 2020.

Dale Friedrichs, 62						Executive Vice President, Operational Excellence and HSE since October 2022. Interim Executive Vice President, People and Culture from October 2022 to February 2023. Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Global Projects from August 2020 to September 2022. Vice President, Human Resources from October 2019 to July 2020. Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment and Security from February 2017 to October 2019.

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Name and Age						Significant Experience

Agustin Izquierdo, 49						Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2025. Senior Vice President, Olefins & Polyolefins Americas and Refining from April 2024 to February 2025. Vice President, Finance and Strategy, Intermediates & Derivatives from November 2022 to April 2024. Vice President, Global Strategic Planning, Finance and Divisional Digital Officer Catalysts Division, for BASF, a global manufacturer of chemicals, plastics, and agricultural solutions from September 2019 to November 2022.

Jeffrey Kaplan, 57						Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Procurement since March 2024. Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer since October 2022. Executive Vice President, Legal & Public Affairs and Chief Legal Officer from March 2015 to September 2022.

Aaron Ledet, 51						Executive Vice President, Intermediates & Derivatives and Supply Chain since August 2024. Executive Vice President, Intermediates & Derivatives from March 2024 to August 2024. Senior Vice President, Olefins & Polyolefins Americas from October 2022 to March 2024. Director Olefins & Optimization Americas from January 2022 to October 2022. Senior Director Olefins & Feedstocks from May 2021 to December 2021. Director Olefins & Optimization Americas from October 2020 to May 2021. Senior Director Advanced Polymer Solutions US/Canada Region from October 2018 to October 2020.

Torkel Rhenman, 62						Executive Vice President, Advanced Polymer Solutions since October 2022. Executive Vice President, Intermediates & Derivatives, and Refining from August 2020 to September 2022. Executive Vice President, Intermediates & Derivatives from July 2019 to July 2020.

James Seward, 58						Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer since October 2022. Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Technology and Sustainability from August 2020 to September 2022. Senior Vice President, Technology Business, Sustainability, and Olefins & Polyolefins, Europe, Asia and International Joint Venture Management from September 2018 to July 2020.

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Name and Age						Significant Experience

Yvonne van der Laan, 54						Executive Vice President, Circular and Low Carbon Solutions since October 2022. Senior Director, Global Circularity from May 2022 to September 2022. Director, Olefins & Optimizations, Europe from September 2019 to April 2022. Vice President, Industry & Bulk Cargo for the Port of Rotterdam, the largest seaport in Europe, from February 2016 to September 2019.

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Description of Properties

Our principal manufacturing facilities as of December 31, 2025 are set forth below and are identified by the principal segment or segments using the facility. All of the facilities are wholly owned, except as otherwise noted.


Location						Segments

Americas
Bayport (Pasadena), Texas(1)						I&D
Bayport (Pasadena), Texas						O&P-Americas
Channelview, Texas						O&P-Americas
Channelview, Texas(1)(2)						I&D
Chocolate Bayou (Alvin), Texas						O&P-Americas
Clinton, Iowa						O&P-Americas
Corpus Christi, Texas						O&P-Americas
Edison, New Jersey						Technology
La Porte, Texas(3)						O&P-Americas
La Porte, Texas(3)						I&D
Lake Charles, Louisiana						O&P-Americas
Lake Charles, Louisiana(4)						O&P-Americas
Matagorda (Bay City), Texas						O&P-Americas
Morris, Illinois						O&P-Americas
Victoria, Texas†						O&P-Americas
Europe
Botlek, Rotterdam, The Netherlands†						I&D
Ferrara, Italy						O&P-EAI and Technology
Fos-sur-Mer, France†						I&D
Frankfurt, Germany†						O&P-EAI and Technology
Knapsack, Germany†						O&P-EAI and APS
Kerpen, Germany						APS
Ludwigshafen, Germany†						Technology
Moerdijk, The Netherlands†						O&P-EAI
Wesseling, Germany						O&P-EAI

† The facility is located on leased land.

(1)The Bayport PO/TBA plants and the Channelview PO/SM I plant are held by a joint venture between Covestro and Lyondell Chemical Company. These plants are located on land leased by the joint venture.

(2)Equistar Chemicals, LP operates a polybutadiene unit, which is owned by an unrelated party and is located within the Channelview facility on property leased from Equistar Chemicals, LP.

(3)The La Porte facilities are on contiguous property.

(4)The Lake Charles facility is owned by the Louisiana Integrated PolyEthylene JV LLC joint venture and is located on land owned by the joint venture.

Other Locations and Properties

We maintain executive offices in London, the United Kingdom; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Houston, Texas and Hong Kong, China. We maintain research facilities in Lansing, Michigan; Channelview, Texas; Cincinnati, Ohio; Ferrara, Italy and Frankfurt, Germany. Our Asia-Pacific headquarters are in Hong Kong. We also have technical support centers in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Mumbai, India; Poznan, Poland; and Shanghai, China. We have various sales facilities worldwide.

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Website Access to SEC Reports

Our Internet website address is http://www.LyondellBasell.com. Information contained on our Internet website is not part of this report on Form 10-K.

Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to these reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available on our website, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Alternatively, these reports may be accessed at the SEC’s website at http:/www.sec.gov.

Next: Item 1A. Risk Factors.