secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB)
CIK:        0001489393
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-21-109143
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

LyondellBasell CEO Bob Patel to retire by end of 2021; board starts successor search
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- CEO Bob Patel intends to retire effective December 31, 2021; he will continue to lead until then.
- Board formed a sub-committee to oversee CEO search, considering both internal and external candidates.
- Patel will also resign from the Board upon departure; resignation not due to any disagreements.
- Patel joined LyondellBasell in 2010, became CEO in January 2015; led growth including A. Schulman acquisition.
- Company highlighted expansion, sustainability goals, and consistent dividend increases under Patel's leadership.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000110465921109143/0001104659-21-109143-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-109143

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