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Issuer:     Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP)
CIK:        0001604665
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-164239
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Westlake Chemical Partners appoints Jonathan Baksht as CFO effective June 15, 2026
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- Jonathan H. Baksht appointed Senior Vice President and CFO of general partner, effective June 15, 2026.
- Baksht most recently served as EVP and CFO of Fortune Brands Innovations from May 2025 to March 2026.
- Prior CFO roles at Pactiv Evergreen Inc. (2022–2025) and Valaris Limited (2015–2021).
- M. Steven Bender retires from board and transitions to Special Advisor to the President on June 15, 2026.
- Baksht also appointed SVP and CFO of Westlake Corporation, the indirect parent company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604665/000119312526164239/0001193125-26-164239-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604665/000119312526164239/d33835d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-164239

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