---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-229093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLK"
cik: "0001262823"
company_name: "WESTLAKE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-18T21:00:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T21:09:38.146905+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Westlake shareholders elect five directors, approve compensation and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected: Catherine Chao, Roger Cregg, Jean-Marc Gilson, Kimberly Lubel, Jeffrey Sheets.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 121.9M for vs 1.5M against.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2026 approved with 124.7M for vs 644k against.
- Broker non-votes totaled 1.92M shares across all proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-229093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLK
- cik: 0001262823
- company_name: WESTLAKE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T21:00:15+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000119312526229093/0001193125-26-229093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000119312526229093/d918757d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTLAKE CORP shareholders approved Election of five directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Three matters were voted upon by the stockholders of Westlake Corporation (the “Company”) at its annual meeting of stockholders held on May 14, 2026 (the “2026 Annual Meeting”): (1) five members of the Board of Directors of the Company were elected; (2) the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation was approved; and (3) the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000119312526229093/0001193125-26-229093-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTLAKE CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation 121,890,636 1,497,095 88,139 1,921,982
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000119312526229093/0001193125-26-229093-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTLAKE CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 124,742,536 643,992 11,324
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000119312526229093/0001193125-26-229093-index.htm

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