---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001489393-22-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYB"
cik: "0001489393"
company_name: "LyondellBasell Industries N.V."
filed_at: "2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T22:34:28.431608+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LyondellBasell Q3 net income drops to $572M from $1.64B in Q2; adjusted EPS $1.96

## Summary
- Net income $572M ($1.75 diluted EPS) vs Q2 $1.64B ($4.98); adjusted net income $642M ($1.96).
- Sales $12.25B, down from $14.84B in Q2 and $12.70B in Q3 2021.
- EBITDA $1.1B ($1.2B ex items); ROIC 19% trailing 12 months; operating cash flow $1.4B.
- Returned $550M via dividends and buybacks; launched $750M annual EBITDA improvement program.
- Recorded $69M impairment and $92M refinery exit costs in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001489393-22-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYB
- cik: 0001489393
- company_name: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
- filed_at: 2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939322000043/0001489393-22-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939322000043/lyb-20221028.htm

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