secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB)
CIK:        0001489393
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001489393-22-000043
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939322000043/0001489393-22-000043-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939322000043/lyb-20221028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001489393-22-000043

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