---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001489393-24-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYB"
cik: "0001489393"
company_name: "LyondellBasell Industries N.V."
filed_at: "2024-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T09:52:59.777677+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LyondellBasell Q4 net income $185M; announces divestiture and acquisition, dividend up 5%

## Summary
- Q4 net income $185M ($411M ex-items); GAAP EPS $0.56, adjusted $1.26.
- Generated $1.5B operating cash flow (171% conversion); returned $406M in dividends.
- FID to build first commercial-scale catalytic advanced recycling plant using MoReTec.
- Divesting Ethylene Oxide & Derivatives for $700M; acquiring 35% of NATPET for $500M.
- Full-year net income $2.1B ($2.8B ex-items); diluted EPS $6.46 ($8.65); EBITDA $4.5B ($5.2B).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001489393-24-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYB
- cik: 0001489393
- company_name: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
- filed_at: 2024-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939324000005/0001489393-24-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939324000005/lyb-20240202.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001489393-24-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LyondellBasell Industries N.V. reported Full Year 2023 results: net income $2.1 billion, EPS $6.46 per share.
  - Period: Full Year 2023
  - Net income: $2.1 billion
  - EPS: $6.46 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Full Year 2023 Highlights Delivered resilient results amid bottoming markets • Net Income: $2.1 billion, $2.8 billion excluding identified items • Diluted earnings per share: $6.46 per share, $8.65 per share excluding identified items
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939324000005/0001489393-24-000005-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  LyondellBasell Industries N.V. reported the quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: net income $185 million, EPS $0.56 per share.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Net income: $185 million
  - EPS: $0.56 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 2, 2024, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. announced earnings results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 and provided a supplemental discussion of segment results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939324000005/0001489393-24-000005-index.htm

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