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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001489393-26-000067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYB"
cik: "0001489393"
company_name: "LyondellBasell Industries N.V."
filed_at: "2026-10-30T10:31:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-30T10:35:07.405370+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.72
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LyondellBasell Q3 net income $758M, EPS $2.32; selling Houston Refining site to Valero unit for $320.5M

## Summary
- Sales $8.50B vs $7.73B a year earlier; net income $758M ($2.32 per diluted share) versus a $890M loss in Q3 2025.
- EBITDA $1.42B, or $1.51B excluding identified items, versus negative $480M EBITDA a year ago; nine-month diluted EPS $4.42 vs -$1.89.
- Agreed Oct. 29 to sell Houston Refining, L.P. and the former Houston refinery site to a Valero subsidiary for $320.5M; closing expected Q4 2026, subject to regulatory approval.
- Excluding-items EPS $2.54 vs $4.30 in Q2 2026; Q3 identified items include $77M site closure costs and $31M Cash Improvement Plan costs.
- Cash increased about $600M in the quarter, including a planned EUR500M debt repayment; Clinton turnaround completed on time and under budget.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001489393-26-000067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYB
- cik: 0001489393
- company_name: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
- filed_at: 2026-10-30T10:31:17+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.72
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939326000067/0001489393-26-000067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939326000067/lyb-20261029.htm

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