secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB)
CIK:        0001489393
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-30T10:31:17+00:00
Accession:  0001489393-26-000067
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.72
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939326000067/0001489393-26-000067-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939326000067/lyb-20261029.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001489393-26-000067

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