WESTLAKE CORP 8K

Westlake Corporation’s 2Q 2026 earnings presentation reports sharply higher sales and EBITDA, execution on a $600 million profitability plan, a strategic VCM/PVC asset acquisition in Germany, and $500 million of debt reduction.

Westlake Corporation furnished an earnings presentation for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, reporting significant improvement in net sales and profitability, including EBITDA of $679 million on $3.3 billion of net sales, driven by higher average sales prices—particularly for polyethylene and PVC resin due to higher global oil prices—improved volumes in both its Performance and Essential Materials (PEM) and Housing and Infrastructure Products (HIP) segments, and lower natural gas and ethane costs; the company highlighted approximately $150 million of year-over-year EBITDA benefit in 2Q 2026 from its three-pillar profitability improvement plan toward a $600 million full-year target, the acquisition of a VCM/PVC site in Wilhelmshaven, Germany to strengthen its European chlorovinyls competitiveness, and the retirement of $500 million of senior notes supporting its investment-grade balance sheet, while providing segment guidance and discussing market conditions, cost initiatives, and forward-looking expectations.

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