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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
Tender Offer
On November 4, 2025, Westlake Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the commencement of a cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) for any and all of its outstanding 3.600% Senior Notes due 2026. The Tender Offer is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated November 4, 2025. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.
Senior Notes Offering
On November 4, 2025 the Company issued a press release announcing its intention to offer senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-291208) (the “Notes Offering”). A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act unless specifically identified as being incorporated therein.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to purchase securities or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities nor does it constitute an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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| 99.1 | Press Release issued by Westlake Corporation on November 4, 2025 announcing commencement of the Tender Offer. | |
| 99.2 | Press Release issued by Westlake Corporation on November 4, 2025 announcing commencement of the Notes Offering. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline XBRL. | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WESTLAKE CORPORATION | ||||
| Date: November 4, 2025 | By: | /s/ L. Benjamin Ederington | ||
| L. Benjamin Ederington | ||||
| Executive Vice President, Legal and External Affairs | ||||