LyondellBasell Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on June 18, 2018; Announces Board Appointments
June 01, 2018 at 06:30 am EDT
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LyondellBasell announced that it has declared a dividend of $1.00 per share, to be paid June 18, 2018 to shareholders of record June 11, 2018, with an ex-dividend date of June 8, 2018.
The company also announced that at its Annual General Meeting on June 1, 2018, shareholders approved the amendments to its Articles of Association that implement the transition from a dual board structure to a unitary board of directors. In connection with this transition, each of the director nominees, including Bob Patel, the Chief Executive Officer, was elected to serve on the unitary board. Also, as a part of the board's succession planning process, Jacques Aigrain has been appointed as Non-Executive Vice Chair of the board.
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. is one of the world's largest chemical groups. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- production of olefins and polyolefin (50.2%): ethylene, propylene, butadiene, polypropylene components, etc.;
- manufacturing of intermediate chemical products (21.6%): propylene oxide, acetyl, ethanol, ethylene oxide, etc.;
- refining of highly sulfide crude oil (15.6%): activity ensured in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. The group also produces oxy-fuel;
- manufacturing of advanced polymer solutions (11.1%): polypropylene compounds, engineering plastics, composite materials, advanced polymers, etc. ;
- development of chemical and polyolefin process technologies (1.5%). The group also manufactures polyolefin catalysts.
At the end of 2021, the group had 34 production sites worldwide.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: the Netherlands (3%), the United States (48.8%), Germany (7.4%), China (5%), Italy (4%), Mexico (3.4%), Japan (3.1%), France (3%), Poland (2.5%) and other (19.8%).
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