LyondellBasell Industries NV filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 29, 2026
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 29, 2026, certain subsidiaries of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment to the Company’s structured accounts receivables facility originated in September 2012 (the “Receivables Facility”) pursuant to an Eighth Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, effective as of June 26, 2026, among Lyondell Chemical Company, as servicer, LYB Receivables LLC, a bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as seller, the conduit purchasers, related committed purchasers, LC participants and purchaser agents party thereto, the other parties thereto and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Administrator and LC Bank (the “RPA Eighth Amendment”).
The RPA Eighth Amendment extends the term of the Receivables Facility to June 25, 2027, reduces the maximum amount available from $900 million to $700 million and makes certain updates to be consistent with the Company’s senior unsecured revolving credit facility. No other terms of the Receivables Facility have changed materially. As of May 29, 2026, there were no trade receivable purchases or letters of credit outstanding under the Receivables Facility.
A copy of the RPA Eighth Amendment is included in this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The summary description of the RPA Eighth Amendment in this report is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.1.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 10.1 | Eighth Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated May 29, 2026, among Lyondell Chemical Company, as servicer, LYB Receivables LLC, as seller, the conduit purchasers, related committed purchasers, LC participants and purchaser agents party thereto, the other parties thereto and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Administrator and LC Bank. | |||||||
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. | |||||||
SIGNATURES
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.
| LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V. | |||||||||||||||||
| Date: | May 29, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Brendan J. Dalton | ||||||||||||||||
| Name: | Brendan J. Dalton | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | ||||||||||||||||