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Houston, May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) announced today that LYB International Finance III, LLC, its wholly-owned subsidiary, priced a public offering (the “Offering”) of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.150% Guaranteed Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LyondellBasell. The Offering is expected to close on May 15, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

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LyondellBasell is a global leader in chemicals, currently streamlining operations to boost profitability amid a 22.2% YTD drop in share prices. The company is shutting down its Houston refinery and focusing on high-margin specialty chemicals and sustainable products to improve profitability. Despite weak industrial demand and geopolitical tensions, LYB benefits from lower feedstock costs and strong demand in emerging markets.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for LyondellBasell (LYB) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE:LYB ) Q1 2025 Results Conference Call April 25, 2025 11:00 AM ET Company Participants David Kinney - Head of Investor Relations Peter Vanacker - Chief Executive Officer Agustin Izquierdo - Chief Financial Officer Kim Foley - Executive Vice President of Global Olefins & Polyolefins and Refining Aaron Ledet - Executive Vice President of Intermediates & Derivatives and Supply Chain Torkel Rhenman - Executive Vice President of Advanced Polymer Solutions Conference Call Participants Steve Byrne - Bank of America Matthew Blair - TPH Patrick Cunningham - Citi David Begleiter - Deutsche Bank Chris Perrella - UBS Frank Mitsch - Fermium Research Jeff Zekauskas - JPMorgan Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley Mike Sison - Wells Fargo Kevin McCarthy - Vertical Research Partners Operator Hello, and welcome to the LyondellBasell Teleconference.

The decline in LYB's Olefins performance is mainly due to reduced ethylene margins caused by higher energy costs and lower prices for co-products.