# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001262823
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-043598
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 4944
**Document Hash:** 871654eb4ca517587b7f6cb34599bad4
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-043598.hdr.sgml**: 20230221

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-043598

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230216

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230221

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230221

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** WESTLAKE CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001262823
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 760346924
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-32260
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23649230

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2801 POST OAK BLVD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 600
- **CITY:** HOUSTON
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 77056
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 713-960-9111

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2801 POST OAK BLVD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 600
- **CITY:** HOUSTON
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 77056

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20030908

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

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### FORM 8-K

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#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

#### of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): February 16, 2023

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## Westlake Corporation

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-32260** | **76-0346924** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction<br>of incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.)** |

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| **2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 600** |  |
| **Houston, Texas** | **77056** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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#### Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 960-9111

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange**<br> **on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | WLK | The New York Stock Exchange |
| 1.625% Senior Notes due 2029 | WLK29 | The New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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#### Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 16, 2023, Dorothy C. Jenkins informed the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Westlake Corporation (the "Company") of her intention not to stand for reelection at the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2023 Annual Meeting"). Ms. Jenkins has served as a director of the Company since June 2003 and intends to retire from the Board upon the expiration of her current term at the 2023 Annual Meeting. Ms. Jenkins's decision not to stand for reelection is not the result of any disagreement with the Company, the Company's management or the Board on any matter.

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#### 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.

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| Date: February 21, 2023 | **WESTLAKE CORPORATION** | **WESTLAKE CORPORATION** |
|  | By: | /s/ L. Benjamin Ederington |
|  | Name: | L. Benjamin Ederington |
|  | Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief<br> Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary |

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