Document:

Settlement Agreement and Release

 Exhibit 10.9 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE 

This Settlement Agreement and Release (the “Release”) is made and entered into by and between Mr. Volker Trautz, a
resident of The Netherlands (“Mr. Trautz”) on the one hand; and, on the other hand, LyondellBasell Industries Holdings B.V. (formerly Basell Holdings B.V.) a company incorporated under Dutch law with its principal office at Weena 737, 3013
AM Rotterdam, The Netherlands (“LBI Holdings B.V.”). 
 This Release is made in connection with Mr. Trautz’s
termination of employment with LBI Holdings B.V. and his resignation as director, officer or manager of various companies of the LyondellBasell Group and to resolve any claims Mr. Trautz may have regarding his employment and/or relationship
with any of the companies of the LyondellBasell Group, as defined below, or the conclusion of his employment, all as more specifically described below. 

In consideration of the mutual promises and releases contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed as follows: 
 The following terms shall have the following meanings in this
Release: 
 “You” and “your” refer to Mr. Trautz. 

“LyondellBasell Group” means LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A. and its affiliated companies. 

An “affiliate” or “affiliated company” of a named entity is any other person or entity that is owned or controlled
by, owns or controls, or is under common ownership or control with such named entity. 
 1. By mutual agreement of the parties, in consideration
of the promises and obligations set forth herein, your position as CEO and President of the LyondellBasell Group held through your 

 
employment with LBI Holdings B.V. as well as your position as manager of LyondellBasell AF GP S.á r.l. shall terminate effective 31 May 2009 (the “Executive and Employment
Termination Date”). Effective as of the Executive and Employment Termination Date you hereby confirm your resignation from any director, officer, manager, or other position at any other company of the LyondellBasell Group in addition to the
positions specifically named above. 
 2. In full and final settlement of any claims, causes of action and demands for relief which you or your
representatives might assert against LBI Holdings B.V. or any company of the LyondellBasell Group or against employees, directors, officers, assigns, agents, or representatives of any of the same, and 

subject to the conditions, limitations and other terms of this Release, LBI Holdings B.V. agrees as follows: 

 

	i.	You will be paid a severance payment within fifteen (15) days following the Executive and Employment Termination Date, in the gross amount of €484,500.00
which equals the gross salary amount which you would have been entitled to if your contract of employment would have terminated at your normal retirement date, 28 February 2010. As a consequence of the termination of your contract of employment
LBI Holdings B.V.’s contribution to your pension scheme and healthcare and other insurances will also terminate as of the Executive and Employment Termination Date. As agreed with you, you will provide for your personal healthcare coverage and
apply for payment of your retirement benefits with the BASF pension fund as of that date. 

  

	ii.	LBI Holdings B.V. will pay you within fifteen (15) days following the Executive and Employment Termination Date your deferred MTI payments related to the
performance years 2006 and 2007 totaling a gross amount of €2,024,811.00. You will be entitled to the MTI payment(s), if any, based on the MTI granted to you in April 2008, which payments shall be made on a pro rata basis (taking 31 May
2009 as the relevant termination of employment date) if and when payable under the terms of and in accordance with, and subject to all terms and conditions of, the 2008 MTI program. Thereafter, you shall have no further entitlement to MTI payments.

  

	iii.	 LBI Holdings B.V. will pay you within fifteen (15) days following the Executive and Employment Termination Date your deferred STI payment related
to the performance year 2008 totaling a gross amount of €357,561.00. You will be entitled to the STI payment, if any, based on the STI program for the performance year 2009, which payment shall be made on a pro rata basis (taking 31 May
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termination of employment date) if and when payable under the terms of and in accordance with, and subject to all terms and conditions of, the 2009 STI program. Thereafter, you shall have no
further entitlement to STI payments. 

  

	iv.	To the extent you are eligible to receive any payments under the LTI programs you participate in you shall receive such payments when they become due and payable under
the terms of and in accordance with, and subject to all terms and conditions of, those programs. 

  

	v.	You will be permitted to exercise all of your stock appreciation rights and options previously awarded to you under the Basell Stock Appreciation Rights and Stock
Options programs to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the terms governing each grant of such stock appreciation rights or options. 

  

	vi.	You will be allowed the continued use of your company car for a period of 3 months following the Executive and Employment Termination Date. 

 

	vii.	Notwithstanding the non-competition clause in your current contract of employment with LBI Holdings B.V., you will be allowed to accept a position as non-executive
director of or consultant to a company or other legal entity involved or having a financial interest in a business similar to the businesses of the LyondellBasell Group, provided LBI Holdings B.V. is informed of your acceptance of such a position
without delay. 

 3. Payment of all monetary items described in section 2 above shall be subject to all applicable local, foreign
and other taxes and to all required withholdings, and you will be responsible for payment of all such taxes, subject to any amounts withheld by LBI Holdings B.V. for such taxes as required by applicable law. You will provide LBI Holdings B.V. with
contemporaneous information about your residence and current mailing address should either change while this Release is in effect. 
 4. In
exchange for the benefits described in section 2 above, you waive, release, and discharge, to the full extent permitted by law, any and all claims, causes of action, and demands for relief, fees and liabilities of any kind whatsoever that you had or
now have against LBI Holdings B.V. or any company of the LyondellBasell Group or against employees, directors, officers, assigns, agents, or representatives of any of the same. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you and LBI Holdings
B.V. agree that this waiver, release, and discharge shall apply regardless of whether the companies or persons released were acting in a personal or corporate capacity. 
  

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 5. You agree and acknowledge that you have carefully read this Release, and that you understand and have
full knowledge of all of its provisions. You agree and acknowledge that you are entering into this Release voluntarily and of your own free will. 

6. You agree that the terms of this Release are confidential, and you will not disclose the terms of this Release to any person other than your legal and
financial advisors, each of whom shall be advised by you of the confidential nature of this Release. 
 7. You acknowledge that secrecy
agreements you have signed with LBI Holdings B.V. (or any other company of the LyondellBasell Group) are not superseded by this Release and thus remain in effect. You further agree that you will not disclose to a third party or use any trade secrets
or other commercially valuable confidential or proprietary information that you possess and that was disclosed to you or to which you had access during your employment by LBI Holdings B.V. or any of the other companies of the LyondellBasell Group
(the “Confidential Information”). You may, however, disclose such Confidential Information to a third party with the written consent of LBI Holdings B.V., or as may be required by law. In the event disclosure of any Confidential
Information is required by law, you agree to provide LBI Holdings B.V. promptly with written notice of such requirement so that LBI Holdings B.V. and/or its affiliate(s) may, if they so desire, seek an appropriate protective order. You agree that
you shall not disclose any Confidential Information, or any part thereof, pending conclusion of any legal proceeding regarding such disclosure requirement or protective order. You further agree to provide reasonable assistance to LBI Holdings B.V.
and/or its affiliate(s) in obtaining such protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be granted for the Confidential Information. 

8. You further agree to return to LBI Holdings B.V. all property and documents belonging to LBI Holdings B.V. or any other company of the LyondellBasell
Group in your possession or control and all copies thereof, including (without limitation) other tangible materials, information in electronic form or stored on any disk, hard drive or other medium, electronic devices, key cards and security passes.

 9. You agree that you will not in any way communicate or assist in communicating information to third parties that damages or has the effect
of damaging any of LBI Holdings B.V. or any other company of the LyondellBasell Group, or their respective reputations. 
 10. In connection
with matters relating to your responsibilities with LBI Holdings B.V. and any company of the LyondellBasell Group you agree to reasonably cooperate in the future with LBI Holdings B.V. and any other company of the LyondellBasell Group at the written
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LBI Holdings B.V. in the same manner as you would have cooperated in your capacity as CEO and President of the LyondellBasell Group. 

11. The waiver by you or LBI Holdings B.V., express or implied, of any right under this Agreement or any failure to perform under this Agreement by the
other party, shall not constitute or be deemed to be a waiver of any other right under this Agreement by the other party or parties, whether of a similar or dissimilar nature. 

12. This Release shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Netherlands, without regard to principles of conflicts of law, to
the fullest extent permitted by law. 
 13. This Release constitutes the entire agreement between you and LBI Holdings B.V. (and any other
company of the LyondellBasell Group) with respect to the subjects it addresses. This Release may not be amended, modified, or changed orally, but only in writing, signed by you and authorized representatives of LBI Holdings B.V. 

14. If any provision, or portion thereof, of this Release is held to be invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, it is to
that extent to be deemed omitted and other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 
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		 		 	LBI Holdings B.V.
				
	
 

	 		 	By:	 	
 

	  
 Volker Trautz
	 		 		 	C.J. Los
	  
 Date: 29.05.2009
	 		 	Date:	 	29.05.2009

  

 6LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A. Management Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.10 

LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES AF S.C.A. 

MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN 

(Effective January 1, 2009) 

1. Objectives. 

LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A., a Luxembourg company, hereby establishes the LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A. Management
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) for the purposes of: 
  

	 	(a)	Focusing Participants on key measures of Company financial performance; 

  

	 	(b)	Providing significant award potential commensurate with Company financial performance; 

 

	 	(c)	Encouraging a forward management perspective and reward for maximization of long-term enterprise value and accomplishment of financial and operational goals of the
Company; 

  

	 	(d)	Enhancing the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to attract and retain highly talented and competent individuals; 

 

	 	(e)	Reinforcing a team orientation among top management; and 

  

	 	(f)	Aligning the interests of the Company’s management with the economic stakeholders of the Company. 

2. Definitions. 

As used herein, the terms set forth below shall have the following respective meanings: 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person or entity, any other Person or entity that directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or entity. “Control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person or entity, affirmatively (by direction) and
negatively (by veto), directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

“Award” means an award payable in cash that is paid, vested or otherwise deliverable solely based on achieving one or
more Financial Measures. 

 “Award Agreement” means an agreement in the form prescribed by the Plan
Administrator that sets forth the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to an Award. 
 “Cause”
includes, but is not limited to, failure to meet minimum work requirements or unsatisfactory work performance or conduct. 

“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 

“Company” means LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A, together with any Subsidiaries or Affiliates of LyondellBasell
Industries AF S.C.A. whose Employees are included in the Plan upon authorization of the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board of LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A. 

“Creditor Constituencies” means the Ad Hoc Committee of Senior Secured Lenders, the agents for the Debtors’
postpetition lenders and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors as identified in the Order of the United States Bankruptcy Court authorizing the implementation of this Plan. 

“Delegate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a). 

“Employee” means an individual employed by the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. 

“Financial Measures” means such objective measures of the Company’s financial and operational performance as are
specified in the Award Agreement as used by the Company to evaluate the Company’s performance over the Performance Cycle. 

“Grant Date” means the date the Company grants an Award. 

“Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(b). 

“MIP Funding Percentage” means the amount available for Awards determined as set forth on Schedule A of the Award
Agreement. 
 “Participant” means an Employee to whom an Award has been granted under this Plan, or a former
Employee who still holds an outstanding Award. 
 “Performance Cycle” means the period beginning on
January 1, 2009 and ending on December 31, 2009. 
 “Plan” means the LyondellBasell Industries AF
S.C.A. Management Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time. 
 “Plan Administrator” means the Company or
its Delegate, as set forth in Section 3(a). 
  

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 “Plan of Reorganization” means the Debtors Joint Plan of Reorganization
under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code proposed by Lyondell Chemical Company and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates as debtors and debtors in possession under Section 1121(a) of the United States Code. 

“Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person, (a) a corporation a majority of the voting Equity Interests of which
are at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person; or (b) any other Person (other than a corporation), including, a partnership, limited liability company, business trust or joint venture, in which such Person, at the time thereof,
directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership interest entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof (or other Person performing similar functions). 

3. Plan Administration and Designation of Participants. 

(a) Administration. The Plan Administrator of this Plan shall be the Company, which shall have full and exclusive power to
interpret this Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations and guidelines for carrying out this Plan as it may deem necessary or appropriate, including with respect to the granting of Awards. The Company may delegate its duties hereunder as Plan
Administrator to the Vice President, Human Resources or other senior officers of the Company (a “Delegate”), subject to such rules and regulations as the Company establishes. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, retain the
services of an outside administrator for the purpose of performing any of its functions hereunder. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, eliminate or make less restrictive any restrictions contained in an Award Agreement, waive any
restriction or other provision of this Plan or an Award Agreement, or otherwise amend or modify an Award in any manner that is either (i) not adverse to the Participant who holds the Award or (ii) consented to by such Participant, provided
that no such action shall cause an Award to violate the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Company may grant an Award to an individual whom it expects to become an Employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate within the
following six months, with the Award subject to the individual’s actually becoming an Employee within that time, and subject to other terms and conditions the Company establishes. The Plan Administrator may correct any defect or supply any
omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan or in any Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent the Plan Administrator deems necessary or desirable to further the Plan purposes. Any decision of the Plan Administrator in the
interpretation and administration of this Plan shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion, and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned. 

(b) Indemnification. No Delegate (an “Indemnified Person”) shall be liable in any manner whatsoever in connection
with the administration, construction or interpretation of this Plan, except arising out of such person’s willful misconduct or as expressly provided by statute. Under no circumstances shall an Indemnified Person be liable for the acts of
another Indemnified Person. In the performance of its duties, an Indemnified Person shall be entitled to rely upon the information and advice furnished by the Company’s counsel, tax advisors and any other person whose information or advice the
Company deems necessary or advisable, and no Indemnified Person shall be liable for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon any such advice. The Company shall indemnify each Indemnified Person for any loss or damages that it, he or she incurs
in connection with, or arising out of, this Plan, except for any loss or damages that result from such Indemnified Person’s willful misconduct or as expressly provided by statute. 

 

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 4. Award Agreement. 

Each Award granted hereunder shall be described in a Grant Letter and an Award Agreement, which shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan. 
 5. Financial Measures and Award Calculation. 

(a) The Company will establish one or more objective performance goals for the Financial Measures for the Performance Cycle, including an
objective methodology to determine the MIP Funding Percentage that corresponds with the attained performance goals. The Company will certify the MIP Funding Percentage reached for a Performance Cycle within 60 days after the end of the Performance
Cycle. 
 (b) Eligible employees’ Awards for Performance Cycle will be calculated as specified in the Award Agreement.

 (c) The Target Award Amount for an eligible employee for a Performance Cycle shall be stated in the Grant Letter. 

6. Payment of Awards. 

Awards shall be paid in cash at the time specified in the Award Agreement; provided that if the Company fails to satisfy any financial
covenants contained within the Company’s debtor-in-possession financing, no outstanding payments shall be made with respect to any Award, unless failure to satisfy such financial covenants occurs as a result of modification of such covenants in
connection with extension of the debtor-in-possession financing. 
 7. Termination of Employment. 

The terms of the Award Agreement shall govern the treatment of any unpaid Awards payable to the Participant upon the termination of
employment. Termination of employment is governed by the laws of employment of the country in which the Participant is employed. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Participant who is a U.S. taxpayer shall be considered to
have terminated employment for purposes of the Plan and the Award Agreement unless the Participant would be considered to have incurred a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. 

8. Assignability. 

(a) The Participant’s rights under the Plan and any Award Agreement are personal. No assignment or transfer of the
Participant’s rights under and interest in an Award Agreement may be made by the Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any attempted assignment or transfer in violation of this Section 8 shall be null and
void. 
  

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 9. Tax Withholding. 

The Company shall have the right to deduct applicable taxes from any Award payment and withhold an appropriate amount of cash for payment
of taxes required by law, or to take such other action as, in the opinion of the Company, may be necessary to satisfy all obligations for withholding of such taxes. 

10. Amendments or Termination. 

The Company shall not amend, alter or terminate this Plan without consent of the Creditor Constituencies, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, unless such amendments are ministerial changes deemed necessary to comply with applicable laws, rules or regulations and the effect will not materially change the payouts under or the cost of the Plan; provided further that no
amendment, alteration or termination shall impair the rights of any Participant under any Award Agreement in effect at the time of such amendment, alteration or termination without the written consent of such Participant and that termination of the
Plan will be implemented in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code if and to the extent outstanding Awards are subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. 

11. Unfunded Plan. 

This Plan shall be unfunded. Any bookkeeping accounts established with respect to a Participant’s Award shall be used merely as a
convenience. Neither the Company, a Subsidiary nor an Affiliate shall be required to segregate any assets for the purpose of providing benefits hereunder, nor shall this Plan be construed as providing for such segregation. Furthermore, neither the
Company, the Supervisory Board of the Company, the Plan Administrator, a Subsidiary nor an Affiliate shall be deemed to be a trustee of any cash or rights determined with respect thereto under this Plan. Any liability or obligation of the Company to
any Participant with respect to an Award under this Plan shall be based solely upon any contractual obligations that may be created by this Plan and any Award Agreement, and no such liability or obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge or other encumbrance on any property of the Company or such Subsidiary. Neither the Company, the Supervisory Board of the Company, the Plan Administrator, a Subsidiary nor an Affiliate shall be
required to give any security or bond for the performance of any obligation that may be created by this Plan. 
  

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 12. No Right to Employment or Future Awards. 

The granting of an Award under the terms of this Plan shall not impose upon the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate any obligation to
maintain any Participant as an Employee, and shall not diminish the power of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate to discharge any Participant at any time. Nor shall the granting of an Award under the terms of this Plan confer any right to any
future Award. 
 13. Offsets for Certain Other Incentive Payments. 

The Company reserves the right to offset from payment of any Award any amount paid or owed to an eligible employee through an incentive
program, scheme, arrangement, or other plan required by law, regulation, custom, contract or agreement, other than payments made under the annual short-term incentive program for employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, provided
that no such offset shall cause an Award to violate the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. 
 14. Code
Section 409A Compliance Provisions for Participants who are U.S. Taxpayers. 
 For Participants who are U.S. taxpayers,
the Company intends that any amounts payable under the Plan must satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code in order to avoid imposition of applicable taxes thereunder. Thus, notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if
any Plan provision or amount under the Plan would result in the imposition of an applicable tax under Section 409A of the Code and related regulations and Treasury pronouncements, that Plan provision or amount may be reformed to avoid
imposition of the applicable tax, and no action taken to comply with Section 409A shall be deemed to adversely affect the rights of any Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor the Plan Administrator shall have any
obligation to take any action under this Section 14 that would impose any expenses upon or increase any costs to the Company. 

15. Tax Compliance. 

For Participants who are not U.S. taxpayers, Award payments are subject to compliance with the tax laws of the applicable jurisdictions.

 16. Tax Normalization for Expatriates. 

Grants of Awards and payments of Awards made to expatriate Employees will be, pursuant to the Company’s Expatriate Assignment
Policy, tax normalized based on typical income taxes and social security taxes in the expatriate Employee’s home country relevant to the expatriate Employee’s domestic circumstances. 

17. Construction. 

Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not
be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, the plural shall include the singular, and the singular shall
include the plural. 
  

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 18. Arbitration of Disagreements. 

(a) For Participants Paid on a U.S. Dollar Payroll: For Participants paid on a U.S. Dollar payroll, any dispute,
controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Award Agreement shall be settled by final and binding arbitration conducted by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) in the State of Delaware. The arbitrator shall be
selected by mutual agreement of the parties, if possible. If the parties fail to reach agreement upon appointment of an arbitrator within 30 days after one party receives the other party’s notice of desire to arbitrate, the arbitrator shall be
selected from a panel or panels submitted by the AAA. The selection process to be used is set forth in the rules of the AAA, but if the parties fail to select an arbitrator from one or more panels, AAA shall not have the power to appoint an
arbitrator but shall continue to submit additional panels until an arbitrator has been selected. All fees and expenses of the arbitration, including a transcript if requested, will be borne by the parties equally. 

(b) For Participants Paid other than on a U.S. Dollar Payroll: For Participants paid other than on a U.S. Dollar
payroll, any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Award Agreement shall be settled by final and binding arbitration conducted according to the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 

19. Governing Law. 

(a) For Participants Paid on a U.S. Dollar Payroll: For Participants paid on a U.S. Dollar payroll, this Plan and all
determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by mandatory provisions of the Code or the securities laws of the United States, shall be governed by, and construed and enforced according to, the laws of
the State of Delaware. 
 (b) For Participants Paid other than on a U.S. Dollar Payroll: For Participants paid other
than on a U.S. Dollar payroll, this Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by mandatory provisions of the tax or securities laws of the applicable jurisdiction, shall be governed
by, and construed and enforced according to, the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 
  

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