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LyondellBasell Industries NV Presents at DbAccess Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference
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Company Description

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Sector: Basic Materials

Industry: Specialty Chemicals

Country: United States

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Monday, June 3, 5:55 PM LyondellBasell (LYB) declares $0.50/share quarterly dividend. Forward yield 2.97% For shareholders of record June 03.Payable June 24.Ex-div date May 30. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, June 3, 11:29 AM Direct beneficiaries of rising U.S. energy production and the coming lower energy costs, according to BAML, are domestic oil production, refining, oil services and petrochemicals firms. The firm's top stocks to buy: Valero (VLO) in refining; LyondellBasell (LYB) in chemicals; Halliburton (HAL) in oilfield services; Hess (HES) in production; Union Pacific (UNP) in transportation. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, May 23, 3:11 PM Chatter says trading desks are busy with corporate buyback activity today as CFOs take advantage of a little selling to put repurchase plans into action. AAPL is the gorilla, having bumped its authorization to $60B from $10B. Others of note include: LyondellBasel (LYB), Merck (MRK) - which just entered an accelerated repurchase program, NetApp (NTAP), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Macy's (M), and Delta (DAL). There's also IBM - long with a reputation for issuing debt at lows in yield. Is their equity timing as good? 6 Comments
Wednesday, May 22, 4:07 PM LyondellBasell (LYB) says that shareholders at its annual meeting have approved the repurchase of up to 10% of the company's outstanding stock over the next 12 months. The repurchases will be executed from time to time through open market or privately negotiated transactions. Shares +1.1% AH. Comment! [On the Move]
Friday, April 26, 8:59 AM More on LyondellBasell's (LYB) Q1 results: Operating income in olefins and polyolefins in the Americas rose 58%, while sales of those chemicals in the Europe, Asia and International segment surged to $93M from $3M a year ago. Although "results improved from recent quarters, underlying economic and industry conditions have not," CEO Jim Gallogly says. Shares +1.7% premarket. Comment! [Commodities, Earnings, On the Move]
Friday, April 26, 7:07 AM LyondellBasell (LYB): Q1 EPS of $1.56 beats by $0.12. Revenue of $10.66B misses by $0.48B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Friday, April 26, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Friday’s open: ABBV, AEP, AON, ARLP, B, BKW, BPO, COV, CVX, DHI, DLR, DTE, FLIR, GDI, GNC, GT, HMSY, IMGN, ITRI, LAZ, LYB, MPW, NOV, SPG, TRP, TYC, VFC, VTR, WETF, WY Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, April 25, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Friday’s open: ABBV, AEP, AON, ARLP, B, BKW, BPO, COV, CVX, DHI, DLR, DTE, FLIR, GDI, GNC, GT, HMSY, IMGN, ITRI, LAZ, LYB, MPW, NOV, SPG, TRP, TYC, VFC, VTR, WETF, WY Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, March 28, 3:45 PM While North American specialty chemicals producers should continue to benefit from cost advantage and volume growth, they are unlikely to get help from global price gains in coming years, Credit Suisse says. The firm still sees a positive outlook for U.S. olefin and polyolefin producers such as DOW, LYB and {{WLK]], and chlor-alkali/vinyls producers such as OXY, OLN and AXLL. Comment! [Commodities, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, March 14, 2:52 PM Deutsche Bank is out with some posititve comments on LyondellBasell Industries (LYB +2.7%) today, raising its price target to $75 from $70 and reiterating its Buy rating on the back of its investor meeting. Deutsche's David Begleiter noted that LYB's investor meeting exceeded expectations as management increased its EBITDA target in 2016 from new capacity/improvement projects to $1.6 - $2.0B from $1B previously, and he's confident the company can earn $10 a share. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, March 13, 12:28 PM Lyondell Basell (LYB -1%) expects to complete by April the upgrade of its Houston refinery to run new heavy Canadian crude oil that will nearly triple its capacity to 175K bbl/day from 60K. LYB also plans to expand its Corpus Christi cracker by 800M lbs/year of ethylene, with construction scheduled to begin in 2014 and projected completion in 2015. Comment! [Energy]
Tuesday, March 12, 10:17 AM Strategas analyst Daniel Clifton sees a better than 50% chance the Keystone pipeline (TRP) will be approved by late summer, and he thinks seven stocks will benefit directly or indirectly: CNQ, COP, DE, XOM, LYB, PWR and VLO - companies which already are doing well, and adding incremental revenue from Keystone should only help to improve their top and bottom lines. 6 Comments [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, February 13, 6:01 PM LyondellBasell (LYB) says top shareholder Apollo Global Management (APO) plans to sell 25M shares in the chemical maker. LYB won’t receive any proceeds from the offering, and the number of ordinary shares won’t change. APO currently owns 153.7M shares of LYB, 27% of shares outstanding. LYB -0.7% AH. Comment! [Commodities]
Tuesday, February 12, 5:45 PM LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB) declares $0.40/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.64%. For shareholders of record Feb. 25. Payable Mar. 18. Ex-div date Feb. 21. The board will seek approval for share repurchase on May 22 at annual general meeting. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, February 4, 2:29 PM At least two analysts raise price targets for LyondellBasell (LYB +0.2%), seeing a favorable setup for 2013 as U.S. NGL-based feedstock costs continue to stay low and both propylene and ethylene contract prices in the U.S. increase. Imperial Capital expects continued accelerating EPS growth, with share repurchases potentially beginning in H2 and new capacity expansions starting up. Comment! [Commodities, Quick Ideas]
Friday, February 1, 2:36 PM LyondellBasell (LYB -2.4%) slips today, despite swinging to a Q4 profit as the company benefited from an easy comparison against a year-earlier period that was weighed down by debt repayment charges. Net income was $623M, or $1.09 a share, a reversal from net losses of $218M, or $0.38 a share, in the prior year period. LYB emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010, and like others in the chemicals industry, has benefited from low U.S. natural gas prices, although its revenue and profits had fallen of late on market weakness in Europe. Comment! [Earnings, On the Move]

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Jun 6, 11:02 AM
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wenlock00: I like $BT but want it at a lower price - they are deploying tons of fibre. Large pensions deficit though?
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ltfinger
Returning Upgrades (5/28/13): $HSIC, $HSY, $HTZ, $IJR, $IWB, $IWM, $KMB, $KORS, $LMCA, $LSE, $LYB, $MAKO, $MSI, $NOAH, $NOV, $ONXX, $OSTK
May 30, 9:02 AM
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Potential Downgrades (5/1/13): $HFC, $HIW, $HSNI, $IP, $JNJ, $LPLA, $LYB, $MDCO, $MSCC, $MTD, $NIHD, $NOW, $OSK, $PCH, $PH, $RDEN, $ROC
May 2, 10:35 PM
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Elliott Gue
Our take on US LNG exports. We agree with $LYB CEO Jim Gallogly: http://bit.ly/ZZWHoN
Apr 17, 9:22 AM
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http://bit.ly/16QqW7O LyondellBasell Announces Plans for NGL Fractionation at Corpus Christi $LYB $EQU $NSLP
Apr 11, 7:58 PM
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Andrew Shapiro
LyondellBasell Announces Plans for NGL Fractionation at Corpus Christi $LYB $EQU $NSLP
Apr 11, 7:57 PM
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New Downgrades (4/2/13): , $HPQ, $HUB.B, $IEX, $KBR, $LFUS, $LOPE, $LYB, $MATX, $MCF, $MWE, $MYRG, $NUE, $RLGY, $ROLL
Apr 3, 1:16 AM
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Potential Downgrades (3/27/13): $LEN, $LII, $LLL, $LYB, $MCRS, $OPEN, $PRGO, $RKUS, $SWK, $TOL, $TRV, $WLK
Mar 28, 10:10 AM
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Today's New Upgrades (3/6/13): $ALXN, $AMCX, $ASGN, $BIG, $BLK, $BWA, $C, $DGI, $DHI, $EW, $JCI, $JEC, $LL, $LYB, $MHO, $MTH, $ODFL
Mar 7, 7:52 AM
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This Week's Potential Downgrades (continued): $LOW, $LYB, $MCRS, $MDT, $MET, $NE, $NSR, $NUE, $OAS, $OKS, $OXY, $PNC, $PRU, $ROSE
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Kapitall
3 Low P/E European Large Caps With Rising Gross Margins $BT $CNH $LYB http://seekingalpha.com/a/vtsd
Jun 6, 11:02 AM
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wenlock00: I like $BT but want it at a lower price - they are deploying tons of fibre. Large pensions deficit though?
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Elliott Gue
Ethane prices hit 5-year low last Friday. Implications for MLPs and petchem names: http://bit.ly/12fmYUZ $LINE, $WLK, $LYB, $AMID
12/15/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: $LNCO ........Long.
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Ocean Man
Man, $LYB is up 18% since I added it to my watch list 3 weeks ago. Fat lot o' good that did me!
12/7/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: That reminds me gotta send $PSX christmas card that was "sweet" trade!
12/7/12
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wigit5: Speaking of $PSX just raised their dividend and announced a buyback... I should sell and wait for a dip to get back in...
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Ocean Man
Made good $ playing the recovery in $LYB after the special div came out last year. Meant to play it again this year. Thought ex-div was
11/21/12
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Ocean Man: today. Turns out it was last Thursday and the stock is up 8% from the lows of that day. Shoot.
11/21/12
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Ocean Man: Plan mentioned here back on the 5th: http://seekingalpha.com/s/8yhvv
11/21/12
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Ocean Man
In particular, I'm watching LYB. Up 3% Thursday on special div news, down 3.5% Friday on a 2ndary offering. Ex-div 11/19.
11/5/12
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Ocean Man: As of now, this is my top target if we get a drop this week due to the election or anything else. Made good $ on last year's special div.
11/5/12
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Ocean Man
Man, I remember riding LYB from 29 to 34 in Nov and being very pleased. That sucker's at 45 now?!
2/10/12
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John Rayhall: http://bloom.bg/yfRamk
2/10/12
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briandiplacido: It's so good to know this stuff happens to everyone. You guys are like the Baron Rothschilds of SA, LOL.
2/10/12
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John Rayhall
My boss always wants to have hour long meetings right when the mkt is about to open! So annoying! Lol Thinking of selling LYB for QCOR.
1/12/12
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John Rayhall: Trust me I am this close to quitting. It just sucks to be unemployed during the Winter I gotta make it to April lol
1/12/12
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John Rayhall: I know so much happens at the open could cost you a ton of money. I guess I could put orders in before but I like watching it.
1/12/12
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John Rayhall
LYB continuing it's tear higher. If you add in the special divi this puppy has returned like 20% in a few months.
1/11/12
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Ocean Man: I only caught about half of that. Got the div and a chunk of the recovery. Huge inside buying on this one about a month ago.
1/11/12
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John Rayhall: Ya it looks good right now. Heavy buying all around. http://bloom.bg/w9Dhmo
1/11/12
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John Rayhall
LYB all the way back and in the green from that big dvidend drop.
1/10/12
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John Rayhall: It keeps moving higer now it's 36.38 6% move today.
1/10/12
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John Rayhall: Up 8% now on heavy volume wow what a day for LYB.
1/10/12
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Ocean Man
Sold ELRC today for a 4% gain in 2 days. Sold some of my LYB, SNY, and NVS. LYB was up a bit, other 2 about where I bought them.
11/29/11
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Ocean Man: LYB had insider buys of $60M last week and another $30M this week, but the combo of European and chemical co scares me too much.
11/29/11
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golfitobob
Kudoos to George Maniere for LYB call. He was right an it did adjust ,so, div was gone before a move could be maid ! Didn't listen !
11/22/11
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John Rayhall: Ya I didn't realize it would happen today either but a strong company on it's own merits.
11/22/11
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1ras1
anyone see LYB this am what happen.
11/22/11
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Ocean Man: The 4.70 dividend came out this morning. Today is the ex-div date.
11/22/11
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Ocean Man: 4.75 actually.
11/22/11
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Bruce Whitaker
LYB likely to trade up if market stabilizes. Look for bounce Tuesday and Wednesday and sell before special $4.50 dividend Friday.
11/21/11
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Ocean Man: I thought that was weird too, how it seemed to be voted on after being taken out of the stock price. Today got you basically 3% (vs. the
11/21/11
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Ocean Man: market) since it didn't go down. $68M insider buy. It's not a $29 stock, so it should recover some of the ex-div drop.
11/21/11
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golfitobob
Got bk late FAS was 54.41 & dumped it @ 54.40 lost part commission.TVIX sale @ 65.30 in Pre was perfect.LYB came back& CLWR sale@1.65 + 27c
11/21/11
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Ocean Man: I kept waiting for TVIX to rise as stocks fell more and more, but it didn't, then it fell. I had wanted to sell a piece up there.....
11/21/11
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golfitobob: OM,im new 2TVIX & don't know its patterns,but,it didn't have its normal juice I got only one day left & 2 cash 4 B&B.So I'll just watch now
11/21/11
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Ocean Man
LYB reported a $68M insider buy this week. Jiminy Christmas.
11/18/11
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talbano: HLYS and IQNT had big inside buys too
11/18/11
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