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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

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LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.

 
 
 

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LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.

DELFTSEPLEIN 27E

3013 AA ROTTERDAM

THE NETHERLANDS

 

 
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Meeting Information

   
    Meeting Type:             Annual Meeting
   
    For holders as of:        May 4, 2018
   
    Date: June 1, 2018        Time: 8:30 a.m., Local Time
   
    Location:   Sheraton Hotel
   

                   Schiphol Airport

                   Schiphol Blvd. 101

                   1118 BG Amsterdam

                   The Netherlands

 

 

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The Management Board and Supervisory Board recommend you vote FOR the following proposal:

  1.    Adoption of the Proposed Amendments to our Articles of Association
  The Management Board and Supervisory Board recommend you vote FOR all of the nominees under the following proposals:
  2.    Election of directors to our unitary Board and our Supervisory Board, for the period following the meeting until the unitary Board is formally implemented or in the event the amendments to our Articles of Association are not adopted:
     2a.    Bhavesh (Bob) Patel (unitary Board only)
     2b.    Robert Gwin
     2c.    Jacques Aigrain
     2d.    Lincoln Benet
     2e.    Jagjeet Bindra
     2f.    Robin Buchanan
     2g.    Stephen Cooper
     2h.    Nance Dicciani
     2i.    Claire Farley
     2j.    Isabella Goren
     2k.    Bruce Smith
     2l.    Rudy van der Meer
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Election of directors to our Management Board, for the period following the meeting until the unitary Board is formally implemented or in the event the amendments to our Articles of Association are not adopted:

 

     3a.    Bhavesh (Bob) Patel
     3b.    Thomas Aebischer
     3c.    Daniel Coombs
     3d.    Jeffrey Kaplan
     3e.    James Guilfoyle
  The Management Board and Supervisory Board recommend you vote FOR the following proposals:
  4.    Adoption of Dutch Statutory Annual Accounts for 2017
  5.    Discharge from Liability of Members of the Management Board
  6.    Discharge from Liability of Members of the Supervisory Board
  7.    Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. as the Auditor for our 2018 Dutch Statutory Annual Accounts
  8.    Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2018
  9.    Ratification and Approval of Dividends in Respect of the 2017 Dutch Statutory Annual Account
  10.    Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote Approving Executive Compensation
  11.    Authorization to Conduct Share Repurchases
  12.    Authorization of the Cancellation of Shares
  13.    Amendment and Extension of Employee Stock Purchase Plan
       
       
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

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