Westlake (WLK) Form 4 WESTLAKE / James Chao ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Chao James

(Last) (First) (Middle)

2801 POST OAK BLVD., STE. 600

(Street)

HOUSTON TX 77056

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WESTLAKE CORP [ WLK ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
Chairman

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/30/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/30/2023		M		12,321	A	$68.09	132,961	D
Common Stock	08/30/2023		M		17,735	A	$44.42	150,696	D
Common Stock	08/30/2023		D		30,056	D	$133.703(1)	120,640	D
Common Stock								93,405,554	I	TTWF LP & TTWF GP LLC(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Option (right to buy)	$68.09	08/30/2023		M		12,321		(3)	02/20/2025	Common Stock	12,321	$0.00	0	D
Emplopyee Option (right to buy)	$44.42	08/30/2023		M		17,735		(4)	02/18/2026	Common Stock	17,735	$0.00	47,569	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions ranging from $133.50 to $134.375, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Westlake Corporation, any security holder of Westlake Corporation or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.

2. 92,010,554 shares of Issuer are held through TTWF LP, a Delaware limited partnership. 1,395,000 shares of the Issuer are held through TTWFGP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is the general partner of TTWF LP. Two trusts for the benefit of members of the Chao family, including the reporting person, are the managers of TTWFGP LLC. The limited partners of TTWF LP are five trusts, principally for the benefit of members of the Chao family, including the reporting person, and two corporations owned, indirectly or directly, by certain of these trusts and by other entities owned by members of the Chao family, including the reporting person. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

3. The stock options are exercisable in three installments of 33%, 33% and 34% on February 20, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively.

4. The stock options are exercisable in three installments of 33%. 33% and 34% on February 18, 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

Remarks:

	James Chao by J. Feng POA	08/31/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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