POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of the following: L. Benjamin Ederington, Julia Feng and Joel Iglesias signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
| (1) | execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Westlake Chemical Corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned’s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company; |
| (2) | do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, including without limitation, all forms or reports necessary to obtain EDGAR Identification Numbers, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and |
| (3) | take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion. |
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming that all such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or case to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed effective as of December 19, 2016.
| TTWFGP LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ James Chao | |
| Name: | James Chao | |
| Title: | Authorized Representative | |
| By: | /s/ Albert Chao | |
| Name: | Albert Chao | |
| Title: | Authorized Representative | |
| By: | /s/ Dorothy C. Jenkins | |
| Name: | Dorothy C. Jenkins | |
| Title: | Authorized Representative | |
| STATE OF TEXAS | § | |
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| COUNTY OF HARRIS | § |
Before me on this 19th day of December, 2016, personally appeared James Chao, Albert Chao and Dorothy C. Jenkins and acknowledged to me that he executed the foregoing for the purposes therein expressed.
| /s/Amanda Helton | |
| Notary Public, State of Texas |
| My Commission Expires: | |
| December 9, 2017 |