Westlake Growth & Investment Strategy
Net Debt to EBITDA
Westlake History of Maintaining A Strong Balance Sheet
Strong Balance Sheet
With Significant
Availability to Support
Future Growth and
Investment
Cash
$1,908M
Fully Undrawn Revolver
Total Available Liquidity
Total Debt
$1,000M
~$3,000M
0.9x
VS.
3.0x
$5,180M
Net Debt
to EBITDA
Peer
Average
As of December 31st, 2021
Debt maturity life of ~17 years
compared to peer average of
~7 years
Strong Credit Ratings Supports
Additional Funding
6.0x
5.0x
4.0x
3.0x
2.0x
1.0x
0.0x
S&P
BBB
Maintaining strong balance sheet while making
significant investments; Able to further de-lever in 2022
Temporary
Increase in debt
from Axiall
acquisition
Reduced
debt by
$500M+
Retired $1.2B
of debt
Retired
$254MM
of debt
Funded four
transformational
acquisitions
Fitch
BBB
Moody's
Baa2
Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP) &
Westlake Corporation:
•
Allows Westlake Corporation to capture a premium EBITDA
multiple and reinvest it back into its core businesses, providing
cost effective capital to fund future needs
Over $500M of equity proceeds raised by Westlake Partners
has been reinvested by Westlake Corporation to generate
incremental EBITDA at WLK
2015
98
2016
WLK
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Chemical
Building
Source: Bloomberg, Peer averages as of latest available year
Chemical peers includes: EMN, HUN, OLN, LYB, DOW; Building products peer includes: JHX, FBHS, MAS, PGTI, DOOR, CNR, JELD
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