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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote ***

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 6, 2015.

 

LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.

 

 

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LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.

DELFTSEPLEIN 27E

3013 AA ROTTERDAM

THE NETHERLANDS

Meeting Information

 

  Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
  For holders as of: April 8, 2015
  Date: May 6, 2015 Time: 10:00 AM, Local Time

 

  Location: Delftseplein 27E
3013 AA Rotterdam
The Netherlands

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.

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Voting Items

 

The Management Board and Supervisory Board of Directors recommend you vote FOR all of the nominees:

 

1. To elect four supervisory directors:

 

  1a. Robin Buchanan, Class II director, to serve until the annual general meeting in 2018

 

  1b. Stephen F. Cooper, Class II director, to serve until the annual general meeting in 2018

 

  1c. Isabella D. Goren, Class II director, to serve until the annual general meeting in 2018

 

  1d. Robert G. Gwin, Class II director, to serve until the annual general meeting in 2018

 

2. To elect two managing directors to serve a three-year term:

 

  2a. Kevin W. Brown

 

  2b. Jeffrey A. Kaplan

The Management Board and Supervisory Board of Directors recommend you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

3. Adoption of Annual Accounts for 2014

 

4. Discharge From Liability of Members of The Management Board

 

5. Discharge From Liability of Members of The Supervisory Board

 

 

 

 

6. Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

7. Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. as our Auditor for the Dutch Annual Accounts

 

8. Ratification and Approval of Dividends in Respect of the 2014 Fiscal Year

 

9. Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote Approving Executive Compensation

 

10. Approval of Authority of the Supervisory Board to Issue Shares or Grant Rights to Acquire Shares

 

11. Approval for the Supervisory Board to Limit or Exclude Pre-emptive Rights from any Shares or Grants of Rights to Acquire Shares that it Issues

 

12. Approval of Amendment to The LyondellBasell N.V. 2012 Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

13. Approval to Repurchase up to 10% of Issued Share Capital
 

 

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