<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-21-021538.txt : 20211203
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20211203075657
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-021538
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211202
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211203
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211203

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Chao James
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001299505

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32260
		FILM NUMBER:		211468723

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77056

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001262823
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				760346924
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2801 POST OAK BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77056
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-960-9111

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2801 POST OAK BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77056
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            <rptOwnerName>Chao James</rptOwnerName>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
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            <officerTitle>Chairman</officerTitle>
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                <value>2021-12-02</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The stock options are excercisable in three equal installments on February 17, 2013, 2014 and 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">93,405,554 shares of Issuer are held through TTWF LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and TTWF GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and 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 shares investment and voting power with respect to the shares beneficially owned by TTWF LP and TTWFGP LLC. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>James Chao by Julia Feng POA</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-12-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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