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WLK · Westlake Corporation Common Stock

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October 5, 2026

Westlake Consolidates Brands, Shuts Cologne PVC Plant Amid Market Shift. Westlake Royal Building Products has merged its US Tile® and Newpoint™ roofing brands into a single name and added standing‑seam roofing assets, broadening its U.S. roofing footprint. At the same time the company is closing its Cologne PVC plant because the European market remains weak. Analysts have cut their price targets, reflecting a more cautious outlook on cash‑flow recovery.

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Insiders & Stakes

Albert Chao
President & CEO
642,880
Shares held
L. Benjamin Ederington
SVP, GC, CAO and Secretary
80,158
Shares held
Jenkins Dorothy C
Director
73,778
Shares held
James Chao
Chairman
49,774
Shares held
Kearns Roger L.
EVP and COO
45,785
Shares held
Mark Steven Bender
EVP and CFO
35,895
Shares held
Robert F. Buesinger
EVP, Vinyl Products
34,482
Shares held
R. Bruce Northcutt
Director
23,351
Shares held
Michael J. Graff
Director
23,310
Shares held
Kenner Andrew
SVP, Operations
20,362
Shares held
Janssens Thomas J.
SVP, Operations-PEM & Corp Log
17,127
Shares held
Jeffrey Wayne Sheets
Director
14,927
Shares held
Kimberly S. Lubel
Director
13,821
Shares held
Scott Thomas Szwejbka
SVP, HIP Segment Head
13,773
Shares held
Mark A. McCollum
Director
11,824
Shares held
Marius Haas
Director
11,631
Shares held
David Tsung-Hung Chao
Director
11,080
Shares held
John Tsung-chen Chao7,888
Shares held
Catherine T. Chao
Director
7,748
Shares held
Carolyn Chao Sabat5,748
Shares held
Jeffrey Adam Holy
VP and CAO
5,124
Shares held
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan
VP and CAO
4,416
Shares held
Roger A. Cregg
Director
3,507
Shares held

Transaction History

Albert Chao▼ Sell$597K
Albert Chao▼ Sell$2.5M
Albert Chao▲ Buy$2.4M
Jeffrey Wayne Sheets▲ Buy—
Carolyn Chao Sabat▲ Buy—
R. Bruce Northcutt▲ Buy—
Mark A. McCollum▲ Buy—
Kimberly S. Lubel▲ Buy—
Michael J. Graff▲ Buy—
Roger A. Cregg▲ Buy—
David Tsung-Hung Chao▲ Buy—
Catherine T. Chao▲ Buy—
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$514K
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$0
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$461K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$1.8M
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$408K
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$562K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$1.2M
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$1.7M
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$43K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$42K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$31K
John Tsung-chen Chao▼ Sell$9K
Scott Thomas Szwejbka▼ Sell$9K
Jeffrey Adam Holy▼ Sell$8K
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$34K
Albert Chao▼ Sell$235K
James Chao▼ Sell$148K
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$0
John Tsung-chen Chao▲ Buy$0
Albert Chao▲ Buy$0
Scott Thomas Szwejbka▲ Buy$0
Jeffrey Adam Holy▲ Buy$0
L. Benjamin Ederington▲ Buy$0
James Chao▲ Buy$0
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$0
Scott Thomas Szwejbka▼ Sell$29K
Jeffrey Adam Holy▼ Sell$21K
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$97K
James Chao▼ Sell$264K
John Tsung-chen Chao▼ Sell$24K
Albert Chao▼ Sell$504K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$89K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$120K
Scott Thomas Szwejbka▲ Buy$0
Jeffrey Adam Holy▲ Buy$0
L. Benjamin Ederington▲ Buy$0
James Chao▲ Buy$0
John Tsung-chen Chao▲ Buy$0
Albert Chao▲ Buy$0
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$0
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$0
Albert Chao▲ Buy$3.6M
Albert Chao▼ Sell$707K
Albert Chao▼ Sell$2.3M
Albert Chao▼ Sell$39K
Roger A. Cregg▲ Buy—
Scott Thomas Szwejbka▼ Sell$295K
Scott Thomas Szwejbka▲ Buy$0
James Chao▼ Sell$0
David Tsung-Hung Chao▲ Buy—
Michael J. Graff▲ Buy—
Catherine T. Chao▲ Buy—
Jeffrey Wayne Sheets▲ Buy—
Kimberly S. Lubel▲ Buy—
Mark A. McCollum▲ Buy—
R. Bruce Northcutt▲ Buy—
Carolyn Chao Sabat▲ Buy—
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$6K
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$8K
Janssens Thomas J.▼ Sell$67K
James Chao▼ Sell$724K
Albert Chao▼ Sell$1.5M
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$303K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$390K
Jeffrey Adam Holy▼ Sell$38K
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$323K
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$0
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$0
L. Benjamin Ederington▲ Buy$0
Albert Chao▲ Buy$0
Janssens Thomas J.▲ Buy$0
James Chao▲ Buy$0
Jeffrey Adam Holy▲ Buy$0
John Tsung-chen Chao▲ Buy$0
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$563K
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$24K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$429K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$18K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$6K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$15K
Jeffrey Adam Holy▼ Sell$23K
Jeffrey Adam Holy▼ Sell$1K
James Chao▼ Sell$11K
Albert Chao▼ Sell$649K
Albert Chao▼ Sell$28K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$475K
Janssens Thomas J.▼ Sell$2K
James Chao▼ Sell$244K
Janssens Thomas J.▼ Sell$36K
John Tsung-chen Chao▲ Buy$0
L. Benjamin Ederington▲ Buy$0
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$0
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$0
James Chao▲ Buy$0
Janssens Thomas J.▼ Sell$91K
Albert Chao▲ Buy$0
Jeffrey Adam Holy▲ Buy$0
Janssens Thomas J.▲ Buy$0
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$218K
Janssens Thomas J.▲ Buy$0
L. Benjamin Ederington▲ Buy$0
David Tsung-Hung Chao▼ Sell$226K
David Tsung-Hung Chao▼ Sell$228K
James Chao▼ Sell$0
Janssens Thomas J.▲ Buy$346K
Janssens Thomas J.▲ Buy$428K
Janssens Thomas J.▲ Buy$348K
Janssens Thomas J.▼ Sell$2.2M
Albert Chao▲ Buy$3.1M
Albert Chao▼ Sell$6.6M
Albert Chao▼ Sell$1K
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$168K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$403K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$168K
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$0
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$0
L. Benjamin Ederington▲ Buy$0
Kimberly S. Lubel▲ Buy—
Michael J. Graff▲ Buy—
Mark A. McCollum▲ Buy—
Marius Haas▲ Buy—
R. Bruce Northcutt▲ Buy—
David Tsung-Hung Chao▲ Buy—
Jeffrey Wayne Sheets▲ Buy—
Catherine T. Chao▲ Buy—
Carolyn Chao Sabat▲ Buy—
Carolyn Chao Sabat▲ Buy—
Catherine T. Chao▲ Buy—
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$555K
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$384K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$493K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$753K
James Chao▼ Sell$0
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▲ Buy$25K
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▲ Buy$32K
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▲ Buy$8K
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▼ Sell$99K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$560K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$18K
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▲ Buy$152K
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▲ Buy$80K
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▲ Buy$62K
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▼ Sell$394K
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$433K
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$829K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$1.8M
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$677K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$668K
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▼ Sell$88K
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▼ Sell$9K
Janssens Thomas J.▼ Sell$12K
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$546K
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$135
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$56K
James Chao▼ Sell$1K
James Chao▼ Sell$158K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$55K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$76K
L. Benjamin Ederington▼ Sell$135
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$530K
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$406
Albert Chao▼ Sell$2.9M
Albert Chao▼ Sell$2K
Mark Steven Bender▼ Sell$727K
Albert Chao▼ Sell$303K
Janssens Thomas J.▼ Sell$116K
James Chao▼ Sell$1.5M
L. Benjamin Ederington▲ Buy$0
James Chao▲ Buy$0
Albert Chao▲ Buy$0
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$0
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$0
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▲ Buy$0
Janssens Thomas J.▲ Buy$0
Albert Chao▲ Buy$0
James Chao▲ Buy$0
Janssens Thomas J.▲ Buy$0
Zoeller Johnathan Stevan▲ Buy$0
Robert F. Buesinger▲ Buy$0
Mark Steven Bender▲ Buy$0
L. Benjamin Ederington▲ Buy$0
James Chao▲ Buy$2.3M
James Chao▲ Buy$2.1M
James Chao▲ Buy$992K
James Chao▼ Sell$1.4M
James Chao▼ Sell$7.3M
Robert F. Buesinger▼ Sell$550K
James Chao▲ Buy$3.8M

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