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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;13, 2004</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Westlake Chemical Corporation</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
<I>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0346924</B><BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;600<BR>
Houston, Texas</B><BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I>
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77056</B><BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Westlake Chemical Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Stephen Wallace, Esq.<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Westlake Chemical Corporation<BR>
2801 Post Oak Boulevard<BR>
Houston, Texas 77056</B><BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: </I><B>(713)&nbsp;960-9111</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B><BR>
<B>J. David Kirkland, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Timothy S. Taylor, Esq.<BR>
Baker Botts L.L.P.<BR>
One Shell Plaza<BR>
910 Louisiana Street<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;229-1234<BR>
Fax: (713)&nbsp;229-1522</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6,327,000 shares
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">14.825</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">93,797,775</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">11,885</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers an
indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be offered or
issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions
or by reason of antidilution provisions of the Westlake Chemical
Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act on the
basis of the average of the high and low price of the Registrant&#146;s common
stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August&nbsp;11, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h17710exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h17710exv23w1.htm">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Westlake Chemical Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;), is
filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to its Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable pursuant to the terms
of the Westlake Chemical Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Note: The document(s) containing the employee benefit plan information
required by Item&nbsp;1 of Form S-8 and the statement of availability of registrant
information and any other information required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities
Act. In accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 and the requirements of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8,
such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the
Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in
accordance with the provisions of Rule&nbsp;428. Upon request, the Registrant shall
furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents
included in such file.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement incorporates herein by reference the following
documents which have been filed with the Commission by the Company:


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Prospectus, dated August&nbsp;10, 2004, as filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(4) of the Securities
Act; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;30, 2004, pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filling of such
documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in any amendment
hereto or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently-filed
supplement to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware law permits a corporation to adopt a provision in its certificate
of incorporation eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director,
but not an officer in his or her capacity as such, to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a
director for (1)&nbsp;any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (2)&nbsp;acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3)
liability under section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
&#147;DGCL&#148;) for unlawful payment of dividends or stock purchases or redemptions or
(4)&nbsp;any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company
provides that, to the fullest extent of Delaware law, no Company director shall
be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Delaware law, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any type of proceeding, other than
an action by or in the right of the corporation, because he or she


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation or other entity, against expenses, including
attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with such proceeding if: (1)&nbsp;he or she acted
in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and (2)&nbsp;with respect to any
criminal proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe that his or
her conduct was unlawful. A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit brought by or in the right of the corporation because
he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or other entity, against expenses,
including attorneys&#146; fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification will be made if the person is found
liable to the corporation unless, in such a case, the court determines the
person is nonetheless entitled to indemnification for such expenses. A
corporation must also indemnify a present or former director or officer has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, against expenses, including
attorneys&#146; fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her. Expenses,
including attorneys&#146; fees, incurred by a director or officer, or any employees
or agents as deemed appropriate by the board of directors, in defending civil
or criminal proceedings may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf
of such director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall
ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by
the corporation. The Delaware law regarding indemnification and the advancement
of expenses is not exclusive of any other rights a person may be entitled to
under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the DGCL, the termination of any proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that a person did not act in good
faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct
was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware law also provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
other entity, against any liability asserted against and incurred by such
person, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person against such liability.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws authorize
indemnification of any person entitled to indemnity under law to the full
extent permitted by law.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement
or incorporated by reference:

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A filed on August&nbsp;9,
2004 under Registration No.&nbsp;333-115790).</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Westlake Chemical Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.14 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A filed on August&nbsp;9, 2004 under Registration No.
333-115790).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture dated as of July&nbsp;31, 2003 by and among the Company, the
guarantors named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, relating to
8&nbsp;3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed on September
22, 2003 under Registration No.&nbsp;333-108982).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of 8&nbsp;3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.3).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Company is a party to other long-term debt instruments not filed
herewith under which the total amount of securities authorized does not
exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis. Pursuant to paragraph 4 (iii) (A)&nbsp;of Item&nbsp;601(b) of
Regulation&nbsp;S-K, the Company agrees to furnish a copy of such instruments
to the Commission upon request.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">*</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.</TD>
</TR>

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<P>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
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reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.</TD>

<P>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filling of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filling of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Houston, Texas, on the 13th day of August, 2004.

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Albert Chao
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" colspan="3">Albert Chao&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" colspan="3"><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on August&nbsp;13, 2004.

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    <TD width="64%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Albert Chao<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Albert Chao</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Ruth I. Dreessen<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Ruth I. Dreessen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ George J. Mangieri<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
George J. Mangieri</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Vice President and Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
James Chao</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Dorothy C. Jenkins</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="75%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Albert Chao</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Albert Chao<BR>
<I>Attorney-in-Fact</I></TD>
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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A filed on August&nbsp;9,
2004 under Registration No.&nbsp;333-115790).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Westlake Chemical Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.14 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A filed on August&nbsp;9, 2004 under Registration No.&nbsp;333-115790).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture dated as of July&nbsp;31, 2003 by and among the Company, the
guarantors named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, relating to
8&nbsp;3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed on September
22, 2003 under Registration No.&nbsp;333-108982).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of 8&nbsp;3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.3).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Company is a party to other long-term debt instruments not filed
herewith under which the total amount of securities authorized does not
exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis. Pursuant to paragraph 4 (iii) (A)&nbsp;of Item&nbsp;601(b) of
Regulation&nbsp;S-K, the Company agrees to furnish a copy of such instruments
to the Commission upon request.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2004
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Westlake Chemical Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
76-0346924
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 600
Houston, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
77056
(Zip Code)
Westlake Chemical Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stephen Wallace, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Westlake Chemical Corporation
2801 Post Oak Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77056
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(713) 960-9111
Copies to:
J. David Kirkland, Jr., Esq.
Timothy S. Taylor, Esq.
Baker Botts L.L.P.
One Shell Plaza
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 229-1234
Fax: (713) 229-1522
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Price
Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Price (2)
Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
6,327,000 shares
$
14.825
$
93,797,775
$
11,885
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an
indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be offered or
issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions
or by reason of antidilution provisions of the Westlake Chemical
Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act on the
basis of the average of the high and low price of the Registrant's common
stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 11, 2004.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Powers of Attorney
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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
Westlake Chemical Corporation (the "Registrant" or the "Company"), is
filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to its Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the terms
of the Westlake Chemical Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Note: The document(s) containing the employee benefit plan information
required by Item 1 of Form S-8 and the statement of availability of registrant
information and any other information required by Item 2 of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities
Act. In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8,
such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in
accordance with the provisions of Rule 428. Upon request, the Registrant shall
furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents
included in such file.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
This Registration Statement incorporates herein by reference the following
documents which have been filed with the Commission by the Company:
1.
The Company's Prospectus, dated August 10, 2004, as filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) of the Securities
Act; and
2.
The description of the Company's Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, contained in the Company's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on July 30, 2004, pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act").
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filling of such
documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in any amendment
hereto or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently-filed
supplement to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Delaware law permits a corporation to adopt a provision in its certificate
of incorporation eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director,
but not an officer in his or her capacity as such, to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a
director for (1) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (2) acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3)
liability under section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL") for unlawful payment of dividends or stock purchases or redemptions or
(4) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
The amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company
provides that, to the fullest extent of Delaware law, no Company director shall
be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director.
Under Delaware law, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any type of proceeding, other than
an action by or in the right of the corporation, because he or she
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is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation or other entity, against expenses, including
attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with such proceeding if: (1) he or she acted
in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and (2) with respect to any
criminal proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe that his or
her conduct was unlawful. A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit brought by or in the right of the corporation because
he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or other entity, against expenses,
including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification will be made if the person is found
liable to the corporation unless, in such a case, the court determines the
person is nonetheless entitled to indemnification for such expenses. A
corporation must also indemnify a present or former director or officer has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, against expenses, including
attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her. Expenses,
including attorneys' fees, incurred by a director or officer, or any employees
or agents as deemed appropriate by the board of directors, in defending civil
or criminal proceedings may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf
of such director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall
ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by
the corporation. The Delaware law regarding indemnification and the advancement
of expenses is not exclusive of any other rights a person may be entitled to
under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
Under the DGCL, the termination of any proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that a person did not act in good
faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct
was unlawful.
Delaware law also provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
other entity, against any liability asserted against and incurred by such
person, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person against such liability.
The Company's restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws authorize
indemnification of any person entitled to indemnity under law to the full
extent permitted by law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement
or incorporated by reference:
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1*
Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on August 9,
2004 under Registration No. 333-115790).
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4.2*
Westlake Chemical Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1/A filed on August 9, 2004 under Registration No.
333-115790).
4.3*
Indenture dated as of July 31, 2003 by and among the Company, the
guarantors named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, relating to
8 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September
22, 2003 under Registration No. 333-108982).
4.4*
Form of 8 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (included in Exhibit 4.3).
The Company is a party to other long-term debt instruments not filed
herewith under which the total amount of securities authorized does not
exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis. Pursuant to paragraph 4 (iii) (A) of Item 601(b) of
Regulation S-K, the Company agrees to furnish a copy of such instruments
to the Commission upon request.
5.1
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney.
*
Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii)
to include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement.
Provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
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reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filling of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filling of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Houston, Texas, on the 13th day of August, 2004.
WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
/s/ Albert Chao
Albert Chao
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on August 13, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/ Albert Chao
Albert Chao
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Ruth I. Dreessen
Ruth I. Dreessen
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ George J. Mangieri
George J. Mangieri
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*
James Chao
Chairman of the Board
*
Dorothy C. Jenkins
Director
*By:
/s/ Albert Chao
Albert Chao
Attorney-in-Fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1*
Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on August 9,
2004 under Registration No. 333-115790).
4.2*
Westlake Chemical Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1/A filed on August 9, 2004 under Registration No. 333-115790).
4.3*
Indenture dated as of July 31, 2003 by and among the Company, the
guarantors named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, relating to
8 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September
22, 2003 under Registration No. 333-108982).
4.4*
Form of 8 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (included in Exhibit 4.3).
The Company is a party to other long-term debt instruments not filed
herewith under which the total amount of securities authorized does not
exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis. Pursuant to paragraph 4 (iii) (A) of Item 601(b) of
Regulation S-K, the Company agrees to furnish a copy of such instruments
to the Commission upon request.
5.1
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney.
*
Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.
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