Basis of Financial Statements (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Financial Statements

Basis of Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited consolidated interim financial statements were prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for interim periods. Accordingly, certain information and footnotes required for complete financial statements under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") have not been included. These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Westlake Corporation, formerly known as Westlake Chemical Corporation (the "Company"), included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the "2021 Form 10-K"), filed with the SEC on February 23, 2022. The Company changed its name from Westlake Chemical Corporation to Westlake Corporation on February 18, 2022. These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the accounting principles and practices as disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Company operates as an integrated global manufacturer and marketer of performance and essential materials and housing and infrastructure products. These products include some of the most widely used materials in the world, which are fundamental to many diverse consumer and industrial markets, including residential construction, flexible and rigid packaging products, mobility and transportation products, healthcare products, materials used in turbines to generate wind energy, water treatment, coatings as well as other durable and non-durable goods. The Company's customers range from large chemical processors and plastics fabricators to small construction contractors, municipalities and supply warehouses throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

In the opinion of the Company's management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated interim financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary for a fair statement of the Company's financial position as of March 31, 2022, its results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, and the changes in its cash position for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

Results of operations and changes in cash position for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that will be realized for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 or any other interim period. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recasting of Certain Prior Period Information

The Company had historically operated in two principal operating segments, Vinyls and Olefins. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company reorganized its business into two principal operating segments, Performance and Essential Materials and Housing and Infrastructure Products. These reporting changes have been retrospectively reflected in the segment results for all periods presented.

Recent Accounting Pronouncement

Business Combinations - Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers Update (ASU No.2021-08)

In October 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an accounting standards update that requires acquiring entities to recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities in a business combination in accordance with the accounting guidance on Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). The guidance in this update improves comparability for both the recognition and measurement of acquired revenue contracts with customers as of the date of and after a business combination. The accounting standard will be effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022. Early adoption of the guidance is permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this standard on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.