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Special Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

This website contains forward-looking statements and information relating to us that are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, us.  You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate to matters of a strictly factual or historical nature and generally discuss or relate to forecasts, estimates or other expectations regarding future events.

Generally, words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "may," "can," "could," "might," "will" and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views and beliefs with respect to future events at the time that the statements are made, are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance and are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control.  Further, certain forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate and, accordingly, should not have undue reliance placed upon them.  Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation, and disclaim any duty, to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect new information, changes in our expectations or the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances.  The risk that actual results will differ materially from expectations expressed on this website will increase with the passage of time.

See Part I - Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent periodic filings we make with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for a description of risk factors that could significantly affect our financial results.  These documents are available on the SEC website http://www.sec.gov.  In addition, the following factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  These factors include, among other things:

• changes in general economic, business, political and regulatory conditions in the countries or regions in which we operate;
• the length and depth of product and industry business cycles, particularly in the automotive, electrical, textiles, electronics and construction industries;
• changes in the price and availability of raw materials, particularly changes in the demand for, supply of, and market prices of ethylene, methanol, natural gas, wood pulp and fuel oil and the prices for electricity and other energy sources;
• the ability to pass increases in raw material prices on to customers or otherwise improve margins through price increases;
• the ability to maintain plant utilization rates and to implement planned capacity additions and expansions;
• increased price competition and the introduction of competing products by other companies;
• market acceptance of our technology;
• the ability to obtain governmental approvals and to construct facilities on terms and schedules acceptable to us;
• changes in the degree of intellectual property and other legal protection afforded to our products or technologies, or the theft of such intellectual property;
• compliance and other costs and potential disruption or interruption of production or operations due to accidents, cyber security incidents, terrorism or political unrest, or other unforeseen events or delays in construction or operation of facilities, including as a result of geopolitical conditions, including the occurrence of acts of war or terrorist incidents, or as a result of weather or natural disasters;
• potential liability for remedial actions and increased costs under existing or future environmental regulations, including those relating to climate change;
• potential liability resulting from pending or future litigation, or from changes in the laws, regulations or policies of governments or other governmental activities in the countries in which we operate;
• changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates;
• our level of indebtedness, which could diminish our ability to raise additional capital to fund operations or limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or the chemicals industry; and
• various other factors, both referenced and not referenced in our periodic filings with the SEC.

Many of these factors are macroeconomic in nature and are, therefore, beyond our control.  Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results, performance or achievements may vary materially from those described on this website as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, planned or projected.