DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment (the Amendment) relates to the following Registration Statements on Form
S-8
(collectively, the Registration Statements) (note that the share numbers listed below do not take into account corporate actions, such as stock splits, taken in the interim):
Registration Statement
333-222472
registering 1,825,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the
Common Stock), of A. Schulman, Inc. (Schulman) for the A. Schulman, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.
Registration Statement
333-201419
registering 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock for the A. Schulman, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.
Registration Statement
333-178159
registering 500,000 shares of Common Stock for the A. Schulman, Inc. Executives and
Directors Stock Ownership Guidelines Compliance Program.
Registration Statement
333-171649
registering 1,375,000
shares of Common Stock for the A. Schulman, Inc. 2010 Value Creation Rewards Plan.
Registration Statement
333-164366
registering 250,000 shares of Common Stock for the A. Schulman, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Registration Statement
333-139236
registering 4,572,851 shares of Common Stock for the A. Schulman, Inc. 2006
Incentive Plan.
Registration Statement
333-102718
registering 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock for the A.
Schulman, Inc. 2002 Equity Incentive Plan.
Registration Statement
333-93093
registering 2,000,000 shares of
Common Stock for the 1981 Incentive Stock Option Plan of A. Schulman, Inc., the A. Schulman, Inc. 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and the A. Schulman, Inc. 1992
Non-Employee
Directors Stock Option Plan.
On August 21, 2018, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) completed its acquisition of A. Schulman, Inc.
(Schulman). Pursuant to the terms of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 15, 2018 (the Merger Agreement), by and among LYB, LYB Americas Holdco Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
LYB (Merger Sub) and Schulman, Merger Sub merged with and into Schulman, with Schulman continuing as the surviving corporation (the Merger). As a result of the Merger, Schulman became a wholly owned subsidiary of LYB.
At the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), each share of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Schulman
(Schulman Common Stock) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares of Schulman Common Stock held (a) in the treasury of Schulman or by Schulman or any wholly owned subsidiary of Schulman,
(b) by LYB, Merger Sub or any wholly owned subsidiary of LYB or (c) by any stockholder who is entitled to demand and properly demands appraisal of such shares pursuant to, and who complies in all respects with, Section 262 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law), was canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive (i) $42.00 in cash, and (ii) one contractual contingent value rights, in each case, without interest and subject to any applicable withholding
taxes.
As a result of the Merger, Schulman has terminated any offering of Schulmans securities pursuant to the Registration
Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by Schulman in Part II of each of the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that
remain unsold at the termination of the offering, Schulman hereby removes from registration all of such securities of Schulman registered but unsold under the Registration Statements, if any.