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Clariant rejects LyondellBasell’s allegations against four companies related to the 2020 competition law infringement
AD HOC ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO ART. 53 LR Muttenz, 18 July 2025 Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that on 16 July 2025, the company received a claim for damages against four companies, including Clariant, from LyondellBasell with the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The claim alleges damages totaling to around EUR 1.6 billion in relation to infringement of competition law on the ethylene purchasing market which was sanctioned by the European Comm
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