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8-K - FORM 8-K - WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPd381139d8k.htm
EX-5.1 - OPINION OF BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. - WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPd381139dex51.htm
EX-4.2 - FORM OF SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE - WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPd381139dex42.htm
EX-1.1 - UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT - WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPd381139dex11.htm
EX-12.1 - COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPd381139dex121.htm

Exhibit 8.1

 

 

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  ONE SHELL PLAZA      ABU DHABI
  910 LOUISIANA      AUSTIN
  HOUSTON, TEXAS      BEIJING
  77002-4995      DALLAS
       DUBAI
  TEL    +1      HONG KONG
  713.229.1234      HOUSTON
  FAX  +1      LONDON
  713.229.1522      MOSCOW
  www.bakerbotts.com     

NEW YORK

PALO ALTO

RIYADH

WASHINGTON

July 16, 2012

Westlake Chemical Corporation

2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 600

Houston, TX 77056

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Westlake Chemical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s proposed offering of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.600% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”) pursuant to (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration Statement No. 333-177119) filed by the Company and the subsidiary guarantors named therein with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), which relates to the offering and sale of various securities from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, and (ii) the prospectus supplement dated July 10, 2012 that the Company prepared and filed with the Commission on July 11, 2012 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the 1933 Act (the “Prospectus Supplement”).

Subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in the discussion in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Tax Consequences,” it is our opinion that the statements in such discussion, insofar as they constitute statements of United States federal income tax law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, fairly summarize the matters referred to therein in all material respects.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 8.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K reporting the offering of the Notes. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading “Legal Opinions” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement referred to above. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.