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Hexion Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/17 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 8/11/17, at 4:03pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/17   ·   Accession #:  13239-17-24   ·   File #:  1-00071

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/11/17  Hexion Inc.                       10-Q        6/30/17   63:10M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    746K 
 2: EX-10.1     Separation Agreement                                HTML     85K 
 3: EX-10.2     Employment Agreement                                HTML    109K 
 4: EX-10.3     Long-Term Incentive Award Agreement                 HTML     49K 
 5: EX-31.1(A)  Section 302 CEO Certification                       HTML     27K 
 6: EX-31.1(B)  Section 302 CFO Certification                       HTML     27K 
 7: EX-32.1     Section 906 CEO & CFO Certification                 HTML     23K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     39K 
15: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    139K 
16: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     40K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
17: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     58K 
18: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     35K 
                Income                                                           
19: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    112K 
20: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity          HTML     39K 
                (Deficit)                                                        
21: R8          Background and Basis of Presentation                HTML     26K 
22: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     38K 
23: R10         Restructuring (Notes)                               HTML     39K 
24: R11         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     41K 
25: R12         Fair Value                                          HTML     49K 
26: R13         Debt Obligations                                    HTML     80K 
27: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     71K 
28: R15         Pension and Postretirement Expense                  HTML    104K 
29: R16         Segment Information                                 HTML    102K 
30: R17         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     64K 
                Level 1 (Notes)                                                  
31: R18         Income Taxes (Notes)                                HTML     24K 
32: R19         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    706K 
                Information                                                      
33: R20         Significant Accounting Policies Level 2 (Policies)  HTML     43K 
34: R21         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     33K 
35: R22         Fair Value Level 3 (Tables)                         HTML     41K 
36: R23         Debt Obligations Level 3 (Tables)                   HTML     74K 
37: R24         Commitments and Contingencies Level 3 (Tables)      HTML     50K 
38: R25         Pension and Postretirement Expense Level 3          HTML    105K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R26         Segment Information Level 3 (Tables)                HTML     99K 
40: R27         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     64K 
                Level 3 (Tables)                                                 
41: R28         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    704K 
                Information Level 3 (Tables)                                     
42: R29         Background and Basis of Presentation Level 4        HTML     21K 
                (Details) - Number of Reportable Segments                        
43: R30         Restructuring Restructuring and Cost Reduction      HTML     38K 
                Programs (Details)                                               
44: R31         Restructuring Changes in liabilities recorded       HTML     35K 
                related to contract termination costs and ARO                    
                (Details)                                                        
45: R32         Related Party Transactions Level 4 (Details)        HTML     89K 
46: R33         Fair Value Level 4 (Details) - Fair Value of Debt   HTML     30K 
47: R34         Debt Obligations Level 4 (Details)                  HTML     85K 
48: R35         Debt Obligations 2017 Refinancing Transactions      HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R36         Commitments and Contingencies Level 4 (Details) -   HTML     61K 
                Environmental Liabilities                                        
50: R37         Commitments and Contingencies Level 4 (Details) -   HTML     29K 
                Non-Environmental Liabilities                                    
51: R38         Pension and Postretirement Expense Level 4          HTML     46K 
                (Details) - Components of net pension and                        
                postretirement expense benefit                                   
52: R39         Segment Information Level 4 (Details) - Revenues    HTML     28K 
                by Segment                                                       
53: R40         Segment Information Level 4 (Details) - EBITDA by   HTML     29K 
                Segment                                                          
54: R41         Segment Information Level 4 (Details) -             HTML     57K 
                Reconciliation of Segment EBITDA to Net Income                   
55: R42         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     41K 
                Level 4 (Details) - Summary of Changes in                        
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                           
56: R43         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     23K 
57: R44         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML     32K 
                Information Level 4 (Details) - Additional                       
                Information                                                      
58: R45         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    173K 
                Information Level 4 (Details) - Consolidating                    
                Balance Sheets                                                   
59: R46         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML     98K 
                Information Level 4 (Details) - Consolidating                    
                Statement of Operations                                          
60: R47         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    108K 
                Information Level 4 (Details) - Consolidating                    
                Statement of Cash Flows                                          
62: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    108K 
61: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     73K 
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10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- msc-20170630_cal                XML    210K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- msc-20170630_def                 XML    795K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- msc-20170630_lab                      XML   1.43M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- msc-20170630_pre               XML    935K 
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63: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000013239-17-000024-xbrl      Zip    248K

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