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Tronox Holdings plc

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 1, 2025.

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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 1, 2025

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share, per share and metric tons data or unless otherwise noted)

  1. The Company

Tronox Holdings plc (referred to herein as "Tronox", the "Company", "we", "us", or "our") operates titanium-bearing mineral sand mines and beneficiation operations in Australia and South Africa to produce feedstock materials that can be processed into TiO 2 for pigment, high purity titanium chemicals, including titanium tetrachloride, and Ultrafine© titanium dioxide used in certain specialty applications. Our strategy is to be vertically integrated and produce enough feedstock materials to be as self-sufficient as possible in the production of TiO 2 at ournine TiO 2 pigment facilities located in the United States, Australia, Brazil, UK, France, the Netherlands, China and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”). We believe that vertical integration is the best way to achieve our ultimate goal of delivering low cost, high-quality pigment to our coatings and other TiO 2 customers throughout the world. The mining, beneficiation and smelting of titanium bearing mineral sands creates meaningful quantities of zircon, pig iron and the rare-earth bearing mineral, monazite, which we also supply to customers around the world.

We are a public limited company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are registered under the laws of England and Wales.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

In management’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, considered necessary for a fair statement of its financial position as of March 31, 2025, and its results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all majority-owned subsidiary companies. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the manner and presentation in the current period.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. It is at least reasonably possible that the effect on the financial statements of a change in estimate due to one or more future confirming events could have a material effect on the financial statements, including, among other things, any potential impacts on the economy as a result of macroeconomic conditions, inflationary pressures, political instability, and supply chain disruptions.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures". The amendments in this update apply to all entities that are subject to Topic 740, Income Taxes. The standard requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity's effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The guidance will be applied on a prospective basis with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating any incremental disclosures required as a result of this standard.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, "Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses". The amendments in this update apply to all public business entities. The standard requires that at each interim and annual reporting period an entity disclose additional information about specific expense categories in commonly presented expense captions within the notes to the financial statements. Further the amendments require that an entity include certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed by current GAAP in the same disclosure as the other disaggregation requirements, disclose a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively, and disclose the total amount of selling expenses and an entity's definition of selling expenses (in annual reporting periods). The amendments in this update are effective for annual period beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The guidance should be applied either (1) prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date of this update or (2) retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statement. We are currently evaluating the impact this standard will have on our financial statements.

  1. Restructuring and Other Charges

In March 2025, Tronox announced that it has informed its Netherlands' labor force that it proposes to idle its 90,000 metric ton per year TiO 2 plant in the Netherlands indefinitely, as a result of a strategic review it undertook of the Company's global asset footprint. The Company believes this decision will optimize its global production footprint and improve its capacity utilizations. Approximately 240 employees will be impacted by the action. As a result of this decision, the Company expects to record total restructuring and other related charges of approximately $130-160 million, $55-65 million of which is expected to be related to non-cash items, arising from idling site operations which is currently expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.

The Company recorded the following charge for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as a result of this action:

Three Months Ended March 31,
2025
Severance and employee benefits$8
Idling activities6
Asset retirement obligation adjustments11
Contract abandonment and other charges7
Total cash charges32
Asset disposal charges53
Other non-cash charges1
Total non-cash charges54
Total restructuring and other charges$86

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, Tronox incurred $32 million of cash charges. These charges included $8 million in severance and employee separation benefits charges, $6 million for activities associated with idling site operations, $11 million associated with asset retirement obligation adjustments and $7 million of contract early termination charges. Tronox expects to incur incremental expenses associated with these items through the first half of 2026 as severance and employee benefit obligations become due, site idling activities occur and contracts are terminated.

In addition, the Company has recorded a non-cash charge of $54 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 primarily associated with asset write-downs and accelerated depreciation associated with assets which are not redeployable to other locations of the Company. Assets at the site will continue to be evaluated for redeployment to other locations throughout the idling process which could result in changes to the amount of asset write-downs and accelerated depreciation.

Rollforward of restructuring and other charges reserve

The following table shows a rollforward of restructuring and other charges reserves that will result in cash spending. These amounts exclude asset retirement obligations, which is included in "Asset retirement obligations" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet:

Amount
Balance at January 1, 2025$—
Change in reserves21
Cash payments(2)
Foreign currency translation and other—
Balance at March 31, 2025$19

Cash payments associated with the liability at March 31, 2025 are expected to occur through the second quarter of 2026. As of March 31, 2025, $11 million and $8 million are recorded within "Accrued liabilities" and "Other long-term liabilities", respectively, on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

  1. Revenue

We recognize revenue at a point in time when the customer obtains control of the promised products. For most transactions this occurs when products are shipped from our manufacturing facilities or at a later point when control of the products transfers to the customer at a specified destination or time.

Contract assets represent our rights to consideration in exchange for products that have transferred to a customer when the right is conditional on situations other than the passage of time. For products that we have transferred to our customers, our rights to the consideration are typically unconditional and only the passage of time is required before payments become due. These unconditional rights are recorded as "Accounts receivable" in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, we didnot have any material contract asset balances.

Contract liabilities represent our obligations to transfer products to a customer for which we have received consideration from the customer. From time to time, we may receive advance payment from our customers that is accounted for as deferred revenue. Deferred revenue is earned when control of the product transfers to the customer, which is typically within a short period of time from when we received the advanced payment. Contract liability balances as of both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were less than $1 million. Contract liability balances were reported as “Accounts payable” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. All material contract liabilities as of December 31, 2024 were recognized as revenue in “Net sales” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the first quarter of 2025.

Disaggregation of Revenue

We operate underone operating and reportable segment, Tronox. See Note 21 for further details. We disaggregate our revenue from contracts with customers by product type and geographic area. We believe this level of disaggregation appropriately depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of our revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors and reflects how our business is managed.

Net sales to external customers by geographic areas where our customers are located were as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
North America$198$192
South and Central America4646
Europe, Middle-East and Africa312309
Asia Pacific182227
Total net sales$738$774

Net sales from external customers for each similar type of product were as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
TiO2$584$605
Zircon6988
Other products8581
Total net sales$738$774

Other products mainly include pig iron, TiCl 4 and other mining products.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, our ten largest third-party customers represented 39% and 37%, respectively, of our consolidated net sales. During both the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, no single customer accounted for 10% of our consolidated net sales.

  1. Income Taxes

Our operations are conducted through various subsidiaries in a number of countries throughout the world. We have provided for income taxes based upon the tax laws and rates in the countries in which operations are conducted and income is earned.

Income before income taxes is comprised of the following:

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20252024
Income tax provision$(5)$(11)
(Loss) income before income taxes$(106)$2
Effective tax rate(5)%550%

Tronox Holdings plc, a U.K. public limited company is the parent company for the business group, and the statutory tax rate in the U.K. at both March 31, 2025 and 2024 was 25%. The effective tax rates for both the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are impacted by a variety of factors including income and losses in jurisdictions with valuation allowances, non-taxable income and expense items, prior year accruals, and our jurisdictional mix of income at tax rates different than the U.K. statutory rate.

At each reporting date, we perform an analysis to determine the likelihood of realizing our deferred tax assets and whether any valuation allowances are required. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income (including the reversals of deferred tax liabilities) during the periods in which those deferred tax assets will become deductible. Our analysis takes into consideration all available positive and negative evidence, including prior operating results, the nature and reason for any losses, our forecast of future taxable income, utilization of tax planning strategies, and the dates on which any deferred tax assets are expected to expire. These assumptions and estimates require a significant amount of judgment and are made based on current and projected circumstances and conditions.

We continue to maintain full valuation allowances related to the total net deferred tax assets in Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as we cannot objectively assert that these deferred tax assets are more likely than not to be realized. Until these valuation allowances are eliminated, provisions for income taxes for these jurisdictions will include no tax benefits with respect to losses incurred and tax expense only to the extent of current tax payments. Additionally, we have valuation allowances against specific tax assets in China, South Africa and the United States.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company received notification that the Australian Taxation Office ("ATO") initiated an audit of Tronox Limited, Tronox Holdings plc and their associates for the calendar years 2017 - 2022. The Company is responding to requests for information on this audit.

The Company currently hasno uncertain tax positions recorded. We believe that we have made adequate provisions for income taxes that may be payable with respect to years open for examination or currently under examination. With regard to years under examination, the ultimate outcome is not presently known and, accordingly, adjustments to our provisions may be necessary and/or reclassifications of noncurrent tax liabilities to current may occur in the future.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the United Kingdom enacted legislation consistent with guidance from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") for the implementation of the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar Two). Additionally, various other jurisdictions have now implemented domestic minimum taxes which are in effect. Neither the UK multinational top-up tax nor any jurisdiction's domestic minimum tax are expected to have a material impact on our income tax provisions for 2025.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, Australia enacted legislation which changed its thin capitalization regime. The Company is continuing to analyze the full impact of this change and has posted both permanent and timing adjustments based on its current understanding of the new Australian legislation. As the ATO issues future guidance around its requirements in this area, the Company will further refine its calculations. The impacts of these adjustments are offset by a full valuation allowance for Australia.

  1. Loss Per Share

The computation of basic and diluted loss per share for the periods indicated is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Numerator - Basic and Diluted:
Net loss$(111)$(9)
Less: Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest——
Net loss available to ordinary shares$(111)$(9)
Denominator - Basic and Diluted:
Weighted-average ordinary shares, basic (in thousands)158,138157,331
Weighted-average ordinary shares, diluted (in thousands)158,138157,331
Basic net loss per ordinary share$(0.70)$(0.06)
Diluted net loss per ordinary share$(0.70)$(0.06)

Net loss per ordinary share amounts were calculated from exact, not rounded net loss and share information. Anti-dilutive shares not recognized in the diluted net loss per share calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

Shares
Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Options—4,397
Restricted share units5,215,7741,285,008
  1. Accounts Receivable Securitization Program

On March 15, 2022, the Company entered into an accounts receivable securitization program (“Securitization Facility”) with a financial institution ("Purchaser"), through our wholly owned special purpose bankruptcy-remote subsidiary Tronox Securitization LLC (“ SPE”). As the Company does not maintain effective control over the sold receivables, we derecognize the sold receivables from our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and classify the cash proceeds as source of cash from operating activities in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

In March 2025, the Securitization Facility was amended (the "Fifth Amendment") to extend the program term to March 2028. The facility limit remains at $230 million.

The program is structured on a revolving basis under which cash collections from receivables are used to fund additional purchases of receivables at 100% face value, not to exceed the facility limit. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the total value of accounts receivables sold under the Securitization Facility and derecognized from the Company's unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was $230 million and $215 million, respectively. As a result of periodic decreases in accounts receivable sold to the Purchaser, at December 31, 2024 the Company recorded $15 million due to the Purchaser within "Accounts payable" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. This amount was paid in January 2025. There was no corresponding amount in Accounts Payable as of March 31, 2025. Additionally, at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we retained approximately $138 million and $109 million, respectively, of unsold receivables which we pledged as collateral for the sold receivables.

The following table sets forth a summary of the receivables sold and fees incurred under the program during the related periods:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Cash proceeds from collections reinvested in the program$256$222
Incremental accounts receivables sold271236
Fees incurred143

1 Amounts relate to monthly utilization of the Securitization Facility and are recorded in "Other expense, net" in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

  1. Inventories, Net

Inventories, net consisted of the following:

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Raw materials$327$329
Work-in-process137129
Finished goods, net899855
Materials and supplies, net242238
Inventories, net$1,605$1,551

Materials and supplies, net consists of processing chemicals, maintenance supplies and spare parts, which will be consumed directly and indirectly in the production of our products.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there was approximately $60 million and $59 million, respectively, of inventory that is not expected to be sold within one year and as such, has been recorded in "Other long-term assets" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, inventory obsolescence reserves primarily for materials and supplies were $43 million and $44 million, respectively. Reserves for lower of cost or market and net realizable value were $27 million and $28 million at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

  1. Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation, consisted of the following:

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Land and land improvements$238$236
Buildings418407
Machinery and equipment2,7922,621
Construction-in-progress404490
Other3735
Subtotal3,8893,789
Less: accumulated depreciation(1,967)(1,862)
Property, plant and equipment, net$1,922$1,927

Substantially all of the property, plant and equipment, net is pledged as collateral for our debt.

The table below summarizes depreciation expense related to property, plant and equipment for the periods presented, recorded in the specific line items in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Cost of goods sold$53$56
Selling, general and administrative expenses11
Total$54$57
  1. Mineral Leaseholds, Net

Mineral leaseholds, net of accumulated depletion, consisted of the following:

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Mineral leaseholds$1,258$1,249
Less: accumulated depletion(644)(633)
Mineral leaseholds, net$614$616

Depletion expense relating to mineral leaseholds recorded in “Cost of goods sold” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations was $8 million and $7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

  1. Intangible Assets, Net

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization, consisted of the following:

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Gross CostAccumulatedAmortizationNet CarryingAmountGross CostAccumulatedAmortizationNet CarryingAmount
Customer relationships$292$(275)$17$291$(270)$21
TiO2 technology94(53)4194(51)43
Internal-use software and other247(62)185239(59)180
Intangible assets, net$633$(390)$243$624$(380)$244

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, internal-use software included approximately $122 million and $116 million, respectively, of capitalized software costs which are not being amortized as the software is not ready for its intended use.

The table below summarizes amortization expense related to intangible assets for the periods presented, recorded in the specific line items in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Cost of goods sold$2$1
Selling, general and administrative expenses77
Total$9$8

Estimated future amortization expense related to intangible assets is $33 million for the remainder of 2025, $28 million for 2026, $32 million for 2027, $32 million for 2028, $30 million for 2029 and $88 million thereafter.

  1. Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Supplemental Information

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Employee-related costs and benefits$99$107
Related party payables1213
Interest317
Sales rebates4340
Taxes other than income taxes99
Asset retirement obligations1414
Other accrued liabilities5947
Accrued liabilities$239$247

Additional supplemental cash flow information for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 and as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
Supplemental non cash information:20252024
Operating activities - Chloride slag inventory purchases made from AMIC (including VAT)$11$18
Operating activities - MGT sales made to AMIC$2$2
Investing activities - In-kind receipt of AMIC loan repayment$11$18
Financing activities - Repayment of MGT loan$2$2
March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Capital expenditures acquired but not yet paid$51$91
  1. Debt

Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt, net of an unamortized discount and debt issuance costs, consisted of the following:

OriginalPrincipal · AnnualInterest Rate · MaturityDate · March 31, 2025 · December 31, 2024
2024 Term Loan Facility, net of unamortized discount(1)741Variable4/4/2029736735
2024-B Term Loan Facility, net of unamortized discount(1)902Variable9/30/2031894896
Senior Notes due 20291,0754.625%3/15/20291,0751,075
RMB Term Loan Facility(1)64Variable8/16/20295758
Australian Government Loan, net of unamortized discountN/AN/A12/31/203611
MGT Loan(2)36VariableVariable1719
Finance leases4142
Long-term debt2,8212,826
Less: Long-term debt due within one year(38)(35)
Debt issuance costs(30)(32)
Long-term debt, net$2,753$2,759

(1)The average effective interest rate on the 2024 Term Loan Facility (including the impacts of the interest rate swaps), the 2024-B Term Loan Facility (including the impacts of the interest rate swaps), the Standard Bank Term Loan Facility and the RMB Term Loan Facility was 7.3%,6.5%, and 10.1%, respectively, during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The average effective interest rate on the previous Term Loan Facility (including the impacts of the interest rate swaps), the previous 2022 Term Loan Facility, the previous 2023 Term Loan Facility and the previous Standard Bank Term Loan Facility was 5.7%,9.0%,9.2% and 10.6%, respectively, during the three months ended March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2025, the applicable margin on the 2024 Term Loan Facility, the 2024-B Term Loan Facility and the RMB Term Loan Facility was 2.25%,2.50% and 2.35%, respectively.

(2)The MGT loan is a related party debt facility. The average effective interest rate on the MGT loan was 6.1% and 6.0% during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, respectively.

Short-Term Debt

Short-term debt consisted of the following:

Annual Interest RateMaturity DateMarch 31, 2025December 31, 2024
New Cash Flow Revolver(1)Variable8/15/2029$50$33
RMB Revolving Credit Facility(1)Variable8/16/20276021
Emirates Revolver(1)Variable6/4/202558—
SABB Credit Facility(1)Variable12/16/202511—
Insurance premium financing8.6%5/31/2025411
Short-term debt$183$65

(1) The average effective interest rate on the new Cash Flow Revolver, the RMB Revolving Credit Facility, the Emirates Revolver, and the SABB Credit Facility was 7.9%,9.63%,5.80%, and 7.11%, respectively, during the three months ended

March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, the applicable margin on the new Cash Flow Revolver, the RMB Revolving Credit Facility, the Emirates Revolver, and the SABB Credit Facility was 2.25%,2.25%,1.75%, and 1.50%, respectively.

As of April 28, 2025, the total outstanding principal balance on our short-term debt facilities was approximately $212 million (excluding the insurance premium financing).

Insurance premium financing

In August 2024, the Company entered into a $29 million insurance premium financing agreement with a third-party financing company. The financing balance required a 37% down payment and is repaid in monthly installments over 9 months at an 8.6% fixed annual interest rate. As of March 31, 2025, the financing balance was $4 million and is recorded in "Short-term debt" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Debt Covenants

As of March 31, 2025, we are in compliance with all financial covenants in our debt facilities.

  1. Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivatives recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:

The following table is a summary of the fair value of derivatives outstanding at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

Fair Value
March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Assets(a)Accrued LiabilitiesAssets(a)Accrued Liabilities
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Currency Contracts$—$8$—$13
Interest Rate Swaps$18$—$33$—
Total Hedges$18$8$33$13
Derivatives Not Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Currency Contracts$—$—$1$5
Total Derivatives$18$8$34$18

(a) At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, current assets of $18 million and $34 million, respectively, are recorded in prepaid and other current assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Derivatives' Impact on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations:

The following table summarizes the impact of the Company's derivatives on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations:

Amount of Pre-Tax Gain (Loss) Recognized in Earnings · Amount of Pre-Tax Gain (Loss) Recognized in Earnings
RevenueCost of Goods SoldOther expense, netCost of Goods SoldOther expense, net
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 · Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Currency Contracts$—$—$—$—$(6)
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
Natural Gas Hedges$—$—$—$(1)$—
Total Derivatives$—$—$—$(1)$(6)

Interest Rate Risk

As a result of the 2024 Amendment associated with the 2024 Term Loan Facility, the Company noted that the hedged transaction associated with the interest rate swap with a notional value of $200 million (which converted the variable rate to a fixed rate for a portion of the 2022 Term Loan Facility) had changed as the hedged transaction would now convert the variable rate to a fixed rate for a portion of the 2024 Term Loan Facility. There were no amendments to the terms of the $200 million interest rate swap, including the notional value, index rate, or expiration date as a result of the 2024 Amendment. However, given the change in the hedged transaction, we completed a hedge effectiveness test and determined that this hedge instrument continues to be highly effective at achieving offsetting cash flows related to the hedged transaction, enabling us to continue to apply hedge accounting over the remaining term of this hedge relationship.

In line with the original maturity date, one of the interest rate swap agreements (notional value of $250 million) expired in September 2024. As a result of this, on September 26, 2024, the Company entered intotwo new interest-rate swap agreements for a notional of $125 million each with two counterparty banks, for an aggregate notional of $250 million. These new agreements are effective as of September 30, 2024 and will mature on September 30, 2031, in line with the maturity date of the 2024-B Term Loan Facility following Amendment No.6. The Company has designated thesetwo new hedges as cash flow hedges with the objective of ensuring that the Company continues to achieve the offsetting effect to the interest rate volatility associated with the $250 million portion of the 2024-B Term Loan Facility.

Additionally, on September 26, 2024, the counterparty bank associated with one of the existing interest rate swap contracts (notional value of $250 million) novated its rights and obligations in the interest rate swap contracts to a new counterparty. No other terms and conditions of the interest rate swap contract were impacted by this transaction. We also determined that it is probable the new counterparty will perform its obligations under the interest rate swap agreements. However, following the novation, the Company terminated the existing interest rate swap agreement and simultaneously entered into a new interest rate swap agreement with the new counterparty bank with an effective date of September 30, 2024 and expiring on September 30, 2031 (in line with the maturity date of the 2024-B Term Loan Facility). At the time of this change, the Company determined that the interest payments hedged are still probable to occur, therefore, the gains accumulated of $3 million on the previous interest rate swap are being amortized into interest expense through March 11, 2028, the original maturity of the previous term loan agreement. As a result of this transaction, we completed a hedge effectiveness test and determined that this hedge instrument is highly effective at achieving offsetting cash flows related to the hedged transaction, enabling us to apply hedge accounting over the term of the new hedge relationship.

As of March 31, 2025, the Company maintains a total of $950 million of interest rate swaps (with $450 million maturing in March 2028 and $500 million maturing in September 2031) with the objective in using the interest-rate swap agreements to add stability to interest expense and to manage the Company's exposure to interest rate movements. These interest rate swaps have been designated as cash flow hedges and involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount. Fair value gains or losses on these cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss and are subsequently reclassified into interest expense in the same periods during which the hedged transactions affect earnings.

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the net unrealized gain of $11 million and the net unrealized gain of $26 million, respectively, was recorded in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the amounts recorded in interest expense related to the interest-rate swap agreements was $2 million, of which less than $1 million was reclassified from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" to interest expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the net amounts recorded in interest expense related to the interest-rate swap agreements was $8 million, of which $2 million was reclassified from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" to interest expense.

Foreign Currency Risk

From time to time, we enter into foreign currency contracts used to hedge forecasted third party non-functional currency sales for our South African subsidiaries. From time to time, we enter into foreign currency contracts used to hedge forecasted non-functional currency cost of goods sold and forecasted non-functional currency selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A expenses") for our Australian subsidiaries. Historically, we have used a combination of zero-cost collars or forward contracts to reduce the exposure. These foreign currency contracts are designated as cash flow hedges. Changes to the fair value of these foreign currency contracts are recorded as a component of other comprehensive (loss) income, if these contracts remain highly effective, and are recognized in net sales, costs of goods sold or SG&A expenses in the period in which the forecasted transaction affects earnings or are recognized in other expense, net when the transactions are no longer probable of occurring. As of March 31, 2025, we had notional amounts of 404 million Australian dollars ($252 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate) that expire between April 24, 2025 and December 24, 2025 to reduce the exposure of our Australian subsidiaries’ cost of sales to fluctuations in currency rates. As of March 31, 2025, we had notional amounts of 19 million Australian dollars ($12 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate) that expire between April 24, 2025 and December 24, 2025 to reduce the exposure of our Australian subsidiaries’ SG&A expenses to fluctuations in currency rates. As of March 31, 2025, we had no outstanding amounts to reduce the exposure of our South African subsidiaries' third party sales to fluctuations in currency rates. At March 31, 2025, there was a net unrealized gain of $10 million recorded in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, which is expected to be fully recognized in earnings over the next twelve months. At December 31, 2024, there was a net loss of $14 million recorded in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

From time to time, we enter into foreign currency contracts for the South African Rand, Australian Dollar, Euro, Pound Sterling, and Saudi Riyal to reduce exposure of our subsidiaries’ balance sheet accounts not denominated in our subsidiaries’ functional currency to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Historically, we have used forward contracts to reduce the exposure. For accounting purposes, these foreign currency contracts are not considered hedges. The change in fair value associated with these contracts is recorded in “Other expense, net” within the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and partially offsets the change in value of third party and intercompany-related receivables not denominated in the functional currency of the subsidiary. At March 31, 2025, there was (i)1.3 billion South African Rand (or approximately $71 million at March 31, 2025 exchange rate), (ii)138 million Australian dollars (or approximately $86 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate), (iii)26 million Pound Sterling (or approximately $34 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate), (iv)56 million Euro (or approximately $60 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate), and (v)145 million Saudi Riyal (or approximately $39 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate) of notional amounts of outstanding foreign currency contracts. At December 31, 2024, there was (i)1.4 billion South African Rand (or approximately $76 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate), (ii)113 million Australian dollars (or approximately $71 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate), (iii)34 million Pound Sterling (or approximately $44 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate), (iv)91 million Euro (or approximately $98 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate) and (v)71 million Saudi Riyal (or approximately $19 million at the March 31, 2025 exchange rate) of notional amounts of outstanding foreign currency contracts.

  1. Fair Value

Accounting standards define fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The accounting standards also have established a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used in measuring fair value into three broad levels as follows:

Level 1 -Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

Level 2 -Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly

Level 3 -Unobservable inputs based on the Company’s own assumptions

Our debt is recorded at historical amounts. The following table presents the fair value of our debt and derivative contracts at both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

March 31,2025 · December 31,2024
Asset · Liability · Asset · Liability
2024 Term Loan Facility—724—744
2024-B Term Loan Facility—880—904
RMB Term Loan Facility—57—58
Senior Notes due 2029—918—966
Australian Government Loan—1—1
MGT Loan17—19
Interest rate swaps18—33—
Foreign currency contracts—8118

We determined the fair value of the 2024 Term Loan Facility, the 2024-B Term Loan Facility and the Senior Notes due 2029 using quoted market prices, which under the fair value hierarchy is a Level 1 input. We determined the fair value of the RMB Term Loan Facility utilizing transactions in the listed markets for identical or similar liabilities, which under the fair value hierarchy is a Level 2 input. The fair value of the Australian Government Loan and MGT Loan is based on the contracted amount which is a Level 2 input.

We determined the fair value of the foreign currency contracts and the interest rate swaps using inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly. The fair value hierarchy for the foreign currency contracts, natural gas hedges and interest rate swaps is a Level 2 input.

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and short-term debt approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these items.

  1. Asset Retirement Obligations

Asset retirement obligations consist primarily of rehabilitation and restoration costs, landfill capping costs, decommissioning costs, and closure and post-closure costs. Activities related to asset retirement obligations were as follows:

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20252024
Beginning balance$186$186
Additions15
Accretion expense55
Remeasurement/translation3(7)
Other, including change in estimates112—
Settlements/payments(2)(1)
Balance, March 31,$205$188

1 - Other, including change in estimates includes a charge of $11 million related to the Botlek plant shutdown recorded in "Restructuring and other charges" on the condensed consolidated statement of operations for three months ended March 31, 2025. Refer to note 2 for further details.

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Current portion included in “Accrued liabilities”$14$14
Noncurrent portion included in “Asset retirement obligations”191172
Asset retirement obligations$205$186
  1. Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase and Capital Commitments—Includes obligations forpurchase requirements of process chemicals, supplies, utilities and services entered into in the ordinary course of business. At March 31, 2025, purchase commitments were $364 million for the remainder of 2025, $291 million for 2026, $239 million for 2027, $172 million for 2028, $163 million for 2029, and $2,218 million thereafter.

Letters of Credit—At March 31, 2025, we had outstanding letters of credit and bank guarantees of $139 million, of which $59 million were letters of credit (including $47 million is related to the sale of Hawkins Point as discussed below), and $80 million were bank guarantees. Amounts for performance bonds were not material.

Environmental Matters—It is our policy to record appropriate liabilities for environmental matters when remedial efforts are probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated. Such liabilities are based on our best estimate of the undiscounted future costs required to complete the remedial work. The recorded liabilities are adjusted periodically as remediation efforts progress or as additional technical, regulatory or legal information becomes available. Given the uncertainties regarding the status of laws, regulations, enforcement policies, the impact of other potentially responsible parties, technology and information related to individual sites, we do not believe it is possible to develop an estimate of the range of reasonably possible environmental loss in excess of our recorded liabilities. We expect to fund expenditures for these matters from operating cash flows. The timing of cash expenditures depends principally on the timing of remedial investigations and feasibility studies, regulatory approval of cleanup projects, remedial techniques to be utilized and agreements with other parties. Included in these environmental matters is the following:

Hawkins Point Plant. Residual waste mud, known as Batch Attack Mud, and a spent sulfuric waste stream were deposited in an onsite repository (the “Batch Attack Lagoon”) at a former TiO2 manufacturing site, Hawkins Point Plant in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Cristal USA, Inc. from 1954 until 2011. We assumed responsibility for remediation of the Hawkins Point Plant when we acquired the TiO 2 business of Cristal in April 2019. On December 21, 2022, we sold the Hawkins Point Plant to the Maryland Port Administration ("MPA"), a state agency controlled by the Maryland Department of Transportation. Pursuant to the terms of the transaction, MPA became the lead party in developing and implementing appropriate measures to address, treat, control, and mitigate the environmental conditions at the property under the regulatory oversight of the Maryland Department of the Environment ("MDE"). Under MPA ownership, the Hawkins Point Plant will be utilized for storage and beneficial reuse of dredged material from the Port of Baltimore. In exchange for transferring ownership of the site to MPA, Tronox has agreed to make scheduled, annual payments to MPA which together with scheduled, annual contributions from MPA will be used to remediate the property. The sale of the property to MPA did not have a material impact to the Consolidated Statement of Operations. As of March 31, 2025, we have a provision of $41 million included in "Environmental liabilities" in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet for the Hawkins Point Plant consistent with the accounting policy described above.

Other Matters—We are subject to a number of other lawsuits, investigations and disputes (some of which involve substantial amounts claimed) arising out of the conduct of our business, including matters relating to commercial transactions, prior acquisitions and divestitures, including our acquisition of Cristal, employee benefit plans, intellectual property, and environmental, health and safety matters. We recognize a liability for any contingency that is probable of occurrence and reasonably estimable. We continually assess the likelihood of adverse judgments of outcomes in these matters, as well as potential ranges of possible losses (taking into consideration any insurance recoveries), based on a careful analysis of each matter with the assistance of outside legal counsel and, if applicable, other experts.

  1. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Attributable to Tronox Holdings plc and Other Equity Items

The tables below present changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

CumulativeTranslationAdjustmentPensionLiabilityAdjustmentUnrealizedGains(Losses) onHedgesTotal
Balance, January 1, 2025$(801)$(84)$5$(880)
Other comprehensive income (loss)49—(11)38
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss————
Balance, March 31, 2025$(752)$(84)$(6)$(842)
CumulativeTranslationAdjustmentPensionLiabilityAdjustmentUnrealizedGains(Losses) onHedgesTotal
Balance, January 1, 2024$(729)$(92)$7$(814)
Other comprehensive (loss) income(40)—10(30)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss——(1)(1)
Balance, March 31, 2024$(769)$(92)$16$(845)

Repurchase of Common Stock

On February 21, 2024, in connection with the expiration in February 2024 of the Company's previous share repurchase program, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $300 million of the Company's stock through February 21, 2027. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we madeno repurchases of the Company's stock.

  1. Share-Based Compensation

Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”)

2025 Grant - During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company granted both time-based and performance-based awards to certain members of management. A total of 1,489,774 of time-based awards were granted to management which will vest ratably over athree-year period ending March 5, 2028. A total of 1,476,938 of performance-based awards were granted, of which 738,469 of the awards vest based on a relative Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") calculation and 738,469 of the awards vest based on certain performance metrics of the Company. The non-TSR performance-based awards vest on March 5, 2028 based on the actual 2027 annual return on invested capital (ROIC). Similar to the Company's historical TSR awards granted in prior years, the TSR awards vest based on the Company'sthree-year TSR versus the peer group performance levels. Given these terms, the TSR metric is considered a market condition for which we used a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the weighted average grant date fair value of $8.99. The following weighted average assumptions were utilized to value the TSR grants:

2025
Dividend yield—%
Expected historical volatility48.8%
Risk free interest rate4.30%
Expected life (in years)3

The unrecognized compensation cost associated with all unvested awards at March 31, 2025 was $43 million, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.3 years.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we recorded $5 million and $6 million, respectively, of stock compensation expense.

  1. Pension and Other Postretirement Healthcare Benefits

The components of net periodic cost associated with our U.S. and foreign pension plans recognized in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows:

Pensions
Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Net periodic cost:
Service cost$1$1
Interest cost44
Expected return on plan assets(5)(5)
Total net periodic cost$—$—

The components of net periodic cost associated with our postretirement healthcare plans recognized in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows:

Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Net periodic cost:
Interest cost11
Total net periodic cost$1$1

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company made contributions to its pension plans of $1 million. The Company expects to make approximately $8 million of pension contributions for the remainder of 2025.

For both the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we contributed $1 million to the Netherlands Multiemployer Plan, which was primarily recognized in “Cost of goods sold” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

  1. Related Parties

Tasnee / Cristal

At March 31, 2025, Cristal International Holdings B.V. (formerly known as Cristal Inorganic Chemical Netherlands Cooperatief W.A.), a subsidiary of Tasnee, owned 37,580,000 shares of Tronox, or a 24% ownership interest.

On May 9, 2018, we entered into an Option Agreement with AMIC which is owned equally by Tasnee and Cristal. Under the terms of the Option Agreement, AMIC granted us an option (the “Option”) to acquire 90% of a special purpose vehicle (the “SPV”), to which AMIC’s ownership in a titanium slag smelter facility (the “Slagger”) in The Jazan City for Primary and Downstream Industries in KSA will be contributed together with $322 million of AMIC indebtedness (the “AMIC Debt”). The AMIC Debt would remain outstanding debt of the SPV upon exercise of the Option. The Option may be exercised if the Slagger achieves certain production criteria related to sustained quality and tonnage of slag produced (the “Option Criteria”). Likewise, AMIC may require us to acquire the Slagger on the same terms if the Option Criteria are satisfied. Furthermore, pursuant to the Option Agreement we lent AMIC $125 million for capital expenditures and operational expenses to facilitate the start-up of the Slagger (the “Tronox Loans”).

On May 13, 2020, May 23, 2023 and February 21, 2024, we amended the Option Agreement with AMIC (the "First Amendment", the "Second Amendment", and the "Third Amendment", respectively, and collectively, the "Amendments") to, among other things, establish a definitive period during which Tronox and AMIC would discuss whether, and under what circumstances Tronox may acquire the Slagger (the "Renegotiation Period"). In the Third Amendment, we agreed that the Renegotiation Period would extend until December 31, 2024. The Amendments also addressed repayment of the Tronox Loan. In the Third Amendment, we also agreed that until the end of the Renegotiation Period,65% of all chloride slag produced by the Slagger would be delivered to Tronox as repayment in-kind of the Tronox Loans. The chloride slag was to be valued based on a widely published index for feedstock less an nominal discount (the "Slag Price"). With regard to the remaining 35% of chloride slag produced by the Slagger, under the Third Amendment, Tronox would purchase such chloride slag for cash at the Slag Price. Furthermore, the Third Amendment provided that at the end of the Renegotiation Period full repayment of the Tronox Loan would be due on January 10, 2025 in cash.

The Renegotiation Period expired on December 31, 2024 without any agreement on whether and under what circumstances Tronox would acquire the Slagger. Then on February 11, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with AMIC and its wholly owned subsidiary, Advanced Smelting Industries Co. Ltd. ("ASIC") pursuant to which all provisions of the Option Agreement and all the related letter agreements referenced above were extinguished including the parties' respective rights and obligations in and to the Option Agreement and related letter agreements and any claims arising thereunder except for AMIC's obligation to repay the balance and all interest accrued thereunder in cash on February 20, 2025. In addition, the parties agreed that for a period oftwo-years, Tronox will purchase certain quantities of Slag from ASIC based on the Slag Price.

The following table shows the outstanding balance of the Tronox Loans, which at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, is recorded on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in "Prepaid and other assets:"

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Principal balance—22
Accrued interest income balance—4
Total outstanding balance—26

The following table shows the interest income earned on the Tronox Loans, which is recorded in "Interest income" on our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Interest income—1

The following table shows the amount of feedstock purchased from the Slagger, which is subsequently recorded in "Cost of goods sold" on our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations:

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20252024
Settled as in-kind repayment of Tronox Loans1016
Settled in cash68
Total chloride slag purchases1624

The following table shows the amounts due to AMIC at period-end regarding feedstock purchased from the Slagger, which are recorded in "Accrued liabilities" on our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet:

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Amount due to AMIC for slag purchases116

On December 29, 2019, we entered into an agreement with Cristal to acquire certain assets co-located at our Yanbu facility which produces metal grade TiCl 4 ("MGT"). Consideration for the acquisition is the assumption by Tronox of a $36 million note payable to Cristal (the "MGT Loan"). MGT is used at a titanium "sponge" plant facility,65% of the ownership interests of which are held by Advanced Metal Industries Cluster and Toho Titanium Metal Co. Ltd ("ATTM"), a joint venture between AMIC and Toho Titanium Company Ltd. ATTM uses the TiCl4, which we supply by pipeline, for the production of titanium sponge, a precursor material used in the production of titanium metal.

On December 17, 2020 we completed the MGT transaction. Repayment of the $36 million note payable is based on a fixed U.S. dollar amount per metric ton quantity of MGT delivered by us to ATTM over time and therefore the ultimate maturity date is variable in nature. If ATTM fails to purchase MGT from us under certain contractually agreed upon conditions, then at our election we may terminate the MGT supply agreement with ATTM and we will no longer owe any amount under the loan agreement with Cristal. We currently estimate the ultimate maturity to be between approximately three andfour years, subject to actual future MGT production levels. The interest rate on the note payable is based on the SAIBOR plus a premium. The note payable is recorded within "Long-term debt, net" and "Long-term debt due within one year" on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Note payable, due within 1 year77
Note payable, due longer than 1 year from now1012
Total outstanding note payable1719

Amounts regarding loan repayments for the MGT loan, which are recorded on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations within “Net sales,” are shown below:

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20252024
Loan Repayment via MGT delivered to ATTM22

As a result of these transactions we have entered into related to the MGT assets, Tronox purchases chlorine gas from ATTM for use in the production of MGT and such transactions are reflected as follows:

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20252024
Purchases of chlorine gas21

These purchases are subsequently recorded within “Cost of goods sold” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. Amounts due at period end, which are presented below, are recorded within “Accrued liabilities” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Amount due related to purchases of chlorine gas26

As Tronox delivers MGT product to ATTM, amounts are recorded within “Net sales” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations, as shown below:

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20252024
MGT sales made to ATTM as product is delivered1613

Amounts related to MGT deliveries that are outstanding at period end are recorded in “Prepaid and other assets” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, as shown below:

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Due from ATTM for MGT deliveries714
  1. Segment Information

We operate our business underone operating segment, Tronox, which is also our reportable segment. The Tronox segment produces feedstock materials that can be processed into TiO 2 used in certain specialty applications. Tronox derives revenue across the world and it manages the business activities on a consolidated basis. The accounting policies of Tronox are the same as those of the consolidated company. The Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), who is the CEO, reviews financial information presented at the consolidated level and decides how to allocate resources based on financial metrics, including net income. In addition to these financial metrics, the CODM also reviews monthly production figures along with future global sales demand forecasts to make decisions about ongoing production levels and how to allocate resources.

Net income, other financial metrics, production costs and sales forecasts are used to monitor budget versus actual results. As noted above, the CODM also determines how to allocate resources through his review of monthly production / manufacturing costs. Significant segment expenses, other than those disclosed in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, are as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Net Sales$738$774
Idle facility and lower of costs or net realizable value charges (a)2528
Other cost of goods (b)614626
Gross Profit$99$120

(a) Represents expenses during the period related to idle facility charges associated with production levels as well as charges related to reducing inventory to net realizable value when lower than production cost.

(b) Represents all other production related costs associated with cost of goods sold during the respective periods including salaries, ore costs, electricity, process chemicals, maintenance and other.

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