Element Solutions Inc
For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Oct 29, 2025.
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Sep 30, 2025 · Filed Oct 29, 2025
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Item 2. Results of Operations
The following table reconciles "Net income" to Adjusted EBITDA:
| Three Months Ended · Nine Months Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, | September 30, | |||
| (dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
| Net income | $39.3 | $40.4 | $184.8 | $189.7 |
| Add (subtract): | ||||
| Income from discontinued operations, net of tax | — | — | — | (1.6) |
| Income tax expense | 16.2 | 36.8 | 49.8 | 32.8 |
| Interest expense, net | 13.3 | 14.2 | 40.5 | 42.4 |
| Depreciation expense | 10.0 | 10.0 | 29.7 | 30.4 |
| Amortization expense | 28.6 | 29.4 | 84.3 | 89.4 |
| EBITDA | 107.4 | 130.8 | 389.1 | 383.1 |
| Adjustments to reconcile to Adjusted EBITDA: | ||||
| Restructuring expense (income) | 1.5 | (0.1) | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| Acquisition, integration and transaction expenses | 11.0 | 6.3 | 22.6 | 11.3 |
| Foreign exchange losses (gains) on intercompany loans | 11.6 | (13.5) | 28.2 | (24.2) |
| Loss (gain) on divestitures | 7.0 | — | (59.6) | — |
| Debt financing costs | — | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| Kuprion Acquisition research and development charge | — | — | — | 3.9 |
| Other, net | 8.4 | 18.8 | 24.5 | 24.6 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $146.9 | $142.7 | $411.3 | $404.8 |
The following tables summarize financial information regarding each reportable segment's results of operations. As noted above, Adjusted EBITDA for each segment excludes certain items that may not be indicative of the Company's core operating results for its reportable segments. As such, the "Segment Total" below may not agree to the corresponding amounts on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
| Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| (dollars in millions) | Electronics | Industrial & Specialty | Segment Total | Electronics | Industrial & Specialty | Segment Total |
| Net sales | $465.2 | $190.9 | $656.1 | $419.1 | $225.9 | $645.0 |
| Cost of sales | 280.8 | 97.0 | 377.8 | 247.1 | 128.4 | 375.5 |
| Selling, technical, general and administrative | 70.6 | 49.9 | 120.5 | 65.3 | 55.5 | 120.8 |
| Research and development | 12.1 | 2.6 | 14.7 | 11.6 | 2.8 | 14.4 |
| Other segment items (1) | 6.4 | (0.2) | 6.2 | 1.9 | (0.3) | 1.6 |
| Add: Depreciation expense | 6.2 | 3.8 | 10.0 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 10.0 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $101.5 | $45.4 | $146.9 | $98.6 | $44.1 | $142.7 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| (dollars in millions) | Electronics | Industrial & Specialty | Segment Total | Electronics | Industrial & Specialty | Segment Total |
| Net sales | $1,298.9 | $576.1 | $1,875.0 | $1,160.0 | $672.7 | $1,832.7 |
| Cost of sales | 774.6 | 305.0 | 1,079.6 | 669.6 | 380.1 | 1,049.7 |
| Selling, technical, general and administrative | 206.9 | 150.6 | 357.5 | 183.6 | 167.8 | 351.4 |
| Research and development | 36.9 | 8.7 | 45.6 | 33.5 | 9.5 | 43.0 |
| Other segment items (1) | 11.7 | (1.0) | 10.7 | 15.1 | (0.9) | 14.2 |
| Add: Depreciation expense | 18.1 | 11.6 | 29.7 | 16.5 | 13.9 | 30.4 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $286.9 | $124.4 | $411.3 | $274.7 | $130.1 | $404.8 |
(1) Other segment items for the Electronics segment primarily consisted of $5.1 million and $0.7 million of realized losses associated with metals derivative contracts for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Other segment items for the Electronics segment primarily consisted of $7.9 million and $14.7 million of realized losses associated with metals derivative contracts for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. See Note 7, Financial Instruments, to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of these derivative instruments.
Assets by Reportable Segment
Total assets by reportable segment at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are not presented as they are not utilized for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating performance.
- SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On October 28, 2025, the Company announced its proposed acquisition of Micromax®, a leading global supplier of advanced electronics inks and pastes designed for high performance electronics, for a purchase price of approximately $500 million, subject to adjustments. This acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The Company expects to fund this acquisition with a combination of cash on hand and incremental debt. Micromax will become a part of the MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions business within the Electronics segment.
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