UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549





Form 10-Q





(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the quarterly period ended March 31,June 30, 2019


OR


TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the transition period from __________to ___________


1-35573
(Commission file number)





TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.





England and Wales 98-1467236
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   
263 Tresser Boulevard, Suite 1100
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
 
25 Bury Street, 3rd Floor
London SW1Y 2AL, England


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 705-3800


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share New York Stock Exchange


Trading Symbol: TROX


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  No


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes  No


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:


Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
Emerging growth company  


If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes No


As of May 9,July 31, 2019,, the Registrant had 149,318,462 141,880,996 ordinary shares outstanding.






Table of Contents


Table of Contents

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION 
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Item 1.Financial Statements (Unaudited)



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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)


 
Three Months
Ended March 31,
  Three Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Net sales $390  $442  $791  $492  $1,181  $934 
Cost of goods sold  307   327   672   348   979   675 
Contract loss  19      19    
Gross profit  83   115   100   144   183   259 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  67   76   103   79   170   155 
Restructuring  10      10    
Impairment loss     25            25 
Income from operations  16   14   (13)  65   3   79 
Interest expense  (49)  (49)  (54)  (48)  (103)  (97)
Interest income  9   8   3   7   12   15 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  (2)        (30)  (2)  (30)
Other expense, net  (2)  (9)
Loss before income taxes  (28)  (36)
Income tax provision  (2)  (5)
Net loss  (30)  (41)
Other income (expense), net  5   29   3   20 
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes  (59)  23   (87)  (13)
Income tax benefit  4   27   2   22 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations  (55)  50   (85)  9 
Net loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
  (1)     (1)   
Net (loss) income  (56)  50   (86)  9 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest  4   3   6   14   10   17 
Net loss attributable to Tronox Holdings plc $(34) $(44)
Net (loss) income attributable to Tronox Holdings plc $(62) $36  $(96) $(8)
                        
Net loss per share, basic and diluted $(0.27) $(0.36)
        
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted (in thousands)  124,296   122,327 
Net (loss) income per share, basic:                
Continuing operations $(0.41) $0.30  $(0.69) $(0.07)
Discontinued operations $  $  $  $ 
Net (loss) income per share, basic $(0.41) $0.30  $(0.69) $(0.07)
Net (loss) income per share, diluted:                
Continuing operations $(0.41) $0.29  $(0.69) $(0.07)
Discontinued operations $  $  $  $ 
Net (loss) income per share, diluted $(0.41) $0.29  $(0.69) $(0.07)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic (in thousands)
  150,686   123,063   137,569   122,699 
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted (in thousands)
  150,686   126,716   137,569   122,699 


See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
(Unaudited)
(Millions of U.S. dollars)




Three Months Ended
March 31,

 Three Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Net loss $(30) $(41)
Net (loss) income $(56) $50  $(86) $9 
Other comprehensive income:                        
Foreign currency translation adjustments     59   22   (185)  22   (126)
Pension and postretirement plans:                        
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial losses, net of taxes of nil and less than $1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively     1 
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial losses, net of taxes of less than $1 million in each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018  1   1   1   2 
Fair value of hedges  (1)     (1)   
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative financial instruments (no tax impact)  (22)     (22)   
                        
Other comprehensive income     60 
Other comprehensive (loss) income     (184)     (124)
                        
Total comprehensive (loss) income  (30)  19 
Total comprehensive (loss)  (56)  (134)  (86)  (115)
                        
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest:        
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest:                
Net income  4   3   6   14   10   17 
Foreign currency translation adjustments  11   15   4   (46)  15   (31)
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest  15   18 
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest  10   (32)  25   (14)
                        
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Tronox Holdings plc $(45) $1  $(66) $(102) $(111) $(101)


See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)


 
March 31,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
  June 30, 2019  December 31, 2018 
ASSETS            
Current Assets            
Cash and cash equivalents $1,068  $1,034  $397  $1,034 
Restricted cash  666   662   9   662 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts  300   317   599   317 
Inventories, net  486   479   1,097   479 
Prepaid and other assets  49   50   156   50 
Income taxes receivable  2   2   4   2 
Total current assets  2,571   2,544   2,262   2,544 
Noncurrent Assets                
Property, plant and equipment, net  992   1,004   1,635   1,004 
Mineral leaseholds, net  787   796   834   796 
Intangible assets, net  169   176   231   176 
Lease right of use assets  62    
Goodwill  68    
Lease right of use assets, net  93    
Deferred tax assets  35   37   123   37 
Other long-term assets  110   85   170   85 
Total assets $4,726  $4,642  $5,416  $4,642 
                
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY                
Current Liabilities                
Accounts payable $150  $133  $297  $133 
Accrued liabilities  119   140   330   140 
Short-term lease liabilities  19      30    
Short-term debt  94    
Long-term debt due within one year  58   22   58   22 
Income taxes payable  2   5   3   5 
Total current liabilities  442   300   718   300 
Noncurrent Liabilities                
Long-term debt, net  3,223   3,139   3,136   3,139 
Pension and postretirement healthcare benefits  91   93   146   93 
Asset retirement obligations  70   68   163   68 
Environmental liabilities  36   1 
Long-term lease liabilities  44      59    
Long-term deferred tax liabilities  159   163   175   163 
Other long-term liabilities  17   17   54   16 
Total liabilities
  4,046   3,780   4,487   3,780 
                
Commitments and Contingencies                
Shareholders’ Equity                
Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares, par value $0.01 — 125,738,462 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and 123,015,301 shares issued and 122,933,845 shares outstanding at December 31, 2018  1   1 
Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares, par value $0.01 — 144,377,289 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2019 and 123,015,301 shares issued and 122,933,845 shares outstanding at December 31, 2018  1   1 
Capital in excess of par value  1,584   1,579   1,860   1,579 
Accumulated deficit  (397)  (357)  (466)  (357)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (612)  (540)  (616)  (540)
Total Tronox Holdings plc shareholders’ equity  576   683   779   683 
Noncontrolling interest  104   179   150   179 
Total equity  680   862   929   862 
Total liabilities and equity $4,726  $4,642  $5,416  $4,642 


See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(Millions of U.S. dollars)


 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 2019  2018  2019  2018 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:            
Net loss $(30) $(41)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
Net (loss) income $(86) $9 
Net (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax  (1)   
Net (loss) income from continuing operations $(85) $9 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities, continuing operations:        
Depreciation, depletion and amortization  47   48   131   97 
Deferred income taxes  (3)  3   (13)  (30)
Share-based compensation expense  8   7   15   9 
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs and discount on debt  2   5   4   7 
Impairment loss     25 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  2      2   30 
Other non-cash affecting net loss  6   10 
Contract loss  19    
Impairment losses     25 
Acquired inventory step-up recognized in earnings  55    
Other non-cash items affecting net (loss) income from continuing operations  17   (3)
Changes in assets and liabilities:                
Decrease in accounts receivable, net  19   1 
Increase in inventories, net  (10)  (9)
Increase in accounts receivable, net  (43)  (33)
Decrease (increase) in inventories, net  31   (14)
Increase in prepaid and other assets  (1)  (1)  (8)  (27)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities  8   (47)  32   (36)
Net changes in income tax payables and receivables  (3)  (2)  (8)  6 
Changes in other non-current assets and liabilities  (6)  (3)  (16)  (9)
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities  39   (4)
Cash provided by operating activities- continuing operations  133   31 
                
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:                
Capital expenditures  (25)  (28)  (81)  (55)
Cristal Acquisition  (1,603)   
Proceeds from sale of Ashtabula  707    
Insurance proceeds  10    
Loans  (25)     (25)  (14)
Cash used in investing activities  (50)  (28)
Proceeds from sale of assets  1    
Cash used in investing activities- continuing operation  (991)  (69)
                
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                
Repayments of long-term debt  (101)  (6)  (215)  (595)
Proceeds from short-term debt  94    
Proceeds of short-term debt      
Proceeds from long-term debt  222      222   615 
Repurchase of common stock  (252)   
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest  (148)     (148)   
Call premium paid     (22)
Debt issuance costs  (4)  (1)  (4)  (10)
Proceeds from the exercise of warrants     2 
Proceeds from the exercise of options and warrants     6 
Dividends paid  (7)  (6)  (14)  (12)
Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for withholding taxes  (6)  (4)  (6)  (6)
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities  50   (15)
Cash used in financing activities- continuing operations  (417)  (24)
        
Discontinued Operations:        
Cash used in operating activities  (15)   
Cash used in investing activities  (1)   
Net cash flows used by discontinued operations  (16)   
                
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash  (1)  7   1   (15)
                
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash  38   (40)
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash  (1,290)  (77)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period  1,696   1,769   1,696   1,769 
        
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $1,734  $1,729  $406  $1,692 


See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(Millions of U.S. dollars, except for shares)


For the three months and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019

  
Tronox
Holdings
plc
Ordinary
Shares (in
thousands)
  
Tronox
Holdings
plc
Ordinary
Shares
(Amount)
  
Capital
in
Excess
of par
Value
  

(Accumulated
Deficit)
  
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
  
Total
Tronox
Holdings plc
Shareholders’
Equity
  
Non-
controlling
Interest
  Total
Equity
 
                         
Balance at December 31, 2018            122,934  $1  $1,579  $(357) $(540) $683  $179  $862 
Net (loss) income                     (34)     (34)  4   (30)
Other comprehensive (loss) income                        (11)  (11)  11    
Shares-based compensation            3,306      8         8      8 
Shares cancelled            (502)     (6)        (6)     (6)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest                  3      (61)  (58)  (90)  (148)
Ordinary share dividends ($0.045 per share)           (6)     (6)     (6)
                                 
Balance at March 31, 2019            125,738  $1  $1,584  $(397) $(612) $576  $104  $680 

  
Tronox
Holdings
plc
Ordinary
Shares (in
thousands)
  
Tronox
Holdings
plc
Ordinary
Shares
(Amount)
  
Capital
in
Excess
of par
Value
  
(Accumulated
Deficit)
  
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
  
Total
Tronox
Holdings plc
Shareholders
Equity
  
Non-
controlling
Interest
  
Total
Equity
 
                         
Balance at December 31, 2018  122,934  $1  $1,579  $(357) $(540) $683  $179  $862 
Net (loss) income           (34)     (34)  4   (30)
Other comprehensive (loss) income              (11)  (11)  11    
Shares-based compensation  3,306      8         8      8 
Shares cancelled  (502)     (6)        (6)     (6)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest        3      (61)  (58)  (90)  (148)
Ordinary share dividends ($0.045 per share)           (6)     (6)     (6)
Balance at March 31, 2019  125,738  $1  $1,584  $(397) $(612) $576  $104  $680 
                                 
Net (loss) income           (62)     (62)  6   (56)
Other comprehensive (loss) income              (4)  (4)  4    
Shares-based compensation  20      7         7      7 
Shares cancelled  (4)                     
Shares issued for acquisition  37,580      526         526      526 
Shares repurchased and cancelled  (18,957)     (257)        (257)     (257)
Cristal acquisition                    36   36 
Ordinary share dividends ($0.045 per share)           (7)     (7)     (7)
Balance at June 30, 2019  144,377  $1  $1,860  $(466) $(616) $779  $150  $929 


For the three months and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2018

  
Tronox
Holdings
plc
Ordinary
Shares (in
thousands)
  
Tronox
Holdings
plc
Ordinary
Shares
(Amount)
  
Capital
in
Excess
of par
Value
  

(Accumulated
Deficit)
  
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
  
Total
Tronox
Holdings plc
Shareholders’
Equity
  
Non-
controlling
Interest
  Total
Equity
 
                         
Balance at December 31, 2017            121,271  $1  $1,558  $(327) $(403) $829  $186  $1,015 
Net (loss) income                     (44)     (44)  3   (41)
Other comprehensive income (loss)                        45   45   15   60 
Shares-based compensation            1,099      7         7      7 
Shares cancelled            (222)     (4)        (4)     (4)
Warrants and options exercised            338      2         2      2 
Ordinary share dividends ($0.045 per share)  
         (6)     (6)     (6)
                                 
Balance at March 31, 2018            122,486  $1  $1,563  $(377) $(358) $829  $204  $1,033 

  
Tronox
Holdings
plc
Ordinary
Shares (in
thousands)
  
Tronox
Holdings
plc
Ordinary
Shares
  
Capital
in
Excess
of par
Value
  
(Accumulated
Deficit)
  
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
  
Total
Tronox
Holdings plc Shareholders
Equity
  
Non-
controlling
Interest
  
Total
Equity
 
                         
Balance at December 31, 2017  121,271  $1  $1,558  $(327) $(403) $829  $186  $1,015 
Net (loss) income           (44)     (44)  3   (41)
Other comprehensive income (loss)              45   45   15   60 
Shares-based compensation  1,099      7         7      7 
Shares cancelled  (222)     (4)        (4)     (4)
Warrants and options exercised  338      2         2      2 
Ordinary share dividends ($0.045 per share)           (6)     (6)     (6)
Balance at March 31, 2018  122,486  $1  $1,563  $(377) $(358) $829  $204  $1,033 
                                 
Net (loss) income           36      36   14   50 
Other comprehensive income (loss)              (138)  (138)  (46)  (184)
Shares-based compensation  215      6         6      6 
Shares cancelled  (93)     (2)        (2)     (2)
Warrants and options exercised  292                      
Ordinary share dividends ($0.045 per share)           (6)     (6)     (6)
Balance at June 30, 2018  122,900  $1  $1,567  $(347) $(496) $725  $172  $897 


See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share, per share and metric tons data or unless otherwise noted)


1.The Company


Prior to March 27, 2019, Tronox Limited, was a public limited company registered under the laws of the State of Western Australia. OnAustralia, was the ultimate parent company of the Tronox group of companies. Effective March 27, 2019, we re-domiciledTronox Limited effected a redomiciliation transaction (the “Re-domicile Transaction”), effectively changing its jurisdiction of incorporation from Western Australia to England and Wales, by “top-hatting” the United Kingdom from Australia (“Re-domicile Transaction”) and becameTronox group of companies with Tronox Holdings plc (referred to herein as “Tronox,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a public limited company registered under the laws of England and Wales. As a result of the Re-domicile Transaction, Tronox Limited became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tronox Holdings plc.  The Re-domicile Transaction was effectedimplemented by “top-hatting”two schemes of arrangement, pursuant to which Tronox Limited with Tronox Holdings plcLimited’s Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares of Tronox Limited were exchanged on a 1:1one-for-one basis for ordinary shares in Tronox Holdings plc.plc, par value US $0.01 per share. As a result, the Class A ordinary shares of Tronox Limited were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the ordinary shares of Tronox Holdings plc were listed on the NYSE in its place. Tronox Limited also became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tronox Holdings plc following the completion of the re-domiciling transaction. The Re-domicile Transaction had an impact on capital gains tax for our ordinary shares held by Exxaro Resources Limited (“Exxaro(“Exxaro”). See Exxaro“Exxaro Mineral Sands Transaction Completion Agreement” below for a discussion of our agreement with Exxaro associated with South African capital gains tax.

Through March 31, 2019, we had global operations in North America, Europe, South Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region and classified our business into one operating segment, which is also our reportable segment, TiO2. As of March 31, 2019, we operated three titanium dioxide (“TiO2”) pigment production facilities in the United States, the Netherlands and Western Australia and operated three separate mining operations located in South Africa and Western Australia.

On April 10, 2019, we completed the acquisition of the TiO2 business of The National Titanium Dioxide Company Ltd., a limited company organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“Cristal”)( the “Cristal Transaction”). As a result ofIncluding the Cristal acquisition,operations, we now operate titanium-bearing mineral sand mines and beneficiation and smelting operations in Australia, South Africa and Brazil to produce feedstock materials that can be processed into TiO2 for pigment, high purity titanium chemicals, including titanium tetrachloride, and Ultrafine© titanium dioxide used in certain specialty applications where nano-particulate TiO2 is required. A substantial partWe intend to consume all of our feedstock materials will be consumed in our own TiO2 pigment facilities in the United States, Australia, Brazil, UK, France, Netherlands, China and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) with a goal of delivering low cost, high-quality pigment to our coatings and other TiO2 customers throughout the world. The mining, beneficiation and smelting of titanium bearing mineral sands creates meaningful quantities of two co-products, zircon, and pig iron, which we also supply to customers around the world. See Note 2 below for further details on the Cristal acquisition.Transaction.

In order to obtain regulatory approval for the Cristal Transaction, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) required us to divest Cristal's North American TiO2 business, which we sold  to INEOS Enterprises ("INEOS") on May 1, 2019, for proceeds of approximately $700 million, plus an additional amount for working capital, which is subject to an adjustment. The operating results of Cristal’s North American TiO2 business, from the acquisition date to the date of divestiture, are included in a single caption entitled “Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax” in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Jazan Slagger and Option Agreement

On May 9, 2018, we entered into an Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with Advanced Metal Industries Cluster Company Limited (“AMIC”) pursuant to, which is owned equally by the National Industrialization Company (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$322 million of AMIC indebtedness (the “AMIC Debt”). As of March 31,June 30, 2019, we have loaned $89$89 million for capital expenditures and operational expenses to facilitate the start-up of the Slagger and we have recorded this loan payment within “Other long-term assets” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31,June 30, 2019. The Option Agreement did not have a significant impact on the financial statements as of or for the periodsperiod ended March 31,June 30, 2019.


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Exxaro Mineral Sands Transaction Completion Agreement

At December 31, 2018, Exxaro held 28.7 million Class B shares of Tronox Limited, or an approximate 23% interest, and those shares were converted to ordinary shares of Tronox when re-domiciled to the United Kingdom from Australia.  Exxaro also held a 26% interest in our South African operating subsidiaries and a 26% interest in a separate subsidiary based in the U.K. that held intercompany loans with our South African operating subsidiaries.

On November 26, 2018, we, certain of our subsidiaries and Exxaro entered into the Exxaro Mineral Sands Transaction Completion Agreement (the “Completion Agreement”). The Completion Agreement (i) provides for the orderly sale of Exxaro’s remaining ownership interest in us, during 2019,subject to market conditions, (ii) helped to facilitate the Re-domicile Transaction, as well asand (iii) addressed several legacy issues related to our 2012 acquisition of Exxaro’s mineral sands business. Pursuant to the terms of the Completion Agreement, Tronox has covenanted to pay Exxaro an amount equal to any South African capital gains tax assessed on Exxaro in respect of any profit arising to it on a disposal of any of its ordinary shares subsequent to the Re-domicile Transaction where such tax would not have been assessed but for the Re-domicile Transaction.  Similarly, Exxaro has covenanted to pay Tronox an amount equal to any South African tax savings Exxaro may realize in certain situations from any tax relief that would not have arisen but for the Re-domicile Transaction.

Pursuant to the terms of the Completion Agreement, on May 9, 2019, we repurchased 14 million shares from Exxaro for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $200 million or $14.3185$14.3185 per share.The share price was based upon a 5% discount to the 10 day volume weighted average price as of the day that Exxaro exercised their sale notice to us. The Re-domicile Transaction caused Exxaro to incur approximately $5 Upon repurchase of the shares by the Company, the shares were cancelled. As a result of the sale of the 14 million of South African capital gains tax on the profit which arose when it sold 14 million ordinary shares to us on May 9, 2019, where such tax would notand the imputed gain or loss if Exxaro was to sell its remaining 14.7 million shares, we have been assessed but for the Re-Domicile Transaction. We agreed to pay Exxaro for such tax. Asrecorded a liability of March 31, 2019, based on the stock price and foreign exchange rate at that time, we had accrued approximately $1$2 million related to thisthe estimated net payment to Exxaro, which is included in “Accrued liabilities” in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and the balance will be recorded during the second quarteras of June 30, 2019.See Note 23 for additional information.


Furthermore, pursuant to the Completion Agreement, the parties agreed to accelerate our purchase of Exxaro’s 26% membership interest in Tronox Sands LLP, a U.K. limited liability partnership (“Tronox Sands”). On February 15, 2019, we completed the redemption of Exxaro’s ownership interest in Tronox Sands for consideration of approximately ZAR 2.06 billion (or approximately $148 million) in cash, which represented Exxaro’s indirect share of the loan accounts in our South African subsidiaries.


Following these transactions and in conjunction with the Cristal acquisition,At June 30, 2019, Exxaro continues to own approximately 14.7 million shares of Tronox, or a 9.9%10.2% ownership interest, as well as their 26% ownership interest in our South African operating subsidiaries.

Under the terms of the Completion Agreement, Exxaro has the right to sell its ownership in Tronox at anytime on or after August 11, 2019.
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/A for the year ended December 31, 2018. The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018 was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.


The acquisition of Cristal has impacted the comparability of our financial statements. As the Cristal Transaction was completed on April 10, 2019, in accordance with ASC 805, the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2019, only include the results of the Cristal business since the date of the acquisition, while the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2018 do not include any results of Cristal. Likewise, the balance sheet at June 30, 2019 includes the impacts of the acquisition of Cristal while the balance sheet at December 31, 2018 does not.

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. 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.


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.


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Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements


In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”) which includes a lessee accounting model that recognizes two types of leases - finance leases and operating leases. The new standard requires a lessee to recognize on the balance sheet, for all leases of more than 12 months, a lease liability, which corresponds to the discounted obligation of future lease payments arising from a lease, and a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset, which represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, the underlying asset over the lease term.


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On January 1, 2019, we adopted the new standard using the cumulative-effect adjustment approach and recorded a lease liability and related right-of-use asset of $66$66 million and $64$64 million, respectively. Werespectively.We elected the package of practical expedients under the transition guidance, which does not require the reassessment of whether existing contracts contain a lease or whether the classification or unamortized initial direct costs of existing leases would be different under the new guidance. As an accounting policy election, we excluded short-term leases (leases that have a term of 12 months or less and do not include a purchase option that we are reasonably certain to exercise) from the balance sheet presentation. Additionally, we elected to account for non-lease components in a contract as part of a single lease component for all asset classes. We implemented a new lease managementaccounting system and updated our business processes and internal controls to address relevant risks associated with the implementation of the new standard including the preparation of the required financial information and disclosures.  See Note 1416 for details.


Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements


In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (“Topic 820”): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The standard modifies the disclosure requirements in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, by: removing certain disclosure requirements related to the fair value hierarchy; modifying existing disclosure requirements related to measurement uncertainty; and adding new disclosure requirements, such as disclosing the changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period and disclosing the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. This standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted.We will assess the impact, if any, that the standard may have on our disclosure requirements.

In August 2018, the FASB also issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Topic 715-20): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans. The standard modifies the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans by removing and adding certain disclosures for these plans. The eliminated disclosures include (a) the amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income expected to be recognized in net periodic benefit costs over the next fiscal year, (b) the amount and timing of plan assets expected to be returned to the employer, and (c) the effects of a one-percentage-point change in assumed health care cost trend rates on the net periodic benefit costs and the benefit obligation for postretirement health care benefits. The new disclosures include the interest crediting rates for cash balance plans and an explanation of significant gains and losses related to changes in benefit obligations. This standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. We will assess the impact, if any, that the standard may have on our disclosure requirements.




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2.Cristal Acquisition



2.          Cristal Acquisition and Related Divestitures

On April 10, 2019, (“Cristal Transaction Date”), we announced the completion ofcompleted the acquisition of the TiO2 business of Cristal for $1.673$1.675 billion of cash, subject to a working capital and noncurrent liability adjustment, plus 37,580,000 ordinary shares (the “Cristal Transaction”).shares. The total acquisition price, including the value of the ordinary shares at $14 per share on the closing date of the Cristal Transaction, iswas approximately $2.2 billion, subject to a working capital and noncurrent liability adjustment. With the acquisition of our shares, an affiliate of Cristal became our largest shareholder. At June 30, 2019, Cristal Inorganic Chemical Netherlands Cooperatief W.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tasnee, continues to own 37,580,000 shares of Tronox, or a 26% ownership interest.


In order to obtain regulatory approval for the Cristal Transaction, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)FTC required us to divest Cristal's North American TiO2 business, which we sold to INEOS on May 1, 2019, for cash proceeds of approximately $700 million plus an additional amount for working capital, which is subject to adjustment. The operating results of Cristal’s North American TiO2 business from the acquisition date to the date of divestiture are included in a single caption entitled “Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax” in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

In conjunction with the Cristal Transaction, we entered into a transition services agreement with Tasnee and certain of its affiliates under which we and the Tasnee entities will provide certain transition services to one another. See Note 23 for further details of the transition services agreement. In conjunction with the divestiture of Cristal's North American TiO2 business to INEOS, Enterprises (“INEOS”). On May 1, 2019, we completedentered into a transition services agreement with INEOS. Under the divestiture transactionterms of the transition services agreement, INEOS will provide services to Tronox for manufacturing, technology and received proceeds of approximately $700 million, subjectinnovation, information technology, finance, warehousing and human resources. Similarly, Tronox will provide services to a working capital adjustment. INEOS for information technology, finance, product stewardship, warehousing and human resources.

In addition, the previously announced divestiture of the 8120 paper laminate grade to Venator Materials PLC (“Venator”), which we were required to undertake by the European Commission in order to consummate the Cristal Transaction, was completed on April 26, 2019.  Under the terms of the agreement, we will supply the 8120 grade product to Venator under a supply agreement for an initial term of 2 years, and extendable up to 3 years, to allow for the transfer of the manufacturing of the 8120 grade to Venator. Total cash consideration is 8 million Euros, of which 1 million Euros was paid at the closing and the remaining 7 million Euros will be paid in equal installments during the second quarters of 2020 and 2021. AsWe recorded a result of consummating the sale, we expect to record a losscharge of approximately $19 million during the second quarter of 2019.

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Initially, we intended to divest Cristal’s North American operations to Venator.  When we announced the divestiture of the 8120 Grade to Venator on July 16, 2018, we also announced that we had entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Venator providing for the negotiation2019, in good faith of a definitive agreement to sell the entirety of Cristal’s North American operations to Venator if a divestiture of all or a substantial part of Ashtabula was required to secure final FTC regulatory approval for the Cristal Transaction. The MOU granted Venator exclusivity for a period of 75 days to negotiate a definitive agreement for the sale of the entirety of the Ashtabula complex.  The MOU also provided for a $75 million break fee if, among other things, the parties, despite negotiating in good-faith and in conformity with the terms“Contract loss” in the MOU, failed to reach a definitive agreement for the saleunaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cristal’s North American operations and Tronox was able to consummateOperations, reflecting both the Cristal Transactionproceeds on sale and the paper-laminate grade divestitureestimated losses we expect to Venator.  See Note 16 for a further discussion ofincur under the $75 million break fee.supply agreement with Venator.


We funded the cash portion of the Cristal Transaction through existing cash, borrowings from our Wells Fargo Revolver, and restricted cash which had been borrowed under the Blocked Term Loan and which became available to us uponfor the consummationpurpose of consummating the Cristal Transaction. See Note 1213 for further details of the Cristal Transaction financing.

We will account for the Cristal Transaction under ASC 805, Business Combinations, which requires recording assets and liabilities at fair value. Underhave applied the acquisition method of accounting each tangiblein accordance with the FASB’s ASC 805, "Business Combinations", with respect to the identifiable assets and separately identifiable intangible assetliabilities of Cristal, which have been measured at estimated fair value as of the date of the business combination.

The aggregate purchase price noted above was allocated to the major categories of assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values at the acquisition date using primarily Level 2 and Level 3 inputs (see Note 15 for an explanation of Level 2 and Level 3 inputs).  These Level 2 and Level 3 valuation inputs include an estimate of future cash flows and discount rates. The estimated fair values are based, in part, upon outside preliminary appraisals by a third-party valuation firm for certain assets, including specifically-identified intangible assets.

The allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including the residual amount allocated to goodwill, is based upon preliminary information and subject to change. The primary areas of the preliminary purchase price allocation that are not yet finalized relate to the fair value of inventories, property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, leases, legal reserves, contingent liabilities, including uncertain tax positions, deferred tax assets and liabilities other assets and liabilities and noncontrolling interest. Further adjustments may result before the end of the measurement period, which ends one year from the date of the acquisition. During the measurement period, if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have resulted in revised estimated values of those assets or liabilities as of that date, we will revise the preliminary purchase price allocation. The effect of measurement period adjustments to the estimated fair values will be recorded basedcalculated as if the adjustments had been completed on theirthe acquisition date. The impact of all changes that do not qualify as measurement period adjustments will be included in current period earnings.

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The purchase price consideration and preliminary estimated fair valuesvalue of Cristal’s net assets acquired as of the acquisition date on April 10, 2019 are shown below.  The assets and liabilities of Cristal's North American TiO2 business, that was subsequently divested on May 1, 2019, are shown as held for sale in the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.


 Fair Value 
Purchase Price Consideration:   
Tronox Holdings plc shares issued  37,580,000 
Tronox Holdings plc closing price per share on April 10, 2019 $14.00 
Total fair value of Tronox Holdings plc shares issued at acquisition date $526 
Cash consideration paid $1,603 
    Liability for additional cash consideration $72 
Total purchase price $2,201 


 Fair Value 
Fair Value of Assets Acquired:   
Accounts receivable $231 
Inventory  706 
Deferred taxes  70 
Prepaid and other assets  104 
Property, plant and equipment  624 
Mineral leaseholds  57 
Intangible assets  69 
Lease right of use assets  39 
Other long-term assets  59 
Assets held for sale  807 
Goodwill  68 
Total assets acquired $2,834 
Less: Liabilities Assumed    
Accounts payable $92 
Accrued liabilities  127 
Short-term lease liabilities  12 
Pension and postretirement healthcare benefits  67 
Deferred tax liabilities  5 
Environmental liabilities  36 
Asset retirement obligations  80 
Long-term debt  21 
Long-term lease liabilities  24 
Other long-term liabilities  20 
Liabilities held for sale  113 
Total liabilities assumed $597 
Less noncontrolling interest  36 
Purchase price $2,201 

The fair value of net assets acquired includes accounts receivables where the book value approximates fair value.

As a result of the Cristal acquisition, we have goodwill on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2019. The primary item that generated goodwill is the additional benefits we expect which will further enhance our vertically integrated business.

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Goodwill is not amortized but rather assessed for impairment on an annual basis. We will perform a goodwill  impairment assessment annually, or sooner, if events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of goodwill may not be fully recoverable. The goodwill associated with our acquisitions will not be deductible for tax purposes.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the acquired Cristal business contributed $353 million in revenue and $(48) million in operating losses.

Supplemental Pro forma financial information

The following unaudited pro forma information gives effect to the Cristal Transaction Date.

as if it had occurred on January 1, 2018. The unaudited pro forma financial information reflects certain adjustments related to the acquisition, such as:

(1)conforming the accounting policies of Cristal to those applied by Tronox;
(2)conversion to U.S. GAAP from IFRS for Cristal;
(3)the elimination of transactions between Tronox and Cristal;
(4)recording certain incremental expenses resulting from purchase accounting adjustments, such as inventory step-up amortization, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense in connection with fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment, mineral leases and intangible assets;
(5)recording the contract loss on the sale of the 8120 product line as a charge in the first quarter of 2018;
(6)recording the effect on interest expense related to borrowings in connection with the Cristal Transaction; and
(7)recording the related tax effects and the impacts to EPS for the shares issued in conjunction with the transaction.

The unaudited pro forma financial information should not be relied upon as being indicative of the historical results that would have been obtained if the Cristal Transaction had actually occurred on that date, nor the results of operations in the future.

In accordance with ASC 805, the supplemental pro forma results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, as if the Cristal Transaction had occurred on January 1, 2018, are as follows:


 Three Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Net sales $827  $903  $1,547  $1,779 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations $21  $72  $(25) $12 
Diluted net income (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to Tronox plc $0.10  $0.44  $(0.23) $0.07 

For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, we incurred pre-tax charges of $55 million related to the recognition of the step up to fair value of inventories acquired and $19 million in contract losses incurred on the 8120 supply agreement with Venator. The 2019 pro forma results were adjusted to exclude these charges as these costs were reflected within the results of operations in the pro forma results as if they were incurred on January 1, 2018. Also, the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, includes an additional pre-tax charge of $6 million for the recognition of the step up to fair value of inventories.


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3.RevenueRestructuring Initiatives


On April 10, 2019, we announced the completion of the Cristal Transaction. During the second quarter, as a result of the acquisition, we outlined a broad based synergy savings program that is expected to reduce costs, simplify processes and focus the organization’s structure and resources on key growth initiatives. During the second quarter we recorded restructuring charges associated with this program. For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded costs of $10 million in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. The costs consisted of charges for employee related costs, including severance.

The liability balance for restructuring as of June 30, 2019, is as follows:
  
Employee-
Related Costs
 
Second Quarter 2019 charges $10 
Cash payments  (6)
Foreign exchange  - 
Balance, June 30, 2019 $4 


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4.          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. As of March 31,June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, we did not have material contract asset balances.


Contract liabilities represent our obligations to transfer products to a customer for which we have received consideration from the customer. Infrequently 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 March 31,June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were approximately $8 million and less than $1 million.million, respectively. Contract liability balances were reported as “Accounts payable” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  All contract liabilities as of MarchDecember 31, 2018 were recognized as revenue in “Net sales” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the first quarter of 2019.


Disaggregation of Revenue


We operate under one operating and reportable segment, TiO2. See Note 2124 for 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,
  Three Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018 
North America $138   145  $180  $185  $318  $330 
South and Central America  13   16   48   21   61   37 
Europe, Middle-East and Africa  130   146   316   149   446   295 
Asia Pacific  109   135   247   137   356   272 
Total net sales $390  $442  $791  $492  $1,181  $934 

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


 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  Three Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Pigment $286   333 
TiO2
 $625  $346  $902  $671 
Zircon  64   61   88   78   152   139 
Pig iron  19   19 
Feedstock and other products  21   17   78   53   127   97 
Electrolytic     12      15      27 
Total net sales $390  $442  $791  $492  $1,181  $934 


TiO2 includes pigment and ultrafine. Feedstock and other products mainly include pig iron rutile prime, ilmenite, Chloride (“CP”) slag, 8120 grade product and other mining products. Electrolytic products mainly include electrolytic manganese dioxide and boron. We sold our Electrolytic operations on September 1, 2018. The nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows typically do not differ significantly among different products.


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5.          Asset Sale

On September 1, 2018, Tronox LLC, our indirect wholly owned subsidiary, sold to EMD Acquisition LLC certain of the assets and liabilities of our Henderson Electrolytic Operations based in Henderson, Nevada (the “Henderson Electrolytic Operations”), a component of our TiO2 segment, for $1.3 million in cash and a Secured Promissory Note of $4.7 million. On December 27, 2018, we received the full settlement of the Promissory Note of $4.7 million from EMD Acquisition LLC. For the year ended December 31, 2018, a total pre-tax loss on the sale of $31 million was recorded in “Impairment loss” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, of which $25 million had been recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2018. The remaining loss of $6 million was recognized during the third quarter of 2018, primarily due to an amendment to the original purchase agreement which reduced the initially agreed consideration from $13 million to $6 million.


5.6.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 (loss) before income taxes is comprised of the following:


  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2019  2018 
Income tax provision $(2) $(5)
Loss before income taxes $(28) $(36)
Effective tax rate  (7)%  (14)%
  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Income tax benefit $4  $27  $2  $22 
(Loss) income before income taxes $(59) $23  $(87) $(13)
Effective tax rate  7%  (117)%  2%  169%


Tronox Holdings plc, a U.K. corporation,public limited company, became the public parent during the three months ended March 31, 2019. During the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2018, Tronox Limited was the public parent, registered under the laws of the State of Western Australia but managed and controlled in the U.K .U.K. The statutory tax rate in the U.K. at both March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018 was 19%. The effective tax rate for both the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018 differs from the U.K. statutory rate of 19% primarily due to income and losses in jurisdictions with full valuation allowances, disallowable expenditures, and our jurisdictional mix of income at tax rates different than the U.K. statutory rate.


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the Cristal Transaction, we now have additional jurisdictions with operational income.  The statutory tax rates on income earned in Australia (30%), the United States (21%), South Africa (28%), France (32%), China (25%), Brazil (34%), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (20%), and the Netherlands (25%) are higher than the U.K. statutory rate of 19%. The statutory tax rate on income earned in Switzerland (8%) and Jersey (0%) are lower than the U.K. statutory rate of 19%. Also, we continue to maintain a full valuation allowance in the U.S. and Australia. Tax rates will be reduced in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to 20.5% and 17%, respectively, in future years.


As of June 30, 2018, we determined that sufficient positive evidence existed to reverse the valuation allowance attributable to our operating subsidiary in the Netherlands. We continue to maintain full valuation allowances related to the total net deferred tax assets in Australia and the U.S., as we cannot objectively assert that these deferred tax assets are more likely than not to be realized. It is reasonably possible that a portion of these valuation allowances could be reversed within the next year due to increased book profitability levelslevels. For entities acquired in the Cristal Transaction, we have full valuation allowances in Australia, Brazil, Switzerland and the acquisition of the Cristal TiO2 business.U.S. Until these valuation allowances are eliminated, future 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 state tax payments. Additionally, we have valuation allowances against specific tax assets in the Netherlands, South Africa, and the U.K.


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The Company’s ability to use certain loss and expense carryforwards could be substantially limited if the Company were to experience an ownership change as defined under IRC Section 382. In general, an ownership change would occur if the Company’s “5-percent shareholders,” as defined under IRC Section 382, including certain groups of persons treated as “5-percent shareholders,” collectively increased their ownership in the Company by more than 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. If an ownership change does occur during 2019, the resulting impact could be a limitation of up to $5.2 billion composed of both U.S. net operating losses and interest limitation carryforwards. ThereWe believe there would be minimal impact on the $2.5 billion future Grantor Trust deductions from an IRC Sections 382 change.


We currently have no uncertain tax positions recorded; however, we continue to evaluate the companies acquired in the Cristal Transaction, and it is reasonably possible that this could change in the next 12 months.

We believe that we have made adequate provision for income taxes that may be payable with respect to years open for examination; however, 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.


6.7.LossIncome (Loss) Per Share


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


  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Numerator - Basic and Diluted:            
Net (loss) income from continuing operations $(55) $50  $(85) $9 
Less: Net income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interest  6   14   10   17 
Undistributed net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to Tronox Holdings plc  (61)  36   (95)  (8)
Net loss from discontinued operations  (1)     (1)   
Net income (loss) available to ordinary shares $(62) $36  $(96) $(8)
                 
Denominator - Basic and Diluted:                
Weighted-average ordinary shares, basic (in thousands)  150,686   123,063   137,569   122,699 
Weighted-average ordinary shares, diluted (in thousands)  150,686   126,716   137,569   122,699 
                 
Basic net income (loss) from continuing operations per ordinary share $(0.41) $0.30  $(0.69) $(0.07)
Basic net income (loss) from discontinued operations per ordinary share            
Basic net income (loss) operations per ordinary share $(0.41) $0.30  $(0.69) $(0.07)
                 
Diluted net income (loss) from continuing operations per ordinary share $(0.41) $0.29  $(0.69) $(0.07)
Diluted net income (loss) from discontinued operations per ordinary share            
Diluted net income (loss) operations per ordinary share $(0.41) $0.29  $(0.69) $(0.07)

  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2019  2018 
Numerator – Basic and Diluted:      
Net loss $(30) $(41)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest  4   3 
Undistributed net loss attributable to Tronox Holdings plc $(34) $(44)
         
Denominator – Basic and Diluted:        
Weighted-average ordinary shares (in thousands)  124,296   122,327 
Net loss per Ordinary Share:        
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share $(0.27) $(0.36)
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Net loss per ordinary share amounts were calculated from exact, not rounded net loss and share information.  Prior to January 2019, we had issued shares of restricted stock which were participating securities that did not have a contractual obligation to share in losses; therefore, when we had a net loss, none of the loss was allocated to participating securities. The restricted stock vested on January 29, 2019. For both the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and for the six months ended June 30, 2018, the two-class method did not have an effect on our net loss per ordinary share calculation, and as such, dividends paid during these periods did not impact this calculation.

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In computing diluted net loss per share under the two-class method, we considered potentially dilutive shares. Anti-dilutive shares not recognized in the diluted net loss per share calculation for the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:


 March 31,  
Three Months Ended June 30,
Shares
  
Six Months Ended June 30,
Shares
 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Options  1,307,735   1,707,133   1,269,443   1,328,129   1,269,443   1,328,129 
Restricted share units  5,176,210   5,388,754   5,206,611   1,605,156   5,206,611   5,258,259 


7.8.Inventories, Net


Inventories, net consisted of the following:


 
March 31,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
  
June 30,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Raw materials $91  $102  $267  $102 
Work-in-process  46   43   108   43 
Finished goods, net  245   225   528   225 
Materials and supplies, net  104   109   194   109 
Inventories, net – current $486  $479  $1,097  $479 


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,June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, inventory obsolescence reserves primarily for materials and supplies were $14$15 million and $13 million, respectively. Reserves for lower of cost or market and net realizable value was $26 million and $17 million each at March 31,June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.2018, respectively.


8.9.Property, Plant and Equipment, Net


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


 
March 31,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
  
June 30,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Land and land improvements $96  $96  $158  $96 
Buildings  245   242   309   242 
Machinery and equipment  1,415   1,395   1,857   1,395 
Construction-in-progress  55   63   184   63 
Other  39   39   59   39 
Subtotal  1,850   1,835   2,567   1,835 
Less: accumulated depreciation  (858)  (831)  (932)  (831)
Property, plant and equipment, net (1)
 $992  $1,004  $1,635  $1,004 


Substantially all of the Property,property, plant and equipment, net is pledged as collateral for our debt. See Note 12.13.


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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,
 
  2019  2018 
Cost of goods sold $32  $33 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  1   1 
Total $33  $34 


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  Three Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Cost of goods sold $58  $31  $90  $64 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  1   1   2   2 
Total $59  $32  $92  $66 

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9.10.Mineral Leaseholds, Net


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


 
March 31,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
  
June 30,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Mineral leaseholds $1,237  $1,238  $1,303  $1,238 
Less: accumulated depletion  (450)  (442)  (469)  (442)
Mineral leaseholds, net $787  $796  $834  $796 


Depletion expense relating to mineral leaseholds recorded in “Cost of goods sold” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations was $8$17 million and $10 million during each of the three months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018.2018, respectively. Depletion expense relating to mineral leaseholds recorded in “Cost of goods sold” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations was $25 million and $18 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.


10.11.Intangible Assets, Net


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


 March 31, 2019  December 31, 2018  June 30, 2019  December 31, 2018 
 Gross Cost  
Accumulated
Amortization
  
Net Carrying
Amount
  Gross Cost  
Accumulated
Amortization
  
Net Carrying
Amount
  Gross Cost  
Accumulated
Amortization
  
Net Carrying
Amount
  Gross Cost  
Accumulated
Amortization
  
Net Carrying
Amount
 
Customer relationships $291  $(158) $133  $291  $(154) $137  $291  $(163) $128  $291  $(154) $137 
TiO2 technology
  32   (13)  19   32   (13)  19   101   (14)  87   32   (13)  19 
Internal-use software  47   (30)  17   47   (27)  20   47   (31)  16   47   (27)  20 
Intangible assets, net $370  $(201) $169  $370  $(194) $176  $439  $(208) $231  $370  $(194) $176 


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,
  Three Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Cost of goods sold $  $  $1  $1  $1  $1 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  6   6   7   6   13   12 
Total $6  $6  $8  $7  $14  $13 


Estimated future amortization expense related to intangible assets is $20$14 million for the remainder of 2019, $27 million for 2020, $26 million for 2020 and 2021, $23$24 million for 2022, $22 million for 2023 and $52$113 million thereafter.


11.Accrued Liabilities


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12.          Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Supplemental Information

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
  
June 30,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Employee-related costs and benefits $92  $69 
Payable to Tasnee for Cristal acquisition  72    
Related party payables  5    
Interest  16   16 
Sales rebates  31   18 
Restructuring  4    
Taxes other than income taxes  26   5 
Asset retirement obligations  11   6 
Interest rate swaps  22    
Foreign currency derivatives
     6 
Professional fees and other  51   20 
Accrued liabilities $330  $140 


  
March 31,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Employee-related costs and benefits $45  $69 
Interest  33   16 
Sales rebates  15   18 
Taxes other than income taxes  7   5 
Asset retirement obligations  5   6 
Derivatives     6 
Professional fees and other  14   20 
Accrued liabilities $119  $140 

Additional supplemental cash flow information for the six months ended June 30, 2019 is as follows:

Supplemental non cash information: 
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2019
 
Investing activities- shares issued in the Cristal acquisition $526 
Financing activities- debt assumed in the Cristal acquisition $20 

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12.13.Debt

On March 22, 2019, we entered into a consent and amendment to the global senior secured asset-based syndicated revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Wells Fargo Revolver”), and an amendment to our Term Loan Facility. The purpose of each amendment was to, among other things, (i) permit the refinancing of certain existing indebtedness incurred by our South African subsidiaries, Tronox KZN Sands Proprietary Limited and Tronox Mineral Sands Proprietary Limited, and the proposed uses of proceeds thereof, and (ii) implement required provisions in both the Wells Fargo Revolver and Term Loan Facility necessary in connection with establishment of Tronox Holdings plc.

On March 25, 2019,  our South African subsidiaries entered into an agreement for a revolving credit facility (the “Standard Bank Revolver”) and a new term loan facility (the “Standard Bank Term Loan”) with The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited as discussed below.

Wells Fargo Revolver

On September 22, 2017, we entered into a theglobal senior secured asset-based syndicated revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo RevolverBank, N.A. (the “Wells Fargo Revolver”) which provided us with up to $550$550 million of revolving credit lines, with an $85$85 million sublimit for letters of credit, and has a maturity date of September 22, 2022.2022. Our availability of revolving credit loans and letters of credit is subject to a borrowing base.

On March 22, 2019, we entered into a consent and amendment to the Wells Fargo Revolver and an amendment to our Term Loan Facility. The purpose of each amendment was to, among other things, (i) permit the refinancing of certain existing indebtedness incurred by our South African subsidiaries, Tronox KZN Sands Proprietary Limited and Tronox Mineral Sands Proprietary Limited, and the proposed uses of proceeds thereof, and (ii) implement required provisions in both the Wells Fargo Revolver and Term Loan Facility necessary in connection with establishment of Tronox Holdings plc.
The Wells Fargo Revolver amendment discussed above also modified certain components of the borrowing base in order to increase the potential availability of credit under the Wells Fargo Revolver.credit.  We also voluntarily reduced the revolving credit lines under the Wells Fargo Revolver from $550$550 million to $350$350 million. As a result of this modification, we accelerated the recognition of a portion of the deferred financing costs related to the Wells Fargo Revolver and during the three months ended March 31, 2019, recorded a charge of $2$2 million in “Loss on extinguishment of debt” within the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

On March 29, 2019, we borrowed $80 million under the Wells Fargo Revolver, and also had $21 million of issued and undrawn letters of credit under the Wells Fargo Revolver, which remained outstanding at March 31, 2019. There were no balances outstanding at December 31, 2018.June 30, 2019.

ABSA Revolving Credit Facility

On December 13, 2017, our South African subsidiaries entered into an agreement for a revolving credit facility with ABSA Bank Limited (“ABSA”) acting through its ABSA Capital Division for an amount up to R750R750 million (approximately $52 million at December 31, 2018 exchange rate) maturing on December 13, 2020 (the “ABSA Revolver”). In connection with the Standard Bank Revolver entered into on March 25, 2019, discussed below, the ABSA Revolver was terminated on March 26, 2019. As a result of the termination, we accelerated the recognition of the remaining deferred financing costs related to the ABSA Revolver during the three months ended March 31, 2019.and2019 and recorded less than $1$1 million in “Loss on extinguishment of debt” within the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.


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Standard Bank Credit Facility

On March 25, 2019, our South African subsidiaries,Tronox KZN Sands Proprietary Limited and Tronox Mineral Sands Proprietary Limited, entered into the Standard Bank Revolver for an amount up to R1R1 billion (approximately $69$71 million at March 31,June 30, 2019 exchange rate) maturing on March 25, 2022.2022. The Standard Bank Revolver bears interest at the Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate (“JIBAR”) plus 260 basis points when net leverage for our South African subsidiaries (total combined debt outstanding under the Standard Bank Revolver and Standard Bank Term Loan less cash and cash equivalents divided by the consolidated EBITDA) is less than 1.5 and JIBAR plus 285 basis points when net leverage is greater than 1.5. At March 31, 2019, we had R200 million (approximately $14 millionThere were no balances outstanding at March 31, 2019 exchange rate) in outstanding borrowings on the Standard Bank Revolver.

June 30, 2019.
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Standard Bank Term Loan Facility

On March 25, 2019, our South African subsidiaries, Tronox KZN Sands Proprietary Limited and Tronox Mineral Sands Proprietary Limited, entered into the Standard Bank Term Loan with a maturity date of March 25, 2024.2024. The Term Loan Facility consists of (i) an aggregate principal amount of R2.6R2.6 billion (approximately $180 million at March 31, 2019 exchange rate) (“Amortizing Loan”) the principal of which will be paid back at 5 percent per quarter over the five year term of the loan, and (ii) an aggregate principal amount of R600R600 million (approximately $42 million at March 31, 2019 exchange rate) (“Bullet Loan”) the principal of which will be paid back at the maturity date of the Standard Bank Term Loan.

The Amortizing and Bullet Loans bear interest at JIBAR plus 260 basis points and 295 basis points when net leverage South African subsidiaries is less than 1.5 and JIBAR plus 285 basis points and 315 basis points when net leverage is greater than 1.5, respectively. At June 30, 2019, the principal amounts for the Amortizing Loan and the Bullet Loan were R2.6 billion (approximately $175 million) and R600 million (approximately $43 million), respectively.

Cristal Debt Acquired
As part of the Cristal Transaction, we became party to certain debt arrangements as described below:
A revolving credit facility with Emirates NBD PJSC under which we will have the ability to borrow up to approximately $50 million. The revolver is secured by the inventory and trade receivables of Cristal Pigment UK Ltd. Under the terms of the revolver, for U.S dollar borrowings the interest rate is LIBOR plus 2.25% while the interest rate for Euro borrowings is Euribor plus 2.25%. There were no borrowings outstanding under this revolver at June 30, 2019.

A working capital debt agreement in China (“Tikon Loan”) that matures in April and May of 2021. The Tikon Loan bears interest based on an official lending basis rate per annum as announced and published by the People’s Bank of China plus a 7% premium. At June 30, 2019 the outstanding balance on the Tikon Loan was approximately CNY140 million (approximately $20 million at June 30, 2019 exchange rate).

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Long-term Debt


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


  
Original
Principal
  
Annual
Interest Rate
 
Maturity
Date
 
March 31,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Term Loan Facility, net of unamortized discount (1) (2)
 $2,150  Variable 9/22/2024 $2,019  $2,119 
Senior Notes due 2025  450   5.75%10/01/2025  450   450 
Senior Notes due 2026  615   6.50%4/15/2026  615   615 
Standard Bank Term Loan Facility  222  Variable 03/25/2024  222    
Finance leases           15   16 
Long-term debt           3,321   3,200 
Less: Long-term debt due within one year           (58)  (22)
Debt issuance costs           (40)  (39)
Long-term debt, net                $3,223  $3,139 
 
Original
Principal
  
Annual
Interest Rate
 
Maturity
Date
 June 30, 2019 December 31, 2018
Term Loan Facility, net of unamortized discount (1) (2)
$2,150  Variable 9/22/2024 $1,914 $2,119
Senior Notes due 2025 450   5.75% 10/01/2025  450  450
Senior Notes due 2026 615   6.50% 4/15/2026  615  615
Standard Bank Term Loan Facility 222  Variable 03/25/2024  218  
Tikon Loan N/A   Variable  05/23/2021  20  
Finance leases          16  16
Long-term debt          3,233  3,200
Less: Long-term debt due within one year          (58)  (22)
Debt issuance costs          (39)  (39)
Long-term debt, net               $3,136 $3,139





(1)Average effective interest rate of 5.6%5.8% and 5.5% during the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.




(2)The Term Loan Facility consists of (i) a U.S. dollar term facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion (the “Term Loans”) with our subsidiary, Tronox Finance LLC (“Tronox Finance”) as the borrower and (ii) a U.S. dollar term facility in an aggregate principal amount of $650 million (the “Blocked Term Loan”) with our unrestricted subsidiary, Tronox Blocked Borrower LLC (the “Blocked Borrower”) as the borrower, which Blocked Term Loan was funded into a blocked account. Upon consummation of the Cristal Transaction on April 10, 2019, the Blocked Borrower merged with and into Tronox Finance, and the Blocked Term Loan became available to Tronox Finance. InPursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Facility, in the event of an asset sale, some or all of the net proceeds from the sale may be required to be used to prepay borrowings under the Term Loan Facility based on the ratio of the total combined debt outstanding under the Term Loan Facility and the Wells Fargo Revolver to the consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the Term Loan Facility, for the previous four quarters.  If this ratio is greater than 3, then all of the net proceeds from an asset sale would be required to be used to prepay borrowings under the Term Loan Facility, while if the ratio were less than 3 but greater than 2.75, 50% of the net proceeds would be required for prepayment and if the ratio were less than 2.75, no prepayment would be required. On May 1, 2019, we divested Cristal’s North American operations for approximately $700 million and subsequent to the sale,our senior net leverage ratio was below 2.75, and, as a result, the sale of the North American operations did not trigger a prepayment event.

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13.14.Fair ValueDerivative Financial Instruments


Our debt is recorded at historical amounts. The following table presentsInterest Rate Risk

During the fairsecond quarter of 2019, we entered into interest-rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $750 million, representing a portion of our debt atTerm Loan Facility, which effectively converts the variable rate to a fixed rate for a portion of the loan. The agreements expire in September 2024. The Company’s objectives in using the interest-rate swap agreements are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its 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 other comprehensive income and are subsequently reclassified into interest expense in the same periods during which the hedged transactions affect earnings. For both March 31,the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018:

  
March 31,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Term Loan Facility $2,013  $2,074 
Standard Bank Term Loan Facility  222    
Senior Notes due 2025  419   368 
Senior Notes due 2026  586   518 

We determined the amount recorded in interest expense related to the interest-rate swap agreements was not material. The fair value of the Term Loan Facility, the Senior Notes due 2025outstanding interest-rate swap contracts was $22 million and the Senior Notes due 2026 using quoted market prices, which under the fair value hierarchy is a Level 1 input. We determined the fair value of the Standard Bank Term Loan Facility using quoted prices for similar liabilitieswas included  in active markets, which under the fair value hierarchy is a Level 2 input. Balances outstanding under our Wells Fargo Revolver and Standard Bank Revolver are carried at contractual amounts, which approximate fair value based“Accrued liabilities” on the short-term nature of the borrowings and variable interest rates. The fair value hierarchy for both revolvers is a Level 2 input.unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet:

Foreign Currency Risk

We enter into foreign currency contracts for the South African rand to reduce exposure of our subsidiaries’ balance sheet accounts not denominated in theour South African subsidiaries’ functional currency to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We use a combination of zero-cost collars or 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,June 30, 2019, there was $54$18 million, in the aggregate, of notional amount outstanding foreign currency contracts with a fair value of a loss of less than $1 million.  We determined the fair value of the foreign currency contracts 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 is a Level 2 input. For the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019, we have recorded realized and unrealized gains of $5$1 million and $6 million, respectively, related to foreign currency contracts in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.Operations



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15.          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 at both June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:

  
June 30,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Term Loan Facility $1,906  $2,074 
Standard Bank Term Loan Facility  218    
Senior Notes due 2025  439   368 
Senior Notes due 2026  610   518 
Tikon Loan  20    

We determined the fair value of the Term Loan Facility, the Senior Notes due 2025 and the Senior Notes due 2026 using quoted market prices, which under the fair value hierarchy is a Level 1 input. We determined the fair value of the Standard Bank Term Loan Facility and Tikon Loan utilizing transactions in the listed markets for identical or similar liabilities, which under the fair value hierarchy is a Level 2 input.
The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these items.

See Note 2, “Cristal Acquisition and Related Divestitures”, for the assets and liabilities measured on a non-recurring basis at fair value associated with our acquisition. See Note 14, “Derivative Financial Instruments” for our derivative financial instruments recorded at fair value.

14.16.Leases


We determine if a contract is or contains a lease at inception of the contract. Our leases are primarily operating leases. Leased assets primarily include office buildings, rail cars and motor vehicles, forklifts, and other machinery and equipment. Our leases primarily have fixed lease payments, with real estate leases typically requiring additional payments for real estate taxes and occupancy-related costs. Our real estate leases typically have initial lease terms ranging from 1 to 19 years, while our non-real estate leases typically have initial lease terms ranging from 1 to 25 years. Some of our lease agreements include options to renew, extend or early terminate the leases. Lease term is the non-cancellable period of a lease, adjusted by the period covered by an option to extend or terminate the lease if we are reasonably certain to exercise that option. Our operating leases typically do not contain purchase options we expect to exercise, residual value guarantees or other material covenants.


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Operating leases are recorded under “Lease right of use assets”, “Short-term lease liabilities”, and “Long-term lease liabilities”on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Finance leases are recorded under “Property, plant and equipment net”, Long-term“Long-term debt due within one year”, and “Long-term debt” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are initially recorded at the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date.date or acquisition date for Cristal leases. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of future payments. Lease payments for the initial measurement of lease ROU assets and lease liabilities include fixed payments and variable payments that depend on an index or a rate. Variable lease payments that are not index or rate based are recorded as expenses when incurred. Operating lease ROU assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease. Finance lease ROU assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives of leased asset and the lease terms.

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Financial information for the three months and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 are presented under the new standard, while comparative periods are not required since we adopted the new standard using the cumulative-effect adjustment approach.


Lease expensesexpense for the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 were comprised of the following:


 
March 31,
2019
  
Three months
ended
June 30, 2019
  
Six months
ended
June 30, 2019
 
Operating lease expense $7  $10  $17 
            
Finance lease expense:            
Amortization of right-of-use assets $       
Interest on lease liabilities  1      1 
            
Short term lease expense  4   7   11 
Variable lease expense  4   8   12 
Total lease expense $16  $25  $41 


The table below summarizes lease expense for the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019, recorded in the specific line items in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:


   
 
March 31,
2019
  
Three months
ended
June 30, 2019
  
Six months
ended
June 30, 2019
 
Cost of goods sold $15  $24  $39 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  1   1   2 
Total $16  $25  $41 


The weighted-average remaining lease term in years and weighted-average discount rates at March 31,June 30, 2019 were as follows:


  
March 31,June 30,
2019
 
Weighted-average remaining lease term:   
Operating leases  4.03.9 
Finance leases  11.311.0 
     
Weighted-average discount rate:    
Operating leases  9.68.8%
Finance leases  14.2%


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The maturity analysis for operating leases and finance leases at March 31,June 30, 2019 were as follows:


 
Operating
Leases
  
Finance
Leases
  
Operating
Leases
  
Finance
Leases
 
2019 $19  $2  $19  $2 
2020  22   3   33   3 
2021  16   3   26   3 
2022  8   3   12   3 
2023  4   3   5   3 
Thereafter  8   17   11   18 
Total lease payments  77   31   106   32 
Less: imputed interest  (14)  (16)  (17)  (16)
Present value of lease payments $63  $15  $89  $16 


The minimum commitments for operating leases and finance leases at December 31, 2018 were as follows:



 
Operating
Leases
  
Finance
Leases
 
2019 $15  $3 
2020  6   3 
2021  5   3 
2022  4   3 
2023  3   3 
Thereafter  4   18 
Total lease payments $37  $33 

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Additional information relating to cash flows and ROU assets for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 is as follows:


 
March 31,
2019
  
June 30,
2019
 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:      
Operating cash flows used for operating leases $7  $17 
Operating cash flows used for finance leases  1   1 
Financing cash flows used for finance leases      


Additional information relating to ROU assets for the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 is as follows:


 
March 31,
2019
  
Three months
ended
June 30, 2019
  
Six months
ended
June 30, 2019
 
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:         
Operating leases $3 
Operating leases obtained in the normal course of business $4  $7 
Operating leases acquired in connection with Cristal acquisition  37   37 
Finance leases (recorded in “Property, plant, and equipment, net”)         


As of June 30, 2019, we have additional operating leases, primarily for equipment and machinery, that have not yet commenced. The related ROU asset is approximately $12 million. These leases will commence later in 2019 with lease terms that range from 3 years to 5 years.


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15.Asset Retirement Obligations


17.          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 Ended
March 31,
  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Beginning balance $74  $82  $75  $83  $74  $82 
Additions     4   6      6   4 
Accretion expense  1   1   3   2   4   3 
Remeasurement/translation     1      (6)     (5)
Settlements/payments     (1)  (1)  (1)  (1)  (2)
Transferred with the divestiture of Ashtabula  (3)     (3)   
Transferred in with the acquisition of Cristal  94      94    
Transferred with the sale of Henderson Electrolytic     (4)           (4)
Balance, March 31, $75  $83 
Balance, June 30, $174  $78  $174  $78 


  
June 30,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Current portion included in “Accrued liabilities” $11  $6 
Noncurrent portion included in “Asset retirement obligations”  163   68 
Asset retirement obligations $174  $74 

Asset retirement obligations were classified as follows:

  
March 31,
2019
  
December 31,
2018
 
Current portion included in “Accrued liabilities” $5  $6 
Noncurrent portion included in “Asset retirement obligations”  70   68 
Asset retirement obligations $75  $74 

16.18.Commitments and Contingencies



Purchase and Capital Commitments — Includes obligations for purchase requirements of process chemicals, supplies, utilities and services entered into in the ordinary course of business. At March 31,June 30, 2019, purchase commitments were $123$185 million for 2019, $58$132 million for 2020, $40$82 million for 2021, $36$63 million for 2022, $22$41 million for 2023, and $69$114 million thereafter.


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Letters of Credit—At March 31,June 30, 2019, we had outstanding letters of credit and bank guarantees of $43$66 million, of which $21 million were letters of credit, $21$44 million were bank guarantees and less than $1 million were performance bonds.


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 are 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 TiO2 business of Cristal in April 2019.  In 1984, a predecessor of Cristal and the Maryland Department of the Environment (“MDE”) entered into a consent decree (the “Consent Decree”) to address the Batch Attack Lagoon.   The Consent Decree required that Cristal close the Batch Attack Lagoon when the Hawkins Point Plant ceased operations.  In addition, we are investigating whether hazardous substances are migrating from the Batch Attack Lagoon.   A provision of $32 million has been made in our financial statements for the Hawkins Point Plant consistent with the accounting policy described above. We are in discussions with the MDE regarding a new consent decree to address both the Batch Attack Lagoon as well as other environmental contamination issues associated with the Hawkins Point Plant.

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Other MattersFrom time to time, we may be party 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, the materiality of which is still being assessed, 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, administrative proceedings involving legal, environmental, and/orif applicable, other experts. Included in these other matters in various courts or agencies. These proceedings, individually andis the following:

Venator Materials plc v. Tronox Limited.  In May 2019, Venator Materials plc (“Venator”) filed an action in the aggregate, may have a material adverse effect on us. These proceedings may be associated with facilities currently or previously owned, operated or used by us and/or our predecessors, some of which may include claims for personal injuries, property damages, cleanup costs, and other environmental matters. Current and former operations may also involve management of regulated materials that are subject to various environmental laws and regulations including the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or state equivalents. Similar environmental laws and regulations and other requirements exist in foreign countries in which we operate.

When we announced the divestitureSuperior Court of the 8120 Grade to Venator on July 16, 2018, we also announcedState of Delaware alleging among other things that we had entered intoowed Venator a binding Memorandum$75 million “Break Fee” pursuant to the terms of Understanding (“MOU”a preliminary agreement dated July 14, 2018 (the “Exclusivity Agreement”) with.  The Exclusivity Agreement required, among other things, Tronox and Venator providing for the negotiation in good faith ofto use their respective best efforts to negotiate a definitive agreement to sell the entirety of Cristal’sthe National Titanium Dioxide Company Limited’s (“Cristal’s”) North American operations to Venator if a divestiture of all or a substantial part of Ashtabula wasthese operations were required to secure final FTC regulatorythe approval of the Federal Trade Commission for us to complete our acquisition of Cristal’s TiO2 business.  In June 2019, we counterclaimed against Venator seeking to recover $400 million in damages from Venator that we suffered as a result of Venator’s breaches of the Cristal Transaction.  The MOU also provided forExclusivity Agreement.  Specifically, we allege that Venator’s failure to use best efforts constituted a $75 million break fee if, among other things,material breach of the parties, despite negotiatingExclusivity Agreement and directly resulted in good-faith and in conformity with the terms in the MOU, failedcaused us to reach a definitive agreement for the sale ofsell Cristal’s North American operations and Tronox was able to consummate bothan alternative buyer for $700 million, $400 million less than the Cristal Transaction andprice Venator had agreed to in the paper-laminate grade divestiture to Venator.  In our opinion, Venator failed to negotiate in good faith to purchase Cristal’s North American operations for $1.1 billion, as contemplated by the MOU, and otherwise failed to comply with the MOU, and therefore we do not believe that the $75 million break fee is payable.  While no formal dispute exists today, there is a possibility that we and Venator may litigate to resolve our dispute.Exclusivity Agreement.  Though we believe that our interpretation of the MOUExclusivity Agreement is correct, there can be no assurance that we will prevail in litigation and avoid paying Venator the $75 million break fee.litigation.


17.19.Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Attributable to Tronox Holdings plc


The tables below present changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component for the three months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018.


 
Cumulative
Translation
Adjustment
  
Pension
Liability
Adjustment
  Total  
Cumulative
Translation
Adjustment
  
Pension
Liability
Adjustment
  
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Derivatives
  Total 
Balance, January 1, 2019 $(445) $(95) $(540)
Balance, March 31, 2019 $(517) $(95) $  $(612)
Other comprehensive loss  (11)     (11)  18      (23)  (5)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest  (61)     (61)
Balance, March 31, 2019 $(517) $(95) $(612)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income     1      1 
Balance, June 30, 2019 $(499) $(94) $(23) $(616)


  
Cumulative
Translation
Adjustment
  
Pension
Liability
Adjustment
  
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Derivatives
  Total 
Balance, January 1, 2018 $(312) $(90) $(1) $(403)
Other comprehensive income  44         44 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)     1      1 
Balance, March 31, 2018 $(268) $(89) $(1) $(358)
  
Cumulative
Translation
Adjustment
  
Pension
Liability
Adjustment
  
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Derivatives
  Total 
Balance, March 31, 2018 $(268) $(89) $(1) $(358)
Other comprehensive loss  (139)        (139)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income     1      1 
Balance, June 30, 2018 $(407) $(88) $(1) $(496)


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The tables below present changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018.


  
Cumulative
Translation
Adjustment
  
Pension
Liability
Adjustment
  
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Derivatives
  Total 
Balance, January 1, 2019 $(445) $(95) $  $(540)
Other comprehensive loss  7      (23)  (16)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income     1      1 
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest  (61)        (61)
Balance, June 30, 2019 $(499) $(94) $(23) $(616)

  
Cumulative
Translation
Adjustment
  
Pension
Liability
Adjustment
  
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Derivatives
  Total 
Balance, January 1, 2018 $(312) $(90) $(1) $(403)
Other comprehensive loss  (95)        (95)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income     2      2 
Balance, June 30, 2018 $(407) $(88) $(1) $(496)

18.20.Share-Based Compensation


Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”)


During 2017, a total of 1,397,471 RSUs were granted, pursuant to an Integration Incentive Award program (“Integration Incentive Award”) established in connection with the Cristal Transaction, to certain executive officers and managers with significant integration accountability. In addition, during the second quarter of 2018, an additional 139,225 RSUs were granted under the Integration Incentive Award. These RSUs would have vested two years from the date of the close of the Cristal Transaction and the number of shares that would have been issued to grantees would have been based upon the achievement of established performance conditions.  Under the original terms of the Integration Incentive Award, if the Cristal Transaction did not close by July 1, 2018, all unvested awards pursuant to the Integration Incentive Award would immediately be canceledcancelled and forfeited.


During the second quarter of 2018, terms of the Integration Incentive Award were modified to eliminate the requirement that the Cristal Transaction must close by July 1, 2018.  We accounted for this modification as a Type III modification since, at the modification date, the expectation of the award vesting changed from improbable to probable. As a result, we reversed approximately $6 million of previously recorded expense related to the Integration Incentive Award.  The issued and unvested RSUs under the Integration Incentive Award were revalued based on the closing price of the Company’s stock on the modification date and will vest on April 10, 2021 (twotwo years from the date the Cristal Transaction closed)closed and based upon the achievement of established performance conditions. As a result, the estimated expense associated with the revalued award is being expensed over the period from the modification date until April 10, 2021.

During the third and fourth quarter of 2018, an additional 90,161 and 40,161 RSUs, respectively, were granted under the modified terms of the Integration Incentive Award. The estimated expense associated with theseAll the integration awards is being recognized over the period from the grant dates untildiscussed above will vest on April 10, 2021.2021 if performance conditions are met.


During the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019, we granted RSUs which have time and/or performance conditions. Both the time-based awards and the performance-based awards are classified as equity awards. For the time-based awards that are valued at the weighted average grant date fair value, 132,728195,178 RSUs were granted to Board members and vest a year from the date of grant and 1,143,018 RSUs were granted to management and vest ratably over a three-year period.period and 3,528 RSUs were granted to certain Board members in lieu of cash fees earned and vested immediately. For the performance-based awards, 1,143,018  RSUs were granted to management and cliff vest at the end of the three years. Vesting of the performance-based awards is determined based on a relative Total Stockholder Return (“TSR”) calculation compared to a peer group performance over the applicable three-year measurement period. The Company’s three-year TSR versus the peer group performance levels determines the payout percentage. The TSR metric is considered a market condition for which we use a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the grant date fair value.


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The unrecognized compensation cost associated with all unvested awards at March 31,June 30, 2019 was $66$67 million, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.02.3 years.


Options


There were no options exercised during the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019.


19.21.Repurchase of Common Stock

In addition to the repurchase of 14 million shares from Exxaro discussed in Note 23, Related Parties, on June 3, 2019, the Company’s  Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of the Company's stock. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, we purchased 4,957,098 shares of common stock under the stock repurchase program at an average price of $11.26 per share and at a cost of approximately $56 million, including sales commissions, leaving approximately $44 million available for additional repurchases under the program. Upon repurchase of the shares by the Company, the shares were cancelled.

As of August 8, 2019, we had purchased a total of 7,453,391 shares under the authorization at an average price of $11.59 per share and at a cost of approximately $86 million.

22.Pension and Other Postretirement Healthcare Benefits


We sponsor a noncontributory qualified defined benefit retirement plan in the U. S.United States (the “U.S. Qualified Plan”). We also have a collective defined contribution plan (a multiemployer plan) in the Netherlands (the “Netherlands Multiemployer Plan”) and a postretirement healthcare plan in South Africa (the “SA Postretirement Plan”).


As a result of the Cristal acquisition we assumed liability for defined benefit (“DB”) and post retirement plans in the United States (“U.S. DB Plans”), United Kingdom (“U.K. DB Scheme”), Australia (“Australia DB Plan”), France (“France Retirement Indemnity Plan”) and Saudi Arabia (“KSA End of Service Indemnity”).  The U.S. DB Plans are comprised of a pension plan (“U.S. Pension Plan”), a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) and Permanent Transfer Plan (“TERP”) and retirement medical plan. These plans benefits are generally calculated based on years of credited service and average compensation as defined under the respective plan provisions. The U.S. Pension Plan is funded through contributions to a pension trust fund, generally subject to minimum funding requirements. The SERP, TERP and the retirement medical plans are unfunded. As a result of the INEOS transaction, all active participants moving to INEOS were terminated from the U.S. Pension Plan and became 100% vested with no further benefits accruing to those participants.

The U.K. DB Scheme and the Australia DB Plan are funded plans that are frozen and therefore no further benefits accrue to the participants. The Australia DB Plan is in the process of winding down and is expected to cease by the end of the year. The France Indemnity Plan is an active unfunded plan and benefits are generally based on years of credited service and average compensation. The KSA End of Service Indemnity provides end of service benefits to qualifying participants. End of service benefits are based on years of service and the reasons for which a participant’s services to the company are terminated.

At June 30, 2019, the U.K. DB Scheme, the Australian DB Plan and U.S. Pension Plan were overfunded by $17 million, $4 million and $4 million, respectively, and are recorded in “Other long-term assets” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The KSA End of Service Indemnity, the France Indemnity plan and the U.S. SERP and TERP were underfunded by $46 million, $7 million and $3 million, respectively, and are included in “Pension and postretirement healthcare benefits” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

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


 
Three Months
Ended March 31,
  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Net periodic cost:                  
Service cost $  $  $1  $  $1  $ 
Interest cost  3   3   6   4   9   7 
Expected return on plan assets  (3)  (4)  (7)  (4)  (10)  (8)
Net amortization of actuarial losses     1 
Net amortization of actuarial loss and prior service credit  1   1   1   2 
Total net periodic cost $  $  $1  $1  $1  $1 

The aggregate impact of interest costs, expected return on plan assets and net amortization of actuarial losses component of net periodic costs for the U.S. Qualified Plan of less than $1 million for each of the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, is presented in “Other expense,income (expense), net” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.


The components of net periodic cost associated with the South Africa postretirement healthcare plan was less than $1 million for each of the three months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018.


For each of the three and six months period ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018, we contributed $1 million and $2 million, respectively to the Netherlands Multiemployer Plan, which was primarily recognized in “Cost of goods sold” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.


20.23.Related Parties


Exxaro

At December 31, 2018,June 30, 2019, Exxaro held 28.7continues to own approximately 14.7 million Class B shares of Tronox, Limited, or an approximate 23%a 10.2% ownership interest, and those shares were converted to ordinary shares of Tronox when re-domiciled to the United Kingdom from Australia.  Exxaro also held aas well as their 26% ownership interest in our South African operating subsidiaries and a 26% interest in a separate subsidiary based in the U.K. that held intercompany loans with our South African operating subsidiaries.

On November 26, 2018, we, certain of our subsidiaries and Exxaro entered into the Completion Agreement. The Completion Agreement with Exxaro that provides for the orderly sale of Exxaro’s remaining ownership interest in us, during 2019,subject to market conditions, helped to facilitate the Re-domicile Transaction, andas well as addressed several legacy issues related to our 2012 acquisition of Exxaro’s mineral sands business. PursuantPursuant to the terms of the Completion Agreement, Tronox has covenanted to pay Exxaro an amount equal to any South African capital gains tax assessed on Exxaro in respect of any profit arising to it on a disposal of any of its ordinary shares subsequent to the parties agreedRe-domicile Transaction where such tax would not have been assessed but for the Re-domicile Transaction.  Similarly, Exxaro has covenanted to accelerate our purchase of Exxaro’s 26% membership interestpay Tronox an amount equal to any South African tax savings Exxaro may realize in Tronox Sands LLP, a U.K. limited liability partnership (“Tronox Sands”). Tronox Sands holds intercompany loanscertain situations from any tax relief that Exxaro held priorwould not have arisen but for the Re-domicile Transaction.
Pursuant to our 2012 acquisition of Exxaro’s mineral sands business. On February 15, 2019, we completed the acquisition of Exxaro’s ownership interest in Tronox Sands for consideration of ZAR 2.06 billion (or $148 million) in cash, which represented Exxaro’s indirect shareterms of the loan accounts in our South African subsidiaries.

OnCompletion Agreement, on May 9, 2019, we repurchased approximately 14 million shares from Exxaro for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $200 million or $14.3185$14.3185 per share.The Re-domicile Transaction causedshare price was based upon a 5% discount to the 10 day volume weighted average price as of the day that Exxaro exercised their sale notice to incurus. As a liability for approximately $5result of the sale of the 14 million of South African capital gains tax on the profit which arose when it sold approximately 14 million ordinary shares to us on May 9, 2019, where such tax would notand the imputed gain or loss if  Exxaro was to sell its remaining 14.7 million shares, we have been assessed but for the Re-Domicile Transaction. Under the Completion Agreement, we agreed to pay Exxaro for such tax. Asrecorded a liability of March 31, 2019, based on the stock price and foreign currency exchange rate at that time, we had accrued approximately $1$2 million related to thisthe estimated net payment to Exxaro, which is included in “Accrued liabilities” in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and the balance will be recorded during the second quarteras of June 30, 2019.

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Tasnee/Cristal

On April 10, 2019, we announced the completion of the acquisition of the TiO2 business of Cristal for $1.675 billion of cash, subject to a working capital and in conjunction with thenoncurrent liability adjustment, plus 37,580,000 ordinary shares. At June 30, 2019, Cristal acquisition, ExxaroInorganic Chemical Netherlands Cooperatief W.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tasnee, continues to own approximately 14.7 million37,580,000 shares of Tronox, or 26% 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 9.9%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”). As of June 30, 2019, we have loaned $89 million for capital expenditures and operational expenses to facilitate the start-up of the Slagger and we have recorded this loan payment and related interest within “Other long-term assets” on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2019. The Option Agreement did not have a significant impact on the financial statements as well as their 26% interestof or for the periods ended June 30, 2019.

The Company acquired feedstock from AMIC for consumption in our South African operating subsidiaries.production. As of June 30, 2019, we had a payable of approximately $11 million recorded in "Accrued liabilities" on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet for purchases of feedstock from AMIC, including $5 million purchased during the three months ended June 30, 2019. The balances are expected to be settled in the near term.

In conjunction with the acquisition on April 10, 2019 we entered into a transition services agreement with Tasnee, Cristal and AMIC. Under the terms of the transition services agreement, Tasnee and its affiliates will provide services to Tronox related to information technology support and infrastructure, logistics, safety, health and environmental, treasury and tax. Similarly, Tronox will provide services to Tasnee and its affiliates for information technology support and infrastructure, finance and accounting, tax, treasury, human resources, logistics, research and development and business development.


During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, Tronox recorded a net reduction of approximately $1 million in “Selling, general and administrative” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations associated with the transition services agreement. The net reduction of selling, general and administrative expenses associated with the transition services agreement generally represents a recovery of the related costs. At June 30, 2019, Tronox had a receivable due from Tasnee of $12 million and a payable due to Tasnee of $77 million that are recorded within “Prepaid and other assets” and “Accrued liabilities”, respectively, on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Accrued liabilities include $72 million related to the cash, working capital and noncurrent liabilities received with the acquired entities in connection with the Cristal Transaction. The  balance in prepaid and other assets and remaining balances in accrued liabilities primarily relate to pre-acquisition activity and those balances are expected to be settled in the near term.

21.24.Segment Information


WePrior to and after the Cristal Transaction, we operate our business under one operating segment, TiO2, which is also our reportable segment.  The Company’s chief operating decision maker, who is its CEO, reviews financial information presented at the TiO2 level for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. Since we operate our business under one segment, there is no difference between our consolidated results and segment results.


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. See Note 34 for further information on revenues.



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22.Subsequent Events

On April 10, 2019 (“Cristal Transaction Date”), we announced the completion of the acquisition of the TiO2 business of Cristal for $1.673 billion of cash, subject to a working capital adjustment, plus 37,580,000 ordinary shares (the “Cristal Transaction”). The total acquisition price, including the value of the ordinary shares at $14 per share on the closing date of the Cristal Transaction, is approximately $2.2 billion, subject to a working capital and noncurrent liability adjustment.

In order to obtain regulatory approval for the Cristal Transaction, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) required us to divest Cristal’s North American TiO2 business to INEOS Enterprises (“INEOS”). On May 1, 2019, we completed the divestiture transaction and received proceeds of approximately $700 million, subject to a working capital adjustment. In addition, the previously announced divestiture of the 8120 paper laminate grade to Venator Materials PLC (“Venator”), which we were required to undertake by the European Commission in order to consummate the Cristal Transaction, was completed on April 26, 2019.  Under the terms of the agreement, we will supply the 8120 grade product to Venator under a supply agreement for an initial term of 2 years, and extendable up to 3 years, to allow for the transfer of the manufacturing of the 8120 grade to Venator. Total cash consideration is 8 million Euros, of which 1 million Euros was paid at the closing and the remaining 7 million Euros will be paid in equal installments during the second quarters of 2020 and 2021. As a result of consummating the sale of the 8120 paper laminate grade, we expect to record a loss of approximately $19 million during the second quarter of 2019.

On May 9, 2019, we repurchased 14 million shares from Exxaro for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $200 million or $14.3185 per share.  As a result of Cristal acquisition and our repurchase of the 14 million shares on May 9, 2019. Exxaro’s ownership interest in US is 9.9%. The Re-domicile Transaction caused Exxaro to incur approximately $5 million of South African capital gains tax on the profit which arose when it sold 14 million ordinary shares to us on May 9, 2019 where such tax would not have been assessed but for the Re-Domicile Transaction. Under the Completion Agreement, we agreed to pay Exxaro for such tax. As of March 31, 2019, we had accrued approximately $1 million related to this payment to Exxaro, which is included in “Accrued liabilities” in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and the balance will be recorded during the second quarter of 2019.

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Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations


The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Tronox Holdings plc’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2018. This discussion and other sections in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements also can be identified by words such as “future,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “can,” “may,” and similar terms.


This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains certain financial measures, in particular the presentation of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and Adjusted EBITDA, which are not presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). We are presenting these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures because we believe they provide us and readers of this Form 10-Q with additional insight into our operational performance relative to earlier periods and relative to our competitors. We do not intend for these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures to be a substitute for any U.S. GAAP financial information. Readers of these statements should use these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures only in conjunction with the comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is also provided herein.


Overview


Through March 31, 2019, we had global operations in North America, Europe, South Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region and classified our business into one operating segment which is also our reportable segment, TiO2.  On April 10, 2019, we announced the completion of the acquisition of the TiO2 business of The National Titanium Dioxide Company Ltd. (“Cristal”), a limited company organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the (“Cristal”Cristal Transaction”).  The total acquisition price, including the value of the Ordinary Sharesordinary shares at $14 per share on the date of the acquisition, is approximately $2.2 billion, subject to a working capital and non-current liability adjustment.


As a result of closing the Cristal acquisition,Transaction, we now operate titanium-bearing mineral sand mines and beneficiation and smelting operations in Australia, South Africa and Brazil to produce feedstock materials that can be processed into TiO2 for pigment, high purity titanium chemicals, including titanium tetrachloride, and Ultrafine© titanium dioxide used in certain specialty applications where nano-particulate TiO2 is required. A substantial partThe mining, beneficiation and smelting of titanium bearing mineral sands creates meaningful quantities of zircon, which we also supply to customers around the world. We intend to consume all of our feedstock materials will be consumed in our own TiO2 pigment facilities in the United States, Australia, Brazil, UK, France, Netherlands, China and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) with a goal of delivering low cost, high-quality pigment to our coatings and other TiO2 customers throughout the world. The mining, beneficiation and smelting of titanium bearing mineral sands creates meaningful quantities of two co-products, zircon and pig iron, which we also supply to customers around the world.


In order to obtain regulatory approval for the Cristal Transaction, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) required us to divest Cristal's North American TiO2 business, which we sold to INEOS Enterprises ("INEOS") on May 1, 2019, for proceeds of approximately $700 million, plus an additional amount of working capital, which is subject to adjustment. The operating results of Cristal’s North American TiO2 business, from the acquisition date to INEOS Enterprises (“INEOS”). On May 1, 2019, we completed the date of divestiture, transaction and received proceedsare included in a single caption entitled “Loss from discontinued operations, net of approximately $700 million, subject to a working capital adjustment. tax” in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

In addition, the previously announced divestiture of the 8120 paper laminate grade to Venator Materials PLC (“Venator”), which we were required to undertake by the European Commission in order to consummate the Cristal Transaction was completed on April 26, 2019.  Under the terms of the agreement, we will supply the 8120 grade product to Venator under a supply agreement for an initial term of 2 years, and extendable up to 3 years, to allow for the transfer of the manufacturing of the 8120 grade to Venator. Total cash consideration is 8 million Euros, of which 1 million Euros was paid at the closing and the remaining 7 million Euros will be paid in equal installments during the second quarters of 2020 and 2021. As a result of consummating the sale, we expect to recordrecorded a loss of approximately $19 million during the second quarter of 2019.


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Prior to March 27, 2019, Tronox Limited was a public limited company registered under the laws of the State of Western Australia. On March 27, 2019, we re-domiciled to the United Kingdom from Australia (“Re-domicile Transaction”) and became Tronox Holdings plc, a public limited company registered under the laws of England and Wales.  The Re-domicile Transaction was effected by “top-hatting” Tronox Limited with Tronox Holdings plc Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares of Tronox Limited were exchanged on a 1:1 basis for ordinary shares in Tronox Holdings plc. As a result, the Class A ordinary shares of Tronox Limited were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the ordinary shares of Tronox Holdings plc were listed on the NYSE in its place. Tronox Limited also became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tronox Holdings plc following the completion of the re-domiciling transaction

Exxaro Mineral Sands Transaction Completion Agreement


At December 31, 2018, Exxaro held 28.7 million Class B shares of Tronox Limited, or an approximate 23% interest, and those shares were converted to ordinary shares of Tronox when re-domiciled to the United Kingdom from Australia.  Exxaro also held a 26% interest in our South African operating subsidiaries and a 26% interest in a separate subsidiary based in the U.K. that held intercompany loans with our South African operating subsidiaries.

On November 26, 2018, we, certain of our subsidiaries and Exxaro Resources Limited (“Exxaro”) entered into the Exxaro Mineral Sands Transaction Completion Agreement (the “Completion Agreement”). The Completion Agreement provides for the orderly sale of Exxaro’s remaining ownership interest in us, during 2019,subject to market conditions, helped to facilitate the Re-DomicileRe-domicile Transaction, as well as addressed several legacy issues related to our 2012 acquisition of Exxaro’s mineral sands business. Pursuant to the terms of the Completion Agreement, Tronox has covenanted to pay Exxaro an amount equal to any South African capital gains tax assessed on Exxaro in respect of any profit arising to it on a disposal of any of its ordinary shares in the newly formed Tronox U.K. entity subsequent to the completion date of the Re-domicile Transaction where such tax would not have been assessed but for the Re-domicile Transaction.  Similarly, Exxaro has covenanted to pay Tronox an amount equal to any South African tax savings Exxaro may realize in certain situations from any tax relief that would not have arisen but for the Re-domicile Transaction.


Pursuant to the terms of the Completion Agreement, on May 9, 2019, we repurchased approximately 14 million shares from Exxaro for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $200$200 million or $14.3185 per share.The share price was based upon a 5% discount to the 10 day volume weighted average price as of the day that Exxaro exercised their sale notice to us. The Re-domicile Transaction caused Exxaro to incur approximately $5 Upon repurchase of the shares by the Company, the shares were cancelled. As a result of the sale of the 14 million of South African capital gains tax on the profit which arose when it sold approximately 14 million ordinary shares to us on May 9, 2019, where such tax would notand the imputed gain or loss if Exxaro was to sell its remaining 14.7 million shares, we have been assessed but for the Re-Domicile Transaction. We agreed to pay Exxaro for such tax. Asrecorded a liability of March 31, 2019, we had accrued approximately $1$2 million related to thisthe estimated net payment to Exxaro, which is included in “Accrued liabilities” in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets andas of June 30, 2019.

Furthermore, pursuant to the balance will be recorded duringCompletion Agreement, the second quarterparties agreed to accelerate our purchase of 2019.

Exxaro’s 26% membership interest in Tronox Sands LLP, a U.K. limited liability partnership (“Tronox Sands”). On February 15, 2019, we completed the redemption of Exxaro’s ownership interest in Tronox Sands LLP, a U.K. limited liability partnership (“Tronox Sands”) for consideration of approximately ZAR 2.06 billion (or approximately $148 million) in cash, which represented Exxaro’s indirect share of the loan accounts in our South African subsidiaries. Please refer to Exxaro Mineral Sands Transaction Completion Agreement within Note 1 to the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of the status.


Following these transactions and in conjunction with the Cristal acquisition,At June 30, 2019, Exxaro continues to own approximately 14.7 million shares of Tronox, or a 9.9%10.2% ownership interest, as well as their 26% ownership interest in our South African operating subsidiaries.

Share Repurchases

Debt


On March 22,June 3, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of the Company's stock. As of June 30, 2019, we entered intohad repurchased approximately 5 million shares for approximately $56 million. Upon repurchase of the shares by the Company, the shares were cancelled.

As of August 8, 2019, we had purchased a consenttotal of 7,453,391 shares under the authorization at an average price of $11.59 per share and amendmentat a cost of approximately $86 million.

Tronox Synergy Savings Program

On April 10, 2019, we announced the completion of the Cristal Transaction. During the second quarter of 2019 as a result of the acquisition, Tronox outlined a broad-based synergy savings program that is expected to reduce costs, simplify processes and focus the global senior secured asset-based syndicated revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Wells Fargo Revolver”),organization's structure and an amendmentresources on key growth initiatives. The program has total targeted synergy savings of approximately $220 million by 2022. The total savings that are expected to ourTerm Loan Facility. The purposebe realized are comprised of each amendment was to,the following:

$127 million from operational enhancements through, among other things, (i) permittechnology exchange, optimization of feedstock cost at pigment plants and performance improvements at the refinancingYanbu plant in Saudi Arabia;

$24 million from feedstock initiatives including, among other things, maximizing synthetic rutile kiln and Tronox Mineral Sands Proprietary Limited,slag output, reduction in freight costs and the proposed usesutilization of proceeds thereof,diverse feedstock supply globally which minimizes production risk in tight supply markets;

$27 million in supply chain savings from, among other things, reduced distribution costs, optimization of our grade portfolio and (ii) implement required provisionsthe leveraging of volume discounts; and

$42 million from reductions in both the Wells Fargo Revolverselling, general and Term Loan Facility necessary inadministrative expenses primarily from employee-related costs and indirect spend consolidation.

In connection with establishmentthe actions and associated savings discussed above, during the second quarter of Tronox Holdings plc. On March 25, 2019, our South African subsidiaries entered into an agreementwe incurred restructuring costs of $10 million for a revolving credit facility (the “Standard Bank Revolver”) and a new term loan facility (the “Standard Bank Term Loan”) with The Standard Bankemployee related costs, including severance primarily related to the closing of South Africa Limited.the Cristal Transaction. See Note 123 of notes to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statementsunaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a further discussion.information on restructuring.


As of June 30, 2019, we have realized savings of $12 million from restructuring as well as other cost-savings strategies including feedstock initiatives and supply chain optimization.

Business Environment


The following discussion includes trends and factors that may affect future operating results:
Pigment
Our second quarter revenue, including the impact related to Cristal, increased 103% sequentially. In addition to the impact of Cristal, Tronox legacy operations saw an increase of 15% in TiO2 sales volumes and a 13% increase in Zircon sales volumes while average selling prices declined moderatelyfor both product categories were essentially level to the prior quarter. We believe the TiO2 market continues to show signs of improvement given the decline in transitory inventories in Asia and Europe and continued stable market conditions in North America.  Zircon, pig iron and feedstock sales continue to be impacted by the timing of shipments in any given quarter and we expect less feedstock revenues given our focus on vertical integration. Given the strong correlation of TiO2 revenues to global GDP, we continue to track GDP estimates as any improvements or reductions would impact TiO2 revenues. We have begun to see a softening in Zircon demand due to lower manufacturing utilization rates of ceramic manufacturers in China due to slower growth in the thirdChinese domestic market and fourth quartersthe impact of recently enacted tariffs.

Gross margin declined sequentially from the first quarter 2019 to the second quarter 2019 due to purchase accounting impacts related to the Cristal acquisition which resulted in higher costs of goods sold due to revaluing to fair value our inventory and depreciable assets including property, plant and equipment. Offsetting the impact of these purchase accounting related costs were gross margin improvements driven primarily by improved pigment market conditions, increased Zircon shipments and the realization of the benefits of vertical integration from the deferred margin associated with the lower cost feedstock inventory used to manufacture the pigment sold during the quarter.

Pro Forma Income Statement Information

On April 10, 2019, we announced the completion of the acquisition of the TiO2 business of Cristal which impacts the comparability of the reported results for 2019 compared to 2018 and inthe second quarter of 2019 compared to the first quarter of 2019. Since Tronox and Cristal have combined their respective businesses effective with the merger date of April 10, 2019, were slightly lower than the fourth quarterthree and six months ended June 30, 2019 reflect the results of the combined business from April 10, 2019, while the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 include only the results of the legacy Tronox business. To assist with a discussion of the 2019 and 2018 results on a local currency basis. Pigment sales volumes increased by 10% comparedcomparable basis, certain supplemental unaudited pro forma income statement information is provided on a consolidated basis and is referred to the fourth quarter of 2018, while for zircon, we experienced a decline in sales volumes from the fourth quarter in part due to the timing of shipments that can vary quarter to quarter. High-grade feedstock also declined in the current quarter compared to the fourth quarter due to the timing of shipments.as "pro forma information".


Gross profit declined sequentiallyThe pro forma information has been prepared on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, assuming the merger and merger-related divestitures of Cristal's North American TiO2 business and the 8120 paper laminate grade had been consummated on January 1, 2018. In preparing this pro forma information, the historical financial information has been adjusted to give effect to pro forma adjustments that are (i) directly attributable to the business combination and other transactions presented herein, such as the merger-related divestitures, (ii) factually supportable, and (iii) expected to have a continuing impact on the combined entity’s consolidated results. The pro forma information is based on management's assumptions and is presented for illustrative purposes and does not purport to represent what the results of operations would actually have been if the business combination and merger-related divestitures had occurred as of the dates indicated or what the results would be for any future periods. Also, the pro forma information does not include the impact of any revenue, cost or other operating synergies in the periods prior to the acquisition that may result from the fourth quarter to the first quarter due to the lower margin from less co-product and feedstock sales, unfavorable overhead absorption due to lower mineral sands production volumes, unfavorable production costs in the fourth quarter that were capitalized into inventory cost and then have impacted our gross profit in the first quarter as the products were sold. Partially offsetting these impacts were lower production costs for zircon.business combination or any related restructuring costs.


Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations from Continuing Operations

Three Months Ended March 31,June 30, 2019 compared to the Three Months Ended March 31,June 30, 2018


 Reported Amounts  
Pro Forma Amounts (1)
 
  Three Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, 
  2019  2018  Variance  2019  2018  Variance 
Net sales $791  $492  $299  $827  $903  $(76)
Cost of goods sold  672   348   324   648   685   (37)
Contract loss  19      19          
Gross profit  100   144   (44)  179   218   (39)
Gross Margin  13%  29% (16)pts   22%  24% (2pts) 
                         
Selling, general and administrative expenses  103   79   (24)  85   60   (25)
Restructuring  10      (10)  10      (10)
(Loss) income from operations  (13)  65   (78)  84   158   (74)
Interest expense  (54)  (48)  (6)  (54)  (53)  (1)
Interest income  3   7   (4)  3   2   1 
Loss on extinguishment of debt     (30)  30      (30)  30 
Other income (expense), net  5   29   (24)  5   19   (14)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes  (59)  23   (82)  38   96   (58)
Income tax benefit  4   27   23   4   24   (20)
Net (loss) income from continuing operations $(55) $50  $(105) $42  $120  $(78)
                         
Effective tax rate  7%  (117)% 124pts   (11)%  25% (36) pts 
                         
EBITDA (2)
 $76  $113  $(37) $176  $240  $(64)
Adjusted EBITDA (2)
 $195  $148  $47  $200  $257  $(57)
Adjusted EBITDA as% of Net Sales  25%  30% (5) pts   24%  28% (4) pts 

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2019  2018  Variance 
  (Millions of U.S. Dollars) 
          
Net sales $390  $442  $(52)
Cost of goods sold  307   327   (20)
Gross profit  83   115   (32)
Gross Margin  21%  26% (5) pts 
             
Selling, general and administrative expenses  67   76   (9)
Impairment loss     25   (25)
Income from operations  16   14   2 
Interest expense  (49)  (49)   
Interest income  9   8   1 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  (2)     (2)
Other income (expense), net  (2)  (9)  7 
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes  (28)  (36)  8 
Income tax provision  (2)  (5)  3 
Net income (loss) from operations $(30) $(41) $11 
             
Effective tax rate  (7)%  (14)% (7) pts 
             
EBITDA (1)
 $59  $53  $6 
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
 $80  $117  $(37)
Adjusted EBITDA as% of Net Sales  21%  26% 
(5) pt s
 






(1)The pro forma amounts have been prepared on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X. See “Supplemental Pro Forma Information” section of the MD&A for further detail.

(1)(2)EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are Non-U.S. GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the “Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures” section of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for a discussion of these measures and a reconciliation of these measures to Net income (loss) from operations.


NetOn a reported basis, net sales of $390$791 million for the three months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 increased by 61% compared to $492 million for the same period in 2018. The three months ended June 30, 2019 includes $353 million, or 72% revenue growth related to the acquired operations of Cristal. Partially offsetting the increase from the Cristal acquisition were lower TiO2 sales volumes and average selling prices and lower Zircon sales volumes in Tronox legacy operations. On a pro forma basis, net sales of $827 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 decreased by 12%8% compared to $442$903 million for the same period in 2018 primarily due to lower pigmentTiO2 sales volumesprices and lower Zircon sales volumes. On both a reported and pro forma basis, revenues were negatively impacted by the absence of revenuerevenues from the Electrolytic business sold in September 2018.

Net sales by type of product for the three months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:

  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
    
(Millions of dollars) 2019  2018  Variance  Percentage 
Pigment $286  $333  $(47)  (14)%
Zircon  64   61   3   5%
Pig iron  19   19      %
Feedstock and other products  21   17   4   24%
Electrolytic     12   (12)  (100)%
Total net sales $390  $442  $(52)  (12)%


28The table below presents reported revenue by product


 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
    
(Millions of dollars) 2019  2018  Variance  Percentage 
TiO2
 $625  $346  $279   81%
Zircon  88   78   10   13%
Feedstock and other products  78   53   25   47%
Electrolytic     15   (15)  (100)%
Total net sales $791  $492  $299   61%

The table below presents pro forma revenue by product
For
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
    
(Millions of dollars) 2019  2018  Variance  Percentage 
TiO2
 $657  $703  $(46)  (7)%
Zircon  89   108   (19)  (18)%
Feedstock and other products  81   77   4   5%
Electrolytic     15   (15)  (100)%
Total net sales $827  $903  $(76)  (8)%

On a reported basis, for the three months ended March 31,June 30, 2019, pigmentTiO2 revenue was lowerhigher by 81% or $279 million compared to the prior year quarter drivenquarter. The acquisition of Cristal benefitted growth by $308 million, or 89%. The increase in TiO2 revenue from the Cristal acquisition was partially offset by a 10%4% or $36$16 million reduction in sales volumes and a 5%3% or $5$9 million decrease in average selling prices.prices in legacy Tronox operations. Foreign currency translation also contributed $6$5 million to the pigmentTiO2 revenue declines, due to the weakening Euro. The declineZircon revenues were $10 million higher compared to the prior year quarter and include $16 million related to Cristal, which were more than offset by a 20% reduction in sales volumes in legacy Tronox operations due to shipment timing.  Feedstock and average selling pricesother products revenues was experienced across all regions except for North America where both volumes and prices were higher. Zircon revenues were slightly$25 million higher from the year-ago quarter as average selling prices increased 17% or $9and includes $30 million partially offset by a 10% or $6 million decreaserelated to Cristal. The decline in sales volume, due to the timing of shipments. Pig iron revenues were flat, as a moderate increase in average selling prices was offset by a slight decrease in sales volume. Feedstock and other products revenues were higher from the year-ago quarter,for Tronox legacy operations was primarily driven by lower volumes for pig iron, rutile prime and CP slag due to timing of shipments.

On a pro forma basis, for the three months ended June 30, 2019, TiO2 revenue declined compared to the prior year driven primarily by $41 million for lower selling prices, which were partially offset by a 3% or $17 million increase in sales volumes. Foreign currency translation also contributed $16 million to the TiO2 revenue decline, due to the weakening of the Euro. The Zircon revenues decline was due to a 27% decline in sales volumes that was partially offset by 12% increase in average selling prices. Feedstock and other products revenues was slightly higher synthetic rutile anddue to higher CP slag fines sales volumes, partially offset by declines in ilmenite sales. There were no ilmenite sales in the current quarter compared to $5 million of ilmenite sales in the year-ago quarter as we are not actively selling ilmenite in the market at this time in preparation fordue to our expanded internal requirements following the closing of the Cristal acquisition.


Our firstOn a reported basis, second quarter revenue of $390 million represents a 9% decrease as compared to the fourthfirst quarter of 2018.2019 grew 103%, driven primarily by 91% growth from the Cristal acquisition. The declineTronox legacy business also grew sequentially due to an increase of 15% or $41 million in sequential revenue was primarily driven by a $37 million decrease in TiO2 sales volumes for feedstock and other products, led by CP slag, which decreased $29 million. Zircon revenue was lower sequentially as sales volumes decreased 24% or $19 million, offset partially by a 3% or $1 million increase in average selling prices. Pig iron revenue decreased 24% or $6 million from the prior quarter driven by declines in sales volumes aswhile average selling prices were flat. The co-productsessentially level. Zircon revenue increased as sales volumes increased by 13% and feedstockaverage selling prices were level. Feedstock and other product revenue declines, whichwas essentially level, as higher CP slag sales volumes were dueoffset by lower sales volumes for synthetic rutile and pig iron.

Comparing our second quarter revenue to first quarter 2019 on a pro forma basis, our second quarter revenue of $827 million represents a 15% increase as compared to $720 million in the timingfirst quarter of shipments, were2019. TiO2 revenue was higher driven by 15% higher sales volumes, partially offset by slightly lower selling prices and a 9% or $23 million increase in pigment revenue,small negative impact of foreign currency when comparing to the prior quarter. Zircon revenues increased 7% primarily driven by a 10% or $29 milliondue to an increase in sales volumes.  This increase in pigmentFeedstock and other products revenue was partially offsethigher driven by higher CP slag sales volumes.

On a 2% or $5 million decrease in average pigment selling prices and $1 million of unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation, due to the weakening Euro.

Ourreported basis, our gross margin of $83$100 million was 21%13% of net sales compared to 26%29% of net sales in the year-ago quarter. The decrease in gross margin is primarily due primarilyto:

the unfavorable impact of 8 points due to $47the value of the inventory, property, plant and equipment and mineral leaseholds of Cristal being stepped up to fair value on the acquisition date, which resulted in the recognition of higher expense in the second quarter;
the recognition of a $19 million (12(2 points negative impact on gross margin) charge for contract losses for the estimated losses we expect to incur on the 8120 supply agreement with Venator
the inclusion of Cristal’s results beyond the purchase accounting impact above, which operates at a lower gross margin than legacy Tronox, which lowered gross margin by 5 points;
a negative impact of $26 million, or 3 points, due to higher costs of directproduction primarily related to ore, process materials, primarily coke, electrodes and anthracite,energy; and $13 million (1 point on gross margin) unfavorable impact of product mix, which was caused mostly by lower pigment sales volumes. The 12
a 1 point unfavorable impact on gross margin of volume and product mix related to our legacy Tronox operations.

These decreases in gross margin were partially offset by a 2 point favorable impact of foreign currency translation on costs of goods sold primarily driven by the weakening South African Rand and the Australian Dollar.

On a pro forma basis, our gross margin of $179 million was 22% of net sales compared to 24% of net sales in the year-ago quarter. The 2 points decrease in gross margin is primarily due to the unfavorable impact of 3 points caused by a decrease in TiO2 selling prices and a 2 point decrease due to higher costs of production costs from ore, process materials, and energy, and a $16 million decline in gross margin from Cristal’s Australia Mining operations. These decreases in gross margin were partially offset by a 3 point favorable impact of foreign currency translation on costs of goods sold primarily driven by the weakening South African Rand and the Australian Dollar.

On a reported basis, selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $24 million or 30% during the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period of the prior year. The acquisition of Cristal accounted for $22 million of the increase. In addition to the Cristal expenses, SG&A expenses increased mainly due to higher employee-related costs of $5 million and integration costs of $4 million, partially offset by $6 million of lower professional fees primarily related to the Cristal transaction. The increase in employee-related costs reflects the impact of a modification to a performance-based restricted stock award in the prior year.

On a pro forma basis, selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $25 million or 42% during the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period of the prior year. The increase in SG&A expenses were primarily due to higher employee-related costs and integration costs. The increase in employee-related costs reflects the impact of a modification to a performance-based restricted stock award in the prior year.

On both a reported and pro forma basis, we recorded restructuring expenses of $10 million for employee-related costs associated with headcount reductions during the three months ended June 30, 2019. See Note 3 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

On a reported basis, loss from operations for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was $13 million compared to income from operations of $65 million in the prior year period. The decrease of $78 million was primarily due to the lower gross margin and higher SG&A expenses discussed above. The gross margin included $55 million of charges related to the recognition of a step-up in value of inventories as a result of purchase accounting and the $19 million contract loss reflecting both the proceeds on the sale and the estimated losses we expect to incur under the supply agreement with Venator.

On a pro forma basis, income from operations for the three months ended June 30, 2019 decreased $74 million to $84 million from $158 million in the prior year period primarily due to the lower sales, higher SG&A expenses and restructuring costs in the current year period.

On a reported basis, adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales was 25% for the three months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of 5 points from 30% in the prior year. The lower gross margin and higher SG&A expenses as discussed above were the primary drivers of the year-over-year decrease in Adjusted EBITDA percentage.

On a pro forma basis, adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales was 24% for the three months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of 4 points from 28% in the prior year. The lower TiO2 selling prices and higher SG&A expenses as discussed above were the primary driver of the year-over-year decrease in Adjusted EBITDA percentage.

On a reported basis, interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2019 increased by $6 million compared to the same period of 2018 primarily due to higher average interest rates driven by our borrowings in South Africa under the Standard Bank Term Loan Facility.

On a pro forma basis, interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was slightly higher compared to the same period of 2018 due to higher average interest rates driven by our borrowings in South Africa under the Standard Bank Term Loan Facility as overall debt levels were relatively flat in the current period versus the prior year period.

On a reported basis, interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2019 decreased by $4 million compared to the same period in 2018 due to lower cash balances from the use of cash and previously restricted cash to close the Cristal Transaction.

On a pro forma basis, interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2019 increased by $1 million compared to the same period in 2018 due to higher cash balances.

Loss on extinguishment of debt of $30 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 relates to the redemption of our Senior Notes due 2022.

On a reported basis, other expense, net for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was lower than the prior year period primarily due to $28 million of net realized and unrealized foreign currency gains recognized in the prior year as compared to $3 million in the current year. The foreign currency gains and losses in the prior year were primarily driven by the South African rand used in the remeasurement of our U.S. dollar denominated working capital balances.

On a pro forma basis, other expense, net for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was lower than the prior year period primarily due to higher net realized and unrealized foreign currency gains recognized in the prior year as compared to the current year. The foreign currency gains in the prior year were primarily driven by the South African rand used in the remeasurement of our U.S. dollar denominated working capital balances.

We continue to maintain full valuation allowances related to the total net deferred tax assets in the U.S. and Australia. For entities acquired in the Cristal Transaction, we have full valuation allowances in Australia, Brazil, Switzerland, and the U.S.  The provisions for income taxes associated with these jurisdictions 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 other specific tax assets.

On a reported basis, the effective tax rate of 7% and (117)% for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, differs from the U.K. statutory rate of 19% primarily due to income and losses in jurisdictions with valuation allowances, disallowable expenditures, and our jurisdictional mix of income at tax rates different than the U.K. statutory rate. The prior year was significantly impacted by a benefit of $48 million due to the release of a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets associated with our operating subsidiary in the Netherlands.

On a pro forma basis, the effective tax rate was (11)% and 25% for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The prior year was significantly impacted by a benefit of $48 million due to the release of a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets associated with our operating subsidiary in the Netherlands.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 Reported Amounts  
Pro Forma Amounts (1)
 
  Six Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
  2019  2018  Variance  2019  2018  Variance 
Net sales $1,181  $934  $247  $1,547  $1,779  $(232)
Cost of goods sold  979   675   304   1,238   1,409   (171)
Contract loss  19      19          
Gross profit  183   259   (76)  309   370   (61)
Gross Margin  15%  28% (13) pts   20%  21% (1) pt 
                         
Selling, general and administrative expenses  170   155   (15)  178   134   (44)
Restructuring  10      (10)  10      (10)
Impairment loss     25   25      25   25 
Income from operations  3   79   (76)  121   211   (90)
Interest expense  (103)  (97)  (6)  (109)  (104)  (5)
Interest income  12   15   (3)  6   6    
Loss on extinguishment of debt  (2)  (30)  28   (2)  (30)  28 
Other income (expense), net  3   20   (17)  (9)  11   (20)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes  (87)  (13)  (74)  7   94   (87)
Income tax benefit (provision)  2   22   (20)  (2)  15   (17)
Net (loss) income from continuing operations $(85) $9  $(94) $5  $109  $(104)
                         
Effective tax rate  2%  169% (167) pts   29%  (16)% (48) pts 
                         
EBITDA (2)
 $135  $166  $(31) $293  $376  $(183)
Adjusted EBITDA (21)
 $275  $265  $10  $341  $491  $(150)
Adjusted EBITDA as% of Net Sales  23%  28% (5) pts   22%  28% (6) pts 

(1)The pro forma amounts have been prepared on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X. See “Supplemental Pro Forma Information” section of the MD&A for further detail.

(2)EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are Non-U.S. GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the “Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures” section of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for a discussion of these measures and a reconciliation of these measures to Net income (loss) from operations.

On a reported basis, net sales of $1,181 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 increased by 26% compared to $934 million for the same period in 2018. The six months ended June 30, 2019 includes $353 million of revenue, or 38% of growth from the acquired operations of Cristal. Partially offsetting the increase due to the Cristal acquisition was lower TiO2 sales volumes and average selling prices and lower Zircon sales volumes in Tronox legacy operations. On a pro forma basis, net sales of $1,547 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 decreased by 13% compared to $1,779 million for the same period in 2018 primarily due to lower TiO2 sales volumes and prices and lower Zircon sales volumes. On both a reported and pro forma basis, revenues were negatively impacted by the absence of revenues from the Electrolytic business sold in September 2018.

Net sales by type of product for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:

The table below presents reported revenue by product

 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
    
(Millions of dollars) 2019  2018  Variance  Percentage 
TiO2
 $902  $671  $231   34%
Zircon  152   139   13   9%
Feedstock and other products  127   97   30   31%
Electrolytic     27   (27)  (100)%
Total net sales $1,181  $934  $247   26%

The table below presents pro forma revenue by product

 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
    
(Millions of dollars) 2019  2018  Variance  Percentage 
TiO2
 $1,227  $1,411  $(184)  (13)%
Zircon  171   195   (24)  (12)%
Feedstock and other products  149   146   3   2%
Electrolytic     27   (27)  (100)%
Total net sales $1,547  $1,779  $(232)  (13)%

On a reported basis, for the six months ended June 30, 2019, TiO2 revenue was higher by 34% or $231 million compared to the prior year prod. The acquisition of Cristal benefitted the growth by $308 million, or 46%. The increase in TiO2 revenue from Cristal was more than offset by a 7% or $54 million reduction in sales volumes and a 3% or $12 million decrease in average selling prices in legacy Tronox operations. Foreign currency translation also contributed $11 million to the TiO2 revenue declines, due to the weakening Euro. Zircon revenues were $13 million higher compared to the prior year quarter and include $16 million from Cristal. The increase in Zircon revenue from Cristal was more than offset by a 16% reduction in sales volumes in legacy Tronox operations due to shipment timing although average selling prices were higher compared to the prior year period.  Feedstock and other products revenues were $30 million higher from the year-ago quarter and include $30 million related to Cristal. Feedstock and other product revenue for legacy Tronox operations were essentially level as revenue increases for synthetic rutile were offset by lower revenues for rutile prime and ilmenite as we are not actively selling ilmenite in the market due to our expanded internal requirements following the closing of the Cristal acquisition.

On a pro forma basis, for the six months ended June 30, 2019, TiO2 revenue was lower compared to the prior year driven by a 6% or $85 million reduction in sales volumes and a 6% or $66 million decrease in average selling prices Foreign currency translation also contributed $34 million to the TiO2 revenue declines due to the weakening of the Euro. The Zircon revenue decline was driven by a 23% decline in volumes, partially offset by a 14% increase in average selling prices. Feedstock and other product revenue was slightly higher due to higher CP slag sales volumes, partially offset by declines in ilmenite sales as we are not actively selling ilmenite in the market due to our expanded internal requirements following the closing of the Cristal acquisition.

On reported basis, our gross margin of $183 million was 15% of net sales compared to 28% of net sales in the year-ago period. The decrease in gross margin is primarily due to:

the unfavorable impact of 6 points due to the value of the inventory, property, plant and equipment and mineral leaseholds of Cristal being stepped up to fair value on the acquisition date, which resulted in the recognition of higher expense in the second quarter;
a negative impact of $73 million, or 6 points, due to higher costs of production primarily ore, process materials, and energy. The 6 point unfavorable impact due to higher costs of direct materials includes a benefit of $9 million in costs of goods sold due to receipt of a refund in the prior year from the South African MinestryMinistry of Finance of mineral extraction royalties.The decreaseroyalties;
the recognition of a $19 million (2 points negative impact on gross margin) charge for contract losses for the estimated losses we expect to incur on the 8120 supply agreement with Venator;
the inclusion of Cristal’s results beyond the purchase accounting impact above, which operates at a lower gross margin than legacy Tronox, lowered gross margin by 2 points;
and a 1 point unfavorable impact on gross margin of volume and product mix related to our legacy Tronox’s operations.

The decreases in gross profit margin waswere partially offset by $25 million (7 points on gross margin) ofa 4 point favorable impact of foreign currency translation on our costcosts of goods sold primarily driven the weakening South African Rand and the Australian Dollar.

On a pro forma basis, our gross margin of $309 million was 20% of net sales compared to 21% of net sales in the year-ago quarter. The 1 point decrease in gross margin was due primarily to a 2 point unfavorable impact of a decrease in TiO2 selling prices and  a negative impact of 3 points due to higher costs of production primarily from ore, process materials, and energy, a $20M decline in margins from Cristal’s Australia Mining Operations, and a $9 million increase in costs of goods sold due to receipt of a refund in the weakerprior year from the South African randMinistry of Finance of mineral extraction royalties. These decreases in gross margin were partially offset by a 4 point favorable impact of foreign currency translation on costs of goods sold primarily driven by the weakening South African Rand and the Australian dollar. Additionally,Dollar.

On a $3 million (1 point) increase in averagereported basis, selling, prices, driven primarily by zircon, helped to offset some of the declines in our gross profit margin.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreasedincreased by $9$15 million or 12%10% during the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 compared to the same period of the prior year. The decrease in SG&A is mainly due $13acquisition of Cristal accounted for $22 million of the increase. Offsetting the Cristal expenses, were $21 million of lower professional fees primarily related to the Cristal transaction and lower IT costs of $1 million, partially offset by $4higher employee-related costs of $7 million, of higher R&D expenses.expenses of $5 million and integration costs of $4 million. The increase in employee-related costs reflects the impact of a modification to a performance-based restricted stock award in the prior year.


On a pro forma basis, selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $44 million or 33% during the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period of the prior year due to higher employee-related costs, higher R&D expenses and integration costs. Professional fees were relatively flat due to the absence of inclusion of Cristal transaction costs for pro forma reporting.

On both a reported and pro forma basis, we recorded restructuring expenses of $10 million for employee-related costs associated with headcount reductions during the six months ended June 30, 2019. See Note 3 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Impairment losses of $25 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2018 related to a charge for the impairment and expected loss on sale of the assets of our Tronox Electrolytic Operations. The Tronox Electrolytic Operations were ultimately sold on September 1, 2018. See Note 45 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


IncomeOn a reported basis, income from operations for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 increased $2of $3 million to $16decreased by $76 million as compared to $14$79 million forin the prior year period primarily due to the lower gross margin and higher SG&A expenses discussed above. The gross margin in the current year period includes $55 million of charges related to the step-up of inventories as a result of purchase accounting and the higher SG&A expenses discussed above. The current year period also included a $19 million contract loss reflecting both the proceeds on sale and the estimated losses we expect to incur under the supply agreement with Venator while the prior year period includes the recognition of the $25 million impairment of our Electrolytic Operations recorded inOperations.

On a pro forma basis, income from operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019 decreased $90 million to $121 million as compared to $211 million for the prior year period due to the lower gross margin, higher SG&A expenses and lower professional services for the Cristal transactionrestructuring costs recorded in the current year. These benefits to the income from operations comparison were substantiallyyear period, partially offset by both lower sales volumes and lower selling prices for pigment.the the $25 million impairment of our Electrolytic Operations in the prior year.


AdjustedOn a reported basis, adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales was 21%23% for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019, a decrease of 5 points from 26%28% in the prior year. LowerThe lower gross margin as discussed above was the primary driver of the year-over-year decrease in Adjusted EBITDA percentage.

On a pro forma basis, adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales volumeswas 22% for the six months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of 6 points from the 28% in the prior year. The lower gross margin and lower selling prices for pigment werehigher SG&A expenses as discussed above was the primary driver of the year-over year decrease in Adjusted EBITDA percentage.


InterestOn a reported basis, interest expense for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 was flatincreased by $6 million compared to the same period of 2018 asprimarily due to higher average interest rates driven by our borrowings in South Africa under the Standard Bank Term Loan Facility.

On a pro forma basis, interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was higher compared to the same period of 2018 due to the impact of higher average interest rates driven by our borrowings in South Africa under the Standard Bank Term Loan Facility and high average debt levels was offset by lowerin the current year period.

On a reported basis, interest rates.

Interest income for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 increaseddecreased by $1$3 million compared to the same period in 2018 due to higher rates.lower cash balances from the use of cash, as well as the proceeds from the Blocked Term Loan that were included in restricted cash, to close the Cristal Transaction.


On a pro forma basis, interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was relatively flat compared to the same period in 2018.

Loss on extinguishment of debt wasof $2 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 resultingresults from a modification to our Wells Fargo Revolver and the termination of the ABSA Revolver. See Note 12Loss on extinguishment of notesdebt of $30 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 relates to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.the redemption of our Senior Notes due 2022.


On a reported basis, other expense, net for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 was lower than the prior year period primarily due to $10$19 million of net realized and unrealized foreign currency losses incurredgains recognized in the prior year as compared to a small gain$4 million in the current year. This benefit was partially offsetThe foreign currency gains and losses in the prior year were primarily driven by the South African Rand used in the remeasurement of our U.S. dollar denominated working capital balances. The current year amounts were also impacted by the recognition of a $1$2 million expense in the current year for the potential payment to Exxaro equal to any South African capital gains tax assessed on Exxaro in respect of any profit arising to it on a disposal of any of its ordinary shares in Tronox Holdings plc subsequent to the completion date of the Re-domicile Transaction.

On a pro forma basis, other expense, net for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was lower than the prior year period primarily due to higher net realized and unrealized foreign currency gains recognized in the prior year as compared to the current year. The foreign currency gains and losses in the current year and prior year period, respectively, arewere primarily driven bydue to the South African randRand used in the remeasurement of our U.S. dollar denominated working capital balances. The current year amounts were also impacted by the recognition of a $2 million expense for the potential payment to Exxaro equal to any South African capital gains tax assessed on Exxaro in respect of any profit arising to it on a disposal of any of its ordinary shares in Tronox Holdings plc subsequent to the completion date of the Re-domicile Transaction.


We continue to maintain full valuation allowances related to the total net deferred tax assets in the U.S. and Australia. For entities acquired in the Cristal Transaction, we have full valuation allowances in Australia, Brazil, Switzerland, and the U.S.  The provisions for income taxes associated with these jurisdictions include no tax benefits with respect to losses incurred and tax expense only to the extent of current state tax payments. Additionally, we have valuation allowances against other specific tax assets.


TheOn a reported basis, the effective tax rate of (7)%2% and (14)%169% for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, differs from the U.K. statutory rate of 19% primarily due to income and losses in jurisdictions with full valuation allowances, disallowable expenditures, and our jurisdictional mix of income at tax rates different than the U.K. statutory rate. The prior year was significantly impacted by a benefit of $48 million due to the release of a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets associated with our operating subsidiary in the Netherlands.


On a pro forma basis, the effective tax rate was 29% and (16)% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The prior year was significantly impacted by a benefit of $48 million due to the release of a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets associated with our operating subsidiary in the Netherlands.

Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income


Other comprehensive (loss) incomeloss was nil and $184 million for the three months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 compared to other comprehensive income of $60 million three months ended March 31, 2018.and 2018, respectively. The decrease in loss in 2019 compared to the prior year was driven by favorableunfavorable foreign currency translation adjustments of $59$185 million in the prior year period primarily due to the movement in the South Africa rand.rand, partially offset by net income in the prior year compared to a net loss in the current year period. Other comprehensive loss was nil and $124 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decrease in loss in 2019 compared to the prior year was driven by unfavorable foreign currency translation adjustments of $126 million in the prior year period primarily due to the movement in the South Africa Rand, partially offset by net income in the prior year compared to a net loss in the current year period


Liquidity and Capital Resources


The following table presents our liquidity as of March 31,June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:


 March 31, 2019  December 31, 2018  June 30, 2019  December 31, 2018 
 (Millions of U.S. dollars)  (Millions of U.S. dollars) 
Cash and cash equivalents $1,068  $1,034  $397  $1,034 
Available under the Wells Fargo Revolver  158   197   285   197 
Available under the Standard Bank Revolver  55      71    
Available under the Emirates Revolver  45    
Available under the ABSA Revolver     52      52 
Total $1,281  $1,283  $798  $1,283 


Historically, we have funded our operations and met our commitments through cash generated by operations, private placementissuance of unsecured notes, bank financings and borrowings under lines of credit and public offerings of notes.credit. In the next twelve months, we expect that our operations and available borrowings under our debt refinancingfinancings and revolving credit agreements (see Note 1213 of notes to consolidated financial statements) will provide sufficient cash to fund the Cristal Transaction,for our operating expenses, capital expenditures, interest payments and debt repayments. Working capital (calculated as current assets less current liabilities) was $2.1$1.5 billion at March 31,June 30, 2019, compared to $2.2 billion at December 31, 2018. Working capital at both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 includes $650 million funded by the Block Term Loan and related interest which upon the closing of the Cristal Transaction on April 10, 2019, became available to us for the purpose of the acquisition. In the event of an asset sale, some or all of the net proceeds from the sale may be required to be used to prepay borrowings under the Term Loan Facility based on the ratio of the total combined debt outstanding under the Term Loan Facility and the Wells Fargo Revolver to the consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the Term Loan Facility, for the previous four quarters.


As discussed above, weWe completed the acquisition of Cristal on April 10, 2019 and on May 1, 2019, divested Cristal’s North American operations for approximately $700 million.million, plus an additional amount of working capital, which is subject to adjustment. Upon closing of the Cristal acquisition and subsequent sale of the Cristal North American operations, our senior net leverage ratio was below 2.75, and, as a result, the sale of the North American operations did not trigger a prepayment event. The proceeds received from the sale of the North American operations were used in part for the repurchase of the approximately 14 million shares from Exxaro on May 9, 2019 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $200$200 million, to prepay $100prepayment of $195 million on our Term Loan Facility and repayrepurchase approximately 5 million shares for $56 million under our Board authorized plan. Subsequent to June 30, 2019, we continued to repurchase shares under the outstanding balance onauthorized plan and as of August 8, 2019, our Wells Fargo Revolver.Thetotal repurchases were 7.5 million shares at a cost of approximately $86 million.

The balance of the remaining proceeds willis expected to be used for general corporate purposes.


The liquidity table above for March 31, 2019 does not include restricted cash of $666 million related to this Blocked Term Loan and related interest, and for December 31, 2018 does not include restricted cash of $662 million related to this Blocked Term Loan and related interest. The Blocked Term Loan under the Term Loan Facility is included in Long-term debt, net.


AsDuring the third quarter we expect that certain of and for the three months ended March 31,Cristal entities we acquired in connection with the Cristal Transaction will become guarantors of our Senior Notes due 2025. Assuming that such entities were guarantors as of June 30, 2019, the non-guarantor subsidiaries of our Senior Notes due 2025 would have represented approximately 28%20% of our total consolidated liabilities, approximately 36%41% of our total consolidated assets, approximately 22%29% of our total consolidated net sales and approximately 32%47% of our consolidated EBITDA (as such term is defined in the 2025 Indenture). In addition, assuming that such Cristal entities were guarantors as of March 31,June 30, 2019, our non-guarantor subsidiaries, as of June 30, 2019, would have had $1.1 billion$880 million of total consolidated liabilities (including trade payables but excluding intercompany liabilities), all of which would have been structurally senior to the 2025 Notes.


At March 31,June 30, 2019, we had outstanding letters of credit and bank guarantees of $43$66 million. See Note 1618 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


Principal factors that could affect our ability to obtain cash from external sources include (i) debt covenants that limit our total borrowing capacity; (ii) increasing interest rates applicable to our floating rate debt; (iii) increasing demands from third parties for financial assurance or credit enhancement; (iv) credit rating downgrades, which could limit our access to additional debt; (v) a decrease in the market price of our common stock and debt obligations; and (vi) volatility in public debt and equity markets.


As of March 31,June 30, 2019, our credit rating with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s was B1 positive outlook and B stable outlook, respectively, representing no change from December 31, 2018. See Note 12,13, of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


Cash and Cash Equivalents


We consider all investments with original maturities of threesix months or less to be cash equivalents. As of March 31,June 30, 2019, our cash and cash equivalents were primarily invested in money market funds. We maintain cash and cash equivalents in bank deposit and money market accounts that may exceed federally insured limits. The financial institutions where our cash and cash equivalents are held are highly rated and geographically dispersed, and we have a policy to limit the amount of credit exposure with any one institution. We have not experienced any losses in such accounts and believe we are not exposed to significant credit risk.


The use of our cash includes payment of our operating expenses, capital expenditures, servicing our interest and debt repayment obligations, making pension contributions and making quarterly dividend payments.

Repatriation of Cash


At March 31,June 30, 2019, we held $1.7 billion$397 million in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in these respective jurisdictions: $1.6 billion$133 million in the United States, $12$119 million in Europe, $56 million in Australia, $27 million in South Africa, $26$27 million in Australia and $136Brazil, $16 million in Europe.Saudi Arabia and $19 million in China. Our credit facilities limit transfers of funds from subsidiaries in the United States to certain foreign subsidiaries. In addition, at June 30, 2019, we held $9 million of restricted cash in Australia primarily related to performance bonds.


Tronox Holdings plc has foreign subsidiaries with undistributed earnings at March 31,June 30, 2019. We have made no provision for deferred taxes related to these undistributed earnings because they are considered indefinitely reinvested in the foreign jurisdictions.


Debt Obligations


At March 31,June 30, 2019, our short term debt consisted of $80 million borrowedwe had no outstanding borrowings under our Wells Fargo, Revolver and R200 million (approximately $14 million at March 31, 2019 exchange rate) in outstanding borrowings on the Standard Bank Revolver.and Emirates revolvers. There were no short term debt balances at December 31, 2018.


At March 31,both June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, our long-term debt, net of unamortized discount was $3.3 billion and $3.2 billion, respectively.billion.


At March 31,June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, our net debt (the excess of our debt over cash and cash equivalents) was $2.3$2.8 billion and at December 31, 2018, our net debt was $2.1 billion, respectively, excluding the $650 million of restricted cash related to the Blocked Term Loan. See Note 12,13, of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


Cash Flows


The following table presents cash flow from continuing operations for the periods indicated:


 Six Months Ended June 30, 
  2019  2018 
  (Millions of U.S. dollars) 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $133  $31 
Net cash used in investing activities  (991)  (69)
Net cash used in financing activities  (417)  (24)
Net cash used by discontinued operations  (16)   
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash  1   (15)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents $(1,290) $(77)

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (Millions of U.S. dollars) 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $39  $(4)
Net cash used in investing activities  (50)  (28)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  50   (15)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash  (1)  7 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents $38  $(40)

Cash Flows provided by Operating Activities — Cash provided by our operating activities is driven by net loss from continuing operations adjusted for non-cash expenseitems and changes in working capital items. The following table provides our net cash provided by operating activities for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018:


  Six Months Ended June 30, 
  2019  2018 
  (Millions of U.S. dollars) 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations $(85) $9 
Adjustments for non-cash items  230   135 
Income related cash generation  145   144 
Net change in assets and liabilities (“working capital changes”)  (12)  (113)
Net cash provided by our operating activities $133  $31 
  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (Millions of U.S. dollars) 
Net loss from operations $(30) $(41)
Net adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities  62   98 
Income related cash generation  32   57 
Net change in assets and liabilities (“working capital changes”)  7   (61)
Net cash provided by our operating activities $39  $(4)


Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $43$102 million as compared to the prior year due to a decrease in cash providedused by working capital that was partly offset by lower cash generated by income. The positive impact onin the current year period. Lower use of cash from working capital was caused primarily by a $55(i) $45 million benefit from reduced inventory levels due to the use of TiO2 inventory to meet seasonal demand, including the inventory of Cristal, (ii) a $19 million lower use of cash for prepaid and other assets primarily related to higher payments in the prior year to secure future supplies of electrodes, and (iii) a $68 million lower use of cash for accounts payable and accrued liabilities due to lower Cristal Transaction costs, higher payments in the prior year related to Cristal transaction costs as well asfeedstock purchases and timing of payments to vendors, and an $18payments. These sources of cash were partially offset by a $14 million lowerhigher use of cash for income taxes and a $10 million higher use of cash due to higher accounts receivable primarilybalance due to lower sales in the first quarter, as compared to the prior year. These benefits from working capital changes were partially offset by lower cash related income caused primarily by lower sales and gross margins in the current year.increased sales.

.
Cash Flows used in Investing Activities — Net cash used in investing activities for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 was $50$991 million as compared to $28$69 million for the same period in 2018. The current year includes $1,603 million of cash used to fund the Cristal Transaction, offset by proceeds of $707 million received for the divestiture of Cristal’s North American TiO2 business and $10 million in insurance proceeds received related to Cristal mining (see Notes 1 and 2 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of the Cristal Transaction). Both the current year and prior year includes (ii) $25 million and $14 million, respectively, for a loan to AMIC related to the Jazan Slagger, a titanium slag smelter facility (see NoteNotes 1 and 23 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of both Tronox Sands and the Jazan Slagger)., and (ii) $81 million and $55 million, respectively, for capital expenditures.


Cash Flows provided by (used in) Financing Activities —Net cash providedused by financing activities during the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 was $50$417 million as compared to net cash used in financing activities of $15$24 million for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2018. The current year includes proceedsrepurchases of $222common stock of $252 million, from the Standard Bank Term Loan and proceeds of $94 million from the Wells Fargo and Standard Bank revolvers. Partially offsetting these sources of cash in the current year was a payment of $148 million for the acquisition of Exxaro’s ownership interest in Tronox Sands (see Note 1 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of Tronox Sands) and repayments of $101$215 million against our Term Loan Facility. Partially offsetting these uses of cash in the current year were proceeds of $222 million from the Standard Bank Term Loan. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the net proceeds from the issuance of our Senior Notes due 2026 (including repayments for call premium and debt issuance costs) was slightly less than the repayments of debt as the net proceeds were used to redeem the Senior Notes due 2022.


Contractual Obligations


The following table sets forth information relating to our contractual obligations as of March 31,June 30, 2019:


 
Contractual Obligation
Payments Due by Year (3)(4)
  
Contractual Obligation
Payments Due by Year (3)(4)
 
 Total  
Less than
1 year
  
1-3
years
  
3-5
years
  
More than
5 years
  Total  
Less than
1 year
  
1-3
years
  
3-5
years
  
More than
5 years
 
 (Millions of U.S. dollars)  (Millions of U.S. dollars) 
Long-term debt, net and lease financing (including interest) (1)
 $4,560   353   505   527   3,175  $4,290   250   509   500   3,031 
Purchase obligations (2)
  348   137   93   54   64   617   251   179   90   97 
Operating leases  77   25   34   11   7   106   36   48   13   9 
Asset retirement obligations  75   5   4   3   63   173   11   33   23   106 
Total $5,060   520   636   595   3,309  $5,186   548   769   626   3,243 




(1)We calculated the Term Loan interest at a base rate of 2.5%2.4% plus a margin of 3.0%. See Note 1213 of notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
(2)Includes obligations for purchase requirements of process chemicals, supplies, utilities and services. We have various purchase commitments for materials, supplies, and services entered into in the ordinary course of business. Included in the purchase commitments table above are contracts, which require minimum volume purchases that extend beyond one year or are renewable annually and have been renewed for 2019. Certain contracts allow for changes in minimum required purchase volumes in the event of a temporary or permanent shutdown of a facility. We believe that all of our purchase obligations will be utilized in our normal operations.
(3)The table excludes contingent obligations, as well as any possible payments for uncertain tax positions given the inability to estimate the possible amounts and timing of any such payments.
(4)The table excludes commitments pertaining to our pension and other postretirement obligations.


Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures


EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, which are used by management to measure performance, are not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We define EBITDA as net income (loss) excluding the impact of income taxes, interest expense, interest income and depreciation, depletion and amortization. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA excluding the impact of nonrecurring items such as restructuring charges, gain or loss on debt extinguishments, impairment charges, gains or losses on sale of assets, acquisition-related transaction costs, integration costs, purchase accounting adjustments and pension settlements and curtailment gains or losses. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes non-cash items such as share-based compensation costs and pension and postretirement costs. Additionally, we exclude from Adjusted EBITDA, realized and unrealized foreign currency remeasurement gains and losses.

Management believes that EBITDA is useful to investors, as it is commonly used in the industry as a means of evaluating operating performance. We do not intend for these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures to be a substitute for any U.S. GAAP financial information. Readers of these statements should use these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures only in conjunction with the comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures. Since other companies may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, as presented herein, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Management believes these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures:


Reflect our ongoing business in a manner that allows for meaningful period-to-period comparison and analysis of trends in our business, as they exclude income and expense that are not reflective of ongoing operating results;
Provide useful information in understanding and evaluating our operating results and comparing financial results across periods; and
Provide a normalized view of our operating performance by excluding items that are either noncash or infrequently occurring.


Adjusted EBITDA is one of the primary measures management uses for planning and budgeting processes, and to monitor and evaluate financial and operating results. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA is a factor in evaluating management’s performance when determining incentive compensation.


The following table reconciles net loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:


  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2019  2018 
  (Millions of U.S. Dollars) 
       
Net loss (U.S. GAAP) $(30) $(41)
Interest expense  49   49 
Interest income  (9)  (8)
Income tax provision  2   5 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense  47   48 
EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP)  59   53 
Impairment loss (a)
     25 
Share based compensation (b)
  8   7 
Transaction costs (c)
  8   20 
Loss on extinguishment of debt (d)
  2    
Foreign currency remeasurement (e)
  (1)  10 
Other items (f)
  4   2 
Adjusted EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP) $80   117 
 Three Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
  
(Millions of U.S. dollars)
 
Net (loss) income (U.S. GAAP) $(56) $50  $(86) $9 
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (see Note 2) (U.S. GAAP)  (1)     (1)   
Net income (loss) from continuing operations (U.S. GAAP).  (55)  50   (85)  9 
Interest expense  54   48   103   97 
Interest income  (3)  (7)  (12)  (15)
Income tax benefit  (4)  (27)  (2)  (22)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense  84   49   131   97 
EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP)  76   113   135   166 
Inventory step-up (a)
  55      55    
Impairment loss (b)
           25 
Contract loss (c)
  19      19    
Share-based compensation (d)
  7   2   15   9 
Transaction costs (e)
  21   27   29   47 
Restructuring (f)
  10      10    
Integration Costs (g)
  4      4    
Loss on extinguishment of debt (h)
     30   2   30 
Foreign currency remeasurement (i)
  (3)  (28)  (4)  (18)
Other items (j)
  6   4   10   6 
Adjusted EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP) $195  $148  $275  $265 


(a)Represents a pre-tax charge related to the recognition of a step-up in value of inventories as a result of purchase accounting.

(b)Represents a pre-tax charge for the impairment and loss on sale of the assets of our Tronox Electrolytic Operations which was recorded in “Impairment loss” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 45 of Notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


 (b)(c)Represents non-cash share-based compensation.a pre-tax charge for the estimated losses we expect to incur under the supply agreement with Venator. See Note 182 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


 (c)(d)Represents non-cash share-based compensation. See Note 20 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

(e)Represents transaction costs associated with the Cristal Transaction which were recorded in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.


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(d)(f)Represents amounts for employee-related costs, including severance. See Note 3 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

(g)Represents integration costs associated with the Cristal acquisition after the acquisition which were recorded in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(h)2019 amounts represent the loss in connection with the modification of the Wells Fargo Revolver and termination of the ABSA Revolver. See Note 1213 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. 2018 amounts represent debt extinguishment costs associated with the issuance of our 2026 Senior Notes and redemption of our Senior Notes due 2022.


(e)(i)Represents realized and unrealized gains and losses associated with foreign currency remeasurement related to third-party and intercompany receivables and liabilities denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the entity holding them, which are included in “Other expense, net” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Prior to the first quarter of 2019, realized gains and losses associated with third party receivables and liabilities had been included in Adjusted EBITDA. Commencing with 2019, we are now excluding these amounts from Adjusted EBITDA and prior period amounts have been revised for comparability purposes. The exclusion of all of the realized and unrealized gains and losses is consistent with the reporting of Adjusted EBITDA we make to our lenders.


 (f)(j)Includes noncash pension and postretirement costs, accretion expense and other items included in “Selling general and administrative expenses”, “Cost of goods sold” and “Other expense, net” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Amounts for 2019 also include the potential payment to Exxaro for South African capital gains tax on the disposal of its ordinary shares in Tronox Holdings plc included in “Other expense, net” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.


The following table reconciles net loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA on a pro forma basis for the periods presented:

  
Pro Forma
Three Months Ended June 30,
  
Pro Forma
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
  
(Millions of U.S. dollars)
 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations (U.S. GAAP) $42  $120  $5  $109 
                 
Interest expense  54   53   109   104 
Interest income  (3)  (2)  (6)  (6)
Income tax benefit  (4)  (24)  2   (15)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense  87   93   183   184 
EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP)  176   240   293   376 
Inventory step-up     6      61 
Impairment loss           25 
Share-based compensation  7   2   15   9 
Restructuring  10      10    
Integration Costs  4      4    
Loss on extinguishment of debt     30   2   30 
Foreign currency remeasurement  (3)  (26)  (4)  (16)
Other items  6   5   21   6 
Adjusted EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP) $200  $257  $341  $491 

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements


See Note 1 of notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for recently issued accounting pronouncements.


Environmental Matters


We are subject to a broad array of international, federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to safety, pollution, protection of the environment, and the generation, storage, handling, transportation, treatment, disposal, and remediation of hazardous substances and waste materials. In the ordinary course of business, we are subject to frequent environmental inspections and monitoring, and occasional investigations by governmental enforcement authorities. Under these laws, we are or may be required to obtain or maintain permits or licenses in connection with our operations. In addition, under these laws, we are or may be required to remove or mitigate the effects on the environment of the disposal or release of chemical, petroleum, low-level radioactive and other substances at our facilities. We may incur future costs for capital improvements and general compliance under environmental, health, and safety laws, including costs to acquire, maintain, and repair pollution control equipment. Environmental laws and regulations are becoming increasingly stringent, and compliance costs are significant and will continue to be significant in the foreseeable future. There can be no assurance that such laws and regulations or any environmental law or regulation enacted in the future is not likely to have a material effect on our business. We believe we are in compliance with applicable environmental rules and regulations in all material respects.


Supplemental Pro Forma Information

To assist in the discussion of the 2019 and 2018 results on a comparable basis, certain supplemental unaudited pro forma income statement and adjusted EBITDA information is provided on a consolidated basis. The pro forma information has been prepared on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, assuming the merger and merger-related divestitures of Cristal's North American TiO2 business and the 8120 paper laminate grade had been consummated on January 1, 2018. The unaudited pro forma financial information reflects certain adjustments related to the acquisition, such as:

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(1)conforming the accounting policies of Cristal to those applied by Tronox;
(2)conversion to U.S. GAAP from IFRS for Cristal;
(3)the elimination of transactions between Tronox and Cristal;
(4)recording certain incremental expenses resulting from purchase accounting adjustments, such as inventory step-up amortization, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense in connection with fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment, mineral leases and intangible assets;
(5)recording the contract loss on the sale of the 8120 product line as a charge in the first quarter of 2018;
(6)recording the effect on interest expense related to borrowings in connection with the Cristal Transaction; and
(7)recording the related tax effects and impacts to EPS for the shares issued in conjunction with the transaction.

In preparing this pro forma information, the historical financial information has been adjusted to give effect to pro forma adjustments that are (i) directly attributable to the business combination and other transactions presented herein, such as the merger-related divestitures, (ii) factually supportable, and (iii) expected to have a continuing impact on the combined entity’s consolidated results. The pro forma information is based on management's assumptions and is presented for illustrative purposes and does not purport to represent what the results of operations would actually have been if the business combination and merger-related divestitures had occurred as of the dates indicated or what the results would be for any future periods. Also, the pro forma information does not include the impact of any revenue, cost or other operating synergies that may result from the business combination or any related restructuring costs.

Events that are not expected to have a continuing impact on the combined results (nonrecurring income/charges) are excluded from the unaudited pro forma information.

The unaudited pro forma statement of operations and adjusted EBITDA have been presented for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what Tronox’s results actually would have been had the merger been completed on January 1, 2018. In addition, the unaudited pro forma information does not purport to project the future operating results of the company.

The following unaudited pro forma information includes:
Pro forma statement of operations for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018

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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
Pro Forma Statement of Operations Information
For The Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
(Unaudited)

(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)

    Pro Forma Adjustments    
  
Tronox
Holdings plc
  
Cristal (a)
  Other  Total  Pro Forma 
Net sales $791  $36  $  $36  $827 
Cost of goods sold  672   31   (55
)(b)
  (24)  648 
Contract loss  19      (19
)(c)
  (19)   
Gross profit  100   5   74   79   179 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  103   3   (21
)(d)
  (18)  85 
Restructuring  10            10 
Income from operations  (13)  2   95   97   84 
Interest expense  (54)           (54)
Interest income.  3            3 
Loss on extinguishment of debt               
Other income (expense), net  5            5 
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes  (59)  2   95   97   38 
Income tax benefit  4            4 
(Loss) income from continuing operations  (55)  2   95   97   42 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
  6            6 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to Tronox Holdings plc $(61) $2  $95  $97  $36 
                     
Net (loss) income from continuing operations per share, basic $(0.41)             $0.23 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations per share, diluted $(0.41)             $0.23 
                     
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic (in thousands)  150,866           3,716   154,402 
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted (in thousands)  151,538           3,716   155,254 

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Pro Forma Adjustments
(a)Includes results from continuing operations for Cristal for period of April 1, 2019 through April 9, 2019. Acquisition closed on April 10, 2019.
(b)The adjustment to cost of goods sold is for the reversal of $55 million related to the amortizing of the stepped-up in value of inventory. For pro forma purposes this item is pushed back to the first quarter of 2018.
(c)The adjustment is for the elimination of $19 million in non-recurring contract losses incurred on the 8120 supply agreement with Venator.
(d)The adjustment to SG&A includes the elimination of $21 million in non-recurring acquisition-related transaction costs incurred.

TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
Pro Forma Statement of Operations Information
For The Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)

    Pro Forma Adjustments       
  
Tronox
Holdings plc
  
Cristal (a)
  Other  
Total
  Pro Forma 
Net sales $492  $431  $(20
)(b)
 $411  $903 
Cost of goods sold  348   310   27
(c) 
  337   685 
Gross profit  144   121   (47)  74   218 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  79   41   (60
)(d)
  (19)  60 
Income from operations  65   80   13   93   158 
Interest expense  (48)  (3)  (2
)(e)
  (5)  (53)
Interest income.  7      (5
)(f)
  (5)  2 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  (30)           (30)
Other income (expense), net  29   (10)     (10)  19 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes  23   67   6   73   96 
Income tax benefit (provision)  27   (3)     (3)  24 
Income (loss) from continuing operations  50   64   6   70   120 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
  14   1      1   15 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Tronox Holdings plc $36  $63  $6  $69  $105 
                     
                     
Net income from continuing operations per share, basic $0.30              $0.65 
Net income from continuing operations per share, diluted $0.29              $0.64 
                     
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic (in thousands)  123,063           37,580   160,643 
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted (in thousands)  126,716           37,580   164,296 

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Pro Forma Adjustments

(a)Includes results from continuing operations for Cristal for period of April 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018.
(b)The adjustment to net sales includes $17 million to eliminate sales between Tronox and Cristal and $3 million to eliminate revenue associated with the divestiture of the 8120 paper laminate product grade.
(c)
The adjustment to cost of goods sold includes (i) a credit of $17 million for the elimination of sales between Tronox and Cristal, (ii) a charge of $11 million for the increase in DD&A expense as a result of a fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment, mineral leases and intangible assets, and (iii) a charge of $6 million related to the recognition of a step-up in value of inventories. Cost of goods sold also includes a reclassification of expenses of $27 million from SG&A to cost of goods sold for distribution costs as part of our accounting policy alignment.
(d)The adjustment to SG&A includes the elimination of $33 million in non-recurring acquisition-related transaction costs incurred and the reclassification of $27 million in expenses from SG&A to cost of goods sold.
(e)The adjustment to interest expense of $2 million reflects interest incurred on incremental borrowings under the Wells Fargo Revolver used to close the Cristal acquisition.
(f)The adjustment to interest income of $5 million reflects the elimination of interest earned on cash balances that were used to acquire Cristal.

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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
Pro Forma Statement of Operations Information
For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
(Unaudited)
(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)

    Pro Forma Adjustments    
  
Tronox
Holdings plc
  
Cristal (a)
  Other  Total  Pro Forma 
Net sales $1,181  $379  $(13
)(b)
 $366  $1,547 
Cost of goods sold  979   294   (35
)(c)
  259   1,238 
Contract loss  19      (19
)(d)
  (19)   
Gross profit  183   85   41   126   309 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  170   59   (51
)(e)
  8   178 
Restructuring  10            10 
Income from operations  3   26   92   118   121 
Interest expense  (103)  (5)  (1
)(f)
  (6)  (109)
Interest income.  12      (6
)(g)
  (6)  6 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  (2)           (2)
Other income (expense), net  3   (1)  (11
)(h)
  (12)  (9)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes  (87)  20   74   94   7 
Income tax benefit (provision)  2   (4)     (4)  (2)
(Loss) income from continuing operations  (85)  16   74   90   5 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
  10   1      1   11 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to Tronox Holdings plc $(95) $15  $74  $89  $(6)
                     
                     
Net (loss) from continuing operations per share, basic and diluted $(0.69)             $(0.04)
                     
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted (in thousands)  137,569           20,465   158,124 

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Pro Forma Adjustments

(a)Includes results from continuing operations for Cristal for period of January 1, 2019 through April 9, 2019. Acquisition closed on April 10, 2019.
(b)The adjustment to net sales includes $11 million to eliminate sales between Tronox and Cristal and $2 million to eliminate revenue associated with the divestiture of the 8120 paper laminate product grade.
(c)
The adjustment to cost of goods sold includes (i) a credit of $11 million for the elimination of sales between Tronox and Cristal, (ii) a charge of $10 million for the increase in DD&A expense as a result of a fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment, mineral leases and intangible assets, and (iii) a credit of $55 million related to the amortizing of the stepped-up in value of inventory. For pro forma purposes this item is pushed back to the first quarter of 2018. Cost of goods sold also includes a reclassification of expenses of $21 million from SG&A to cost of goods sold for distribution costs as part of our accounting policy alignment.
(d)The adjustment is for the elimination of $19 million in non-recurring contract losses incurred on the 8120 supply agreement with Venator.
(e)The adjustment to SG&A includes the elimination of $30 million in non-recurring acquisition-related transaction costs incurred and the reclassification of $21 million in expenses from SG&A to cost of goods sold.
(f)The adjustment to interest expense of $1 million reflects interest incurred on incremental borrowings under the Wells Fargo Revolver used to close the Cristal acquisition.
(g)The adjustment to interest income of $6 million reflects the elimination of interest earned on cash balances that were used to acquire Cristal.
(h)The adjustment to other income (expense), net reflects the reversal of actuarial pension gains recognized by Cristal under IFRS which are amortized under U.S. GAAP.

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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
Pro Forma Statement of Operations Information
For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)

    Pro Forma Adjustments    
  
Tronox
Holdings plc
  
Cristal (a)
  Other  Total  Pro Forma 
Net sales $934  $868  $(23
)(b)
 $845  $1,779 
Cost of goods sold  675   619   115
(c) 
  734   1,409 
Gross profit  259   249   (138)  111   370 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  155   88   (109
)(d)
  (21)  134 
Impairment loss  25            25 
Income from operations  79   161   (29)  132   211 
Interest expense  (97)  (4)  (3
)(e)
  (7)  (104)
Interest income.  15      (9
)(f)
  (9)  6 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  (30)           (30)
Other income (expense), net  20   (9)     (9)  11 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes  (13)  148   (41)  107   94 
Income tax benefit (provision)  22   (7)     (7)  15 
Income (loss) from continuing operations  9   141   (41)  100   109 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
  17   3      3   20 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to Tronox Holdings plc $(8) $138  $(41) $97  $89 
                     
                     
Net (loss) income from continuing operations per share, basic $(0.07)             $0.55 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations per share, diluted $(0.07)             $0.54 
                     
                     
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic (in thousands)  122,699           37,580   160,279 
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted (in thousands)  126,583           37,580   164,163 

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Pro Forma Adjustments
(a)Includes results from continuing operations for Cristal for period of January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018.
(b)The adjustment to net sales includes $17 million to eliminate sales between Tronox and Cristal and $6 million to eliminate revenue associated with the divestiture of the 8120 paper laminate product grade.
(c)
The adjustment to cost of goods sold includes (i) a credit of $17 million for the elimination of sales between Tronox and Cristal, (ii) a charge of $20 million for the increase in DD&A expense as a result of a fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment, mineral leases and intangible assets, and (iii) a charge of $61 million related to the recognition of a step-up in value of inventories. Cost of goods sold also includes a reclassification of expenses of $51 million from SG&A to cost of goods sold for distribution costs as part of our accounting policy alignment.
(d)The adjustment to SG&A includes the elimination of $58 million in non-recurring acquisition-related transaction costs incurred and the reclassification of $51 million in expenses from SG&A to cost of goods sold.
(e)The adjustment to interest expense of $3 million reflects interest incurred on incremental borrowings under the Wells Fargo Revolver used to close the Cristal acquisition.
(f)The adjustment to interest income of $9 million reflects the elimination of interest earned on cash balances that were used to acquire Cristal.

TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA Information
For The Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
(Millions of U.S. dollars)

    Pro Forma Adjustments    
  
Tronox
Holdings plc
  
Cristal (1)
  Other  Total  Pro Forma 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations (U.S. GAAP) $(55) $2  $95  $97  $42 
Interest expense  54            54 
Interest income  (3)           (3)
Income tax (provision)  (4)           (4)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense  84   3      3   87 
EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP)  76   5   95   100   176 
Inventory step-up  55      (55)  (55)   
Contract loss  19      (19)  (19)   
Share-based compensation  7            7 
Transaction costs  21      (21)  (21)   
Restructuring  10            10 
Integration Costs  4            4 
Foreign currency remeasurement  (3)           (3)
Other items  6            6 
Adjusted EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP) $195  $5  $  $5  $200 

(1)Includes results from continuing operations for Cristal of April 1, 2019 through April 9, 2019. Acquisition closed on April 10, 2019.

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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA Information
For The Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
(Millions of U.S. dollars)

    Pro Forma Adjustments    
  
Tronox
Holdings plc
  
Cristal (1)
  Other  Total  Pro Forma 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations (U.S. GAAP) $50  $64  $6  $70  $120 
Interest expense  48   3   2   5   53 
Interest income  (7)     5   5   (2)
Income tax benefit (provision)  (27)  3      3   (24)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense  49   33   11   44   93 
EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP)  113   103   30   133   240 
Inventory step-up        6   6   6 
Share-based compensation  2            2 
Transaction costs  27   6   (33)  (27)   
Loss on extinguishment of debt  30            30 
Foreign currency remeasurement  (28)  2      2   (26)
Other items  4   1      1   5 
Adjusted EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP) $148  $112  $(3) $109  $257 

(1)Includes results from continuing operations for Cristal for period of April 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018.

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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA Information
For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
(Millions of U.S. dollars)

    Pro Forma Adjustments    
  
Tronox
Holdings plc
  
Cristal (1)
  Other  Total  Pro Forma 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations (U.S. GAAP) $(85) $16  $74  $90  $5 
Interest expense  103   5   1   6   109 
Interest income  (12)     6   6   (6)
Income tax (benefit) provision  (2)  4      4   2 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense  131   42   10   52   183 
EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP)  135   67   91   158   293 
Inventory step-up  55      (55)  (55)   
Contract loss  19      (19)  (19)   
Share-based compensation  15            15 
Transaction costs  29   1   (30)  (29)   
Restructuring  10            10 
Integration costs  4            4 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  2            2 
Foreign currency remeasurement  (4)           (4)
Other items  10      11   11   21 
Adjusted EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP) $275  $68  $(2) $66  $341 

(1)Includes results from continuing operations for Cristal of January 1, 2019 through April 9, 2019. Acquisition closed on April 10, 2019.

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TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA Information
For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
(Millions of U.S. dollars)

    Pro Forma Adjustments    
  
Tronox
Holdings plc
  
Cristal (1)
  Other  Total  Pro Forma 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations (U.S. GAAP) $9  $141  $(41) $100  $109 
Interest expense  97   4   3   7   104 
Interest income  (15)     9   9   (6)
Income tax benefit  (22)  7      7   (15)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense  97   67   20   87   184 
EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP)  166   219   (9)  210   376 
Impairment loss  25            25 
Inventory step-up        61   61   61 
Share-based compensation  9            9 
Transaction costs  47   11   (58)  (47)   
Loss on extinguishment of debt  30            30 
Foreign currency remeasurement  (18)  2      2   (16)
Other items  6            6 
Adjusted EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP) $265  $232  $(6) $226  $491 

(1)Includes results from continuing operations for Cristal for period of January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018.

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Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk


We are exposed to various market, credit, operational, and liquidity risks in the normal course of business, which are discussed below. We manage these risks through normal operating and financing activities and, when appropriate, with derivative instruments. We do not invest in derivative instruments for speculative purposes, but historically have entered into, and may enter into, derivative instruments for hedging purposes in order to reduce the exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, natural gas prices and exchange rates.


Market Risk


A substantial portion of our products and raw materials are commodities that reprice as market supply and demand fundamentals change. Accordingly, product margins and the level of our profitability tend to vary with changes in the business cycle. Our TiO2 prices may do so in the near term as ore prices and pigment prices are expected to fluctuate over the next few years. We try to protect against such instability through various business strategies. These include provisions in sales contracts allowing us to pass on higher raw material costs through timely price increases and formula price contracts to transfer or share commodity price risk, as well as using varying contract term lengths and selling to a diverse mix of customers by geography and industry to reap the benefits of a diverse portfolio.

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Credit Risk


Credit risk is the risk that a borrower or a counterparty will fail to meet their obligations. A significant portion of our liquidity is concentrated in trade accounts receivable that arise from sales of our products to customers. In the case of TiO2, the high level of industry concentration has the potential to impact our overall exposure to credit risk, either positively or negatively, in that our customers may be similarly affected by changes in economic, industry or other conditions. We have significant exposure to credit risk in industries that are affected by cyclical economic fluctuations. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers from time to time, as deemed appropriate, to mitigate credit risk but generally do not require collateral. Our contracts typically enable us to tighten credit terms if we perceive additional credit risk; however, historic losses due to write offs of bad debt have been relatively low. In addition, due to our international operations, we are subject to potential trade restrictions and sovereign risk in certain countries in which we operate. We maintain allowances for potential credit losses based on specific customer review and current financial conditions. During the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2019 and 2018, our ten largest third-party customers represented approximately 42%31% and 33%29%, respectively, of our consolidated net sales.


Interest Rate Risk


Interest rate risk arises from the possibility that changes in interest rates will impact our financial results. We are exposed to interest rate risk on our floating rate debt, the New Term Loan Facility, Standard Bank Term Loan Facility, Tikon Loan and Wells Fargo, Standard Bank Revolver balance.and Emirates Revolver balances. Using a sensitivity analysis as of March 31,June 30, 2019, a hypothetical 1% increase in interest rates would result in a net increase to pre-tax loss of approximately $6$10 million on an annualized basis. This is due to the fact that earnings on our floating rate financial assets of $1.7 billion$394 million at March 31,June 30, 2019 would increase by the full 1%, offsetting the impact of a 1% increase in interest expense on our floating rate debt of $2.3$1.4 billion.


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During the second quarter of 2019, we entered into interest-rate swap agreements for a portion of our Term Loan Facility, which effectively converts the variable rate to a fixed rate for a portion of the loan. The agreements expire in September 2024. The Company’s objectives in using the interest-rate swap agreements are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements.

Currency Risk


Currency risk arises from the possibility that fluctuations in foreign exchange rates will impact our balance sheets due to the translation of our assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, as well as our earnings due to the translation of certain of our subsidiaries’ statements of operations from local currencies to U.S. dollars, as well as due to remeasurement of assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than a subsidiary’s functional currency. We manufacture and market our products in a number of countries throughout the world and, as a result, are exposed to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly in Australia, Brazil, China, South Africa, the Netherlands and the Netherlands.United Kingdom. The exposure is more prevalent in South Africa and Australia as the majority of revenues are earned in U.S. dollars while expenses are primarily incurred in local currencies. Since we are exposed to movements in the South African rand and the Australian Dollar versus the U.S. dollar, we may enter into forward contracts to buy and sell foreign currencies as “economic hedges” for these foreign currency transactions.


We enter into foreign currency contracts for the South African rand to reduce exposure of our foreign affiliates’ balance sheet to fluctuations in foreign currency rates. At March 31,June 30, 2019, the fair value of the foreign currency contracts was a lossgain of less than $1 million.


Item 4.
Controls and Procedures


Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures


Under the supervision of and with the participation of Tronox’s management, including our CEO and CFO, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (the “Exchange Act”), as of March 31,June 30, 2019, the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, we have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of that date. Tronox’s disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Tronox in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to Tronox’s management, including Tronox’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or other persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.Based on that evaluation, we have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of that date.  We closed the acquisition of Cristal on April 10, 2019, and Cristal's total assets and net sales constituted 54% and 45%, respectively, of our consolidated total assets and net sales as shown on our consolidated financial statements as of and for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. As the Acquisition occurred in the second quarter of 2019, we excluded Cristal’s internal control over financial reporting from the scope of our assessment of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. This exclusion is in accordance with the general guidance issued by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission that an assessment of a recently-acquired business may be omitted from our scope in the year of acquisition.

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An evaluation of our internal controlscontrol over financial reporting was also performed to determine whether any changes have occurred, other than the Cristal Acquisition discussed above, during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Beginning January 1,
On April 10, 2019, we adoptedcompleted our acquisition of Cristal. Management has considered this transaction material to the new lease standard. results of operations, cash flows and financial position from the date of the acquisition through June 30, 2019, and believes that the internal control and procedures of the acquisition have a material effect on internal control over financial reporting. We implemented a new lease management system and updated our business processes andare currently in the process of incorporating the internal controls to address relevant risks associated withand procedures of Cristal into the implementationinternal control over financial reporting for our assessment of the new standard including the preparation of the requiredand report on internal control over financial information and disclosures. reporting for December 31, 2020.

There have been no other changes to our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31,June 30, 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART II – OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.
Legal Proceedings


Information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the section captioned “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 16-18- Commitments and Contingencies” of this Form 10-Q.


Item 1A.
Risk Factors


In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors discussed under “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A. The risks described herein or in the Form 10-K/A are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results. There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K/A.


Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

The table below provides information with respect to our purchases of shares of our common stock, $.01 par value per share, during the three months ended June 30, 2019.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
             
Period 
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
  
Average Price
Paid Per
Share
  
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of
Publically
Announced
Plans or
Programs (1)
  
Approximate
Dollar Value
That May Yet
Be Purchased
Under the
Program (2)
 
May 1, 2019 through May 31, 2019  14,000,000
(3) 
 $14.3185       
              $100,000,000 
June 3, 2019 through June 30, 2019  4,957,098  $11.26   4,957,098  $44,198,966 
Totals  18,957,098  $13.52   4,957,098  $44,198,966 

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Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.
Other Information

None.

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(1)On June 3, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of the Company's stock.

(2)Amounts reflect the remaining dollar value of shares that may be purchased under the stock repurchase program described above.

(3)Amounts reflect shares repurchased on May 9, 2019 from Exxaro.

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.Other Information

None.

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Item 6.
Exhibits


Exhibit No. 
 
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2019, by and among Tronox Limited, INEOS AG and INEOS Joliet US Holdco, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 19, 2019).
Amendment No. 2 to Transaction Agreement dated March 28, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 2, 2019).
Articles of Association of Tronox Holdings plc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 27, 2019).
Specimen ordinary share certificate of Tronox Holdings plc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 27, 2019).
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 1, 2019 among Tronox Finance plc, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (filed herewith).
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 1, 2019 among Tronox Incorporated, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (filed herewith).
Shareholders Agreement, dated April 10, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 11, 2019).
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 12, 2019 among Tronox Finance plc, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 15, 2019).
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 12, 2019 among Tronox Incorporated, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 15, 2019).
Consent and Amendment No. 2 to the Revolving Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2019, among the Company and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, with the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 26, 2019).
Amendment No. 2 to the First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2019, among Tronox Finance LLC, Tronox Blocked Borrower LLC and certain of the Company’s other subsidiaries, with the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 26, 2019).
Shareholder’s Deed by and between Tronox Holdings plc and Exxaro Resources Limited, dated March 22, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 27, 2019).
Tronox Holdings plc Amended and Restated Management Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 27, 2019).
Tronox Holdings plc Amended and Restated Annual Bonus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 27, 2019).

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Form of Director Deed of Indemnification (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 27, 2019).
Agreement for the Provision of Depositary Services and Custody Services, dated as of March 14, 2019, in respect of Tronox Holdings plc Depositary Receipts among Computershare Trust Company, N.A., Tronox Holdings plc and Exxaro Resources Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 27, 2019).
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of March 28, 2019 by and between the Company and Mr. Jeffry Quinn (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 2, 2019).
Agreement for the Provision of Depositary Services and Custody Services, dated as of April 10, 2019, in respect of Tronox Holdings plc Depositary Receipts among Computershare Trust Company, N.A., Tronox Holdings plc, CristalInorganic Chemicals Netherlands Coöperatief W.A. and all other holders from time to time of depositary receipts issued in accordance herewith (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 15, 2019).
  
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Jeffry N. Quinn.
  
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Timothy Carlson.
  
Section 1350 Certification for Jeffry N. Quinn.
  
Section 1350 Certification for Timothy Carlson.
  
101.INS
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XBRL Instance DocumentThe following financial statements from Tronox Holdings plc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
  
101.SCH101.INSXBRL Taxonomy Extension SchemaInstance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
  
101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
101.LAB104XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase DocumentThe cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019, which has been formatted in Inline XBRL.


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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Date: May 10,August 9, 2019  
   
 TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC (Registrant)
   
 By:/s/ Robert Loughran
 Name:Robert Loughran
 Title:Vice President, Corporate Controller


 By:/s/ Timothy Carlson
 Name:Timothy Carlson
 Title:Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



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