<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001342874-25-000009.txt : 20250219
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001342874-25-000009
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250219

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ternium S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001342874
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES  ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			N4
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32734
		FILM NUMBER:		25637094

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		26, BOULEVARD ROYAL
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			LUXEMBOURG
		STATE:			N4
		ZIP:			L-2449
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(352) 4661-11-3815

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		26, BOULEVARD ROYAL
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			LUXEMBOURG
		STATE:			N4
		ZIP:			L-2449
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<TYPE>6-K
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM 6 - K</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Report of Foreign Private Issuer</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">As of 02&#47;18&#47;2025</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Ternium S.A. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Translation of Registrant's name into English)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Ternium S.A.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">26 Boulevard Royal &#8211; 4th floor</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">L-2249 Luxembourg </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(352) 2668-3152 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:1.12pt;padding-right:1.12pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or 40-F.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Form 20-F </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Webdings',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">a</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Form 40-F </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:13pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">__</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12G3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Yes </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:13pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">__</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">No </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Webdings',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">a</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If &#8220;Yes&#8221; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b)&#58; </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Not applicable</font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The attached material is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:140%">This report contains Ternium S.A.&#8217;s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SIGNATURE</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:87.134%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:50.410%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.309%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.981%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;&#47;s&#47; Guillermo Etchepareborda</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;&#47;s&#47;Sebasti&#225;n Mart&#237;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name&#58; Guillermo Etchepareborda</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name&#58; Sebasti&#225;n Mart&#237;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title&#58; Attorney in Fact</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title&#58; Attorney in Fact</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-indent:108pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:42.75pt;padding-right:42.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:140%">Dated&#58; February 18, 2025 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:42.75pt;padding-right:42.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><img alt="logo03a.gif" src="logo03a.gif" style="height:82px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:225px"></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Consolidated Financial Statements</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">for the years ended on December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">26 Boulevard Royal, 4th floor</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">L &#8211; 2449 Luxembourg</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">R.C.S. Luxembourg&#58; B 98 668</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:27pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:12pt;padding-right:20.25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:12pt;padding-right:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:12pt;padding-right:20.25pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:97.677%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.886%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.914%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Page</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Income Statements for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_10" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">4</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_13" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">5</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2024, and 2023</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_16" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">6</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_19" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">7</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_22" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">10</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Index to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">11</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:90pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022<br>(All amounts in $ thousands)</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(84,019)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Operating income </font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">0.34&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">0.90&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 4</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_13"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:90pt;width:100%"><div 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(46,859)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#ffffff;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">0</font></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(11,045)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Changes in the fair value of derivatives classified as cash flow hedges (3)</font></td><td colspan="3" 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other comprehensive income items from participation in non-consolidated companies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">284&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,013&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,862&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Other comprehensive (loss) income for the year, net of tax</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(238,882)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">344,492</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">87,123</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total comprehensive (loss) income for the year</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(65,101)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1,330,866</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2,179,895</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 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1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">338,701&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total comprehensive (loss) income for the year</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(65,101)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1,330,866</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2,179,895</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(1) See note 3 (c).</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(2) See note 18.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(3) See note 22.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Current assets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">486,470&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Derivative financial instruments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font 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style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Others (4)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">437,525&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(165,724)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(53,672)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1) The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 3.5 billion shares having a nominal value of $ 1.00 per share. As of December 31, 2024, there were  2,004,743,442 shares issued. All issued shares are fully paid. 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0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">16,811,859</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1) The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 3.5&#160;billion shares having a nominal value of $ 1.00 per share. As of December 31, 2023, there were  2,004,743,442 shares issued. All issued shares are fully paid. Also, as of December 31, 2023, the Company held 41,666,666 shares as treasury shares.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2) Include mainly legal reserve under Luxembourg law for $ 200.5&#160;million, undistributable reserves under Luxembourg law for $ 1.4&#160;billion, and reserves related to the acquisition of non-controlling interest in subsidiaries for $ (72.4) million.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3) Represents the difference between book value of non-monetary contributions received from shareholders under Luxembourg GAAP and IFRS.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(4) See note 3 (c).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(5) Includes mainly the changes of the fair value of financial instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income, net of tax. 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Therefore, retained earnings included in these consolidated financial statements may not be wholly distributable. See Note 25 (iii). 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 8</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:90pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><table 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Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cash acquired </font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">781,072&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Acquisition of non-controlling interest</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td 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0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td 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style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Lease 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style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(49,410)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Proceeds from borrowings</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,558,501&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" 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style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Movement in cash and cash equivalents</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">At January 1, </font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,846,013&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Non-cash transactions&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Dividends paid in kind to non-controlling interest</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" 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Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">171,987&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(1) The working capital is calculated net of non-cash movements of $ (389.8) million as of December 31, 2024 ($ 129.3 million and $ 24.9 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively) due to the variations in the exchange rates used by subsidiaries with functional currencies different from the U.S. dollar.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(2) It includes capital expenditures of $ 1,821,111 and advances to suppliers for property, plant and equipment of $ 44,308. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(3) It includes restricted cash of $ 2,746, $ 3,129 and $ 30 as of December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. 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style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 10</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_25"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:12pt;padding-right:20.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INDEX TO THE NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.648%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:83.110%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.942%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Page</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">General information</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_31" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">12</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Basis of presentation</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_34" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">13</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Acquisition of business &#8211; Increase of the participation in Usiminas Control Group and new governance structure of Usiminas</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_37" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">16</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accounting policies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_40" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">21</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Segment information</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_43" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">46</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cost of sales</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_46" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">49</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Selling, general and administrative expenses</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_49" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">49</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Labor costs (included in cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_52" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">50</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other operating income (expenses), net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_55" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">50</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other financial income (expenses), net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_58" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">51</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">11</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Income tax expense</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_61" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">51</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">12</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Property, plant and equipment, net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_64" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">53</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">13</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Intangible assets, net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_67" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">55</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">14</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Investments in non-consolidated companies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_70" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">56</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">15</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Receivables, net -  non-current and current</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_73" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">58</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trade receivables, net - non-current and current</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_76" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">59</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Inventories, net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_79" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">59</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cash, cash equivalents and other investments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_82" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">60</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">19</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Allowances and provisions - non-current and current</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_85" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">60</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">20</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Deferred income tax</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_88" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">61</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">21</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other liabilities - non-current and current</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_91" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">63</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">22</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Derivative financial instruments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_94" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">66</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Lease liabilities</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_97" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">69</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Borrowings</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_100" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">70</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">25</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Contingencies, commitments and restrictions on the distribution of profits</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_103" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">72</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">26</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Related party transactions</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_106" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">82</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">27</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other required disclosures</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_109" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">83</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">28</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Recently issued accounting pronouncements</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_112" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">85</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">29</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Financial risk management</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_115" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">87</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">30</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Foreign exchange restrictions in Argentina</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_130" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">95</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">31</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Subsequent events &#8211; Annual dividend proposal and Recently Announced 25% Tariff on Steel Imports in the United States</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_1370" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 11</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_28"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_31"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;GENERAL INFORMATION</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium S.A. (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;Ternium&#8221;), was incorporated on December 22, 2003 to hold investments in flat and long steel manufacturing and distributing companies.  The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 3.5 billion shares having a nominal value of $ 1.00 per share.  As of December 31, 2024, there were 2,004,743,442 shares issued.  All issued shares are fully paid.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium&#8217;s American Depositary Shares (&#8220;ADSs&#8221;) trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#8220;TX&#8221;. </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company was initially established as a public limited liability company (soci&#233;t&#233; anonyme) under Luxembourg&#8217;s 1929 holding company regime.  Until termination of such regime on December 31, 2010, holding companies incorporated under the 1929 regime (including the Company) were exempt from Luxembourg corporate and withholding tax over dividends distributed to shareholders.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On January 1, 2011, the Company became an ordinary public limited liability company (soci&#233;t&#233; anonyme) and, effective as from that date, the Company is subject to all applicable Luxembourg taxes (including, among others, corporate income tax on its worldwide income) and its dividend distributions will generally be subject to Luxembourg withholding tax. However, dividends received by the Company from subsidiaries in high income tax jurisdictions, as defined under Luxembourg law, will continue to be exempt from corporate income tax in Luxembourg under Luxembourg&#8217;s participation exemption.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As part of the Company&#8217;s corporate reorganization in connection with the termination of Luxembourg&#8217;s 1929 holding company regime, on December 6, 2010, the Company contributed its equity holdings in all its subsidiaries and all its financial assets to its Luxembourg wholly-owned subsidiary Ternium Investments S.&#224; r.l., or Ternium Investments, in exchange for newly issued corporate units of Ternium Investments. As the assets contributed were recorded at their historical carrying amount in accordance with Luxembourg GAAP, the Company&#8217;s December 2010 contribution of such assets to Ternium Investments resulted in a non-taxable revaluation of the accounting value of the Company&#8217;s assets under Luxembourg GAAP. The amount of the December 2010 revaluation was equal to the difference between the historical carrying amounts of the assets contributed and the value at which such assets were contributed and amounted to $ 4.0 billion. However, for the purpose of these consolidated financial statements, the assets contributed by Ternium to its wholly-owned subsidiary Ternium Investments were recorded based on their historical carrying amounts in accordance with IFRS, with no impact on the financial statements.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Following the completion of the corporate reorganization, and upon its conversion into an ordinary Luxembourg holding company, the Company voluntarily recorded a special reserve exclusively for tax-basis purposes. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, this special tax reserve amounted to $ 4.1 billion and $ 4.7 billion, respectively. The Company expects that, as a result of its corporate reorganization, its current overall tax burden will not increase, as all or substantially all of its dividend income will come from high income tax jurisdictions. </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 12</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_34"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;BASIS OF PRESENTATION </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;  Basis of presentation</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards (International Financial Reporting Standards) issued and effective or issued and early adopted as at the time of preparing these statements (February 2025), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and in conformity with IFRS Accounting Standards as adopted by the European Union (&#8220;EU&#8221;). These consolidated financial statements are presented in thousands of United States dollars (&#8220;$&#8221;), except otherwise indicated.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">These Consolidated financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial position of Ternium as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the consolidated income statement, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Elimination of all material intercompany transactions and balances between the Company and its respective subsidiaries has been made in consolidation. </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">These consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and certain financial assets and financial liabilities (including derivative instruments) are at fair value through profit or loss.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">These consolidated financial statements have been approved for issue by the Board of Directors on February 18, 2025. The Directors have the power to amend and reissue the consolidated financial statements.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Detailed below are the companies whose financial statements have been consolidated and accounted for interest in these consolidated financial statements.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 13</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">100.00&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">%</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td 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style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1) Indirectly through Ternium Investments S.&#224;.r.l. Total voting rights held&#58; 100.00%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2) Since the second quarter of 2021, indirectly through Ternium Internacional Espa&#241;a S.L. Total voting rights held 100.00%. Before that, indirectly through Ternium Investments S.&#224;.r.l. total voting rights was 100.00% in 2020.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3) Indirectly through Ternium Internacional Espa&#241;a S.L. Total voting rights held 62.57%. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(4) Indirectly through Ternium Argentina S.A. and Ternium Procurement S.A. Total voting rights held 100.00%. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(5) Indirectly through Ternium Argentina S.A. and Ternium Internacional Espa&#241;a S.L. Total voting rights held 100.00%. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(6) Indirectly through Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. Total voting rights held&#58; 100.00%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(7) Indirectly through Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V.  and Tenigal S. de R.L. de C.V. Total voting rights held&#58; 100.00%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(8) Total voting rights held&#58; 50.00%. The Company recognizes the assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses in relation to its interest in the joint operation.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(9) Indirectly through Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V.  Total voting rights held&#58; 74.50%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(10) Indirectly through Ternium Internacional Espa&#241;a S.L. and Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. Total voting rights held&#58; 100.00%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(11) Indirectly through Ternium Internacional Espa&#241;a S.L. Total voting rights held&#58; 100.00%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(12) Indirectly through Ternium Internacional Espa&#241;a S.L. Total voting rights held&#58; 100.00%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(13) Indirectly through Ternium Internacional Espa&#241;a S.L. Total voting rights held&#58; 51.00%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(14) Indirectly through Ternium Investments S.&#224; r.l. and Ternium Internacional Espa&#241;a S.L. Total voting rights held 100.00%. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(15) Indirectly through Ternium Argentina S.A. Total voting rights held&#58; 100.00%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(16) Indirectly through Ternium Investments S.&#224; r.l.. Prosid Investments S.A. and Ternium Argentina S.A. Total voting rights held 42.57%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(17) Indirectly through Usinas Sider&#250;rgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. Total voting rights held 29.80%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(18) Indirectly through Usinas Sider&#250;rgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. Total voting rights held 29.32%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(19) Indirectly through Usinas Sider&#250;rgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. Total voting rights held 42.57%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(20) This company was merged into Usinas Sider&#250;rgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. as of April 25, 2024.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(21) Indirectly through Usinas Sider&#250;rgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. Total voting rights held 42.57%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(22) Indirectly through Usinas Sider&#250;rgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. and Minera&#231;&#227;o Usiminas S.A. Total voting rights held 36.20%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(23) Indirectly through Usinas Sider&#250;rgicas de Minas Gerais S.A.  and Usiminas Mec&#226;nica S.A. Total voting rights held 42.57%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(24) This company was dissolved as of January 2. 2023.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The most material non-controlling interest is related to the investment in Ternium Argentina S.A. (&#8220;Ternium Argentina&#8221;) and Usinas Sider&#250;rgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (&#8220;Usiminas&#8221;), being both listed companies in the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange and in the B3 Brazilian Stock Exchange, respectively. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For more information about Ternium Argentina, see note 30 and information publicly available in the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange webpage. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Under Usiminas&#8217; annual accounts as of December 31, 2024, and for the year then ended, revenues amounted to $ 4,803 million (2023&#58; $ 5,534 million), net profit from continuing operations to $ 1 million (2023&#58; $ 328 million), net profit attributable to non-controlling interest to $ 28 million (2023&#58; $ 50 million), total assets to $ 6,439 million (2023&#58; $ 8,296 million), total liabilities to $ 2,130 million (2023&#58; $ 2,812 million), shareholders&#8217; equity to $ 4,309 million (2023&#58; $ 5,484 million) and non-controlling interest to $ 452 million (2023&#58; $ 556 million). Information publicly available related to Usiminas could be found in the Usiminas Investor Relations webpage.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 15</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_37"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS&#8211; INCREASE OF THE PARTICIPATION IN USIMINAS CONTROL GROUP AND NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF USIMINAS</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a) The participation in Usiminas as of June 30, 2023</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On January 16, 2012, the Company&#8217;s subsidiaries, Ternium Investments and Ternium Argentina (together with its wholly-owned subsidiary Prosid Investments S.A., or &#34;Prosid&#34;, and the Company&#8217;s affiliate, Confab Industrial S.A., a subsidiary of Tenaris, or TenarisConfab), joined the existing control group of Usiminas, a leading steel company in the Brazilian flat steel market, through the acquisition of 84.7, 30.0, and 25.0 million ordinary shares, respectively, and formed the so-called Ternium&#47;Tenaris (T&#47;T) Group.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On October 30, 2014, Ternium Investments acquired 51.4 million additional ordinary shares of Usiminas. On April 20, 2016, Ternium Investments subscribed to 7.0 million preferred shares of Usiminas and Ternium Argentina, together with Prosid, subscribed to an aggregate 1.5 million preferred shares of Usiminas. On July 19, 2016, Usiminas&#8217; extraordinary general shareholders&#8217; meeting homologated a capital increase, and Ternium Investments acquired 62.6 million additional ordinary shares, and Ternium Argentina and Prosid acquired an aggregate 13.8 million additional ordinary shares. As a result of these transactions, Ternium, through its subsidiaries Ternium Investments, Ternium Argentina and Prosid, owned as of June 30, 2023, 242.6 million ordinary shares of Usiminas (representing 34.4% of Usiminas&#8217; ordinary shares) and 8.5 million of Usiminas&#8217; preferred shares (representing 1.6% of Usiminas&#8217; preferred shares), representing, in the aggregate, 20.4% of Usiminas&#8217; share capital. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of June 30, 2023, the Usiminas control group held, in the aggregate, 483.6 million ordinary shares bound to the Usiminas shareholders&#8217; agreement, representing approximately 68.6% of Usiminas&#8217; voting capital. The Usiminas control group, which was bound by a long-term shareholders&#8217; agreement that governs the rights and obligations of Usiminas&#8217; control group members, was composed as of such date of three sub-groups&#58; the T&#47;T Group&#59; the NSC Group, comprising Nippon Steel Corporation (&#8220;NSC&#8221;), Metal One Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation&#59; and Usiminas&#8217; pension fund Previd&#234;ncia Usiminas. The T&#47;T Group held approximately 47.1% of the total shares held by the control group (39.5% corresponding to the Ternium entities and the other 7.6% corresponding to TenarisConfab)&#59; the NSC Group held approximately 45.9% of the total shares held by the control group&#59; and Previd&#234;ncia Usiminas held the remaining 7%. The corporate governance rules reflected in the Usiminas shareholders agreement provided, among other things, that Usiminas&#8217; executive board was composed of six members, including the chief executive officer and five vice-presidents, with Ternium and NSC nominating three members each. The right to nominate Usiminas&#8217; chief executive officer alternated between Ternium and NSC at every 4-year interval, with the party that did not nominate the chief executive officer having the right to nominate the chairman of Usiminas&#8217; board of directors for the same 4-year period. The Usiminas shareholders agreement also provided for an exit mechanism consisting of a buy-and-sell procedure&#8212;exercisable at any time after November 16, 2022, and applicable with respect to shares held by NSC and the T&#47;T Group&#8212;, which would allow either Ternium or NSC to purchase all or a majority of the Usiminas shares held by the other shareholder.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b) The acquisition of the additional participation</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On March 30, 2023, Ternium S.A. announced that its subsidiaries Ternium Investments and Ternium Argentina, together with Confab, a subsidiary of its affiliate Tenaris S.A., all of which compose the T&#47;T group within Usiminas control group, entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire from Nippon Steel Corporation, Mitsubishi and MetalOne (the &#8220;NSC group&#8221;), pro rata to their current participations in the T&#47;T group, 68.7 million ordinary shares of Usinas Sider&#250;rgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. &#8211; USIMINAS (&#8220;Usiminas&#8221;) at a price of BRL10 per ordinary share. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 16</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS&#8211; INCREASE OF THE PARTICIPATION IN USIMINAS CONTROL GROUP AND NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF USIMINAS (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On July 3, 2023, the Company announced the completion of the acquisition of this additional participation. Pursuant to the transaction, Ternium paid $ 118.7 million in cash for 57.7 million ordinary shares, increasing its participation in the Usiminas control group to 51.5%. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Usiminas control group holds the majority of Usiminas&#8217; voting rights. Following the completion of the transaction, the T&#47;T group holds an aggregate participation of 61.3% in the control group, with the NSC group and Previd&#234;ncia Usiminas (Usiminas employees&#8217; pension fund) holding 31.7% and 7.1%, respectively. The Usiminas control group members also agreed a new governance structure, as a result of which the T&#47;T group nominated a majority of the Usiminas board of directors, the CEO and four other members of Usiminas board of officers, and ordinary decisions are approved with a 55% majority of the control group shares. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the Usiminas shareholders agreement, as supplemented by the T&#47;T Group shareholders&#8217; agreement, Ternium started fully consolidating Usiminas balance sheet and results of operations in its consolidated financial statements beginning in July 2023.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c) Remeasurement of the previously held interest </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of July 3, 2023, Ternium remeasured its former participation (20.4%) at its fair value as of such date.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Consequently, Ternium valued its previously held interest by means of the market quotation of Usiminas share in the Brazilian stock market. Such value as of July 3, 2023, was of 7.36 BRL per share, amounting to a total of $ 385.9 million. This valuation results in the recognition of a loss of $ 441.4 million, which is included along with the gain related to the bargain purchase amounting to $ 270.4 million (see note 3 (d)) in the &#8220;Effect related to the increase of the participation in Usiminas&#8221; in the income statement for a total of $ 171.0 million.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In addition, IFRS 3, paragraph 42, establishes that the previous interest must be remeasured, and necessary adjustments made as if it were a disposal of the investment. In this case, items previously recognized in other comprehensive income, mainly the CTA (currency translation adjustment) should be recycled to results of the period. The accumulated loss in &#8220;Other comprehensive income&#8221; as of the acquisition date was $ 934.9 million.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 17</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS&#8211; INCREASE OF THE PARTICIPATION IN USIMINAS CONTROL GROUP AND NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF USIMINAS (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(d) Fair value of net assets acquired</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The fair values determined for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed arising from the acquisition are as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:75.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:78.627%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.579%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.394%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fair value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">in $ thousands</font></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Property, plant and equipment (note 12)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">904,780&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Investments in non-consolidated companies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">400,037&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Inventories</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,707,311&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cash and cash equivalents</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">781,072&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other investments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">247,005&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trade receivables</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">764,257&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Allowance for doubtful accounts</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(44,626)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other receivables</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">854,917&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Deferred tax assets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,327,232&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Borrowings</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font 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style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(758,687)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other assets and liabilities, net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(509,486)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Net assets acquired</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">3,593,260</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-controlling interest</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2,818,358)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Remeasurement of previously held interest in Usiminas</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(385,851)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Purchase consideration</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(118,686)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Bargain purchase gain</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">270,365</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Loss on the remeasurement of previously held interest in Usiminas</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(441,410)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Net loss effect related to the increase of the participation in Usiminas</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(171,045)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The purchase price allocation disclosed above was prepared with the assistance of a third-party expert. Management applied significant judgment in estimating the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, which involved the use of significant estimates and assumptions in particular with respect to the estimation of the loss probability for the contingencies, including revenue forecasts, EBITDA margins, capital expenditures and discount rate for the cash flow projections. According to the purchase price allocation, the transaction led to the recognition of a bargain purchase of $ 270.4 million.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(e) Put and call option</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In addition to the share purchase and the new governance structure, a &#8220;put&#8221; and &#8220;call&#8221; mechanism was established according to the following scheme&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:12.5pt">NSC group will have the right, at any time after the closing of the transaction, to withdraw its remaining shares from the control group and sell them in the open market after giving the T&#47;T group the opportunity to buy them at the equivalent in U.S. dollars of the 40-trading day average price per share immediately prior to the NSC group&#8217;s notice of withdrawal, as well as the right, at any time after the second anniversary of the closing, to sell such shares to the T&#47;T group at $ 2.0584 per share. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 18</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS&#8211; 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The liability reflects the entity&#8217;s obligation to deliver cash or a financial asset. The financial liability is recognized at present value of the redemption amount and accreted through finance charges in the income statement over the contract period up to the final redemption amount. Ternium has recognized a liability associated with the put option of $ 242.5 million ($ 263.2 million as of December 31, 2024), accounted for in the statement of financial position under Other liabilities, with the corresponding debit in the statement of changes in equity under Non-controlling interest.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(f) Recognition of non-controlling interest</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium recognizes non-controlling interests in an acquired entity either at fair value or at the non-controlling interest&#8217;s proportionate share of the acquired entity&#8217;s net identifiable assets. This decision is made on an acquisition-by-acquisition basis. 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acquisition at the acquisition date even if it is not probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:69.444%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:77.005%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.642%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:19.953%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 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Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(432,488)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Civil and other related contingencies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(174,333)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Labour related contingencies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(49,655)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total Provision for contingencies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(856,153)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Contingencies estimated by Management were related to possible losses arising from administrative proceedings and litigation related to tax, civil and labor matters and based on the advice and assessment of internal and external legal advisors.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade 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style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following is a summary of the principal accounting policies followed in the preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(a)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt">Group accounting</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1) Subsidiary companies and transactions with non-controlling interests</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Subsidiaries are all entities over which the Company has control. The Company controls an entity when the Company is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity.  Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the Company.  They are deconsolidated from the date that control ceases.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company uses the acquisition method of accounting to account for business combinations. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a subsidiary is the fair values of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred and the equity interests issued by the Company. The consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset or liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement. Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at the fair values at the acquisition date. Indemnification assets are recognized at the same time that the Company recognizes the indemnified item and measures them on the same basis as the indemnified item, subject to the need for a valuation allowance for uncollectible amounts. The Company measures the value of a reacquired right recognized as an intangible asset on the basis of the remaining contractual term of the related contract regardless of whether market participants would consider potential contractual renewals in determining its fair value.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company recognizes any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the non-controlling interest's proportionate share of the acquiree's net identifiable assets. The recognition of business combinations requires the acquirer to measure at the acquisition date components of non&#8209;controlling interests in the acquiree that are present ownership interests and entitle their holders to a proportionate share of the entity&#8217;s net assets in the event of liquidation at either (a) fair value&#59; or (b) the present ownership instruments&#8217; proportionate share in the recognized amounts of the acquiree&#8217;s identifiable net assets. The Company opted for the proportional share in the recognized amounts of the identifiable net assets for the recognition described in note 3 related to Usiminas.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The excess of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling interest in the acquiree and the acquisition-date fair value of any previous equity interest in the acquiree over the fair value of the Company's share of the identifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. If this is less than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired in the case of a bargain purchase, the difference is recognized directly in the income statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The measurement period is the earlier of the date that the acquirer receives the information that it is looking for or cannot obtain the information and one year after the acquisition date. Where the accounting for a business combination is not complete by the end of the reporting period in which the business combination occurred provisional amounts are reported.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company treats transactions with non-controlling interests as transactions with equity owners of the Company. For purchases from non-controlling interests, the difference between any consideration paid and the relevant share acquired of  the carrying value of net assets of the subsidiary is recorded in equity. Gains or losses on disposals to non-controlling interests are also recorded in equity.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 21</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">When the Company ceases to have control or significant influence, any retained interest in the entity is remeasured to its fair value, with the change in carrying amount recognized in profit or loss. The fair value is the initial carrying amount for the purposes of subsequently accounting for the retained interest as an associate, joint venture or financial asset. In addition, any amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income in respect of that entity are accounted for as if the group had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities. This may mean that amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealized gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated. Unrealized losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the transferred asset. Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the group. However, the fact that the functional currency of some subsidiaries is their respective local currency, generates some financial gains (losses) arising from intercompany transactions, that are included in the consolidated income statement under Other financial expenses, net.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2) Investments in non-consolidated companies</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Associated companies are those entities in which Ternium has significant influence, but which it does not control. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Joint arrangements are understood as combinations in which there are contractual agreements by virtue of which two or more companies hold an interest in companies that undertake operations or hold assets in such a way that any financial or operating decision is subject to the unanimous consent of the partners. A joint arrangement is classed as a joint operation if the parties hold rights to its assets and have obligations in respect of its liabilities or as a joint venture if the venturers hold rights only to the investee's net assets.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Investments in non-consolidated companies (associated companies and joint ventures) are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Under this method, interests in joint ventures and associates are initially recognized in the consolidated statement of financial position at cost and adjusted thereafter to recognize the Company&#8217;s share of the post-acquisition profits or losses in the income statement, and its share of post-acquisition changes in reserves recognized in reserves and in other comprehensive income in the income statement. Unrealized gains on transactions among the Company and its non-consolidated companies are eliminated to the extent of the Company&#8217;s interest in such non-consolidated companies&#59; unrealized losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the transferred asset. When the Company&#8217;s share of losses in a non-consolidated company equals or exceeds its interest in such non-consolidated company, the Company does not recognize further losses unless it has incurred obligations or made payments on behalf of such non-consolidated company. Accounting policies of non-consolidated companies have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Company.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company&#8217;s investment in associates and joint ventures includes notional goodwill identified on acquisition. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company determines at each reporting date whether there is any objective evidence that the investment is impaired. If this is the case, the group calculates the amount of impairment as the difference between the recoverable amount of the investment and its carrying value and recognizes the amount within &#8220;Equity on earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies&#8221;.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 22</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(b)  Foreign currency translation</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt"> Functional and presentation currency</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Items included in the financial statements of each of the Company's subsidiaries and associated companies are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (the &#34;functional currency&#34;). Except for Usiminas and the non-consolidated companies whose functional currencies are their local currencies, Ternium determined that the functional currency of its subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar. Although Ternium is located in Luxembourg, it operates in several countries with different currencies. The $ is the currency that best reflects the economic substance of the underlying events and circumstances relevant to Ternium as a whole. </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2) Subsidiary companies</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The results and financial position of all the group entities (except for the ones which operated in a hyperinflationary economy, if any) that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency, are translated into the presentation currency as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(i)  assets and liabilities are translated at the closing rate of each statement of financial position&#59;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ii)  income and expenses for each income statement are translated at average exchange rates (unless this average is not a reasonable approximation of the cumulative effect of the rates prevailing on the transaction dates, in which case income and expenses are translated at the rate on the dates of the transactions)&#59; and</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(iii)  all resulting translation differences are recognized within other comprehensive income.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In the case of a sale or other disposition of any such subsidiary, any accumulated translation differences would be recognized in the income statement as part of the gain or loss on sale.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3) Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the transactions or valuation where items are re-measured. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">At the end of each reporting period&#58; (i) monetary items denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated using the closing rates, (ii) non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a currency other than the functional currency are translated using the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the transactions&#59; and (iii) non-monetary items that are measured at fair value in a currency other than the functional currency are translated using the exchange rates prevailing at the date when the fair value was determined.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are recorded as gains and losses from foreign exchange and included in &#34;Other financial income (expenses), net&#34; in the consolidated income statement, except when deferred in equity as qualifying cash flow hedges and qualifying net investment hedges. Translation differences on non-monetary financial assets and liabilities such as equities held at fair value through profit or loss are recognized in profit or loss as part of the &#34;fair value gain or loss,&#34; while translation differences on non-monetary financial assets such as equities classified as fair value through other comprehensive income are included in other gains&#47;(losses). </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 23</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(c)  Financial instruments</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Non derivative financial instruments</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Non derivative financial instruments comprise investments in equity and debt securities, trade and other receivables, cash and cash equivalents, loans and borrowings, and trade and other payables. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company classifies its financial instruments in the following measurement categories&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:30.5pt">Amortized cost&#58; instruments that are held for collection or repayment of contractual cash flows where those cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest are measured at amortized cost. Interest income and expenses from these financial instruments are included in finance income or expense using the effective interest rate method. Any gain or loss arising on derecognition is recognized directly in profit or loss and presented in finance income or expense,   together with foreign exchange gains and losses. Impairment losses are presented as separate line items in the statement of profit or loss.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:30.5pt">Fair value through other comprehensive income (&#8220;FVOCI&#8221;)&#58; financial instruments that are held for collection of contractual cash flows and for selling the financial instruments, where the instruments&#8217; cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest, are measured at FVOCI. Movements in the carrying amount are taken through OCI, except for the recognition of impairment gains or losses, interest revenue or expense, and foreign exchange gains and losses which are recognized in profit or loss. When the financial instrument is derecognized, the cumulative gain or loss previously recognized in OCI is reclassified from equity to profit or loss and recognized in other gains&#47;(losses), except for equity instruments, for which there is no reclassification from OCI to profit or loss. Interest income or expense from these financial instruments is included in finance income using the effective interest rate method. Foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in other gains&#47;(losses) and impairment expenses are presented as separate line item in the statement of profit or loss.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:30.5pt">Fair value through profit or loss (&#8220;FVPL&#8221;)&#58; financial instruments that do not meet the criteria for amortized cost or FVOCI are measured at FVPL. A gain or loss on a debt investment that is subsequently measured at FVPL is recognized in profit or loss and presented net within other gains&#47;(losses) in the period in which it arises.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The classification depends on the Company&#8217;s business model for managing the financial instruments and the contractual terms of the cash flows.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For financial instruments measured at fair value, gains and losses will either be recorded in profit or loss or OCI. For investments in equity instruments that are not held for trading, this will depend on whether the group has made an irrevocable election at the time of initial recognition to account for the equity investment at FVOCI.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">At initial recognition, the Company measures a financial instrument at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial instrument not at FVPL, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the financial instrument. Transaction costs of financial instruments carried at FVPL are expensed in profit or loss. Subsequent measurement of debt instruments depends on the Company&#8217;s business model for managing the asset and the cash flow characteristics of the asset.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 24</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The classification depended on the nature and purpose of the financial assets and was determined at the time of initial recognition.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Financial assets and liabilities were recognized and derecognized on the settlement date. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Financial assets were initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs, except for those financial assets classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Financial liabilities, including borrowings, were initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, with interest expense recognized on an effective yield basis.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Impairment of financial assets</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company assesses on a forward-looking basis the expected credit losses associated with its debt instruments carried at amortized cost and FVOCI. The impairment methodology applied depends on whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For trade receivables, the Company applies the simplified approach permitted by IFRS 9, which requires expected lifetime losses to be recognized from initial recognition of the receivables, see note 4 (i) for further details.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For loans and receivables category and for held-to-maturity investments, the amount of the loss was measured as the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the financial asset's original effective interest rate. The carrying amount of the asset was reduced and the amount of the loss was recognized in the consolidated income statement. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreased and the decrease could be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognized, the reversal of the previously recognized impairment loss was recognized in the consolidated income statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Derivative financial instruments</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Information about accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities is included in Note 29 &#34;Financial Risk management&#34; and Note 4 (y).</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Put option valuation method</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">IFRS presents the following options to recognize the value of a put option&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">- Under IFRS 10, the terms of the forward and option contracts should be analyzed to assess whether they provide the parent or the non-controlling interest with access to the risks and rewards associated with the actual ownership of the shares. The non-controlling interest should be recognized if risks and rewards associated with ownership have been retained by the non-controlling interest. A financial liability (recognized at the present value of the redemption amount) is recorded to reflect the forward or put option.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 25</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">- Under IAS 32, a liability is recognized for written puts over non-controlling interests. The liability reflects the entity&#8217;s obligation to deliver cash or a financial asset. The financial liability is recognized at present value of the redemption amount and accreted through finance charges in the income statement over the contract period up to the final redemption amount.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(d)  Property, plant and equipment</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(1) Property, plant and equipment</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Land and buildings comprise mainly factories and offices. All property, plant and equipment are recognized at historical acquisition or construction cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment (if applicable), except for land, which is carried at acquisition cost less accumulated impairment (if applicable). There are no material residual values for property, plant and equipment items.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Major overhaul and rebuilding expenditures are recognized as a separate asset when future economic benefits are expected from the item, and the cost can be measured reliably.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ordinary maintenance expenses on manufacturing properties are recorded as cost of products sold in the period in which they are incurred.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Where a tangible fixed asset comprises major components having different useful lives, these components are accounted for as separate items. Spare parts are included in property, plant and equipment.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Depreciation method is reviewed at each year end. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method to amortize the cost of each asset to its residual value over its estimated useful life as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:87.573%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:58.332%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.468%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Land</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">No depreciation</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Buildings and improvements</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10-50 years</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Production equipment</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5-40 years</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Vehicles, furniture and fixtures and other equipment</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3-20 years</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Property, plant and equipment used in mining activities are depreciated over its useful life or over the remaining life of the mine if shorter and there is no alternative use possible. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The assets' useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each year end. The re-estimation of assets useful lives by the Company did not materially affect depreciation charges in 2024, 2023 and 2022.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the corresponding carrying amounts and are included in the income statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If the carrying amount of an asset were greater than its estimated recoverable amount, it would be written down to its recoverable amount (see Note 4 (f) &#34;Impairment&#34;).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Amortization charges are included in cost of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 26</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(2) Right-of-use assets</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The Company is a party to lease contracts for&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">- Land</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">- Plants and equipment for the production of industrial gases and other production materials.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">- Transportation and maintenance equipment.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">- Warehouses and office spaces.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">These leases are recognized, measured and presented in accordance to IFRS 16 &#8220;Leases&#8221;, following the guidelines described below.</font></div><div style="padding-left:31.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Accounting by the lessee</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company recognizes a right-of-use asset and a lease liability at the commencement date of each lease contract that grants the right to control the use of an identified asset during a period of time. The commencement date is the date in which the lessor makes an underlying asset available for use by the lessee.</font></div><div style="padding-left:31.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company applied exemptions for leases with a duration lower than 12 months, with a value lower than thirty thousand U.S. dollars and&#47;or with clauses related to variable payments. These leases have been considered as short-term leases and, accordingly, no right-of-use asset or lease liability have been recognized.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">At initial recognition, the right-of-use asset is measured considering&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">- The value of the initial measurement of the lease liability&#59;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">- Any lease payments made at or before the commencement date, less any lease incentives&#59; and</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">- Any initial direct costs incurred by the lessee.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">After initial recognition, the right-of-use assets are measured at cost, less any accumulated depreciation and&#47;or impairment losses, and adjusted for any re-measurement of the lease liability.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Depreciation of the right-of-use asset is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated duration of the lease contract, as follows&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:27pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:87.573%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:58.332%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.468%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Land</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1-30 years</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Buildings and facilities</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1-25 years</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Machinery</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1-13 years</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If the lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset to the Company by the end of the lease term, or if the cost of the right-of-use asset reflects that the Company will exercise a purchase option, the Company depreciates the right-of-use asset from the commencement date to the end of the useful life of the underlying asset. Otherwise, the Company depreciates the right-of-use asset from the commencement date to the earlier of the end of the useful life of the right-of-use asset or the end of the lease term.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Accounting by the lessor</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">When the Company is acting as a lessor, each of its leases is classified as either operating or finance lease&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">- Leases where a significant portion of the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">- Leases where all substantial risks and rewards of ownership are transferred by the lessor to the lessee are classified as finance leases.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 27</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">(e)  Intangible assets </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1) Information system projects</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Generally, costs associated with developing or maintaining computer software programs are recognized as an expense as incurred. However, costs directly related to the acquisition and implementation of information systems are recognized as intangible assets if they have a probable economic benefit exceeding the cost beyond one year and comply with the recognition criteria of IAS 38.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Information system projects recognized as assets are amortized using the straight-line method over their useful lives, not exceeding a period of 3 years. Amortization charges are included in cost of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)  Mining assets </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mining assets include&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:1.14pt"> Mining licenses acquired&#59; </font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:0.56pt"> Capitalized exploration and evaluation costs, reclassified from exploration and evaluation costs (see note 4 (e) 3)&#59; and </font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:1.71pt"> Capitalized developmental stripping costs (see note 4 (u)).</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mining licenses were recognized as separate intangible assets upon the acquisition of the investment in Mexico and in Usiminas and comprise the right to exploit the mines and are recognized at its fair value at acquisition date less accumulated amortization.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mexico&#8217;s mining concessions were granted for a 50-year period&#59; following the expiration of the initial concession term, the concessions are renewable for an additional 50-year term in accordance with, and subject to the procedures set forth in, applicable Mexican mining law. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Usiminas&#8217; mining concessions were granted for an indefinite period and until complete depletion of mineral reserves and are subject to the procedures set forth in applicable Brazilian mining law.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Amortization charge is calculated by using the unit-of-production method, on the basis of actual mineral extracted in each period compared to the estimated mineral reserves, and is included in cost of sales. Any change in the estimation of reserves is accounted for prospectively. The resulting amortization rate for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, is approximately 19%, 13% and 12% per year, respectively.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Considering that there are no concrete development plans in the short term and for production feasibility in certain areas of the mining concessions held by Las Encinas S.A. de C.V., the Company decided to recognize an impairment charge over these assets of $ 32.4 million as of December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, the Company has already recognized an impairment charge over these assets held by Las Encinas S.A. de C.V. for an amount of $ 42.3 million.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 28</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)  Exploration and evaluation costs </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exploration and evaluation activities involve the search for iron ore resources, the determination of technical feasibility and the assessment of commercial viability of an identified resource.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exploration and evaluation costs are measured at cost. Costs directly associated with exploration and evaluation activities are capitalized as intangible assets until the determination of reserves is evaluated. The costs associated to the acquisition of machinery and equipment are recognized as property, plant and equipment. If it is determined that commercial discovery has been achieved, costs incurred are reclassified into Mining assets and amortization starts once production begins.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Exploration costs are tested for impairment whenever there are indicators that impairment exists. Indicators of impairment include, but are not limited to&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.65pt">Rights to explore in an area have expired or will expire in the near future without renewal&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.65pt">No further exploration and evaluation is planned or budgeted&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.65pt">A decision to discontinue exploration and evaluation in an area because of the absence of commercial reserves&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.65pt">Sufficient data exists to indicate that the book value will not be fully recovered from future development and production.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">When analyzing the existence of impairment indicators, the exploration and evaluation areas from the mining units will be evaluated.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(4)  Goodwill</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Goodwill represents the excess of the acquisition cost over the fair value of Ternium's participation in acquired companies' net assets at the acquisition date. Under IAS 36, goodwill is considered to have an indefinite life and not amortized, but is subject to annual impairment testing.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Goodwill is allocated to Cash-generating units (&#34;CGU&#34;) for the purpose of impairment testing. The allocation is made to those cash-generating units expected to benefit from the business combination which generated the goodwill being tested. The impairment losses on goodwill cannot be reversed.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the carrying amount of goodwill allocated to the Mexico CGUs was $ 662.3 million, of which $ 619.8 million corresponds to Steel Mexico CGU and $ 42.5 million to Mining Mexico CGU.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(5)  Research and development</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Research expenditures are recognized as expenses as incurred. Development costs are recorded as cost of sales in the income statement as incurred because they do not fulfill the criteria for capitalization. Research and development expenditures for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 totaled $ 23.8 million, $ 19.0               million and $ 16.3 million, respectively.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 29</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(6)  Customer relationships acquired in a business combination</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">As of December 31, 2024, Ternium has no customer relationships acquired in a business combination recognized in its consolidated financial statements.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(7)  Trademarks acquired in a business combination</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Trademarks are amortized using the straight-line method over a useful life of between 5 to 10 years.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(f)  Impairment</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Assets that have an indefinite useful life (including goodwill) are not subject to amortization and are tested annually for impairment or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Assets that are subject to amortization and investments in affiliates are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset's carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's fair value less cost to sell and the value in use. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">To carry out these tests, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (each, a CGU). When evaluating long-lived assets for potential impairment, the Company estimates the recoverable amount based on the higher of the CGU&#8217;s fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. The value in use of each CGU is determined on the basis of the present value of net future cash flows which will be generated by the assets tested. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Determining the present value of future cash flows involves highly sensitive estimates and assumptions specific to the nature of each CGU's activities, including estimates and assumptions relating to amount and timing of projected future cash flows. Application of the discounted cash flow (DCF) method to determine the value in use of a CGU begins with a forecast of all expected future net cash flows. Significant assumptions considered in forecasts include the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates of the country under study and their correlation with steel demand, changes in the growth rate for the perpetuity rate, changes in steel prices, changes in certain significant raw material costs and changes in discount rates.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium uses, for the steel segment impairment tests, cash flow projections over a five-year period based on past performance and expectations of market development&#59; for the subsequent years beyond the five-year period, a terminal value was calculated based on perpetuity. The growth rate used for the perpetuity rate is of 2.19%. This rate does not exceed the average long-term growth rate for the relevant markets. In the case of the mining segment and the mining activity developed by Usiminas, cash flow projections are prepared until the mines are fully depleted and are based on past performance and expectations of market development.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Cash flows are discounted at rates that reflect specific country and currency risks associated with the cash flow projections. The discount rates used are based on the weighted average cost of capital (WACC), which is considered to be a good indicator of cost of capital. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">. </font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 30</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Considering the uncertainty of the future evolution of the macroeconomic and financial situation in Argentina and the reduction of the operating margin as of December 31, 2024, the Company decided to assess the recoverability of its investments in Argentina, resulting in no impairment charges to be recognized. As of December 31, 2024, the post-tax discount rate used to test the investment in Argentine subsidiaries for impairment was 14.0%. The recoverable value of CGU Argentina amounted to $1.7 billion as of December 31, 2024. The Company estimates that an increase higher than of 0.5% in the discount rate or a decrease of higher than 5.0% in the operating income before amortization and depreciation per ton may result in the recognition of an impairment charge in the CGU Argentina.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2022, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $ 99.0 million over the property, plant and equipment in the Brazil CGU. As of December 31, 2023, Management assessed the business situation as of such date and concluded that the recovery of impairment indicators was not significantly enough and that there were no significant positive events to proceed with a reversal of previously recognized impairment charges. Considering the uncertainty of the future evolution of the macroeconomic situation in Brazil, mainly the devaluation of the Brazilian reais, and the reduction of the volume of sales and operating margin as of December 31, 2024, the Company decided to assess the recoverability of its investments in Brazil, resulting in no impairment charges to be recognized. As of December 31, 2024, the post-tax discount rate used to test the investment in Brazilian subsidiaries for impairment was 10.3%.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of September 30, 2022, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $ 120.4 million over the investment in Usiminas. On July 3, 2023, the Company acquired an additional participation in Usiminas and started the full consolidation of assets and liabilities of Usiminas (see note 3). As of December 31, 2023, no impairment triggers were detected and, consequently, no impairment test was prepared. Considering the uncertainty of the future evolution of the macroeconomic situation in Brazil, mainly the devaluation of the Brazilian reais, and the decrease of the market value of the shares as of December 31, 2024, the Company decided to assess the recoverability of its investments in Usiminas, resulting in no impairment charges to be recognized. As of December 31, 2024, the post-tax discount rate used to test the investment in Brazilian subsidiaries for impairment was 10.3%.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In the case of the Steel Mexico CGU, considering that there is a value registered for goodwill, the Company performed the mandatory impairment test over goodwill, resulting in no impairment charges to be recognized. Also, in the case of the Mining Mexico CGU and considering the registered goodwill, the Company performed the mandatory impairment test over goodwill, resulting in no impairment charges to be recognized. As of December 31, 2024, the post-tax discount rate used to test the recoverability of the goodwill in the Steel and Mining Mexico CGUs for impairment was 12.4% (as of December 31, 2023, 12.1%). </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">During the years 2024, 2023 and 2022, no impairment provisions were recorded in connection with assets that have an indefinite useful life (including goodwill) in the Company&#8217;s CGUs.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(g)  Other investments</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Other investments consist primarily of investments in financial debt instruments and equity investments where the Company holds a minor equity interest and does not exert significant influence.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 31</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">All purchases and sales of investments are recognized on the settlement date, which is not significantly different from the trade date, which is the date that Ternium commits to purchase or sell the investment. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Income from financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss is recognized in Other financial income (expenses), net in the consolidated income statement. The fair value of quoted investments is based on current bid prices. If the market for a financial investment is not active or the securities are not listed, the Company estimates the fair value by using standard valuation techniques. Dividends from investments in equity instruments are recognized in the income statement when the Company's right to receive payments is established.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Certain fixed income financial instruments purchased by the Company have been categorized as at fair value through other comprehensive income. The results of these financial investments are recognized in Finance Income in the Consolidated Income Statement using the effective interest method. Unrealized gains and losses other than impairment and foreign exchange results are recognized in Other comprehensive income. On maturity or disposal, net gain and losses previously deferred in Other comprehensive income are recognized in Finance Income in the Consolidated Income Statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(h)  Inventories</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (calculated using the first-in-first-out &#34;FIFO&#34; method) or net realizable value. The cost of finished goods and goods in process comprises raw materials, direct labor, depreciation, other direct costs and related production overhead costs. It excludes borrowing costs.  Goods acquired in transit at year end are valued at supplier's invoice cost. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The cost of iron ore produced in our mines comprises all direct costs necessary to extract and convert stockpiled inventories into raw materials, including production stripping costs, depreciation of fixed assets related to the mining activity and amortization of mining assets for those mines under production. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company assesses the recoverability of its inventories considering their selling prices, if the inventories are damaged, or if they have become wholly or partially obsolete.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(i)  Trade receivables and other receivables</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Trade and other receivables are recognized initially at fair value, generally the original invoice amount. The Company applies the IFRS 9 simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses which uses a lifetime expected loss allowance for all trade receivables. To measure the expected credit losses, trade receivables are grouped based on shared credit risk characteristics and the days past due. The Company keeps an allowance for trade receivables, recorded in an asset account to offset the trade receivables in an amount estimated sufficient to cover the losses resulting from the impossibility for the debtors to cancel the amounts owed. This allowance for trade receivables is recorded with a charge to selling expenses.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Judicial deposits are those made in a bank account, in connection with legal proceedings, in Brazilian currency and monetarily restated to ensure the settlement of potential future liabilities. Some judicial deposits that are linked to taxes payable in installments are presented at their net amount.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 32</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(j)  Cash and cash equivalents</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Cash and cash equivalents and highly liquid short-term securities are carried at fair market value or at a historical cost which approximates fair market value.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For purposes of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash, bank current accounts and short-term highly liquid investments (original maturity of three months or less at date of acquisition) and overdrafts.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In the consolidated statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are included in borrowings within current liabilities.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(k)  Assets (disposal groups) classified as held for sale</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Assets (disposal groups) are classified as assets held for sale, complying with the recognition criteria of IFRS 5, and stated at the lower of carrying amount and fair value less cost to sell if their carrying amount is recovered principally through a sale transaction rather than through continuing use.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The carrying value of assets classified as held for sale, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 totals $ 7.3 million and  $ 6.7 million, respectively, which corresponds principally to land and other real estate items. 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In subsequent periods, borrowings, including bonds and debentures, are stated at amortized cost following the effective interest method. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(m)  Lease liabilities</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at such date, including the following concepts&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Fixed payments, less any lease incentives receivable&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Variable lease payments that depend on an index or rate, initially measured using the index or rate as of the commencement date&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Amounts expected to be payable by the lessee under residual value guarantees&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">The exercise price of a purchase option if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise that option&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the lessee exercising an option to terminate the lease.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Variable lease liabilities with payments dependent on external factors, such as minimum volumes sold or used, are not included in the initial measurement of the lease liabilities and such payments are recognized directly in profit and loss.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Lease payments are discounted using incremental borrowing rates for the location and currency of each lease contract or, if available, the rate implicit in the lease contract.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The finance cost is charged to profit or loss over the lease period to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period.</font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 33</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The lease term determined by the Company comprises&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Non-cancelable period of lease contracts&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Periods covered by an option to extend the lease if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise that option&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Periods covered by an option to terminate the lease if the lessee is reasonably certain not to exercise that option.</font></div><div style="padding-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">After the commencement date, the Company measures the lease liability by&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Increasing the carrying amount to reflect interest on the lease liability&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Reducing the carrying amount to reflect lease payments made&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8pt">Re-measuring the carrying amount to reflect any reassessment or lease modifications.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(n)  Income taxes - current and deferred</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of the tax laws in force in the countries in which Ternium and its subsidiaries operate. Management evaluates positions taken in tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulation could be subject to interpretation. A liability is recorded for tax benefits that were taken in the applicable tax return but have not been recognized for financial reporting. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Deferred income taxes are calculated using the liability method on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements. Deferred income tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting, nor taxable profit or loss. The principal temporary differences arise on fixed assets, intangible assets, inventories valuation and provisions for pensions. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantially enacted at year end. Under IFRS, deferred income tax assets (liabilities) are classified as non-current assets (liabilities).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent it is probable that future taxable income will be available to offset temporary differences. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Deferred income tax is provided on temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries and associated companies, except where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the Company and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Deferred tax assets and liabilities are re-estimated if tax rates change. These amounts are charged or credited to the consolidated income statement or to the item &#8220;Other comprehensive income for the year&#8221; in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, depending on the account to which the original amount was charged or credited.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(o)  Employee liabilities</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt">Post-employment obligations</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company has defined benefit and defined contribution plans. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 34</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A defined benefit plan is a pension plan that defines an amount of pension benefit that an employee will receive on retirement, usually dependent on one or more factors such as age, years of service and compensation.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The liability recognized in the statement of financial position in respect of defined benefit pension plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the end of the reporting period less the fair value of plan assets. The defined benefit obligation is calculated annually (at year end) by independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The present value of the defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows using interest rates of high-quality corporate bonds that are denominated in the currency in which the benefits will be paid, and that have terms to maturity approximating to the terms of the related pension obligation. In countries where there is no deep market in such bonds, the market rates on government bonds are used. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Actuarial gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are charged or credited to equity in other comprehensive income in the period in which they arise. Past-service costs are recognized immediately in income. For defined benefit plans, net defined benefit liability&#47;asset is calculated based on the surplus or deficit derived by the difference between the defined benefit obligations less plan assets.  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For defined contribution plans, the Company pays contributions to publicly or privately administered pension insurance plans on a mandatory, contractual or voluntary basis. The Company has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid. The contributions are recognized as employee benefit expense when they are due. Prepaid contributions are recognized as an asset to the extent that a cash refund or a reduction in the future payments is available.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Mexico</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium Mexico has defined benefit and defined contribution plans.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The valuation of the liabilities for the defined benefit employee retirement plans (pensions and seniority premiums) covers all employees and is based primarily on their years of service, their present age and their remuneration at the date of retirement. The cost of the employee retirement plans (pension, health-care expenses and seniority premiums) is recognized as an expense in the year in which services are rendered in accordance with actuarial studies made by independent actuaries. The formal retirement plans are congruent with and complementary to the retirement benefits established by the Mexican Institute of Social Security. Additionally, the Company has established a plan to cover health-care expenses of retired employees. The Company has established a commitment for the payment of pensions and seniority premiums, as well as for health-care expenses.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The defined contribution plans provide a benefit equivalent to the capital accumulated with the company's contributions, which are provided as a match of employees' contributions to the plan. The plan provides vested rights according to the years of service and the cause of retirement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 35</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Argentina</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium Argentina implemented an unfunded defined benefit employee retirement plan for certain senior officers. The plan is designed to provide certain benefits to those officers (additional to those contemplated under applicable Argentine labor laws) in case of termination of the employment relationship due to certain specified events, including retirement. This unfunded plan provides defined benefits based on years of service and final average salary.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Brazil</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Usiminas operates various post-employment schemes, including defined benefit pension plans, defined&#47;variable contribution pension plans and a post-retirement healthcare plan. The retirement plans offer to employees&#8217; supplementary retirement and pension benefits and are managed by Previd&#234;ncia Usiminas, which in line with the applicable legislation, has as its main purpose the management and running of private pension plans.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Usiminas has different defined benefit pension plans&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1) Benefit plan 1 (PB1), defined benefit plan, closed for new enrolments since November 1996.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2) Defined benefit plan (PBD), defined benefit plan, closed for new enrolments since December 2000&#59; the beneficiaries of this plan are also entitled to self-funded retirement plan, vesting, redemption, and portability.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The liability recognized in the balance sheet in respect of defined benefit pension plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the balance sheet date minus the market value of plan assets, adjusted for&#58; (i) actuarial gains and losses&#59; (ii) rules to determine the asset ceiling&#59; and (iii) minimum funding requirements.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Usiminas has taken out debts in connection with the minimum requirements for payment of contributions, for the purpose of covering the gap in relation to the services already received. In the event of non-recoverable surplus, the debts taken are recognized as an additional liability in the computation of net actuarial liabilities.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The PBD plan debit balance is determined at the end of each year, based on a direct actuarial revaluation. During the subsequent year, the liability is adjusted by the monthly surplus or deficit determined in the PBD plan and by the amount of payments falling due in the period. The debt balance should be repaid in 148 installments. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Also, Usiminas has different defined contribution pension plans&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3) Benefit plan 2 (USIPREV), variable contribution benefit plan, operating since August 1998, provides post-employment benefits to the employees of the sponsor companies. Currently, this is the only plan accepting new enrolments.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4) COSIPREV, defined contribution plan has been closed for new enrolments since April 30, 2009. For this defined contribution plan (COSIPREV), Usiminas pays contributions to a private pension entity on compulsory, contractual or voluntary bases. The contributions are recognized as finance costs in the period in which they are due. The entity has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 36</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">USIPREV and COSIPREV plans have a Pension Fund formed from members&#8217; account balances not used in benefit payouts. As provided for in the plans&#8217; regulations, this Fund may be used to cover the cost of these plans in the future.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In addition, Usiminas has in place a post-retirement healthcare plan&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a) CoSa&#250;de, post-retirement healthcare benefits discontinued on November 30, 2021, with the subsequent restructuring of group plans to be offered to former beneficiaries, in compliance with the legal clauses and conditions.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b) Sa&#250;de Usiminas, healthcare plan, which opened for enrolments to all employees and retirees in 2010 and was extinguished as of December 31, 2023, being replaced with two new plans&#58; Usiexato and Usiflex. These two new plans provide with two different methods of payment to the members of the plans&#58; a mixed method, with the Company offering the option of bearing 100% of the monthly fee for active employees until the termination of the labor contracts, or a contributory method, which allows the continuation of the healthcare services after resignation or retirement of the employees.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt">Termination benefits</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Termination benefits are payable when employment is terminated before the normal retirement date, or whenever an employee accepts voluntary redundancy in exchange for these benefits. The Company recognizes termination benefits when it is demonstrably committed to either&#58; (i) terminating the employment of current employees according to a detailed formal plan without possibility of withdrawal or (ii) providing termination benefits as a result of an offer made to encourage voluntary redundancy.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt">Other compensation obligations</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Employee entitlements to annual leave and long-service leave are accrued as earned.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">During 2007, Ternium launched an incentive retention program (the &#34;Program&#34;) applicable to certain senior officers and employees of the Company, who will be granted a number of Units throughout the duration of the Program. The value of each of these Units is based on Ternium's shareholders' equity (excluding non-controlling interest). Also, the beneficiaries of the Program are entitled to receive cash amounts based on (i) the amount of dividend payments made by Ternium to its shareholders, and (ii) the number of Units held by each beneficiary to the Program. Units vest ratably over a period of four years and will be redeemed by the Company ten years after grant date, with the option of an early redemption at seven years after grant date. From 2018 units were vest ratably over the same period and will be mandatorily redeemed by the Company seven years after grant date. As the cash payment of the benefit is tied to the book value of the shares, and not to their market value, Ternium valued this long-term incentive program as a long term benefit plan as classified in IAS 19.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the outstanding liability corresponding to the Program amounts to $ 86.0 million and $ 90.1 million, respectively. The total value of the units granted to date under the program, considering the number of units and the book value per share as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is $ 94.0 million and $ 96.6 million, respectively. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Under Mexican law, Ternium's subsidiaries are required to pay their employees an annual benefit which is determined as a percentage of taxable profit for the year. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 37</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(4)  Social security contributions </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Social security laws in force in the countries in which the Company operates provide for pension benefits to be paid to retired employees from government pension plans and&#47;or private fund managed plans to which employees may elect to contribute. As stipulated by the respective laws, Ternium Argentina and Ternium Mexico make monthly contributions calculated based on each employee's salary to fund such plans. The related amounts are expensed as incurred. No additional liabilities exist once the contributions are paid.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(p)  Provisions</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium has certain contingencies with respect to existing or potential claims, lawsuits and other proceedings. Unless otherwise specified, provisions are recognized when Ternium has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount can be reliable estimated. Generally, accruals are based on developments to date, Ternium's estimates of the outcomes of these matters and the advice of Ternium's legal advisors. The Company also discloses the contingency in circumstances where management concludes no loss is probable or reasonably estimable but it is reasonably possible that a loss may be incurred.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(q)  Trade payables</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Trade payables are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.</font></div><div style="padding-left:42.75pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(r)  Revenue recognition and other income</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Revenue is recognized at a point of time from sales to direct customers upon the satisfaction of performance obligations, which occurs when control of the goods transfers to the customer and the customer obtains the benefits from the goods, the potential cash flows and the transaction price can be measured reliably, and it is probable that the Company will collect the consideration in connection with the exchange of the goods. The control over the goods is obtained by the customer depending on when the goods are made available to the shipper or the customer takes possession of the goods, depending on the delivery terms. The Company considers that it has completed its performance obligations when the goods are delivered to its customers or to a shipper who will transport the goods to its customers. The revenue recognized by the Company is measured at the transaction price of the consideration received or receivable to which the Company is entitled to, reduced by estimated returns and other customer credits, such as discounts and volume rebates, based on the expected value to be realized and after eliminating sales within the group.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Usiminas Mec&#225;nica S.A., one of Usiminas&#8217; subsidiaries, uses the percentage-of-completion (POC) method to account for the revenue from orders in progress sold at fixed prices. The use of the POC method requires Management to estimate the services performed up to the balance sheet date as a proportion of the total services to be performed.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Interest income is recognized on an effective yield basis.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(s)  Borrowing Costs </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">General and specific borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset are capitalized during the period of time that is required to complete and prepare the asset for its intended use or sale. Qualifying assets are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to get ready for their intended use or sale.</font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 38</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure on qualifying assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalization.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Other borrowing costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The amount of borrowing costs that Ternium capitalized during a period will not exceed the amount of borrowing costs incurred during that period. As of December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the capitalized borrowing costs were nil, nil and $ 0.4 million, respectively.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(t)  Cost of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Cost of sales and expenses are recognized in the income statement on the accrual basis of accounting. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Commissions, freight and other selling expenses, including shipping and handling costs, are recorded in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Income Statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(u)  Stripping costs </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Stripping costs are the costs associated with the removal of overburden and other waste materials and can be incurred before the mining production commences (&#8220;development stripping&#8221;) or during the production stage (&#8220;production stripping&#8221;).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Development stripping costs that contribute to the future economic benefits of mining operations are capitalized as intangible assets (Mining assets). Production stripping costs which are part of on-going activities are included in the cost of the inventory produced (that is extracted) at each mine during the period in which they are incurred.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Capitalization of development stripping costs finishes when the commercial production of the mine commences. At that time, all development stripping costs are presented within Mining assets and depreciated on a unit-of-production basis. It is considered that commercial production begins when the production stage of mining operations begins and continues throughout the life of a mine.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(v)  Mining development costs </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mining development costs are the costs associated to the activities related to the establishment of access to the mineral reserve and other preparations for commercial production. These activities often continue during production. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Development expenditures are capitalized and classified as Work in progress. On completion of development, all assets included in Work in progress are individually reclassified to the appropriate category of property, plant and equipment and depreciated accordingly.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(w)  Asset retirement obligations</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium records asset retirement obligations (&#8220;ARO&#8221;) initially at the fair value of the legal or constructive obligation in the period in which it is incurred and capitalizes the ARO by increasing the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment. The fair value of the obligation is determined as the discounted value of the expected future cash flows and is included in Provisions. The liability is accreted to its present value through net financing cost and the capitalized cost is depreciated based in the unit of production method.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 39</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(x)  Earnings per share</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Earnings per share are calculated by dividing the net income attributable to shareholders by the daily weighted average number of ordinary shares issued during the year, excluding the average number of shares of the parent Company held by the Group. There are no dilutive securities for the periods presented.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(y)  Derivative financial instruments and hedging activities</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium designates certain derivatives as hedges of a particular risk associated with a recognized asset or liability or a highly probable forecast transaction. These transactions are classified as cash flow hedges (mainly interest rate swaps, collars, currency forward contracts on highly probable forecast transactions and commodities contracts). The effective portion of the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognized in OCI. Amounts accumulated in OCI are recognized in the income statement in the same period as any offsetting losses and gains on the hedged item. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in the income statement. The fair value of Ternium derivative financial instruments (asset or liability) continues to be reflected in the statement of financial position.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For transactions designated and qualifying for hedge accounting, Ternium documents the relationship between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management objectives and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the effective portion of designated cash flow hedges (net of taxes) amounted to $ (37.3) million and $ 15.9 million, respectively, and were included under &#34;changes in the fair value of derivatives classified as cash flow hedges&#34; line item in the statement of comprehensive income (see Note 27 (a)).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">More information about accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities is included in Note 29 &#34;Financial risk management&#34;.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(z)  Treasury shares</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Acquisitions of treasury shares are recorded at acquisition cost, deducted from equity until disposal. The gains and losses on disposal of treasury shares are recognized under &#34;Reserves&#34; in the consolidated statement of financial position.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(aa)  Cash flow</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The consolidated statements of cash flows have been prepared using the indirect method and contain the use of the following expressions and their respective meanings&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">a) Operating activities&#58; activities that constitute ordinary Group revenues, as well as other activities that cannot be qualified as investing or financing.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">b) Investing activities&#58; acquisition, sale or disposal by other means of assets in the long-term and other investments not included in cash and cash equivalents.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">c) Financing activities&#58; activities that generate changes in the size and composition of net equity and liabilities that do not form part of operating activities.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 40</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(bb)  Critical Accounting Estimates  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Management makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The principal estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are addressed below.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt">Goodwill impairment test</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Assessment of the recoverability of the carrying value of goodwill requires significant judgment. Management evaluates goodwill allocated to the operating units for impairment on an annual basis or whenever there is an impairment indicator.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Goodwill is tested at the level of the CGUs. Impairment testing of the CGUs is carried out and the value in use determined in accordance with the accounting policy stated in Note 4(f). The discount rates used for these tests are based on Ternium's weighted average cost of capital adjusted for specific country and currency risks associated with the cash flow projections.The post-tax discount rate used as of December 31, 2024 was 12.38% and no impairment charge resulted from the impairment test performed. See notes 4(f) and 4(e)(4).</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt">Income taxes</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Management calculates current and deferred income taxes according to the tax laws applicable to each subsidiary in the countries in which such subsidiaries operate. However, due to uncertain tax positions, certain adjustments necessary to determine the income tax provision are finalized only after the balance sheet is issued. In cases in which the final tax outcome is different from the amounts that were initially recorded, such differences will impact the income tax and deferred tax provisions in the period in which such determination is made.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Also, when assessing the recoverability of tax assets, management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt">Loss contingencies</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium is subject to various claims, lawsuits and other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business, including customer claims in which a third party is seeking reimbursement or indemnity. The Company's liability with respect to such claims, uncertain tax positions, lawsuits and other legal proceedings cannot be estimated with certainty. Periodically, management reviews the status of each significant matter and assesses potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from the claim or proceeding is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, a liability is recorded. Management estimates the amount of such liability based on the information available and the assumptions and methods it has concluded are appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of IFRS. Accruals for such contingencies reflect a reasonable estimate of the losses to be incurred based on information available, including the relevant litigation or settlement strategy, as of the date of preparation of these financial statements. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 41</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As additional information becomes available, management will reassess its evaluation of the pending claims, lawsuits and other proceedings and revise its estimates. The loss contingencies provision amounts to $ 962.8 million and $ 839.9 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(4)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt">Useful Lives and Impairment of Property, Plant and Equipment and Other Long-lived Assets</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In determining useful lives, management considered, among others, the following factors&#58; age, operating condition and level of usage and maintenance. Management conducted visual inspections for the purpose of (i) determining whether the current conditions of such assets are consistent with normal conditions of assets of similar age&#59; (ii) confirming that the operating conditions and levels of usage of such assets are adequate and consistent with their design&#59; (iii) establishing obsolescence levels and (iv) estimating life expectancy, all of which were used in determining useful lives. Management believes, however, that it is possible that the periods of economic utilization of property, plant and equipment may be different than the useful lives so determined. Furthermore, management believes that this accounting policy involves a critical accounting estimate because it is subject to change from period to period as a result of variations in economic conditions and business performance.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">When assessing whether an impairment indicator may exist, the Company evaluates both internal and external sources of information, such as the following&#58; </font></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.15pt">whether significant changes with an adverse effect on the entity have taken place during the period, or will take place in the near future, in the technological, market, economic or legal environment in which the entity operates or in the market to which an asset is dedicated&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.15pt">whether market interest rates or other market rates of return on investments have increased during the period, and those increases are likely to affect the discount rate used in calculating an asset's value in use and decrease the asset's recoverable amount materially&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.15pt"> whether the carrying amount of the net assets of the entity is more than its market capitalization&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.15pt"> whether evidence is available of obsolescence or physical damage of an asset.</font></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.15pt"> whether significant changes with an adverse effect on the entity have taken place during the period, or are expected to take place in the near future, in the extent to which, or manner in which, an asset is used or is expected to be used. These changes include the asset becoming idle, plans to discontinue or restructure the operation to which an asset belongs, plans to dispose of an asset before the previously expected date, and reassessing the useful life of an asset as finite rather than indefinite&#59; and </font></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.15pt"> whether evidence is available from internal reporting that indicates that the economic performance of an asset is, or will be, worse than expected.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(5)  Post-employment obligation estimates </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company estimates at each year-end the provision necessary to meet its post-employment obligations in accordance with the advice from independent actuaries. The calculation of post-employment and other employee obligations requires the application of various assumptions. The main assumptions for post-employment and other employee obligations include discount rates, compensation growth rates, pension growth rates and life expectancy. Changes in the assumptions could give rise to adjustments in the results and liabilities recorded and might have an impact on the post-employment and other employee obligations recognized in the future.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 42</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(6)  Business combinations</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The recognition of business combinations requires the excess of the purchase price of acquisitions over the net book value of assets acquired to be allocated to the assets and liabilities of the acquired entity. The Company makes judgments and estimates in relation to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including estimation of cash flow projections with significant assumptions related to revenue forecasts, EBITDA margins, capital expenditures, discount rate and estimation of loss probability for the contingencies assumed. If any unallocated portion is positive, it is recognized as goodwill, and if negative, it is recognized in the income statement. See further information in note 3.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(7)  Taxation</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">At year end, the Company assesses the sufficiency of future taxable income to utilize the recognized deferred tax assets. The Company uses projections of future taxable income to assess the probability that the deferred tax assets will be realized. Management applied significant judgment in assessing the recoverability of deferred tax assets predicting historical profitability, projected future taxable profit, including assumptions related to revenue forecast and EBITDA margins.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(cc)  General sustainability matters and climate change </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium subscribed to the United Nations Global Compact in October 2019 and has been reporting its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals since then. The Company has established policies, procedures, and plans that cover various ESG topics, including climate change, environmental management, health and safety management, human resources management, community relations, supply chain management, and principles of behavior and corporate governance. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Climate Change</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company has established a governance system to address climate change at various levels. The Vice-Chairman of the Board was appointed to report on the evolution of Ternium's climate change strategy to the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis. At the management level, a decarbonization committee, chaired by the CEO, periodically reviews performance indicators, progress on decarbonization projects, and updates on the context, such as regulatory changes, market shifts, and trends.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company has also incorporated climate-related risks into its risk management policy and reviews both transition risks and physical risks. For example, during 2021 and 2022, the Company engaged an external consultant to assess the exposure of its assets and provide a conclusion on the level of risk, considering the established preventive measures. The analysis examined exposure and vulnerability to five types of events&#58; pluvial flooding, tropical cyclones, landslides, forest fires, and droughts. The analysis concluded that Ternium's facilities do not present significant risk, given the level of exposure and the mitigation measures implemented by the Company under the scenarios and time periods analyzed. Management assessed that there have been no changes since this analysis was performed.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In 2024, the Company updated its decarbonization target. The new target aims for a 15% reduction in the emission intensity rate per ton of hot-rolled steel equivalent by 2030, compared to a 2023 baseline. This target includes Scope 1, 2, and 3 (Categories 1 and 10) and is measured using the GHG Protocol methodology.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 43</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company&#8217;s strategy to achieve this 2030 reduction target includes prioritizing low-emission production technologies, increasing the use of renewable sources in the energy mix, improving industrial performance, executing energy efficiency initiatives, expanding carbon capture and usage capacity, and increasing the participation of scrap in the metallic mix. Since these projects take several years to execute and complete, the Company anticipates improvements in its intensity rate after 2025. The Company is also considering several initiatives to continue its journey after 2030, including the possibility of carbon storage, the use of biofuels, and hydrogen as reducing agents, as it aims for carbon neutrality, if and when economically and technologically feasible.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In general, the decarbonization of the steel industry will require significant long-term investments, conditioned by technological innovation, government regulations, capital availability for decarbonization projects, and cooperation within the value chain. Factors such as access to abundant and affordable clean energy, appropriate energy infrastructure, local and global regulations that ensure fair trade and carbon capture storage, access to sustainable finance for low-emission steel-making technologies, and changes in consumer behavior will be key to the development of solutions and outcomes in the coming decades.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Given that Ternium&#8217;s climate-change-related decarbonization plans span many years and are subject to significant uncertainty, as described above, they have not been included as part of the assumptions used to calculate future cash flows of the recoverable amount of the company&#8217;s CGUs, except for those plans that are already approved or in process. Estimates and assumptions related to the impairment test for long-lived assets and goodwill, useful lives of assets, capital and research and development expenditures, inventory valuation, recovery of deferred tax assets and provisions, and contingent liabilities are based on available information and government regulations in place as of December 31, 2024, as well as the companies already approved or in-process investment plans.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Environmental Management</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Given the strong relationship between industrial activity and environmental performance, the Company unified the areas of environment and health and safety in 2021. Currently, these topics fall under the responsibility of the Chief Environment, Health, and Safety Officer, appointed in 2023. Environmental performance is analyzed monthly in Environmental, Health, and Safety meetings with executive officers. Furthermore, environmental issues are included in regular meetings on industrial and business performance reviews held both locally and at a corporate level. Finally, the Board of Directors is informed of events related to environmental issues that could impact nearby communities or Ternium&#8217;s reputation and operations. In 2023, Ternium's CEO approved an update to Ternium&#8217;s environmental and energy policy, which provides the framework to which the entire company is expected to adhere. The main updates were&#58; inclusion of a decarbonization roadmap and the ambition of achieving carbon neutrality, subject to technological feasibility and market conditions&#59; introduction of the concept of the circular economy, expanding the scope of efficient use of natural resources&#59; specific mention of minimizing air emissions at the sites where we operate, optimizing water use, and maximizing its reuse&#59; inclusion of biodiversity protection in the areas where we operate and compensation for impacts&#59; application of a life cycle perspective and risk management in our continuous improvement processes&#59; and encouragement of purchasing sustainable and energy-efficient products, technologies, and services.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 44</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Health and Safety Management</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Health and safety incidents undergo monthly reviews at the local level and at the corporate level. The Board of Directors receives quarterly reports on recent events and the progress of the Health and Safety Strategy, alongside the quarterly financial results.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company has local EHS teams, hygiene and medical departments. In 2023, the Company strengthened its health and safety management organization by appointing a Chief Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Officer. The responsibility for ensuring the occupational safety of all individuals within their assigned areas falls on the local managers of every production unit.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Workforce management</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">People&#8217;s management is structured at both local and corporate levels. The local Human Resources teams oversee general working conditions, such as working hours, leave policies, payroll processing, and union relations, which are closely tied to labor regulations. These matters are presented to Regional Presidents and Industrial Directors as necessary.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Compensation policies and procedures, including employee benefits and mobility schemes, are established at the corporate level. Annually, they undergo review in a dedicated meeting attended by the Global Compensation &#38; HR Shared Service Senior Director and team, alongside the Chief Human Resources Officer and the CEO.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Furthermore, as part of the annual performance review process, career committees convene within each division to analyze performance and succession planning. This process is scaled up until a uniform curve and a general plan is developed for the entire company.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Topics related to work-life balance, diversity and inclusion, employee training, as well as talent attraction and retention, fall under the oversight of the Vice President of Global Talent Management. Subsequently, proposals are presented to the Chief Human Resources Officer and the CEO for approval.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium's community programs are developed in collaboration with the Techint Group, aiming to create an international network of support and development across all affiliated companies. Within Ternium there are regional Community Relations teams responsible for implementing community programs in their respective regions and leading the relationship with the community stakeholders.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 45</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_43"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;SEGMENT INFORMATION</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of March 31, 2024, following the acquisition of an additional participation in Usiminas on July 3, 2023, the Chief Operating Decision Maker (&#34;CODM&#34;) performed a review of the new business structure to decide on the allocation of resources and the assessment of performance, and decided to organize the Company in two operating segments&#58; Steel and Mining.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Steel segment includes the sales of steel products done by the Company's subsidiaries, which comprises mainly slabs, heavy plates, hot and cold rolled products, coated products, stamped steel parts for the automotive industry, roll-formed and tubular products, billets, bars and other products, including sales of energy.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Mining segment includes the sales of mining products, done by the Company&#8217;s subsidiaries, mainly iron ore and pellets, and comprises the mining activities of Las Encinas, an iron ore mining company in which Ternium holds a 100% equity interest, the 50% of the operations and results performed by Pe&#241;a Colorada, another iron ore mining company in which Ternium maintains that same percentage over its equity interest, and the mining activities of Minera&#231;ao Usiminas, an iron ore mining company in which Usiminas holds a 70% equity interest.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer (&#8220;CEO&#8221;) functions as the CODM. The various geographic regions operate as an integrated steel producer. The CEO allocates resources and assesses performance of the Steel Segment as an integrated business and does the same with the Mining Segment. The CEO uses &#8220;Operating income &#8211; Management view&#8221; as per the below table as the key performance measure which differs from operating income determined in accordance with IFRS principally as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.15pt">The use of direct cost methodology to calculate the inventories, while under IFRS is at full cost, including absorption of production overheads and depreciation.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.15pt">The use of costs based on previously internally defined cost estimates, while, under IFRS, costs are calculated at historical cost (with the FIFO method).</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.15pt">In the case of Usiminas, the use of costs based in the weighted average cost, while, under IFRS, costs are calculated under the FIFO method.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.15pt">Other differences related to other operating income and expenses.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 46</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;SEGMENT INFORMATION (continued)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.269%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.795%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.123%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.536%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.123%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.536%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.123%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.536%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.128%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="21" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Year ended December 31, 2024</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Steel</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Mining</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Inter-segment eliminations</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Operating income - Management view</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,559,938&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(165,862)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5,844&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,399,920&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Reconciliation&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Differences in Cost of sales</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(190,243)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Differences in Other operating income (expense), net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">53,634&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Operating income - Under IFRS</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1,263,311</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 13pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Financial income (expense), net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(194,214)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">69,108&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Provision for ongoing litigation related to the acquisition of a participation in Usiminas</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(410,200)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Income before income tax expense - IFRS</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">728,005</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 7pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net sales from external customers</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,220,220&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">428,840&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,649,060&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net sales from transactions with other operating segments of the same entity</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">629,940&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(629,940)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 7pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Depreciation and amortization</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(551,621)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(191,656)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(743,277)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.269%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.648%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.123%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.536%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.123%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.536%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.123%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.536%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.275%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="21" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Year ended December 31, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Steel</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Mining</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Inter-segment eliminations</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Operating income - Management view</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,390,546&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,091&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2,463)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,404,174&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Reconciliation&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Differences in Cost of sales</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(206,160)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Operating income - Under IFRS</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2,198,014</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 13pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Financial income (expense), net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">123,454&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">105,305&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Effect related to the increase of the participation in Usiminas</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(171,045)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Recycling of other comprehensive income related to Usiminas</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(934,946)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 7pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Income before income tax expense - IFRS</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1,320,782</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 7pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net sales from external customers</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,280,993&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">329,099&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,610,092&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net sales from transactions with other operating segments of the same entity</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">546,038&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(546,038)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 7pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Depreciation and amortization</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(542,295)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(115,397)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(657,692)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.269%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.942%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.123%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.536%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.123%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.536%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.123%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.389%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.128%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="21" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Year ended December 31, 2022</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 14.5pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Steel</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Mining</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Inter-segment eliminations</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Operating income - Management view</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,556,949&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,716&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,500&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,571,165&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Reconciliation&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Differences in Cost of sales</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">128,354&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Operating income - Under IFRS</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2,699,519</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Financial income (expense), net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(70,133)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">37,114&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Income before income tax expense - IFRS</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2,666,500</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net sales from external customers</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,414,334&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">132&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,414,466&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net sales from transactions with other operating segments of the same entity</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">410,636&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(410,636)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Depreciation and amortization</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(523,818)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(92,674)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(616,492)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" 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style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Information on segment assets is not disclosed as it is not reviewed by the CEO</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td 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href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net sales </font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8,701,272&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,415,303&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-current assets (2)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5,625,883&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,085,913&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,382,168&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">309,302&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9,403,266&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:9pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:97.953%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:40.691%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.944%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.546%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.944%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.546%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.944%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.546%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.944%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.546%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.949%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="27" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Year ended December 31, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,518,764&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,082,804&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,610,092&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-current assets (2)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,965,628&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">878,642&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,474,178&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">315,287&#160;</font></td><td 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style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 50</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_58"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">10.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;OTHER FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES), NET</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:61.034%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.384%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.180%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.530%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.157%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.530%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.185%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Year ended December 31, </font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2022</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Interest expense</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(196,175)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(46,737)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Interest income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(60,183)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2,132)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Others</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Other financial income (expenses), net </font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(295,859)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 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2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">11.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;INCOME TAX EXPENSE</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Income tax expense for each of the years presented is as follows&#58;</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:65.129%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.382%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.525%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.527%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.380%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.527%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2022</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Current tax</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Current tax</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(322,832)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(578,902)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(671,016)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Recovery of income tax</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">13,429&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Deferred tax (Note 20)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Deferred tax</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(256,830)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">102,431&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">80,692&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Recognition of previously unrecognized deferred tax assets (1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">25,438&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">128,634&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Recovery of income tax</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,596&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Income tax expense</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(554,224)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(334,408)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(573,728)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(1) For 2024 and 2023, it includes the recognition of previously unrecognized tax losses and temporary differences in Ternium Investments S.&#224; r.l. and Ternium Brasil Ltda, respectively.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 51</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">11.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;INCOME TAX EXPENSE (continued)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Income tax expense for the years 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style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 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style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(45,862)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Current tax expense related to Pillar II</font></td><td 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0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Effect of currency translation on tax base (1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(170,078)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">180,582&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">241,426&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Recognition of previously unrecognized deferred tax assets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">25,438&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,596&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Income tax expense</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(554,224)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(334,408)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(573,728)</font></td><td 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Following Pillar Two OECD&#8217;s initiative, the European Union adopted in December 2022 a directive to impose a global minimum taxation for multinational companies in the Union, to be effective as from 2024.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In May 2023, the IASB made narrow-scope amendments to IAS 12 setting an exception that provides relief from the requirement to recognize and disclose deferred taxes arising from enacted or substantively enacted tax laws that implement the Pillar Two model rules, including tax laws that implement qualified domestic minimum top-up taxes as per described in those rules.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On December 20, 2023, the Luxembourg Parliament approved the Pillar Two law transposing the EU Pillar Two Directive into domestic legislation. 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style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Additions (1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24,619&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">22,373&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 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style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">44,307&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">13,850&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">21,626&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">21,626&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">943&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(609)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2,852)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(111)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(52,518)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(613,224)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">173,100&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">27,986&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">20,432&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 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colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Additions</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">70,415&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5,333&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24,861&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,903&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">921,175&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">37,437&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,061&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,078,185&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Disposals &#47; Consumptions</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,626&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,626&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Transfers</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">27,825&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(517,722)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(252)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(3,117)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Depreciation charge</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(148,406)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(346,531)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(21,674)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(411)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font 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style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">12.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (continued)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(2) Right-of-use assets</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.135%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.532%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.645%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="27" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Right-of-use assets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Land</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Buildings<br>and<br>improvements</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Production equipment</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Vehicles, furniture and fixtures</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Values at the beginning of the year</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cost</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">376</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">281,250</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">156,614</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">355</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">438,595</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Accumulated depreciation</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(29)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(152,288)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(85,999)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(159)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(238,475)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Net book value as of January 1, 2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">347</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">128,962</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">70,615</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">196</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">200,120</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Opening net book value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">347</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">128,962</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">70,615</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">196</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">200,120</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Translation differences</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">186</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2,800)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(17)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2,631)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Additions</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">12,411</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,439</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">13,850</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Disposal&#47;Derecognition</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(144)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2,514)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2,658)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Transfers</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(609)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(609)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Indexation</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">194</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">14,429</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7,003</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">21,626</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Depreciation charge</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(16)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(34,532)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(17,837)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(133)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(52,518)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Closing net book value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">525</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">121,312</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">55,297</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">46</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">177,180</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Values at the end of the year</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cost</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">570</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">258,797</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">112,060</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">134</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">371,561</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Accumulated depreciation</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(45)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(137,485)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(56,763)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(88)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(194,381)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Net book value as of December 31, 2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">525</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">121,312</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">55,297</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">46</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">177,180</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.135%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.532%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.645%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="27" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Right-of-use assets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Land</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Buildings<br>and<br>improvements</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Production equipment</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Vehicles, furniture and fixtures</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Values at the beginning of the year</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cost</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1,339</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">266,330</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">127,765</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">187</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">395,621</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Accumulated depreciation</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(4)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(118,709)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(66,639)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(125)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(185,477)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Net book value as of January 1, 2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1,335</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">147,621</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">61,126</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">62</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">210,144</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Opening net book value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,335</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">147,621</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">61,126</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">62</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">210,144</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Translation differences</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(790)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(79)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(869)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Acquisition of business (note 3)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,894</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,433</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">105</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">20,432</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Additions</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,716</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">12,304</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">41</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,061</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Disposal&#47;Derecognition</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(85)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(19)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(104)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Indexation</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(962)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9,784</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,704</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">100</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,626</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Depreciation charge</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(26)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(35,178)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(20,854)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(112)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(56,170)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Closing net book value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">347</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">128,962</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">70,615</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">196</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">200,120</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Values at the end of the year</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cost</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">376</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">281,250</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">156,614</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">355</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">438,595</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Accumulated depreciation</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(29)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(152,288)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(85,999)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(159)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(238,475)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Net book value as of December 31, 2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">347</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">128,962</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">70,615</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">196</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">200,120</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The cost related to variable-lease payments that do not depend on an index or rate amounted to $ 20.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 ($ 19.1 million and $ 14.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively). 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">235,268&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other non-consolidated companies (1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">36,025&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">41,084&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" 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style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 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Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Techgen is a Mexican natural gas-fired combined cycle electric power plant in the Pesquer&#237;a area of the State of Nuevo Le&#243;n, Mexico. The company started producing energy on December 1, 2016 and is fully operational. As of February 2017, Ternium, Tenaris, and Tecpetrol International S.A. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of San Faustin S.A., the controlling shareholder of both Ternium and Tenaris) completed their investments in Techgen. Techgen is currently owned 48% by Ternium, 30% by Tecpetrol and 22% by Tenaris.  Ternium and Tenaris also agreed to enter into power supply and transportation agreements with Techgen, pursuant to which Ternium and Tenaris will contract 78% and 22%, respectively, of Techgen&#8217;s power capacity of 900 megawatts. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Techgen stated in its unaudited annual accounts, prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards (International Financial Reporting Standards), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, that revenues amounted to $ 253 million ($ 444 million as of December 31, 2023), net profit from continuing operations to $ 27 million ($ 55 million as of December 31, 2023), non-current assets to $ 692 million ($ 766 million as of December 31, 2023), current assets  to $ 104 million ($ 175 million as of December 31, 2023), non-current liabilities to $ 415 million ($ 466 million as of December 31, 2023), current liabilities to $ 109 million ($ 232 million as of December 31, 2023) and shareholders&#8217; equity to $ 272 million ($ 243 million as of December 31, 2023).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">During 2017 and 2016, Techgen&#8217;s shareholders made additional investments in Techgen, in the form of subordinated loans, which in the case of Ternium amounted to $ 148.4 million as of December 31, 2024, and which are due in June 2026. </font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 56</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">14.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED COMPANIES (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">On February 2019, Techgen S.A. de C.V. entered into syndicated loan agreement with HSBC Mexico, Natixis, Credit Agricole, BNP, Santander, Intesa SP and Norinchukin (the &#8220;Syndicated Loan&#8221;), according to the following terms&#58; (i) Libor + 170 bps&#59; (ii) maturity on February 13, 2026&#59; (iii) average life 4,30 years&#59; and (iv) guaranteed by&#58; assets, shares, a debt service reserve account - which represents 10% of the outstanding amount- and the fix capacity charge cash-flow. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">On August 5, 2021, Ternium Investments completed the purchase of a participation in this Syndicated Loan for an amount of $ 68 million. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding syndicated loan amount was of $ 188 million and Ternium Investments&#8217; participation was of $ 39 million.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">For commitments from Ternium in connection with Techgen, see note 25.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b) Unigal Usiminas Ltda.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Unigal is a Brazilian joint venture with a plant located in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, between Usiminas and Nippon Steel Corporation, which hold 70% and 30% ownership interest, respectively. The main activity of this joint venture is the transformation of cold-rolled coils, provided only by Usiminas, into hot-dipped galvanized coils. The plant has a galvanizing production capacity of 1,030 million tons per year. The control of Unigal is shared between the partners, as provided for in the shareholders&#8217; agreement.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Unigal stated in its unaudited annual accounts, prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards (International Financial Reporting Standards), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, that revenues amounted to $ 68 million ($37 million for the six-month period ended December 31, 2023), net profit from continuing operations to $ 28 million ($ 17 million for the six-month period ended December 31, 2023), non-current assets to $ 126 million ($ 163 million as of December 31, 2023), current assets to $ 35 million ($ 40 as of December 31, 2023), non-current liabilities to $ 38 million ($ 48 million as of December 31, 2023), current liabilities to $ 9 million ($ 11 million as of December 31, 2024) and shareholders&#8217; equity to $ 114 million ($143 million as of December 31, 2023). </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c) MRS Log&#237;stica S.A.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">MRS Log&#237;stica is a Brazilian railway cargo operator and logistics services provider that manages a 1,634 km network in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and S&#227;o Paulo, a region that concentrates about half of the Brazilian GDP. Usiminas holds a 11.48% ownership interest, along with CSN (18.6%), Congonhas Min&#233;rios (18.6%), Vale (10.9%), Gerdau (1.3%) and a wide group of small investors (6.5%). These companies, through a shareholders&#8217; agreement, constitute, through representatives, the Board of Directors, which is responsible, among other duties, for this company&#8217;s overall strategic direction, for the decision on most significant investments and for the health and longevity of the organization.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">MRS Log&#237;stica stated in its unaudited annual accounts, prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards (International Financial Reporting Standards), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, that revenues amounted to $ 1,304 million ($ 727 million for the six-month period ended December 31, 2023), net profit from continuing operations to $ 263 million ($ 148 million for the six-month period ended December 31, 2023), non-current assets to $ 2,461 million ($ 2,779 million as of December 31, 2023), current assets to $ 868 million ($ 954 as of December 31, 2023), non-current liabilities to $ 1,576 million ($ 1,709 million as of December 31, 2023), current liabilities to $ 547 million ($ 704 million as of December 31, 2024) and shareholders&#8217; equity to $ 1,206 million ($1,320 million as of December 31, 2023). </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 57</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_73"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div 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colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Interest cost (income), net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">40,217&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">30,686&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Reversal of prior service cost - Sa&#250;de Usiminas healthcare plan</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(108,696)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total included in income statement</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">74,155</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">66,817&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Change in asset ceiling</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(42,157)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">32,707&#160;</font></td><td 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,602&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Investments funds</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">202,987&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">241,481&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Others</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,334&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">64,757&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1,525,330</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2024, the pension plan assets included 34,109,762 common shares of Usiminas (34,109,762 common shares of the Usiminas as of December 31, 2023).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 64</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.122%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:65.566%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.389%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.124%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.537%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.684%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font 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1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Discount rate</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7.46% - 8.10%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.23% - 5.40%</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" 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style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.526%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.417%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.526%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.711%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Impact on defined benefit obligation</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Change in 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style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Discount rate</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.00%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">-6.9%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Payroll and social security payable</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">184,805&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">174,188&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 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style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div 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Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2023</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Contracts with positive fair value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 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style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(40,882)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td 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1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">As of December 31, 2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">As of December 31, 2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">57,002</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Later than one year but not later than five years</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">146,282&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">159,888</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Later than five years</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">87,878&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">87,557</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Minimum lease payments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">293,593</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">304,447</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Future finance charges</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(83,469)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">241,087</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">The present value of finance lease liabilities is as follows&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 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1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total minimum lease payments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">210,124</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_100"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial 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style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.526%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.710%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">As of December 31, </font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font 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style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The main covenants on these loan agreements, bonds and debentures are limitations on liens and encumbrances, limitations on the sale of certain assets and compliance with financial ratios (i.e. leverage ratio). 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Management with the assistance of legal counsel periodically reviews the status of each significant matter and assesses potential financial exposure. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Some of these claims, lawsuits and other legal proceedings involve highly complex issues, and often these issues are subject to substantial uncertainties and, therefore, the probability of loss and an estimation of damages are difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, with respect to a large portion of such claims, lawsuits and other legal proceedings, Ternium is unable to make a reliable estimate of the expected financial effect that will result from ultimate resolution of the proceeding. In those cases, Ternium has not accrued a provision for the potential outcome of these cases.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If a potential loss from a claim, lawsuit or other proceeding is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, a provision is recorded. Accruals for loss contingencies reflect a reasonable estimate of the losses to be incurred based on information available to management as of the date of preparation of the financial statements and take into consideration litigation and settlement strategies. In a limited number of ongoing cases, Ternium was able to make a reliable estimate of the expected loss or range of probable loss and has accrued a provision for such loss but believes that publication of this information on a case-by-case basis would seriously prejudice Ternium&#8217;s position in the ongoing legal proceedings or in any related settlement discussions. Accordingly, in these cases, the Company has disclosed information with respect to the nature of the contingency but has not disclosed its estimate of the range of potential loss. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company believes that the aggregate provisions recorded for potential losses in its consolidated financial statements are adequate based upon currently available information. However, if management&#8217;s estimates prove incorrect, current reserves could be inadequate and Ternium could incur a charge to earnings which could have a material adverse effect on Ternium&#8217;s results of operations, financial condition, net worth and cash flows.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(i) Tax claims and other contingencies</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The tax claims and other contingencies recognized at the increase of the participation of Usiminas are included in note 3.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(a) Provision for ongoing litigation related to the acquisition of a participation in Usiminas</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The Company is party to a longstanding lawsuit filed in Brazil by Companhia Sider&#250;rgica Nacional, or CSN, and various entities affiliated with CSN against Ternium Investments, its subsidiary Ternium Argentina, and Tenaris&#8217;s subsidiary Confab, all of which compose the T&#47;T Group under the Usiminas shareholders agreement. The entities named in the CSN lawsuit had acquired participations in Usiminas in January 2012. The CSN lawsuit alleges that, under applicable Brazilian laws and rules, the acquirers were required to launch a tag-along tender offer to all non-controlling holders of Usiminas ordinary shares for a price per share equal to 80% of the price per share paid in such acquisition, or BRL 28.8, and seeks an order to compel the acquirers to launch an offer at that price plus interest. If so ordered, the offer would need to be made to 182,609,851 ordinary shares of Usiminas not belonging to the Usiminas control group. 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CSN filed an appeal to the Superior Court of Justice (SCJ), seeking the review and reversal of the decision issued by the Court of Appeals, and on March 7, 2023, the SCJ, by majority vote, rejected CSN&#8217;s appeal.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CSN made several submissions in connection with the SCJ decision, including a motion for clarification that challenged the merits of the SCJ decision. Decisions at the SCJ are adopted by majority vote. At an October 17, 2023 session, two justices of the SCJ voted in favor of remanding the case to the first instance for it to be retried following production and assessment of the new evidence, and two justices of the SCJ voted, without requiring any further evidence, in favor of granting CSN&#8217;s motion for clarification and reversing the March 7, 2023 decision that rejected CSN&#8217;s appeal&#59; because the fifth member of SCJ excused himself from voting, a justice from another panel at the SCJ was summoned to produce the tie-breaking vote. On June 18, 2024, the SCJ completed its voting on CSN&#8217;s motion for clarification and reversed, by majority vote, its March 7, 2023 decision, and resolved that Ternium Investments, its subsidiary Ternium Argentina and Tenaris&#8217;s subsidiary Confab should pay CSN an indemnification in connection with the acquisition by the T&#47;T Group of the participations in Usiminas in January 2012, with CSN being allowed to retain ownership of the Usiminas ordinary shares it currently owns. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 1, 2024, Ternium Investments, Ternium Argentina and the other T&#47;T Group entities filed a motion for clarification against the SCJ decision and, subsequently, CSN filed its reply. On December 6, 2024, the SCJ rejected this motion for clarification, confirming the obligation of the T&#47;T Group entities to pay indemnification in connection with the 2012 acquisition of the participations in Usiminas. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the SCJ unanimously resolved to modify the applicable monetary adjustment mechanism and to cap the applicable attorney&#8217;s fees, thereby lowering the aggregate amount that would be payable if CSN ultimately prevails in this claim. Based on such SCJ decision, assuming monetary adjustment thorough December 31, 2024, and attorney&#8217;s fees in the amount of BRL 5 million, the revised aggregate amount potentially payable by Ternium Investments and Ternium Argentina if CSN finally prevails on its claims would be of approximately BRL 1,875.9 million (approximately $ 302.9 million at the BRL&#47;$ rate as of such date) and BRL 664.1 million (approximately $ 107.3 million at the BRL&#47;$ rate as of such date), respectively.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company continues to believe that all of CSN's claims and allegations are unsupported and without merit, as confirmed by several opinions of Brazilian legal counsel, two decisions issued by the Brazilian securities regulator in February 2012 and December 2016, the first and second instance court decisions and the March 7, 2023 SCJ decision referred to above, and that in connection with the Usiminas acquisition the T&#47;T Group was not required either to launch a tender offer or to pay indemnification to CSN. Accordingly, on February 10, 2025, Ternium filed an extraordinary appeal against the SCJ decisions that ordered an indemnification payment, seeking their review and reversal by the Supreme Federal Tribunal. The Company, however, cannot predict the ultimate resolution on the matter.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 73</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">25.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(b) Potential Mexican income tax adjustment </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In March 2015, as part of a tax audit with respect to fiscal year 2008, the Mexican tax authority (&#8220;SAT&#8221;) challenged the deduction by Ternium Mexico of a tax loss arising from an intercompany sale of shares in December 2008. In addition, in September 2018, as part of a tax audit for fiscal year 2011, the SAT objected to the deduction by Ternium Mexico of the remainder of the 2008 tax loss. Ternium Mexico requested an injunction from the Mexican courts against the SAT claims and filed its defense and supporting documents with the SAT. After Ternium Mexico obtained an injunction in August 2020, in November 2020 the SAT issued a new preliminary audit report in which it reiterated its objections to the deduction of the 2008 tax loss. In June 2021, the SAT determined income tax adjustments with respect to 2008 and 2011 for amounts currently estimated at approximately $ 72.8 million and $ 35.6 million, respectively. Ternium Mexico appealed the SAT determinations.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">More recently, however, Ternium Mexico withdrew its appeals and agreed to provide further information and documentation to the SAT. With all of the above-mentioned information and documentation, the SAT reduced the 2008 and 2011 tax adjustments downwards to approximately $ 17.5 million and $ 35.8 million, respectively. The Company had a tax provision of $ 53.3 million already included in its consolidated condensed interim financial statements as of September 30, 2023. The payment to the SAT was done on October 9, 2023, and the Company received formal documentation issued by the SAT with the closure of both audits.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c) Tax assessments relating to the use of certain ICMS tax credits</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Imposto Sobre Opera&#231;&#245;es Relativas &#224; Circula&#231;&#227;o de Mercadorias e Servi&#231;os, or ICMS, is a Brazilian value-added tax on the services (inter-states) and the transfer of goods in Brazil. Payment of ICMS generates tax credits that, subject to applicable law, rules and regulations, may be either used to offset ICMS payment obligations generated in connection with domestic sales of products and services, or sold and transferred to third parties.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Rio de Janeiro State Treasury Office is challenging the use by Ternium Brasil of ICMS tax credits generated in connection with purchases of refractory materials in the period from December 2010 through December 2016, and intends to assess taxes and impose fines on Ternium Brasil on the argument that such materials may not be qualified as &#8220;raw materials&#8221; or &#8220;intermediary products&#8221; but as &#8220;goods for consumption&#8221; and, accordingly, ICMS tax credits generated in connection with their purchase are not available and may not be used to offset ICMS payment obligations generated in connection with Ternium Brasil&#8217;s domestic sales of carbon steel slabs. Ternium Brasil has appealed against the Rio de Janeiro State Treasury Office tax assessments and fines. A provision in the amount of $ 57.7 million was recorded as of the acquisition date in connection with this matter ($ 29.3 million and $ 37.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively).</font></div><div style="padding-left:31.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 74</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">25.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(d) BP Energ&#237;a M&#233;xico (BPEM) &#8211; Arbitration process</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On February 2022, BP Energ&#237;a M&#233;xico (&#8220;BPEM&#8221;) started an arbitration process against Gas Industrial de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. (&#8220;GIMSA&#8221;), Ternium M&#233;xico and Ternium Gas M&#233;xico (&#8220;Respondents&#8221;), claiming payment for the gas supply from February 12 to February 28, 2021, for $ 27.6 million, $ 12.4 million, and $ 2.4 million, plus V.A.T. and interest, respectively. On June 9, 2024, after the arbitration process was completed, the arbitration award was notified and the Arbitration Tribunal ordered the Respondents to pay BPEM $ 22.0 million, $ 9.9 million and $ 2.1 million, plus V.A.T. and interest, respectively. Additionally, the Parties were ordered to pay expenses and costs for $ 2.4 million. As of September 30, 2024, the Company recognized a provision of $ 34.2 million in its consolidated condensed interim financial statements.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On October 25, 2024, the parties reached an agreement settling the reciprocal claims, and all parties formally dismissed the legal actions initiated with respect to the arbitration award.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(e) PIS and COFINS credits defense action - Usiminas</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In August 2024, the Federal Government had filed two new tax claims for a total of approximately BRL 503 million ($ 92 million&#59; BRL 518 million or $ 84 million as of December 31, 2024). The contingencies are related to tax assessments that partially approved offset statements through which Usiminas claimed PIS and COFINS credits arising from a final court decision, which discussed the exclusion of ICMS from the calculation basis of said contributions. The tax authority disagreed with the calculation methodology adopted by Usiminas. Usiminas filed a defense action in the aforementioned proceedings, arguing that the calculations are correct and the credit rights should be recognized.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(ii) Commitments</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following are Ternium&#8217;s main off-balance sheet commitments&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a) Ternium Argentina signed agreements, mainly with Vale S.A. and Minera&#231;&#227;o Corumbaense Reunida S.A., to cover 80% of its required iron ore, pellets and iron ore fines volumes until December 31, 2024, having no residual value as of such date. Although they do not set a minimum amount or a minimum commitment to purchase a fixed volume, under certain circumstances a penalty is established for the party that fails of&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">- 7% in case the annual operated volume is between 70% and 75% of the total volume of purchases of the Company&#59; such percentage is applied over the difference between the actual purchased volume and the 80% of the total volume of purchases.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">-15% in case the annual operated volume is lower than 70% of the total volume of purchases of the Company&#59; such percentage is applied over the difference between the actual purchased volume and the 80% of the total volume of purchases.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 75</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">25.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b) Ternium Argentina also signed various contracts for the provision and transportation of natural gas, including Tecpetrol and Energy Consulting Services S.A., both related companies of Ternium, assuming firm commitments for a total of $ 10.2 million payable until April 2025. Additionally, Ternium Argentina signed contracts for gas transportation with Transportadora de Gas del Norte S.A., a related company of Ternium, assuming firm commitments for a total of $ 28.5 million payable until April 2028.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c) Ternium Argentina signed an agreement with Air Liquide Argentina S.A. for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon, for an aggregate amount of $ 58.8 million, which is due to terminate in 2037.  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d) Ternium Argentina signed various contracts within its investment plan for the future acquisition of Property, plant and equipment for a total of $ 35.8 million. Also, Vientos de Olavarr&#237;a, a subsidiary controlled by Ternium Argentina, subscribed various contracts for the maintenance and the operation of the wind farm for a total of $ 62.0 million payable until the year 2054.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(e) On April 24, 2017, Ternium Mexico entered into a 25-year contract (effective as of December 1, 2016, through December 1, 2041) with Techgen, S.A. de C.V. for the supply of 699 MW (which represents 78% of Techgen&#8217;s capacity) and covers most of Ternium Mexico&#8217;s facilities electricity needs. Monthly payments are determined on the basis of capacity charges, operation costs, back-up power charges, and transmission charges. As of the seventh contract year (as long as Techgen&#8217;s existing or replacing bank facility has been repaid in full), Ternium Mexico has the right to suspend or early terminate the contract if the rate payable under the agreement is higher than the rate charged by Comisi&#243;n Federal de Electricidad (&#8220;CFE&#8221;) or its successors.  Ternium Mexico may instruct Techgen to sell to any affiliate of Ternium Mexico, to CFE, or to any other third party all or any part of unused contracted energy under the agreement and Ternium Mexico will benefit from the proceeds of such sale. The contract with Techgen is under the Self Supply Scheme. According to this regulatory scheme, CFE needs to authorize the sale of energy to other third party final users. On August 27, 2021, Ternium M&#233;xico and Techgen signed an amendment to the contract to establish changes in the supply to Ternium&#59; these changes were mainly connected to a new direct transmission line between Techgen and Ternium&#180;s Pesqueria Site for the direct supply of electricity to this site.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(f) Ternium M&#233;xico issued a guarantee letter covering up to approximately $ 28.8 million of the obligations of Gas Industrial de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. (&#8220;GIMSA&#8221;), under the natural gas trading agreement between GIMSA and NEG Natural S.A. de C.V. (&#8220;NEG&#8221;) The credit line granted by NEG in connection with this natural gas trading agreement amounted to approximately $ 19.1 million. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding amount under the natural gas trading agreement was $ 9.5 million, which is below the amount included in the guarantee letter issued by Ternium M&#233;xico.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(g) Ternium Mexico issued a guarantee letter covering up to approximately $ 58.7 million of the obligations of Techgen, S.A. de C.V. (&#8220;Techgen&#8221;), under the Clean Energy Certificates trading agreement between Techgen and Enel Green Power (&#8220;ENEL&#8221;). The amount equals the remnant balance if Techgen decides to terminate the agreement prior to the expiration date (and decreases as time of the contract passes). The contract was signed on May 25, 2018, and terminates on June 30, 2041.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 76</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">25.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(h) In June 2008, Ternium Mexico entered into an industrial gas supply agreement with Praxair Mexico for the Guerrero and Juventud facilities until December 2024, for a total amount of $ 421 million. In 2011, an amendment agreement added the purchase of hydrogen for the Juventud and Universidad facilities, valid until April 2025. As of December 31, 2024, the agreement considers a minimum annual oxygen consumption of 96 million cubic meters, valued at approximately $ 4.5 million per year. The Company is in compliance with the minimum annual quotas established, which represent less than half of the average annual consumption.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(i) On May 9, 2018, Ternium Mexico entered into a 10-year contract (effective as of July 1, 2018) with Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline L.L.C., Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline L.L.C. and Kinder Morgan Border Pipeline L.L.C. for the transportation of natural gas in the United States of America (Texas). The contracted capacity is 60,000 MMBTU&#47;day and the annual cost is approximately $ 3.7 million.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(j) On December 30, 2019, Ternium Mexico entered into a 15-year contract (effective as of July 1, 2021) with Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline L.L.C., Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline L.L.C. and Kinder Morgan Gas Natural de M&#233;xico S. de R.L. de C.V. for the transportation of natural gas in the United States of America (Texas) and in Mexico. The contracted capacity is 31,000 MMBTU&#47;day and the annual cost is approximately $ 4.8 million.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(k) In February 2023, Ternium's Board of Directors approved a new project in Pesquer&#237;a, which involves the construction of an electric arc furnace and a direct reduced iron plant. As of December 31, 2024, Ternium M&#233;xico has commitments for property, plant and equipment for an amount of approximately $1.3 billion in Euros, Mexican pesos, Japanese yens, and U.S. dollars. These commitments are mainly covered by currency derivative financial instruments as commented in note 22 in these Consolidated Financial Statements.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(l) Techgen is a party to gas transportation capacity agreements with Kinder Morgan Gas Natural de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC and Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC for the whole transportation capacity starting on August 1, 2016 and ending during the second half of 2036. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding value of this commitment was approximately $ 164.8 million. Ternium&#8217;s exposure under the guarantee in connection with these agreements amounts to $ 79.1 million, corresponding to the 48% of the agreements&#8217; outstanding value as of December 31, 2024. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(m) Ternium issued two stand-by letters of credit covering 48% of the funding of a debt service reserve account under a syndicated loan agreement between Techgen and several banks led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and Natixis, New York Branch acting as joint bookrunners. The loan agreement dated as of February 13, 2019, amounted to $ 640 million and the proceeds were used by Techgen to refinance in full all amounts owed under a previous syndicated loan between Techgen and several banks, which funds were used in the construction of the facility. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding aggregated amount under the stand-by letters of credit was $ 49.6 million, as a result the amount guaranteed by Ternium was approximately $ 23.8 million.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 77</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">25.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(n) During 2006, CSA, the predecessor of Ternium Brasil, has entered into a 15-year contract denominated &#8220;Contrato de comercializa&#231;&#227;o de energia el&#233;trica no ambiente regulado &#8211; CCEAR por disponibilidade&#8221; to provide electric energy to 24 distributors starting on 2011. Under this contract, Ternium Brasil has to provide 200 MW average per year and the price is adjusted by the Brazilian inflation index. The penalty for not delivering the volume of energy of the contract is the difference between the spot price and the unit variable cost (calculated and published by the Ag&#233;ncia Nacional de Energ&#237;a El&#233;trica), calculated per hour.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(o) Ternium Brasil signed an exclusivity agreement with Vale S.A. for the purchase of iron ore (pellets, sinter feed and lump ore), which is due to terminate in 2029. The total purchased volume, in accordance with the actual production capacity, is of approximately 8.0 million tons per year. Ternium Brasil has not the obligation to take or pay the mentioned volume and only should pay logistic costs in case of not purchasing the contracted volume.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(p) Ternium Brasil also signed on March 2024 a contract with Primetals Technologies Brazil Ltda. for caster equipment maintenance services for the steel plant. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding amount of the mentioned services was approximately $ 124.1 million and is due to terminate in March 2034. The agreement prevents the delivery of the minimum take-or-pay volume by Ternium and a minimum quantity of contracted hours by Primetals.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(q) Ternium Brasil is a party to a long-term contract with the Consortium formed by Air Liquide Brasil Ltda., AirSteel Ltda., White Martins Gases Industriais Ltda., White Martins Steel Ltda. and ThyssenKrupp MinEnergy GmbH for the supply of air, oxygen, nitrogen and argon to satisfy the requirements up to January 2029. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 117.3 million as of December 31, 2024. The contract has minimum daily-required volumes.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(r) Ternium Brasil, for its activity of energy generation through gas and steam turbines, signed on March 2017 a contract with GE Global Parts and Products GMBH, General Electric International Inc. and Alstom Energia T&#233;rmica e Ind&#250;stria Ltda. for the maintenance services of such turbines (including the supply of spare parts) for a period of 20 years. This agreement was extended for an additional period of 4 years. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding amount of this commitment was $ 147.4 million. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(s) Ternium Brasil signed on January 2015 a contract with Naturgy (formerly Companhia Distribuidora de G&#225;s do Rio de Janeiro) for the supply of natural gas, which was due to terminate in December 2019. This agreement was automatically renewed for another two years, was due to terminate in December 2024 and could be interrupted by common agreement due to free market conditions&#8217; changes. Ternium Brasil was purchasing more than the minimum volume required by the contract, which is 85% of the volume mentioned before. The contract was terminated in September 2024 without penalty.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(t) Ternium Brasil signed in December 2023 a contract with Vix Log&#237;stica S.A. for logistics supply chain operations. This agreement is due to terminate in December 2028 and the outstanding amount was $ 33.6 million as of December 31, 2024. The contract has minimum required volumes and a penalty for early termination.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 78</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">25.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(u) Ternium Brasil signed on January 2024 a contract with Petrobras S.A. for the supply of petcoke. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding amount of the agreement was approximately $ 61.2 million and is due to terminate in February 2026. The contract has minimum required volumes.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(v) Ternium Brasil signed on September 2024 a contract with Petrobr&#225;s S.A. for the supply of natural gas on free market. This agreement started on October 1, 2024. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding amount for this agreement was approximately $ 122.4 million. This agreement is due to terminate in in December 2029.  The contract has minimum required volumes.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(w) As of December 31, 2024, Usiminas&#8217; commitments for the acquisition of immobilized assets totaled $ 213.8 million and are intended, mainly, for adaptation, reforms, and improvements in the primary areas of Ipatinga, increase in quality, reduction of costs, maintenance, technological updating of equipment and environmental protection.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(x) In July 2011, Usiminas Minera&#231;&#227;o S.A. subscribed an agreement with MBL Materiais B&#225;sicos Ltda, related to the mining rights adjacent to its mining reserves. On October 15, 2012, the agreement was authorized by the National Mining Agency (ANM). It has a duration of 30 years, or until the complete depletion of these mineral reserves. The monthly payments are linked to the volume of iron ore extracted from the areas covered by the agreement. Since 2015, a minimum annual volume of 3.6 million metric tons was established. If the annual volume of iron ore extracted is below the minimum volume, a payment under a take-or-pay arrangement will be due, calculated as the difference between the minimum volume and the volume effectively extracted. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 261.1 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(y) In June 2016, Usiminas S.A. entered into electricity purchase agreement with Cemig S.A. for the Cubat&#227;o steel plant facilities until December 2030. The contract has two ranges&#58; the first range up to 32 MW and the second range up to 65.4 MW. The entire volume of the first range represents a take-or-pay arrangement, and if consumption reaches the second band, a lower tariff will be applied. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 187.0 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(z) In July 2023, Usiminas S.A. entered into an electricity purchase agreement with Engie S.A. for the Ipatinga steel plant facilities until December 2026. The contract is fully take-or-pay&#59; however, Usiminas can sell this electricity in the market at any time, and even if consumption is lower than contracted, the energy is automatically sold by the Electric Energy Commercialization Chamber (CCEE). The outstanding amount was approximately $ 38.0 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(aa) In December 2021, Usiminas S.A. entered into a solar energy purchase agreement with Canadian Solar S.A. for the supply to the Ipatinga steel plant facilities until December 2039. Usiminas has the obligation to take or pay the agreed amount of the contract. As of December 31, 2024, the total outstanding amounted to approximately $ 256.3 million. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ab) In September 2023, Usiminas S.A. entered into an electricity purchase agreement with Enel S.A. for the Ipatinga steel plant facilities until December 2026. The contract is fully take-or-pay&#59; however, Usiminas can sell this electricity in the market at any time, and even if consumption is lower than contracted, the energy is automatically sold by the Electric Energy Commercialization Chamber (CCEE). The outstanding amount was approximately $ 39.2 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 79</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">25.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(ac) In December 2024, Usiminas S.A. entered into an agreement with Comgas S.A. for the supply of natural gas to the Cubat&#227;o Steel Plant facilities until December 2025. The contracted capacity is 250 thousand cubic meters per day with a flexibility of plus or minus 5%. Daily, Usiminas S.A. can schedule any volume as needed, with acceptance conditioned on the availability in the Comgas S.A. pipeline. The flexibility calculation is done on a daily basis, while the take-or-pay volume is 80% annually. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 54.4 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ad) In December 2023, Usiminas S.A. entered into an agreement with Gasmig S.A. for the supply of natural gas to the Ipatinga steel plant facilities until June 2025. The contracted capacity is 850 thousand cubic meters per day with a flexibility of plus or minus 10%. Daily, Usiminas S.A. can schedule any volume as needed, with acceptance conditioned on the availability in the Gasmig S.A. pipeline. The flexibility calculation is done on a daily basis, while the take-or-pay volume is 80% annually. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 93.5 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ae) Minera&#231;&#227;o Usiminas S.A. signed in August 2024 a contract with SOTREQ S.A. for the provision of mechanical maintenance services for Caterpillar off-road trucks until September 2029. The contract has an unjustified termination clause with a 24-month grace period. After this period, termination fines are applicable depending on the month of termination. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 10.3 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(af) Usiminas S.A. signed in September 2024 a contract with the National Operator of the Electric System (ONS) for the use of the transmission system by the Ipatinga steel plant facilities until September 2025. Usiminas has the obligation to take or pay the total contracted amount. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 18.3 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ag) Usiminas S.A. signed in April 1996 a contract with White Martins Gases Industriais LTD for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon for the Ipatinga steel plant until December 2032. Usiminas has the obligation to take or pay the 50% of the contracted volume. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 122.8 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ah) Usiminas S.A. signed in July 2009 a contract with White Martins WK for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon for the Cubat&#227;o steel plant until June 2032. Usiminas has the obligation to take or pay the 47.2% of the contracted volume. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 29.3 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ai) Usiminas S.A. signed between January 2021 and January 2022 several agreements with VLI Multimodal S.A. for the rail transportation of steel products, iron ore and other raw materials until April 2025. The contracts have minimum yearly-required volumes. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 139.1 million as of December 31, 2024. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(aj) Usiminas S.A. signed in January 2021 a contract with VLI Multimodal S.A. for port and accessory services at the Port of Praia Mole until April 2025. The contract has an annual minimum and maximum movement commitment linked to a take-or-pay agreement, with a minimum volume of 1.8 million tons and a maximum of 2.1 million tons, to be confirmed each year. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 49.5 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 80</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">25.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(ak) Minera&#231;&#227;o Usiminas S.A. signed in June 2021 a contract with Porto Sudeste do Brasil S.A. to load iron ore vessels for export until December 2026. The contract includes exclusivity in the provision of port services for the export of the product directly or indirectly by Usiminas S.A. Exclusivity is limited to 8 million tons of product per year. A penalty is established for the party that fails the exclusivity. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 178.3 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(al) Usiminas S.A. signed in January 2022 a contract with MRS Log&#237;stica S.A., a related company of Usiminas, for railway transportation services until December 2025. For the purposes of calculating the take-or-pay commitment, the annual basic tonnage of the plants will be considered, being Ipatinga 750 thousand tons and Cubat&#227;o 402 thousand tons, with a tolerance of 20% to comply with the volumes. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 45.4 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(am) Usiminas S.A. signed in January 2024 a purchase agreement with Petrobras S.A. for the supply of coke to support operations at the Ipatinga steel plant until February 2026. The agreement stipulated a total annual volume of 96 thousand tons, subject to a take-or-pay arrangement.  The outstanding amount was approximately $ 48.4 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(an) Minera&#231;&#227;o Usiminas S.A. signed in September 2023 an agreement with Armac Loca&#231;&#227;o Logistica e Servi&#231;os S.A. for the supply of internal material handling services from the Ouro Negro area until November 2026. The contract has a termination clause with a termination penalty of 50% of the remaining value of the contract from the 13th to the 21st month, 25% of the remaining value from the 22nd to the 24th month and no penalty from the 25th to the 36th month with 60 days' notice. The outstanding amount was approximately $ 20.4 million as of December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(iii)  Restrictions on the distribution of profits</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In accordance with Luxembourg Law, the Company is required to transfer a minimum of 5% of its net profit for each financial year to a legal reserve until such reserve equals 10% of the issued share capital.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2023, this reserve is fully allocated and additional allocations to the reserve are not required under Luxembourg law. Dividends may not be paid out of the legal reserve.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company may pay dividends to the extent, among other conditions, that it has distributable retained earnings calculated in accordance with Luxembourg law and regulations.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 81</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_106"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">26.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2024, Techint Holdings S.&#224; r.l. (&#8220;Techint&#8221;) indirectly owned 65.03% of the Company&#8217;s share capital and Tenaris Investments S.&#224; r.l. (&#8220;Tenaris&#8221;) held 11.46% of the Company&#8217;s share capital and voting rights. Each of Techint and Tenaris were controlled by San Faustin S.A., a Luxembourg company (&#8220;San Faustin&#8221;). Rocca &#38; Partners Stichting Administratiekantoor Aandelen San Faustin (&#8220;RP STAK&#8221;), a private foundation (Stichting) located in the Netherlands, held voting shares in San Faustin sufficient in number to control San Faustin.  No person or group of persons controls RP STAK.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For commitments with Related parties, see note 25.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following transactions were carried out with related parties&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:61.473%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.384%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.742%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.530%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.595%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.530%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.746%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Year ended December 31,</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">31,880&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Interest paid</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(194,845)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(133,706)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(42,735)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 7pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(16,331)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(45,139)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(24,795)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:6.75pt">Changes in working capital are shown net of the effect of exchange rate changes.</font></div><div 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style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 83</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(511,723)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">511,723&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(1,250,076)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Foreign exchange adjustments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(4,049)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other non cash movements</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(27,339)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(121,396)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(1,909)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(150,644)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">As of December 31, 2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(241,087)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(940,453)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(1,205,961)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(2,387,501)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cash flows</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">70,632&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">541,250&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(591,539)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">20,343&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Reclassifications</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(106,116)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">106,116&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Acquisitions - finance leases</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(13,040)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(13,040)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Foreign exchange adjustments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">11,403&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">27,514&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">135,441&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">174,358&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other non cash movements</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(38,032)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(192,267)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(4,104)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(234,403)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">As of December 31, 2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(210,124)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(670,072)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(1,560,047)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(2,440,243)</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 84</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_112"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">28.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The following amendments, standards and interpretations have been applied on the year starting January 1, 2024&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current &#8211; Amendments to IAS 1 Non-current Liabilities with Covenants &#8211; Amendments to IAS 1</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Amendments made to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements in 2020 and 2022 clarified that liabilities are classified as either current or non-current, depending on the rights that exist at the end of the reporting period. Classification is unaffected by the entity&#8217;s expectations or events after the reporting date (e.g. the receipt of a waiver or a breach of covenant). The amendments require disclosures if an entity classifies a liability as non-current and that liability is subject to covenants that the entity must comply with within 12 months of the reporting date. The disclosures include the carrying amount of the liability, information about the covenants, and facts and circumstances, if any, that indicate that the entity may have difficulty complying with the covenants.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2024, the Company's management had already assessed the effects of applying these amendments on the Company&#8217;s financial statements and had not identified any material impact in the application of these amendments.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback &#8211; Amendments to IFRS 16</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In September 2022, the IASB finalized narrow-scope amendments to the requirements for sale and leaseback transactions in IFRS 16 Leases which explain how an entity accounts for a sale and leaseback after the date of the transaction. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2024, the Company's management had already assessed the effects of applying these amendments on the Company&#8217;s financial statements and had not identified any material impact in the application of these amendments.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction &#8211; Amendments to IAS 12</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The amendments to IAS 12 Income Taxes require companies to recognize deferred tax on transactions that, on initial recognition, give rise to equal amounts of taxable and deductible temporary differences, and will require the recognition of additional deferred tax assets and liabilities. The amendment should be applied to transactions that occur on or after the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented. In addition, entities should recognize deferred tax assets (to the extent that it is probable that they can be utilized) and deferred tax liabilities at the beginning of the earliest comparative period for all deductible and taxable temporary differences associated with right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, and decommissioning, restoration and similar liabilities, and the corresponding amounts recognized as part of the cost of the related assets.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2023, the Company's management had already assessed the effects of applying these amendments on the Company&#8217;s financial statements and had not identified any material impact in the application of these amendments.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 85</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">28.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">OECD Pillar Two Rules &#8211; Amendments to IAS 12</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In December 2021, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (&#8220;OECD&#8221;) released the Pillar Two model rules (the Global Anti-Base Erosion rules, or &#8220;GloBE&#8221;) to reform international corporate taxation. Following Pillar Two OECD&#8217;s initiative, the European Union adopted in December 2022 a directive to impose a global minimum taxation for multinational companies in the Union, to be effective as from 2024. In May 2023, the IASB made narrow-scope amendments to IAS 12 setting an exception that provides relief from the requirement to recognize and disclose deferred taxes arising from enacted or substantively enacted tax laws that implement the Pillar Two model rules, including tax laws that implement qualified domestic minimum top-up taxes as per described in those rules. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">No current tax impacts were recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2023, due to the application of Pillar Two rules, as they were applicable as from 2024 in jurisdictions relevant for the Company. As of December 31, 2024, the Company recognized the corresponding charges in current tax (see note 11). In addition, the Company has applied the exception prescribed by the amendments to IAS 12, and therefore it has not recognized any deferred tax impact from the Pillar Two application.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following standards, amendments to standards and interpretations are not mandatory for the financial year beginning January 1, 2024, and have not been early adopted&#58; </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">IFRS 18, &#8216;Presentation and disclosure in Financial Statements&#8217;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In April 2024, the IASB issued IFRS 18, &#8220;Presentation and disclosure in financial statements&#8221;, which introduces new requirements to present specified categories and defined subtotals in the statement of profit or loss, provide disclosures on management-defined performance measures (MPMs) in the notes to the financial statements and improve aggregation and disaggregation. Once implemented, it will replace IAS 1, carrying forward many of the requirements in IAS 1 unchanged and complementing them. IFRS 18 must be applied on annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027. The Company's management is currently assessing the potential impact that the application of this standard may have on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Other standards and interpretations non-significant for the Company&#8217;s financial statements&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:12.5pt">  Amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7 - Supplier finance arrangements</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:12.5pt">  IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability&#58; Disclosures</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 86</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_115"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">29.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1)  Financial risk factors</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium&#8217;s activities expose the Company to a variety of risks&#58; market risk (including the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates and commodities prices), credit risk and liquidity risk. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium&#8217;s overall risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the financial performance. Ternium&#8217;s subsidiaries may use derivative financial instruments to hedge certain risk exposures.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_118"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1.1)   Market Risk</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(i) Foreign exchange rate risk</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium operates and sells its products in different countries, and as a result is exposed to foreign exchange rate volatility. Ternium&#8217;s subsidiaries may use derivative contracts in order to hedge their exposure to exchange rate risk derived from their trade and financial operations.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium&#8217;s foreign exchange policy seeks to minimize the impact of fluctuations in the value of other currencies with respect to the U.S. dollar. Ternium&#8217;s subsidiaries monitor their actual and expected short-term net cash flows in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and analyze potential hedging according to its needs in line with its derivative policy. This hedging can be carried out either by netting positions or by financial derivatives. However, regulatory or legal restrictions in the countries in which Ternium&#8217;s subsidiaries operate, could limit the possibility of the Company carrying out its hedging policy.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table shows a breakdown of Ternium&#8217;s assessed financial position exposure to currency risk as of December 31, 2024&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:69.367%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td 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Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$ million</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BRL million</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">US dollar ($)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(187)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">EU euro (EUR)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">33&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(5)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Argentine peso (ARS)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 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1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Yen (JPY)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other currencies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(1)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(0)</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The main relevant exposures correspond to&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.64pt">Argentine peso vs. U.S. dollar</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If the Argentine peso had weakened by 1% against the U.S. dollar, it would have generated a pre-tax loss of $ 0.2 million and a pre-tax gain of $ 1.3 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.06pt">Mexican peso vs. U.S. dollar</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If the Mexican peso had weakened by 1% against the U.S. dollar, it would have generated a pre-tax gain of $ 8.0 million and $ 3.1 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 87</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">29.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:6.21pt">Colombian peso vs. U.S. dollar</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If the Colombian peso had weakened by 1% against the U.S. dollar, it would have generated a pre-tax gain of $ 0.6 million and $ 0.2 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.06pt">Brazilian real vs. U.S. dollar</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If the Brazilian real had weakened by 1% against the U.S. dollar, it would have generated a pre-tax loss of $ 3.0 million and $ 5.3 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We estimate that if the Argentine peso, Mexican peso, Colombian peso and Brazilian real had weakened simultaneously by 1% against the U.S. dollar with all other variables held constant, total pre-tax gain for the year would have been $ 5.4 million higher (total pre-tax loss of $ 0.6 million higher as of December 31, 2023), as a result of foreign exchange gains&#47;losses on translation of U.S. dollar-denominated financial position, mainly local currency cash, trade receivables, trade payables, tax credits and liabilities, lease liabilities, borrowings and other liabilities.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Considering the same variation of the currencies against the U.S. dollar of all net investments in foreign operations amounting to $ 2.3 billion, the currency translation adjustment included in total equity would have been $ 5.2 million higher, arising mainly from the adjustment on translation of the equity related to the Brazilian real during the year 2024.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ii) Interest rate risk</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium manages its exposure to interest rate volatility through its financing alternatives and hedging instruments. Borrowings issued at variable rates expose the Company to the risk of increased interest expense in the event of a raise in market interest rates, while borrowings issued at fixed rates expose the Company to a variation in its fair value. The Company&#8217;s interest-rate risk mainly arises from long-term borrowings that bear variable-rate interest that could be partially fixed through different derivative transactions, such as interest rate swaps.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium&#8217;s nominal weighted average interest rate for its debt instruments, which do not include neither the effect of derivative financial instruments, nor the devaluation of the local currencies, was 8.83% and 8.46% as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. These rates were calculated using the rates set for each instrument in its corresponding currency and weighted using the dollar-equivalent outstanding principal amount of each instrument.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium&#8217;s total variable interest rate debt amounted to $ 1,140.1 million (51.1% of total borrowings) as of December 31, 2024, and $ 1,065.9 million (49.7% of total borrowings) as of December 31, 2023.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If interest rates on the aggregate average notional of U.S. dollar denominated borrowings held during 2024, excluding borrowings with derivatives contracts mentioned in Note 22 (a), had been 100 basis points higher with all other variables 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New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 88</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">29.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (continued)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_121"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1.2)   Credit risk</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font 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no significant concentrations of credit risk from customers. No single customer accounts for more than ten percent of Ternium&#8217;s sales. Ternium&#8217;s subsidiaries have policies in place to ensure that sales are made to customers with an appropriate credit history, and that credit insurances, letters of credit or other instruments are requested to reduce credit risk whenever deemed necessary. The subsidiaries maintain allowances for potential credit losses. The utilization of credit limits is regularly monitored.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Trade and other receivables are carried at face value less allowance for doubtful accounts, if applicable. This amount does not differ significantly from fair value. 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Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(197)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">At December 31, 2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">542</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 92</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">29.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy there were no transfers from Level 1 to Level 3 and there were transfers of Non-U.S. Government securities from Level 3 to Level 2.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The fair value of financial instruments traded in active markets is based on quoted market prices at the reporting date. A market is regarded as active if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange, dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service, or regulatory agency, and those prices represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm&#8217;s length basis. The quoted market price used for financial assets held by Ternium is the current mid-price. These instruments are included in Level 1 and comprise primarily corporate and sovereign debt securities.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (such as certain debt securities, certificates of deposits with original maturity of more than three months, forward and interest rate derivative instruments) is determined by using valuation techniques which maximize the use of observable market data when available and rely as little as possible on entity specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to value an instrument are observable, the instrument is included in Level 2. Ternium values its assets and liabilities included in this level using mid prices, interest rate curves, broker quotations, current exchange rates and forward rates volatilities obtained from market contributors as of the valuation date.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If one or more of the significant inputs are not based on observable market data, the instruments are included in Level 3. Ternium values its assets and liabilities in this level using observable market inputs, information provided by fund managers and management assumptions which reflect the Company&#8217;s best estimate on how market participants would price the asset or liability at measurement date.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3)   Accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Depending on the nature of the hedged item, Ternium either recognizes its derivative financial instruments&#8217; transactions in the statement of financial position at cost and subsequently measures changes on a monthly basis at fair value, or undertakes hedge accounting, classifying these transactions as cash flow hedges. While changes in fair value are disclosed under &#8220;Other financial income (expenses), net&#8221; line item in the income statement, changes in transactions classified as cash flow hedges are disclosed as an equity reserve in the statement of comprehensive income. Ternium does not hedge its net investments in foreign entities.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium designates certain derivatives as hedges of a particular risk associated with a recognized asset or liability or a highly probable forecast transaction. These transactions are classified as cash flow hedges (mainly capital expenditures). The effective portion of the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognized within other comprehensive income. Amounts accumulated in other comprehensive income are recognized in the income statement in the same period than any offsetting losses and gains on the hedged item. Once the hedged item gets settled, the gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in the income statement. The fair value of Ternium derivative financial instruments (asset or liability) continues to be reflected on the statement of financial position.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 93</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">29.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (continued)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For transactions designated and qualifying for hedge accounting, Ternium documents the relationship between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management objectives and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. The Company also documents its assessment, on an ongoing basis, of whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of hedged items. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the effective portion of designated cash flow hedges (net of taxes) amounted to $ (37.3) million and $ 15.9 million, respectively, and were included under &#34;changes in the fair value of derivatives classified as cash flow hedges&#34; line item in the statement of comprehensive income (see Note 27 (a)).</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The fair values of various derivative instruments used for hedging purposes are disclosed in Note 22. The full fair value of a hedging derivative is classified as a non-current asset or liability when the remaining maturity of the hedged item is more than 12 months and as a current asset or liability when the remaining maturity of the hedged item is less than 12 months.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Changes in the fair value of any derivative instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting under IAS 39 are recognized immediately in the income statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4)   Fair value estimation</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The estimated fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For the purpose of estimating the fair value of financial assets and liabilities with maturities of less than one year, the Company uses the market value less any estimated credit adjustments. For other investments, the Company uses quoted market prices.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As most borrowings incorporate floating rates that approximate market rates and the contractual repricing occurs mostly every one month, the fair value of the borrowings approximates their carrying amount and it is not disclosed separately.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In assessing the fair value of derivatives and other financial instruments, Ternium uses a variety of methods, including, but not limited to, estimated discounted value of future cash flows using assumptions based on market conditions existing at each year-end.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table 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Access to the MULC to pay for imports of services that were rendered or accrued as from December 13, 2023, does not require government approval, but payment is deferred 30 calendar days as from the date of supply or accrual of the service (if the service was rendered by a non-related party) or 180 calendar days (if rendered by a related party).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226; In the context of high, but decelerating, inflation during 2024, restrictions of access to the MULC to pay for imports of goods remain, but have been gradually made more flexible. The price for imports with customs clearance on or after October 21, 2024, may be paid in full as from on the 30th day from the date of customs clearance. In addition, the price for imports with customs clearance between August 1 and October 20, 2024, may be paid in two equal installments on the 30th and 60th day from the date of customs clearance, and the price for imports with customs clearance between December 13, 2023, and July 31, 2024, may be paid in four equal installments payable on the 30th, 60th, 90th and 120th day from the date of customs clearance. Access to the MULC to pay for imports that obtained customs clearance on or before December 12, 2023, continues to require Argentine Central Bank approval.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226; Foreign currency proceeds derived from exports of goods must be sold into the MULC and converted into Argentine pesos within 60 days (if made to related parties) or 180 days (if made to unrelated parties) from shipment date, or, if collected earlier, within five days of collection. Foreign currency proceeds from exports of services must be sold into the MULC and converted into Argentine pesos within five business days of collection. As from December 13, 2023, up to 20% of export of goods or services proceeds can be sold for Argentine pesos through securities transactions resulting in a higher implicit exchange rate, as described further below. This percentage has changed over time.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226; Access to the MULC to make dividend payments requires prior Argentine Central Bank approval. When required, Argentine Central Bank approvals are rarely, if ever, granted.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium Argentina carries out all of its import and export transactions through the MULC. 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$ 3,419 million), net profit from continuing operations to $ 149 million (2023&#58; $ 686 million), total assets to $ 5,726 million (2023&#58; $ 5,083 million), total liabilities to $ 790 million (2023&#58; $ 759 million) and shareholders&#8217; equity to $ 4,936 million (2023&#58; $ 4,324 million).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium Argentina&#8217;s cash and cash equivalents and other investments amounted to $ 1,293 million as of December 31, 2024, broken down as follows&#58;        </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">- $ 1,275 million in U.S. dollars-denominated instruments in sovereign bonds issued by the Argentine Government and payable in U.S. dollars, and Argentine Treasury bonds related to the official exchange rate. The U.S. dollar value of these instruments recorded in Ternium&#8217;s consolidated financial statements is based on their Argentine peso local market price, converted to the U.S. dollar at the ARS&#47;$ official exchange rate. Therefore, the valuation of such investments is subject to the volatility of the Argentine financial market and currency exchange rates, leading to a potential significant reduction of such value in the consolidated financial statements.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">-   $ 17 million in Argentine pesos-denominated instruments.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">-   $ 1 million in negotiable obligations and promissory notes issued by Argentine export driven companies in U.S. dollars and mainly payable in Argentine pesos.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ternium Argentina&#8217;s financial position in ARS as of December 31, 2024, amounted to $ 218 million in monetary assets and $ 184 million in monetary liabilities. All of Ternium Argentina&#8217;s ARS-denominated assets and liabilities are valued at the prevailing official exchange rate. In the event of a devaluation, Ternium Argentina may be adversely affected, and will also suffer a loss on deferred tax charge as a result of a deterioration on the tax value of their fixed assets. At this time, the Company is unable to estimate all impacts of a new devaluation of the Argentine peso against the U.S. dollar.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On April 24, 2023, Ternium Argentina&#8217;s board of directors approved the payment of a dividend in kind in US dollar-denominated Argentine bonds for a total amount of up to $ 624 million. On May 4, 2023, Ternium received its share of the dividend in kind. Considering the impact of foreign exchange restrictions in Argentina and based on the value of the bonds in the international market, Ternium recorded in its equity a negative reserve as of the collection date. With the disposal of a portion of these instruments, the Company partially reclassified such reserve to financial results. As of December 31, 2024, the equity reserve was fully reclassified to financial results upon disposal of these remaining bonds.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This context of volatility and uncertainty remains in place as of the issue date of these Consolidated Financial Statements. Management continues to monitor closely the evolution of the main variables affecting its business, identifying the potential impact thereof on its financial and economic situation and determining the appropriate course of action in each case. The Company&#8217;s Consolidated Financial Statements should be read taking into account these circumstances.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 96</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">TERNIUM S.A.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_1370"></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trade Gothic Bold 2',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">31.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;SUBSEQUENT EVENTS</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">a. Annual Dividend Proposal</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Upon approval of the Company&#180;s 2024 annual accounts, the Board of Directors intends to propose, for the approval of the Annual General Shareholders' meeting to be held on May 6, 2025, the payment of an annual dividend of $ 0.27 per share ($ 2.70 per ADS), or approximately $ 530 million, which includes the interim dividend of $0.09 per outstanding share ($0.90 per ADS) or approximately $ 177 million, paid on November 21, 2024. If the annual dividend is approved by the shareholders, a dividend of $ 0.18 per share ($ 1.80 per ADS), or approximately $ 353 million will be paid on May 14, 2025, with an ex-dividend date of May 9, 2025. These Consolidated Financial Statements do not reflect this dividend payable.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">b. Recently Announced 25% Tariff on Steel Imports in the United States</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On February 1, 2025, the U.S. government announced the imposition of flat tariffs applicable to all products imported from Mexico and Canada, but subsequently suspended the effectiveness of such tariffs for one month. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On February 10, 2025, the U.S. government announced changes to the tariffs applicable to imported steel products, including those produced and sold by the Company, effective March 12, 2025.  If they enter into effect, the changes would impose a 25% tariff on virtually all steel imports, including certain downstream (&#8220;derivative&#8221;) products.  Exclusions that currently exempt specific products and countries from the existing tariffs would end under the announced plan.  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On February 13, 2025, President Trump announced that he will take executive action in the future to implement a reciprocal tariff scheme, without providing any further details. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Sabon MT Pro',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The announced tariffs on steel imports and any future reciprocal tariffs could affect market prices and dynamics, supply chains, and cost structures. However, implementation is still uncertain.  Negotiations between trading partners on this matter are also not unlikely. The potential for litigation or international retaliation introduces further uncertainties. In this context, the Company is unable at this time to predict the evolution or ultimate outcome of these developments, or to quantify the impact that the announced measures, if maintained, would have on its business or financial condition.</font></div><div id="ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136"></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pablo Brizzio</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:27.923%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:39.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.978%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.508%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Page</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> 97</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><a href="#ic96e2c65269e4e20a181886e83adb7b2_136" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">97</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div></body></html>
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