
| • |
Revenue of $884 million
|
| • |
Income from operations of $134 million; Net income of $87 million
|
| • |
Adjusted EBITDA of $233 million; Adjusted EBITDA margin of 26.4% (non-GAAP)
|
| • |
GAAP diluted EPS of $0.52; Adjusted diluted EPS of $0.53 (non-GAAP)
|
| • |
Free cash flow of $50 million (non-GAAP) after $89 million in capital expenditures
|
| • |
Reduced total debt to $2.6 billion, resulting in a net leverage ratio of 2.5x
|
| • |
Achieved record revenue of $3,572 million, a 30% increase
|
| • |
Income from operations of $577 million, a 113% increase; Net income of $303 million
|
| • |
Record Adjusted EBITDA of $947 million, a 42% increase; Adjusted EBITDA margin of 26.5% (non-GAAP)
|
| • |
GAAP diluted EPS of $1.81; Adjusted diluted EPS of $2.29 (non-GAAP), a 309% increase
|
| • |
Free cash flow of $468 million (non-GAAP) after $272 million in capital expenditures, a 193% increase
|
| • |
2022 Adjusted EBITDA expected to be $1.025-$1.125 billion
|
| • |
2022 Reported diluted EPS expected to be $3.02-$3.52
|
| • |
2022 Adjusted diluted EPS expected to be $3.08-$3.59
|
| • |
2022 Free cash flow over $400 million
|
| • |
Q1 2022 Adjusted EBITDA expected to be $230-$245 million
|
| • |
Board intends to increase the annualized dividend to $0.50 per share from $0.40 per share beginning in the first quarter of 2022
|
|
($M unless otherwise noted)
|
Q4 2021
|
Q4 2020
|
Y-o-Y%∆
|
|
Q3 2021
|
Q-o-Q%∆
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
884
|
$
|
783
|
13
|
%
|
$
|
870
|
2
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
TiO2
|
$
|
675
|
$
|
587
|
15
|
%
|
$
|
682
|
(1
|
)%
|
||||||||||
|
Zircon
|
$
|
119
|
$
|
94
|
26
|
%
|
$
|
116
|
3
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Feedstock and other products
|
$
|
91
|
$
|
102
|
(11
|
)%
|
$
|
72
|
26
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Income from operations
|
$
|
134
|
$
|
94
|
43
|
%
|
$
|
168
|
(20
|
)%
|
||||||||||
|
Net Income
|
$
|
87
|
$
|
57
|
53
|
%
|
$
|
113
|
(23
|
)%
|
||||||||||
|
Net Income attributable to Tronox
|
$
|
83
|
$
|
45
|
84
|
%
|
$
|
111
|
(25
|
)%
|
||||||||||
|
GAAP diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
0.52
|
$
|
0.31
|
68
|
%
|
$
|
0.70
|
(26
|
)%
|
||||||||||
|
Adjusted diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
0.53
|
$
|
0.19
|
179
|
%
|
$
|
0.72
|
(26
|
)%
|
||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
233
|
$
|
204
|
14
|
%
|
$
|
252
|
(8
|
)%
|
||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin %
|
26.4
|
%
|
26.1
|
%
|
30 bps
|
29.0
|
%
|
(260) bps
|
||||||||||||
|
Free cash flow
|
$
|
50
|
$
|
133
|
(62
|
)%
|
$
|
191
|
(74
|
)%
|
||||||||||
|
Y-o-Y%∆
|
|
Q-o-Q%∆
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Volume
|
Price
|
Volume
|
Price
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
TiO2
|
0
|
%
|
15
|
%
|
(4
|
)%
|
3
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Local Currency Basis
|
n/a
|
17
|
%
|
n/a
|
4
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Zircon
|
0
|
%
|
26
|
%
|
(6
|
)%
|
9
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
FY 2022
|
||||||||
|
Low
|
High
|
|||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$1.025 billion
|
$1.125 billion
|
||||||
|
Reported diluted EPS1
|
$
|
3.02
|
$
|
3.52
|
||||
|
Adjusted diluted EPS1
|
$
|
3.08
|
$
|
3.59
|
||||
|
Free Cash Flow
|
$400 million
|
|||||||
| 1. |
Assumes a corporate effective tax rate of 20%, which may vary depending on jurisdiction of earnings and tax assets.
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
2020
|
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net sales
|
$
|
884
|
$
|
783
|
$
|
3,572
|
$
|
2,758
|
||||||||
|
Cost of goods sold
|
666
|
605
|
2,677
|
2,137
|
||||||||||||
|
Gross profit
|
218
|
178
|
895
|
621
|
||||||||||||
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
84
|
84
|
318
|
347
|
||||||||||||
|
Restructuring
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
||||||||||||
|
Income from operations
|
134
|
94
|
577
|
271
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest expense
|
(34
|
)
|
(49
|
)
|
(157
|
)
|
(189
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Interest income
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
8
|
||||||||||||
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
(5
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(65
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Other income, net
|
6
|
7
|
12
|
26
|
||||||||||||
|
Income before income taxes
|
104
|
52
|
374
|
114
|
||||||||||||
|
Income tax (provision) benefit
|
(17
|
)
|
5
|
(71
|
)
|
881
|
||||||||||
|
Net income
|
87
|
57
|
303
|
995
|
||||||||||||
|
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
4
|
12
|
17
|
26
|
||||||||||||
|
Net income attributable to Tronox Holdings plc
|
$
|
83
|
$
|
45
|
$
|
286
|
$
|
969
|
||||||||
|
Earnings per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
$
|
0.54
|
$
|
0.31
|
$
|
1.88
|
$
|
6.76
|
||||||||
|
Diluted
|
$
|
0.52
|
$
|
0.31
|
$
|
1.81
|
$
|
6.69
|
||||||||
|
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic (in thousands)
|
153,935
|
143,621
|
152,056
|
143,355
|
||||||||||||
|
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted (in thousands)
|
159,837
|
147,254
|
157,945
|
144,906
|
||||||||||||
|
Other Operating Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Capital expenditures
|
89
|
66
|
272
|
195
|
||||||||||||
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense
|
70
|
85
|
297
|
304
|
||||||||||||
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
2020
|
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net income attributable to Tronox Holdings plc (U.S. GAAP)
|
$
|
83
|
$
|
45
|
$
|
286
|
$
|
969
|
||||||||
|
Transaction costs (a)
|
-
|
4
|
18
|
14
|
||||||||||||
|
Restructuring (b)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
||||||||||||
|
Integration costs (c)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10
|
||||||||||||
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt (d)
|
5
|
2
|
57
|
2
|
||||||||||||
|
Pension settlement and curtailment gains (e)
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Insurance proceeds (f)
|
-
|
(8
|
)
|
-
|
(11
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Gain on asset sale (g)
|
-
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
Costs associated with former CEO retirement (h)
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Costs associated with Exxaro deal (i)
|
5
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Office closure costs (j)
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Other (k)
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
||||||||||||
|
Tax valuation allowance (l)
|
(8
|
)
|
(10
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
(903
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Brazilian tax credits (m)
|
(3
|
)
|
-
|
(3
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Income tax expense - deferred tax assets (n)
|
-
|
(5
|
)
|
-
|
(5
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Adjusted net income attributable to Tronox Holdings plc (non-U.S. GAAP) (1)(2)
|
$
|
85
|
$
|
28
|
$
|
362
|
$
|
81
|
||||||||
|
Diluted net income per share (U.S. GAAP)
|
$
|
0.52
|
$
|
0.31
|
$
|
1.81
|
$
|
6.69
|
||||||||
|
Transaction costs, per share
|
-
|
0.03
|
0.11
|
0.10
|
||||||||||||
|
Restructuring, per share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.02
|
||||||||||||
|
Integration costs, per share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.07
|
||||||||||||
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt, per share
|
0.03
|
0.01
|
0.36
|
0.01
|
||||||||||||
|
Pension settlement and curtailment gains, per share
|
-
|
(0.01
|
)
|
-
|
(0.01
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Insurance proceeds, per share
|
-
|
(0.05
|
)
|
-
|
(0.08
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Gain on asset sale, per share
|
-
|
-
|
(0.01
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
Costs associated with former CEO retirement, per share
|
-
|
-
|
0.02
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Costs associated with Exxaro deal, per share
|
0.03
|
-
|
0.04
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Office closure costs, per share
|
0.02
|
-
|
0.02
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Other, per share
|
-
|
0.01
|
0.01
|
0.03
|
||||||||||||
|
Tax valuation allowance, per share
|
(0.05
|
)
|
(0.07
|
)
|
(0.05
|
)
|
(6.24
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Brazilian tax credits, per share
|
(0.02
|
)
|
-
|
(0.02
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Income tax expense - deferred tax assets, per share
|
-
|
(0.04
|
)
|
-
|
(0.03
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Diluted adjusted net income per share attributable to Tronox Holdings plc (non-U.S. GAAP)
|
$
|
0.53
|
$
|
0.19
|
$
|
2.29
|
$
|
0.56
|
||||||||
|
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted (in thousands)
|
159,837
|
147,254
|
157,945
|
144,906
|
||||||||||||
|
December 31, 2021
|
December 31, 2020
|
|||||||
|
ASSETS
|
||||||||
|
Current Assets
|
||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
228
|
$
|
619
|
||||
|
Restricted cash
|
4
|
29
|
||||||
|
Accounts receivable (net of allowance of $4 in 2021 and $5 in 2020)
|
631
|
540
|
||||||
|
Inventories, net
|
1,048
|
1,137
|
||||||
|
Prepaid and other assets
|
132
|
200
|
||||||
|
Income taxes receivable
|
6
|
4
|
||||||
|
Total current assets
|
2,049
|
2,529
|
||||||
|
Noncurrent Assets
|
||||||||
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
1,710
|
1,759
|
||||||
|
Mineral leaseholds, net
|
747
|
803
|
||||||
|
Intangible assets, net
|
217
|
201
|
||||||
|
Lease right of use assets, net
|
85
|
81
|
||||||
|
Deferred tax assets
|
985
|
1,020
|
||||||
|
Other long-term assets
|
194
|
175
|
||||||
|
Total assets
|
$
|
5,987
|
$
|
6,568
|
||||
|
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
|
||||||||
|
Current Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Accounts payable
|
$
|
438
|
$
|
356
|
||||
|
Accrued liabilities
|
328
|
350
|
||||||
|
Short-term lease liabilities
|
26
|
39
|
||||||
|
Long-term debt due within one year
|
18
|
58
|
||||||
|
Income taxes payable
|
12
|
2
|
||||||
|
Total current liabilities
|
822
|
805
|
||||||
|
Noncurrent Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Long-term debt, net
|
$
|
2,558
|
$
|
3,263
|
||||
|
Pension and postretirement healthcare benefits
|
116
|
146
|
||||||
|
Asset retirement obligations
|
139
|
157
|
||||||
|
Environmental liabilities
|
66
|
67
|
||||||
|
Long-term lease liabilities
|
55
|
41
|
||||||
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
157
|
176
|
||||||
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
32
|
42
|
||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
3,945
|
4,697
|
||||||
|
Commitments and Contingencies
|
||||||||
|
Shareholders’ Equity
|
||||||||
|
Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares, par value $0.01 — 153,934,677 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2021 and 143,557,479 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020
|
2
|
1
|
||||||
|
Capital in excess of par value
|
2,067
|
1,873
|
||||||
|
Retained Earnings
|
663
|
434
|
||||||
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
(738
|
)
|
(610
|
)
|
||||
|
Total Tronox Holdings plc shareholders’ equity
|
1,994
|
1,698
|
||||||
|
Noncontrolling interest
|
48
|
173
|
||||||
|
Total equity
|
2,042
|
1,871
|
||||||
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
$
|
5,987
|
$
|
6,568
|
||||
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||
|
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
|
||||||||
|
Net income
|
$
|
303
|
$
|
995
|
||||
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
297
|
304
|
||||||
|
Deferred income taxes
|
15
|
(899
|
)
|
|||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
31
|
30
|
||||||
|
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs and discount on debt
|
11
|
10
|
||||||
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
65
|
2
|
||||||
|
Other non-cash affecting net income (loss)
|
36
|
65
|
||||||
|
Changes in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable, net
|
(108
|
)
|
(49
|
)
|
||||
|
Decrease (increase) in inventories, net
|
53
|
(21
|
)
|
|||||
|
Decrease (increase) in prepaid and other assets
|
53
|
(29
|
)
|
|||||
|
Increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
53
|
17
|
||||||
|
Net changes in income tax payables and receivables
|
9
|
(2
|
)
|
|||||
|
Changes in other non-current assets and liabilities
|
(78
|
)
|
(68
|
)
|
||||
|
Cash provided by operating activities
|
740
|
355
|
||||||
|
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
|
||||||||
|
Capital expenditures
|
(272
|
)
|
(195
|
)
|
||||
|
Insurance proceeds
|
1
|
1
|
||||||
|
Loans
|
-
|
(36
|
)
|
|||||
|
Proceeds from the sale of assets
|
2
|
1
|
||||||
|
Cash used in investing activities
|
(269
|
)
|
(229
|
)
|
||||
|
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
|
||||||||
|
Repayments of short-term debt
|
-
|
(13
|
)
|
|||||
|
Repayments of long-term debt
|
(3,212
|
)
|
(233
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds from short-term debt
|
-
|
13
|
||||||
|
Proceeds from long-term debt
|
2,472
|
500
|
||||||
|
Debt issuance costs
|
(37
|
)
|
(10
|
)
|
||||
|
Call premium paid
|
(40
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
|
Dividends paid
|
(65
|
)
|
(40
|
)
|
||||
|
Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options
|
8
|
-
|
||||||
|
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
(877
|
)
|
214
|
|||||
|
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
|
(10
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||||
|
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
|
(416
|
)
|
337
|
|||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
|
648
|
311
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
|
$
|
232
|
$
|
648
|
||||
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
2020
|
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net income (U.S. GAAP)
|
$
|
87
|
$
|
57
|
$
|
303
|
$
|
995
|
||||||||
|
Interest expense
|
34
|
49
|
157
|
189
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest income
|
(3
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(7
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Income tax provision (benefit)
|
17
|
(5
|
)
|
71
|
(881
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense
|
70
|
85
|
297
|
304
|
||||||||||||
|
EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP)
|
205
|
184
|
821
|
599
|
||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation (a)
|
8
|
11
|
31
|
30
|
||||||||||||
|
Transaction costs (b)
|
-
|
4
|
18
|
14
|
||||||||||||
|
Restructuring (c)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
||||||||||||
|
Integration costs (d)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10
|
||||||||||||
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt (e)
|
5
|
2
|
65
|
2
|
||||||||||||
|
Foreign currency remeasurement (f)
|
(2
|
)
|
6
|
(16
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Pension settlement and curtailment gains (g)
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Costs associated with Exxaro deal (h)
|
5
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Costs associated with former CEO retirement (i)
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Gain on asset sale (j)
|
-
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
Office closure costs (k)
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Insurance proceeds(l)
|
-
|
(8
|
)
|
-
|
(11
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Other items (m)
|
9
|
7
|
20
|
27
|
||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA (non-U.S. GAAP)
|
$
|
233
|
$
|
204
|
$
|
947
|
$
|
668
|
||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
||||
|
Cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
740
|
||
|
Capital expenditures
|
(272
|
)
|
||
|
Free cash flow (non-U.S. GAAP)
|
$
|
468
|
||