What Changed
Risk factors · Mar 6, 2025 → Mar 10, 202619 added · 11 removed between the two most recent 10-Ks. The risks a company starts — or stops — disclosing are often the story.
Newly disclosed
- Tariff mitigation strategies, such as those our Chemicals Segment undertook in the first quarter of 2025 which included building and positioning inventory from its Canadian facility into the U.S., may result in increased shipping and warehousing costs.
- In July 2024 Kronos completed the LPC acquisition in which it purchased the 50% ownership interest in LPC it did not previously own, and Kronos subsequently merged LPC into Kronos’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Kronos Louisiana.
- For the year ended December 31, 2025, our Component Products Segment’s largest ten customers accounted for approximately 52% of its consolidated net sales, with a single customer accounting for 26% of its consolidated net sales.
- We estimate aggregate purchases under these feedstock agreements will be between approximately $375 million and $450 million in 2026.
- Should our Component Products Segment’s vendors not be able to meet their supply obligations or should it be otherwise unable to obtain necessary raw materials or components, it may incur higher supply costs or may be required to reduce or suspend production.
- In addition, the imposition of new tariffs or increases in existing tariffs by the U.S. government on imports from China, Mexico or other countries from which our Component Products Segment imports raw materials and other components could increase its supply costs.
- Increases in our Component Products Segment’s supply costs may decrease its liquidity or negatively impact its financial condition or results of operations as our Component Products Segment may be unable to offset the higher costs with increases in its selling prices or reductions in other operating costs. - 22 - Dependence on our Component Product Segment’s significant customers could adversely affect their business and results of operations.
- Because our Component Products Segment’s customers’ purchases are made through purchase orders rather than long-term contracts or minimum purchase commitments, order levels can fluctuate significantly from period to period based on customer needs.
- If any of our Component Products Segment’s significant customers reduces their purchases, loses market share for its end-use products, experiences financial difficulty, changes suppliers, or otherwise alters its relationship with our Component Products Segment, demand for its products could decline.
- Increased compliance obligations and costs or restrictions on operations, raw materials and certain TiO 2 applications could negatively impact our future financial results through increased costs of production, or reduced sales which may decrease our liquidity, operating income and results of operations. - 25 - If some or all of our intellectual property were to be declared invalid, held to be unenforceable or copied by competitors or some or all of our confidential information become known to competitors, or if our competitors were to develop similar or superior intellectual property or technology, our ability to compete could be adversely impacted.
- Our Chemicals Segment’s feedstock agreements have minimum purchase requirements, targeted purchases, or require it to purchase certain minimum percentage-based quantities of feedstock based upon its annual purchasing requirements.
- In some cases, Western TiO 2 producers have been successful in obtaining anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports such as the duties recently enacted in the European Union, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and other jurisdictions.
No longer disclosed
- For example, on March 4, 2025, the U.S. government implemented a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada into the U.S.
- In some cases, the TiO 2 industry has been successful in getting anti-competitive duties enacted on Chinese imports such as the European duties enacted in 2024. The U.S. federal government has recently implemented tariffs on certain foreign goods and may implement additional tariffs on foreign goods.
- Our Chemicals Segment’s current agreements require it to purchase certain minimum quantities of feedstock with minimum purchase commitments aggregating approximately $542 million beginning in 2025 and extending through 2026.
- Kronos recently completed the LPC acquisition in which it purchased the 50% ownership interest in LPC it did not previously own.
- These agreements require it to purchase certain minimum quantities or services with minimum purchase commitments aggregating approximately $67 million at December 31, 2024.
- Should our Component Products Segment’s vendors not be able to meet their supply obligations or should it be otherwise unable to obtain necessary raw materials or components, it may incur higher supply costs or may be required to reduce production levels, either of which may decrease our liquidity or negatively impact our financial condition or results of operations as our Component Products Segment may be unable to offset the higher costs with increases in its selling prices or reductions in other operating costs.
- Increased compliance obligations and costs or restrictions on operations, raw materials and certain TiO 2 applications could negatively impact our future financial results through increased costs of production, or reduced sales which may decrease our liquidity, operating income and results of operations.
- If some or all of our intellectual property were to be declared invalid, held to be unenforceable or copied by competitors or some or all of our confidential information become known to competitors, or if our competitors were to develop similar or superior intellectual property or technology, our ability to compete could be adversely impacted.