CC Chemours Company

Item 2.05             Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.

On September 20, 2019, The Chemours Company (the “Company”) announced plans to exit its Methylamines and Methylamides business operated at Belle, West Virginia.

The Company is targeting November 2019 to stop production of Methylamines and Methylamides at Belle. The Company expects to commence remediation and dismantlement in 2020, which is estimated will take approximately one year. The Company will work with all of its Methylamines and Methylamides customers during this transition.

The Company estimates that it will incur a total of approximately $43 million of pre-tax charges related to the plan to exit the Methylamines and Methylamides business at Belle, comprised primarily of non-cash impairment charges on property, plant and equipment of approximately $30 million and cash expenditures of approximately $13 million. The estimated cash expenditures are expected to consist of approximately $4 million for severance and other employee costs, $8 million for decommissioning, dismantling and removal costs, and $1 million for other termination-related costs. The Company expects to incur all of the non-cash and severance charges in the remainder of 2019 and the remaining cash charges are expected to be incurred during 2020.

The Methylamines and Methylamides business contributed Net Sales of $125 million and negative EBITDA of $3.5 million in 2018. The Belle site will continue to produce other products for its Fluoroproducts and Chemical Solutions businesses.   

Forward Looking Statements

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