The Chemours Co 2024年度报告

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM10-K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year endedDecember 31,2024 OR ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filingrequirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit suchfiles).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growthcompany. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the ExchangeAct. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control overfinancial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its auditreport.☒ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflectthe correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 28, 2024, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed secondfiscal quarter, was approximately $3.4billion.As of February 12, 2025,149,440,788shares of the company’s common stock, $0.01 par value, were outstanding. Documents Incorporated by Reference Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to its 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the “2025 Proxy Statement”) are incorporated by referenceinto Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K where indicated. The 2025 Proxy Statement will be filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission within120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this report relates. The Chemours Company Part IItem 1. Business4Item 1A.Risk Factors17Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments37Item 1C.Cybersecurity37Item 2.Properties38Item 3.Legal Proceedings39Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures39Information About Our Executive Officers40Part IIItem 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases ofEquity Securities42Item 6.Reserved43Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations44Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk74Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data75Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure75Item 9A.Controls and Procedures76Item 9B.Other Information79Item 9CDisclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections79Part IIIItem 10.Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance80Item 11.Executive Compensation80Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related StockholderMatters80Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence80Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services80Part IVItem 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules81Item 16.Form 10-K Summary81Signatures85 Forward-looking Statements This section and other parts of this Annual Report on Form 10-K contain forward-looking statements, within the meaningofthe federal securities laws,that involve risks and uncertainties.Forward-looking statements provide currentexpectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate toany historical or current fact. The words “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “estimate”, “target”, “project”, and similarexpressions, among others, generally identify “forward-looking statements”, which speak only as of th