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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

x         ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

OR

o           TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File No. 1-15339

Chemtura Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 573-2000

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 whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes o  No x

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 1934 during 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 filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated file” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check off):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o  No x

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed as of June 30, 2014, based on the value of the closing price of these shares as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange was $2.3 billion.

The number of voting shares of Common Stock of the registrant outstanding as of January 31, 2015 was 69.3 million.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes x No o

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Proxy Statement to be delivered to shareholders in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 7, 2015 are incorporated by reference into Part III.

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Note About Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this report, other than purely historical information, including estimates, projections, statements relating to our business plans, objectives and expected operating results, and the assumptions upon which those statements are based, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Forward-looking statements may appear throughout this report, including without limitation, in the following sections: “Business”, “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis.” These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions.  Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.  A detailed discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is included in the section entitled “Risk Factors” (See Part I, Item 1A of this Form 10-K).  We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

PART I

Item 1: Business

When we use the terms “Corporation,” “Company,” “Chemtura,” “Registrant,” “We,” “Us” and “Our,” unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, we are referring to Chemtura Corporation and our consolidated subsidiaries.

GENERAL

We are a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of performance-driven engineered industrial specialty chemicals.  Most of our products are sold to industrial manufacturing customers for use as additives, ingredients or intermediates that add value to their end products. We are committed to global sustainability through “greener technology” and developing engineered chemical solutions that meet our customers’ evolving needs.  Our Industrial Performance Products segment is a global manufacturer and marketer of high-performance lubricant additive components, synthetic lubricant base-stocks, synthetic finished fluids, high-performing calcium sulfonate specialty greases and phosphate and polyester based fluids and a leader in the development and production of hot cast elastomer pre-polymers.  Our Industrial Engineered Products segment is a global developer and manufacturer of bromine and bromine-based products and organometallic compounds.

We are the successor to Crompton & Knowles Corporation which was incorporated in 1900 and through several acquisitions and divestitures since that time we renamed ourselves Chemtura Corporation in 2005.  Our most recent focus has been on transforming our business portfolio to become a “pure-play” industrial specialty chemical company and on returning value to our stockholders.  In this process, in 2013 we divested our antioxidants and UV stabilizers (“Antioxidants”) and Consumer Products businesses, and in 2014 we divested our Chemtura AgroSolutions business.

With the completion of the 2013 and 2014 divestitures, we have completed our transformation into an operating company focused primarily on serving the global industrial specialty chemical market.  We have now renewed our focus on operations, management structure and operating efficiencies which will position us to grow our net sales and our cash flow.

Our principal executive offices are located at 1818 Market Street, Suite 3700, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 and at 199 Benson Road, Middlebury, Connecticut 06749.  Our telephone number in Connecticut is (203) 573-2000.  Our Internet Web site address is www.chemtura.com.  We make available free of charge on or through our Internet Web site (www.chemtura.com) our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish to, the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Our Corporate Governance Principles, Code of Business Conduct and charters of our Audit, Compensation & Governance and Environmental, Health & Safety Committees are available on our Internet Web site and free of charge to any stockholder who requests them from the Corporate Secretary at Chemtura Corporation, 199 Benson Road, Middlebury, CT 06749.  The information contained on our Internet Web site is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K and should not be considered a part of this Annual Report.

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Financial information for each of our segments discussed below can be found in Note 16 - Business Segments in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

OUR COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS

We believe our key competitive strengths are:

·                  Our Key Businesses Have Industry Leading Positions: Our key businesses and many of our products hold leading positions within the various industries they serve.  We believe our scale and global reach in product development and marketing provide us with advantages over many of our smaller competitors.

·                  Broad Diversified Business:

·                  Geographic diversity.  Our worldwide manufacturing, sales and marketing network enables us to serve the needs of both local and global customers worldwide.  As of December 31, 2014, we operated 21 manufacturing facilities in 11 countries.  For the year ended December 31, 2014, 43% of our net sales were generated in the United States and Canada, 29% from Europe and Africa, 20% from Asia/Pacific and 8% from Latin America.  Excluding the sales of the Chemtura AgroSolutions segment which was sold in November 2014, sales in Latin America will decline to approximately 3% of our net sales and the other regions will increase proportionately.  We market and sell our products in more than 80 countries, providing the opportunity to develop new markets for our products in higher-growth regions.  We have built upon our historical strength in the United States and Europe to expand our business geographically, thereby diversifying our exposure to many different economies.

·                  GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

·                  Product and industry diversity.  We are comprised of a number of distinct businesses based on different chemistries, each of which is subject to a set of varied industry trends.  Additionally, the product lines of each of our businesses serve a variety of industries and applications, thereby providing us with further diversification.

·                  Diversified customer base.  We have a large and diverse global customer base in a broad array of industries and applications.  No single customer comprises more than ten percent of our consolidated 2014 net sales.

·                  Unique Industry Positions: We believe our businesses possess significant differentiation within their respective industry segments.  Some of our businesses are vertically integrated into key feedstocks or have long lead time product registrations or technical and formulatory know-how.  We believe these attributes are difficult to replicate and allow us to attract customers looking for consistent performance, reliability and cost-effective results, and are distinct competitive advantages.  Examples include:

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·                  Our Industrial Performance Products segment participates in a production joint venture that produces cost competitive alkylated diphenylamine, a building block for our Naugalube® antioxidants used in lubricants, and develops urethane systems, the production of which is enhanced by our technical and formulatory know-how that permits us to engineer our products to meet specific customer needs.

·                  Our Industrial Engineered Products segment has a strong diversified position in bromine with an extensive brine field operation in South Arkansas and long-term strategic sourcing agreements that provide access to Dead Sea and Arkansas bromine.  Bromine is used as a building block for products such as flame retardants used in automotive, electronics, building and construction, and brominated derivatives used in pharmaceutical, agriculture, and energy-based industry segments.  Our high-purity organometallics products are based on more than 50 years of innovation and safe handling and provide state of the art solutions to rapidly developing new applications such as the chemical vapor deposition of metal oxide layers in electronics and photovoltaics, pharmaceutical synthesis reagents and next generation polymerization catalysts.

·                  Well Positioned to Expand in the Faster Growing Regions: Our businesses’ product portfolios have positioned us to benefit from high-growth regions in the future.  We derived 28% of our revenues during 2014 from the faster growing regions including Asia/Pacific and Latin America (estimated to be 26% when the sales of Chemtura AgroSolutions are excluded).  We will continue to invest in faster growing regions as their polymer production increases, their manufacturing of electronic products expands and their automotive industries build vehicles that have to meet emission standards such that they can be exported to western markets.  There are a limited number of suppliers that can supply the products or provide the technical support that customers in these regions require, giving us the opportunity to capture this growth in demand for our products.  We are completing the construction of a multi-purpose manufacturing plant in China which has commenced production of high-performance specialty greases and synthetic lubricants and will commence production of high-performance urethane products in 2015.

OUR STRATEGY

Our primary goal is to create value for our stakeholders by driving profitable revenue growth while continuing to manage our costs.  We will develop and engineer new products and processes, leverage our global scale for regional growth and manage our portfolio of industrial specialty chemical businesses.  Our efforts are directed by the following key business strategies:

·                  Technology-Driven Growth through Industry Focused Innovation.  As an industrial specialty chemical developer and manufacturer, our competitive strength lies in continually developing and engineering new products and processes that meet our customers’ changing needs.  We are investing in innovation to strengthen our new product pipelines and to reduce the cost of our products and will license or acquire technologies to supplement these initiatives.  We focus on the development of products that are sustainable, meet ecological concerns and capitalize on growth trends in the industries we serve.

·                  Growth Expansion in Faster-Growing Regions through Building Global Scale.  We are building our local presence in the faster-growing regions through sales representation, technical development centers, joint ventures and local manufacturing.  We empower our regional teams to serve their growing customer base and will supplement these efforts through bolt-on acquisitions that fulfill our goals for our portfolio.  We leverage our global scale by sharing service functions and technologies that no one region or business could replicate on its own while utilizing our regional presence to lower raw material costs.

·                  Performance-Driven Culture.  We believe we have outstanding people who can deliver superior performance under strong, experienced leaders who instill a culture of accountability.  We expect accountability on safety, environmental stewardship, compliance with laws, customer commitments and performance.  We are focused on understanding the needs of our customers and meeting such needs by efficiently executing their orders and delivering technology-based solutions that meet their requirements to earn the position as their preferred supplier.  We measure our performance against benchmarks and metrics using statistical analysis and drive operational excellence through continuous improvement.

·                  Portfolio and Cost Management.  We have now completed the transformation of our business portfolio to one focused on industrial specialty chemicals with the three divestitures in the last two years.  We will now build upon this focused portfolio through organic growth complemented by acquisition or merger to expand our global industrial specialty chemical portfolio to maximize their value.  As we grow, we may conclude to divest portfolio businesses too.  We are intent that any Chemtura portfolio of business have sustainable competitive advantages in the industries and applications

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it serves and can leverage its technology, scale and customer intimacy required to drive profitable growth at returns in excess of its cost of capital.  The ability to leverage global demographic and technology trends combined with our in-depth knowledge and expertise will provide our portfolio businesses with the “right to play” in their chosen applications.  We will continue to drive value-accreting growth fueled by our focus on innovation and the faster-growing regions.  We will continue to increase the differentiation of our products while pruning or exiting under-performing products, driving continuous improvement and managing costs.

Our Business and Segments

Information as to the sales, operating income, depreciation and amortization, assets, capital expenditures and earnings on investments carried on the equity method attributable to each of our business segments during each of our last three fiscal years, as well as certain geographic information, is set forth in Note 16 - Business Segments in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The table below illustrates the Industrial Performance Products and Industrial Engineered Products segments (collectively, the “Core Segments”)  net sales for the year ended December 31, 2014 as well as these segment’s major products, end-use markets and brands.

Industrial Performance Products

The Industrial Performance Products segment develops, manufactures and markets specialty performance chemicals, formulations and polymers.  Industrial Performance Products include:

·                  synthetic base-stocks and petroleum additives that enable engine and machine protection through friction reduction, thermal & oxidative stabilization, detergency, corrosion inhibition, and wear protection in transportation and industrial lubricating fluids and greases;

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·                  specialty synthetic finished lubricants and greases for aviation, marine, refrigeration, power generation, and general industrial applications;

·                  thermoset and thermoplastic urethane polymers engineered to provide superior performance properties in a broad range of industrial and recreational applications; and

·                  polyester polyols for cast polyurethane pre-polymers, flexible polyurethane foams and water-based polyurethane dispersions used in various types of coatings such as wood floor finishes, glass fiber coatings and textile treatments.

These products are supplied to our customers globally through diverse sales channels including selected distribution channel partners.

The Industrial Performance Products segment had net sales of $987 million for 2014, $979 million for 2013 and $891 million for 2012.  This segment represented 45%, 44% and 41% of our total net sales in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  The major product offerings of this segment are described below and in the table above.

Petroleum Additives

We are a global manufacturer and marketer of high-performance base-stocks, additive components, finished synthetic lubricants and specialty greases.  Our position along multiple parts of the value chain provides us with unique insight into industry needs and requirements, enabling us to design and develop differentiated solutions for our “blue-chip” customer base.

Our specialty synthetic lubricant base-stocks, including high-viscosity SYNTON® polyalphaolefins, REOLUBE® phosphate esters, and a broad portfolio of HATCOL® esters, are used in automotive, aviation, refrigeration, hydraulic systems, and various industrial applications.  These synthetic base-stocks offer performance benefits versus non-synthetic base-stocks, especially when operating under extreme conditions of temperature or load.  Benefits of our synthetic base-stocks include improved thermal stability, oxidative stability, and lower volatility, providing extended drain intervals and reduced oil consumption.  Additionally, REOLUBE® phosphate esters provide fire-resistant capability that allows the safe operation of equipment under high-risk situations, such as in nuclear power plants.

Our specialty additive components, such as NAUGALUBE® alkylated diphenylamine antioxidants, play a critical role in meeting rising regulatory mandated automotive standards for engine performance and emissions as well as consumer demand for improved fuel economy and longer service intervals.  Our oil-soluble HYBASE® and LOBASE® calcium sulfonate surfactants enable lubricants to keep car, truck, and ship engines clean with minimal wear by providing detergency and corrosion protection properties.  Additionally, we market a specially-developed overbased magnesium sulfonate detergent to prevent corrosion in turbines which burn heavy fuels for electrical power generation.

Our ANDEROL® and ROYCO® branded specialty and synthetic finished lubricants come with extensive original equipment manufacturer approvals for the aerospace & defense and industrial markets.  Additionally, ROYCO® lubricants are approved under the specifications of US military agencies and approving bodies including the US Department of Defense and the Society of Automotive Engineers (“SAE”).  We manufacture and sell calcium sulfonate specialty greases and phosphate ester-based fluids for extreme temperature applications, thereby increasing machine durability under harsh conditions.  In addition to our branded lubricants, we also manufacture private label finished lubricants for key customers.

Urethanes

We are a leading global supplier of a broad range of low-free monomer and high-performance conventional cast urethane pre-polymers, thermoplastic polyurethanes, custom curatives, and urethane chemicals serving a variety of industries.  We serve our customers in each region with a dedicated technical team, which, together with our product and formulation development capabilities, allow us to differentiate ourselves in these markets by tailoring our products to the specialized needs of each customer application.

Cast polyurethane products produced from our ADIPRENE®, VIBRATHANE®, DURACAST®, and TRIXENE® urethane pre-polymers offer high durability, abrasion resistance, cut resistance, high temperature resistance and chemical resistance for performance-oriented applications.  These characteristics allow us to market our urethane pre-polymers for customer applications where such performance qualities are critical, such as oil field pipeline cleaning pigs, industrial printing rolls, mining machinery, semiconductor polishing pads, solid industrial tires and wheels, sporting goods, and roller coaster wheels.

Our ULTRALAST® thermoplastic polyurethane (“TPU”) polymers can be used in a variety of high performance applications in the oil & gas, mining, construction, and sports equipment industries.  ULTRALAST® TPU offers not only superior dynamic properties and longer component life in harsh environments, but also part processing advantages for our customers.

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Our urethane chemicals business consists primarily of two product lines.  FOMREZ® polyester polyols serve as raw materials for our pre-polymer line of products and are also utilized in industrial applications such as flexible foam for seating.  WITCOBOND® polyurethane dispersions serve a more diverse customer base and are primarily utilized for glass fiber sizing, wood floor coatings, and ballistics protection applications.

Industrial Engineered Products

We are a global leader in manufacturing and selling of engineered specialty chemicals utilized in the plastics, agriculture, fine chemicals, oil and gas, building and construction, insulation, electronics, mercury control, solar energy, pharmaceutical and automotive industries.  Our products include catalyst components, surface treatments, flame retardants and an extensive bromine based product line used as agricultural and pharmaceutical intermediates, completion fluids for oil and gas extraction and mercury control products for coal fired power stations.  These products are sold across the entire value chain ranging from direct sales to monomer producers, polymer manufacturers, compounders and fabricators, fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers, photovoltaic panel and LED producers, oilfield service and electricity generation companies to industry distributors.

The Industrial Engineered Products segment had net sales of $800 million for 2014, $803 million for 2013 and $896 million for 2012.  This segment represented 37%, 36% and 41% of our total net sales in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  The major product offerings of this segment are described below and in the table above.

Great Lakes Solutions

Great Lakes Solutions is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of bromine, bromine intermediates and flame retardant products and solutions.  We deliver sustainable value to our customers and shareholders through industry diversification, fire safety advocacy and business excellence.  Our flame retardant products are used in applications such as electronic components, electrical enclosures and building products, including insulation and furniture foam, and automotive, while bromine and bromine intermediates are used in the manufacturing of a wide variety of industrial, consumer products and energy producing industries.

Fire kills thousands of people each year throughout the world, but many are spared because fires are slowed or never start due to the use of flame retardants.  Great Lakes Solutions is a leading global producer of safe and cost-efficient flame retardants, which reduce or eliminate the flammability of a wide variety of combustible materials. Our additives help stop fire before it starts by resisting ignition and slowing the rate of combustion and are used in a wide variety of applications, including flexible and rigid foams, fabrics and furniture, auto interiors and under the hood, circuit boards and electrical connectors, computer cabinetry and wiring in building and construction.  We work tirelessly to advocate for increased fire safety standards in new and developing economies and, for more than 40 years, we have helped our customers by providing the broadest portfolio of flame retardant products and solutions. We continue to offer new products with exceptional performance along with environmentally friendly characteristics leading to enhanced long-term sustainability.  Our leading products include the Emerald Innovation® Series, Firemaster® bromine-based flame retardants; Kronitex®, Reofos® phosphorus-based flame retardants; Fyrebloc® flame retardants; Fireshield® LSFR, Ongard®, Oncor®, Pyrobloc®, Smokebloc®, Thermoguard® / Timonox® / Trutint® antimony-based flame retardants/synergists; PetCat® antimony-based catalysts.

Great Lakes Solutions is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of bromine and bromine intermediates which are utilized in many industries including agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, butyl rubber, polymers and biocides. Bromine and bromine based intermediates serve as building blocks for developing and engineering highly complex organic molecules that meet specific performance, environmental and quality requirements.  Our expertise in bromine and bromine based chemicals, both in the lab and in full scale production, is built on a foundation of over 60 years of innovation and continuous improvement. Our state of the art technology center is staffed by a team of highly experienced scientists skilled in a wide array of synthetic methods and chemical manufacturing processes.  We also operate multi-purpose, flexible pilot facilities that enable us to readily scale up new products and processes from grams to tonnes before the commitment to full scale production. While primarily focused on providing the highest quality and most reliable bromine and brominated intermediate products, our technology team also provides custom synthesis and process development services to customers seeking a development partner.  With access to the world’s two main sources of bromine and a modern bromine ISO tank fleet with in-house maintenance capability, Great Lakes Solutions is positioned as the supplier of choice.

Great Lakes Solutions’ high quality, solids-free clear brine fluids are an important part of oil exploration and development which are used in the preparation of well equipment for production including insertion of liners, screens, packers, and other equipment.  Bromide fluids are unique in that they are high density fluids that are suitable for deepwater production and also for high temperature and high pressure oil and gas formations. They allow for well pressure control and help to protect the

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formation so that oil and gas production is both efficient and economical. Our specialty brine fluids are available in a wide range of densities to meet the unique pressure characteristics of each well and meet the stringent requirements of the oil and gas industry.  Bromide fluids are also used for deepwater fracturing operations in order to provide the necessary pressure in the well to successfully fracture the geological formation area that supplies oil and gas to the wellbore so that higher volumes flow to the production piping.

Rounding out our portfolio, our GeoBrom® line of bromine and bromine derivative products is another example of environmentally friendly innovation where we deploy our technology expertise to provide a solution to controlling mercury emissions from coal-fired power stations.  Great Lakes Solutions has a strong position in the United States for bromine production based on access to quality brine resources in areas of South Arkansas which can be economically developed to manufacture high quality bromine for sale to customers or for use to manufacture products like GeoBrom® mercury control solutions.

Great Lakes Solutions is truly a global business with expanding footprint and services.  Through our strategic geographic and operational initiatives, we have significantly expanded our ISO fleet capabilities.  We are backwardly integrated to brine, a primary source of bromine and since 2009 we have invested a significant amount of capital in infrastructure to redeploy our assets to produce new sustainable innovative brominated flame retardants and increase the efficiency and reliability of our plants and pipelines.  Great Lakes Solutions is well-positioned to support not only growth of our traditional industry segments but also to provide security of supply with expansion capability to our mercury control customers.  Operational excellence initiatives are being designed to bring an improved, cost-competitive and service-oriented footprint to our customers globally.

Organometallics

Organometallics are a special group of metals containing organic chemicals which play a significant role in a variety of industrial applications.  Organometallics are essential catalyst components used to initiate the polymerization reactions that transform monomers into polymers and cure certain paints.  They are also used as precursors in glass coatings, chemical vapor deposition agents in the production of semiconductors, LEDs and photovoltaic panels, as well as reagents used in the production of pharmaceutical intermediates.

DIVESTED BUSINESSES

Chemtura AgroSolutions Business

On November 3, 2014, we sold our Chemtura AgroSolutions business to Platform Specialty Products Corporation (“Platform”).  Under the terms of the sale, we have retained most of the property, plant and equipment used to manufacture products for the Chemtura AgroSolutions business and will continue to manufacture products for Platform under several supply agreements and a tolling agreement (collectively, the “supply agreements”) with minimum terms between two and four years.  The supply agreements include contractual obligations to continue to supply for a period of up to 2 years after the termination of the supply agreement.  In alignment with the change in the nature of operations, we changed the name of this segment to Agrochemical Manufacturing.

We evaluated the transaction and determined that it did not meet the criteria to be reported as a discontinued operation due to the continuing involvement in the supply agreements, and therefore, the results of our continuing operations for each of the periods covered in this report includes the results of the Chemtura AgroSolutions business through the date of sale as well as the results of the Agrochemical Manufacturing business associated with the post-closing supply agreements from the date of sale through December 31, 2014.

The Agrochemical Manufacturing segment on a going forward basis will reflect supply of products to Platform in accordance with the terms of the supply agreements.  We no longer market the Chemtura AgroSolutions business products to third parties.

Information related to the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business and financial information related to the Agrochemical Manufacturing segment can be found in Note 2 - Divestitures and Acquisitions and Note 16 - Business Segments in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Divestitures Reported as Discontinued Operations

On December 31, 2013, we sold our investment in the dedicated legal entities that constituted our Consumer Products business, including dedicated manufacturing plants in the U.S. and South Africa, to KIK Custom Products Inc. (“KIK”).  The Consumer

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Products business developed, manufactured and sold pool and spa cleaning and treatment products and household cleaner products.

In April 2013, we sold our Antioxidant business to SK Blue Holdings, Ltd. (“SK”), an affiliate of SK Capital Partners III, L.P..  The Antioxidant business was a worldwide manufacturer and supplier of plastic antioxidants used to strengthen polymers and polymer parts as well as protect polymer parts from the harmful effects of UV light.

For further discussion of these divestitures, see Note 2 - Divestitures and Acquisitions in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Sources of Raw Materials

Hydrocarbon-based and inorganic chemicals constitute the majority of the raw materials required to manufacture our products.  These materials are generally available from a number of sources.  We use significant amounts of chemicals derived from ethylene, propylene, benzene, iso-butane, palm and coconut oil, methanol, phosphorus and urea.  In addition, chlorine, caustic, other petrochemicals and tin represent some key materials used in our chemical manufacturing processes.  Major requirements for key raw materials are purchased typically pursuant to multi-year contracts.  Large increases in the cost of such key raw materials, as well as natural gas, which powers some of our key production facilities, could adversely affect our operating margins if we are not able to pass the higher costs on to our customers through higher selling prices.  While temporary shortages of raw materials we use may occur occasionally, key raw materials have generally been available.  However, there can be no assurance that unforeseen developments (including markets, political and regulatory conditions) will not affect our raw material supplies, their continuing availability and their cost.  For additional information related to these risks, see Item 1A. - Risk Factors.

Seasonal Business

No material portion of our Industrial Performance Products or Industrial Engineered Products business is significantly seasonal.

Employees

We had approximately 2,700 full time employees at December 31, 2014.

Backlog

We do not consider backlog to be a significant indicator of the level of future sales activity.  In general, we do not manufacture our products against a backlog of orders.  Production and inventory levels are based on the level of incoming orders as well as projections of future demand.  Therefore, we believe that backlog information is not material to understanding our overall business and should not be considered a reliable indicator of our ability to achieve any particular level of sales or financial performance.

Competitive Conditions

The breadth of our product offering provides multiple channels for growth and mitigates our dependence on any one market or end-use application.  We sell our products in more than 80 countries.  This worldwide presence reduces our exposure to any one country’s or region’s economy although a majority of our sales are in North America and Europe.

We have a broad customer base and believe that our products, many of which we customize for the specific needs of our customers, allow us to enhance customer loyalty and attract customers that value product innovation and reliable supply.

Product performance, quality, price, and technical and customer service are all important factors in competing in substantially all of our businesses.

We face significant competition in many of the industries in which we operate due to the trends toward global expansion and consolidation by competitors.  Some of our existing competitors are larger than we are and may have more resources and better access to capital markets for continued expansion or new product development than we do.  Some of our competitors also have a greater product range, are more vertically integrated or have better distribution capability than we do for specific products or geographical areas.

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Research and Development

All of our businesses conduct research and development activities to increase competitiveness.  Our businesses conduct research and development activities to develop new and to optimize existing production technologies, as well as to develop commercially viable new products and applications while also maintaining existing product registrations required by regulatory agencies and customers around the world.  Our research and development expense totaled $36 million in 2014, $40 million in 2013 and $41 million in 2012.

Intellectual Property and Licenses

We attach great importance to patents and trademarks in order to protect our investment in research and development, manufacturing and marketing.  Our policy is to seek wide protection for significant products and process developments on our major applications.  We also seek to register trademarks extensively as a means of protecting the brand names of our products.

We have approximately 1,000 United States and foreign granted patents and pending patent applications and approximately 1,000 United States and foreign registered and pending trademarks.  Patents, trademarks, trade secrets in the nature of know-how, formulations, and manufacturing techniques assist us in maintaining the competitive position of certain of our products.  Our intellectual property is of particular importance to a number of specialty chemicals we manufacture and sell.  However, we do business in countries where protection may be limited and difficult to enforce.  We are licensed to use certain patents and technology owned by other companies, including some foreign companies, to manufacture products complementary to our own products, for which we pay royalties in amounts not considered material, in the aggregate, to our consolidated results.

Neither our business as a whole nor any particular segment is materially dependent upon any one particular patent, trademark, copyright or trade secret.

Regulatory Matters

Chemical companies are subject to extensive environmental laws and regulations concerning, among other things, emissions to the air, discharges to land, surface, subsurface strata and water and the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste and other materials.  Chemical companies are also subject to other federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations regarding health and safety matters.

Environmental Health and Safety Regulation - We believe that our business, operations and facilities are being operated in substantial compliance, in all material respects, with applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, many of which provide for substantial fines and criminal sanctions for violations.  The ongoing operations of chemical manufacturing plants, however, entail risks in these areas and there can be no assurance that material costs or liabilities will not be incurred.  In addition, future developments of environmental, health and safety laws and regulations and related enforcement policies, could bring into question the handling, manufacture, use, emission or disposal of substances or pollutants at facilities we own, use or control.  These developments could involve potential significant expenditures in our manufacture, use or disposal of certain products or wastes.  To meet changing permitting and regulatory standards, we may be required to make significant site or operational modifications, potentially involving substantial expenditures and reduction or suspension of certain operations.  We incurred $11 million of costs for capital projects and $59 million for operating and maintenance costs related to environmental, health and safety programs at our facilities during 2014.  In 2015, we expect to incur approximately $9 million of costs for capital projects and $57 million for operating and maintenance costs related to environmental, health and safety programs at our facilities.  During 2014, we paid $18 million to remediate previously utilized waste disposal sites and current and past facilities.  We expect to spend approximately $17 million during 2015 to remediate such waste disposal sites and current and former facilities.

Chemical Regulation - In December 2006, the EU signed the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (“REACh”) legislation, requiring chemical manufacturers and importers in the EU to demonstrate the safety of the chemical substances contained in products manufactured in or imported into the EU.  Chemtura completed 243 REACh registrations for 204 substances as of December 31, 2014 and is committed to further registration obligations for the May 2018 deadline.  REACh related costs were $1 million, $2 million and $4 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  We anticipate REACh related costs of approximately $3 million to $6 million over the next two years.  These costs include work to obtain authorization of certain uses under REACh for substances of very high concern.  The cost estimates could vary based on data availability and cost.  The implementation of the REACh registration process may affect our ability to manufacture and sell certain products in the future.

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Item 1A: Risk Factors

The most significant risks that could materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows include, but are not limited to, the factors described below.  Except as otherwise indicated, these factors may or may not occur and we cannot predict the likelihood of any such factor occurring.

The cyclical nature of the chemicals industry causes significant fluctuations in our results of operations and cash flows.

Our historical operating results reflect the cyclical and volatile nature of the supply and demand balance of the chemicals industry.  The chemicals industry has experienced alternating periods of inadequate capacity and supply, allowing prices and profit margins to increase, followed by periods when substantial capacity is added, resulting in oversupply, overcapacity, corresponding declining utilization rates and, ultimately, declining prices and profit margins.  Some of the markets in which our customers participate, such as the automotive, electronics and building and construction industries, are cyclical in nature, thus posing a risk to us that is beyond our control.  These markets are highly competitive, are driven to a large extent by end-use markets and may experience overcapacity, all of which may affect demand for and pricing of our products and result in volatile operating results and cash flows over our business cycle.  Future growth in product demand may not be sufficient to utilize current or future capacity.  Excess industry capacity may continue to depress our volumes and margins on some products.  Our operating results, accordingly, may be volatile as a result of excess industry capacity, as well as from rising energy and raw materials costs.

In addition, we may experience excess capacity with respect to the products we have agreed to supply to the purchaser of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business under the post-closing supply agreements.  If such supply agreements are terminated at the end of their minimum contract terms and we are unable to find additional production to fill the vacated capacity, we may experience declining utilization rates, prices and profit margins, all of which could have an adverse impact on our operating results.

Increases in the price of the raw materials or energy utilized for our products may have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

We purchase significant amounts of raw materials and energy for our businesses.  The cost of these raw materials and energy, in the aggregate, represents a substantial portion of our operating expenses.  The prices and availability of the raw materials we utilize vary with market conditions and may be highly volatile.  From time to time in the past, we have experienced significant cost increases in purchase of raw materials and energy which has had a negative impact on our operating results.

Although we have attempted, and will continue to attempt, to match increases in the prices of raw materials or energy with corresponding increases in selling prices for the products produced with these materials, we may not be able to immediately raise product prices, if at all.  Ultimately, our ability to pass on increases in the cost of raw materials or energy to customers is highly dependent upon market conditions.  Specifically, there is a risk that raising prices charged to our customers could result in a loss of sales volume.  In the past, we have not always been able to pass on increases in the prices of raw materials and energy to our customers, in whole or in part, and there will likely be periods in the future when we will not be able to pass on these price increases.  Reactions by our customers and competitors to our price increases could cause us to reevaluate and possibly reverse such price increases, which would negatively affect operating results.

Any disruption in the availability of the raw materials or energy utilized for our products may have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

Across our businesses, there are a limited number of suppliers for some of our raw materials and utilities and, in some cases, the number of sources for and availability of raw materials and utilities is specific to the particular geographic region in which a facility is located.  It is also common in the chemical industries for a facility to have a sole, dedicated source for its utilities, such as steam, electricity and gas.  Having a sole or limited number of suppliers may result in our having limited negotiating power, particularly during times of rising raw material costs.  Even where we have multiple suppliers for a raw material or utility, these suppliers may not make up for the loss of a major supplier.  Moreover, any new supply agreements we enter into may not have terms as favorable as those contained in our current supply agreements.  For some of our products, the facilities or distribution channels of raw material and utility suppliers and our production facilities form an integrated system, which limits our ability to negotiate favorable terms in supply agreements.

In addition, as part of an increased trend towards vertical integration in the chemicals industry, other chemical companies are purchasing raw material suppliers.  This is further reducing the available suppliers for certain raw materials.

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If one or more of our significant raw material or utility suppliers were unable to meet its obligations under present supply arrangements, raw materials may become unavailable within the geographic area from which they are now sourced, or supplies may otherwise be constrained or disrupted, our businesses could be forced to incur increased costs for our raw materials or utilities, which would have a direct negative impact on plant operations and may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Decline in general economic conditions and other external factors may adversely impact our operations.

External factors, including domestic and global economic conditions, international events and circumstances, competitor actions and government regulation, are beyond our control and can cause fluctuations in demand and volatility in the prices of raw materials and other costs that can intensify the impact of economic cycles on our operations.  We produce a broad range of products that are used as additives and components in other products in a wide variety of end-use markets.  As a result, our products may be negatively impacted by supply and demand instability in other industries and the effects of that instability on supply chain participants.  Economic and political conditions in countries in which we operate may also adversely impact our operations.  For example, some countries in Europe have been particularly adversely affected by rising government deficits and debt levels, which require certain countries to adopt deflationary fiscal and monetary policies that could negatively affect our businesses.  Although our diversified product portfolio and international presence lessens our dependence on a single market and exposure to economic conditions or political instability in any one country or region, our businesses are nonetheless sensitive to changes in economic conditions.  Accordingly, financial crises and economic downturns anywhere in the world could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Competition may adversely impact our results of operations.

We face significant competition in many of the markets in which we operate due to the trend toward global expansion and consolidation by competitors.  Some of our existing competitors are larger than we are and may have more resources and better access to capital markets to facilitate continued expansion or new product development.  Additionally, some of our competitors have a greater product range and distributional capability than we do for certain products and in specific regions.  We also expect that we will continue to face new competitive challenges as well as additional risks inherent in international operations in developing regions.  We are susceptible to price competition in certain markets in which customers are sensitive to changes in price.  At the same time, we also face downward pressure on prices from industry overcapacity and lower cost structures in certain businesses.  The further use and introduction of generic and alternative products by our competitors may result in increased competition and could require us to reduce our prices and take other steps to compete effectively.  These measures could negatively affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.  Alternatively, if we were to increase prices in response to this competition, the reactions of our competitors and customers to such price increases could cause us to reevaluate and possibly reverse such price increases or risk a loss in sales volumes.

Our inability to register our products in member states of the European Union under the REACh legislation may lead to some restrictions or cancellations of registrations, which could impact our ability to manufacture and sell certain products.

In December 2006, the European Union signed the REACh legislation.  This legislation requires chemical manufacturers and importers in the European Union to demonstrate the safety of the chemical substances contained in their products via a substance registration process.  The full REACh registration process is being phased in over the next several years.  The registration process requires capital and resource commitments to compile and file comprehensive chemical dossiers regarding the use and attributes of each chemical substance manufactured or imported by Chemtura and requires us to perform chemical safety assessments.  Successful registration under REACh is a functional prerequisite to the continued sale of our products in the European Union market.  Thus, REACh presents a risk to the continued sale of our products in the European Union should we be unable or unwilling to complete the registration process or if the European Union seeks to ban or materially restrict the production or importation of the chemical substances used in our products.

Current and future litigation, governmental investigations, prosecutions and administrative claims, including antitrust-related governmental investigations and lawsuits, could harm our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We have been involved in several significant lawsuits and claims relating to environmental and chemical exposure matters, and may in the future be involved in similar litigation.  Additionally, we are routinely subject to other civil claims, litigation and arbitration and regulatory investigations arising in the ordinary course of our business as well as with respect to our divested businesses.  We could become subject to additional claims.  An adverse outcome of these claims could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial conditions, results of operations and cash flows.

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We have also been involved in a number of governmental investigations, prosecutions and administrative claims in the past, including antitrust-related governmental investigations and civil lawsuits, and may in the future be subject to similar claims.  Additionally, we have incurred and could again incur expenses in connection with antitrust-related matters, including expenses related to our cooperation with governmental authorities and defense-related civil lawsuits.

Environmental, health and safety regulation matters could have a negative impact on our results of operations and cash flows.

We are subject to extensive federal, state, local and foreign environmental, health and safety laws and regulations concerning, among other things, emissions in the air, discharges to land, surface, subsurface strata and water and the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste and other materials.  Our operations bear the risk of violations of those laws and sanctions for violations such as clean-up and removal costs, long-term monitoring and maintenance costs, costs of waste disposal, natural resource damages and payments for property damage and personal injury.  Although it is our policy to comply with such laws and regulations, it is possible that we have not been or may not be at all times in compliance with all of these requirements.

Additionally, these requirements, and enforcement of these requirements, may become more stringent in the future.  The ultimate additional cost of compliance with any such requirements could be material.  Non-compliance could subject us to material liabilities such as government fines or orders, criminal sanctions, third-party lawsuits, remediations and settlements, the suspension, modification or revocation of necessary permits and licenses, or the suspension of non-compliant operations.  We may also be required to make significant site or operational modifications at substantial cost.  Future regulatory or other developments could also restrict or eliminate the use of, or require us to make modifications to, our products, packaging, manufacturing processes and technology, which could have a significant adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

At any given time, we may be involved in claims, litigation, administrative proceedings, settlements and investigations of various types in a number of jurisdictions involving potential environmental liabilities, including clean-up costs associated with hazardous waste disposal sites, natural resource damages, property damage, personal injury and regulatory compliance or non-compliance.  The resolution of these environmental matters could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows.

Current environmental, health and safety regulations, including chemical safety regulations, changes in existing regulations, and shifts in perceptions of our products among regulators and the public, could have a negative impact on our results of operations and cash flows.

Recently, there has been increased scrutiny by regulatory authorities, legislative bodies, environmental interest groups and the media in the United States and other countries of certain brominated flame retardants.  In a related development, the State of California announced revisions to the required tests to assess the flame retardancy of filling materials used in upholstered furniture that became effective on January 1, 2014.  In view of the size of the California market and the historical influence of California regulatory initiatives on regulators and consumers elsewhere in the United States, the impact of this revised California standard has started to reach beyond the state.  The threat of additional regulation or concern about the impact of brominated flame retardants on human health or the environment may result in a decline in our net sales of certain brominated flame retardants beyond upholstered furniture applications and adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.

Federal regulations aimed at increasing security at certain chemical production plants and similar legislation that may be proposed in the future could require us to enhance plant security and to alter or discontinue our production of certain chemical products, thereby increasing our operating costs and causing an adverse effect on our results of operations.

Regulations have been implemented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) aimed at decreasing the risk, and effects, of potential terrorist attacks on chemical plants located within the United States.  Pursuant to these regulations, these goals would be accomplished in part through the requirement that certain high-priority facilities develop a prevention, preparedness, and response plan after conducting a vulnerability assessment.  In addition, companies may be required to evaluate the possibility of using less dangerous chemicals and technologies as part of their vulnerability assessments and prevention plans and implementing feasible safer technologies in order to minimize potential damage to their facilities from a terrorist attack.  We have registered certain of our sites with DHS in accordance with these regulations, have conducted vulnerability assessments at applicable sites and are awaiting DHS review and approval of security plans.  Until that is done we cannot determine with certainty the costs associated with any security measures that DHS may require.  These regulations may be revised further and additional legislation may be proposed in the future on this topic.  It is possible that such future

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legislation could contain terms that are more restrictive than what has recently been passed and which would be more costly to us.  We cannot predict the final form of currently pending legislation or other related legislation that may be passed and we can provide no assurance that such legislation will not have an adverse effect on our results of operations in a future reporting period.  In addition, we may incur liabilities for subsequent damages in the event that we fail to comply with these regulations.

We operate on an international scale and are exposed to risks in the countries in which we have significant operations or interests.  Changes in foreign laws and regulatory requirements, export controls or international tax treaties could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.

We are dependent, in large part, on the economies of the countries in which we manufacture and market our products.  Of our 2014 net sales, 43% were to customers in the United States and Canada, 29% to Europe and Africa, 20% to the Asia/Pacific region and 8% to Latin America.  As of December 31, 2014, our net property, plant and equipment were located in various regions including 56% in the United States and Canada, 26% in Europe and Africa, 17% in the Asia/Pacific region and 1% in Latin America.

The economies of the countries within these areas are in different stages of socioeconomic development.  Consequently, we are exposed to risks from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates, inflation, governmental spending, social instability and other political, economic or social developments that may materially adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We may also face difficulties managing and administering an internationally dispersed business.  In particular, the management of our personnel across several countries can present logistical and managerial challenges.  Additionally, international operations present challenges related to operating under different business cultures and languages.  We may have to comply with unexpected changes in foreign laws and regulatory requirements, which could negatively impact our operations and ability to manage our global financial resources.  Export controls or other regulatory restrictions could prevent us from shipping our products into and from some markets.  Moreover, we may not be able to adequately protect our trademarks and other intellectual property overseas due to uncertainty of laws and enforcement in a number of countries relating to the protection of intellectual property rights.  Changes in tax regulation and international tax treaties could significantly reduce the financial performance of our foreign operations or the magnitude of their contributions to our overall financial performance.

Restrictive covenants in our credit facilities may limit our ability to engage in certain transactions.

Our credit facilities contain various covenants that limit our ability to engage in specified types of transactions.  The covenants limit our ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness or repay certain indebtedness, create liens, pay dividends on or make other distributions on or repurchase capital stock or make other restricted payments, make investments, and enter into acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures.  Such restrictions in our credit facilities could result in us having to obtain the consent of our lenders in order to take certain actions.  We may be unable to obtain such consents from our lenders, or obtaining such consents may be difficult or costly for us.  Our ability to expand our business or to address declines in our business may be limited if we are unable to obtain (or hindered from obtaining) such consents.

A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default under our credit facilities and other debt obligations.  Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the lenders could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under our credit facilities immediately due and payable and terminate all commitments to extend further credit.  If we were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure our indebtedness.  Our subsidiaries have pledged a significant portion of their assets as collateral under our credit facilities.  If the lenders under credit facilities accelerate the repayment of borrowings, we may not have sufficient assets to repay amounts borrowed under the credit facilities which could have a material adverse effect on our cash flow and on the value of our stock.

If we fail to establish and maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to report our financial results in a timely and reliable manner, which could harm our business and impact the value of our securities.

We depend on our ability to produce accurate and timely financial statements in order to run our business.  If we fail to do so, our business could be negatively affected and our independent registered public accounting firm may be unable to attest to the fair presentation of our Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and to effectively prevent fraud.  If we cannot provide reliable financial reports and effectively prevent fraud, our reputation and operating results could be harmed.  Even effective internal controls have inherent limitations including the possibility of human error, the circumvention or overriding of controls, or fraud.  Therefore, even effective internal controls can provide only reasonable assurance with

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respect to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements.  In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting in future periods are subject to the risk that the control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or a deterioration in that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures.

If we fail to maintain adequate internal controls, including any failure to implement new or improved controls, or if we experience difficulties in their implementation, we could fail to meet our reporting obligations, and there could be a material adverse effect on our business and financial results.  In the event that our current control practices deteriorate, we may be unable to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud, and investor confidence and the market price of our securities may be adversely affected.

Our results of operations are subject to exchange rate and other currency risks.  A significant movement in exchange rates could adversely impact our results of operations.

Significant portions of our businesses are conducted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.  Accordingly, foreign currency exchange rates affect our operating results.  Effects of exchange rate fluctuations upon our future operating results cannot be predicted because of the number of currencies involved, the variability of currency exposure and the potential volatility of currency exchange rates.  We face risks arising from the imposition of exchange controls and currency devaluations.  Exchange controls may limit our ability to convert foreign currencies into U.S. dollars or to remit dividends and other payments by our foreign subsidiaries or businesses located in or conducted within a country imposing controls.  In certain foreign countries, some components of our cost structure are denominated in U.S. dollars while our revenues are denominated in the local currency.  In those cases, currency devaluation could adversely impact our operating margins.

We are dependent upon a trained, dedicated sales force, the loss of which could materially affect our operations.

Many of our products are sold and supported through dedicated staff and specifically trained personnel.  The loss of this sales force due to market or other conditions could affect our ability to sell and support our products effectively, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

Production facilities are subject to operating risks that may adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We are dependent on the continued operation of our production facilities.  Such production facilities are subject to hazards associated with the manufacturing, handling, storage and transportation of chemical materials and products, including pipeline leaks and ruptures, explosions, fires, inclement weather and natural disasters, terrorist attacks, mechanical failure, unscheduled downtime, labor difficulties, transportation interruptions, remediation complications, chemical spills, discharges or releases of toxic or hazardous gases, storage tank leaks and other environmental risks.  These hazards can cause personal injury and loss of life, severe damage to, or destruction of, property and equipment and environmental damage, fines, civil or criminal penalties and liabilities.  The occurrence of these events may disrupt production or incur significant costs, which could have an adverse effect on the production and profitability of a particular manufacturing facility and on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We may experience unexpected difficulties and incur unexpected costs in the construction of new facilities, which may increase our costs, delay the start of production or disrupt our ability to supply our customers.

The construction of new manufacturing facilities entails a number of risks, including the ability to begin production within the cost and timeframe estimated and to attract a sufficient number of skilled workers to meet the needs of the new facility.  Additionally, our assessment of the projected benefits associated with the construction of new manufacturing facilities is subject to a number of estimates and assumptions, which in turn are subject to significant economic, competitive and other uncertainties that are beyond our control.  If we experience delays or increased costs, our estimates and assumptions are incorrect, or other unforeseen events occur, our business, ability to supply customers, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely impacted.

Security breaches and other disruptions to our information technology systems could compromise our information, disrupt our operations, and expose us to liability, which may adversely impact our operations.

In the ordinary course of our business, we store sensitive data, including intellectual property, our proprietary business information and that of our customers, suppliers and business partners, and personally identifiable information of our employees in our information technology systems, including our in data centers and on our networks.  The secure processing, maintenance and transmission of this data is critical to our operations.  Despite our security measures, our information

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technology systems may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached or disrupted due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions.  Any such attack, breach or disruption could compromise our information technology systems and the information stored in them could be accessed, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen and our business operations could be disrupted.  Any such access, disclosure or other loss of information or business disruption could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, and damage to our reputation, which could adversely impact our operations.

Our businesses depend upon many proprietary technologies, including patents, licenses and trademarks.  Our competitive position could be adversely affected if we fail to protect our patents or other intellectual property rights or if we become subject to claims that we are infringing upon the rights of others.

Our intellectual property is of particular importance for a number of the specialty chemicals that we manufacture and sell.  The trademarks and patents that we own may be challenged, and because of such challenges, we could eventually lose our exclusive rights to use and enforce such patented technologies and trademarks, which could adversely affect our competitive position and results of operations.  We are licensed to use certain patents and technology owned by other companies, including foreign companies, to manufacture products complementary to our own products.  We pay royalties for these licenses in amounts not considered material, in the aggregate, to our consolidated results.

We also rely on unpatented proprietary know-how and continuing technological innovation and other trade secrets to develop and maintain our competitive position.  Although it is our policy to enter into confidentiality agreements with our employees and third parties to restrict the use and disclosure of trade secrets and proprietary know-how, those confidentiality agreements may be breached.  Additionally, adequate remedies may not be available in the event of an unauthorized use or disclosure of such trade secrets and know-how, and others could obtain knowledge of such trade secrets through independent development or other access by legal means.  The failure of our patents, trademarks or confidentiality agreements to protect our processes, apparatuses, technology, trade secrets or proprietary know-how and the brands under which we market and sell our products could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We cannot be assured that our products or methods do not infringe on the patents, trademarks or other intellectual property rights of others.  Infringement and other intellectual claims or proceedings brought against us, whether successful or not, could result in substantial costs and harm our reputation.  Such claims and proceedings can also distract and divert management and key personnel from other tasks important to the success of our business.  In addition, intellectual property litigation or claims could force us to do one or more of the following:

·                  cease selling products that contain asserted intellectual property;

·                  pay substantial damages for past use of the asserted intellectual property;

·                  obtain a license from the holder of the asserted intellectual property, which may not be available on reasonable terms; and

·                  redesign or rename, in the case of trademark claims, our products to avoid infringing the rights of third parties.

Such requirements could adversely affect our revenue, increase costs, and harm our financial condition.

Our patents may not provide full protection against competing manufacturers outside of the United States, the European Union countries and certain other developed countries.  Weaker protection may adversely impact our sales and results of operations.

In some of the countries in which we operate, such as China, the laws protecting patent holders are significantly weaker than in the United States, countries in the European Union and certain other developed countries.  Weaker protection may assist competing manufacturers in becoming more competitive in markets in which they might not have otherwise been able to introduce competing products for a number of years.  As a result, we tend to rely more heavily upon trade secret and know-how protection in these regions, as applicable, rather than patents.

An inability to remain technologically innovative and to offer improved products and services in a cost-effective manner could adversely impact our operating results.

Our operating results are influenced in part by our ability to introduce new products and services that offer distinct value to our customers.  For example, our organometallic business seeks to provide tailored products for our customers’ often unique problems, which require an ongoing level of innovation.  In many of the markets where we sell our products, the products are subject to a traditional product life cycle.  Even where we devote significant human and financial resources to develop new technologically advanced products and services, we may not be successful in these efforts.

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Joint venture investments that we enter into could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority, our reliance on joint venture partners’ financial condition and disputes between us and our joint venture partners.

A portion of our operations is conducted through certain ventures in which we share control with third parties.  In these situations, we are not in a position to exercise sole decision-making authority regarding the facility, partnership, joint venture or other entity.  Investments through partnerships, joint ventures, or other entities may, under certain circumstances, involve risks not present were a third party not involved, including the possibility that joint venture partners might become bankrupt, fail to fund their share of required capital contributions, make poor business decisions or block or delay necessary decisions.  Joint venture partners may have economic or other business interests or goals which are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, and may be in a position to take actions contrary to our policies or objectives.  Such investments may also have the potential risk of impasses on decisions, such as a sale, because neither we nor our joint venture partners would have full control over the partnership or joint venture.  Disputes between us and our joint venture partners may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and prevent the members of our management team from focusing their time and effort on our business.  Consequently, action by, or disputes with, our joint venture partners might result in subjecting the facilities owned by the partnership or joint venture to additional risk.  In addition, we may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of our joint venture partners.  Our joint ventures’ unfunded and underfunded pension plans and post-retirement health care plans could adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our unfunded and underfunded defined benefit pension plans and post-retirement health care plans could adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

The cost of our defined benefit pension and post-retirement health care plans is recognized through operations over extended periods of time and involves many uncertainties during those periods of time.  Our funding policy for defined benefit pension plans is to accumulate plan assets through our cash contributions and prudent investment returns, such that, over the long run, will approximate the present value of projected benefit obligations.  Our pension cost is materially affected by certain factors and assumptions, including the discount rate used to measure pension obligations, changes in the life expectancy of plan beneficiaries, the level of plan assets available to fund those obligations at the measurement date and the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets.  Significant changes in investment performance or a change in the portfolio mix of invested assets can result in corresponding increases and decreases in the valuation of plan assets or in a change of the expected rate of return on plan assets.  Similarly, our post-retirement health care cost is materially affected by certain factors and assumptions, including the discount rate used to measure these obligations, as well as by changes in the actual cost of providing these medical benefits.

We have underfunded obligations under our U.S. tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans totaling approximately $82 million on a projected benefit obligation basis as of December 31, 2014.  Declines in the value of the plan investments, the discount rate used to measure liabilities, increases in life expectancy of beneficiaries or unfavorable changes in law or regulations that govern pension plan funding could materially change the timing and amount of required funding.  Additionally, we sponsor other foreign and non-qualified U.S. pension plans under which there are substantial unfunded liabilities totaling approximately $87 million on a projected benefit obligation basis as of December 31, 2014.  Foreign regulatory authorities may seek to have Chemtura and/or certain of our non-sponsoring subsidiaries take responsibility for some portion of these obligations.  Mandatory funding contributions with respect to these obligations and potential unfunded benefit liability claims could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or future cash flows.  In addition, we have unfunded post-retirement health care plan liabilities of approximately $108 million on a projected benefit obligation basis at December 31, 2014.  Our actual costs with respect to our post-retirement health care plans could exceed our current actuarial projections.

Future events may impact our deferred tax asset position related to our utilization of net operating losses (“NOLs”) and U.S deferred federal income taxes on undistributed earnings of international affiliates that are considered to be reinvested indefinitely.

We evaluate our ability to utilize deferred tax assets and our need for  a valuation allowance based on available evidence.  This process involves significant management judgment about assumptions that are subject to change from period to period based on changes in tax laws or variances between future projected operating performance and actual results.  We are required to establish a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets if we determine, based on available evidence at the time the determination is made, that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be utilized.  In making this determination, we evaluate all positive and negative evidence as of the end of each reporting period.  Future adjustments (either increases or decreases), to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance are determined based upon changes in the expected realization of the net deferred tax assets.  The utilization of our deferred tax assets ultimately depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income in either the carry-back or carry-forward periods under the tax law.  Due to significant estimates used to establish the valuation allowance and the potential for changes in facts and circumstances, it is reasonably

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possible that we will be required to record adjustments to the valuation allowance in future reporting periods.  Changes to the valuation allowance or the amount of deferred tax liabilities could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.  Further, should we change our assertion regarding the permanent reinvestment of the undistributed earnings in foreign operations, a deferred tax liability may need to be established.

We engage in acquisitions and divestitures, which could adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and business; we may not realize all of the anticipated benefits of these transactions or these benefits may take longer to realize than expected.

From time to time we engage in strategic acquisitions and divestitures which involve risks.  We may not realize the expected benefits of acquisitions, including the synergies, cost savings or sales or growth opportunities that we expect.  These benefits may not be achieved within the anticipated time frame, or at all.  The integration of an acquired business may result in material unanticipated problems, expenses, liabilities or competitive responses.  Other risks associated with past or future acquisitions include: the business culture of the acquired business may not match well with our culture; technological and product synergies, economies of scale and cost reductions may not occur as expected; unforeseen expenses, delays or conditions may be imposed upon the acquisition, including due to required regulatory approvals or consents; we may acquire or assume unexpected liabilities or be subject to unexpected penalties or other enforcement actions; faulty assumptions may be made regarding the integration process; unforeseen difficulties may arise in integrating operations, processes and systems; higher than expected investments may be required to implement necessary compliance processes and related systems, including information technology systems, accounting systems and internal controls over financial reporting; we may fail to retain, motivate and integrate key management and other employees of the acquired business; higher than expected finance costs may arise due to unforeseen changes in tax, trade, environmental, labor, safety, payroll or pension policies in any jurisdiction in which the acquired business conducts its operations; and we may experience problems in retaining customers and integrating customer bases.  Many of these factors will be outside of our control and any one of them could result in increased costs, decreases in the amount of expected revenues and diversion of management’s time and attention.  Failure to implement our acquisition strategy, including successfully integrating acquired businesses, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Furthermore, we make strategic divestitures from time to time.  A successful divestiture depends on various factors, which could impact our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, including our ability to: effectively transfer liabilities, contracts, facilities and employees to the purchaser; identify and separate the intellectual property to be divested from the intellectual property that we wish to keep; and reduce fixed and other costs previously associated with the divested assets or business.  In addition, if customers of the divested business do not receive the same level of service from the new owners, this may adversely affect our other businesses to the extent that these customers also purchase our other products.  These divestitures may on occasions, also result in continued financial involvement in the divested businesses, including through guarantees, supply and transition service agreements, deferred purchase consideration and other financial arrangements, any of which could impact our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

We may not achieve all of the expected benefits from our recently announced restructuring plan.

We announced a significant restructuring plan in November 2014, which includes plans to (i) eliminate the stranded costs from the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business; (ii) reduce our manufacturing costs at several manufacturing facilities worldwide; and (iii) reduce selling, general and administrative costs at several of our locations.  We expect to achieve cost savings of approximately $50 million in 2015. We have made certain assumptions in estimating the anticipated impact of our cost saving initiatives.  These assumptions may ultimately be incorrect due to a variety of factors.  In addition, our ability to realize the expected benefits from these initiatives is subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies.  Some of our cost saving measures may not have the effect that we project, or we may be unable to sustain the cost savings.  If we are unsuccessful in implementing these initiatives or if we do not achieve our expected results, our results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected.

We are subject to risks associated with possible climate change legislation, regulation and international accords.

Greenhouse gas emissions have increasingly become the subject of a large amount of international, national, regional, state and local attention.  Cap and trade initiatives to limit greenhouse gas emissions have been introduced in the European Union.  The Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) has promulgated rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions and regulation of greenhouse gas also could occur pursuant to future U.S. treaty obligations, statutory or regulatory changes under the Clean Air Act, new climate change legislation or pursuant to Executive Order.

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While not all are likely to become law, this is a strong indication that additional climate change related mandates will be forthcoming, and it is expected that they may adversely impact our costs by increasing energy costs and raw material prices and establishing costly emissions trading schemes and requiring modification of equipment to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

A step toward potential federal restriction on greenhouse gas emissions was taken on December 7, 2009 when the EPA issued its Endangerment Finding in response to a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.  The EPA found that the emission of six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (which is emitted from the combustion of fossil fuels), may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and welfare.  Based on this finding, the EPA defined the mix of these six greenhouse gases to be “air pollution” subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act.  Although the EPA has stated a preference that greenhouse gas regulation be based on new federal legislation rather than the existing Clean Air Act, absent legislative action, the EPA has begun to regulate many sources of greenhouse gas emissions.

If our goodwill, intangible assets or long-lived assets become impaired, we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings.

Under U.S. GAAP, we review our intangible assets and long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable.  Goodwill is tested for impairment on July 31 of each year, or more frequently if required.  Factors that may be considered a change in circumstances, indicating that the carrying value of our goodwill, intangible assets or long-lived assets may not be recoverable, include, but are not limited to, a decline in stock price and market capitalization, reduced future cash flow estimates, and slower growth rates in our industry.  We may be required to record a significant charge in our financial statements during the period in which any impairment of our goodwill, intangible assets or long-lived assets is determined, negatively impacting our results of operations.

If we issue additional shares of common stock in the future, it will result in the dilution of our existing stockholders.

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of 500 million shares of common stock, of which 100.5 million shares were issued and 71.7 million shares outstanding as of December 31, 2014.  Our board of directors (the “Board”) has the authority to issue additional shares of common stock up to the authorized capital stated in the certificate of incorporation.  Our Board may choose to issue some or all of such shares of common stock to acquire one or more businesses or to provide additional financing in the future.  The issuance of any such shares of common stock may result in a reduction of the book value or market price of the outstanding shares of our common stock.  Additionally, we have an incentive plan that allows for the issuance of up to 11 million shares (currently 4.6 million shares remain available for future grants).

Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

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Item 2: Properties

The following table sets forth information regarding our principal operating properties and other significant properties as of December 31, 2014.  All of the following properties are owned except where otherwise indicated and reflect our properties from continuing operations, which exclude properties associated with the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions, Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses.  In general, our operating properties are well maintained, suitably equipped and in good operating condition.

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* Leased property.

1.              Facility will be utilized for supply agreements resulting from the sale of our Consumer Products and Industrial Water businesses.

2.              Facility leased by Anderol Italia S.r.l, which is 51% owned by us.

Included in the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business were properties located in Pekin, Illinois; Guelph, Canada; Gajraula, India and Boksburg, South Africa.

Item 3: Legal Proceedings

Information regarding our legal proceedings can be found in Note 15 — Legal Proceedings and Contingencies in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 4: Mine Safety Disclosure

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the ticker symbol “CHMT”.  As of December 31, 2014, 100.5 million shares were issued and 71.7 million shares were outstanding.

We have no current plans to pay any cash dividends on our common stock and instead may retain earnings, if any, for future operations, expansions, debt repayments or purchase shares of our common stock under share repurchase programs.  Any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our Board and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that our Board may deem relevant.  In addition, our debt agreements contain covenants restricting the payment of dividends by us and by each of our subsidiaries that are party to such facilities, which is subject to a number of specific exceptions.

The following table summarizes the range of market prices for our common stock as reported by the NYSE, by quarter during the past two years:

The number of holders of record of our common stock on December 31, 2014 was approximately 4,300.  See Item 1A — Risk Factors for a discussion of risks related to our common stock.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities During the Fourth Quarter of 2014

In November 2013, the Board authorized an increase in our share repurchase program to $291 million and extended the program through November 9, 2014 (the “November 2013 Authorization”).  In May 2014, the Board authorized a further increase in the share repurchase program by $100 million, up to $391 million when combined with the November 2013 Authorization (the “2013 Authorization”).  During the quarter ended December 31, 2014, we purchased 2.2 million shares for $50 million under this share repurchase program.

In October 2014, the Board approved a new share repurchase authorization of up to $500 million conditioned upon the sale of the Chemtura AgroSolutions business ( the “October 2014 Authorization”).  The new share repurchase authorization will expire on December 1, 2015.

In October 2014, we announced the commencement of modified Dutch auction tender offer to purchase, for cash, shares of our common stock (the “Tender Offer”).  In December 2014, we completed the Tender Offer and repurchased 12.5 million shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $24.20 per share, for an aggregate cost of $302 million, excluding fees and expenses under the October 2014 Authorization.  In December 2014, we purchased an additional 1.2 million shares for $28 million through open market purchases under the October 2014 Authorization.

Under both the 2013 Authorization and the October 2014 Authorization, we repurchased a total of 15.9 million shares for $380 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.  For further discussion of our share repurchase programs, see Note 10 — Capital Stock and Earnings per Common Share in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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The following table provides information about our repurchases of equity securities during the quarter ended December 31, 2014.

PERFORMANCE GRAPH

The following graph compares the cumulative total return on our common stock for the period November 11, 2010 through December 31, 2014 with the returns of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, Standard & Poor’s 500 Specialty Chemical Index and the Dow Jones US Chemicals Index, assuming an investment of $100 on November 11, 2010 and the reinvestment of all dividends.  Our common stock outstanding on November 10, 2010 was canceled when we emerged from Chapter 11 and our current common stock began trading on the NYSE on November 11, 2010.  As such, stock performance prior to November 11, 2010 does not provide a meaningful comparison and therefore has not been provided. We have elected to change one of our comparative indexes from the S&P 500 Specialty Chemicals Index to the Dow Jones US Chemical Index.  We believe the Dow Jones US Chemical Index is more representative of our peers than the S&P 500 Specialty Chemicals Index.  In addition, we utilize the Dow Jones US Chemical Index as a performance metric for share-based compensation.

COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN AMONG CHEMTURA CORPORATION,

S&P 500 AND DOW JONES CHEMICAL INDEX

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Item 6: Selected Financial Data

The following reflects selected financial data for each of our last five fiscal years and has been reclassified to reflect the effects of the Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses as discontinued operations.  The divestiture of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business did not meet the criteria to be accounted for as a discontinued operation and, therefore, we have included the results of that business as part of our continuing operations.  The information below should be read in conjunction with Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Item 8 - Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Annual Report.  The financial information presented may not be indicative of future performance.

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(a)         Gain on sale of business primarily included a $529 million gain on the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business in 2014, $27 million gain on the sale of our 50% interest in Tetrabrom Technologies Ltd. in 2011 and a $2 million gain relating to the sale of the natural sodium sulfonates and oxidized petrolatum product lines in 2010.

(b)         The 2011 and 2010 charges primarily included the impairment of intangible assets of $3 million and goodwill of $57 million, respectively, within the Agrochemical Manufacturing segment.

(c)          In March 2009, Chemtura and 26 of our affiliates filed for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (“Chapter 11”) the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”).  In November 2010, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming our plan of reorganization (the “Plan”).  Changes in estimates related to expected allowable claims relate to adjustments to liabilities subject to compromise (primarily legal and environmental reserves) as a result of our Chapter 11 proof of claims evaluation process.

(d)         Interest expense in 2010 includes $137 million of contractual interest expense recorded, relating to interest obligations on unsecured claims for the period from March 18, 2009 through the November 10, 2010 that were paid based on the Plan (included in this amount is contractual interest expense of $63 million for 2009).

(e)          Reorganization items, net, represent professional fees; the write-off of debt discounts, premiums and debt issuance costs; the write-off of deferred financing expenses related to the termination of the U.S. accounts receivable facility; impacts from rejections or terminations of executory contracts and real property leases; impacts from the settlement of claims; and charges for reorganization initiatives.

(f)           Upon the effectiveness of our Plan, all previously outstanding shares of common stock were canceled and pursuant to the Plan approximately 100 million new shares of common stock were issued.  The weighted average shares for 2010 was based upon 243 million of previously outstanding shares of common stock for approximately 10 months and approximately 100 million new shares of common stock outstanding for approximately 2 months.  As a result, the average shares outstanding and the price of our new shares may not be comparable to prior periods.

(g)          The 2010 net cash used in operations included $195 million related to cash settlements of claims in connection with the Chapter 11 cases and $50 million of pension contributions in accordance with the Plan.

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Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Form 10-K.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this Report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21(e) of the Exchange Act of 1934 as amended.  We use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “continue,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “will” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements.  Such statements include, among others, those concerning our expected financial performance and strategic and operational plans, as well as all assumptions, expectations, predictions, intentions or beliefs about future events.  You are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that a number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:

·                  The cyclical nature of the global chemicals industry;

·                  Increases in the price of raw materials or energy and our ability to recover cost increases through increased selling prices for our products;

·                  Disruptions in the availability of raw materials or energy;

·                  Our ability to implement our growth strategies in rapidly growing markets and faster growing regions;

·                  Our ability to execute timely upon our portfolio management strategies and mid and long range business plans;

·                  The successful separation of the Chemtura AgroSolutions business from the rest of our businesses;

·                  Our ability to execute timely on our restructuring plan and achieve the expected cost reductions;

·                  Declines in general economic conditions;

·                  The ability to comply with product registration requirements of regulatory authorities, including the U.S. food and drug administration (the “FDA”) and European Union Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (“REACh”) legislation;

·                  Current and future litigation, governmental investigations, prosecutions and administrative claims;

·                  Environmental, health and safety regulation matters;

·                  Federal regulations aimed at increasing security at certain chemical production plants;

·                  Significant international operations and interests;

·                  Our ability to maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting;

·                  Exchange rate and other currency risks;

·                  Our dependence upon a trained, dedicated sales force;

·                  Operating risks at our production facilities;

·                  Our ability to protect our patents or other intellectual property rights;

·                  Whether our patents may provide full protection against competing manufacturers;

·                  Our ability to remain technologically innovative and to offer improved products and services in a cost-effective manner;

·                  Our ability to reduce the risks of cyber incidents and protect our information technology;

·                  Our unfunded and underfunded defined benefit pension plans and post-retirement welfare benefit plans;

·                  Risks associated with strategic acquisitions and divestitures;

·                  Risks associated with possible climate change legislation, regulation and international accords;

·                  The ability to support the carrying value of the goodwill and long-lived assets related to our businesses;

·                  Whether we repurchase any additional shares of our common stock that our Board of Directors have authorized us to purchase and the terms on which any such repurchases are made; and

·                  Other risks and uncertainties detailed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

These statements are based on our estimates and assumptions and on currently available information.  The forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, and our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed.  Forward-looking information is intended to reflect opinions as of the date this Form 10-K was filed.  We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements to conform the statements to actual results or changes in our operations.

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OUR BUSINESS

We are a global, United States publicly traded specialty chemical company dedicated to delivering innovative, performance-driven engineered specialty chemical solutions which are used as additives, ingredients or intermediates which add value to our customers’ end products.  We are committed to global sustainability through “greener technology” and developing engineered chemical solutions that meet our customers’ evolving needs.  We operate in a wide variety of end-use industries, including automotive, building and construction, electronics, lubricants, packaging and transportation. We are a leader in many of our key product lines and transact business in more than 80 countries.  Our principal executive offices are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Middlebury, Connecticut.

During 2013 and 2014, through a series of divestitures, we transformed ourselves from a diversified specialty chemical company into a “pure-play” industrial specialty chemical company and created value for our stockholders.  We have renewed our focus on operations, management structure and operating efficiencies which will position us to grow net sales and free cash flow.

Consistent with the transformation, we divested several businesses that did not fit with our strategic objectives.  In November 2014, we sold our Chemtura AgroSolutions business, including stock sales of our investment in several legal entities, dedicated manufacturing locations in Gajraula, India and Pekin, Illinois, certain other assets and the assumption of certain liabilities, to Platform Specialty Products Corporation (“Platform”).  In December 2013, we completed a stock sale of our investment in legal entities dedicated to the Consumer Products business, including dedicated manufacturing plants in the U.S. and South Africa, to KIK Custom Products Inc. (“KIK”).  In April 2013, we completed an asset sale of our antioxidant and UV Stabilizer (the “Antioxidant”) business, including dedicated manufacturing plants in the U.S., France, and Germany, to SK Blue Holdings, Ltd. (“SK”) and Addivant USA Holdings Corp. (“Addivant”). A further description of these transactions are provided in Note 2 - Divestitures and Acquisitions in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Under the terms of the sale agreement with Platform, we have retained most of the property, plant and equipment used to manufacture products for the Chemtura AgroSolutions business and will continue to manufacture products for Platform under several supply agreements and a tolling agreement (collectively, the “supply agreements”) with minimum terms of between two and four years.  To reflect the change in the nature of operations, we changed the name of our Chemtura AgroSolutions segment to Agrochemical Manufacturing.

Additionally, in November 2014, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a restructuring plan to reduce the stranded costs associated with our Chemtura AgroSolutions business, reduce the costs of our manufacturing operations and align our remaining operations and management structure for operating efficiencies designed to increase our business net sales, operating income and cash flows.  These actions reflect our emphasis on improving the competitiveness and operating effectiveness of our industrial specialty chemicals portfolio and will contribute to the expansion of our profit margins.  A further description of this restructuring initiative is provided in Note 3 - Restructuring and Asset Impairment Activities.

The primary economic factors that influence the operations and net sales of our Industrial Performance Products (“Industrial Performance”) and Industrial Engineered Products (“Industrial Engineered”) segments (collectively referred to as “Industrials”) are demand conditions in industrial, electronics, energy, residential and commercial construction, and transportation markets.  Other factors affecting our financial performance include industry capacity, customer demand, raw material and energy costs, and selling prices.  Selling prices are influenced by the global demand and supply for the products we produce and competitor behavior.  We pursue selling prices that reflect the value our products deliver to our customers, while seeking to pass on higher costs for raw material and energy to preserve our profit margins.  A complete list of risks that may impact our performance is included in  Item 1A - Risk Factors.

OVERVIEW OF OUR PERFORMANCE

During 2014, we finalized our transformation aligning our portfolio businesses with our stated long-term strategic and financial performance criteria.  Through these portfolio actions, Chemtura will be a smaller company in 2015, but these actions are expected to progressively improve our operating margins and have a portfolio of strongly differentiated industrial specialty chemical product lines based on proprietary chemical technologies that offer superior organic revenue growth and are positioned to exploit secular industry growth trends in all regions of the globe.  Among the many accomplishments in 2014 were:

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Portfolio Management and Other Corporate Initiatives

·                  In the first quarter of 2014, we eliminated the stranded costs that resulted from the sale of our former Consumer Products business on December 31, 2013.

·                  During 2014, we took additional restructuring actions to consolidate our Industrials business organizational structure to streamline their activities and gain efficiencies and cost savings.  These actions included the progressive implementation of a lean manufacturing operational model, initiatives to reduce the cost of the raw materials and supplies that we procure and streamlining of the SG&A of our businesses.

·                  In November 2014, we sold our Chemtura AgroSolutions business to Platform for approximately $1 billion, consisting of $950 million in cash and 2 million shares of Platform’s common stock.

Share Repurchases

·                  During 2014, we repurchased 25.8 million shares of our common stock under our share repurchase programs at a cost of $618 million.  This included 12.5 million shares for an aggregate cost of $302 million under a modified Dutch auction tender offer.  As of December 31, 2014, $170 million remained of our current authorized stock repurchase program.

Debt Repayments

·                  In January 2014, we repaid $110 million of our senior secured term loan facility due 2016 (the “Term Loan”) with proceeds from the sale of our Consumer Products business.  In November 2014, we repaid an additional $126 million of our Term Loan from the net after-tax proceeds from the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business.

·                  In December 2014, we purchased the remaining notes under our 7.875% senior notes due 2018 (the “2018 Senior Notes”) from the net after-tax proceeds from the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business.  This included $101 million in principal and a call premium of $4 million.

·                  In December 2014, we repaid $5 million of our secured credit facility from Agricultural Bank of China, Nantong Branch from the net after-tax proceeds from the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business.  In January 2015, we repaid a further $15 million of this facility.

Other

·                  During the fourth quarter, we settled certain terminated and vested pension obligations in the United States (U.S.) to reduce our future pension benefit obligations.  This eliminated $52 million of projected benefit obligations.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Our management discussion and analysis of our results of operations relates to our business from continuing operations.

The sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business in November 2014 did not meet the criteria to be reported as a discontinued operation and, therefore, our results from continuing operations includes the historical financial information of that business through the date of sale.  Subsequent to the date of sale, we changed the name of our Chemtura AgroSolutions segment to Agrochemical Manufacturing to reflect the change in the nature of its operations.  Following the sale to Platform, Agrochemical Manufacturing will include the results of operations under the post-closing supply agreements with Platform.

The sale of our Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses are reported as discontinued operations in current and comparable periods and therefore are not included in continuing operations.

For a further discussion on the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business and the ongoing supply agreements with Platform, as well as the sale of our Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses, see Note 2 - Divestitures and Acquisitions in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

2014 COMPARED TO 2013

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due to the sale and the change in the nature of the operations associated with our Agrochemical Manufacturing business from a market participant to a supplier of products to Platform under the supply agreements.

We have determined that the most effective way to present to investors the change in results of continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared with the year ended December 31, 2013, is to provide separate discussions of the changes in our consolidated results for Chemtura excluding the Agrochemical Manufacturing segment and then for the Agrochemical Manufacturing segment.  This presentation and discussion is only applicable for the comparison of the 2014 to 2013 annual periods and reports our results of operations under generally accepted accounting principles of the United States.

The following chart presents the results of operations of the consolidated company including the Agrochemical Manufacturing segment through operating income.  The chart then segregates the results of operations for the Agrochemical Manufacturing segment separately from the total for our Industrial Performance Products, Industrial Engineered Products and Corporate segments combined (our “Core Segments”).  The discussion of the components of operating income included in the section titled Overview only reflects changes related to the Core Segments.  A separate discussion regarding the changes in results of operations of the Agrochemical Manufacturing segment is presented in this section under the heading “Agrochemical Manufacturing”.

Components of net income which are not included in operating income are not affected by the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business and, therefore, the discussion related to changes in those components for the annual period of 2014 compared with the annual period of 2013 represent changes of all the Company as whole.

(1) - Excludes depreciation and amortization expense which are shown separately.

Overview

Consolidated net sales of our Core Segments were $1.8 billion in 2014 or $5 million higher than in 2013 driven by a $12 million increase in volume which was offset in part by a $4 million reduction in average selling prices and $3 million related to the unfavorable effects of foreign currency translation.  Our Industrial Performance Products segment reported an $8 million increase in sales which represents an increase in volume of our polyester polyols and selling price increases of our petroleum additive products offset by volume declines in our intermediate, detergents and inhibitor products.  Our Industrial Engineered Products segment reported a decline in sales of $3 million due to competition reducing selling prices for a number of our product lines and the decline in demand for our flexible foam application products weakened as the year progressed unfavorably impacting volume.  Our Industrial Engineered segment delivered improvement in volume of our brominated performance products which was offset in part by declines in sales volumes for our polymerization co-catalysts products.

Gross profit for our Core Segments in 2014 was $344 million, an increase of $8 million compared to $336 million in 2013.  Gross profit as a percentage of sales remained stable at 19% for both years.  Gross profit in dollars increased due to the absence of a $21 million charge we took in 2013 related to costs to remediate a legacy non-operating site in France.  Our gross profit was unfavorably impacted by the $4 million decrease in selling prices, a $6 million increase in raw material costs, $5 million in increased distribution costs, $4 million of increased manufacturing costs and unfavorable product mix of $4 million offset by $8 million from the elimination of stranded costs associated with the Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses and $2 million in other savings.

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Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expense of $195 million was $27 million higher than in 2013, primarily the result of a $21 million charge related to the settlement of pension obligations, $12 million of additional costs in 2014 associated with the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business (exclusive of the amounts reported as part of the gain on sale) and $9 million in costs associated with our investment in business excellence initiatives partially offset by $3 million in other pension matters primarily related to the absence of one-time charges that were recorded in 2013, a $3 million reduction in selling expense and the remainder in savings associated with the reduction of employee costs and benefits associated with our restructuring programs and the elimination of the stranded costs associated with the Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses.

Facility closures, severance and related costs in 2014 was $25 million compared with $42 million for 2013.  The expense related to the cost reduction initiatives we announced in 2014 and 2013.  The restructuring plans related to both the elimination of stranded costs associated with the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions, Consumer Products and Antioxidant businesses as well as initiatives to reduce manufacturing and SG&A costs within our Industrials businesses.  Our restructuring plans are described in more detail in Note 3 - Restructuring and Assets Impairment Activities of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Gain on sale of business of $529 million in 2014 represents the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business to Platform.

Other Non-Operating Income and Expense

The following discussion about income and expense outside of operating income is presented on a total company basis, which is the sum of the Core Segments and the Agrochemical Manufacturing Segment.

Interest expense of $45 million during 2014 was $15 million lower than 2013 due to our debt refinancing actions taken in the second half of 2013.  The full benefit of our fourth quarter 2014 redemption of the outstanding 2018 Senior Notes and the pay down of the Term Loan due 2016 with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and other lenders party thereto, (“Term Loan”) will be reflected in our 2015 results.

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $7 million for 2014 included a call premium and the write-off of unamortized capitalized financing costs and original issuance discount.  Loss on early extinguishment of debt of $50 million for 2013 included the difference between the principal amount of the 2018 Senior Notes tendered and the sum of the tender offer consideration and consent payments and the write-off of unamortized capitalized financing costs and original issuance discount.

Other income, net was $12 million for 2014 compared with $8 million for 2013.  Other income, net primarily reflected the net impact of foreign exchange gains and losses.  In 2014, we realized foreign exchange gains and losses on the repayment of several foreign denominated intercompany loans between our subsidiaries in addition to significant fluctuations in the Euro and British Pound Sterling.  In addition, during 2013, we recognized a gain of $13 million related to the release of cumulative translation adjustments associated with the rationalization of certain European subsidiaries that are no longer required.

The income tax benefit in 2014 was $192 million compared with expense of $18 million in 2013.  The tax benefit reported in 2014 includes a release of U.S. valuation allowance in the amount of $406 million and the tax expense related to the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business.  In 2014, we concluded that the positive evidence that we can utilize our U.S. deferred tax assets before they expire outweighed the negative evidence and as a result we released a majority of our U.S. valuation allowance.  In 2013, tax expense was related to taxable income of certain of our international subsidiaries.  In 2013, we provided a full valuation allowance against the tax expense associated with our U.S. net operating loss.

Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Chemtura for 2014 was $771 million, or $8.43 per diluted share, as compared with a loss from continuing operations attributable to Chemtura of $22 million or $0.23 per diluted share in 2013.

Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax attributable to Chemtura for 2014, was $1 million, or $0.01 per share, as compared with $25 million, or $0.26 per share, for 2013.  Discontinued operations in 2013 represents the results of operations of our Antioxidants business through its sale in April 2013 and our Consumer Products business through its sale in December 2013.  Additionally, in 2013, we recorded an impairment charge of $7 million which included the impairment of property, plant and equipment related to the Consumer Products business.

Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax attributable to Chemtura for 2014, was $9 million, or $0.10, per share.  The loss represents customary working capital adjustments of $1 million and $8 million associated with the Antioxidant and Consumer Products business sales, respectively.  Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax attributable to Chemtura for 2013, was $180 million, or $1.84, per share which represents a net loss of $155 million and $25 million associated with the Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses, respectively.

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The following is a discussion of the results of our segments for 2014 compared with 2013.

Industrial Performance Products

Our Industrial Performance segment reported higher net sales and lower operating income in 2014 compared with 2013.  We experienced overall volume declines in our intermediate, inhibitor and detergent petroleum additive products which was more than offset by volume improvement in our synthetic basestocks for finished fluid applications, Adiprene®/Vibrathane® products and polyester polyols.  Net selling price increases were unable to offset the loss in volume.  Overall selling price for our petroleum additive products was favorable to prior year but still fell short of covering increases in our raw material costs.  Operating income reflected a favorable product mix of selling higher margin products than in 2013 which was offset in part by higher distribution and SG&A and research and development costs (“R&D”, collectively, “SGA&R”).

Net sales increased by $8 million to $987 million for 2014, primarily related to $8 million in higher selling prices.

Operating income was $106 million in 2014, a decrease of $3 million compared with 2013.  The decrease reflected higher raw material costs of $14 million, an increase in SGA&R costs of $8 million, additional accelerated depreciation of property, plant and equipment of $4 million and an increase in other costs of $1 million, offset by higher sales volume and favorable product mix of $12 million, higher selling prices of $8 million and favorable foreign currency translation of $4 million.

Industrial Engineered Products

Our Industrial Engineered segment reported lower net sales and operating income in 2014 compared with 2013. During 2014, we felt the effects of excess industry capacity in bromine and in polymerization co-catalysts products (“PCC”).  The resulting competition driven by excess supply drove a reduction in our selling prices and resulted in lower volumes.  We saw growth in the sales of our Emerald Innovation 3000TM products as customers switched to this alternative from traditional HBCD flame retardant styrene based insulation foam applications coupled with an increase volume from international markets for our clear brine fluids used in energy markets partly offset the reductions in bromine based products and PCC volumes.  Demand for flexible foam flame retardant products declined as the year progressed resulting in lower volumes. Towards the end of the year we saw selling prices for bromine products stabilize, but selling prices did not recover to 2013 levels.  While we experienced a decrease in our raw material costs, the benefit was offset by the decline in selling prices, increase in sales of lower margin products, higher manufacturing and other costs and higher SGA&R expenses.

Net sales decreased by $3 million to $800 million for 2014, which reflected lower selling prices of $12 million and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $2 million, offset by an increase in sales volume of $11 million, due to favorable product mix.

Operating income of $16 million in 2014 decreased $39 million compared with last year.  The decrease reflected unfavorable volume and product mix of $16 million, lower selling prices of $12 million, higher SGA&R costs of $8 million, unfavorable foreign currency translation of $4 million, higher distribution costs of $2 million and an increase in other costs of $5 million, offset by a decrease in raw material costs of $8 million.

Agrochemical Manufacturing

In 2013 and for the first 10 months of 2014, our Chemtura AgroSolutions business manufactured and resold agrochemical products to third party distributors and customers.  In November 2014, we sold our Chemtura AgroSolutions business to Platform.  Under the terms of the sale agreement with Platform, we have retained most of the property, plant and equipment used to manufacture products for the Chemtura AgroSolutions business and will continue to manufacture products for Platform under the supply agreements.  We operated under the supply agreements for the two months ended December 31, 2014.  Therefore, the results of operations for the previous Chemtura AgroSolutions business is not comparable to the Agrochemical Manufacturing business.  The following represents a discussion of the Agrochemical Manufacturing segment on a go-forward basis and of the Chemtura AgroSolutions business on a pre-sale basis compared with 2013.

Supply Agreement Results

The supply agreements with Platform are designed to recover the actual cash costs incurred to manufacture the products under the agreement.  Accordingly, the supply agreements are considered below-market contracts for their full term.  Contemporaneous with the sale, we accrued an obligation of $230 million, on a discounted basis, which represents the loss of profit on these products over the terms of the supply agreements, including contractual obligations to continue supply for a period of up to 2 years after termination of the supply agreements.  The recognition of the obligation, along with the accretion of the obligation to its undiscounted value of $345 million, will be recorded as net sales on a straight-line basis over the term of each supply agreement.

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For the two month period ended December 31, 2014, the Agrochemical Manufacturing segment net sales were $22 million, which includes $6 million related to the recognition of the obligation, net of accretion related to the below-market supply agreements.

Operating income for the two months ended December 31, 2014 was $6 million.  As the contracts were designed to recover a majority of the costs incurred, operating income reflects only the recognition of the obligation,net of accretion, related to the below market contract, less a small amount of depreciation and amortization that is not included as part of the recoverable costs.

Previous Results of the Chemtura AgroSolutions Business (Pre-Sale)

Net sales of the Chemtura AgroSolutions business for the ten months ended October 31, 2014 were $381 million as compared with net sales of $449 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 and $371 million for the ten months ended October 31, 2013.  Operating profit for the ten months ended October 31, 2014 was $80 million compared with $88 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 and $74 million for the ten months ended October 31, 2013.

The Chemtura AgroSolutions business did not have any third party sales subsequent to the date of sale to Platform.  Therefore, to assist investors in understanding the business and its results of operations prior to the date of sale, the discussion that follows compares the first ten months of 2014 with the first ten months of 2013.

Chemtura AgroSolutions generated higher net sales and operating income for the first ten months of 2014 as compared with the same ten months of 2013.  Net sales increased $10 million representing an $8 million increase in volume and a $10 million increase in selling price which was offset by $8 million in the unfavorable effects of foreign currency translation.  Chemtura AgroSolutions experienced strong demand in Latin America due both to a high level of demand for pest control in the soybean market and the growth in cultivated acreage.  Our European region experienced favorable weather conditions in Europe toward the end of the first half of 2014.  There was some supply constraints on certain miticides in North America which offset some of the volume growth in the first half of 2014.  Overall higher volumes and improved selling prices offset the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation.

Operating income increased $6 million primarily reflecting the benefit of favorable volume and product mix changes of $18 million and $10 million of increased selling prices offset in part by $9 million in higher SGA&R due primarily to an increase in our bad debt reserves related to certain customers in Brazil and Kazakhstan, $4 million in higher raw material, manufacturing and distribution costs and $7 million of unfavorable effects of foreign currency translation.

Corporate

Included in our general corporate expenses are costs of a general nature or managed on a corporate basis.  These costs, net of allocations to the business segments, primarily represent corporate stewardship and administration activities together with costs associated with legacy activities and intangible asset amortization.  Functional costs are allocated between the business segments and general corporate expense.

Corporate expense was $93 million and $112 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively, which included amortization expense related to intangible assets and depreciation expense of $16 million and $18 million in 2014 and 2013 respectively.  Included in corporate expense in 2013 was a charge of $21 million to increase an environmental reserve for the costs to remediate a legacy non-operating site in France.  Included in corporate expense in 2014 is a charge for $21 million related to the settlement of a pension obligation, an additional $12 million of costs incurred in the exploration and sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business over 2013, exclusive of the amount reported as part of the gain on sale, offset by $24 million related to the elimination of stranded costs associated with our Chemtura AgroSolutions business in 2014 and our Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses which were sold in 2013.

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2013 COMPARED TO 2012

Overview

Consolidated net sales were $2.2 billion in 2013 or $35 million higher than in 2012 driven by a $61 million increase in volume, offset by a $16 million overall decrease in selling prices and the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation of $10 million.  Our Industrial Performance segment reported a $76 million increase in sales volume primarily from our petroleum additives and certain synthetic products offset by slightly less volume for our urethane product sales due to weakness in the global mining and electronic markets.  Our Agrochemical Manufacturing (formerly Chemtura AgroSolutions) segment reported a $34 million increase in sales volume driven by strong sales in North and Latin Americas and strong selling prices driven by higher demand.  Our Industrial Engineered segment experienced weak demand from insulated foam applications and an attendant reduction in selling prices.  Demand from electronic application products remained weak in 2013.  The result was a $49 million decline in sales volume and a $44 million decrease in overall selling prices.

Gross profit for 2013 was $510 million, a decrease of $71 million compared with 2012.  Gross profit as a percentage of net sales decreased to 23% for 2013 compared with 26% for 2012.  Gross profit was impacted by a $21 million increase in an environmental reserve in 2013 for the costs to remediate a legacy non-operating site in France, a $16 million overall reduction in selling prices, $12 million from unfavorable product mix, $7 million from the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation, a $10 million increase in our excess inventory reserves due to lower electronics demand for brominated products, $5 million of costs associated with our new facilities in Nantong, China and Ankerweg, The Netherlands, and lower manufacturing and Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (“REACh”) costs which were offset by higher distribution costs.

SG&A expense of $229 million was $17 million lower than 2012, primarily the result of lower staff count due to our initiatives to eliminate stranded costs related to our divestitures, lower accruals related to employee incentive plans and other cost reductions as well as other restructuring initiatives in 2012 and 2013.  Quantitatively, these reductions were a $7 million benefit related to the elimination of stranded costs associated with our Antioxidant business, $11 million of lower non-cash compensation expense due to our overall lower performance in 2013, a gain of $2 million related to an adjustment to a legacy pension plan, a gain of $2 million related to the sale of a non-operating site, a $2 million decrease in an accrual related to one of our U.K. pension plans and $5 million in lower pension expense primarily related to the transfer of pension obligations to Addivant in April 2013 in connection with the sale of our Antioxidant business.  These reductions were offset by $6 million in expenses incurred to explore the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business, $2 million associated with the accelerated recognition of asset retirement obligations, the absence of a $2 million gain recorded in 2012 for a settlement related to a UK pension levy and a $3 million increase in workers compensation expense.

Facility closures, severance and related costs in 2013 was $42 million compared with $11 million for 2012.  The expense related to the cost saving initiatives we announced in 2013 and 2012.  The restructuring plans announced in 2013 related to both the elimination of stranded costs associated with our Antioxidant business as well as initiatives to reduce operating costs within our remaining businesses.

Interest expense of $60 million during 2013 was $4 million lower than 2012, primarily due to higher capitalized interest expense in 2013 and the absence of fees associated with the securitization program in 2012.  The reduction in interest expense from our debt refinancing actions was offset by the net effect of higher average borrowings under the Term Loan in 2013 due to the $125 million increase in the fourth quarter of 2012 offset by the $100 million repayment in the third quarter of 2013.  We will obtain the full benefit of our 2013 debt refinancing actions in 2014.

Loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $50 million for 2013 included $42 million for the difference between the principal amount of the 2018 Senior Notes tendered and the sum of the tender offer consideration and consent payments and $8 million for the write-off of unamortized capitalized financing costs and original issuance discount with respect to the 2018 Senior Notes purchased due to the tender offer.

Other income, net was $8 million for 2013 compared with $15 million for 2012.  During 2013 and 2012, we recognized gains of $13 million and $21 million, respectively, related to the release of cumulative translation adjustments associated with the rationalization of certain European subsidiaries that are no longer required coupled with lower interest income and a less favorable effect of foreign currency translation in 2013.

The income tax expense in 2013 was $18 million compared with $26 million in 2012.  The tax expense reported in 2013 and 2012 related to taxable income of certain of our international subsidiaries.  In 2013 and 2012, we provided a full valuation allowance against the tax expense associated with our U.S. net operating loss.

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Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax attributable to Chemtura for 2013, was $25 million, or $0.26 per share, as compared with a loss of $2 million, or $0.02 per share, for 2012.  In 2013, we recorded an impairment charge of $7 million which included the impairment of property, plant and equipment related to the Consumer Products business.  In 2012, we recorded an impairment charge of $47 million which included the impairment of property, plant and equipment of $35 million and intangible assets of $11 million related to the Antioxidant business.  Discontinued operations compromise the Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses.

Loss on the sale of discontinued operations, net of tax attributable to Chemtura for 2013, was $180 million, or $1.84, per share which represents a net loss of $155 million and $25 million associated with the Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses, respectively.

The following is a discussion of the results of our segments for 2013 compared with 2012.

Industrial Performance Products

Our Industrial Performance segment reported higher net sales and operating income in 2013 compared with 2012.  We experienced some recovery in the sales of our petroleum additive products across all regions as well as the benefit of a modest increase in selling prices.  These gains were partially offset by weakness in mining and electronic applications which is affecting our urethanes products globally.  Operating income benefited from the higher selling prices over the increase in raw material costs but we did not see the full impact of the volume improvements due to a greater percentage of lower margin products being sold coupled with costs associated with our new facilities in Nantong, China and Ankerweg, The Netherlands and increases in SGA&R expenses.

Net sales totaled $979 million in 2013, an increase of $88 million compared with 2012.  The increase reflected higher sales volume of $76 million, higher selling prices of $10 million and favorable foreign currency translation of $2 million.

Operating income was $109 million in 2013, an increase of $7 million compared with 2012.  Operating income benefited from the higher selling prices and $8 million in higher sales volume net of unfavorable product mix, offset by an increase in SGA&R costs of $4 million, accelerated recognition of asset retirement obligations of $2 million and $5 million related to the start-up costs of our Nantong, China and Ankerweg, The Netherlands facilities.

Industrial Engineered Products

Our Industrial Engineered segment reported lower net sales and operating income in 2013 compared with 2012.  Demand from insulation foam applications for flame retardants sharply deteriorated in the first half of 2013 and selling prices fell significantly.  While some recovery in volume was seen in demand in the second half of 2013, selling prices remained weak.  As a result, there was a significant reduction in both volume and selling prices in these applications in 2013.  Demand for flame retardants used in electronic applications remained weak during 2013 and there were periods of pressure on selling prices during the year.  Additionally, due to capacity additions by a competitor, we saw lower volumes and reduced selling prices for our metal alkyl products used as components in polyolefin polymerization catalysts.  We benefited from some increase in demand from furniture foam and oil and gas applications coupled with increased selling prices and higher demand during the second half of 2013 for our tin-based products.  However, these were not significant enough to offset the impacts from insulation foam and electronic applications.  The segment’s operating income was further impacted by unfavorable manufacturing costs and variances and the increase in an excess inventory reserve due to the prolonged decline in demand for flame retardants for electronics applications.

Net sales decreased by $93 million to $803 million for 2013 reflecting a $49 million decrease in sales volumes and $44 million in lower selling prices.

Operating income of $55 million in 2013 decreased $85 million compared with last year.  The decrease reflected the lower selling prices, $26 million from lower sales volume and unfavorable product mix, a $10 million increase in an excess inventory reserve, $5 million in higher raw material and distribution costs and $3 million from unfavorable foreign currency translation, partly offset by a $3 million net decrease in other costs.

Agrochemical Manufacturing (formerly Chemtura AgroSolutions)

Our Agrochemical Manufacturing segment reported higher net sales and operating income for 2013 compared with 2012.  Net sales increased over the prior year period as a result of improved sales volume in both North and Latin America for mitacide and seed treatment products coupled with the introduction of new products and higher selling prices.  Operating income reflected the benefit of the increased sales volume and selling prices coupled with increased equity income associated with a gain on the sale of two product lines in our ISEM joint venture and continued focus on the reduction of general expenses.

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Net sales increased by $40 million to $449 million for 2013 from $409 million in 2012.  The increase reflected $34 million in higher sales volume and $18 million in higher selling prices partly offset by $12 million of unfavorable foreign currency translation, primarily related to Latin America.

Operating income increased $23 million to $88 million in 2013 compared with $65 million in 2012, reflecting the higher selling prices, $6 million from favorable sales volume and product mix changes, $5 million in lower raw material costs and $4 million of increased equity income of ISEM, offset in part by $6 million from unfavorable foreign currency translation, a $2 million increase in manufacturing and distribution costs and $2 million of other costs.

General Corporate

Corporate expense was $112 million and $117 million in 2013 and 2012, respectively, which included amortization expense related to intangible assets and depreciation expense of $18 million and $19 million in 2013 and 2012 respectively.  Included in corporate expense for 2013 was a charge of $21 million to increase an environmental reserve for the costs to remediate a legacy non-operating site in France.  Following a detailed engineering study, we received estimates of the costs of a multi-year program to remediate the site to the standards required by the regulatory authorities.  Additionally, included within 2013 corporate expense is $6 million in costs related to the exploration of the sale of our Chemtura AgroSolutions business, a $3 million increase in workers compensation expense and the absence of a $2 million gain recorded in 2012 for a UK pension levy settlement, offset by a benefit of $11 million of lower non-cash compensation expense due to our overall lower performance in 2013 and the reduction in staff, $7 million related to the elimination of stranded costs associated with our Antioxidant business, a gain of $2 million related to an adjustment for a legacy pension plan, a gain of $2 million related to the sale of a non-operating site, a $2 million decrease in an accrual related to one of our U.K. pension plans, $7 million in reduced functional and other spending as a result of our restructuring programs and $5 million in lower pension expense primarily related to the transfer of pension obligations to Addivant in April 2013 in connection with the sale of our Antioxidant business.

Certain functional and other expenses that are managed company-wide are allocated to our segments.  The portion of such costs allocated to the Antioxidant and Consumer Products businesses have not transferred directly under the respective sale agreements.  As such, in historic periods these costs are shown as part of continuing operations in the corporate segment and not included under earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax.  Costs related to the Antioxidant business were $6 million and $13 million in 2013 and 2012, respectively.  Costs related to the Consumer Products business were $14 million and $13 million in 2013 and 2012, respectively.  Additionally, our Corporate segment included $8 million and $14 million in 2013 and 2012, respectively, of amortization expense related directly to our Antioxidants and Consumer Products businesses which has been included in earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax in our Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure that is not calculated or presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).  While we believe that such measures are useful in evaluating our performance, investors should not consider them to be a substitute for financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.  In addition, the financial measures may differ from similarly titled financial measures used by other companies and do not provide a comparable view of our performance relative to other companies in similar industries.  Adjusted EBITDA for 2014, 2013 and 2012 is calculated as follows:

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