Huntsman Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 1 - General

Note 1 - General	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements
Nature of Operations [Text Block]	1. GENERAL Description of Business We are a global manufacturer of diversified organic chemical products. We operate in three segments: Polyurethanes, Performance Products and Advanced Materials. Our products comprise many different chemicals and formulations, which we market globally to a wide range of consumers that consist primarily of industrial and building product manufacturers. Our products are used in a broad range of applications, including those in the adhesives, aerospace, automotive, coatings and construction, construction products, durable and non-durable consumer products, electronics, insulation, power generation and refining. Many of our products offer effects such as premium insulation in homes and buildings and the lightweighting of airplanes and automobiles that help conserve energy. We are a leading global producer in many of our key product lines, including MDI, amines, maleic anhydride and epoxy-based polymer formulations. Our company, a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2004 to hold the Huntsman businesses, which were founded by Jon M. Huntsman. Mr. Huntsman founded the predecessor to our Company in 1970 as a small polystyrene plastics packaging company. Since then, we have transformed through a series of acquisitions and divestitures and now own a global portfolio of businesses with a primary focus on improving energy efficiency. On February 28, 2023, we completed the sale of our Textile Effects Business to Archroma, and during the first quarter of 2024, we finalized the purchase price valued at $597 million, which includes adjustments to the purchase price for working capital, plus the assumption of underfunded pension liabilities. For more information, see “Note 4. Discontinued Operations— Sale of Textile Effects Business.” We operate all of our businesses through Huntsman International, our wholly-owned subsidiary. Huntsman International is a Delaware limited liability company and was formed in 1999. Huntsman Corporation and Huntsman International Financial Statements Except where otherwise indicated, these notes relate to the consolidated financial statements for both our Company and Huntsman International. The differences between our consolidated financial statements and Huntsman International’s consolidated financial statements relate primarily to different capital structures and purchase accounting recorded at our Company for the 2003 step-acquisition of Huntsman International Holdings LLC, the former parent company of Huntsman International that was merged into Huntsman International in 2005. Huntsman International declared and paid to us distributions in the form of certain affiliate accounts receivable during 2024 and 2023. Recent Developments Senior Notes Issuance On September 26, 2024, Huntsman International completed a $350 million offering of its 2034 Senior Notes. Huntsman International used the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt. For more information, see “Note 8. Debt—Direct and Subsidiary Debt—Senior Notes.”

Note 1 - General

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Nature of Operations [Text Block]

1. GENERAL

Description of Business

We are a global manufacturer of diversified organic chemical products. We operate in three segments: Polyurethanes, Performance Products and Advanced Materials. Our products comprise many different chemicals and formulations, which we market globally to a wide range of consumers that consist primarily of industrial and building product manufacturers. Our products are used in a broad range of applications, including those in the adhesives, aerospace, automotive, coatings and construction, construction products, durable and non-durable consumer products, electronics, insulation, power generation and refining. Many of our products offer effects such as premium insulation in homes and buildings and the lightweighting of airplanes and automobiles that help conserve energy. We are a leading global producer in many of our key product lines, including MDI, amines, maleic anhydride and epoxy-based polymer formulations.

Our company, a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2004 to hold the Huntsman businesses, which were founded by Jon M. Huntsman. Mr. Huntsman founded the predecessor to our Company in 1970 as a small polystyrene plastics packaging company. Since then, we have transformed through a series of acquisitions and divestitures and now own a global portfolio of businesses with a primary focus on improving energy efficiency. On February 28, 2023, we completed the sale of our Textile Effects Business to Archroma, and during the first quarter of 2024, we finalized the purchase price valued at $597 million, which includes adjustments to the purchase price for working capital, plus the assumption of underfunded pension liabilities. For more information, see “Note 4. Discontinued Operations— Sale of Textile Effects Business.” We operate all of our businesses through Huntsman International, our wholly-owned subsidiary. Huntsman International is a Delaware limited liability company and was formed in 1999.

Huntsman Corporation and Huntsman International Financial Statements

Except where otherwise indicated, these notes relate to the consolidated financial statements for both our Company and Huntsman International. The differences between our consolidated financial statements and Huntsman International’s consolidated financial statements relate primarily to different capital structures and purchase accounting recorded at our Company for the 2003 step-acquisition of Huntsman International Holdings LLC, the former parent company of Huntsman International that was merged into Huntsman International in 2005.

Huntsman International declared and paid to us distributions in the form of certain affiliate accounts receivable during 2024 and 2023.

Recent Developments

Senior Notes Issuance

On September 26, 2024, Huntsman International completed a $350 million offering of its 2034 Senior Notes. Huntsman International used the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt. For more information, see “Note 8. Debt—Direct and Subsidiary Debt—Senior Notes.”