Tronox Holdings plc - Quarter Report: 2014 September (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014

OR

For the transition period from                      to                     

1-35573

(Commission file number)

TRONOX LIMITED

(ACN 153 348 111)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

263 Tresser Boulevard, Suite 1100

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 705-3800

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  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, 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  ¨

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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

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

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  ¨

As of October 31, 2014, the Registrant had 63,629,755 Class A ordinary shares and 51,154,280 Class B ordinary shares outstanding.

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

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TRONOX LIMITED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRONOX LIMITED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Unaudited)

(Millions of U.S. dollars)

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRONOX LIMITED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRONOX LIMITED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(Millions of U.S. dollars)

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRONOX LIMITED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY

(Unaudited)

(Millions of U.S. dollars)

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRONOX LIMITED

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Millions of U.S. dollars, except share, per share and metric tons data or unless otherwise noted)

1. The Company

Tronox Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “Tronox,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a public limited company registered under the laws of the State of Western Australia, Australia. We are a global leader in the production and marketing of titanium bearing mineral sands and titanium dioxide (“TiO₂”) pigment. Our world-class, high performance TiO₂ products are critical components of everyday applications such as paint and other coatings, plastics, paper and other applications. Our mineral sands business consists primarily of three product streams—titanium feedstock, zircon and pig iron. Titanium feedstock is primarily used to manufacture TiO₂. Zircon, a hard, glossy mineral, is used for the manufacture of ceramics, refractories, TV screen glass and a range of other industrial and chemical products. Pig iron is a metal material used in the steel and metal casting industries to create wrought iron, cast iron and steel. We have global operations in North America, Europe, South Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. We operate three TiO₂ facilities at the following locations: Hamilton, Mississippi; Botlek, The Netherlands; and Kwinana, Western Australia, and we operate three separate mining operations: KwaZulu-Natal (“KZN”) Sands and Namakwa Sands both located in South Africa, and Cooljarloo located in Western Australia.

At September 30, 2014, Exxaro Resources Limited (“Exxaro”) held approximately 44% of the voting securities of Tronox Limited. Exxaro has agreed that, through June 15, 2015, it would not engage in any transaction or other action, that would result in its beneficial ownership of the voting shares of Tronox Limited exceeding 45% of the total issued shares of Tronox Limited. We had service level agreements with Exxaro for services such as tax preparation, information technology services, and research and development, which amounted to less than $1 million and $1 million of expense during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $2 million and $5 million of expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited, and have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2013 was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

In management’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, considered necessary for a fair statement. Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all majority-owned subsidiary companies. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the manner and presentation in the current period.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. It is at least reasonably possible that the effect on the financial statements of a change in estimate due to one or more future confirming events could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

During 2014, we adopted accounting standards update (“ASU”) 2013-5, Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity, which addresses the treatment of the cumulative translation adjustment into net income when a parent either sells or liquidates a part or all of its investment in a foreign entity or no longer holds a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets within a foreign entity. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements, as we had previously accounted for the liquidation of our non-operating subsidiaries in this manner.

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued ASU 2014-9, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-9”), which states that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance is effective for periods beginning after December 31, 2016, and will be applied either retrospectively or on a modified retrospective basis. We have not yet determined the impact, if any, that ASU 2014-9 will have on our consolidated financial statements.

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2. Anadarko Litigation

In May 2009, we commenced an adversary proceeding in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan) (the “Bankruptcy Court”) against Kerr-McGee Corp. (“Kerr-McGee”) and its parent, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (“Anadarko”), related to the 2005 Spin-Off of Tronox Incorporated (Tronox Incorporated v. Anadarko (In re Tronox Inc.)), 09-1198 (the “Anadarko Litigation”). Pursuant to the plan of reorganization, we assigned the rights to any pre-tax proceeds that may be recovered in the Anadarko Litigation.

On December 12, 2013, the Bankruptcy Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, and found that Kerr-McGee acted with intent to delay, and hindered Tronox Incorporated’s creditors when it spun off Tronox Incorporated. The court held Anadarko liable, and indicated damages in the range of $5 billion to $14 billion, subject to a set off against claims that Anadarko filed as a creditor in Tronox Incorporated’s 2009 bankruptcy filing.

On May 29, 2014, the Bankruptcy Court approved a settlement with Anadarko for $5.15 billion. We will not receive any portion of the settlement amount. Instead, 88% of the $5.15 billion will go to trusts and other governmental entities for the remediation of polluted sites by Kerr-McGee. The remaining 12% will be distributed to a tort trust to compensate individuals injured as a result of Kerr-McGee’s environmental failures.

We received a private letter ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service confirming that the trusts that held the claims against Anadarko are grantor trusts of Tronox Incorporated solely for federal income tax purposes. As a result, we believe we will be entitled to tax deductions equal to the amount spent by the trusts to remediate environmental matters and to compensate the injured individuals. These deductions will accrue over the life of the trusts as the $5.15 billion is spent. We believe that these expenditures and the accompanying tax deductions may continue for decades.

3. Restructuring Expense

On September 23, 2014, we commenced a cost reduction initiative which we expect to complete during the fourth quarter of 2014. The initiative involves an expected reduction in our workforce by approximately 80 employees, as well as the expected elimination of approximately 65 outside contractor positions. We estimate that the pre-tax charge resulting from this initiative will be approximately $16 million, of which $10 million was recorded in the third quarter of 2014. We expect the remaining $6 million to be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014. The charge will consist of employee severance costs of approximately $14 million, as well as outplacement services and other associated costs and expenses of approximately $2 million. Of the aggregate pre-tax charge, we expect to incur approximately $14 million in cash expenditures, of which $1 million has been paid during the third quarter of 2014. We expect to pay the remaining $13 million during the fourth quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015. As a result of this initiative, we expect annual cost savings of approximately $25 million in 2015.

Restructuring expense by segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 was as follows:

A summary in the changes in the liability established for restructuring is as follows:

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4. Liquidation of Non-Operating Subsidiaries

During the third quarter of 2014, we completed the liquidation of our non-operating subsidiary, Tronox Pigments International GmbH. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 830, Foreign Currency Matters (“ASC 830”), we recognized a non-cash loss from the realization of cumulative translation adjustments of $35 million.

On September 12, 2013, we completed the liquidation of our non-operating subsidiary, the Zurich branch of Tronox Luxembourg S.a.r.l. In accordance with ASC 830, we recognized a non-cash loss from the realization of cumulative translation adjustments of $10 million.

5. Income Taxes

Our operations are conducted through our various subsidiaries in a number of countries throughout the world. We have provided for income taxes based upon the tax laws and rates in the countries in which operations are conducted and income is earned.

The effective tax rate for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, differs from the Australian statutory rate of 30% primarily due to valuation allowances, income in foreign jurisdictions taxed at rates lower than 30%, and withholding tax accruals. Additionally, the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 is impacted by a third quarter increase of $56 million to the valuation allowance in the Netherlands.

We have valuation allowances against specific tax assets in Australia and South Africa where, based on the tax laws of each relevant country, we cannot objectively assert that the deferred tax assets are more likely than not to be realized.

We now maintain full valuation allowances related to the total net deferred tax assets in the United States and in the Netherlands, as we cannot objectively assert that these deferred tax assets are more likely than not to be realized. Future provisions for income taxes will include no tax benefits with respect to losses incurred and tax expense only to the extent of current state tax payments until the valuation allowances are eliminated. This conclusion was reached by the application of ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires that all available positive and negative evidence be weighted to determine whether a valuation allowance should be recorded.

6. Loss Per Share

The computation of basic and diluted loss per share for the periods indicated is as follows:

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In computing diluted loss per share under the two-class method, we considered potentially dilutive shares. Anti-dilutive shares not recognized in the diluted earnings per share calculation were as follows:

7. Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, consisted of the following:

Bad debt expense recorded in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations was less than $1 million for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

8. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

Finished goods includes inventory on consignment of $43 million and $48 million at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. At both September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, inventory obsolescence reserves were $13 million. During the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, we recognized a net lower of cost or market charge of $1 million and a net lower of cost or market benefit of $21 million, respectively, which was included in “Cost of goods sold” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, we recognized a net lower of cost or market charge of $8 million and a net lower of cost or market benefit of $27 million, respectively, which was included in “Cost of goods sold” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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9. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation, consisted of the following:

Depreciation expense related to property, plant and equipment during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $38 million and $44 million, respectively, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $120 million and $134 million, respectively.

10. Mineral Leaseholds

Mineral leaseholds, net of accumulated depletion, consisted of the following:

Depletion expense related to mineral leaseholds during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $23 million and $42 million, respectively, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $85 million and $84 million, respectively.

11. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization, consisted of the following:

Amortization expense related to intangible assets during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $7 million and $6 million, respectively, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $20 million and $20 million, respectively. Estimated future amortization expense related to intangible assets is $6 million for the remainder of 2014, $27 million for 2015, $25 million for 2016, $25 million for 2017, $25 million for 2018, and $171 million thereafter.

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12. Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

13. Debt

Short-term Debt

UBS Revolver

We have a global senior secured asset-based syndicated revolving credit facility with UBS AG (the “UBS Revolver”) with a maturity date of June 18, 2017. The UBS Revolver provides us with a committed source of capital with a principal borrowing amount of up to $300 million, subject to a borrowing base. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, our borrowing base was $279 million and $210 million, respectively. During each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, we had no drawdowns or repayments on the UBS Revolver. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, there were no outstanding borrowings on the UBS Revolver.

ABSA Revolving Credit Facility

We have a R900 million (approximately $80 million at September 30, 2014) revolving credit facility with ABSA Bank Limited (“ABSA”) acting through its ABSA Capital Division (the “ABSA Revolver”) with a maturity date of June 14, 2017. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and the three months ended September 30, 2013, we had no drawdowns or repayments on the ABSA Revolver. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we had repayments of $30 million and no drawdowns on the ABSA Revolver. The average effective interest rate was 8.5% during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, there were no outstanding borrowings on the ABSA Revolver.

Long-term Debt

Long-term debt, net of an unamortized discount, consisted of the following:

Term Loan

On March 19, 2013, we, along with our wholly-owned subsidiary, Tronox Pigments (Netherlands) B.V., and certain of our subsidiaries named as guarantors, entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “Second Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arrangers, joint bookrunners and co-

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syndication agents. Pursuant to the Second Agreement, we obtained a $1.5 billion senior secured term loan (the “Term Loan”). The Term Loan was issued net of an original issue discount. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the unamortized discount was $8 million and $11 million, respectively. We made principal repayments during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 of $4 million and $4 million, respectively, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 of $14 million and $4 million, respectively.

On April 23, 2014, we, along with our wholly-owned subsidiary, Tronox Pigments (Netherlands) B.V., and certain of our subsidiaries named as guarantors, entered into a Third Amendment to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “Third Agreement”) with the lender parties thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent, which amends the Second Agreement. The Third Agreement provides for the re-pricing of the Term Loan by replacing the existing definition of “Applicable Margin” with a grid pricing matrix dependent upon our public corporate family rating as determined by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (with the interest rate under the Third Agreement remaining subject to Eurodollar Rate and Base Rate floors, as defined in the Third Agreement). Pursuant to the Third Agreement, based upon our current public corporate family rating by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, the current interest rate per annum is 300 basis points plus LIBOR (subject to a LIBOR floor of 1% per annum) compared to 350 basis points plus LIBOR (subject to a LIBOR floor of 1% per annum) in the Second Agreement. The Third Agreement also amended certain provisions of the Second Agreement to permit us and certain of our subsidiaries to obtain new cash flow revolving credit facilities in place of our existing asset based revolving credit facility. The maturity date under the Second Agreement and all other material terms of the Second Agreement remain the same under the Third Agreement.

The Third Agreement resulted in a modification for certain lenders and an extinguishment for other lenders. Accordingly, we recognized an $8 million charge during 2014 for the early extinguishment of debt resulting from the write-off of deferred debt issuance costs and discount on debt associated with the Second Agreement. We also paid $2 million of new debt issuance costs related to the Third Agreement during 2014.

Senior Notes

On August 20, 2012, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Tronox Finance LLC, completed a private placement offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes at par value (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes bear interest semiannually at a rate equal to 6.375%, and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by us and certain of our subsidiaries. The Senior Notes were initially offered to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

On September 17, 2013, Tronox Finance LLC issued $900 million in aggregate principal amount of registered 6.375% Senior Notes due 2020 in exchange for its then existing $900 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% Senior Notes due 2020. The Senior Notes are guaranteed by Tronox and certain of its subsidiaries. See Note 21.

Capital Leases

We have capital lease obligations in South Africa, which are payable through 2031 at a weighted average interest rate of approximately 14%. At both September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, such obligations had a net book value of assets recorded under capital leases aggregating $23 million. We made principal payments of less than $1 million and $2 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

Fair Value

Our debt is recorded at historical amounts. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the fair value of the Term Loan was $1,470 million and $1,524 million, respectively. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the fair value of the Senior Notes was $901 million and $924 million, respectively. We determined the fair value of the Term Loan and the Senior Notes using Bloomberg market prices. The fair value hierarchy for the Term Loan and the Senior Notes is a Level 1 input.

Debt Covenants

At September 30, 2014, we had financial covenants in the UBS Revolver, the ABSA Revolver and the Term Loan; however, only the ABSA Revolver had a financial maintenance covenant that applies to local operations and only when the ABSA Revolver is drawn upon. The Term Loan and the UBS Revolver are subject to an intercreditor agreement pursuant to which the lenders’ respective rights and interests in the security are set forth. We were in compliance with all our financial covenants as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

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Security

We have pledged the majority of our U.S. assets and certain assets of our non-U.S. subsidiaries in support of our outstanding debt.

Interest and Debt Expense, Net

Interest and debt expense, net consisted of the following:

Debt issuance costs are being amortized through the respective maturity dates of our debt using the effective interest method. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, we had $46 million and $57 million, respectively, of deferred debt issuance costs, which are recorded in “Other long-term assets” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

14. Asset Retirement Obligations

Asset retirement obligations consist primarily of rehabilitation and restoration costs, landfill capping costs, decommissioning costs, and closure and post-closure costs. Activity related to our asset retirement obligations was as follows:

Environmental Rehabilitation Trust

In accordance with applicable regulations, we have established an environmental rehabilitation trust for the prospecting and mining operations in South Africa, which receives, holds, and invests funds for the rehabilitation or management of asset retirement obligations. The trustees of the fund are appointed by us, and consist of sufficiently qualified employees capable of fulfilling their fiduciary duties. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the environmental rehabilitation trust assets were $18 million and $22 million, respectively, which were recorded in “Other long-term assets” on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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15. Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments—At September 30, 2014, purchase commitments were $63 million for the remainder of 2014, $217 million for 2015, $110 million for 2016, $98 million for 2017, $61 million for 2018, and $320 million thereafter.

Letters of Credit—At September 30, 2014, we had outstanding letters of credit, bank guarantees, and performance bonds of $44 million, of which $25 million were letters of credit issued under the UBS Revolver, $17 million were bank guarantees issued by ABSA and $2 million were performance bonds issued by Westpac Banking Corporation.

Other Matters—From time to time, we may be party to a number of legal and administrative proceedings involving legal, environmental, and/or other matters in various courts or agencies. These proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, may have a material adverse effect on us. These proceedings may be associated with facilities currently or previously owned, operated or used by us and/or our predecessors, some of which may include claims for personal injuries, property damages, cleanup costs, and other environmental matters. Current and former operations may also involve management of regulated materials that are subject to various environmental laws and regulations including the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or state equivalents. Similar environmental laws and regulations and other requirements exist in foreign countries in which we operate.

16. Shareholders’ Equity

The changes in outstanding Class A ordinary shares (“Class A Shares”) and Class B ordinary shares (“Class B Shares”) for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were as follows:

Warrants

Tronox Limited has outstanding Series A Warrants (the “Series A Warrants”) and Series B Warrants (the “Series B Warrants,” and together with the Series A Warrants, the “Warrants”). At September 30, 2014, holders of the Warrants were entitled to purchase 5.26 Class A Shares and receive $12.50 in cash at an exercise price of $58.74 for each Series A Warrant and $64.83 for each Series B Warrant. The Warrants have a seven-year term from the date initially issued and will expire on February 14, 2018. A holder may exercise the Warrants by paying the applicable exercise price in cash or exercising on a cashless basis. The Warrants are freely transferable by the holder. At September 30, 2014 there were 242,091 Series A Warrants and 353,299 Series B Warrants outstanding.

Dividends

During 2014, we declared and paid quarterly dividends to holders of our Class A Shares and Class B Shares as follows:

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Attributable to Tronox Limited

The tables below present changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

17. Noncontrolling Interest

Exxaro has a 26% ownership interest in each of our Tronox KZN Sands (Pty) Ltd. and Tronox Mineral Sands (Pty) Ltd. subsidiaries in order to comply with the ownership requirements of the Black Economic Empowerment legislation in South Africa. Exxaro is entitled to exchange this interest for approximately 3.2% in additional Class B Shares under certain circumstances. Exxaro also has a 26% ownership interest in certain of our other non-operating subsidiaries. We account for such ownership interest as “Noncontrolling interest” in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Noncontrolling interest activity was as follows:

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18. Share-Based Compensation

Compensation expense consisted of the following:

Tronox Limited Management Equity Incentive Plan

On June 15, 2012, we adopted the Tronox Limited Management Equity Incentive Plan (the “MEIP”), which permits the grant of awards that are comprised of incentive options, nonqualified options, share appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units, performance awards, and other share-based awards, cash payments, and other forms as the compensation committee of the Board in its discretion deems appropriate, including any combination of the above. Subject to further adjustment, the maximum number of shares which may be the subject of awards (inclusive of incentive options) is 12,781,225 Class A Shares.

Restricted Shares

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we granted restricted shares which vest ratably over a three-year period. These awards are classified as equity awards, and are accounted for using the fair value established at the grant date.

The following table presents a summary of activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2014:

At September 30, 2014, there was $6 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested restricted shares, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.4 years. The total fair value of restricted shares that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $3 million.

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Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”)

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we granted RSUs which have time and/or performance conditions. Both the time-based awards and the performance-based awards are classified as equity awards. The time-based awards vest ratably over a three-year period, and are valued at the weighted average grant date fair value. The performance-based awards cliff vest at the end of the three years. Included in the performance-based awards are RSUs for which vesting is determined by a Total Stockholder Return (“TSR”) calculation over the applicable measurement period. The TSR metric is considered a market condition for which we use a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the grant date fair value.

At September 30, 2014, there was $14 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested RSUs, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years. The total fair value of RSUs that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $1 million.

Options

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we granted options to purchase Class A Shares, which vest ratably over a three-year period and have a ten-year term. The following table presents a summary of activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2014:

The aggregate intrinsic values in the table represent the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between our share price at the indicated dates and the options’ exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their in-the-money options at the end of the second quarter. The amount will change based on the fair market value of our stock. Total intrinsic value of options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $1 million. We issue new shares upon the exercise of options. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we received $5 million in cash for the exercise of stock options.

At September 30, 2014, unrecognized compensation expense related to options, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, was $11 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years.

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Fair value is determined on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and is recognized in earnings on a straight-line basis over the employee service period of three years, which is the vesting period. The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model were as follows:

The fair value is based on the closing price of our Class A Shares on the grant date. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury Strips available with a maturity period consistent with the expected life assumption. The expected volatility assumption is based on historical price movements of our peer group.

T-Bucks Employee Participation Plan (“T-Bucks EPP”)

During 2012, we established the T-Bucks EPP for the benefit of certain qualifying employees of our South African subsidiaries. We funded the T-Bucks Trust (the “Trust”) with R124 million (approximately $15 million), which was used to acquire Class A Shares. Additional contributions may be made in the future at the discretion of the Board. The T-Bucks EPP is classified as an equity-settled shared-based payment plan, whereby participants were awarded share units in the Trust, which entitles them to receive Class A Shares upon completion of the vesting period on May 31, 2017. Participants are entitled to receive dividends on the shares during the vesting period. Forfeited shares are retained by the Trust, and are allocated to future participants. Compensation costs are recognized over the vesting period using the straight-line method. During 2012, the Trust purchased 548,234 Class A Shares at $25.79 per share, which was the fair value on the date of purchase. The balance at both September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was 548,234 shares.

19. Pension and Other Postretirement Healthcare Benefits