UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 23, 2021

TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

England and Wales
001-35573
98-1467236
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

263 Tresser Boulevard, Suite 1100
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
Laporte Road, Stallingborough
 Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN40 2PR, UK

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(203) 705-3800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of exchange on which registered
Ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share
TROX
NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐


Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

In connection with Tronox Holdings plc’s (the “Company”) acquisition in 2012 of Exxaro Resources Limited’s (“Exxaro”) mineral sands business, Exxaro was granted a “flip in” right such that following the occurrence of certain events, Exxaro could exercise a put option, or the Company could exercise a call option, whereby Exxaro exchanges its 26% shareholding in the Company’s South African operating subsidiaries which hold the Company’s material mining licenses (the “South African Subsidiaries Interest”) for an additional 7,246,035 of our ordinary shares. On November 26, 2018, the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and Exxaro entered into the Exxaro Mineral Sands Transaction Completion Agreement which amended the “flip in” rights granted to Exxaro to accelerate the occurrence of the “flip in” upon satisfaction of certain conditions, which have now been satisfied. On February 23, 2021, the Company exercised its call option to complete the “flip in” transaction, pursuant to which the Company will issue to Exxaro 7,246,035 new ordinary shares of the Company in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in exchange for Exxaro’s South African Subsidiaries Interest.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On February 23, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing a proposed secondary public offering of ordinary shares of the Company by Exxaro, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
No.
 
Description
 
Press Release, dated February 23, 2021.
104
 
Inline XBRL for the cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

   
TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
     
Date: February 23, 2021
By:
/s/ Jeffrey Neuman
   
Name:
Jeffrey Neuman
   
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


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