UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 4, 2009
TRONOX INCORPORATED
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
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Delaware
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001-32669
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20-2868245 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
3301 N.W. 150th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(405) 775-5000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if this Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 4.02 |
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Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or
Completed Interim Review. |
(a) As previously reported, Tronox Incorporated (the Company) was unable to file its
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, when initially due on March 16,
2009, as the Company was continuing to review, among other things, its environmental and other
contingent liability reserves. On April 13, 2009, the Company stated there were indications that
the environmental and other contingent liability reserves may have been understated. Based on the
results of its review, on May 4, 2009, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, in consultation
with and consistent with the conclusion reached by the Board of Directors, concluded that the
financial statements included in the Companys Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on
Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission should no longer be relied upon because
the Company failed to establish adequate reserves as required by applicable accounting
pronouncements. The financial statements that would be affected by any restatement related to the
methodology previously employed in establishing and maintaining the companys environmental and
other contingent reserves are the Companys previously issued financial statements for the years
ended December 31, 2005, 2006, and 2007 along with affected Selected Consolidated Financial Data
for 2003 and 2004 and the financial information for the first three
quarters of 2008.
The Company has not yet completed a review of contingency reserves related to all known sites
where the company may have environmental remediation and other related liabilities and therefore
the amount of any increase to its reserves that may need to be taken is not known at this time.
However, the adjustments will be material. The Company continues to review its environmental and
other contingent liability reserves.
The Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors have discussed the matters described
herein with the Companys independent registered public accounting firm.
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