Company: KRO
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001257640-25-000009
Chunk: 47

Company: KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 47
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| ● | the benefits of our participation in the risk management program include, among others, (a) greater spread of risk among the companies participating in the risk management program provides us with the ability to obtain broader coverage, with strong/solvent underwriters, at a reduced cost as compared to the coverage and cost that would be available if we were to purchase insurance on a stand-alone basis, (b) the ability to obtain centralized premium and claims reporting, and (c) the ability to have access to experienced risk management personnel, including in the areas of loss controls and claims processing. |

As part of such presentations, our chief financial officer, after consultation with other members of our management, advised the committee of his belief that our participation in the risk management program, including the allocation of its costs among us and the other entities participating in the risk management program, is fair and reasonable to us, and is on terms no less favorable than we could otherwise obtain from unrelated parties. He then provided the committee with his recommendation that the committee reapprove, adopt and ratify our participation in the risk management program in all respects. After considering the information contained in the presentations, including the recommendation of our chief financial officer, and following further discussion and review by the audit committee, our audit committee determined that our participation in the risk management program is fair and reasonable to us, and is on terms no less favorable than we could otherwise obtain from unrelated parties, in each case based on the collective business judgment and experience of members of the committee, and the committee reapproved, adopted and ratified our participation in the risk management program in all respects. Tax Matters . We and our qualifying subsidiaries are members of the consolidated U.S. federal tax return of which Contran is the parent company, which we refer to as the “Contran Tax Group.” We are also a party to a tax sharing agreement with Contran and Valhi. As a member of the Contran Tax Group and pursuant to the tax sharing agreement, we and our qualifying subsidiaries compute our provision for U.S. income taxes on a separate company basis using tax elections made by Contran. Pursuant to the tax sharing agreement and using tax elections made by Contran, we make payments to or receive payments from Valhi in amounts we would have paid to or received from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service had we not been a member of the Contran Tax Group but instead had been a separate taxpayer. Refunds are limited to amounts previously paid under the tax sharing agreement. We and our qualifying