# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001705682
**File Stem:** 0001104659-23-002770
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 6546
**Document Hash:** 59ec69ff09f8fcd8acac8632c0120013
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-23-002770.hdr.sgml**: 20230110

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-23-002770

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230110

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230110

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230110

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Venator Materials PLC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001705682
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 981373159
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-38176
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23521670

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** TITANIUM HOUSE, HANZARD DRIVE
- **CITY:** WYNYARD PARK, STOCKTON-ON-TEES
- **STATE:** X0
- **ZIP:** TS22 5FD
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 44 (0) 1740 608 001

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** TITANIUM HOUSE, HANZARD DRIVE
- **CITY:** WYNYARD PARK, STOCKTON-ON-TEES
- **STATE:** X0
- **ZIP:** TS22 5FD

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, DC 20549**

**Form 6-K**

**REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE <br> ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-<br> 16 OR 15d-16**

**UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the month of January 2023**

**Commission File Number 001-38176**

**Venator Materials PLC**

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

**England and Wales**

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

**Titanium House, Hanzard Drive, Wynyard Park Stockton-On-Tees, TS22 5FD,<br> United Kingdom**

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: ⌧ Form 20-F ◻ Form 40-F

On January 10, 2023, Venator Materials PLC issued the statement furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description of Exhibits** |
| [99.1](tm233030d1_ex99-1.htm) | [Statement dated January 10, 2023](tm233030d1_ex99-1.htm) |

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**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.

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| VENATOR MATERIALS PLC |
| /s/ SEAN PETTEY |
| Assistant Secretary |

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Dated: January 10, 2023

## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

January 10, 2023

Venator Materials PLC (the "Company" or "Venator") (NYSE: VNTR) today issued the following statement regarding the letter published by J&T MS 1 SICAV ("J&T").

We maintain a regular and open dialogue with our shareholders and welcome their input. Members of our Board and management team have been working to engage in constructive conversations with J&T for several months and proactively scheduled a meeting recently with J&T to better understand its views. Beyond its demand for Board seats, J&T has yet to offer any concrete thesis or recommendations.

Venator is navigating unprecedented headwinds of macroeconomic uncertainty, low consumer confidence, weak demand, record high energy prices and other inflationary costs. In response, the Company has taken a number of recent actions including: 1) implementing a $50 million cost reduction program, 2) closing a sale-leaseback transaction for a Color Pigments manufacturing site for $51 million, and 3) entering into a definitive agreement to divest the iron oxide business from within the Color Pigments business to Cathay Industries for an enterprise value of $140 million.

We have been working hard on a path forward to address the near-term challenges of our business in this macroeconomic environment to position Venator for long-term success. We will update the market as soon as possible.

**Forward-Looking Statements:**

*This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future revenue or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs, plans or intentions relating to acquisitions, divestitures or strategic transactions, including the sale of the iron oxide business from within the Color Pigments business to Cathay Industries, business trends and any other information that is not historical information. When used in this press release, the words "estimates," "expects," "anticipates," "likely," "projects," "outlook," "plans," "intends," "believes," "forecasts," or future or conditional verbs, such as "will," "should," "could" or "may," and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, management's examination of historical operating trends and data, are based upon our current expectations and various assumptions and beliefs. In particular, such forward-looking statements are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances and involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company's operations, markets, products, prices and other factors as discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Significant risks and uncertainties may relate to, but are not limited to, ongoing impact of COVID-19 on our operations and financial results, volatile global economic conditions, cyclical and volatile product markets, disruptions in production at manufacturing facilities, timing of proposed transactions, reorganization or restructuring of the Company's operations, including any delay of, or other negative developments affecting the ability to implement cost reductions and manufacturing optimization improvements in the Company's businesses and to realize anticipated cost savings, and other financial, operational, economic, competitive, environmental, political, legal, regulatory and technological factors. Any forward-looking statement should be considered in light of the risk factors contained in the Company's SEC filings available at www.sec.gov, including the Company's most recent annual report on Form 20-F and quarterly reports on Form 6-K and such reports that are subsequently filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.*