1. GENERAL

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Certain Definitions

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For convenience in this report, the terms “Company,” “Huntsman,” “our,” “us” or “we” may be used to refer to Huntsman Corporation and, unless the context otherwise requires, its subsidiaries and predecessors. In this report, “Huntsman International” refers to Huntsman International LLC (our wholly-owned subsidiary).

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In this report, we may use, without definition, the common names of competitors or other industry participants. We may also use the common names or abbreviations for certain chemicals or products.

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Interim Financial Statements

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Our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and Huntsman International’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP” or “U.S. GAAP”) and in management’s opinion reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of results of operations, comprehensive income, financial position and cash flows for the periods presented. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of those to be expected for the full year. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes to consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for our Company and Huntsman International.

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Description of Business

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We are a global manufacturer of differentiated organic chemical products. Our products comprise a broad range of chemicals and formulations, which we market globally to a diversified group of consumer and industrial customers. Our products are used in a wide range of applications, including those in the adhesives, aerospace, automotive, construction products, personal care and hygiene, durable and non-durable consumer products, digital inks, electronics, medical, packaging, coatings and construction, power generation, refining, synthetic fiber, textile chemicals and dyes industries. We are a leading global producer in many of our key product lines, including MDI, amines, surfactants, maleic anhydride, epoxy-based polymer formulations, textile chemicals and dyes.

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We operate in four segments: Polyurethanes, Performance Products, Advanced Materials and Textile Effects. In August 2017, we separated our Titanium Dioxide and Performance Additives business (the “P&A Business”) through an initial public offering (“IPO”) of ordinary shares of Venator Materials PLC (“Venator”), formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary. Beginning in the third quarter of 2017, we reported the results of operations of Venator as discontinued operations. On December 3, 2018, we sold an additional 4% of Venator ordinary shares which allowed us to immediately deconsolidate Venator and account for our remaining ownership interest in Venator as an equity method investment using the fair value option. For more information, see “Note 4. Discontinued Operations and Business Disposition—Separation and Deconsolidation of Venator.” On August 7, 2019, we entered into an agreement to sell our chemical intermediates businesses, which includes PO/MTBE, and our surfactants businesses (collectively, our “Chemical Intermediates Businesses”), and, beginning in the third quarter of 2019, we reported the results of our Chemical Intermediates Businesses as discontinued operations. For more information, see “Note 4. Discontinued Operations and Business Dispositions—Sale of Chemical Intermediates Businesses.” In a series of transactions beginning in 2006, we sold or shut down substantially all of our Australian styrenics operations and our North American polymers and base chemicals operations. We also report the results of operations of these businesses as discontinued operations.

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Company

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Our Company, a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2004 to hold the Huntsman businesses. Jon M. Huntsman founded the predecessor to our Company in 1970 as a small packaging company. Since then, we have grown through a series of significant acquisitions and now own a global portfolio of businesses.

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Currently, we operate all of our businesses through Huntsman International, our wholly-owned subsidiary. Huntsman International is a Delaware limited liability company and was formed in 1999.

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Huntsman Corporation and Huntsman International Financial Statements

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Except where otherwise indicated, these notes relate to the condensed consolidated financial statements for both our Company and Huntsman International. The differences between our financial statements and Huntsman International’s financial statements relate primarily to the following:

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Principles of Consolidation

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Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries and any variable interest entities for which we are the primary beneficiary. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

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Reclassifications

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Certain amounts in the condensed consolidated financial statements for prior periods have been recasted for all periods presented to conform with the current presentation. These reclassifications were to record the assets and liabilities of our Chemical Intermediates Businesses as held for sale and its results of operations as discontinued operations. See “—Recent Developments” below as well as “Note 4. Discontinued Operations and Business Dispositions—Sale of Chemical Intermediates Businesses.”

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Recent Developments

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Sale of Chemical Intermediates Businesses

On August 7, 2019, we entered into an agreement with Indorama Ventures Holdings L.P. (“Indorama”) to sell our Chemical Intermediates Businesses, for a purchase price of $2.0 billion in cash plus up to approximately $76 million in net underfunded pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities. The purchase price is subject to certain closing and post-closing working capital and net indebtedness adjustments. We expect this transaction to close in early 2020. For more information, see “Note 4. Discontinued Operations and Business Dispositions—Sale of Chemical Intermediates Businesses.”

Acquisition of Remaining Interest in Sasol-Huntsman Joint Venture

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On September 30, 2019, we acquired from Sasol, our joint venture partner, the 50% noncontrolling interest that we did not own in the Sasol-Huntsman maleic anhydride joint venture. The joint venture owns a manufacturing facility in Moers, Germany with capacity to produce 230 million pounds of maleic anhydride. We paid Sasol $100 million, which included acquired cash, net of any debt, and is subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The purchase price was funded from a new 364-day term loan facility. See “Note 8. Debt—Direct and Subsidiary Debt—Term Loan Credit Facility.”

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Sale of Property in Basel, Switzerland

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In September 2011, we initiated a restructuring program in our Textile Effects segment to close its production facilities and business support offices in Basel, Switzerland. In July 2019, we sold the production facilities and business support offices in Basel. Accordingly, during the third quarter of 2019, we received proceeds of $49 million related to this sale and recognized a corresponding gain on disposal of assets of $49 million.

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Use of Estimates

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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 and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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