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| INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED COMPANIES | INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED COMPANIES
(1) Mainly related to dividends from Unigal Usiminas Ltda. and MRS Logística S.A. The principal investments in non-consolidated companies, all of which are unlisted, are:
(a)Techgen S.A. de C.V. Techgen is a Mexican natural gas-fired combined cycle electric power plant in the Pesquería area of the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. The company started producing energy on December 1, 2016, and is fully operational. As of February 2017, Ternium, Tenaris, and Tecpetrol International S.A. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of San Faustin S.A., the controlling shareholder of both Ternium and Tenaris) completed their investments in Techgen. Techgen is currently owned 48% by Ternium, 30% by Tecpetrol and 22% by Tenaris. Ternium and Tenaris also agreed to enter into power supply and transportation agreements with Techgen, pursuant to which Ternium and Tenaris will contract 78% and 22%, respectively, of Techgen’s power capacity of 900 megawatts. Techgen stated in its unaudited annual accounts, prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards (International Financial Reporting Standards), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, that revenues amounted to $423 million ($253 million as of December 31, 2024), net profit from continuing operations to $64 million ($27 million as of December 31, 2024), non-current assets to $676 million ($692 million as of December 31, 2024), current assets to $92 million ($104 million as of December 31, 2024), non-current liabilities to $1 million ($415 million as of December 31, 2024), current liabilities to $431 million ($109 million as of December 31, 2024) and shareholders’ equity to $336 million ($272 million as of December 31, 2024). During 2017 and 2016, Techgen’s shareholders made additional investments in Techgen, in the form of subordinated loans, which in the case of Ternium amounted to $151.3 million as of December 31, 2025, and which are due in June 2026. 14. INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED COMPANIES (continued) On February 2019, Techgen S.A. de C.V. entered into syndicated loan agreement with HSBC Mexico, Natixis, Credit Agricole, BNP, Santander, Intesa SP and Norinchukin (the “Syndicated Loan”), according to the following terms: (i) Libor + 170 bps; (ii) maturity on February 13, 2026; (iii) average life 4.30 years; and (iv) guaranteed by: assets, shares, a debt service reserve account - which represents 10% of the outstanding amount- and the fix capacity charge cash-flow. On August 5, 2021, Ternium Investments completed the purchase of a participation in this Syndicated Loan for an amount of $68 million. As of December 31, 2025, the outstanding syndicated loan amount was of $82 million and Ternium Investments’ participation was of $17 million. For commitments from Ternium in connection with Techgen, see note 25. (b) Unigal Usiminas Ltda. Unigal is a Brazilian joint venture with a plant located in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, between Usiminas and Nippon Steel Corporation, which hold 70% and 30% ownership interest, respectively. The main activity of this joint venture is the transformation of cold-rolled coils, provided only by Usiminas, into hot-dipped galvanized coils. The plant has a galvanizing production capacity of 1,030 million tons per year. The control of Unigal is shared between the partners, as provided for in the shareholders’ agreement. Unigal stated in its unaudited annual accounts, prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards (International Financial Reporting Standards), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, that revenues amounted to $67 million ($68 million as of December 31, 2024), net profit from continuing operations to $27 million ($28 million as of December 31, 2024), non-current assets to $140 million ($126 million as of December 31, 2024), current assets to $37 million ($35 million as of December 31, 2024), non-current liabilities to $43 million ($38 million as of December 31, 2024), current liabilities to $10 million ($9 million as of December 31, 2024) and shareholders’ equity to $125 million ($114 million as of December 31, 2024). (c) MRS Logística S.A. MRS Logística is a Brazilian railway cargo operator and logistics services provider that manages a 1,634 km network in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, a region that concentrates about half of the Brazilian GDP. Usiminas holds a 11.48% ownership interest, along with CSN (18.6%), Congonhas Minérios (18.6%), Vale (10.9%), Gerdau (1.3%) and a wide group of small investors (6.5%). These companies, through a shareholders’ agreement, constitute, through representatives, the Board of Directors, which is responsible, among other duties, for this company’s overall strategic direction, for the decision on most significant investments and for the health and longevity of the organization. MRS Logística stated in its unaudited consolidated annual accounts, prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards (International Financial Reporting Standards), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, that revenues amounted to $1,357 million ($1,304 million as of December 31, 2024), net profit from continuing operations to $279 million ($263 million as of December 31, 2024), non-current assets to $3,516 million ($2,461 million as of December 31, 2024), current assets to $1,008 million ($868 million as of December 31, 2024), non-current liabilities to $2,297 million ($1,576 million as of December 31, 2024), current liabilities to $588 million ($547 million as of December 31, 2024) and shareholders’ equity to $1,639 million ($1,206 million as of December 31, 2024).
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