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Long-term Employee Benefits
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Retirement Benefits, Description [Abstract]  
Long-term Employee Benefits

Note 21. Long-term Employee Benefits

 

Chemours sponsors defined benefit pension plans for certain of its employees in various jurisdictions outside of the U.S. The Company’s net periodic pension cost is based on estimated values and the use of assumptions about the discount rate, expected return on plan assets, and the rate of future compensation increases received by its employees.

 

The following table sets forth the Company’s net periodic pension cost and amounts recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Service cost

 

$

(2

)

 

$

(2

)

 

$

(4

)

 

$

(4

)

Interest cost

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(6

)

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

11

 

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

 

—

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

—

 

 

 

(2

)

Amortization of prior service gain

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

1

 

Settlement gain

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

Total net periodic pension cost

 

$

1

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

—

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) gain

 

$

—

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

—

 

Prior service cost

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

 

—

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

2

 

Amortization of prior service gain

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

(1

)

Recognition of settlement gain

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

Curtailment gain

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

Effect of foreign exchange rates

 

 

—

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(8

)

Benefit (cost) recognized in other comprehensive income

 

 

—

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(7

)

Total changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive income

 

$

1

 

 

$

(5

)

 

$

2

 

 

$

(7

)

 

The Company made cash contributions of $0 and $3 to its defined benefit pension plans during each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, and $4 and $8 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. Contributions for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, were net of a receipt of $3 of qualifying funding ratio premium discount for the defined benefit plan in the Netherlands. The Company expects to make additional cash contributions of $1 to its defined benefit pension plans during the remainder of 2026.