CLAYTON, Mo., Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Olin Corporation $(OLN)$, today announced an updated outlook for the fourth quarter 2025. Olin now expects fourth quarter 2025 adjusted EBITDA to be approximately $67 million compared to the previous outlook of $110 to $130 million. Most of the earnings shortfall occurred within the Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls business, reflecting an extended planned maintenance turnaround and unplanned downtime at our Freeport, Texas operations, as well as lower-than-expected pipeline chlorine demand.
Ken Lane, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Late in the quarter, our Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls was impacted by a meaningful decline in chlorine demand as well as operational issues at our Freeport, Texas site related to a planned turnaround and interruption of raw material supply by a third party. Our Freeport, Texas site has returned to normal operations. In spite of these challenges, the Olin Team remains focused on operating our assets safely, delivering on our cost reduction targets and maintaining our disciplined value-first commercial approach."
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Olin Corporation is a leading vertically integrated global manufacturer and distributor of chemical products and a leading U.S. manufacturer of ammunition. The chemical products produced include chlorine and caustic soda, vinyls, epoxies, chlorinated organics, bleach, hydrogen, and hydrochloric acid. Winchester's principal manufacturing facilities produce and distribute sporting ammunition, law enforcement ammunition, reloading components, small caliber military ammunition and components, industrial cartridges, and clay targets.
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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
Olin's definition of Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) is net income (loss) plus an add-back for depreciation and amortization, interest expense (income), income tax expense (benefit), other expense (income), restructuring charges (income), and certain other non-recurring items. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Management believes that this measure is meaningful to investors as a supplemental financial measure to assess financial performance without regard to financing methods, capital structures, taxes, or historical cost basis. The use of non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to replace any measures of performance determined in accordance with GAAP and Adjusted EBITDA presented may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
Reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are omitted from this release because Olin is unable to provide such reconciliations without the use of unreasonable efforts. This inability results from the inherent difficulty in forecasting generally and quantifying certain projected amounts that are necessary for such reconciliations. In particular, sufficient information is not available to calculate certain adjustments required for such reconciliations, including interest expense (income), income tax expense (benefit), other expense (income) and restructuring charges (income).
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This communication includes forward-looking statements. These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on management's beliefs, certain assumptions made by management, forecasts of future results, and current expectations, estimates and projections about the markets and economy in which we and our various segments operate. The statements contained in this communication that are not statements of historical fact may include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
The updated fourth quarter 2025 outlook included in this press release is preliminary, unaudited and subject to completion, and may change as a result of management's continued review, is subject to the finalization of quarter-end financial and accounting procedure and represents management estimates that constitute forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties. We have used the words "anticipate," "intend, " "may," "expect," "believe," "should," "plan," "outlook," "project," "estimate," "forecast," "optimistic," "target," and variations of such words and similar expressions in this communication to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those matters expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.
The risks, uncertainties and assumptions involved in our forward-looking statements, many of which are discussed in more detail in our filings with the SEC, including without limitation the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports furnished or filed with the SEC, include, but are not limited to, the following:
Business, Industry and Operational Risks
-- sensitivity to economic, business and market conditions in the United
States and overseas, including economic instability or a downturn in the
sectors served by us;
-- declines in average selling prices for our products and the supply/demand
balance for our products, including the impact of excess industry
capacity or an imbalance in demand for our chlor alkali products;
-- unsuccessful execution of our operating model, which prioritizes
Electrochemical Unit (ECU) margins over sales volumes;
-- failure to control costs and inflation impacts or failure to achieve
targeted cost reductions;
-- our reliance on a limited number of suppliers for specified feedstock and
services and our reliance on third-party transportation;
-- availability of and/or higher-than-expected costs of raw material, energy,
transportation, and/or logistics;
-- the occurrence of unexpected manufacturing interruptions and outages,
including those occurring as a result of labor disruptions and production
hazards;
-- exposure to physical risks associated with climate-related events or
increased severity and frequency of severe weather events;
-- the failure or an interruption, including cyber-attacks, of our
information technology systems;
-- risks associated with our international sales and operations, including
economic, political or regulatory changes;
-- failure to identify, attract, develop, retain and motivate qualified
employees throughout the organization and ability to manage executive
officer and other key senior management transitions;
-- our inability to complete future acquisitions or joint venture
transactions or successfully integrate them into our business;
-- adverse conditions in the credit and capital markets, limiting or
preventing our ability to borrow or raise capital;
-- weak industry conditions affecting our ability to comply with the
financial maintenance covenants in our senior credit facility;
-- our indebtedness and debt service obligations;
-- the effects of any declines in global equity markets on asset values and
any declines in interest rates or other significant assumptions used to
value the liabilities in, and funding of, our pension plans;
-- our long-range plan assumptions not being realized, causing a non-cash
impairment charge of long-lived assets;
Legal, Environmental and Regulatory Risks
-- changes in, or failure to comply with, legislation or government
regulations or policies, including changes regarding our ability to
manufacture or use certain products and changes within the international
markets in which we operate;
-- new regulations or public policy changes regarding the transportation of
hazardous chemicals and the security of chemical manufacturing
facilities;
-- unexpected outcomes from legal or regulatory claims and proceedings;
-- costs and other expenditures in excess of those projected for
environmental investigation and remediation or other legal proceedings;
-- various risks associated with our Lake City U.S. Army Ammunition Plant
contract and performance under other governmental contracts; and
-- failure to effectively manage environmental, social and governance issues
and related regulations, including climate change and sustainability.
All of our forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these factors. In addition, other risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we consider immaterial could affect the accuracy of our forward-looking statements.
2026-02
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