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Case documents associated with Tronox Bankruptcy Settlement

Under a consent decree and settlement agreement, which was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and became effective February 14, 2011, Tronox Incorporated (“Tronox”) agreed to resolve its environmental liabilities with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), other federal, state, and local agencies, and the Navajo Nation (collectively, the “Governments”) relating to numerous contaminated sites around the country. The Governments and certain bankruptcy-created trusts listed below receive, among other consideration as part of the settlement, $270 million and 88 percent of Tronox’s interest in a pending fraudulent conveyance litigation. Additional information is available on the Tronox bankruptcy settlement case summary web page.

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