INEOS Quattro (USD) 2Q26 Results And Notes From The Call

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INEOS Quattro (USD) 2Q26 Results And Notes From The Call

J P M O R G A N North America Credit Research

30 July 2026

Neutral

INEOS Quattro (USD) STYRO

2Q26 Results And Notes From The Call Moody's:S&P: B3B Outlook:Outlook: NEGNEG

The above agency ratings are at the corporate level

North America Corporate Credit -

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a Chemicals and Energy (HY)

large matter. Quattro’s 2Q results were somewhat soft overall, with investor AC Aaron Rosenthal, CFA

attention primarily focused on the adj. EBITDA result when adjusting for

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inventory holding impacts. Note that the quarterly cash burn figure captured a aaron.rosenthal@jpmorgan.com

larger than previously anticipated working capital build of €284 million. The €200 Elle Boyd

million investment in public chemicals equities revealed in the slides this morning (1-212) 270-7283

was surprising. INEGRP’s investment was previously disclosed. It is somewhat elle.boyd@jpmchase.com

curious that the magnitude of this investment matched the €200 million J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

shareholder contribution from earlier this year (that was expected to be allocated

towards debt repayment). The quarterly filing revealed a ~€55 million MTM loss

on the equity investment (INEGRP’s MTM equity investment loss ~€57 million).

The capital allocation decision (and timing) was less than ideal from a credit

perspective, but the remaining amount (and any potential gains) theoretically are

still available to retire debt. We view the announcement regarding expectations for

near-term updates on E.U. ADDs on PVC imports (potential for preliminary duties,

including retroactive duties, by YE26) as the most material takeaway from the 103-

minute conference call.