---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-061056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CC"
cik: "0001627223"
company_name: "Chemours Co"
filed_at: "2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T01:34:58.792632+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chemours: senior management delayed payables, accelerated receivables to meet cash targets; material weaknesses expected

## Summary
- Senior management placed on administrative leave for delaying vendor payments from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and accelerating receivables into Q4 2023 to meet free cash flow targets.
- Audit Committee found violations of Code of Ethics for lack of transparency with Board; similar but lesser actions taken in Q4 2022.
- Preliminary FY2023 unaudited results unaffected; cash and equivalents $1.8B ($1.2B unrestricted) as of Dec 31, 2023.
- Company expects to report material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as of Dec 31, 2023, including tone at the top and hotline controls.
- Anonymous hotline report not escalated to General Counsel or Audit Committee until year-end external audit process; inadequate controls identified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-061056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CC
- cik: 0001627223
- company_name: Chemours Co
- filed_at: 2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000119312524061056/0001193125-24-061056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000119312524061056/d806416d8k.htm

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