---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590714-24-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESI"
cik: "0001590714"
company_name: "Element Solutions Inc"
filed_at: "2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T23:05:48.557768+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Element Solutions Q4 GAAP EPS $0.32 vs $0.05 YoY; guides 2024 adj. EBITDA $510-530M

## Summary
- Full year 2023 net sales $2.33B (-8% reported); net income $118M (-37%); adjusted EBITDA $482M (-8%).
- Electronics segment Q4 sales +4% to $352M; Industrial & Specialty -6% to $221M.
- 2024 guidance: adj. EBITDA $510-530M (constant currency growth 8-12%); Q1 adj. EBITDA $120-125M.
- Syndicated $1.15B term loans; reduced gross debt ~$105M; effective interest rate ~3.3% with ~80% fixed through 2028.
- Appointed Richard Fricke as SVP Electronics and Matthew Liebowitz as EVP Strategy & Head of Industrial & Specialty.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590714-24-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESI
- cik: 0001590714
- company_name: Element Solutions Inc
- filed_at: 2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071424000039/0001590714-24-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071424000039/esi-20240213.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Element Solutions Inc updated its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 20, 2024, Element Solutions Inc ("Element Solutions") issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071424000039/0001590714-24-000039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard L. Fricke was appointed as Senior Vice President, Electronics at Element Solutions Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Electronics
  source text: On February 13, 2024, the Board of Directors of Element Solutions (the "Board") appointed Richard L. Fricke as Senior Vice President, Electronics and as an executive officer of Element Solutions, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071424000039/0001590714-24-000039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Liebowitz was appointed as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Head of Industrial & Specialty at Element Solutions Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Strategy and Head of Industrial & Specialty
  source text: On February 13, 2024, the Board also appointed Matthew Liebowitz as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Head of Industrial & Specialty and as an executive officer of Element Solutions, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071424000039/0001590714-24-000039-index.htm

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