Jeff Zekauskas

“Your cash flows were very strong this quarter, but it's a little difficult to tell, you know, if there are taxes that need to be paid or if working capital really needs to move up toward the end of the year.”

“A two-part question, one about the present, one about the future. In the quarter, what was the currency benefit to EBIT year over year? And you speak about getting ahead of raw material cost inflation, but you, you know, you do sell to the auto OEM industry.”

“In the titanium dioxide segment, you know, actually your revenues in North America and in Europe were flat to up. The issue was in Asia, where for the year, your revenues went from, you know, roughly 660 to 465.”

“Your food ingredients, EBITDA and operating income, dropped off pretty sharply in the fourth quarter, and I think you said that the price trends are negative. So given a slow volume growth environment, is the case that operating income and EBITDA for that business next year is higher or lower?”

“Your cash flow from operations was a billion. And in reading your slides, I guess slide 13, it looks like you got $450 from long-term supply agreements and $250 from divestitures.”