[10-Q] Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Quarterly Earnings Report

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Q2-25 10-Q key takeaways: Net sales rose 6 % YoY to $823.1 m while operating income improved to $38.0 m (+5 %). Net income climbed 23 % to $23.2 m; diluted EPS reached $1.41 versus $1.15. For the first six months, sales were $1.60 bn (+6 %), net income $44.8 m (+21 %) and EPS $2.72.

Gross profit held at 12.2 % of revenue; SG&A stayed roughly flat. Restructuring charges collapsed to $0.1 m from $6.8 m as the 2024 Sherman, TX exit wound down; the new 2025 cost-reduction plan has generated $1.9 m YTD (projected $2-3 m total).

Operating cash flow fell 19 % to $72.9 m, trailing cap-ex of $81.8 m and producing negative free cash flow. Cash on hand shrank to $13.1 m; $32.8 m was drawn on the $575 m revolver, lifting long-term debt to $1.08 bn and pushing net leverage near 6× annualised EBITDA.

The firm shifted from LIFO to weighted-average cost inventory accounting, applied retrospectively, boosting retained earnings and comparability. Derivative hedges added a $2.5 m COGS benefit and lifted AOCI to $27.2 m.

Stockholders’ equity expanded to $776 m despite $25.7 m of dividends ($0.77/sh each quarter). Environmental accruals total $18.2 m with a possible $13.4 m additional exposure. No guidance was provided.

Insights

Senior Equity Analyst

TL;DR – Solid top-line and EPS growth, but liquidity tight and leverage edging higher.

Revenue and EPS beat simple YoY comps thanks to pass-through metal pricing and sharply lower restructuring costs. Core conversion margins were stable, indicating decent demand across aerospace and packaging segments despite macro uncertainty. However, negative free cash flow, a 29 % drop in cash and revolver usage highlight waning liquidity. With net debt/EBITDA around 6×, sustained dividend payouts and elevated cap-ex could pressure credit metrics if volumes soften. Inventory method change flatters retained earnings but is non-cash. Overall, fundamentals trend positive but balance-sheet risk deserves close monitoring.

Portfolio Manager

TL;DR – Earnings up, cash down; watch hedging tailwinds and cap-ex drag.

KALU delivered double-digit EPS growth aided by hedging gains ($2.5 m) and accounting changes. Yet operating cash conversion slipped to 9 % of sales and FCF turned negative as cap-ex accelerated, largely at Warrick and Trentwood. Incremental revolver borrowings are modest but suggest limited buffer after dividends. Environmental liabilities remain manageable, though tail risk ($13 m) exists. Without guidance, investors will key on volume/mix trends and post-hedge margins to justify the 3.8 % dividend yield against rising leverage.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission File Number: 1-09447

KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		94-3030279
(State of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1550 West McEwen Drive, Suite 500
Franklin, Tennessee		37067
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(629) 252-7040

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share	KALU	Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☒		Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐		Smaller reporting company	☐
			Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of July 21, 2025, there were 16,177,956 shares of common stock of the registrant outstanding.

COMMONLY USED OR DEFINED TERMS

Term	Definition
Adjusted EBITDA	Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization adjusted for non-run-rate items
Aero/HS Products	2000, 7000 and certain 6000 series alloys products used in the Aerospace, Defense, Space and other end markets requiring high strength applications
Alloy(s)	Certain metals such as copper, zinc, magnesium, manganese and silicon added to primary aluminum to obtain certain attributes
AOCI	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
ASU	Accounting Standards Update
Automotive Extrusions	6000 series extruded aluminum products used in automotive applications
COGS	Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization
FIFO	First-in, first-out inventory valuation methodology
Form 10-Q	This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
GAAP	United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GE Products	6000 series alloys products used in the General Engineering end markets
LIFO	Last-in, first-out inventory valuation methodology
LME	London Metal Exchange
Metal Price Lag	Metal price lag represents management’s estimate of the financial impact resulting from the timing difference between aluminum prices included within Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal and the weighted average market price for aluminum during the period, based on MWTP (defined below), multiplied by our shipment volume during the periods. Metal price lag will generally increase our earnings in times of rising primary aluminum prices and decrease our earnings in times of declining primary aluminum prices.
MWTP	Midwest Transaction Price is equal to the LME aluminum price plus a Midwest premium
Newark	Kaiser Aluminum manufacturing facility located in Heath, Ohio, a suburb of Newark, Ohio
OPEB	Other Post Employment Benefits (Refer to Note 3 – Employee Benefits)
Packaging	3000 and 5000 series alloys products used in the beverage and food packaging end markets
Revolving Credit Facility	Revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the other financial institutions party thereto
Salaried VEBA	Salaried Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (Refer to Note 3 – Employee Benefits)
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
Senior Notes	Collectively, the fixed-rate unsecured notes we issued during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2021 at the following interest rates and aggregate principal amounts, respectively: (i) 4.625% and $500.0 million; and (ii) 4.50% and $550.0 million
Term SOFR	Forward looking term rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate
Trentwood	Kaiser Aluminum manufacturing facility located in Spokane Valley, Washington
WAC	Weighted average cost inventory valuation methodology
Warrick	Kaiser Aluminum manufacturing facility located in Newburgh, Indiana, in the county of Warrick

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
Item 1. Financial Statements		1
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		28
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		38
Item 4. Controls and Procedures		39
PART II
Item 1. Legal Proceedings		40
Item 1A. Risk Factors		40
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		40
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities		40
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures		40
Item 5. Other Information		40
Item 6. Exhibits		41
SIGNATURES		42

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

		As of June 30, 2025				As of December 31, 2024 As Adjusted1
		(In millions of dollars, except share and per share amounts)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	13.1			$	18.4
Receivables:
Trade receivables, net			378.7				319.7
Other			39.1				22.2
Contract assets			69.1				73.4
Inventories			595.6				601.9
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			55.0				39.0
Total current assets			1,150.6				1,074.6
Property, plant and equipment, net			1,204.9				1,161.2
Operating lease assets			24.8				27.2
Deferred tax assets, net			2.6				4.0
Intangible assets, net			43.2				45.5
Goodwill			18.8				18.8
Other assets			67.9				78.6
Total assets		$	2,512.8			$	2,409.9
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	317.8			$	266.9
Accrued salaries, wages and related expenses			53.3				54.3
Other accrued liabilities			55.1				79.3
Total current liabilities			426.2				400.5
Long-term portion of operating lease liabilities			23.5				25.2
Pension and OPEB			71.2				71.4
Deferred tax liabilities			55.9				44.1
Long-term liabilities			84.8				84.0
Long-term debt, net			1,075.2				1,041.6
Total liabilities			1,736.8				1,666.8
Commitments and contingencies – Note 7
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, 5,000,000 shares authorized at both June 30, 2025 and    December 31, 2024; no shares were issued and outstanding at    June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024			—				—
Common stock, par value $0.01, 90,000,000 shares authorized at both    June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024; 23,013,025 shares issued and    16,177,739 shares outstanding at June 30, 2025; 22,931,184 shares    issued and 16,095,898 shares outstanding at December 31, 2024			0.2				0.2
Additional paid in capital			1,124.1				1,117.0
Retained earnings			100.4				81.3
Treasury stock, at cost, 6,835,286 shares at both June 30, 2025 and    December 31, 2024			(475.9	)			(475.9	)
AOCI			27.2				20.5
Total stockholders’ equity			776.0				743.1
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$	2,512.8			$	2,409.9

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

The accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME (UNAUDITED)

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024 As Adjusted1				2025				2024 As Adjusted1
		(In millions of dollars, except share and per share amounts)
Net sales		$	823.1			$	773.4			$	1,600.5			$	1,510.9
Costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization			722.8				669.8				1,396.2				1,321.1
Depreciation and amortization			29.6				29.0				59.6				57.8
Selling, general, administrative, research and development			32.6				31.6				63.4				64.2
Restructuring costs			0.1				6.8				1.9				6.9
Other operating charges, net			—				—				—				0.4
Total costs and expenses			785.1				737.2				1,521.1				1,450.4
Operating income			38.0				36.2				79.4				60.5
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense			(12.5	)			(11.1	)			(23.7	)			(22.6	)
Other income (expense), net – Note 9			4.4				(0.5	)			3.0				10.4
Income before income taxes			29.9				24.6				58.7				48.3
Income tax provision			(6.7	)			(5.7	)			(13.9	)			(11.2	)
Net income		$	23.2			$	18.9			$	44.8			$	37.1
Net income per common share:
Basic		$	1.44			$	1.18			$	2.77			$	2.31
Diluted		$	1.41			$	1.15			$	2.72			$	2.27
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic			16,160				16,072				16,138				16,050
Diluted			16,479				16,398				16,457				16,321

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

The accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024 As Adjusted1				2025				2024 As Adjusted1
		(In millions of dollars)								(In millions of dollars)
Net income		$	23.2			$	18.9			$	44.8			$	37.1
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax – Note 8:
Defined benefit plans			0.4				(0.1	)			0.5				(0.6	)
Cash flow hedges			3.7				3.3				6.2				1.7
Other comprehensive income, net of tax			4.1				3.2				6.7				1.1
Comprehensive income		$	27.3			$	22.1			$	51.5			$	38.2

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

The accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

Six Months Ended June 30, 2025

		Common Shares Outstanding1				Common Stock				Additional Paid in Capital				Retained Earnings				Treasury Stock				AOCI				Total
		(In millions of dollars, except share and per share amounts)
BALANCE, December 31, 2024, as adjusted2			16,095,898			$	0.2			$	1,117.0			$	81.3			$	(475.9	)		$	20.5			$	743.1
Net income			—				—				—				21.6				—				—				21.6
Other comprehensive income, net of tax			—				—				—				—				—				2.6				2.6
Common shares issued (including impacts from    Long-Term Incentive programs)			84,115				—				—				—				—				—				—
Cancellation of shares to cover tax withholdings    upon common shares issued			(25,637	)			—				(1.8	)			—				—				—				(1.8	)
Cash dividends declared3			—				—				—				(12.9	)			—				—				(12.9	)
Amortization of unearned equity compensation			—				—				4.2				—				—				—				4.2
BALANCE, March 31, 2025			16,154,376			$	0.2			$	1,119.4			$	90.0			$	(475.9	)		$	23.1			$	756.8
Net income			—				—				—				23.2				—				—				23.2
Other comprehensive income, net of tax			—				—				—				—				—				4.1				4.1
Common shares issued (including impacts from    Long-Term Incentive programs)			23,582				—				0.4				—				—				—				0.4
Cancellation of shares to cover tax withholdings    upon common shares issued			(219	)			—				—				—				—				—				—
Cash dividends declared2			—				—				—				(12.8	)			—				—				(12.8	)
Amortization of unearned equity compensation			—				—				4.3				—				—				—				4.3
BALANCE, June 30, 2025			16,177,739			$	0.2			$	1,124.1			$	100.4			$	(475.9	)		$	27.2			$	776.0

1.At June 30, 2025, 442,607 shares were available for awards under the Kaiser Aluminum Corporation 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated.

2.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

3.Dividends declared per common share were $0.77 for the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025.

The accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY CONTINUED (UNAUDITED)

Six Months Ended June 30, 2024

		Common Shares Outstanding				Common Stock				Additional Paid in Capital				Retained Earnings As Adjusted1				Treasury Stock				AOCI				Total As Adjusted1
		(In millions of dollars, except share and per share amounts)
BALANCE, December 31, 2023			16,015,791			$	0.2			$	1,104.7			$	10.1			$	(475.9	)		$	13.1			$	652.2
Cumulative effect of change in inventory valuation methodology, net of tax			—				—				—				56.2				—				—				56.2
Net income			—				—				—				18.2				—				—				18.2
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax			—				—				—				—				—				(2.1	)			(2.1	)
Common shares issued (including impacts from    Long-Term Incentive programs)			56,416				—				—				—				—				—				—
Cancellation of shares to cover tax withholdings    upon common shares issued			(16,175	)			—				(1.2	)			—				—				—				(1.2	)
Cash dividends declared2			—				—				—				(12.6	)			—				—				(12.6	)
Amortization of unearned equity compensation			—				—				4.0				—				—				—				4.0
BALANCE, March 31, 2024, as adjusted1			16,056,032			$	0.2			$	1,107.5			$	71.9			$	(475.9	)		$	11.0			$	714.7
Net income			—				—				—				18.9				—				—				18.9
Other comprehensive income, net of tax			—				—				—				—				—				3.2				3.2
Common shares issued (including impacts from    Long-Term Incentive programs)			38,143				—				0.5				—				—				—				0.5
Cancellation of shares to cover tax withholdings    upon common shares issued			(7,063	)			—				(0.6	)			—				—				—				(0.6	)
Cash dividends declared1			—				—				—				(12.7	)			—				—				(12.7	)
Amortization of unearned equity compensation			—				—				3.6				—				—				—				3.6
BALANCE, June 30, 2024, as adjusted1			16,087,112			$	0.2			$	1,111.0			$	78.1			$	(475.9	)		$	14.2			$	727.6

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

2.Dividends declared per common share were $0.77 for the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024.

The accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024 As Adjusted1
		(In millions of dollars)
Cash flows from operating activities2:
Net income		$	44.8			$	37.1
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment			57.3				55.5
Amortization of definite-lived intangible assets			2.3				2.3
Amortization of debt premium and debt issuance costs			1.1				1.1
Deferred income taxes			11.2				9.3
Non-cash equity compensation			8.9				8.1
Non-cash asset impairment charge3			—				3.6
Non-cash unrealized loss on derivative positions			—				2.2
Loss on disposition of property, plant and equipment			1.0				0.5
Bad debt expense			—				0.3
Non-cash postretirement and postemployment defined benefit plan cost			4.8				4.3
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade and other receivables			(75.9	)			(46.2	)
Contract assets			4.3				(5.2	)
Inventories			6.3				14.8
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			(6.7	)			(10.9	)
Accounts payable			45.7				16.1
Accrued liabilities			(26.0	)			(3.4	)
Annual variable cash contributions to Salaried VEBA			(0.7	)			(1.1	)
Long-term assets and liabilities, net			(5.5	)			1.2
Net cash provided by operating activities			72.9				89.6
Cash flows from investing activities2:
Capital expenditures			(81.8	)			(73.7	)
Purchase of equity securities			(0.4	)			(0.1	)
Proceeds from sale of equity securities			0.1				0.2
Proceeds from disposition of property, plant and equipment			0.2				—
Net cash used in investing activities			(81.9	)			(73.6	)
Cash flows from financing activities2:
Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility			217.6				—
Repayment of borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility			(184.8	)			—
Repayment of finance lease			(1.3	)			(0.9	)
Cancellation of shares to cover tax withholdings upon common shares issued			(1.8	)			(1.8	)
Cash dividends and dividend equivalents paid			(25.7	)			(25.3	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			4.0				(28.0	)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash during the period			(5.0	)			(12.0	)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period			37.9				100.7
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period		$	32.9			$	88.7

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

2.See Note 12 for supplemental cash flow information.

3.Non-cash asset impairment charge for the six months ended June 30, 2024 is comprised of: (i) a $3.2 million inventory write-down related to certain alloying metals and (ii) a $0.4 million impairment charge on land held for sale.

The accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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NOTES TO INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - UNAUDITED

NOTES INDEX

Note 1		Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements	8
Note 2		Supplemental Balance Sheet Information	10
Note 3		Employee Benefits	11
Note 4		Restructuring	12
Note 5		Derivatives, Hedging Programs and Other Financial Instruments	13
Note 6		Debt and Credit Facility	16
Note 7		Commitments and Contingencies	18
Note 8		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	20
Note 9		Other Income (Expense), Net	21
Note 10		Income Tax Matters	21
Note 11		Earnings Per Share	22
Note 12		Supplemental Cash Flow Information	23
Note 13		Business, Product, and Geographical Area Information	23
Note 14		Change in Accounting Principle	25
Note 15		Subsequent Events	27

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NOTES TO INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – UNAUDITED

1. Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

This Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in these notes to interim consolidated financial statements - unaudited to “Kaiser,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company” and “our Company” refer collectively to Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of our wholly owned subsidiaries and are prepared in accordance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC applicable for interim periods and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. We have reclassified certain items in prior periods to conform to current classifications. The results of operations for our interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be achieved for the entire 2025 fiscal year. The financial information as of December 31, 2024 is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, except for the change in accounting principle disclosed in Note 14 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities known to exist as of the date the financial statements are published and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Uncertainties with respect to such estimates and assumptions are inherent in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements; accordingly, it is possible that the actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions, which could have a material effect on the reported amounts of our consolidated financial position and results of operations.

Change in Accounting Principle. Effective January 1, 2025, the Company changed its inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC for its finished products, work-in-process, and raw material inventories. This change is preferable because the Company believes that it improves the comparability of the Company's operational results between periods by removing LIFO income or charge in a period resulting from LIFO valuation and changes to historical LIFO layers. Additionally, the Company believes that the new valuation methodology better reflects the physical flow of goods and simplifies the financial close process by utilizing the WAC valuation methodology for all internal and external reporting purposes. The effects of this change have been retrospectively applied to all prior periods presented. See Note 14 for additional information regarding the change in inventory valuation methodology.

Accounting Pronouncements Issued But Not Yet Adopted

Disclosure Improvements. In October 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2023-06 (“ASU 2023-06”), Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. The guidance amends GAAP to reflect updates and simplifications to certain disclosure requirements referred to the FASB by the SEC. The amendments in ASU 2023-06 will become effective on the date which the SEC’s removal of the related disclosure becomes effective. If by June 30, 2027, the SEC does not remove the related disclosure, the pending amendment will be removed from ASC 2023-06 and it will not be effective. Adoption of ASU 2023-06 is expected to modify the disclosure and presentation requirements only and is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Income Taxes. In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09 (“ASU 2023-09”), Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The guidance is intended to improve income tax disclosure requirements by requiring: (i) consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and (ii) the disaggregation of income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The guidance makes several other changes to the annual income tax disclosure requirements. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted, and is required to be applied prospectively with the option of retrospective application. We plan to adopt the provisions of ASU 2023-09 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 and do not expect this ASU to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03 (“ASU 2024-03”), Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The guidance requires additional, disaggregated disclosure about certain income statement expense line items. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December

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15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted, and is required to be applied prospectively with the option of retrospective application. We plan to adopt the provisions of ASU 2024-03 prospectively in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2027 and continue to evaluate the disclosure requirements related to the new standard.

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2. Supplemental Balance Sheet Information

		As of June 30, 2025				As of December 31, 2024 As Adjusted1
		(In millions of dollars)
Trade Receivables, Net
Billed trade receivables		$	379.5			$	320.5
Allowance for doubtful receivables			(0.8	)			(0.8	)
Trade receivables, net		$	378.7			$	319.7
Inventories
Finished products		$	139.8			$	130.0
Work-in-process			219.4				229.1
Raw materials			221.7				228.7
Operating supplies			14.7				14.1
Inventories		$	595.6			$	601.9
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
Land and improvements		$	38.5			$	37.2
Buildings and leasehold improvements			319.5				256.3
Machinery and equipment 2			1,558.4				1,337.4
Construction in progress			110.4				297.5
Property, plant and equipment, gross			2,026.8				1,928.4
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(822.2	)			(767.5	)
Land held for sale			0.3				0.3
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	1,204.9			$	1,161.2
Other Assets
Assets to be conveyed associated with Warrick acquisition 2		$	—			$	18.3
Restricted cash – Note 12			19.8				19.5
Long-term replacement parts			24.5				18.3
Other			23.6				22.5
Other assets		$	67.9			$	78.6
Other Accrued Liabilities
Uncleared cash disbursements		$	4.3			$	24.5
Accrued income taxes and other taxes payable			11.4				11.1
Accrued annual contribution to Salaried VEBA			—				0.7
Accrued interest			10.0				9.9
Short-term environmental accrual – Note 7			0.7				0.7
Current operating lease liabilities			5.4				6.3
Current finance lease liabilities			2.2				2.4
Current deferred compensation plan liabilities - Note 3			6.6				6.7
Other – Note 5			14.5				17.0
Other accrued liabilities		$	55.1			$	79.3
Long-Term Liabilities
Workers' compensation accrual		$	27.1			$	26.8
Long-term environmental accrual – Note 7			17.5				17.7
Other long-term liabilities			40.2				39.5
Long-term liabilities		$	84.8			$	84.0

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1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

2.During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, $18.3 million of certain assets associated with our acquisition of Warrick were conveyed to us and placed in service. At June 30, 2025, such assets are presented within Machinery and equipment.

3. Employee Benefits

Deferred Compensation Plan

Assets of our deferred compensation plan are included in Other assets, classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy and are measured and recorded at fair value based on their quoted market prices. The following table presents the fair value of these assets (in millions of dollars):

		As of June 30, 2025				As of December 31, 2024
Deferred compensation program - Diversified investment funds in registered investment companies		$	12.7			$	11.9

Assets in the trust are accounted for as equity investments with changes in fair value recorded within Other income (expense), net (see Note 9). Offsetting liabilities relating to the deferred compensation plan are included in Other accrued liabilities and Long-term liabilities.

Short-Term Incentive Plans

As of June 30, 2025, we had a liability of $13.0 million recorded within Accrued salaries, wages and related expenses for estimated probable future payments under the 2025 short-term incentive plans.

Postretirement and Postemployment Benefit Plans

The following table presents the total expense related to all postretirement and postemployment benefit plans (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
Defined contribution plans1		$	4.6			$	4.2			$	10.6			$	10.0
Deferred compensation plan2			0.4				—				0.6				0.7
Multiemployer pension plans1			1.6				1.5				3.1				3.0
Net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost relating to defined benefit plans2,3			2.5				2.8				4.8				4.3
Total		$	9.1			$	8.5			$	19.1			$	18.0

1.Substantially all of these charges related to employee benefits are in COGS with the remaining balance in Selling, general, administrative, research, and development (“SG&A and R&D”) within our Statements of Consolidated Income. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the expense presented for our multiemployer pension plans excludes a $4.6 million charge to Restructuring costs (see Note 4).

2.Deferred compensation plan expense and the current service cost component of Net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost relating to Salaried VEBA are included within our Statements of Consolidated Income in SG&A and R&D for all periods presented. All other components of Net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost relating to Salaried VEBA are included within Other income (expense), net, on our Statements of Consolidated Income.

3.The current service cost component of Net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost relating to both the pension plans and the OPEB plan is included within our Statements of Consolidated Income in COGS for all periods presented. All other components of Net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost relating to both the pension plans and the OPEB plan are included within Other income (expense), net, on our Statements of Consolidated Income.

Components of Net Periodic Postretirement and Postemployment Benefit Cost. The following tables present the components of Net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost relating to our defined benefit plans (in millions of dollars):

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		Pension Plans								OPEB								Salaried VEBA
		Quarter Ended								Quarter Ended								Quarter Ended
		June 30,								June 30,								June 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024				2025				2024
Service cost		$	0.8			$	1.1			$	0.3			$	0.2			$	—			$	—
Interest cost			0.4				0.4				0.8				0.9				0.6				0.6
Expected return on plan assets			(0.3	)			(0.4	)			—				—				(0.6	)			(0.6	)
Amortization of prior service cost1			0.2				0.1				—				—				0.8				0.7
Amortization of net actuarial gain			—				—				(0.4	)			(0.2	)			(0.1	)			—
Total net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost		$	1.1			$	1.2			$	0.7			$	0.9			$	0.7			$	0.7

		Pension Plans								OPEB								Salaried VEBA
		Six Months Ended								Six Months Ended								Six Months Ended
		June 30,								June 30,								June 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024				2025				2024
Service cost		$	1.7			$	2.0			$	0.5			$	0.5			$	—			$	—
Interest cost			0.8				0.8				1.7				1.7				1.1				1.1
Expected return on plan assets			(0.7	)			(0.7	)			—				—				(1.1	)			(1.1	)
Amortization of prior service cost1			0.4				0.3				—				—				1.5				0.2
Amortization of net actuarial gain			—				—				(0.9	)			(0.5	)			(0.2	)			—
Total net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost		$	2.2			$	2.4			$	1.3			$	1.7			$	1.3			$	0.2

1.We amortize prior service cost on a straight-line basis over the average remaining years of service of the active plan participants.

Pension Plan Contributions. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, we contributed $3.1 million to our pension plans. We expect to make additional contributions of approximately $3.1 million to the pension plans during the remainder of 2025.

4. Restructuring

2025 Restructuring Plan. During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, we initiated a plan to reduce certain operating costs (“2025 Restructuring Plan”). Through June 30, 2025, we have recorded a charge of $1.9 million for severance and related benefits. As of June 30, 2025, the total estimated costs related to the 2025 Restructuring Plan are expected to range from $2.0 million to $3.0 million. We expect the plan to be substantially complete by December 31, 2025. The costs are recorded within Restructuring costs in our Statements of Consolidated Income.

The following table summarizes activity relating to the 2025 Restructuring Plan liabilities (in millions of dollars):

BALANCE, December 31, 2024		$	—
Restructuring costs			1.8
Costs paid or otherwise settled1			(1.3	)
BALANCE, March 31, 2025			0.5
Restructuring costs			0.1
Costs paid or otherwise settled1			(0.4	)
BALANCE, June 30, 2025		$	0.2

1.Cash paid during the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2025 was $0.4 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

2024 Restructuring Plan. During the quarter ended June 30, 2024, we initiated a plan to exit our soft alloy aluminum extrusion facility located in Sherman, Texas (“2024 Restructuring Plan”). Through June 30, 2025, we have recorded a charge of $7.5 million, consisting of a $4.6 million multiemployer pension obligation which is expected to be paid in 2027 and a $2.9 million charge for severance, related benefits, and other costs. Substantially all of the costs associated with the restructuring efforts initiated under the 2024

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Restructuring Plan were incurred and expensed as of December 31, 2024. The costs are recorded within Restructuring costs in our Statements of Consolidated Income.

The following table summarizes activity relating to the 2024 Restructuring Plan liabilities (in millions of dollars):

BALANCE, December 31, 2024		$	4.7
Restructuring costs			—
Costs paid or otherwise settled1			(0.1	)
BALANCE, March 31, 2025			4.6
Restructuring costs			—
Costs paid or otherwise settled1			—
BALANCE, June 30, 2025		$	4.6

1.Cash paid during the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2025 was $0.0 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

5. Derivatives, Hedging Programs and Other Financial Instruments

Overview. In conducting our business, we enter into derivative transactions, including forward contracts and options, to limit our exposure to: (i) metal price risk related to our sale of fabricated aluminum products and the purchase of metal, including primary, rolling ingot and scrap, or recycled, aluminum, our main raw material, and certain alloys used as raw material for our fabrication operations; (ii) energy price risk related to fluctuating prices of natural gas and electricity used in our production processes; and (iii) foreign currency exchange rate risk related to certain equipment and service agreements with vendors for which payments are due in foreign currency. We do not use derivative financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes. Hedging transactions are executed centrally on behalf of all of our operations to minimize transaction costs, monitor consolidated net exposures, and allow for increased responsiveness to changes in market factors.

Our derivative activities are overseen by a committee (“Hedging Committee”), which is composed of our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, Executive Vice President of Manufacturing and other officers and employees selected by the Chief Executive Officer. The Hedging Committee meets regularly to review commodity price exposures, derivative positions and strategy. Management reviews the scope of the Hedging Committee’s activities with our Board of Directors.

We are exposed to counterparty credit risk on all of our derivative instruments, which we manage by monitoring the credit quality of our counterparties and allocating our hedging positions among multiple counterparties to limit exposure to any single entity. Our counterparties are major investment grade financial institutions or trading companies, and our hedging transactions are governed by negotiated International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreements, which generally require collateral to be posted by our counterparties above specified credit thresholds which may adjust up or down, based on increases or decreases in counterparty credit ratings. As a result, we believe the risk of loss is remote and contained. The aggregate fair value of our derivative instruments that were in a net liability position was $0.0 million and $0.8 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and we had no collateral posted as of those dates.

In addition, our firm-price customer sales commitments create incremental customer credit risk related to metal price movements. Under certain circumstances, we mitigate this risk by periodically requiring cash collateral to be posted by our customers, which we classify as deferred revenue and include as a component of Other accrued liabilities. We had no cash collateral posted by our customers at both June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Cash Flow Hedges

We designate as cash flow hedges forward swap contracts for aluminum, energy, and certain alloying metals used in our fabrication operations. We also designate as cash flow hedges foreign currency forward contracts for equipment and services for which payments are due in foreign currency. Unrealized gains and losses associated with our cash flow hedges are deferred in Other comprehensive income, net of tax, and reclassified to COGS when such hedges settle or when it is probable that the original forecasted transactions will not occur by the end of the originally specified time period. See Note 8 for the total amount of gain or loss on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as cash flow hedging instruments that was reported in AOCI, as well as the related reclassifications into earnings and tax effects. Cumulative gains and losses related to cash flow hedges are reclassified out of AOCI and recorded within COGS when the associated hedged commodity purchases impact earnings.

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Aluminum Hedges. Our pricing of fabricated aluminum products is generally intended to lock in our Conversion Revenue (representing our value added from the fabrication process) and to pass through aluminum price fluctuations to our customers. For a small portion of our higher margin products sold on a spot basis, the pass through of aluminum price movements can sometimes lag by as much as several months, with a favorable impact to us when aluminum prices decline and an adverse impact to us when aluminum prices increase. Additionally, in certain instances, we enter into firm-price arrangements with our customers for stipulated volumes to be delivered in the future. Because we generally purchase primary and secondary aluminum on a floating price basis, the lag in passing through aluminum price movements to customers on some of our higher margin products sold on a spot basis and the volume that we have committed to sell to our customers under a firm-price arrangement create aluminum price risk for us. We use third-party hedging instruments to limit exposure to aluminum price risk related to the aluminum pass through lag on some of our products and firm-price customer sales contracts.

Alloying Metals Hedges. We are exposed to the risk of fluctuating prices for alloying metals used as raw materials in our fabrication operations. We, from time to time, in the ordinary course of business, enter into hedging transactions and/or physical delivery commitments with third parties to mitigate our risk from fluctuations in certain alloying metals prices that are not passed through pursuant to the terms of our customer contracts.

Energy Hedges. We are exposed to the risk of fluctuating prices for natural gas and electricity. We, from time to time, in the ordinary course of business, enter into hedging transactions and/or firm-price physical delivery commitments with third parties to mitigate our risk from fluctuations in natural gas and electricity prices that are not passed through pursuant to the terms of our customer contracts.

Foreign Currency Hedges. We are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk related to certain equipment and service agreements with vendors for which payments are due in foreign currency. We, from time to time, in the ordinary course of business, use foreign currency forward contracts in order to mitigate the exposure to currency exchange rate fluctuations related to these purchases.

Non-Designated Hedges of Operational Risks

From time to time, we enter into commodity and foreign currency forward contracts that are not designated as hedging instruments to mitigate certain short‑term impacts, as identified. The gain or loss on these commodity and foreign currency derivatives is recognized within COGS and Other income (expense), net, respectively. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had no outstanding non-designated derivative hedge positions.

Notional Amount of Derivative Contracts

The following table summarizes our derivative positions at June 30, 2025:

Aluminum		Maturity Period		Notional Amount of Contracts (mmlbs)
Fixed price purchase contracts for LME		July 2025 through November 2026			61.7
Fixed price sale contracts for LME		July 2025 through December 2025			17.9
Fixed price purchase contracts for MWTP		July 2025 through November 2026			61.0
Fixed price sale contracts for MWTP		July 2025 through April 2026			18.1

Alloying Metals		Maturity Period		Notional Amount of Contracts (mmlbs)
Fixed price purchase contracts		July 2025 through December 2026			5.8

Natural Gas		Maturity Period		Notional Amount of Contracts (mmbtu)
Fixed price purchase contracts		July 2025 through December 2027			3,360,000

Euro		Maturity Period		Notional Amount of Contracts (in millions of Euros)
Fixed price forward purchase contracts		July 2025 through July 2027		€	3.2

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(Gain) Loss on Derivative Contracts

The following table summarizes the amount of (gain) loss on derivative contracts recorded within our Statements of Consolidated Income in COGS (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024 As Adjusted1				2025				2024 As Adjusted1
Total of income and expense line items presented in our Statements of Consolidated Income in which the effects of hedges are recorded:
Cash flow hedges		$	722.8			$	669.8			$	1,396.2			$	1,321.1
(Gain) loss recognized in our Statements of Consolidated Income related to cash flow hedges:
Aluminum		$	(2.2	)		$	(2.7	)		$	(7.4	)		$	(0.7	)
Alloying Metals			(0.5	)			(0.5	)			(0.9	)			(0.5	)
Natural gas			0.3				0.4				0.3				0.7
Electricity			—				0.8				—				0.6
Foreign exchange contracts			(0.1	)			—				—				—
Total (gain) loss recognized in our Statements of Consolidated Income related to cash flow hedges		$	(2.5	)		$	(2.0	)		$	(8.0	)		$	0.1
Loss recognized in our Statements of Consolidated Income related to non-designated derivatives:
Electricity – Unrealized mark-to-market loss			—				2.0				—				2.0
Electricity (reclassification from AOCI due to forecasted transactions probable of not occurring)			—				0.2				—				0.2
Total loss recognized in our Statements of Consolidated Income related to non-designated derivatives		$	—			$	2.2			$	—			$	2.2

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

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Fair Values of Derivative Contracts

The fair values of our derivative contracts are based upon trades in liquid markets. Valuation model inputs can be verified, and valuation techniques do not involve significant judgment. The fair values of such derivatives are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

All of our derivative contracts with counterparties are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements. We reflect the fair value of our derivative contracts on a gross basis on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table presents the fair value of our derivative assets and liabilities (in millions of dollars):

		As of June 30, 2025												As of December 31, 2024
		Assets				Liabilities				Net Amount				Assets				Liabilities				Net Amount
Cash Flow Hedges:
Aluminum –
Fixed price purchase contracts for LME		$	2.2			$	(0.3	)		$	1.9			$	1.1			$	(0.8	)		$	0.3
Fixed price sale contracts for LME			—				(0.2	)			(0.2	)			—				—				—
Fixed price purchase contracts for MWTP			8.6				(0.1	)			8.5				1.1				—				1.1
Fixed price sale contracts for MWTP			—				(0.8	)			(0.8	)			—				—				—
Alloying Metals – Fixed price purchase contracts			1.8				—				1.8				1.3				(0.1	)			1.2
Natural gas – Fixed price purchase contracts			1.5				(0.7	)			0.8				0.5				(0.8	)			(0.3	)
Foreign currency – Fixed price forward contracts			0.2				—				0.2				—				(0.4	)			(0.4	)
Total		$	14.3			$	(2.1	)		$	12.2			$	4.0			$	(2.1	)		$	1.9

The following table presents the total amounts of derivative assets and liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions of dollars):

		As of June 30, 2025				As of December 31, 2024
Derivative assets:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		$	13.0			$	3.7
Other assets			1.3				0.3
Total derivative assets		$	14.3			$	4.0
Derivative liabilities:
Other accrued liabilities		$	(1.7	)		$	(1.8	)
Long-term liabilities			(0.4	)			(0.3	)
Total derivative liabilities		$	(2.1	)		$	(2.1	)

Fair Values of Other Financial Instruments

All Other Financial Assets and Liabilities. We believe that the fair values of our accounts receivable, contract assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their respective carrying values due to their short maturities and nominal credit risk.

6. Debt and Credit Facility

Senior Notes

At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had outstanding fixed-rate unsecured Senior Notes with varying maturity dates. The stated interest rates and aggregate principal amounts of such Senior Notes were, respectively: (i) 4.625% and $500.0 million (“4.625%

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Senior Notes”) and (ii) 4.50% and $550.0 million (“4.50% Senior Notes”). Our Senior Notes do not require us to make any mandatory redemptions or sinking fund payments. The following table summarizes key details of our Senior Notes:

								Outstanding (in millions of dollars)
		Issuance Date		Maturity		Effective Interest Rate		As of June 30, 2025				As of December 31, 2024
4.625% Senior Notes		November 2019		March 2028		4.8%		$	500.0			$	500.0
4.50% Senior Notes		May 2021		June 2031		4.7%			550.0				550.0
Total debt									1,050.0				1,050.0
Unamortized issuance costs									(7.6	)			(8.4	)
Total carrying amount								$	1,042.4			$	1,041.6

The following table presents the fair value of our outstanding Senior Notes, which are Level 1 liabilities (in millions of dollars):

						As of June 30, 2025				As of December 31, 2024
4.625% Senior Notes						$	489.2			$	470.1
4.50% Senior Notes						$	514.5			$	484.8

Revolving Credit Facility

In October 2019, we entered into a Revolving Credit Facility. Joining us as borrowers under the Revolving Credit Facility are four of our wholly owned domestic operating subsidiaries: (i) Kaiser Aluminum Investments Company; (ii) Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products, LLC; (iii) Kaiser Aluminum Washington, LLC; and (iv) Kaiser Aluminum Warrick, LLC.

As amended, the Revolving Credit Facility contains a maximum commitment amount of $575.0 million (of which up to a maximum of $50.0 million may be utilized for letters of credit) and is set to mature in April 2027. The amount we can borrow under our Revolving Credit Facility is determined by the value of our receivables and inventory, which serve as collateral for the facility. Our effective interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the amended Revolving Credit Facility is based on the rates of Base Rate Loans and SOFR Loans (as defined in the amended Revolving Credit Facility). The rate for Base Rate Loans is equal to the prevailing Prime Rate plus 0.25% (or, if borrowing availability is less than 40% of the maximum revolving commitments, 0.50%), while the rate for SOFR Loans, which are made for one or three month periods, is equal to the Term SOFR Reference Rate (as defined in the amended Revolving Credit Facility) plus 1.35% (or, if borrowing availability is less than 40% of the maximum revolving commitments, 1.60%). Outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility are reported within Long-term debt, net, on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We had $32.8 million of outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility as of June 30, 2025, reflecting borrowings of $217.6 million and repayments of $184.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025. We had no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility as of or during the year ended December 31, 2024.

The following table summarizes availability and usage of our Revolving Credit Facility as determined by a borrowing base calculated as of June 30, 2025 (in millions of dollars):

Revolving Credit Facility borrowing commitment		$	575.0
Borrowing base availability		$	575.0
Less: Outstanding borrowings under Revolving Credit Facility			(32.8	)
Less: Outstanding letters of credit under Revolving Credit Facility			(17.6	)
Remaining borrowing availability		$	524.6

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Interest Expense

The following table presents interest expense relating to our Senior Notes and Revolving Credit Facility (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
Senior Notes interest expense, including debt issuance cost amortization		$	12.4			$	12.4			$	24.8			$	24.8
Revolving Credit Facility interest expense, including commitment fees and finance cost amortization			0.7				0.6				1.3				1.2
Interest expense on finance lease liabilities			0.2				0.2				0.4				0.4
Interest expense capitalized as construction in progress			(0.8	)			(2.1	)			(2.8	)			(3.8	)
Total interest expense		$	12.5			$	11.1			$	23.7			$	22.6

7. Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments. We have a variety of financial commitments, including purchase agreements, forward foreign exchange and forward sales contracts, indebtedness and letters of credit (see Note 5 and Note 6).

Environmental Contingencies. We are subject to a number of environmental laws and regulations, potential fines or penalties assessed for alleged breaches of such laws and regulations and potential claims based upon such laws and regulations. We are also subject to legacy environmental contingencies related to activities that occurred at operating facilities prior to July 6, 2006, which represent the majority of our environmental accruals. The status of these environmental contingencies are discussed below. We have established procedures for regularly evaluating environmental loss contingencies. Our environmental accruals represent our undiscounted estimate of costs reasonably expected to be incurred based on presently enacted laws and regulations, currently available facts, existing requirements, existing technology and our assessment of the likely remediation actions to be taken.

We continue to pursue remediation activities, primarily to address the historical use of oils containing polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) at Trentwood. Our remediation efforts are in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Ecology (“Ecology”), to which we submitted a feasibility study in 2012 of remediation alternatives and from which we received permission to begin certain remediation activities pursuant to a signed work order. We have completed a number of sections of the work plan and have received satisfactory completion approval from Ecology on those sections. In cooperation with Ecology, we constructed an experimental treatment facility to determine the treatability and evaluate the feasibility of removing PCBs from ground water under Trentwood. In 2015, we began treatment operations involving a walnut shell filtration system, which we optimized for maximum PCB capture during 2020. Furthermore, based on advancements in technology, we signed an Amended Agreed Order with Ecology to evaluate and implement a new Ultraviolet Light Advanced Oxidation Process (“UV/AOP”) for PCB removal from groundwater on a pilot basis. During 2024, based on the positive results of the UV/AOP, we implemented a full-scale UV/AOP treatment system that is fully operational as of December 31, 2024. We are currently working with Ecology, as required by the Amended Agreed Order to finalize details of the UV/AOP and also determine future remediation steps to be taken at which time there may be revisions to our estimated liabilities for this matter.

Pursuant to a consent agreement with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (“OEPA”), we initiated an investigational study of Newark related to historical on-site waste disposal. During the quarter ended December 31, 2018, we submitted our remedial investigation study to the OEPA for review and approval. The final remedial investigation report was approved by the OEPA during the quarter ended December 31, 2020. During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, we submitted an Alternate Arrays Document (“AAD”) to the OEPA for review. During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, based on input from the OEPA and the proposed remediation options included in the AAD, we increased our accrual by $2.9 million. This increase reflects updated preliminary estimates for the most likely remediation activities, as laid out in the AAD. During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, we met with the OEPA to address their questions on the AAD submission. Based on the input from the OEPA and the additional sampling requested, we plan to submit a revised AAD to the OEPA by September 30, 2025. Once the revised AAD is reviewed and accepted by the OEPA, a final feasibility study will be submitted to the OEPA, which we expect to occur in early 2026.

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At June 30, 2025, our environmental accrual of $18.2 million represented our estimate of the incremental remediation cost based on: (i) proposed alternatives in the final feasibility study related to Trentwood; (ii) currently available facts with respect to Newark; and (iii) facts related to certain other locations owned or formerly owned by us. In accordance with approved and proposed remediation action plans, we expect that the implementation and ongoing monitoring could occur over a period of 30 or more years.

As additional facts are developed, feasibility studies are completed, remediation plans are modified, necessary regulatory approvals for the implementation of remediation are obtained, alternative technologies are developed and/or other factors change, there may be revisions to management’s estimates, and actual costs may exceed the current environmental accruals. We believe at this time that it is reasonably possible that undiscounted costs associated with these environmental matters may exceed current accruals by amounts that could be, in the aggregate, up to an estimated $13.4 million over the remediation period. It is reasonably possible that our recorded estimate will change in the next 12 months.

Other Contingencies. We are party to various lawsuits, claims, investigations and administrative proceedings that arise in connection with past and current operations. We evaluate such matters on a case-by-case basis and our policy is to vigorously contest any such claims we believe are without merit. We accrue for a legal liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss is reasonably estimable. Quarterly, in addition to when changes in facts and circumstances require it, we review and adjust these accruals to reflect the impacts of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel and other information and events pertaining to a particular case. While uncertainties are inherent in the final outcome of such matters and it is presently impossible to determine the actual cost that may ultimately be incurred, we believe that we have sufficiently accrued for such matters and that the ultimate resolution of pending matters will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, operating results or liquidity.

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8. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following table presents the changes in the accumulated balances for each component of AOCI (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
Defined Benefit Plans:
Beginning balance		$	19.2			$	10.5			$	19.1			$	11.0
Actuarial gain (loss) arising during the period			—				1.4				(0.1	)			1.4
Less: income tax expense			—				(0.3	)			—				(0.3	)
Net actuarial gain (loss) arising during the period			—				1.1				(0.1	)			1.1
Prior service cost arising during the period			—				(2.2	)			—				(2.2	)
Less: income tax benefit			—				0.5				—				0.5
Net prior service cost arising during the period			—				(1.7	)			—				(1.7	)
Amortization of net actuarial gain1			(0.5	)			(0.2	)			(1.1	)			(0.5	)
Amortization of prior service cost1			1.0				0.8				1.9				0.5
Less: income tax expense2			(0.1	)			(0.1	)			(0.2	)			—
Net amortization reclassified from AOCI to Net income			0.4				0.5				0.6				—
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax			0.4				(0.1	)			0.5				(0.6	)
Ending balance		$	19.6			$	10.4			$	19.6			$	10.4
Cash Flow Hedges:
Beginning balance		$	3.9			$	0.5			$	1.4			$	2.1
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedges			7.5				6.1				16.2				1.9
Less: income tax expense			(1.8	)			(1.4	)			(3.8	)			(0.4	)
Net unrealized gain on cash flow hedges			5.7				4.7				12.4				1.5
Reclassification of unrealized (gain) loss upon settlement of cash flow hedges			(2.5	)			(2.0	)			(8.0	)			0.1
Reclassification due to forecasted transactions probable of not occurring			—				0.2				—				0.2
Less: income tax benefit (expense)2			0.5				0.4				1.8				(0.1	)
Net (gain) loss reclassified from AOCI to Net income			(2.0	)			(1.4	)			(6.2	)			0.2
Other comprehensive income, net of tax			3.7				3.3				6.2				1.7
Ending balance3		$	7.6			$	3.8			$	7.6			$	3.8
Total AOCI ending balance		$	27.2			$	14.2			$	27.2			$	14.2

1.Amounts amortized out of AOCI related to pension and other postretirement and postemployment benefits were included within Net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost (see Note 3).

2.Income tax amounts reclassified out of AOCI were included as a component of Income tax provision.

3.As of June 30, 2025, we estimate a net mark-to-market gain before tax of $9.1 million in AOCI will be reclassified into Net income upon settlement within the next 12 months.

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9. Other Income (Expense), Net

The following table presents the components of Other income (expense), net (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
Interest income		$	0.2			$	1.2			$	0.4			$	2.1
Net periodic postretirement and postemployment benefit cost			(1.4	)			(1.5	)			(2.6	)			(1.8	)
Unrealized gain on equity securities			0.2				0.1				0.1				0.3
Loss on disposition of property, plant and equipment			—				(0.3	)			—				(0.5	)
Gain on business interruption insurance recoveries1			5.0				—				5.0				10.5
All other, net			0.4				—				0.1				(0.2	)
Other income (expense), net		$	4.4			$	(0.5	)		$	3.0			$	10.4

1.Represents advances against business interruption insurance claims. We recognize such advances in the period in which the insurance proceeds are received or become realizable. During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, we received net cash proceeds of $5.0 million and $10.5 million, respectively.

Supply Chain Financing. We are party to several supply chain financing arrangements, in which we may sell certain of our customers’ trade accounts receivable to such customers’ financial institutions without recourse. During the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2025, we sold trade accounts receivable totaling $214.2 million and $484.2 million, respectively, related to these supply chain financing arrangements, of which our customers’ financial institutions applied discount fees totaling $5.4 million and $11.0 million, respectively. During the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2024, we sold trade accounts receivable totaling $265.3 million and $532.4 million, respectively, related to these supply chain financing arrangements, of which our customers’ financial institutions applied discount fees totaling $6.5 million and $12.8 million, respectively. To the extent discount fees related to the sale of trade accounts receivable under supply chain financing arrangements are not reimbursed by our customers, they are included in Other income (expense), net. As of June 30, 2025, we had been and/or expected to be substantially reimbursed by our customers for these discount fees, in accordance with the underlying sales agreements.

10. Income Tax Matters

The following table presents the income tax provision by region (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024 As Adjusted1				2025				2024 As Adjusted1
Domestic		$	(6.0	)		$	(5.1	)		$	(12.6	)		$	(10.1	)
Foreign			(0.7	)			(0.6	)			(1.3	)			(1.1	)
Total		$	(6.7	)		$	(5.7	)		$	(13.9	)		$	(11.2	)

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

The income tax provision for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 was $6.7 million and $5.7 million, respectively, reflecting an effective tax rate of 22% and 23%, respectively. There was no material difference between the effective tax rate and the blended statutory tax rate for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024.

The income tax provision for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 was $13.9 million and $11.2 million, respectively, reflecting an effective tax rate of 24% and 23%, respectively. There was no material difference between the effective tax rate and the blended statutory tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024.

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Our gross unrecognized benefits relating to uncertain tax positions were $7.8 million and $6.9 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, of which, $7.8 million and $6.9 million would be recorded through our income tax provision and thus, impact the effective tax rate at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, if the gross unrecognized tax benefits were to be recognized.

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA"). The OBBBA makes permanent key elements of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including 100% bonus depreciation, domestic research cost expensing, and the business interest expense limitation. ASC 740, “Income Taxes”, requires the effects of changes in tax rates and laws on deferred tax balances to be recognized in the period in which the legislation is enacted. Consequently, as of the date of enactment, the Company will evaluate all deferred tax balances under the newly enacted tax law and identify any other changes required to its financial statements as a result of the OBBBA. The Company is still evaluating the impact of the OBBBA and the results of such evaluations will be reflected on the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

11. Earnings Per Share

Basic net income per share is computed by dividing distributed and undistributed net income allocable to common shares by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the applicable period. The basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period excludes non-vested share-based payment awards. Basic and diluted net income per share was calculated under the two-class method for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share (in millions of dollars, except share and per share amounts):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024 As Adjusted1				2025				2024 As Adjusted1
Numerator:
Net income available to common shareholders2		$	23.2			$	18.9			$	44.8			$	37.1
Denominator – Weighted-average common shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic			16,160				16,072				16,138				16,050
Add: dilutive effect of non-vested common shares, restricted stock units and performance shares3			319				326				319				271
Diluted			16,479				16,398				16,457				16,321
Net income per common share, Basic:		$	1.44			$	1.18			$	2.77			$	2.31
Net income per common share, Diluted:		$	1.41			$	1.15			$	2.72			$	2.27

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

2.Represents Net income less distributed and undistributed earnings allocated to non-vested restricted stock awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends.

3.Quantities in the following discussion are denoted in whole shares. During the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2025 approximately 565 and 241 shares, respectively, were excluded from the weighted-average diluted shares computation as their inclusion would have been anti‑dilutive. For the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2024, approximately 170 and 370 shares, respectively, were excluded from the weighted-average diluted shares computation as their inclusion would have been anti‑dilutive.

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12. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024
		(In millions of dollars)
Interest paid		$	22.1			$	21.0
Non-cash investing and financing activities (included in Accounts payable):
Unpaid purchases of property and equipment		$	22.9			$	32.5
Supplemental lease disclosures:
Operating lease liabilities arising from obtaining operating lease assets		$	1.0			$	0.5
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities		$	3.6			$	4.0
Finance lease liabilities arising from obtaining finance lease assets		$	0.7			$	2.0

		As of June 30,
		2025				2024
		(In millions of dollars)
Components of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	13.1			$	70.4
Restricted cash included in Other assets1			19.8				18.3
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash presented on our Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows		$	32.9			$	88.7

1.We are required to keep on deposit certain amounts that are pledged or held as collateral relating to workers’ compensation and other agreements. We account for such deposits as restricted cash. From time to time, such restricted funds could be returned to us or we could be required to pledge additional cash.

13. Business, Product, and Geographical Area Information

Our primary line of business is the production of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products, such as plate and sheet, bare and coated coils, and extruded and drawn products, primarily used in our Aero/HS Products, Packaging, GE Products, and Automotive Extrusions end markets. We operate production facilities in the United States and Canada. We have one operating and reportable segment. Our determination that we operate as a single segment is consistent with the financial information regularly viewed by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) to evaluate performance and make decisions regarding resource allocation. The CODM uses Net income to measure segment profitability in deciding whether to reinvest profits into the segment or into other parts of the entity, such as for acquisitions or to pay dividends.

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The following table presents the significant segment expenses that are provided to the CODM (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024 As Adjusted1				2025				2024 As Adjusted1
Net sales		$	823.1			$	773.4			$	1,600.5			$	1,510.9
Less:
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization
Hedged cost of alloyed metal2			448.9				404.5				863.1				775.1
Manufacturing costs3			191.9				184.5				373.7				390.9
Plant overhead4			44.0				44.6				90.1				88.5
Freight costs			21.2				23.4				42.0				45.7
Other cost of products sold5			16.8				12.8				27.3				20.9
Depreciation and amortization			29.6				29.0				59.6				57.8
Selling, general, administrative, research and development
Research and development costs			0.3				0.6				0.6				1.2
Employee costs6			22.7				21.3				45.2				43.6
Other selling, general and administrative costs7			9.6				9.7				17.6				19.4
Restructuring costs			0.1				6.8				1.9				6.9
Other operating charges, net			—				—				—				0.4
Interest expense			12.5				11.1				23.7				22.6
Other (income) expense, net – Note 9			(4.4	)			0.5				(3.0	)			(10.4	)
Income tax provision			6.7				5.7				13.9				11.2
Net income		$	23.2			$	18.9			$	44.8			$	37.1

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 for further discussion.

2.Hedged cost of alloyed metal includes cost of aluminum at the Midwest transaction price and the cost of alloying elements used in the production process. For the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, this metric also includes metal price exposure on shipments that we hedged with realized gains upon settlement of $0.6 million and $3.5 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, this metric also includes metal price exposure on shipments that we hedged with realized gains upon settlement of $5.2 million. There were no realized gains or losses upon settlement for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

3.Manufacturing costs primarily includes labor, utilities, supplies, metal valuation impacts, metal profits, and other materials, excluding alloys incurred at our various production facilities.

4.Plant overhead includes salaried employee costs, property taxes, and insurance associated with our various production facilities.

5.Other cost of products sold primarily includes lease expense, accretion expense related to conditional asset retirement obligations, and major maintenance costs.

6.Employee costs include non direct labor salaries, benefits, and incentive compensation.

7.Other selling, general and administrative costs primarily include professional services, computer hardware and software costs, office rent, and utilities.

The CODM does not review asset and capital expenditure information by reportable operating segment as such information is presented to the CODM on a consolidated basis.

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The following table presents Net sales by end market applications and by timing of control transfer (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
Net sales:
Aero/HS Products		$	227.9			$	226.1			$	442.6			$	446.6
Packaging			340.9				312.4				655.1				610.5
GE Products			185.4				162.6				367.0				315.6
Automotive Extrusions			68.9				69.7				135.8				133.2
Other products			—				2.6				—				5.0
Total net sales		$	823.1			$	773.4			$	1,600.5			$	1,510.9
Timing of revenue recognition:
Products transferred at a point in time		$	626.6			$	591.8			$	1,217.4			$	1,161.2
Products transferred over time			196.5				181.6				383.1				349.7
Total net sales		$	823.1			$	773.4			$	1,600.5			$	1,510.9

The following table presents geographic information for income taxes paid (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
Income taxes paid:
Domestic		$	2.6			$	0.2			$	2.6			$	0.2
Foreign			0.9				0.6				2.7				2.2
Total income taxes paid		$	3.5			$	0.8			$	5.3			$	2.4

14. Change in Accounting Principle

Effective January 1, 2025, we changed our inventory valuation methodology for finished products, work-in-process, and raw material inventories from LIFO to WAC. All prior periods presented have been adjusted to apply the new method retrospectively.

Certain financial statement line items in our Statements of Consolidated Income for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2024, our Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and our Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2024, were adjusted as follows (in millions of dollars, except per share amounts):

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		As Previously Reported			Effect of WAC Change			As Adjusted
Statements of Consolidated Income (Loss) for the quarter ended June 30, 2024
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization		$	690.5		$	(20.7	)	$	669.8
Operating income			15.5			20.7			36.2
Income tax provision			(0.8	)		(4.9	)		(5.7	)
Net income			3.1			15.8			18.9
Net income per common share:
Basic		$	0.19		$	0.99		$	1.18
Diluted		$	0.19		$	0.96		$	1.15
Statements of Consolidated Income (Loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2024
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization		$	1,333.4		$	(12.3	)	$	1,321.1
Operating income			48.2			12.3			60.5
Income tax provision			(8.3	)		(2.9	)		(11.2	)
Net income			27.7			9.4			37.1
Net income per common share:
Basic		$	1.72		$	0.59		$	2.31
Diluted		$	1.69		$	0.58		$	2.27
Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2024
Net income		$	27.7		$	9.4		$	37.1
Deferred income taxes			6.4			2.9			9.3
LIFO valuation inventory expense			4.5			(4.5	)		—
Inventories			22.6			(7.8	)		14.8
Net cash provided by operating activities			89.6			—			89.6
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2024
Receivables, other		$	13.4		$	0.1		$	13.5
Inventories			446.9			85.8			532.7
Deferred tax assets, net			6.0			(2.8	)		3.2
Deferred tax liabilities			20.6			17.5			38.1
Retained earnings			12.5			65.6			78.1
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2024
Receivables, other		$	22.0		$	0.2		$	22.2
Inventories			503.9			98.0			601.9
Deferred tax assets, net			7.2			(3.2	)		4.0
Other accrued liabilities			79.4			(0.1	)		79.3
Deferred tax liabilities			24.1			20.0			44.1
Retained earnings			6.2			75.1			81.3

The following table compares the amounts that would have been reported under LIFO with amounts reported under WAC in the current period Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (in millions of dollars, except per share amounts):

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		As Computed (using LIFO)			Effect of Change			As Reported (using WAC)
Statements of Consolidated Income (Loss) for the quarter ended June 30, 2025
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization		$	745.5		$	(22.7	)	$	722.8
Operating income			15.3			22.7			38.0
Income tax provision			(2.2	)		(4.5	)		(6.7	)
Net income			5.0			18.2			23.2
Net income per common share:
Basic		$	0.31		$	1.13		$	1.44
Diluted		$	0.30		$	1.11		$	1.41
Statements of Consolidated Income (Loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2025
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization		$	1,452.1		$	(55.9	)	$	1,396.2
Operating income			23.5			55.9			79.4
Income tax provision			(1.5	)		(12.4	)		(13.9	)
Net income			1.3			43.5			44.8
Net income per common share:
Basic		$	0.08		$	2.69		$	2.77
Diluted		$	0.08		$	2.64		$	2.72
Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2025
Net income		$	1.3		$	43.5		$	44.8
Deferred income taxes			(0.1	)		11.3			11.2
Inventories			62.2			(55.9	)		6.3
Accrued liabilities			(27.1	)		1.1			(26.0	)
Net cash provided by operating activities			72.9			—			72.9
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2025
Receivables, other		$	38.9		$	0.2		$	39.1
Inventories			441.7			153.9			595.6
Deferred tax assets, net			7.4			(4.8	)		2.6
Other accrued liabilities			54.1			1.0			55.1
Deferred tax liabilities			26.2			29.7			55.9
Retained (deficit) earnings			(18.2	)		118.6			100.4

15. Subsequent Events

Dividend Declaration. On July 15, 2025, we announced that our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.77 per common share. As such, we expect to pay approximately $12.8 million (including dividend equivalents) on or about August 15, 2025 to stockholders of record and the holders of certain restricted stock units at the close of business on July 25, 2025.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains statements which constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements appear throughout this Report and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “estimates,” “will,” “should,” “plans” or “anticipates,” or the negative of the foregoing or other variations of comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy. Readers are cautioned that any such forward‑looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve significant risks and uncertainties and that actual results may vary from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. These factors include: (i) the effectiveness of management’s strategies and decisions, including strategic investments, capital spending strategies, cost reduction initiatives, sourcing strategies, processes and countermeasures implemented to address operational and supply chain challenges and the execution of those strategies; (ii) the execution and timing of strategic investments; (iii) general economic and business conditions, including the impact of geopolitical factors and governmental and other actions taken in response, cyclicality, reshoring, labor challenges, supply interruptions, customer disruptions, customer inventory imbalances and supply chain issues, and other conditions that impact demand drivers in the Aero/HS Products, Packaging, GE Products, and Automotive Extrusions end markets we serve; (iv) our ability to participate in mature and anticipated new automotive programs expected to launch in the future and successfully launch new automotive programs; (v) changes or shifts in defense spending due to competing national priorities; (vi) pricing, market conditions and our ability to effectively execute commercial and labor strategies, pass through cost increases, including the institution of surcharges, and flex costs in response to inflation, volatile commodity costs and changing economic conditions; (vii) developments in technology; (viii) the impact of our future earnings, cash flows, financial condition, capital requirements and other factors on our financial strength and flexibility; (ix) new or modified statutory or regulatory requirements; (x) the successful integration of acquired operations and technologies and (xi) stakeholders’, including regulators’ and customers’, views regarding our sustainability goals and initiatives and the impact of factors outside of our control on such goals and initiatives. This Item and Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, each identify other factors that could cause actual results to vary. No assurance can be given that these are all of the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward looking statements.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” of this Report and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Part II, Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Basis of Presentation

Effective January 1, 2025, we changed our inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. The impact of this change in accounting principle to both the current period and, as applied retrospectively, to the comparable period of the prior fiscal year is disclosed in Note 14 of the Form 10-Q. Prior period information provided in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis has been updated to reflect the retrospective application of the change in accounting principle.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This information contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. A non-GAAP financial measure is defined as a numerical measure of a company’s financial performance that excludes or includes amounts so as to be different than the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the statements of income, balance sheets or statements of cash flows of the company. We have provided a reconciliation of non‑GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measure in the accompanying tables. We have also provided discussion of the reasons we believe that presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors, as well as any additional ways in which we use the non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial measures used in the following discussions are Conversion Revenue (defined as Net sales less the Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal, see below in “Metal Pricing Policies” discussion), Adjusted EBITDA and ratios related thereto. These measures are presented because management uses this information to monitor and evaluate financial results and trends and believes this information to also be useful for investors.

In the discussion of operating results below, we refer to certain items as “non-run-rate items.” For purposes of such discussion, non-run-rate items are items that, while they may recur from period-to-period: (i) are particularly material to results; (ii) affect costs primarily as a result of external market factors; and (iii) may not recur in future periods if the same level of underlying performance were to occur. Non-run-rate items are part of our business and operating environment but are worthy of being highlighted for the benefit of readers of our financial statements. Our intent is to allow users of the financial statements to consider our results both in light of and separately from such items. For a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net income, see below in “Results of Operations - Selected Operational and Financial Information.” Reconciliations of certain forward‑looking non-GAAP financial measures to comparable

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GAAP measures are not provided because certain items required for such reconciliations are outside of our control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted or provided without unreasonable effort.

Metal Pricing Policies

A fundamental part of our business model is to remain neutral to the impact from fluctuations in the market price for aluminum and certain alloys, thereby earning profit predominantly from the conversion of aluminum into semi-fabricated mill products. We refer to this as “metal price neutrality.” We purchase primary, rolling ingot and scrap, or recycled, aluminum, our main raw material, and alloys at prices that fluctuate on a monthly basis, and our pricing policies generally allow us to pass the underlying index cost of aluminum and certain alloys through to our customers so that we remain neutral to metal pricing. However, for a small portion of our higher margin products sold on a spot basis, competitive dynamics may limit the amount and/or delay the timing of selling price increases to recover our increased aluminum and alloy costs, resulting in a lag up to several months during which we may be exposed to metal price risk. We may also enter into firm-price customer sales agreements that specify a firm underlying metal price plus a conversion price. Spot sales with lagged aluminum and alloy price pass through and firm-price sales agreements create price exposure for us, which we mitigate through hedging and related programs with an objective to remain metal price neutral. Additionally, we have certain contracts that may adjust certain alloy prices for a forward period based on an average prior period cost for such alloys. As a result, until the selling price resets, we can experience an adverse impact when alloy prices increase and a favorable impact when alloy prices decrease.

Our pricing policies and hedging program are intended to significantly reduce or eliminate the impact on our profitability of fluctuations in the underlying price of primary, rolling ingot and scrap, or recycled, aluminum, our main raw material, and certain alloys so that our earnings are predominantly associated with the conversion of aluminum to semi‑fabricated mill products. To allow users of our financial statements to consider the impact of aluminum and alloy cost on our Net sales, we disclose Net sales as well as Conversion Revenue, which is Net sales less the Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal. As used in this discussion, “Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal” is the cost of aluminum at the average MWTP plus the cost of alloying elements and any realized gains and/or losses on settled hedges related to the metal sold in the referenced period. The average MWTP of aluminum reflects the primary aluminum supply/demand dynamics in North America. For a reconciliation of Conversion Revenue to Net sales, see below in “Results of Operations - Selected Operational and Financial Information.”

Business Overview

We manufacture and sell semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products for the following end market applications: (i) Aero/HS Products; (ii) Packaging; (iii) GE Products; and (iv) Automotive Extrusions. Our fabricated aluminum mill products include flat-rolled (plate, sheet and coil), extruded (rod, bar, hollows and shapes), drawn (rod, bar, pipe, tube and wire) and certain cast aluminum products. The sophistication of our products is due to the metallurgy and physical properties of the metal and the special characteristics that are required for particular end uses. We strategically choose to serve technically challenging applications for which we can deploy our core metallurgical and process technology capabilities to produce highly engineered mill products with differentiated characteristics that present opportunities for us to receive premium pricing and to create long-term profitable growth.

With respect to the global market for flat-rolled aluminum mill products, our focus is on heat treat plate and sheet for applications that require higher strength and other desired product attributes that cannot be achieved by common alloy rolled products. The primary end market applications of flat-rolled heat treat plate and sheet, which are produced at Trentwood, are Aero/HS Products (which we sell globally) and GE Products (which we predominantly sell within North America). The primary end market application of bare and coated aluminum coil, which are produced at Warrick, is Packaging (which we sell in North America). Our Packaging products require demanding attributes and can be further processed to include coating and slitting depending on customer specifications.

In the areas of aluminum extrusions, we focus on demanding Aero/HS Products, GE Products, and Automotive Extrusions that require high strength, machinability or other specific properties where we can create and maintain a defensible competitive position because of our technical expertise, strong production capability and high product quality. Our 10 active extrusion/drawing facilities, nine of which are in the United States and one of which is in Canada, serve primarily North American demand for aerospace, general engineering, or automotive applications. Additionally, we have a facility in Columbia, New Jersey, that focuses on multi-material advanced manufacturing methods and techniques, which include multi-axis computer numerical control machining, additive manufacturing (“3D Printing”), welding and fabrication for demanding aerospace and defense, high technology, general industrial, and automotive applications. Our consolidated Net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2025 totaled $1,600.5 million on approximately 564.0 million pounds shipped from our facilities. We employed approximately 3,900 people at June 30, 2025.

We have long-standing relationships with our customers, which consist primarily of blue-chip companies including leading aerospace and automotive manufacturers, tier one aerospace and automotive suppliers, food and beverage packaging manufacturers, and metal service centers. Approximately 70% of our shipments is sold direct to manufacturers or tier one suppliers and approximately 30%

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is sold to metal service centers. In our served markets, we seek to be the supplier of choice by pursuing “Best in Class” customer satisfaction driven by quality, availability, service and delivery performance. We believe we differentiate our product portfolio through our broad product offering and our KaiserSelect® products, which are engineered and manufactured to deliver enhanced product characteristics with improved consistency, so as to result in better performance, lower waste and, in many cases, lower production cost for our customers.

As part of the manufacturing process, we purchase primary, rolling ingot and scrap, or recycled, aluminum, our main raw material, and alloys at prices that fluctuate on a daily basis. We typically purchase scrap at a discount to the MWTP which can vary depending on market dynamics and availability. As a result, we can experience an adverse impact when scrap discounts decrease and a favorable impact when scrap discounts increase. Additionally, as our manufacturing process takes approximately one to four months to complete, depending on the complexity and additional fabrication processes required, and we value our inventory on a weighted average cost methodology, the weighted average cost of our inventory may lag the current metal selling cost. As such, our results may reflect a favorable impact when metal prices increase and adverse impact when metal prices decrease. We refer to this as Metal Price Lag, which can be influenced not only by the amount of change in price but also the volatility and timing of the change of metal prices during the reporting period.

Highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2025:

• Net sales $823.1 million; Conversion Revenue $374.2 million;

• Net income $23.2 million; Net income per diluted share $1.41;

• Initiated customer qualifications and shipments from our newly completed fourth coating line at Warrick; and

• Cash dividends and dividend equivalents of $0.77 per share or $12.8 million paid during the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

Results of Operations

Consolidated Results of Operations

Net Sales. The following table sets forth, for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, shipments (in millions of pounds) and Net sales (in millions of dollars) by end market applications and the respective fluctuations.

		Quarter Ended June 30,
		2025						2024
		Shipments			Net sales			Shipments			Net sales			Shipment Change			% Increase (Decrease)			Net sales Change			% Increase (Decrease)
Aero/HS Products		59.9			$	227.9			62.2		$	226.1			(2.3	)		(4	%)	$	1.8			1	%
Packaging		141.1				340.9			145.9			312.4			(4.8	)		(3	%)		28.5			9	%
GE Products		63.4				185.4			59.5			162.6			3.9			7	%		22.8			14	%
Automotive Extrusions		24.0				68.9			28.1			69.7			(4.1	)		(15	%)		(0.8	)		(1	%)
Other Products			—			—			1.1			2.6			(1.1	)		(100	%)		(2.6	)		(100	%)
Total			288.4		$	823.1			296.8		$	773.4			(8.4	)		(3	%)	$	49.7			6	%

The increase in Net sales reflected an increase in the average realized sales price per pound of $0.24 (9%), partially offset by an 8.4 million pound (3%) decrease in shipment volume.

The following table sets forth, for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, shipments (in millions of pounds) and Net sales (in millions of dollars) by end market applications and the respective fluctuations.

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025						2024
		Shipments			Net sales			Shipments			Net sales			Shipment Change			% Increase (Decrease)			Net sales Change			% Increase (Decrease)
Aero/HS Products		116.2			$	442.6			125.1		$	446.6			(8.9	)		(7	%)	$	(4.0	)		(1	%)
Packaging		271.3				655.1			288.3			610.5			(17.0	)		(6	%)		44.6			7	%
GE Products		128.5				367.0			117.6			315.6			10.9			9	%		51.4			16	%
Automotive Extrusions		48.0				135.8			54.6			133.2			(6.6	)		(12	%)		2.6			2	%
Other Products			—			—			2.2			5.0			(2.2	)		(100	%)		(5.0	)		(100	%)
Total			564.0		$	1,600.5			587.8		$	1,510.9			(23.8	)		(4	%)	$	89.6			6	%

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The increase in Net sales reflected an increase in the average realized sales price per pound of $0.27 (11%), partially offset by a 23.8 million pound (4%) decrease in shipment volume.

COGS. COGS for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 totaled $722.8 million, or 88% of Net sales, compared to $669.8 million, or 87% of Net sales, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. The increase reflected the following (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,
		2025			2024 As Adjusted1			Change			% Increase (Decrease)
Hedged cost of alloyed metal		$	448.9		$	404.5		$	44.4			11	%
Manufacturing costs			191.9			184.5			7.4			4	%
Plant overhead			44.0			44.6			(0.6	)		(1	%)
Freight costs			21.2			23.4			(2.2	)		(9	%)
Other cost of products sold			16.8			12.8			4.0			31	%
Total		$	722.8		$	669.8		$	53.0			8	%

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for further discussion.

Of the $44.4 million increase in Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal, $55.9 million was due to an increase in hedged metal prices (see above in our “Net Sales” discussion for further details), partially offset by an $11.5 million decrease in shipment volume. The $7.4 million increase in manufacturing costs was primarily due to higher manufacturing costs associated with the startup of the fourth coating line at Warrick, partially offset by favorable metal consumption and lower shipment volume. The $4.0 million increase in other cost of products sold was primarily driven by an increase in major maintenance costs associated with the timing of furnace rebuilds. The $2.2 million decrease in freight costs was primarily due to lower shipment volume. For a further discussion of the comparative results of operations for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, see below in “Selected Operational and Financial Information.”

COGS for the six months ended June 30, 2025 totaled $1,396.2 million, or 87% of Net sales, compared to $1,321.1 million, or 87% of Net sales, for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The increase reflected the following (in millions of dollars):

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025			2024 As Adjusted1			Change			% Increase (Decrease)
Hedged cost of alloyed metal		$	863.1		$	775.1		$	88.0			11	%
Manufacturing costs			373.7			390.9			(17.2	)		(4	%)
Plant overhead			90.1			88.5			1.6			2	%
Freight costs			42.0			45.7			(3.7	)		(8	%)
Other cost of products sold			27.3			20.9			6.4			31	%
Total		$	1,396.2		$	1,321.1		$	75.1			6	%

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for further discussion.

Of the $88.0 million increase in Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal, $119.4 million was due to an increase in hedged metal prices (see above in our “Net Sales” discussion for further details), partially offset by a $31.4 million decrease in shipment volume. The $17.2 million decrease in manufacturing costs was primarily due to lower shipment volume and favorable metal consumption, partially offset by higher manufacturing costs associated with the startup of the fourth coating line at Warrick. The $6.4 million increase in other cost of products sold was primarily driven by an increase in major maintenance costs associated with the timing of furnace rebuilds. The $3.7 million decrease in freight costs was primarily due to lower shipment volume. The $1.6 million increase in plant overhead was due to higher employee and employee-related costs for salaried operational personnel. For a further discussion of the comparative results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, see below in “Selected Operational and Financial Information.”

Selling, General, Administrative, Research and Development (“SG&A and R&D”). SG&A and R&D expense totaled $32.6 million and $31.6 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The increase reflected the following (in millions of dollars):

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		Quarter Ended June 30,
		2025			2024			Change			% Increase (Decrease)
Research and development costs		$	0.3		$	0.6		$	(0.3	)		(50	%)
Employee costs			22.7			21.3			1.4			7	%
Other selling, general and administrative costs			9.6			9.7			(0.1	)		(1	%)
Total		$	32.6		$	31.6		$	1.0			3	%

The $1.4 million increase in employee costs was primarily due to an increase in incentive compensation.

SG&A and R&D expense totaled $63.4 million and $64.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The decrease reflected the following (in millions of dollars):

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025			2024			Change			% Increase (Decrease)
Research and development costs		$	0.6		$	1.2		$	(0.6	)		(50	%)
Employee costs			45.2			43.6			1.6			4	%
Other selling, general and administrative costs			17.6			19.4			(1.8	)		(9	%)
Total		$	63.4		$	64.2		$	(0.8	)		(1	%)

The $1.8 million decrease in other selling, general and administrative costs was primarily due to a decrease in legal fees, third party consulting fees, and legacy environmental costs. The $1.6 million increase in employee costs was primarily due to an increase in incentive compensation.

Restructuring Costs. Restructuring costs of $0.1 million and $6.8 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, and $1.9 million and $6.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, were related to our restructuring plans. See Note 4 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for further information regarding the restructuring plans.

Other Operating Charges, Net. We had no Other operating charges for the quarter or six months ended June 30, 2025. Other operating charges of $0.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 represented an impairment charge on land classified as held for sale during the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

Interest Expense. See Note 6 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for a discussion of our debt and credit facilities that were in effect during the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 and interest expense capitalized as part of construction in progress.

Other Income (Expense), Net. See Note 9 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for details.

Income Tax Provision. See Note 10 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for disclosure regarding our income tax provision.

Selected Operational and Financial Information

The following data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” of this Report. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of those for a full year.

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The table below provides selected operational and financial information (in millions of dollars):

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024 As Adjusted1				2025				2024 As Adjusted1
Net income		$	23.2			$	18.9			$	44.8			$	37.1
Interest expense			12.5				11.1				23.7				22.6
Other (income) expense, net			(4.4	)			0.5				(3.0	)			(10.4	)
Income tax provision			6.7				5.7				13.9				11.2
Depreciation and amortization			29.6				29.0				59.6				57.8
Non-run-rate items:
Restructuring costs			0.1				6.8				1.9				6.9
Mark-to-market loss on derivative instruments2			—				2.2				—				2.2
Non-cash asset impairment charge			—				—				—				0.4
Environmental expenses3			—				—				0.2				0.4
Total non-run-rate items			0.1				9.0				2.1				9.9
Adjusted EBITDA4		$	67.7			$	74.2			$	141.1			$	128.2

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for further discussion.

2.Mark-to-market loss on derivative instruments represents the loss on non-designated commodity hedges. Adjusted EBITDA reflects the realized impact related to these derivatives upon settlement.

3.Non-run-rate environmental expenses are related to legacy contingencies from activities at operating facilities prior to July 6, 2006. See Note 7 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for additional information relating to the environmental expenses.

4.Adjusted EBITDA includes favorable Metal Price Lag of approximately $14.0 million and approximately $19.0 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, and favorable Metal Price Lag of approximately $36.0 million and approximately $24.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively.

Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 was $6.5 million lower than Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 reflected improved product pricing and mix, that was more than offset by: (i) higher manufacturing costs primarily due to the startup of the fourth coating line at Warrick and (ii) higher major maintenance costs. See above in “Consolidated Results of Operations” for further details.

Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was $12.9 million higher than Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2024. Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was impacted by: (i) improved product pricing and mix and (ii) favorable metal costs. This was partially offset by: (i) higher manufacturing costs primarily due to the startup of the fourth coating line at Warrick and (ii) higher major maintenance costs. See above in “Consolidated Results of Operations” for further details.

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The following table provides our shipment and Conversion Revenue information (in millions of dollars, except shipments and Conversion Revenue per pound) by end market applications:

		Quarter Ended June 30,																Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025								2024								2025								2024
Aero/HS Products:
Shipments (mmlbs)		59.9								62.2								116.2								125.1
		$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb
Net sales		$	227.9			$	3.80			$	226.1			$	3.64			$	442.6			$	3.81			$	446.6			$	3.57
Less: Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal			(100.7	)			(1.68	)			(92.7	)			(1.50	)			(194.9	)			(1.68	)			(176.7	)			(1.41	)
Conversion Revenue		$	127.2			$	2.12			$	133.4			$	2.14			$	247.7			$	2.13			$	269.9			$	2.16
Packaging:
Shipments (mmlbs)		141.1								145.9								271.3								288.3
		$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb
Net sales		$	340.9			$	2.42			$	312.4			$	2.14			$	655.1			$	2.41			$	610.5			$	2.12
Less: Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal			(211.2	)			(1.50	)			(193.5	)			(1.33	)			(398.0	)			(1.46	)			(373.6	)			(1.30	)
Conversion Revenue		$	129.7			$	0.92			$	118.9			$	0.81			$	257.1			$	0.95			$	236.9			$	0.82
GE Products:
Shipments (mmlbs)		63.4								59.5								128.5								117.6
		$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb
Net sales		$	185.4			$	2.92			$	162.6			$	2.73			$	367.0			$	2.86			$	315.6			$	2.68
Less: Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal			(99.7	)			(1.57	)			(80.0	)			(1.34	)			(197.8	)			(1.54	)			(152.8	)			(1.30	)
Conversion Revenue		$	85.7			$	1.35			$	82.6			$	1.39			$	169.2			$	1.32			$	162.8			$	1.38
Automotive Extrusions:
Shipments (mmlbs)		24.0								28.1								48.0								54.6
		$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb
Net sales		$	68.9			$	2.87			$	69.7			$	2.47			$	135.8			$	2.83			$	133.2			$	2.44
Less: Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal			(37.3	)			(1.55	)			(36.7	)			(1.30	)			(72.4	)			(1.51	)			(69.1	)			(1.27	)
Conversion Revenue		$	31.6			$	1.32			$	33.0			$	1.17			$	63.4			$	1.32			$	64.1			$	1.17
Other Products:
Shipments (mmlbs)		—								1.1								—								2.2
		$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb
Net sales		$	—			$	—			$	2.6			$	2.36			$	—			$	—			$	5.0			$	2.27
Less: Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal			—				—				(1.6	)			(1.45	)			—				—				(2.9	)			(1.32	)
Conversion Revenue		$	—			$	—			$	1.0			$	0.91			$	—			$	—			$	2.1			$	0.95
Total:
Shipments (mmlbs)		288.4								296.8								564.0								587.8
		$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb				$				$ / lb
Net sales		$	823.1			$	2.85			$	773.4			$	2.61			$	1,600.5			$	2.84			$	1,510.9			$	2.57
Less: Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal1			(448.9	)			(1.55	)			(404.5	)			(1.37	)			(863.1	)			(1.53	)			(775.1	)			(1.32	)
Conversion Revenue		$	374.2			$	1.30			$	368.9			$	1.24			$	737.4			$	1.31			$	735.8			$	1.25

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1.Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 included $449.5 million and $408.0 million, respectively, reflecting the cost of aluminum at the average MWTP and the cost of certain alloys used in the production process, as well as metal price exposure on shipments that we hedged with realized gains upon settlement of $0.6 million and $3.5 million in the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, all of which were included within both Net sales and COGS in our Statements of Consolidated Income. Hedged Cost of Alloyed Metal for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 included $868.3 million and $775.1 million, respectively, reflecting the cost of aluminum at the average MWTP and the cost of certain alloys used in the production process, as well as metal price exposure on shipments that we hedged with realized gains upon settlement of $5.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025, all of which were included within both Net sales and COGS in our Statements of Consolidated Income. There were no gains or losses upon settlement for the six months ended June 30, 2024. See Note 5 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for the total realized gain on aluminum hedges for which we hedged the metal price exposure externally.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Summary

The following table summarizes our liquidity (in millions of dollars):

		As of June 30, 2025				As of December 31, 2024
Available cash and cash equivalents		$	13.1			$	18.4
Borrowing availability under Revolving Credit Facility, net of letters of credit1			524.6				553.4
Total liquidity		$	537.7			$	571.8

1.Borrowing availability under the Revolving Credit Facility was determined by a borrowing base calculated as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

We place our cash in bank deposits with high credit quality financial institutions. See Note 12 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for information regarding restricted cash at June 30, 2025.

We had $32.8 million of outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility as of June 30, 2025, reflecting borrowings of $217.6 million and repayments of $184.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and no borrowings for the year ended December 31, 2024. See below in “Sources of Liquidity” for a further discussion of subsequent borrowing activity. See Note 6 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities (in millions of dollars):

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025				2024 As Adjusted1
Total cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities		$	72.9			$	89.6
Investing activities		$	(81.9	)		$	(73.6	)
Financing activities		$	4.0			$	(28.0	)

1.Adjusted to reflect the retrospective change in inventory valuation methodology from LIFO to WAC. See Note 14 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for further discussion.

Cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025 reflected results of business activity described above in our “Consolidated Results of Operations” discussion, as well as the following working capital changes: (i) an increase in trade and other receivables of $75.9 million, primarily due to increased metal prices; (ii) a decrease in accrued liabilities of $26.0 million, primarily due to timing of uncleared cash disbursements; (iii) an increase in accounts payable of $45.7 million, primarily due to the timing of payments and higher metal cost; and (iv) a decrease in inventory of $6.3 million, primarily due to a reduction in total inventory pounds in connection with our continued focus on inventory management, offset by increased metal prices.

Cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2024 reflected results of business activity described above in our “Consolidated Results of Operations” discussion, as well as the following working capital changes: (i) an increase in trade and other receivables of $46.2 million, primarily due to higher metal costs; (ii) a decrease in inventory of $14.8 million, due to our continued

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focus on inventory management; (iii) an increase in accounts payable of $16.1 million, primarily due to the timing of payments; and (iv) an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $10.9 million.

See Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows included in this Report for further details on our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024.

Sources of Liquidity

Our most significant sources of liquidity include available cash and cash equivalents, borrowing availability under the Revolving Credit Facility, and funds generated from operations. We believe we have sufficient liquidity to fund our operations and meet our short-term and long-term obligations.

Our Revolving Credit Facility and Senior Notes have covenants that, we believe, allow us to operate our business with limited restrictions and significant flexibility for the foreseeable future. We do not believe that the covenants contained in the Revolving Credit Facility are reasonably likely to limit our ability to raise additional debt or equity should we choose to do so during the next 12 months, nor do we believe it is likely that during the next 12 months we will trigger the availability threshold that would require measuring and maintaining a fixed charge coverage ratio.

At July 21, 2025, we had no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility. See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for a description of our Revolving Credit Facility.

We engage in certain customer-based supply chain financing programs to accelerate the receipt of payment for outstanding accounts receivable from certain customers. Costs of these programs are typically reimbursed to us by the customer. Receivables transferred under these customer-based supply chain financing programs generally meet the requirements to be accounted for as sales resulting in the derecognition of such receivables from our consolidated balance sheets. Receivables involved with these customer‑based supply chain finance programs for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 constituted approximately 27% of our Net sales. See Note 9 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for further details with respect to these supply chain financing programs.

Material Cash Requirements

See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for mandatory principal and cash interest payments on the outstanding borrowings.

We do not believe that covenants in the indentures governing the Senior Notes are reasonably likely to limit our ability to obtain additional debt or equity financing should we choose to do so during the next 12 months.

Except as otherwise disclosed in this Report, there has been no material change in our material cash requirements from significant contractual obligations, commercial commitments, or off-balance sheet arrangements other than in the ordinary course of business since December 31, 2024.

Capital Expenditures and Investments

We strive to strengthen our competitive position across our end markets through strategic capital investment. Significant investments over the past decade have positioned us well with increased capacity and expanded manufacturing capabilities while more recent capital projects have focused on further enhancing manufacturing cost efficiency, improving product quality and promoting operational security, which we believe are critical to maintaining and strengthening our position in an increasingly competitive market environment. At our Trentwood facility, a significant portion of our capital spending over the past several years related to modernization projects, which focused on equipment upgrades throughout the process flow to reduce conversion costs, increase efficiency, and further improve our competitive cost position on all products produced at Trentwood. These investments also focused on modernizing legacy equipment and the process flow for thin gauge plate to achieve KaiserSelect® quality enhancements for these Aero/HS Products and GE Products. These improvements have allowed us to gain incremental manufacturing capacity to enable future sales growth. At our Warrick facility, we have invested significant capital to expand our capacity and quality in higher margin coated products.

Our capital investment plans remain focused on supporting demand growth through capacity expansion, sustaining our operations, enhancing product quality and increasing operating efficiencies. We anticipate total capital spending in 2025 of approximately $120.0

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million to $130.0 million. We expect to continue to deploy capital thoughtfully so that investment decisions align with demand expectations in order to maximize the earnings potential of the business and maintain financial strength and flexibility.

Capital investments will be funded using cash generated from operations, available cash and cash equivalents, borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and/or other third-party financing arrangements. The level of anticipated capital expenditures may be adjusted from time to time depending on our business plans, our price outlook for fabricated aluminum products, our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, and other factors. No assurance can be provided as to the timing of any such expenditures or the operational benefits expected therefrom.

Dividends

We have consistently paid a quarterly cash dividend since the second quarter of 2007 to holders of our common stock, including holders of restricted stock. Nevertheless, as in the past, the future declaration and payment of dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on a number of factors, including our financial and operating results, including the availability of surplus and/or net profits, liquidity position, anticipated cash requirements and contractual restrictions under our Revolving Credit Facility, the indentures for our Senior Notes or other indebtedness we may incur in the future. We can give no assurance that dividends will be declared and paid in the future.

We also pay quarterly dividend equivalents to the holders of certain restricted stock units. Holders of performance shares are not paid a quarterly dividend equivalent, but instead are entitled to receive, in connection with the issuance of underlying shares of common stock for performance shares that ultimately vest, a one-time payment equal to the dividends such holders would have received if the number of such shares of common stock so issued had been held of record by such holders from the date of grant of such performance shares through the date of such issuance.

See our Statements of Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity and Note 15 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for information regarding dividends paid during the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, and declared subsequent to June 30, 2025.

Repurchases of Common Stock

We suspended share repurchases as of March 2020. We will continue to assess share repurchases as a part of our capital allocation priorities and strategic investment opportunities identified to support further growth in our business. At June 30, 2025, $93.1 million remained authorized and available for future repurchases of common stock under our stock repurchase program.

See our Statements of Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity included in this Report for information regarding minimum statutory tax withholding obligations arising during the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 in connection with the vesting of non‑vested shares, restricted stock units, and performance shares.

Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. In connection with the preparation of our financial statements, we are required to make assumptions and estimates about future events and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and the related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that management believes to be relevant at the time our consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, management reviews the accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that our financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could differ from our assumptions and estimates and such differences could be material.

Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. We discuss our critical accounting estimates in Part II, Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2024. There have been no material changes in our critical accounting estimates and policies since December 31, 2024.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Information regarding new accounting pronouncements is included in Note 1 of our Interim Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q.

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Availability of Information

We file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Proxy Statements, any amendments to those reports and statements and other information with the SEC. You may obtain the documents that we file electronically from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Our filings with the SEC are made available free of charge on our website at http://www.kaiseraluminum.com as soon as reasonably practicable after we file or furnish the materials with the SEC. News releases, announcements of upcoming earnings calls and events in which our management participates or hosts with members of the investment community and an archive of webcasts of such earnings calls and investor events and related investor presentations, are also available on our website. Information on our website is not incorporated into this Form 10-Q unless expressly noted.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The following quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk should be read in conjunction with Note 5 and Note 8 of Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report. Our operating results are sensitive to changes in the prices of primary aluminum, certain alloying metals, natural gas, electricity, and foreign currency, and also depend to a significant degree upon the volume and mix of products sold to customers. We have historically utilized hedging transactions to lock in a specified price or range of prices for certain products which we sell or consume in our production process, and to mitigate our exposure to changes in energy prices.

Aluminum

During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, settlements of derivative contracts were for 61.5 million pounds and 79.1 million pounds, respectively, of hedged shipments sold on pricing terms that created aluminum price risk for us. At June 30, 2025, we had derivative contracts with respect to approximately 39.4 million and 4.4 million pounds to hedge sales to be made in the remainder of 2025 and 2026, respectively, on pricing terms that create aluminum price risk for us.

Based on the aluminum derivative positions held by us to hedge firm-price customer sales agreements, we estimate that a $0.10/lb decrease in the LME market price of aluminum as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, with all other variables held constant, would have resulted in an unrealized mark-to-market loss of $4.4 million and $4.7 million, respectively, with corresponding changes to the net fair value of our aluminum derivative positions. Additionally, we estimate that a $0.05/lb decrease in the Midwest premium for aluminum as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, with all other variables held constant, would have resulted in an unrealized mark-to-market loss of $2.1 million and $2.0 million, respectively, with corresponding changes to the net fair value of our aluminum derivative positions.

Alloying Metals

We are exposed to the risk of fluctuating prices of certain alloying metals, especially copper, zinc, and magnesium, to the extent that changes in their prices do not highly correlate with price changes for aluminum. Copper, zinc, magnesium, and certain other metals are used in our remelt operations to cast rolling ingot and extrusion billet with the proper chemistry for our products. From time to time, we enter into forward contract swaps and/or physical delivery commitments with third parties to mitigate our risk from fluctuations in the prices of these alloys. As of June 30, 2025, we had forward swap contracts with settlement dates designed to align with the timing of scheduled purchases of zinc and copper by our manufacturing facilities. We estimate that a $0.10/lb decrease in the market price of zinc and copper as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, with all other variables held constant, would have resulted in an unrealized mark‑to‑market loss of $0.6 million and $0.9 million, respectively, with corresponding changes to the net fair value of our zinc and copper derivative positions.

Energy

We are exposed to the risk of fluctuating prices for natural gas and electricity. We, from time to time, in the ordinary course of business, enter into hedging transactions and/or firm-price physical delivery commitments with third parties to mitigate our risk from fluctuations in natural gas and electricity prices. We estimate that a $1.00 per mmbtu decrease in natural gas prices would have resulted in an unrealized mark-to-market loss of $3.4 million and $2.8 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, with corresponding changes to the net fair value of our natural gas derivative positions. We had no outstanding electricity derivative positions as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Foreign Currency

As of June 30, 2025, we hedged the foreign currency exchange rate risk related to certain lease transactions and equipment purchases denominated in Euros using forward swap contracts with settlement dates through July 2027. We estimate that a 10% decrease

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in the exchange rate of our hedged foreign currencies to U.S. dollars would have resulted in an unrealized mark-to-market loss of $0.4 million and $0.8 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, with corresponding changes to the net fair value of our foreign currency derivative positions.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is processed, recorded, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. An evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures was performed as of the end of the period covered by this Report under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer. Based on that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2025 at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. We had no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the six months ended June 30, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Reference is made to Part I, Item 3. “Legal Proceedings” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for information concerning material legal proceedings with respect to the Company. There have been no material developments since December 31, 2024.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Reference is made to Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for information concerning risk factors. There have been no material changes in risk factors since December 31, 2024.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following table provides information regarding our repurchases of our common shares during the quarter ended June 30, 2025:

		Equity Incentive Plan								Stock Repurchase Plan
		Total Number of Shares Purchased1				Average Price per Share				Total Number of Shares Purchased2				Average Price per Share				Maximum Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Programs (millions)2
April 1, 2025 - April 30, 2025			—			$	—				—			$	—			$	93.1
May 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025			38				69.16				—				—				93.1
June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025			181				75.73				—				—				93.1
Total			219			$	74.59				—			$	—			n/a

1.Under our equity incentive plan, participants may elect to have us withhold common shares to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding obligations arising from the recognition of income and the vesting of restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance shares. When we withhold these shares, we are required to remit to the appropriate taxing authorities the market price of the shares withheld by us on the date of withholding. The withholding of common shares by us could be deemed a purchase of such common shares.

2.In September 2018, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase an indeterminate number of shares of our common stock at an aggregate market value of up to $100.0 million. At June 30, 2025, $93.1 million remained available to repurchase our common shares pursuant to the stock repurchase program. The September 2018 authorization does not have an expiration date.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangements. During the quarter ended June 30, 2025, no director or officer of the Company adopted, modified, or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" or "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.

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*Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit

Provided

Incorporated by Reference

No.

Exhibit Description

Herewith

Form

File Number

Exhibit

Filing Date

10.1

Amended and Restated Director Designation Agreement

10-Q

001-09447

10.5

April 24, 2025

31.1

Certification of Keith A. Harvey pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

31.2

Certification of Neal E. West pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

32.1

Certification of Keith A. Harvey pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

32.2

Certification of Neal E. West pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

X

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

X

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION

/s/ Neal E. West

Neal E. West

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Vijai Narayan

Vijai Narayan

Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: July 24, 2025

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FAQ

How did Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) perform in Q2 2025?

Net sales $823.1 m (+6 % YoY); net income $23.2 m (+23 %); diluted EPS $1.41 vs $1.15.

What is KALU’s cash and debt position as of 30 Jun 25?

Cash & equivalents were $13.1 m; long-term debt $1.08 bn, including a $32.8 m revolver draw.

Did Kaiser Aluminum generate free cash flow in the first half of 2025?

No. Operating cash flow was $72.9 m versus cap-ex of $81.8 m, resulting in negative free cash flow.

What dividend did KALU declare for Q2 2025?

The board declared a $0.77 per-share cash dividend, consistent with prior quarters.

How does the change from LIFO to WAC affect results?

The retrospective switch raised retained earnings and removes LIFO layer volatility, improving period-to-period comparability without cash impact.