Employees

As of December 31, 2025, we had 1,863 employees and 1659 consultants, which we refer to as “contingent workers”. At each date shown below, we had the following number of employees, broken out by department and geography.

Collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) can be entered into in Belgium and other jurisdictions at the national, industry, or company levels. These CBAs are binding on both employers and employees. We have no trade union representation or CBAs at the company level, but we are subject to the national and chemical industry CBAs. The CBAs currently applicable to us relate to employment conditions such as wages, working time, job security, innovation and supplementary pensions. We have not had, and do not anticipate having, disputes on any of these subjects. CBAs may, however, change the employment conditions of our employees in the future and hence adversely affect our employment relationships.