• Net loss attributable to SXC was $44.2 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, for the full-year 2025; net loss attributable to SXC was $85.6 million, or $1.00 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter 2025
• Net loss attributable to SXC was impacted by unfavorable one-time items totaling $109.3 million, or $83.1 million net of tax, for the full-year 2025; net loss attributable to SXC was impacted by one-time items totaling $95.7 million, or $72.7 million net of tax, in the fourth quarter 2025
• Full-year 2025 consolidated Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ was $219.2 million; fourth quarter 2025 consolidated Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ was $56.7 million
• Operating cash flow was $109.1 million for the full-year 2025
• Extended Granite City coke supply agreement with U.S. Steel through December 2026
• Extended Haverhill II coke supply agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs through December 2028
• Full-year 2026 consolidated Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ is expected to be between $230 million and $250 million

LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2026-- SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) (the "Company" or "SunCoke") today reported fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, and provided guidance for 2026.

"We are pleased with the SunCoke team's execution on our operational plan, including our safety performance in 2025. SunCoke achieved an excellent annual Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.55, excluding Phoenix Global. This represents best-in-class performance and I would like to thank the team for their dedication and commitment. We also made significant progress on our capital allocation goals, with the acquisition of Phoenix Global and the continuation of our quarterly dividend," said Katherine Gates, President and CEO of SunCoke Energy, Inc. "Our fourth quarter and full-year results, when compared to prior year periods, were impacted by the closure of our Haverhill I facility, resulting in a non-cash asset impairment charge, the breach of contract by Algoma, lower Granite City contract extension economics, and the change in mix of contract and spot coke sales. In our Industrial Services segment, Phoenix Global performed in line with our expectations, while weak market conditions persisted throughout the year, impacting our terminals handling volumes."

"Looking ahead to 2026, we have optimized our coke fleet with the closure of Haverhill I, resulting in revised Domestic Coke production capacity of approximately 3.7 million tons. With extended contracts at Granite City and Haverhill II, and having finalized all foundry and spot coke sales, we will be running at full utilization and are sold out for the year. Our 2026 Adjusted EBITDA guidance range of $230 million to $250 million reflects our expectations for improvement in market conditions for our terminals and a full year of Phoenix Global. The breach of contract by Algoma and subsequent closure of Haverhill I will drive lower coke sales tons, but at higher margins, resulting in a modest decrease in Domestic Coke Adjusted EBITDA as compared to 2025," Gates continued. "We remain focused on executing against our well established objectives of exceptional safety performance, operational excellence, and a balanced approach to capital allocation. We plan to use our excess cash flow in 2026 to pay down debt, continue the distribution of the quarterly dividend, and continue to assess growth opportunities. We are positioning the Company for sustained success and delivering significant value to SunCoke stakeholders."

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

Revenues decreased during both the fourth quarter and full-year 2025 as compared to the same prior year periods, primarily driven by lower pricing and volumes due to the change in mix of contract and spot coke sales, lower contract extension economics at Granite City, and lower coke sales volumes due to the breach of contract by Algoma in the Domestic Coke segment, partially offset by the addition of Phoenix Global in the Industrial Services segment.

Net income attributable to SXC for the fourth quarter 2025 decreased from the same prior year period, primarily driven by one-time items totaling $95.7 million, or $72.7 million net of tax, including a non-cash asset impairment charge primarily due to the closure of our Haverhill I cokemaking facility, site closure costs primarily related to Phoenix Global operating sites, and restructuring and transaction costs primarily related to the acquisition of Phoenix Global. Net loss attributable to SXC for the fourth quarter 2025 was also impacted by lower coke sales volumes in the Domestic Coke segment due to the breach of contract by Algoma. Net income attributable to SXC for the full-year 2025 decreased from the same prior year period, primarily driven by one-time items totaling $109.3 million, or $83.1 million net of tax, including a non-cash asset impairment charge primarily due to the closure of our Haverhill I cokemaking facility, transaction and restructuring costs primarily related to the acquisition of Phoenix Global, and site closure costs primarily related to Phoenix Global operating sites. Net loss attributable to SXC for the full-year 2025 was also impacted by the change in mix of contract and spot coke sales coupled with lower economics on the Granite City contract extension in the Domestic Coke segment, and the absence of a one-time gain of $9.5 million on the elimination of the majority of our legacy black lung liabilities recorded in the third quarter of 2024, partially offset by an income tax benefit from capital investment tax credits.

Fourth quarter 2025 Adjusted EBITDA decreased as compared to the same prior year period, primarily driven by lower coke sales volumes due to the breach of contract by Algoma and lower economics on the Granite City contract extension in the Domestic Coke segment, partially offset by the addition of Phoenix Global. Full-year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA decreased as compared to the same prior year period, primarily driven by the change in mix of contract and spot coke sales, lower economics on the Granite City contract extension, lower coal-to-coke yields, and lower coke sales volumes due to the breach of contract by Algoma, partially offset by the addition of Phoenix Global.

SEGMENT RESULTS

Domestic Coke

Domestic Coke consists of cokemaking facilities and heat recovery operations at our Jewell, Indiana Harbor, Haverhill, Granite City and Middletown plants.

The decreases in revenues and Adjusted EBITDA for both the fourth quarter and full-year 2025 as compared to the same prior year periods were primarily driven by lower pricing and volumes due to the change in mix of contract and spot coke sales, as well as lower contract extension economics at Granite City, and lower volumes due to the breach of contract by Algoma.

Industrial Services

Industrial Services consists of the handling and mixing services of coal and other aggregates at our logistics terminals, including Convent Marine Terminal ("CMT"), Lake Terminal, and Kanawha River Terminals (“KRT”), and fifteen molten slag removal, handling, and processing operating sites in four countries.

The increases in both revenues and Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter and full-year 2025 as compared to the same prior year periods were primarily driven by the addition of Phoenix Global, partially offset by lower terminals handling volumes due to market conditions.

Corporate and Other

Corporate expenses that can be identified with a segment have been included in determining segment results. The remainder is included in Corporate and Other, which is not a reportable segment, but which also includes licensing and operating fees payable to us under long-term contracts with ArcelorMittal Brazil as well as the expenses related to those operations and activity from our legacy coal mining business.

Adjusted EBITDA results for the fourth quarter 2025 were favorable as compared to same prior year period, primarily driven by lower employee related costs. Adjusted EBITDA results for the full-year 2025 were unfavorable as compared to the same prior year period, primarily driven by the absence of the one-time gain of $9.5 million on the elimination of the majority of our legacy black lung liabilities recorded in the third quarter of 2024, partially offset by lower employee related costs.

2026 OUTLOOK

Our 2026 guidance is as follows:

• Domestic coke total sales are expected to be approximately 3.4 million tons⁽¹⁾
• Consolidated Net Income is expected to be between $25 million and $43 million
• Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be between $230 million and $250 million
• Capital expenditures are projected to be between $90 million and $100 million
• Operating cash flow is estimated to be between $230 million and $250 million
• Net cash tax receipts are projected to be between $8 million and $12 million

RELATED COMMUNICATIONS

SXC will host its quarterly earnings call at 11:00 am ET on February 17, 2026. The conference call will be webcast live at https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=6AQEfKx3 and archived for replay in the Investors section of www.suncoke.com. Investors and analysts may participate in this call by dialing 1-833-821-7847 in the U.S. or 1-412-652-1261 if outside the U.S., and asking to be joined into the SunCoke Energy, Inc. call.

SUNCOKE ENERGY, INC.

SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) supplies high-quality coke to domestic and international customers. Our coke is used in the blast furnace production of steel as well as the foundry production of casted iron, with the majority of sales under long-term, take-or-pay contracts. We also export coke to overseas customers seeking high-quality product for their blast furnaces. Our process utilizes an innovative heat-recovery technology that captures excess heat for steam or electrical power generation and draws upon more than 60 years of cokemaking experience to operate our facilities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and Brazil. Our industrial services business provides export and domestic material handling services to coke, coal, steel, power and other bulk customers, as well as mission-critical services to leading steel producers globally. The logistics terminals have the collective capacity to mix and transload more than 40 million tons of material each year and are strategically located to reach Gulf Coast, East Coast, Great Lakes and international ports. Additional industrial services include the removal, handling, and processing of molten slag at customer sites, as well as preparation and transportation of metal scraps, raw materials, and finished products. To learn more about SunCoke Energy, Inc., visit our website at www.suncoke.com.

SunCoke routinely announces material information to investors and the marketplace using press releases, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, public conference calls, webcasts, sustainability reports, and SunCoke's website at https://www.suncoke.com/en/investors/overview. The information that SunCoke posts to its website may be deemed to be material. Accordingly, SunCoke encourages investors and others interested in SunCoke to routinely monitor and review the information that SunCoke posts on its website, in addition to following SunCoke's press releases, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, sustainability reports, and public conference calls and webcasts.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to U.S. GAAP measures, this press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to the measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures have important limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Additionally, other companies may calculate non-GAAP metrics differently than we do, thereby limiting their usefulness as a comparative measure. Because of these and other limitations, you should consider our non-GAAP measures only as supplemental to other U.S. GAAP-based financial performance measures, including revenues and net income. Reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP financial measures are included following the presentation of financial and operating results included at the end of this press release.

DEFINITIONS

• Adjusted EBITDA represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), adjusted for any impairments, restructuring costs, gains or losses on extinguishment of debt, gains or losses on derivative instruments, site closure costs and/or transaction costs ("Adjusted EBITDA"). EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not represent and should not be considered alternatives to net income or operating income under U.S. GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures in other businesses. Management believes Adjusted EBITDA is an important measure in assessing operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors because it highlights trends in our business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on U.S. GAAP measures and because it eliminates items that have less bearing on our operating performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and they should not be considered a substitute for net income, or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release and related conference call contain “forward-looking statements” (as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Forward-looking statements often may be identified by the use of such words as "believe," "expect," "plan," "project," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue," "may," "will," "should," or the negative of these terms, or similar expressions. However, the absence of these words or similar expressions does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Any statements made in this press release or during the related conference call that are not statements of historical fact,including those concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, our 2026 guidance and outlook, our expectation to continue a quarterly dividend, descriptions of our business plans and strategies, and other statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements and should be evaluated as such. Forward-looking statements represent only our beliefs regarding future events, many of which are inherently uncertain and involve significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are beyond the control of SunCoke) that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described in Item 1A (“Risk Factors”) of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recently completed fiscal year, as well as those described from time to time in our other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

In accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, SunCoke has included in its filings with the SEC cautionary language identifying important factors (but not necessarily all the important factors) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by SunCoke. For information concerning these factors and other important information regarding the matters discussed in this press release and related conference call, see SunCoke's SEC filings, copies of which are available free of charge on SunCoke's website at www.suncoke.com or on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements included in this press release and related conference call are expressly qualified in their entirety by such cautionary statements. Unpredictable or unknown factors not discussed in this press release and related conference call also could have material adverse effects on forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, but are based upon the current knowledge, beliefs and expectations of SunCoke management, and upon assumptions by SunCoke concerning future conditions, any or all of which ultimately may prove to be inaccurate. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. SunCoke does not intend, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update or alter its forward-looking statements (or associated cautionary language), whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, after the date of this press release except as required by applicable law.

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