TITANIUM METALS CORP
S-1/A, 1996-05-22
SECONDARY SMELTING & REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS
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      AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 22, 1996
    
 
                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 333-2940
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                AMENDMENT NO. 3
    
 
                                       TO
 
                                    FORM S-1
 
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                          TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
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           DELAWARE                         3339                        13-5630895
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF  (PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL        (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)   CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER)        IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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                           1999 BROADWAY, SUITE 4300
                             DENVER, COLORADO 80202
                           TELEPHONE: (303) 296-5600
  (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
                        REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL OFFICES)
 
                             JOSEPH S. COMPOFELICE
                   VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                           1999 BROADWAY, SUITE 4300
                             DENVER, COLORADO 80202
                           TELEPHONE: (303) 296-5600
 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
                             OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
 
                                WITH COPIES TO:
 
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           JAMES L. PALENCHAR, ESQ.                    GEORGE W. BILICIC, JR., ESQ.
    BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT                CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE
       511 SIXTEENTH STREET, SUITE 700              WORLDWIDE PLAZA, 825 EIGHTH AVENUE
            DENVER, COLORADO 80202                       NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
                (303) 592-3100                                (212) 474-1000
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     APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.
 
     If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, check the following box.  / /
 
     If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.  / /
 
     If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier registration statement for the same
offering.  / /
 
     If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box.  / /
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     THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
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                          TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION
 
                             CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
                   PURSUANT TO ITEM 501(B) OF REGULATION S-K
 
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   ITEM NUMBER AND HEADING IN FORM S-1 REGISTRATION
                       STATEMENT                                  PROSPECTUS CAPTION
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  1.  Forepart of Registration Statement and Outside
      Front Cover Page of Prospectus...................  Facing Page; Outside and Inside Front
                                                         Cover Page
  2.  Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages of
      Prospectus.......................................  Additional Information and Outside
                                                         Back Cover Page
  3.  Summary Information, Risk Factors, and Ratio of
      Earnings to Fixed Charges........................  Prospectus Summary; Risk Factors
  4.  Use of Proceeds..................................  Prospectus Summary; Use of Proceeds
  5.  Determination of Offering Price..................  Underwriting
  6.  Dilution.........................................  Dilution
  7.  Selling Security Holders.........................  Principal and Selling Stockholders;
                                                         Certain Relationships and Related
                                                         Transactions
  8.  Plan of Distribution.............................  Outside Front Cover Page;
                                                         Underwriting
  9.  Description of Securities to be Registered.......  Outside Front Cover Page; Prospectus
                                                         Summary; Description of Capital
                                                         Stock; Shares Eligible for Future
                                                         Sale
 10.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel...........  Inapplicable
 11.  Information with Respect to the Registrant.......  Outside Front and Inside Front Cover
                                                         Pages; Prospectus Summary; Risk
                                                         Factors; Dividend Policy;
                                                         Capitalization; Selected Financial
                                                         Data; Management's Discussion and
                                                         Analysis of Financial Condition and
                                                         Results of Operations; Business; The
                                                         Company; Management; Principal and
                                                         Selling Stockholders; Certain
                                                         Relationships and Related
                                                         Transactions; Description of Capital
                                                         Stock; Shares Eligible for Future
                                                         Sale; Consolidated Financial
                                                         Statements
 12.  Disclosure of Commission Position on
      Indemnification for Securities Act Liabilities...  Management
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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
     This Registration Statement contains two forms of prospectus: one to be
used in connection with an offering of Common Stock in the United States and
Canada (the "U.S. Prospectus") and one to be used in a concurrent offering of
Common Stock outside the United States and Canada (the "International
Prospectus"). The U.S. Prospectus and the International Prospectus will be
identical with the exception of the front and back cover pages and the sections
entitled "Underwriting" and "Certain U.S. Tax Considerations for Non-U.S.
Holders." The U.S. Prospectus is included herein and is followed by those pages
to be used in the International Prospectus which differ from those in the U.S.
Prospectus. Each of the pages for the International Prospectus included herein
has been labelled "Alternate Page -- International Prospectus."
 
     If required pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the General Rules and Regulations
under the Securities Act of 1933, ten copies of each of the Prospectuses in the
forms in which they are used after the Registration Statement becomes effective
will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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*  Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A  *
*  registration statement relating to these securities has been filed     *
*  with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not  *
*  be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the        *
*  registration statement becomes effective. This prospectus shall not    *
*  constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy     *
*  nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any State in which  *
*  such offer, solicitation or sale would  be unlawful prior to           *
*  registration or qualification under the securities  laws of any such   *
*  State.                                                                 *
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                             SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
   
                                  MAY 22, 1996
    
 
PROSPECTUS                                                    [TIMET LOGO]
14,500,000 SHARES
TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
($.01 PAR VALUE)
 
   
Of the 14,500,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common
Stock"), of Titanium Metals Corporation (the "Company"), being offered hereby
(the "Shares"), 6,200,000 Shares are being issued and sold by the Company and
8,300,000 Shares are being offered and sold by certain stockholders of the
Company named herein. The net proceeds to the Company from the Offerings (as
defined herein) will be used to prepay certain indebtedness, including
approximately $42.5 million of indebtedness owed to Tremont Corporation
("Tremont"), which may be deemed to control the Company, and IMI plc, which
holds approximately 38% of the outstanding Common Stock and has two
representatives on the Company's Board of Directors. See "Use of Proceeds." The
Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of Common Stock by
the Selling Stockholders. See "Principal and Selling Stockholders."
    
 
Of the 14,500,000 Shares being offered hereby, 12,325,000 Shares are being
offered in the United States and Canada (the "U.S. Offering") and 2,175,000
Shares are being offered in a concurrent international offering outside the
United States and Canada (the "International Offering" and, together with the
U.S. Offering, the "Offerings"), subject to transfers between the U.S.
Underwriters and the International Underwriters. The Price to Public and
Underwriting Discount per share will be identical for the U.S. Offering and the
International Offering. See "Underwriting." The closing of the U.S. Offering and
International Offering are conditioned upon each other.
 
   
Prior to the Offerings, there has been no public market for the Common Stock. It
is anticipated that the initial public offering price will be between $20.00 and
$23.00 per share. See "Underwriting" for a discussion of various factors
considered in determining the initial public offering price. At the request of
the Company, the U.S. Underwriters have reserved 100,000 shares of Common Stock
for sale at the initial public offering price to employees of the Company and to
certain other individuals having relationships with the Company or such
employees.
    
 
   
The Common Stock has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq National Market
under the symbol "TIMT".
    
 
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 10 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF THE SHARES BEING OFFERED
HEREBY.
 
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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                                   PRICE TO         UNDERWRITING     PROCEEDS TO      SELLING
                                   PUBLIC           DISCOUNT         COMPANY(1)       STOCKHOLDERS(1)(2)
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Per Share........................  $                $                $                $
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(1) Before deducting offering expenses payable by the Company and the Selling
    Stockholders, estimated to be approximately $1.3 million for the Company and
    $10,000 for the Selling Stockholders. The Company will bear all expenses of
    the Offerings other than the Underwriting Discount and a portion of the
    incremental registration fees attributable to the Shares being offered by
    the Selling Stockholders, which will be borne by the Selling Stockholders.
 
   
(2) Tremont has granted to the U.S. Underwriters and the International
    Underwriters 30-day options to purchase up to 1,848,750 and 326,250
    additional shares of Common Stock, respectively, at the Price to Public,
    less the Underwriting Discount, solely to cover overallotments, if any. If
    the U.S. Underwriters and the International Underwriters exercise their
    options in full, the total Price to Public, Underwriting Discount and
    Proceeds to Selling Stockholders will be $        , $        and $        ,
    respectively. See "Underwriting."
    
 
The Shares are offered subject to receipt and acceptance by the Underwriters, to
prior sale and to the Underwriters' right to reject any order in whole or in
part and to withdraw, cancel or modify the offer without notice. It is expected
that delivery of the Shares will be made at the office of Salomon Brothers Inc,
Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York, or through the facilities of The
Depository Trust Company, on or about           , 1996.
 
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
 
                                MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
                                    INCORPORATED
 
                                                               SMITH BARNEY INC.
 
The date of this Prospectus is                , 1996.
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     Certain statements under the captions "Prospectus Summary," "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and
"Business" are forward-looking statements or discussions of trends which by
their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could
significantly impact expected results. Actual future results and trends may
differ materially from those described under such captions depending on a
variety of factors, including those detailed under the caption "Risk Factors,"
under the captions noted above and elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
     IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERINGS, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVERALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK OF
THE COMPANY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN
MARKET. SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
 
                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
     The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration
Statement," which term shall encompass all amendments, exhibits and schedules
thereto) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")
with respect to the Common Stock offered hereby. This Prospectus does not
contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement and the
exhibits and schedules thereto, certain portions of which are omitted as
permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission and to which reference
is hereby made. Statements contained in this Prospectus regarding the contents
of any contract or other document referred to herein or therein are not
necessarily complete, and in each instance reference is made to the copy of such
contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement,
each such statement being qualified in all respects by such reference.
 
     The Registration Statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto filed
with the Commission may be inspected, without charge, at the public reference
facility maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's regional offices
located at Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048 and
Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois
60661-2511. Copies of such material may also be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates.
 
     The Company intends to furnish its stockholders with annual reports
containing financial statements audited by an independent public accounting
firm.
 
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
     The following summary is qualified in its entirety by and should be read in
conjunction with the more detailed information and the consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. References
to the "Company" or "TIMET" in this Prospectus for periods beginning after
December 31, 1995, except where otherwise indicated, include the businesses
acquired by the Company from IMI plc (the "IMI Titanium Business") pursuant to
an acquisition completed on February 15, 1996 (the "IMI Titanium Acquisition").
See "Business -- Introduction." References to the "Company" or "TIMET" in this
Prospectus for periods prior to and including the three months ended March 31,
1996, except when otherwise indicated, exclude the IMI Titanium Business. Except
where otherwise indicated, the information in this Prospectus gives effect to
the Stock Split and the conversion of the Company's Class A and Class B Common
Stock into Common Stock (see "Description of Capital Stock") and assumes the
Underwriters' overallotment options are not exercised.
 
                                    OVERVIEW
 
     Titanium Metals Corporation ("TIMET" or the "Company") is one of the
world's leading integrated producers of titanium sponge and mill products and
believes it has the largest sales volume worldwide. The Company strives to be
the low-cost producer in the industry and, due to its economies of scale,
manufacturing expertise and past investment in technology, believes that it is
well-positioned to capitalize on the improving fundamentals in the titanium
industry.
 
     TIMET's products include: titanium sponge, the basic form of titanium metal
used in processed titanium products; titanium ingot and slab, the result of
melting sponge and titanium scrap, either alone or with various other alloying
elements; and forged and cast products produced from ingot or slab, including
billet, bar, flat products (plate, sheet, and strip), tubular products (welded
and seamless tubing and pipe), extrusions and wire.
 
     Titanium is one of the newest specialty metals, having first been
manufactured for commercial use in the 1950s. Titanium's unique combination of
corrosion resistance, elevated-temperature performance and high
strength-to-weight ratio makes it particularly desirable for use in commercial
and military aerospace applications in which these qualities are essential
design requirements. While aerospace applications have historically accounted
for a substantial portion of the worldwide demand for titanium (more than half
of the Company's sales in 1995), the number of end-use markets for titanium has
expanded substantially. Today, numerous industrial uses for titanium exist,
including chemical manufacturing equipment, industrial power plants,
desalination plants and pollution control equipment. Customer demand for
titanium is also increasing in new and emerging uses such as medical implants,
golf club heads, other sporting equipment, offshore oil and gas production
installations, geothermal facilities, and automotive equipment.
 
     The titanium industry is comprised of several manufacturers which, like the
Company, produce a relatively complete range of titanium products. The Company
believes that at least 90% of the world's titanium sponge is produced by six
companies. However, there are a significant number of producers worldwide that
manufacture a limited range of titanium mill products.
 
                            RECENT INDUSTRY RECOVERY
 
     The titanium industry suffered a downturn in the early 1990s. In each of
the five years from 1991-1995, the Company had a net loss, with the Company's
largest net loss occurring in 1994. However, the titanium industry's prospects
have been improving due to a resurgence in commercial aerospace demand,
continuing and stable industrial demand, an end to customer inventory drawdowns,
and the emergence of new uses for titanium, particularly golf club heads. The
Company estimates that total 1995 U.S. industry mill product and castings
shipments were 43.5 million pounds, an increase of approximately 26% compared to
1994. Further, the Company estimates that 1995 U.S. mill product shipments to
the commercial aerospace market were approximately 16 million pounds, an
increase of 16% compared to 1994, and that 1995 U.S. mill product shipments to
the golf club market were 3 million pounds, up from virtually none in 1992.
 
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     Beginning in 1995, demand for titanium strengthened substantially primarily
due to increased demand from the commercial aerospace market. Historically,
orders by commercial airlines for new aircraft have tended to be driven by the
operating profits or losses of the respective airlines. In 1995, due to improved
fundamentals, the domestic commercial airline industry reported operating
profits of $6.2 billion compared with $2.4 billion in 1994 and compared to
cumulative losses in excess of $5 billion in the four years prior to 1994.
According to recent published reports, most major carriers are now beginning to
invest in upgrading their fleets. As of March 31, 1996, the estimated firm order
backlog for The Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Corporation and Airbus
Industrie, as reported by The Airline Monitor (an aerospace industry
publication), was 1,987 planes versus 1,699 planes on March 31, 1995, an
increase of 17%. The newer wide body planes, such as the Boeing 777, 747-500,
747-600 and the Airbus A-330 and A-340, tend to use a higher percentage of
titanium in their frames, engines and parts (as measured by total fly weight)
than narrow body planes. "Fly weight" is the empty weight of a finished aircraft
with engines but without fuel or passengers. The Boeing 777, for example,
utilizes titanium for approximately 9% of total fly weight, compared to between
2% and 3% on the older 737, 747 and 767 models. As of March 31, 1996, the
estimated firm order backlog for wide body planes from Boeing, McDonnell Douglas
and Airbus, as reported by The Airline Monitor, was 748 (38% of total backlog)
compared to 647 as of March 31, 1995, an increase of 16%. The Airline Monitor's
estimated firm order backlog for the Boeing 777 was 247 as of March 31, 1996
compared to 144 as of March 31, 1995, an increase of 72%. Growth in firm order
backlog for narrow body aircraft has also been strong, having increased, as
reported by The Airline Monitor, 18% from 1,052 on March 31, 1995 to 1,239 on
March 31, 1996.
 
     The Company also expects titanium to become a preferred material used in
the manufacture of golf clubs. TIMET believes that the golf industry consumed
approximately 7% of U.S. titanium mill product shipments in 1995, up from
virtually none in 1992. Most major golf club manufacturers are currently
marketing titanium drivers and certain manufacturers are in the process of
developing titanium fairway woods and irons.
 
     The Company's order backlog increased to $284 million (including $113
million related to the IMI Titanium Business) at April 30, 1996, from $213
million at December 31, 1995 (including $78 million related to the IMI Titanium
Business). The Company estimates that of its sales (excluding sponge) in 1996,
approximately 61% will be to the aerospace sector and approximately 8% will be
to the golf club industry.
 
     The Company believes the prospects for the titanium industry are
encouraging given the resurgence of the commercial aerospace industry and the
emergence of the golf club market. Furthermore, while the titanium industry
remains cyclical and continues to be affected by a number of economic and
political factors, the Company believes that current conditions affecting the
titanium industry are different in several important respects from those that
existed during the last industry downturn that began in 1991. Following the
breakup of the former Soviet Union in 1990, military aerospace spending was cut
back significantly. In addition, demand for titanium within the former Soviet
Union declined substantially, which resulted in a sharp increase in shipments by
titanium suppliers within the former Soviet Union to the rest of the world.
After the Persian Gulf War in 1990, commercial aerospace profitability suffered
a sharp decrease and demand for commercial aircraft declined commensurately.
This confluence of events caused a severe titanium product supply and demand
imbalance which the Company believes is in the process of being corrected,
although other economic and political factors or developments that the Company
cannot predict could adversely affect the titanium industry in the future.
 
                            BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS
 
     In its effort to maintain and expand its leading market and competitive
position, the Company intends to focus on the following strategic objectives:
 
     - MAXIMIZING ITS PARTICIPATION IN AEROSPACE INDUSTRY RECOVERY.  The
       Company's experience in the aerospace industry, its proprietary alloys
       developed for that market and its ability to devote additional production
       capacity to meet aerospace demand, position it to benefit from the
       recovery
 
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       of this market. The Company's mill products capacity utilization in 1995
       was approximately 65%, which provides opportunity to satisfy expanded
       demand.
 
     - BENEFITING FROM ITS INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY.  Since 1991, TIMET has
       invested over $120 million in capital expenditures aimed at enhanced
       productivity and quality and expansion of production capacity. In
       particular, TIMET has invested approximately $100 million in a new, cost-
       effective Vacuum Distillation Process ("VDP") facility at its principal
       manufacturing site in Henderson, Nevada. The VDP technology produces
       higher-purity titanium sponge using less power and at higher throughput
       rates than the traditional Kroll-leach technology. The IMI Titanium
       Acquisition, described below, provides an opportunity for two leading
       industry participants to exchange "best practices" technology and thereby
       to capitalize on the manufacturing and process technology strengths of
       each organization.
 
     - BENEFITING FROM VERTICAL INTEGRATION.  TIMET is one of only two companies
       in North America which are vertically integrated in the production of
       sponge and mill products. TIMET is one of the world's largest producers
       and purchasers of titanium sponge. It is also a large producer and
       purchaser of titanium scrap, another key material in the manufacture of
       titanium mill products, which the Company consumes both through its own
       operations and through the proprietary cold hearth melting operations of
       its 50%-owned joint venture, Titanium Hearth Technologies ("THT"). The
       ability to both produce and purchase sponge or scrap allows the Company
       considerable flexibility in optimizing its mix of raw material purchases.
       In addition, TIMET currently has approximately 10 million pounds of
       unutilized sponge-making capacity. This capacity gives the Company
       valuable latitude in responding to increases in demand for titanium
       products by reducing the Company's dependence on purchasing sponge and
       scrap in the open market.
 
     - ESTABLISHING STRATEGIC ALLIANCES.  Through various strategic alliances,
       the most important of which is its interest in THT, the Company seeks to
       gain access to unique process technologies and markets for titanium.
       THT's cold hearth melting technology provides the Company with the
       ability to use a larger percentage of titanium scrap than traditional
       melting techniques and to produce slab products directly without
       intermediate forging steps, thereby reducing costs. The Company has
       explored and will continue to explore other strategic arrangements in the
       area of product production and distribution.
 
     - DEVELOPING NEW MARKETS, APPLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS.  The Company continues
       to work with existing and potential customers to identify and develop new
       or improved applications for titanium that take advantage of its unique
       qualities. Historically, the Company has developed many new and improved
       applications for titanium with or for its customers. The Company believes
       that substantially all of the proprietary titanium alloys of commercial
       significance that have been engineered over the last 25 years have been
       invented by TIMET or the IMI Titanium Business.
 
     - IMPROVING FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY.  Because the Company operates in a
       cyclical industry, management is seeking to improve the financial
       flexibility of the Company by reducing debt. All of the Company's net
       proceeds from the Offerings will be used to reduce indebtedness, thereby
       strengthening the balance sheet and net cash flows available for
       reinvestment in the Company. Additionally, based upon its internal study,
       TIMET anticipates that once the integration of the IMI Titanium Business
       is completed, the resulting manufacturing efficiencies, other cost
       savings (including reduction in duties and tariffs and savings from
       streamlining operations), and contributions from incremental sales will
       provide a benefit to operating income of up to $10 million annually.
                            IMI TITANIUM ACQUISITION
 
     In February 1996, the Company completed the IMI Titanium Acquisition from
IMI plc (which, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates is referred to
herein as "IMI"). The IMI Titanium Business was acquired for approximately 9.6
million shares of Common Stock and $20 million of the Company's subordinated
debt issued in exchange for a like amount of debt previously owed to IMI by one
of its titanium subsidiaries. In addition, Tremont and UTSC received an option
to acquire from IMI an aggregate of
 
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approximately 2 million shares of Common Stock. See "Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions -- Shareholders' Agreements."
 
     The IMI Titanium Business is the largest titanium operation in Western
Europe, in addition to having two titanium castings operations located in the
United States. In 1995, the IMI Titanium Business had sales of $147 million and
a net loss of $33 million. Pro forma for the IMI Titanium Acquisition, TIMET's
1995 sales and titanium products shipments (including sponge and ingot) were
approximately $332 million and 28 million pounds, respectively. Pro forma for
the IMI Titanium Acquisition, TIMET's ingot production capacity is approximately
60 million pounds (including committed capacity from THT), and its mill products
and castings capacity is approximately 33 million pounds. Pro forma for the IMI
Titanium Acquisition, TIMET's sales were $70.7 million and $107.6 million for
the three-month periods ended April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996, respectively.
 
     The Company believes the IMI Titanium Acquisition will allow the Company to
enjoy a strong competitive advantage in several key areas and thus create
additional value for its shareholders. The Company believes the acquisition will
allow for: (i) combined manufacturing expertise, leading to lower costs and
improved overall quality; (ii) the integration of two world leaders in titanium
research and technology, advancing product and process development; (iii)
augmented scale and geographic reach, leading to efficiencies in marketing,
distribution and purchasing; and (iv) increased production flexibility through
additional European manufacturing facilities, allowing the Company to better
service global demand. The Company believes that, as a result of the IMI
Titanium Acquisition and its enhanced competitive position, it will be well
positioned to participate in the improving fundamentals of the titanium
industry.
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
   
     The Company's outstanding Common Stock is currently held 46.3% by Tremont,
37.9% by IMI, 15.4% by Union Titanium Sponge Corporation ("UTSC"), a consortium
of Japanese companies, and .4% by members of the Company's management. IMI
Kynoch Ltd. and IMI Americas Inc. (subsidiaries of IMI) and UTSC will sell
shares of Common Stock in the Offerings, and, if the Underwriters' overallotment
options are exercised, all of the shares offered under the overallotment options
will be sold by Tremont. Tremont, IMI and UTSC are referred to herein as the
"Selling Stockholders." After giving effect to the Offerings and assuming no
exercise of the Underwriters' overallotment options, Tremont would hold 37.2%,
IMI 6.4%, UTSC 10.0% and the Company's management .3% of the outstanding Common
Stock. See "Principal and Selling Stockholders."
    
 
     The Company is incorporated in Delaware and its principal offices are
located at 1999 Broadway, Suite 4300, Denver, Colorado 80202. Its telephone
number is (303) 296-5600.
 
                                  RISK FACTORS
 
     See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 10 for a discussion of certain factors
that should be considered by prospective purchasers of the Shares.
 
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                                 THE OFFERINGS
 
   
<TABLE>
<S>                                                     <C>
Common Stock offered by the Company
  U.S. Offering.......................................   5,270,000 Shares
  International Offering..............................     930,000 Shares
                                                        ----------
          Total.......................................   6,200,000 Shares
Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholders
  U.S. Offering.......................................   7,055,000 Shares
  International Offering..............................   1,245,000 Shares
                                                        ----------
          Total.......................................   8,300,000 Shares
Common Stock outstanding after the Offerings(1).......  31,454,255 Shares
Estimated proceeds to the Company.....................  $124.0 million-$142.6 million
Use of proceeds by the Company........................  Repayment of certain indebtedness,
                                                        including approximately $42.5 million
                                                        of indebtedness to Tremont, which may
                                                        be deemed to control the Company, and
                                                        IMI, which holds approximately 38% of
                                                        the outstanding Common Stock and has
                                                        two representatives on the Company's
                                                        Board of Directors. See "Use of
                                                        Proceeds."
Nasdaq National Market Symbol.........................  TIMT
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1) Excludes approximately 437,500 shares issuable upon exercise of stock
    options and shares to be outstanding upon completion of the Offerings and
    approximately 2,750,000 additional shares reserved for future issuance under
    the Company's stock option and director compensation plans. See
    "Management -- Incentive Plan," "Management -- Director Compensation Plan,"
    "Description of Capital Stock" and "Shares Eligible for Future Sale."
 
                SUMMARY HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA
 
   
     The summary historical financial data for each of the years in the five
year period ended December 31, 1995 have been derived from the audited
consolidated financial statements of the Company. The Company uses a fiscal year
ending on the Sunday closest to December 31 of each year. The summary pro forma
financial data for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the three-month period
ended March 31, 1996 give pro forma effect to the IMI Titanium Acquisition, as
if it had been consummated on January 2, 1995, the beginning of fiscal 1995. The
pro forma adjustments are based upon available information and certain
assumptions that management of the Company believes are reasonable. The pro
forma financial data do not purport to represent the results of operations or
the financial position of the Company which actually would have occurred had the
IMI Titanium Acquisition been consummated on the aforesaid date.
    
 
     The following summary historical and pro forma financial data should be
read in conjunction with "Capitalization," "Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements," "Selected Financial Data," "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the Consolidated
Financial Statements of the Company and the IMI Titanium Business (including in
each case the notes thereto) included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
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                SUMMARY HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               FISCAL YEARS
                                           -----------------------------------------------------    THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                          PRO      --------------------
                                                                                        FORMA(9)   APRIL 2,    MARCH 31,
                                            1991     1992     1993     1994     1995      1995       1995        1996
                                           ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   --------   --------    --------
                                             (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT EMPLOYEE AND PER SHARE DATA)         (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                        <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>        <C>         <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Net sales(1).............................. $155.7   $153.9   $151.2   $146.0   $184.7    $331.9     $ 41.7      $107.6
Operating income (loss)(2)................    4.8     (9.7)   (16.7)   (34.7)     5.4     (32.8)      (1.6)        6.8
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of
  changes in accounting principles........    (.1)    (9.7)   (20.2)   (42.1)    (4.2)    (34.7)      (4.0)        2.1
Income (loss) per common share before
  cumulative effect of changes in
  accounting
  principles(3)...........................   (.01)    (.86)   (1.78)   (2.80)    (.27)    (1.39)      (.26)        .10
Weighted average common shares
  outstanding(3)..........................   11.3     11.3     11.3     15.0     15.4      25.0       15.0        20.5
PRO FORMA -- AS ADJUSTED(4):
Operating income (loss)...................                                               $(32.8)                $  6.8
Interest expense..........................                                                  1.6                     .2
Net income (loss).........................                                                (21.4)                   5.4
Net income (loss) per common
  share...................................                                                 (.69)                   .17
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Working capital(5)........................ $ 73.3   $ 62.0   $ 44.6   $ 38.0   $ 52.3               $ 40.8      $111.0
Total assets..............................  174.6    267.0    262.5    240.2    248.8                244.1       422.5
Long-term debt, including current
  maturities(6)...........................   69.6    149.3     75.0     92.9     89.6                 92.3       133.4
Stockholders' equity......................   72.8     46.6    109.0     64.7     68.1                 60.9       139.5
OTHER OPERATING DATA:
EBITDA(7)................................. $  7.8   $ (6.1)  $(12.3)  $(26.7)  $ 18.6               $  1.4      $ 10.7
Cash flows provided from (used in):
  Operating activities....................   18.9     (3.6)    12.4    (20.0)    (6.1)                (2.8)      (11.0)
  Investing activities....................  (30.3)   (71.3)   (16.3)    (4.6)    (2.5)                 (.6)       (4.4)
  Financing activities....................   17.4     70.1      4.7     17.7      8.6                  3.7        14.0
                                           ------   ------   ------   ------   ------               ------      ------
    Total.................................    6.0     (4.8)      .8     (6.9)     (--)                  .3        (1.4)
Mill product shipments (millions of
  pounds).................................   10.2     10.8     11.2     10.5     12.2      20.5        3.2         6.0
Active employees at period end............  1,120    1,170    1,070      880    1,020     2,250      1,174       2,338
Order backlog at period end(8)............ $ 80.0   $ 90.0   $ 80.0   $ 85.0   $125.0    $213.0     $ 93.0      $262.0
Capital expenditures......................   30.1     67.3     16.3      4.6      3.0       7.2        1.1         2.0
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(1) Net sales include $4 million in 1993 and $20 million in 1994 of sales
    related to TIMET's arrangements with CEZUS. Based upon the structure of a
    revised agreement entered into in March 1995, TIMET did not consolidate
    CEZUS related sales in 1995 or for the three months ended March 31, 1996.
    See Note 3 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
(2) Operating income (loss) includes restructuring and other special charges of
    $4.7 million in 1993, $10 million in 1994 and $4.2 million in the three
    months ended March 31, 1996. A restructuring credit of $1.2 million is
    included in 1995. See Note 5 to the Company's Consolidated Financial
    Statements regarding restructuring and other special charges.
 
(3) Per common share data and weighted average common shares outstanding give
    effect in all periods presented to the Stock Split. See Note 9 to the
    Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
(4) Reflects consummation of the Offerings and the application of the Company's
    net proceeds therefrom. See "Use of Proceeds" and "Capitalization."
 
(5) Working capital represents current assets minus current liabilities
    (excluding current portion of long-term debt and current portion of capital
    lease obligations).
 
(6) Includes loans and interest to related parties and capital lease
    obligations; excludes trade and other payables to related parties.
 
(7) EBITDA represents income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting
    changes plus income taxes, interest expense, depreciation and amortization
    less equity in earnings of nonoperating joint ventures. EBITDA is presented
    because it is a widely accepted financial indicator of cash flow and the
    ability to service debt. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative
    to, or more meaningful than operating income, net income or cash flow as an
    indicator of the Company's performance.
 
(8) "Order backlog" is defined as firm purchase orders (which are generally
    subject to cancellation by the customer upon payment of specified charges).
 
(9) Gives pro forma effect to the IMI Titanium Acquisition. See "Pro Forma
    Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements."
 
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                                  RISK FACTORS
 
     In addition to the other information contained in this Prospectus,
prospective investors should consider carefully the risk factors set forth below
before making an investment in the Common Stock.
 
CYCLICALITY; DEPENDENCE ON AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
 
     Demand for the Company's titanium products is cyclical and is affected by,
among other things, the cyclical activity in the commercial and military
aerospace industry, particularly the strength of orders from commercial airlines
and aircraft leasing companies. Sales of the Company's products (excluding
sponge) to the commercial and military aerospace industry accounted for
approximately 67%, 70%, 60%, 60% and 62% of the Company's total sales in 1991,
1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively. Historically, commercial airlines'
orders for new aircraft have tended to be driven by the operating profits or
losses of the respective airlines. Purchases by customers in the military
aerospace sector tend to be driven by defense budgets. Events adversely
affecting the aerospace industry, such as reduced orders from commercial
airlines resulting from operating losses at the airlines, or reduced military
spending, could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of
Operations" and "Business -- Markets and Customer Base."
 
HISTORY OF LOSSES; PRO FORMA LOSSES
 
     During the last five years, when the titanium industry was in a severe
downturn, the Company incurred net losses of $.1 million, $25.7 million, $20.2
million, $43.1 million and $4.2 million in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995,
respectively. Similarly, the IMI Titanium Business reported net losses of $11.2
million, $15.0 million and $32.8 million in 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
Moreover, the Company on a pro forma basis, giving effect to the IMI Titanium
Acquisition, incurred a net loss of $34.7 million in 1995, including
restructuring and other special charges. During the last three years the
combined losses of the Company, the IMI Titanium Business, RMI Titanium Company
("RMI") and Oregon Metallurgical Company ("Oremet") were $181.3 million. Prior
to the last industry upturn in 1988 through 1990, the Company, excluding the IMI
Titanium Business, reported aggregate losses from continuing operations of $18.1
million from 1984 through 1987. There can be no assurance that additional losses
will not be incurred in future periods.
 
     The ability of the Company to achieve profitability in the future is
dependent upon, among other things: market demand and prices for titanium
products, particularly demand and pricing in the aerospace industry; the
Company's ability to increase prices for titanium products to a level that
exceeds any increases in production costs; avoidance of any material adverse
developments in the capacity utilization for the production of titanium sponge
or availability of titanium scrap; the absence of titanium market instabilities
associated with titanium sponge and scrap from Russia and other countries
comprising the former Soviet Union; completion of a new labor agreement without
a work stoppage at the Company's Henderson, Nevada facility, where the existing
agreement expires in October 1996; and the absence of a general economic
downturn in North America, Europe or the rest of the world. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."
 
HIGHLY COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY; SUBSTANTIAL EXCESS PRODUCTION CAPACITY
 
     The titanium metals industry is highly competitive on a worldwide basis as
a result of many factors, particularly the presence of excess capacity in the
industry, which has intensified price competition for available business.
Integrated and non-integrated producers of mill products are located primarily
in the United States, Japan, Russia, Europe and China (the Company considers an
integrated producer one that produces at least titanium sponge and ingot). The
Company is one of two integrated producers in the United States and one of four
in the world. There are also a number of non-integrated producers that produce
mill products from purchased sponge, scrap or ingot. The Company believes that
the sponge production capacity and actual production in the former Soviet Union
may be as much as one-half of
 
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aggregate worldwide levels and that significant unused production capacity may
exist in this region. Russia is also known to have significant melting and mill
products production capacity.
 
     In the U.S. market, the increasing presence of non-U.S. participants has
become a significant competitive factor. Until 1993, imports of foreign titanium
products into the U.S. had not been significant. This was primarily attributable
to relative currency exchange rates, tariffs and, with respect to Japan and
Russia, existing and prior duties (including antidumping duties). However,
imports of titanium sponge, scrap, and other products, principally from the
former Soviet Union, have increased in recent years and have had a significant
competitive impact on the U.S. titanium industry. To the extent the Company has
been able to take advantage of this situation by purchasing such sponge, scrap
or intermediate mill products for use in its own operations during the last
three years, the negative effect of these imports on the Company has been
somewhat diminished.
 
     As the participation of non-U.S. companies increases, the competitive
environment for the Company may become more difficult, especially if existing
tariffs are eased and certain market participants are no longer subject to
antidumping duties. Currently, imports of titanium ingot and mill products from
countries that receive the most favored nation ("MFN") tariff rate are subject
to a 15% tariff. The tariff rate applicable to imports from countries that do
not receive MFN treatment is 45%. In addition to regular tariffs, imports of
titanium sponge from certain countries of the former Soviet Union (Russia,
Kazakhstan and Ukraine) are subject to antidumping duties of 84%. If these
antidumping duties are eased or removed, substantial additional capacity could
come onto the market and adversely affect titanium sponge and mill products
pricing and thus the business, financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the Company.
 
     The ability of the producers in Russia to compete in the U.S. was enhanced
from September 1993 through July 1995 by the elimination of tariffs on most
titanium mill products (excluding titanium ingot, slab and billet, which
continued to carry a 15% duty) imported from that country. The Company currently
expects that these tariffs will again be eliminated or reduced as part of the
resolution of the ongoing budget negotiations between the U.S. Congress and the
President. Since the Company has been a significant purchaser of titanium
products from Russia in recent years, the failure to renew this program has had
and could, in the future, have an adverse effect on the Company's earnings as it
would be more costly to continue purchases of titanium mill products from
Russia. Given the current political and economic uncertainties in some of the
countries of the former Soviet Union, there can be no assurance that this supply
of titanium products will continue to be available to the Company without
interruption or at attractive prices. See "Business -- Competition."
 
LABOR; EXPIRATION OF LABOR CONTRACTS
 
     As of March 31, 1996, approximately 70% of the Company's employees worked
under collectively bargained agreements. The Company's three-year agreement with
the union representing hourly workers at its Nevada facility expires in October
1996. Negotiations with respect to this contract have not yet commenced. All of
the collective bargaining agreements in place at the Company's U.K. facilities
have one-year terms expiring on December 31, 1996. The Company's sales and
operating results were adversely affected from late 1993 through the beginning
of 1995 due to work stoppages at two of its principal plants. The work stoppage
at the Henderson, Nevada, facility lasted for nine months and the work stoppage
at the Toronto, Ohio, facility lasted for six weeks. Each of these facilities is
material to the Company's operations, and the Henderson facility includes all of
the Company's titanium sponge production capacity.
 
     While the Company considers its employee relations to be satisfactory,
there can be no assurance that new collective bargaining agreements will be
negotiated at the Company's Henderson or U.K. facilities or that the results of
such new agreements or further work stoppages in connection with the expiration
of such agreements would not have a material and adverse effect on the business,
financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Company. See
"Business -- Employees."
 
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CONTROL BY CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS; POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
 
     Following completion of the Offerings, it is anticipated that approximately
54% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock will be held by current
stockholders, including approximately 37.2% by Tremont, 6.4% by IMI, 10.0% by
UTSC and .3% by members of the Company's management. Moreover, in addition to
having the right to designate nominees for the Board of Directors as discussed
below, certain of these stockholders will be in a position effectively to
control the affairs of the Company, including the election of all of the
Company's directors and the approval or prevention of certain corporate
transactions which require majority stockholder approval.
 
     Pursuant to an agreement entered into among the Company, Tremont and UTSC,
and an agreement entered into among the Company, Tremont and IMI, the number of
directors comprising the Board of Directors is limited to seven. At current
ownership levels, Tremont is entitled to designate four directors, IMI is
entitled to designate two directors, and UTSC is entitled to designate one
director. Depending on the results of the Offerings, the Company expects that
IMI will no longer be entitled to designate any directors (if all Shares are
sold), that Tremont will continue to be entitled to designate four directors,
and that UTSC will continue to be entitled to designate one director. The Board
of Directors would be entitled to fill any vacancies on the Board of Directors.
See "Management -- Directors and Executive Officers" and "Certain Relationships
and Related Transactions -- Shareholders' Agreements."
 
     Tremont may be deemed to control the Company. Approximately 44% of
Tremont's outstanding common stock is held by Contran Corporation ("Contran")
and subsidiaries of Contran, which may be deemed to control Tremont. Contran may
be deemed to be controlled by Harold C. Simmons. See "The Company" and
"Principal and Selling Stockholders."
 
     Certain of the Company's executive officers and directors also serve as
executive officers and directors of Tremont. For a discussion of possible
conflicts of interest resulting therefrom, see "Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions -- Relationships with Related Parties."
 
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
 
     Risk of environmental damage is inherent in the Company's operations. The
Company uses and produces substantial quantities of substances, chemicals and
compounds that are considered hazardous or toxic under federal, state and local
environmental and worker safety and health laws and regulations. In addition, at
the Company's Nevada facility, the Company produces and uses substantial
quantities of titanium tetrachloride, a material classified as extremely
hazardous under federal environmental laws. The Company has used such substances
and compounds throughout the history of its operations and may be responsible
for remediation as a result of past releases or disposal practices. Moreover,
the Company's Nevada facility is located within an area that is potentially
contaminated as a result of the historical operations of the Company and other
industrial and chemical manufacturing businesses. While the Company takes
environmental, safety and health precautions appropriate for the industry, the
Company's operations pose an ongoing risk of accidental releases of, and worker
exposure to, hazardous or toxic substances. In addition, the Company is subject
to a wide range of government environmental requirements, including the
extensive regulation of air and water emissions and waste management. There is a
risk that such requirements, or enforcement thereof, may become more stringent
in the future. There can be no assurances that some, or all, of the risks
discussed under this heading will not result in liabilities that would be
material to the Company's business, results of operations, financial condition
or cash flows. See "Business -- Regulatory and Environmental Matters."
 
POTENTIAL DIFFICULTIES IN INTEGRATING THE IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
     Successful completion of the IMI Titanium Acquisition requires the
integration of two companies that have previously operated independently. There
can be no assurance that the Company will not encounter difficulties in
integrating the IMI Titanium Business or that the potential benefits of such
integration, including cost savings and manufacturing efficiencies, will be
realized to the extent or on the schedule expected by the Company. Any delays or
unexpected costs incurred in connection with such integration could have a
material and adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results,
financial condition and cash flows.
 
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NO ASSURANCE OF NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
 
     In an effort to lessen its dependence on the aerospace industry and to
increase participation in other markets, the Company, its competitors and
end-users are devoting significant efforts and resources to developing new
markets and applications for titanium, certain of which are still in the
preliminary stages. Developing these emerging applications involves substantial
risk and uncertainties due to the fact that titanium must compete with less
expensive alternative materials in these potential applications. There can be no
assurances the Company will be able to develop new markets and applications for
its products, or as to the time required for such development, or as to the
extent to which it will face competition in this regard. If the Company is
unable to develop these markets to a substantial degree, management expects the
Company's business to be largely dependent on the cyclical aerospace industry.
 
DEPENDENCE ON OTHERS FOR CERTAIN RAW MATERIALS AND SERVICES
 
     While the Company is one of six major worldwide producers of titanium
sponge, a basic raw material in the production of titanium ingot and mill
products, under current market conditions it cannot supply all of its needs for
titanium sponge internally and is dependent, therefore, on third parties for a
portion of its titanium sponge needs. The Company obtains sponge from four
suppliers in Japan and the former Soviet Union, both on a spot purchase basis
and, with respect to a portion of these purchases from three of such producers,
pursuant to sponge contracts that permit the Company to purchase an aggregate of
10 million pounds of sponge at specified or fixed prices through the end of
1996. Each contract is subject to renegotiation or termination if certain events
occur.
 
     Substantially all of the Company's supply of titanium-containing rutile
ore, one of the primary raw materials used in the production of titanium sponge,
is currently purchased from a limited number of suppliers. Although the Company
believes that the availability of rutile is adequate in the near-term, there can
be no assurance that the Company will not experience interruptions of its raw
material supplies.
 
     An interruption in the Company's supply of rutile and titanium sponge could
have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results,
financial condition and cash flows. See "Business -- Raw Materials."
 
     The Company is dependent upon the services of outside processors to perform
important processing functions with respect to certain of its products. In
particular, the Company currently relies upon a single processor to perform
certain rolling steps with respect to some of its plate, sheet, and strip
products. The Company does not have a contract with this processor, and thus the
arrangement with such processor could be terminated at any time. Although the
Company believes that there are numerous metal producers having the capability
to perform these same processing functions, arranging for an alternative
processor could take several months and any interruption in these functions
could have a material and adverse effect on the Company's business, results of
operations, financial condition and cash flows in the short term. See
"Business -- Products and Operations."
 
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
     No predictions can be made as to the effect, if any, that public sales of
Common Stock or the availability of Common Stock for sale will have on the
market price relating thereto prevailing from time to time. Nevertheless, sales
of substantial amounts of the Common Stock in the public market, or the
perception that such sales could occur, could have an adverse impact on such
market price. Upon consummation of the Offerings, the Company will have
outstanding 31,454,255 shares of Common Stock. The 14,500,000 Shares offered
hereby will be freely transferable by persons other than "affiliates" of the
Company without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act. In
addition, 3,187,500 shares are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of stock
options and as director compensation shares (of which approximately 437,500
shares relate to options and shares that will be outstanding upon completion of
the Offerings). See "Management -- Incentive Plan" and "Management -- Director
Compensation Plan." The remaining 16,954,255 outstanding shares of Common Stock
will be "restricted securities," as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act, and may be sold only pursuant
 
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to a registration statement under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption
from registration thereunder, including pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A
promulgated thereunder. See "Shares Eligible for Future Sale" and
"Underwriting."
 
     In addition, each of Tremont, IMI and UTSC, who in the aggregate will hold
16,861,305 outstanding shares of Common Stock after consummation of the
Offerings (14,686,305 assuming the Underwriters' overallotment options have been
exercised), has registration rights with respect to such shares. See "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions -- Registration Rights."
 
ABSENCE OF ESTABLISHED PUBLIC TRADING MARKET AND POSSIBLE VOLATILITY OF STOCK
PRICE
 
     Prior to the Offerings, there has been no established public trading market
for the Common Stock. The initial public offering price of the Common Stock
offered hereby was determined through negotiation among the Company and the
representatives of the Underwriters. The initial offering price set forth on the
cover page of the Prospectus should not, however, be considered an indication of
the actual value of the Common Stock. The market trading price is subject to
change as a result of market conditions and other factors. There can be no
assurance that an active trading market will develop for the Common Stock or
that the Common Stock will trade in the public market subsequent to the
Offerings at or above the initial offering price. See "Underwriting." In
addition, the prices at which the Common Stock will trade and the volatility
thereof may be affected by trading in the common stocks of Tremont and NL
Industries, Inc. ("NL"), a company which may be deemed to be, with the Company,
under common control by Tremont and subsidiaries of Contran. Further, factors
such as announcements by the Company of quarterly variations in its financial
results and changes in general market conditions, among other things, could
cause the market price of the Common Stock to fluctuate significantly. In recent
years, the stock market has experienced significant price and volume
fluctuations.
 
POSSIBLE ISSUANCES OF PREFERRED STOCK
 
     Pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, shares of preferred stock may be issued in the future without
stockholder approval and upon such terms and conditions, and having such rights,
privileges and preferences, as the Board of Directors may determine in the
exercise of its business judgment. The rights of the holders of Common Stock
will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, any preferred stock that
may be issued in the future. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing
desirable flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions, financing and
other corporate transactions, could have the effect of discouraging, or making
more difficult, a third party's acquisition of a majority of the Common Stock.
The Company has no present plans to issue any shares of preferred stock. See
"Description of Capital Stock -- Preferred Stock."
 
DILUTION
 
     Purchasers of Common Stock in the Offerings will experience immediate and
substantial dilution of, and present stockholders will receive a substantial
increase in, the book value of their shares of Common Stock. See "Dilution."
 
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                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
   
     The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Common Stock being
offered by the Company are estimated to be approximately $123.2 million
(assuming an initial offering price of $21.50) and will be used to repay certain
indebtedness as follows: approximately $80.6 million to prepay a portion of the
outstanding indebtedness under the Company's U.S. credit facility and
approximately $42.5 million to prepay all outstanding indebtedness (other than
capital lease obligations) under the Company's existing obligations to two of
its stockholders, Tremont (approximately $22.5 million) and IMI (approximately
$20 million). Tremont may be deemed to control the Company and IMI holds
approximately 38% of the outstanding Common Stock and has two representatives on
the Company's Board of Directors. The terms of the Company's U.S. credit
facility currently permit the Company to apply a maximum of one-third of the net
proceeds from the Offerings to repay shareholder indebtedness to IMI and
Tremont. The Company currently expects to receive the lenders' approval to repay
such indebtedness in full. To the extent the net proceeds to the Company from
the sale of Common Stock being offered by the Company exceed an amount required
to repay all indebtedness referred to above, such additional proceeds will be
used by the Company for general corporate purposes.
    
 
     Borrowings under the Company's U.S. credit facility bear interest at a
weighted average interest rate of 10.5% (as of March 31, 1996) and are due early
in fiscal 1997. The Company has reached an understanding with its lead lender
regarding the application of a portion of the net proceeds of the Offerings as
described above, a one-year extension of the maturity date of its U.S. credit
facility to December 31, 1997, a 1.5% reduction in the effective interest rates
and an increase in borrowing availability under this facility up to a maximum of
$105 million, subject to definitive documents and acceptance of such terms by
the remaining lenders. See Note 8 to the Company's Consolidated Financial
Statements.
 
     The Company's obligations to Tremont and IMI bear interest at 10.4%. The
Company's obligations to Tremont are due January 1, 2000, and the Company's
obligations to IMI are due in quarterly payments beginning March 31, 1997
through December 31, 1999. Debt owed to Tremont represents a portion of the
approximately $33 million that Tremont provided the Company since 1991, and debt
owed to IMI represents a portion of the more than $100 million invested by IMI
in the IMI Titanium Business since mid-1990.
 
     The net proceeds to the Selling Stockholders from the sale of the Common
Stock being offered by the Selling Stockholders (assuming an initial offering
price of $21.50) are estimated to be $167.2 million ($211 million if the
Underwriters' overallotment options are exercised in full), and the Company will
not receive any of such proceeds.
 
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<PAGE>   19
 
                                    DILUTION
 
     As of March 31, 1996, the Company had a net tangible book value of $126.4
million, or $5.00 per share of outstanding Common Stock (based on 25,254,255
shares outstanding and giving effect to the Stock Split). Net tangible book
value represents the amount of total tangible assets less total liabilities,
divided by the number of shares of Common Stock assumed to be outstanding. After
giving effect to the receipt and application of the estimated net proceeds from
the Company's sale of 6,200,000 shares of Common Stock at an initial public
offering price of $21.50 per share, the net tangible book value of the Company
at March 31, 1996 (giving effect to the Stock Split and the conversion of 93,000
shares of Class B Common Stock issued to senior executive officers in connection
with the IMI Titanium Acquisition into 93,000 shares of Common Stock (the
"Management Shares")) would have been $249.7 million, or $7.94 per share of
outstanding Common Stock. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible
book value of $2.94 per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution
of net tangible book value of $13.56 per share to purchasers of Common Stock in
the Offerings. The following table illustrates this per share dilution to new
investors as of March 31, 1996:
 
<TABLE>
    <S>                                                               <C>       <C>
    Initial public offering price per share.........................             $21.50
                                                                                 ------
      Net tangible book value per share at March 31, 1996...........   $5.00
      Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to
         new investors..............................................   $2.94
                                                                       -----
    Net tangible book value per share after the Offerings...........             $ 7.94
                                                                                 ------
    Dilution of net tangible book value per share to new
      investors.....................................................             $13.56
                                                                                 ======
</TABLE>
 
     The following table shows, as of March 31, 1996, giving effect to the Stock
Split, the conversion of the Management Shares and the Offerings, the difference
between existing stockholders and new investors with respect to the number of
shares of Common Stock purchased from the Company and the total consideration
and average price per share paid to the Company, before deducting the
underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      TOTAL            AVERAGE
                                              SHARES OWNED        CONSIDERATION       PURCHASE
                                            ----------------    ------------------      PRICE
                                            NUMBER   PERCENT     AMOUNT    PERCENT    PER SHARE
                                            ------   -------     ------    -------    ---------
                                             (000)               (000)
    <S>                                     <C>      <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
    Existing Stockholders.................  25,254     80.3%    $212,877     61.5%     $  8.43
                                                                                       =======
    New Investors.........................   6,200     19.7      133,300     38.5      $ 21.50
                                            ------    -----     --------    -----      -------
    Total.................................  31,454    100.0%    $346,177    100.0%     $ 11.00
                                            ======    =====     ========    =====      =======
</TABLE>
 
     As of the date of this Prospectus, 3,187,500 shares of Common Stock are
reserved for issuance under the Company's stock option and director compensation
plans (under which approximately 437,500 shares and options exercisable at the
initial public offering price will be outstanding upon completion of the
Offerings).
 
                                DIVIDEND POLICY
 
     The Company has not declared any cash dividends during the last four years
and does not anticipate paying dividends on its Common Stock in the foreseeable
future. Any payment of future dividends will be at the discretion of the
Company's Board of Directors and will depend upon, among other things, the
Company's earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, extent of
indebtedness and contractual restrictions with respect to the payment of
dividends. The Company's U.S. credit facility currently prohibits the payment of
dividends on the Common Stock in excess of 20% of the Company's consolidated net
income in any fiscal year.
 
                                       16
<PAGE>   20
 
                                 CAPITALIZATION
 
     The following table sets forth the consolidated capitalization of the
Company as of March 31, 1996, as adjusted for the sale of 14,500,000 shares of
Common Stock in the Offerings (assuming that the Underwriters' overallotment
options are not exercised) and the application of the Company's proceeds
therefrom, after deduction of estimated expenses and underwriting discounts.
This table should be read in conjunction with the historical financial
statements of the Company and the IMI Titanium Business, and the notes thereto,
included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          March 31, 1996
                                                                     -------------------------
                                                                     ACTUAL     AS ADJUSTED(1)
                                                                     ------     --------------
<S>                                                                  <C>        <C>
                                                                           (in millions)
Short-term debt(2):
  U.S. credit facility.............................................  $ 81.0         $   .4
  IMI and other....................................................     1.4             .1
                                                                     ------         ------
          Total short-term debt....................................    82.4             .5
                                                                     ------         ------
Long-term debt, net of current portion:
  Capital lease obligations payable to IMI.........................     9.6            9.6
  Loans and interest to related parties(3):
     Tremont.......................................................    22.5             --
     IMI...........................................................    18.8             --
  Other............................................................      .1             .1
                                                                     ------         ------
          Total long-term debt.....................................    51.0            9.7
                                                                     ------         ------
Class B redeemable common stock, $.01 par value, .1 million shares
  authorized, .1 million shares and nil issued and
  outstanding(4)...................................................     1.5             --
Stockholders' equity:
  Preferred stock, $1 par value; 1 million shares authorized, none
     outstanding...................................................      --
  Common stock, $.01 par value; 99 million shares authorized, 25.2
     million and 31.5 million shares issued and outstanding,
     respectively..................................................      .2             .3
  Additional paid-in capital.......................................   212.7          337.3
  Accumulated deficit..............................................   (70.5)         (70.5)
  Currency translation and pension adjustments.....................    (2.9)          (2.9)
                                                                     ------         ------
          Total stockholders' equity...............................   139.5          264.2
                                                                     ------         ------
          Total capitalization.....................................  $274.4         $274.4
                                                                     ======         ======
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
 
(1) Gives effect to the Offerings and application of the Company's net proceeds
    therefrom. See "Use of Proceeds."
 
(2) Includes current portion of long-term debt.
 
(3) Excludes trade and other payables to related parties. See Note 13 to the
    Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
(4) Upon completion of the Offerings, the Class B shares will convert to Common
    Stock and no Class B shares will be authorized or outstanding.
 
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<PAGE>   21
 
                            SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
     The selected financial data for each of the years in the five year period
ended December 31, 1995 have been derived from the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Company, and the selected financial data for the
three month periods ended April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996 have been derived
from the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company. The Company
uses a fiscal year ending on the Sunday closest to December 31 of each year. The
pro forma financial data for the year ended December 31, 1995 gives pro forma
effect to the IMI Titanium Acquisition as if it had been consummated on January
2, 1995. The pro forma adjustments are based upon available information and
certain assumptions that management of the Company believes are reasonable. The
pro forma financial data do not purport to represent the results of operations
or the financial position of the Company which actually would have occurred had
the IMI Titanium Acquisition been consummated on the aforesaid date.
 
     The following selected and pro forma financial data should be read in
conjunction with "Capitalization," "Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company
and the IMI Titanium Business (including in each case the notes thereto)
included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                             THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                      FISCAL YEARS
                                               ----------------------------------------------------------   ---------------------
                                                                                                PRO FORMA   APRIL 2,    MARCH 31,
                                                1991      1992      1993      1994      1995    1995(12)      1995      1996(13)
                                               ------    ------    ------    ------    ------   ---------   --------    ---------
<S>                                            <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>      <C>         <C>         <C>
                                                   (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT EMPLOYEE AND PER SHARE DATA)             (UNAUDITED)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Net sales:
  Mill products(1)............................ $147.4    $145.6    $143.1    $138.3    $164.9     $273.3      $ 36.4      $ 88.7
  VDP sponge(2)...............................     --        --        .6       2.6      10.6       10.6         1.9         3.2
  Castings....................................     --        --        --        --        --       29.0          --        10.7
  Other.......................................    8.3       8.3       7.5       5.1       9.2       19.0         3.4         5.0
                                               ------    ------    ------    ------    ------     ------      ------      ------
    Total net sales...........................  155.7     153.9     151.2     146.0     184.7      331.9        41.7       107.6
Cost of sales.................................  136.4     151.5     153.4     160.0     170.7      338.8        41.1        92.5
                                               ------    ------    ------    ------    ------     ------      ------      ------
  Gross profit (loss).........................   19.3       2.4      (2.2)    (14.0)     14.0       (6.9)         .6        15.1
Selling, general and administrative
  expenses....................................   11.9       9.9       9.5      10.9      12.2       23.5         2.6         5.1
Research and development costs................    2.6       2.4       1.9       1.5       1.8        2.8          .4          .5
Equity in earnings of joint ventures(3).......     --        .2       1.4       1.6       3.7        3.7          .7         1.4
Other income..................................     --        --        .2        .1        .5         .5          .1          .1
Restructuring and other special (charges)
  credit(4)...................................     --        --      (4.7)    (10.0)      1.2       (3.8)         --        (4.2)
                                               ------    ------    ------    ------    ------     ------      ------      ------
  Operating income (loss)(4)..................    4.8      (9.7)    (16.7)    (34.7)      5.4      (32.8)       (1.6)        6.8
General corporate income (expense), net(3)....    (.1)       .2       1.9        .3       1.0        1.0          .1         (.1)
Interest expense..............................    3.8       4.2       5.7       7.6      10.4       14.9         2.5         3.5
                                               ------    ------    ------    ------    ------     ------      ------      ------
  Income (loss) before income taxes,
    preacquisition earnings, and cumulative
    effect of changes in accounting
    principles................................     .9     (13.7)    (20.5)    (42.0)     (4.0)     (46.7)       (4.0)        3.2
Income tax benefit (expense)..................   (1.0)      4.0        .3       (.1)      (.2)      12.0          --         (.7)
Preacquisition earnings.......................     --        --        --        --        --         --          --         (.4)
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of
  changes in accounting principles............    (.1)     (9.7)    (20.2)    (42.1)     (4.2)     (34.7)       (4.0)        2.1
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting
  principles(5)...............................     --     (16.0)       --      (1.0)       --         --          --          --
                                               ------    ------    ------    ------    ------     ------      ------      ------
  Net income (loss)........................... $  (.1)   $(25.7)   $(20.2)   $(43.1)   $ (4.2)    $(34.7)     $ (4.0)     $  2.1
                                               ======    ======    ======    ======    ======     ======      ======      ======
Per common share(6):
  Income (loss) before cumulative effect of
    changes in accounting principles.......... $ (.01)   $ (.86)   $(1.78)   $(2.80)   $ (.27)    $(1.39)     $ (.26)     $  .10
                                               ======    ======    ======    ======    ======     ======      ======      ======
  Cash dividends..............................    .17        --        --        --        --         --          --          --
Weighted average common shares
  outstanding(6)..............................   11.3      11.3      11.3      15.0      15.4       25.0        15.0        20.5
                                               ------    ------    ------    ------    ------     ------      ------      ------
PRO FORMA -- AS ADJUSTED(7):
  Operating income (loss).....................                                                    $(32.8)                 $  6.8
  Interest expense............................                                                       1.6                      .2
  Net income (loss)...........................                                                     (21.4)                    5.4
  Net income (loss) per common share..........                                                      (.69)                    .17
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
  Working capital(8).......................... $ 73.3    $ 62.0    $ 44.6    $ 38.0    $ 52.3                 $ 40.8      $111.0
  Total assets................................  174.6     267.0     262.5     240.2     248.8                  244.1       422.5
  Long-term debt, including current
    maturities(9).............................   69.6     149.3      75.0      92.9      89.6                   92.3       133.4
  Stockholders' equity........................   72.8      46.6     109.0      64.7      68.1                   60.9       139.5
OTHER OPERATING DATA:
  EBITDA(10).................................. $  7.8    $ (6.1)   $(12.3)   $(26.7)   $ 18.6                 $  1.4      $ 10.7
  Cash flows provided from (used in):
    Operating activities......................   18.9      (3.6)     12.4     (20.0)     (6.1)                  (2.8)      (11.0)
    Investing activities......................  (30.3)    (71.3)    (16.3)     (4.6)     (2.5)                   (.6)       (4.4)
    Financing activities......................   17.4      70.1       4.7      17.7       8.6                    3.7        14.0
                                               ------    ------    ------    ------    ------                 ------      ------
      Total...................................    6.0      (4.8)       .8      (6.9)      (--)                    .3        (1.4)
  Mill product shipments (millions of
    pounds)...................................   10.2      10.8      11.2      10.5      12.2       20.5         3.2         6.0
  Active employees at period end..............  1,120     1,170     1,070       880     1,020      2,250       1,174       2,338
  Order backlog at period end(11)............. $ 80.0    $ 90.0    $ 80.0    $ 85.0    $125.0     $213.0      $ 93.0      $262.0
  Capital expenditures........................   30.1      67.3      16.3       4.6       3.0        7.2         1.1         2.0
</TABLE>
 
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<PAGE>   22
 
- ---------------
 (1) Net sales include $4 million in 1993 and $20 million in 1994 of sales
     related to TIMET's arrangements with CEZUS. Based upon the structure of a
     revised agreement entered into in March 1995, TIMET did not consolidate
     CEZUS related sales in 1995 or during the three months ended March 31,
     1996.
 
 (2) Principally represents sales to UTSC.
 
 (3) Equity in earnings of THT is included in operating income while equity in
     earnings of other joint ventures is included in general corporate income
     (expense), net.
 
 (4) Operating income (loss) includes restructuring and other special charges of
     $4.7 million in 1993, $10 million in 1994 and $4.2 million in the three
     months ended March 31, 1996. A restructuring credit of $1.2 million is
     included in 1995. See Note 5 to the Company's Consolidated Financial
     Statements regarding restructuring and other special charges.
 
 (5) Changes in accounting principles related to the effect of SFAS No. 106
     (post-retirement benefits) and SFAS No. 109 (income taxes) in 1992 and SFAS
     No. 112 (postemployment benefits) in 1994. See Note 12 to the Company's
     Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
 (6) Per common share data and weighted average common shares outstanding give
     effect in all periods presented to the Stock Split. See Note 9 to the
     Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
 (7) Reflects consummation of the Offerings and application of the Company's net
     proceeds therefrom. See "Use of Proceeds" and "Capitalization."
 
 (8) Working capital represents current assets minus current liabilities
     (excluding current portion of long-term debt and current portion of capital
     lease obligations).
 
 (9) Includes loans and interest to related parties and capital lease
     obligations; excludes trade and other payables to related parties.
 
(10) EBITDA represents income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting
     changes plus income taxes, interest expense, depreciation and amortization
     less equity in earnings of nonoperating joint ventures. EBITDA is presented
     because it is a widely accepted financial indicator of cash flow and the
     ability to service debt. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative
     to, or more meaningful than operating income, net income or cash flow as an
     indicator of the Company's performance.
 
(11) "Order backlog" is defined as firm purchase orders (which are generally
     subject to cancellation by the customer upon payment of specified charges).
 
(12) Gives pro forma effect to the IMI Titanium Acquisition. See "Pro Forma
     Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements."
 
(13) See "Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements" at PF-7 for pro
     forma Statement of Operations data for the three-month period ended March
     31, 1996.
 
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<PAGE>   23
 
          MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                           AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
     The following discussion of the financial condition and results of
operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the
Company and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. The following
discussion does not reflect the IMI Titanium Business except where otherwise
indicated. See "Business -- Introduction" and the financial statements of IMI
Titanium Business and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus.
Certain statements in the following discussion are forward-looking statements or
discussions of trends which by their nature involve substantial risks and
uncertainties that could significantly impact expected results. Actual future
results and trends may differ materially from those described below depending on
a variety of factors, including those detailed under the caption "Risk Factors"
and elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
OVERVIEW
 
     In 1995, the Company and the titanium industry began recovering from the
depressed industry conditions that existed during the prior several years. The
aerospace industry historically has accounted for approximately 65% of U.S.
titanium mill products consumption and has had a significant effect on the
overall sales and profitability of the titanium industry. The aerospace
industry, and consequently the titanium metals industry, is highly cyclical.
Until recently, the Company and the industry had been significantly and
adversely affected by excess worldwide production capacity, depressed levels of
spending for both military and commercial aircraft, and depressed selling prices
resulting from, among other things, relatively inexpensive titanium scrap,
sponge and other mill products, principally from Russia and other countries
comprising the former Soviet Union. However, the Company estimates that U.S.
industry shipments of titanium mill products in 1995 increased 26% from 1994
levels to 43.5 million pounds. Annual U.S. shipments had previously remained
relatively flat in the period between 1991 and 1994 at about 35 million pounds.
The Company estimates that U.S. industry mill products shipments to the
commercial aerospace market in 1995 approximated 16 million pounds, a 16%
increase over 1994. See "Risk Factors -- Cyclicality; Dependence on Aerospace
Industry."
 
     The titanium industry's recent improvement is due to a combination of
factors, including a resurgence in commercial aerospace demand, continued and
stable industrial demand, an end to customer inventory drawdowns, and the
emergence of new uses of titanium metal, particularly golf club heads. The
economic health of the commercial airline industry, the largest end market for
titanium, has improved significantly compared to the substantial losses that the
industry reported in prior years. Reported orders for new commercial aircraft
have increased significantly, particularly for wide body aircraft like the
Boeing 777, which use more titanium per plane than narrow body aircraft.
Although military aircraft deliveries continue to remain lower than deliveries
in the 1980s due to constrained defense budgets, sales to industrial markets in
1995 have continued at strong levels.
 
     On February 15, 1996, the Company completed the IMI Titanium Acquisition.
IMI previously conducted its titanium business principally through its
wholly-owned U.K. subsidiary, IMI Titanium Ltd., and its U.S. subsidiary, IMI
Titanium Inc. IMI Titanium Ltd. (now known as "TIMET UK") is Western Europe's
largest producer of titanium ingot and mill products for aerospace and
industrial applications. IMI Titanium Inc. (referred to herein as "TIMET
Castings") manufactures titanium castings for aerospace applications and golf
club heads. In connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, the Company issued
9,561,305 shares of Common Stock to IMI, and $20 million of subordinated debt to
IMI in exchange for a like amount of debt previously owed to IMI by IMI Titanium
Ltd. As a result of the IMI Titanium Acquisition and prior to the Offerings the
Company is owned 46.3% by Tremont, 37.9% by IMI, 15.4% by UTSC and .4% by
members of the Company's management. The Company has accounted for the IMI
Titanium Acquisition by the purchase method of accounting and has consolidated
the operating results of the IMI Titanium Business in its historical financial
statements as of January 1, 1996. See Note 3 to the Company's Consolidated
Financial Statements.
 
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<PAGE>   24
 
OUTLOOK
 
     The Company's order backlog increased to $284 million (including $113
million related to the IMI Titanium Business) at April 30, 1996, from $213
million at December 31, 1995 (including $78 million related to the IMI Titanium
Business). The Company defines "order backlog" as firm purchase orders (which
are generally subject to cancellation by the customer upon payment of specified
charges). The Company has historically experienced a high level of order
cancellations and deferrals in periods of industry downturns. The following
table summarizes the combined quarterly order backlog of the Company and the IMI
Titanium Business as of March 31, 1996 and for the three years ended December
31, 1995.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   FISCAL QUARTER
                                                        -------------------------------------
    YEAR                                                FIRST     SECOND     THIRD     FOURTH
    ----                                                -----     ------     -----     ------
                                                                    (IN MILLIONS)
    <S>                                                 <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>
    1996..............................................  $ 262
    1995..............................................    152      $158      $ 190      $213
    1994..............................................    112       118        124       125
    1993..............................................    130       114        103       123
</TABLE>
 
     During the second half of 1995 and continuing into 1996, the Company has
experienced a significant increase in requests for quotations, increased orders
and increased prices on accepted orders. The Company estimates that as of April
30, 1996, orders for approximately 81% of its anticipated 1996 shipments have
been booked or shipped at average selling prices approximately 13% higher than
its 1995 average selling prices. The increase in average selling prices on new
orders is partly attributable to the expiration of certain long-term customer
agreements with below-market prices. The increase in demand has been driven
primarily by the recovery in the commercial aerospace market and the emergence
of the golf club market. The Company estimates that its sales to the golf club
market will be approximately 8% of its 1996 sales. As capacity utilization in
the titanium industry continues to grow and lead times lengthen, the Company
expects prices on new orders to continue to strengthen in 1996, although there
can be no assurance that this trend will continue or not be reversed.
 
     The increase in demand for titanium products has contributed to the upward
pressure on prices for certain raw materials used by the Company, including
rutile, alloying materials, titanium scrap and titanium sponge. The Company
currently is a significant purchaser of titanium sponge, despite having 30
million pounds of internal practical sponge production capacity. Prices for
titanium sponge under the terms of the Company's sponge purchase contracts are
specified for 1996 for the contracted quantity. Purchases of sponge above the
contracted quantity would likely be at higher prices. The Company expects
increased selling prices to more than offset any raw material cost increases in
1996, although there can be no assurance that recent price increases will
continue or not be reversed.
 
     With two significant exceptions, the Company currently contracts with its
customers at prices that reflect current market prices. UTSC has the right to
acquire up to approximately 20% of the Company's annual production capacity of
VDP sponge at agreed-upon prices through early 1997 and higher formula-
determined prices thereafter through 2008. This contract arose out of UTSC's
license of certain VDP technology to the Company. The pricing under this
contract significantly increases in early 1997 but is anticipated to remain
below market. In addition, the Company has another significant long-term supply
contract for mill products containing pricing provisions which are substantially
below current market prices but which will adjust at the end of 1996. At
anticipated 1996 volume levels under these two agreements (and assuming no
increase in average costs over 1995 levels), the improved pricing under these
agreements could result in an annual benefit to operating income of
approximately $7 million, with actual results depending on costs, prices and
volumes at the time and decisions by the particular customer to use alternative
sources as a result of the changed terms.
 
                                       21
<PAGE>   25
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           CHANGE               THREE MONTHS
                                                                     ------------------            ENDED
                                              FISCAL YEARS              FISCAL YEARS       ---------------------
                                       --------------------------    ------------------    APRIL 2,    MARCH 31,
                                        1993      1994      1995     '93-'94    '94-'95      1995        1996       CHANGE
                                       ------    ------    ------    -------    -------    --------    ---------    ------
                                                                          (IN MILLIONS)
<S>                                    <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>          <C>
Net sales............................  $151.2    $146.0    $184.7    $ (5.2)     $38.7       $41.7       $107.6     $65.9
                                       ======    ======    ======    ======      =====       =====       ======     =====
Operating income.....................  $(16.7)   $(34.7)   $  5.4    $(18.0)     $40.1       $(1.6)      $  6.8     $ 8.4
General corporate income (expense)...     1.9        .3       1.0      (1.6)        .7          .1          (.1)      (.2)
Interest expense.....................     5.7       7.6      10.4       1.9        2.8         2.5          3.5       1.0
                                       ------    ------    ------    ------      -----       -----       ------     -----
  Loss before income taxes...........  $(20.5)   $(42.0)   $ (4.0)   $(21.5)     $38.0       $(4.0)      $  3.2     $ 7.2
                                       ======    ======    ======    ======      =====       =====       ======     =====
Percent change:
  Sales volume (in pounds)...........                                    -1%       +20%                               +83%
  Average selling prices.............                                     0%       + 9%                               +18%
</TABLE>
 
  Fiscal quarter ended March 31, 1996 compared to fiscal quarter ended April 2,
1995
 
     For the first quarter of 1996, sales volume of titanium sponge, ingot and
mill products increased to 8.4 million pounds compared to 4.6 million pounds in
the year-ago period. Shipments from TIMET UK and TIMET Castings aggregated 2.6
million pounds in the first quarter of 1996. TIMET UK's sales were $32.0 million
in the first quarter of 1996 while TIMET Castings' sales were $10.7 million.
Average selling prices in the first quarter of 1996 were up approximately 18%
over the first quarter of 1995. The selling price increases reflect both the
pass-through of cost increases, particularly raw material costs, and real price
improvement associated with increased market demand. Although the Company and
the titanium industry are continuing to experience a significant increase in the
cost of certain raw materials, the Company's increased selling prices more than
offset those cost increases. Prices on recent orders for titanium products have
continued to increase relative to 1995 levels, although there can be no
assurance that this trend will continue.
 
     Operating levels at the Company's plants in the first quarter of 1996 were
higher than the same period in 1995 and contributed to the better operating
results. The VDP titanium sponge plant operated near its practical capacity of
20 million pounds annually in the first quarter of 1996 compared to about 75% of
practical capacity in 1995. Depreciation expense increased $1 million in the
first quarter of 1996 over the year ago period principally as a result of the
IMI Titanium Acquisition. The Company presently expects its VDP plant to operate
near practical capacity in 1996 if current conditions continue. The Company also
expects to restart production of titanium sponge at its original Kroll-leach
facility during 1996 in response to demand for certain grades of titanium
sponge. Anticipated costs to restart the Kroll-leach facility at a projected
annual production rate of approximately 4 million pounds are estimated to be
less than $1 million, of which approximately $.3 million was incurred in the
first quarter of 1996.
 
     The Company's operating income in the first quarter of 1996 included $1.4
million related to equity in earnings of THT compared to $.7 million in the year
ago period.
 
     See "-- Restructuring and Other Special Charges" for other items affecting
operating income (loss).
 
  1995 compared to 1994
 
     Sales volume of sponge, ingot and mill products in 1995 increased to 18.7
million pounds, a 20% improvement over 1994 levels. Shipments of titanium
products for industrial applications were up moderately compared to 1994 while
aerospace volumes showed greater improvement than industrial applications. Sales
volume from U.S.-based operations increased in 1995 relative to 1994; however,
this increase was partially offset by reduced sales associated with the
Company's revised agreements with Compagnie Europeenne du Zirconium -- CEZUS,
S.A. ("CEZUS"), a leading European zirconium and titanium producer located in
France, as discussed below. The Company's dollar denominated sales
 
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benefitted during 1995 from the relative weakness in the value of the U.S.
dollar versus certain other currencies. The 9% increase in average selling
prices in 1995 over 1994 reflects both the pass-through of certain cost
increases and real price improvement associated with increased market demand.
 
     Operating levels at all of the Company's plants were higher in 1995 than
1994 and contributed to the better operating results relative to 1994. The
higher production levels were partly attributable to the absence of work
stoppages in 1995, and improved VDP related equipment reliability during the
second half of 1995. The VDP plant operated at about 75% of its practical
capacity in 1995, compared with 45% in 1994. Depreciation expense increased $4.9
million in 1995 over 1994 principally as a result of the units of production
method used to depreciate the VDP plant.
 
     In March 1995, the Company and CEZUS entered into an agreement which
revised the distribution and manufacturing arrangement that had existed between
the Company and CEZUS since 1993. Among other things, the revised agreement
eliminated the Company's sharing in the profits or losses associated with CEZUS'
titanium business after 1994. Based upon the structure of the revised agreement,
the Company recognized only commission income from sales of CEZUS products in
1995 (approximately $.4 million) whereas the Company had previously consolidated
the titanium sales and related costs associated with its arrangement with CEZUS.
Revenues from CEZUS products included in the Company's consolidated sales were
about $4 million in 1993 and $20 million in 1994. The Company and CEZUS are
negotiating a new relationship which contemplates the formation of a
jointly-owned French company to manufacture and sell titanium products. The
Company expects to consolidate the jointly owned French company upon completion
of such transaction. See "Business -- Strategic Alliances."
 
     The Company's operating income in 1995 included $3.7 million related to the
Company's equity in earnings of THT compared to $1.6 million in 1994.
 
  1994 compared to 1993
 
     The Company's sales and operating results were adversely affected in 1994
by depressed aerospace demand for titanium products, work stoppages at its two
principal plants (Henderson, Nevada, and Toronto, Ohio), and mechanical
difficulties at its VDP titanium sponge production facility. The Company's
sponge, ingot and mill products sales volume in 1994 was 15.6 million pounds
which was comparable to pounds shipped in 1993, as reduced sales from U.S.-based
operations were offset by increased sales associated with the Company's
then-existing agreements with CEZUS. Sales for aerospace applications in 1994
declined relative to 1993. However, sales for industrial applications in 1994
continued at 1993 levels as the economic recovery in the U.S. and other
countries resulted in continued levels of capital spending by the utility,
desalination and certain other industries. Additionally, the Company's dollar
denominated sales benefitted from the relative weakness in the value of the U.S.
dollar. Average 1994 selling prices approximated 1993 levels.
 
     Costs associated with the Company's VDP plant had a negative impact on
operating margins in 1994, principally due to mechanical difficulties with
certain shearing and crushing equipment which resulted in the VDP plant
operating at about 45% of capacity. These difficulties required the Company to
operate both the VDP facility and its original Kroll-leach sponge production
facility during the first half of 1994. The Company increased its VDP sponge
production after the mechanical difficulties were addressed and then temporarily
closed its original Kroll-leach facility. Depreciation expense in 1994 increased
approximately $3.7 million compared to 1993 principally at the VDP facility due
to the depreciation method used at the VDP facility.
 
     In October 1993, the United Steelworkers of America commenced a work
stoppage at the Company's Henderson, Nevada facility, affecting approximately
375 hourly workers at that plant. Production at the plant was continued through
the use of salaried personnel and temporary contract labor. In July 1994, the
Company hired approximately 150 of the contract workers as permanent
replacements and, subsequently, the union accepted the Company's contract
proposal, with minor modifications, ending the nine-month strike. The labor
agreement covered about 310 hourly workers at December 31, 1995, and expires in
October 1996. The contract gives the Company greater work rule
 
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flexibility and provides for the continuation of a lower-cost medical program.
See "Risk Factors -- Labor; Expiration of Labor Contracts."
 
     In August 1994, approximately 375 hourly workers at the Company's Toronto,
Ohio, production facility, represented by the United Steelworkers of America,
commenced a work stoppage following expiration of their contract. Production was
continued in certain portions of the plant during the strike by salaried
personnel and contract workers. The strike ended in September 1994, and, in July
1995, the Company and the union agreed to the terms of a new four-year labor
agreement which includes, among other things, greater work rule flexibility and
continuation of a lower-cost medical program. This labor agreement covered about
330 hourly workers at December 31, 1995, and expires in June 1999.
 
RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER SPECIAL CHARGES
 
     The Company's restructuring charges in 1993 and 1994 were related to cost
reduction and containment efforts taken in response to depressed industry
conditions existing in those years. Restructuring charges were $4.7 million in
1993 and $10.0 million in 1994. In the fourth quarter of 1995, the Company
determined that its restructuring costs would ultimately be less than previously
estimated and reversed $1.2 million of previously accrued restructuring charges.
 
     The Company's restructuring charges were principally related to the
temporary closing of the Company's Kroll-leach sponge production facility, the
closing of certain sales and service center locations, and costs to reduce the
Company's workforce. The Company has continued to monitor its restructuring
activities and related accruals in light of changing business conditions.
Strikes at the Company's principal production facilities in 1993 and 1994,
improved industry conditions in 1995, and other events required the Company to
both defer and revise certain of the restructuring actions it previously
contemplated. As part of its restructuring actions, the Company had expected to
reduce its workforce by approximately 350 people. Since 1993, the Company's
workforce has been reduced by approximately 300 people in connection with its
restructuring activities. However, recently improved market demand for titanium
metal products and other changes in business conditions has resulted in the
Company's adding approximately 300 new employees in selected areas and expects
to restart production of titanium sponge at its original Kroll-leach facility.
 
     The Company recorded $4.2 million of special charges in the first quarter
of 1996 related to the IMI Titanium Acquisition. Such charges included $3
million related to compensation of the Company's officers in consideration for
their services in connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, and $1.2 million
related to integration costs. The Company expects to incur additional special
charges related to integration costs during the balance of 1996 of approximately
$.8 million. See Note 5 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
GENERAL CORPORATE
 
     General corporate items in each of the past three years principally consist
of the Company's equity in earnings of former real estate ventures. In October
1995, the Company made a pro rata distribution to its stockholders consisting of
all its interest in these ventures and certain real estate in Nevada at their
net carrying amount which approximated $5 million.
 
INTEREST EXPENSE
 
     Interest expense in the first quarter of 1996 was higher than the year-ago
period principally due to higher average borrowings under TIMET's U.S. credit
agreement and the $20 million of subordinated debt issued to IMI in connection
with the IMI Titanium Acquisition. Interest expense increased in 1995 compared
to 1994 principally due to higher average borrowings under the Company's U.S.
credit facility and higher average interest rates effective on such debt. The
increase in interest expense in 1994 compared to 1993 reflects the net effect of
higher average outstanding borrowings, lower capitalized interest and cessation
of interest accruing after May 1993 on UTSC's $75 million of debentures.
Capitalized interest aggregated $3.1 million in 1993 and nil in 1994 and 1995.
Interest expense is
 
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expected to decrease upon completion of the Offerings as a result of reduced
borrowings. See "-- Liquidity and Capital Resources."
 
INCOME TAXES
 
     The Company's income tax rate in each of the past three years varied from
the U.S. statutory rate due to losses which resulted in temporary differences
between book and taxable income for which recognition of a deferred tax asset
was not considered appropriate at the time. The Company's income tax rate varied
from the U.S. statutory rate in the first quarter of 1996 principally due to
utilization of U.S. net operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards. See Note 10 to the
Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
     SFAS No. 109 requires a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not
that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. It
further states that forming a conclusion that a valuation allowance is not
needed is difficult when there is negative evidence such as cumulative losses in
recent years. The Company has incurred losses in each of its past five fiscal
years. Although the Company has reported net income in its two most recent
fiscal quarters, the Company does not believe the weight of evidence yet
supports release of any of its valuation allowance at March 31, 1996. The
ultimate realization of all or part of the Company's deferred income tax assets
depends on the Company's ability to generate sufficient taxable income in the
future. In making its assessment of realizability, the Company will continue to
consider a number of factors, including the length of time it has remained
profitable, its backlog level, general improvement in overall industry operating
conditions and business fundamentals in the Company's key market sectors. When
preparing future period interim and annual financial statements, the Company
will evaluate its strategic and business plans, in light of evolving business
conditions, and the valuation allowance will be adjusted for future expectations
resulting from that process, to the extent different from those inherent in the
valuation allowance as of March 31, 1996. The Company may release a portion of
its deferred tax asset valuation allowance in 1996, resulting in a tax benefit,
if it concludes that the "more likely than not" realization criteria of SFAS No.
109 are met.
 
     At December 31, 1995, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards of
approximately $40 million. As a result of the IMI Titanium Acquisition, an
"ownership change," as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code
occurred. The effect of an "ownership change" is to place an annual limitation
on the amount of NOL carryforwards that can be utilized. The limitation is
generally equal to the product of (i) the fair value of the Company's equity
immediately prior to the ownership change, and (ii) the long-term tax exempt
bond rate of return published monthly by the Internal Revenue Service. In the
event that the Company's U.S. taxable income exceeds the annual limitation, such
excess would not be reduced by NOL carryforwards and the Company's overall tax
rate would be higher than otherwise expected. While the Company has not
determined the amount of such limitation, the Company believes it will be
between $12 and $15 million annually.
 
CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
 
     The Company expects to elect the disclosure alternative proscribed by SFAS
No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," and to account for
stock-based employee compensation with respect to the Company's Common Stock in
accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APB") No. 25, "Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees," and its various interpretations. Under APB No.
25, no compensation cost is generally recognized for fixed stock options in
which the exercise price is not less than the market price on the grant date.
Under the disclosure alternative of SFAS No. 123, the Company will disclose,
starting with its 1996 fiscal year, its respective pro forma net income and
earnings per share as if the fair value based accounting method of SFAS No. 123
had been used to account for stock-based compensation cost for all awards
granted by the Company after January 2, 1995. See Notes 9 and 12 to the
Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
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     The Company adopted SFAS No. 112, "Employers' Accounting for Postemployment
Benefits" in 1994 and recorded a related $1.0 million non-cash charge. See Note
12 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
     The following table presents the Company's unaudited consolidated quarterly
financial data for fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and the first quarter of 1996.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                        1994 FISCAL QUARTERS              1995 FISCAL QUARTERS          1996
                                  --------------------------------   -------------------------------    FIRST
                                  FIRST   SECOND   THIRD    FOURTH   FIRST   SECOND   THIRD   FOURTH   QUARTER
                                  -----   ------   ------   ------   -----   ------   -----   ------   -------
<S>                               <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>     <C>      <C>     <C>      <C>
Net sales.......................  $40.9   $37.5    $ 32.8   $ 34.8   $41.7   $45.7    $47.9   $49.5    $107.6
Gross profit....................     .7      .4      (6.1)    (9.0)     .6     2.8      4.2     6.4      15.1
Operating income (loss).........   (1.8)   (2.2)     (8.4)   (22.3)   (1.6)    1.1      2.3     3.6       6.8
Income (loss) before accounting
  changes.......................   (3.1)   (4.3)    (10.3)   (24.4)   (4.0)   (2.1)     (.4)    2.3       2.1
Cumulative effect of accounting
  changes.......................   (1.0)     --        --       --      --      --       --      --        --
                                  -----   -----    ------   ------   -----   -----    -----   -----    ------
Net income (loss)...............  $(4.1)  $(4.3)   $(10.3)  $(24.4)  $(4.0)  $(2.1)   $ (.4)  $ 2.3    $  2.1
                                  =====   =====    ======   ======   =====   =====    =====   =====    ======
</TABLE>
 
     The Company's operating loss includes restructuring charges of $10 million
in the fourth quarter of 1994 and restructuring credits of $1.2 million in the
fourth quarter of 1995. The Company recorded special charges of $4.2 million to
operating income in the first quarter of 1996 related to the IMI Titanium
Acquisition. Restructuring and other special charges are described in Note 5 to
the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 4 to the Company's
Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding operating
income (loss).
 
INFLATION
 
     In general, costs are affected by inflation and the effects of inflation
may be experienced in the future. The Company believes, however, that such
effects have not been material to the Company in the first quarter of 1996 or in
the past three years.
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
     Although the Company incurred significant losses in each of the past three
fiscal years, the Company's 1995 results improved relative to 1994, and the
Company's results for the first quarter of 1996 were significantly improved over
the year-ago period. The Company's results have included significant noncash
items. Depreciation expense increased to $3.9 million in the first quarter of
1996 compared to $2.9 million for the same period in 1995 principally as a
result of the IMI Titanium Acquisition. Depreciation expense was $13.2 million
in 1995 compared to $8.3 million in 1994. The increase in depreciation expense
in 1995 compared to 1994 was principally attributable to the Company's VDP plant
operating at higher levels in 1995 and the resulting impact associated with the
units of production basis of depreciation. In 1994, the Company recorded a
restructuring charge of $10 million (approximately $5 million of which was
noncash) and also provided a $5 million reserve for excess and slow moving
inventory. In 1993, the Company recorded a $4.7 million restructuring charge. In
1995, the Company determined that its ultimate restructuring costs would be less
than previously estimated and reversed $1.2 million of previously accrued
restructuring charges. During 1994 and 1995, cash costs of $1.2 million and $1.7
million, respectively, were charged against the restructuring accrual. The
Company recorded $4.2 million of special charges in the first quarter of 1996
related to the IMI Titanium Acquisition (approximately $1.5 million of which was
noncash). The Company's cash flow from operating activities in 1994 and 1993 was
favorably impacted by relative changes in assets and liabilities. Cash flow from
operations in both 1995 and the first quarter of 1996 was negatively impacted by
increases in inventories and accounts receivable, which were partially offset by
increases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities. Restructuring and other
special charges are further discussed in Note 5 to the Company's Consolidated
Financial Statements.
 
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     Capital expenditures decreased to $3 million in 1995 compared to $4.6
million in 1994 and $16.3 million in 1993. Construction of the Company's VDP
titanium sponge facility was completed in 1993 and accounted for the majority of
the Company's aggregate capital expenditures that year. The Company's capital
expenditures in the first quarter of 1996 were $2.4 million compared to $1.1
million in the year-ago period. The Company estimates capital expenditures in
1996 will be approximately $15 million, including $10 million relating to the
IMI Titanium Business, substantially all of which is expected to be supplied by
cash flow from operating activities. The Company's 1996 capital expenditures are
expected to be primarily directed toward manufacturing process improvements,
principally at TIMET UK and TIMET Castings. Additionally, the Company's expected
formation of a jointly-owned French company with CEZUS and the Company's
expected acquisition of the balance of the equity interests in TISTO should
consume about $3 million of cash in 1996.
 
     Reductions of indebtedness in the first quarter of 1996 and in the fiscal
year 1995 include $.8 million and $5.4 million, respectively, of installments on
the term loan portion of the Company's U.S. credit facility, and payment in 1995
of the final $1.7 million installment due on the note associated with the
Company's purchase of its interest in THT. In April 1994, the Company entered
into its current U.S. credit facility, which replaced its prior U.S. bank
agreement and the Company repaid $45 million of borrowings outstanding
thereunder at closing. The Company's net repayment of bank debt aggregated $4
million in 1993.
 
     The Company consumed significant amounts of cash in the first quarter of
1996 and each of the past three years to fund operating losses, capital
expenditures, working capital and debt service, including about $16.2 million
consumed by the Company for such items in the first quarter of 1996 and $16
million in fiscal 1995. The consumption of cash has required the Company to both
increase its bank borrowings and obtain additional financial support from its
stockholders. The Company has taken and continues to take measures to manage its
near-term and long-term liquidity requirements including, among other things,
refinancing certain debt, containment of capital expenditures, and other efforts
to control both costs and the level of working capital.
 
     The Company's $90 million U.S. credit facility provides for term loans
which aggregated $24 million at March 31, 1996. The balance of the facility is
available as a revolving credit/letter of credit facility. Borrowings under the
revolving portion are limited to a formula-determined amount of accounts
receivable and inventories (the "borrowing base"). Interest accrues at the prime
rate plus 2% to 2.5%. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding revolver
and term loan borrowings was 9% at December 31, 1994, 11% at December 31, 1995
and 10.5% at March 31, 1996. The credit facility presently expires in early
fiscal 1997. The Company has reached an understanding with its lead lender
regarding the application of a portion of the net proceeds of the Offerings to
repay all stockholder indebtedness (other than capital lease obligations) as
described under "Use of Proceeds," a one-year extension of the maturity date of
its U.S. credit facility, a 1.5% reduction in the effective interest rates, and
an increase in borrowing availability thereunder up to a maximum of $105
million, subject to definitive documents and acceptance of such terms by the
remaining lenders. Borrowings are collateralized by substantially all of the
Company's U.S. assets. The credit facility prohibits the payment of dividends on
the Company's Common Stock in excess of 20% of the Company's net income in any
fiscal year, limits the Company's additional indebtedness and transactions with
affiliates, requires the maintenance of certain financial amounts and contains
other covenants customary in transactions of this type. At December 31, 1995,
the Company had about $18 million of borrowings available under its U.S. credit
facility and about $7 million of borrowings available at March 31, 1996. The
borrowings available to the Company under such facility would increase as a
result of the application of net proceeds to the Company from the Offerings. See
"Use of Proceeds."
 
     In connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, TIMET UK entered into a
short-term L10 million overdraft/revolving credit facility. The agreement
restricts payments of dividends from TIMET UK, loans and other transactions with
related parties and contains other covenants customary in transactions of this
type. Borrowings under this agreement are collateralized by substantially all of
TIMET UK's assets and
 
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accrue interest at the banks' base rate plus 2%. No borrowings were outstanding
under this facility at March 31, 1996.
 
     In connection with amendments of its U.S. credit facility during 1995,
Tremont advanced the Company $8 million as additional subordinated debt ($2.5
million of which was advanced in 1994 and $5.5 million of which was advanced in
1995), guaranteed $5 million of the term loans, collateralized such guarantee
with approximately 600,000 shares of NL common stock held by Tremont, and agreed
to pledge additional NL shares as necessary to meet certain market value
thresholds. Contran, the principal stockholder of Tremont, entered into an
agreement with the Company's lenders whereby Contran is obligated to purchase
the pledged shares from the Company's lenders under certain conditions.
Additionally, in June 1995, the Company completed a recapitalization under
which, among other things, (i) Tremont made a $1 million cash capital
contribution to the Company and exchanged $8 million of intercompany
subordinated debt for Common Stock, (ii) the Company made a $1 million cash
prepayment of deferred interest to the Company's minority stockholder, UTSC, and
(iii) UTSC exchanged $3 million of deferred interest owed by the Company to UTSC
for Common Stock. The Company borrowed $10 million from Tremont during 1993.
 
     Tremont's intercompany loans to the Company approximated $22.5 million at
December 31, 1995 (including accrued interest) and March 31, 1996. Such loans
are due January 1, 2000, although the Company's U.S. credit facility and other
agreements currently prohibit repayments of principal on such loans (except for
repayments from a percentage of the proceeds of a public offering of the
Company's equity securities as discussed below). The $20 million of subordinated
debt issued to IMI in connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition requires
quarterly principal payments of $1.25 million beginning in 1997 through 1999,
except that principal payments in 1997 are subject to achievement of certain
financial tests under the Company's U.S. credit facility. The balance is due on
December 31, 1999. The subordinated debt to both Tremont and IMI accrues
interest at 10.4% and is payable quarterly. The terms of the notes to both
Tremont and IMI require the Company to apply not less than an aggregate of one-
third of the net proceeds to the Company from any public offering of the
Company's securities to prepayment of principal and accrued interest outstanding
thereunder. The terms of the Company's U.S. credit facility currently permit the
Company to apply a maximum of one-third of the net proceeds from the Offerings
to repay shareholder indebtedness to IMI and Tremont. The Company has reached an
understanding with its lead lender that under certain circumstances the Company
will be entitled to repay such shareholder indebtedness (which does not include
certain capital lease obligations to IMI) in full. See "Certain Relationships
and Related Transactions -- Shareholders' Agreements."
 
     In December 1993, UTSC exercised its option to convert its $75 million of
subordinated debentures into 25% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock. The
debentures provided the majority of the financing for the Company's VDP titanium
sponge plant and accrued interest at a weighted average rate of 8.4% through May
1993 when such interest ceased accruing. See "Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions -- Shareholders' Agreements." In connection with UTSC's conversion
of its debentures in 1993, Tremont made an aggregate $9 million capital
contribution of notes and accrued interest to the Company.
 
     In the ordinary course of business, TIMET UK enters into foreign currency
exchange agreements to attempt to manage its exposure to the effects of currency
fluctuations related to changes in the value of monetary assets and liabilities;
and raw material purchase and product sales commitments denominated in
currencies other than the British pound sterling, TIMET UK's functional
currency. TIMET UK's principal foreign exchange agreements are for the forward
sale of U.S. dollars and forward purchase of Japanese yen. At December 31, 1995,
TIMET UK had approximately $40 million of foreign exchange agreements
outstanding which mature in 1996. Gains and losses on hedges of monetary assets
and liabilities are recognized in income as offsets of gains and losses on the
underlying transactions. Gains and losses which hedge firm commitments are
deferred until the underlying transactions are recognized. TIMET UK is exposed
to credit related losses if the counterparty fails to perform its obligations.
The fair value of outstanding foreign exchange agreements approximated $.7
million as of December 31, 1995.
 
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     At March 31, 1996, the Company had approximately $81 million of debt
outstanding under its U.S. credit facility and $42.5 million of indebtedness to
Tremont and IMI. The Company expects the net proceeds to it from the Offerings
will be approximately $123.2 million. The Company expects to use $42.5 million
of the net proceeds to repay existing indebtedness to stockholders (assuming any
required approval from the Company's lender is obtained, which the Company
expects to occur), and $80.6 million to repay a portion of its bank
indebtedness. To the extent that the net proceeds from the Offerings exceed an
amount necessary to repay all indebtedness referred to above, the Company
expects to use the balance for general corporate purposes.
 
     The Company periodically evaluates its liquidity requirements, capital
needs and availability of resources in view of, among other things, its
alternative uses of capital, its debt service requirements and estimated future
operating cash flows. As a result of this process, the Company has in the past
and may in the future seek to raise additional capital, restructure ownership
interests, refinance or restructure indebtedness, sell marketable securities or
other assets, or take a combination of such steps or other steps to increase or
manage its liquidity and capital resources. In the normal course of business,
the Company may investigate, evaluate and discuss acquisition, joint venture and
other business combination opportunities in the titanium and specialty metal
industries, and in this regard the Company has been exploring a potential
strategic relationship with a large titanium producer in Russia. In the event of
any future acquisition or joint venture opportunities, the Company may consider
using available cash, issuing equity securities or increasing its indebtedness
to the extent permitted by the agreements governing the Company's existing debt.
 
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
 
     See "Business -- Regulatory and Environmental Matters" for a discussion of
environmental matters.
 
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                                    BUSINESS
 
INTRODUCTION
 
     The Company is one of the world's leading integrated producers of titanium
sponge and mill products and believes it has the largest sales volume worldwide.
The Company strives to be the low-cost producer in the industry and, due to its
economies of scale, manufacturing expertise and past investment in technology,
believes that it is well-positioned to capitalize on the improving fundamentals
in the titanium industry.
 
     On February 15, 1996, the Company completed the acquisition of TIMET UK and
TIMET Castings as a result of the IMI Titanium Acquisition. TIMET UK is Western
Europe's largest producer of titanium ingot and mill products for aerospace and
industrial applications. TIMET Castings manufactures titanium castings for
aerospace applications and golf club heads. The acquired businesses' 1995 sales
approximated $147 million. In connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, the
Company issued 9,561,305 shares of Common Stock to IMI and $20 million of the
Company's subordinated debt to IMI in exchange for a like amount of debt
previously owed to IMI by IMI Titanium Ltd. In addition, Tremont and UTSC
received an option to acquire from IMI an aggregate of approximately 2 million
shares of Common Stock. See "Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions -- Shareholders' Agreements." As a result of the IMI Titanium
Acquisition and prior to the Offerings, the Company is owned 46.3% by Tremont,
37.9% by IMI, 15.4% by UTSC and .4% by members of the Company's management.
 
     The IMI Titanium Business was restructured in 1995 to improve its
competitive position. The restructuring included (i) a reduction in its work
force by approximately 180 employees, (ii) the renegotiation of certain
long-term customer contracts, and (iii) the discontinuance of certain product
lines. In connection with these actions, in 1995 the IMI Titanium Business
recorded a $5 million restructuring charge and a $16 million charge to write-off
excess and slow-moving inventories and to provide for losses on certain customer
contracts. Prior to the IMI Titanium Acquisition, the IMI Titanium Business'
liquidity needs were financed by IMI. In December 1995, IMI converted $80
million of an aggregate $100 million indebtedness into equity capital.
 
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
 
     Titanium is one of the newest specialty metals, having first been
manufactured for commercial use in the 1950s. Titanium's unique combination of
corrosion resistance, elevated-temperature performance and high
strength-to-weight ratio makes it particularly desirable for use in commercial
and military aerospace applications in which these qualities are essential
design requirements. Today, advanced aerospace applications account for a
substantial portion of the worldwide demand for titanium.
 
     The cyclical nature of the aerospace industry has been the principal cause
of the fluctuations in performance of titanium companies. Over the past 19
years, total U.S. titanium mill product and casting shipments achieved cyclical
peaks of 54 million pounds in 1980 and 55 million pounds in 1989. Beginning in
1991, the industry experienced a slowdown, and domestic industry shipments fell
by 35% from 53 million pounds in 1990 to 34 million pounds in 1991 as customers
cut back orders and reduced inventory. In addition to falling demand, prices
also declined during the early 1990s. The downturn began in the context of
decreased military spending following the breakup of the former Soviet Union,
decreased profits at commercial airlines resulting in reduced demand for new
aircraft, and sharp increases in shipments of relatively inexpensive titanium
sponge and mill products from the former Soviet Union.
 
     Aerospace demand for titanium products can be broken down into commercial
and military sectors. Since 1987, sales to the commercial aerospace sector have
been more significant than to the military aerospace markets, which remain
depressed. The commercial aerospace sector is expected to continue its
predominance as a result of the expected growth of worldwide airline traffic,
new orders for aircraft, and replacement and repair of the commercial airline
fleet as well as reduced military spending. In 1995, due to improved
fundamentals, the domestic commercial airline industry reported operating
profits of $6.2 billion compared to $2.4 billion in 1994 and compared to
cumulative losses in excess of $5 billion in
 
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the four years prior to 1994. According to recent published reports, most major
carriers are now beginning to invest in upgrading their fleets. The following
data, published in The Airline Monitor, illustrate the cyclical profitability of
worldwide members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (excluding
countries of the former Soviet Union) and the relationship between their
profitability and firm order backlog. The Company can give no assurance as to
the extent or duration of any recovery in the commercial aerospace market or the
extent to which such recovery will result in increases in demand for titanium
products. See "Risk Factors -- Cyclicality; Dependence on Aerospace Industry."
 
     [WORLD AIRLINE PROFITABILITY AND AIRCRAFT FIRM ORDER BACKLOG CHART]
 
     As of March 31, 1996, the estimated firm order backlog for Boeing,
McDonnell Douglas and Airbus, as reported by The Airline Monitor, was 1,987
planes versus 1,699 planes on March 31, 1995, an increase of 17%. The newer wide
body planes, such as the Boeing 777, 747-500, 747-600 and the Airbus A-330 and
A-340, tend to use a higher percentage of titanium in their frames, engines and
parts (as measured by total fly weight) than narrow body planes. "Fly weight" is
the empty weight of a finished aircraft with engines but without fuel or
passengers. The Boeing 777, for example, utilizes titanium for approximately 9%
of total fly weight, compared to between 2% to 3% on the older 737, 747 and 767
models. As of March 31, 1996, the estimated firm order backlog for wide body
planes from Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Airbus, as reported by The Airline
Monitor, was 748 (38% of total backlog) compared to 647 as of March 31, 1995, an
increase of 16%. The Airline Monitor's estimated firm order backlog for the
Boeing 777 was 247 as of March 31, 1996, compared to 144 as of March 31, 1995,
an increase of 72%. Growth order backlog for narrow body aircraft has also been
strong, having increased, as reported by The Airline Monitor, 18% from 1,052 on
March 31, 1995 to 1,239 on March 31, 1996.
 
     Since titanium's initial aerospace applications, the number of end-use
markets for titanium has expanded substantially. Existing industrial uses for
titanium include chemical manufacturing equipment, industrial power plants,
desalination plants, and pollution control equipment. Titanium is also
experiencing increased customer demand in new and emerging uses such as medical
implants, golf club heads, other sporting equipment, offshore oil and gas
production installations, geothermal facilities, and possible automotive uses.
Several of these applications represent potential growth opportunities that may
reduce the industry's historical dependence on the aerospace market.
 
PRODUCTS AND OPERATIONS
 
     The Company is a vertically integrated titanium producer whose products
include: titanium sponge, the basic form of titanium metal used in processed
titanium products; titanium ingot and slab, the result of melting sponge and
titanium scrap, either alone or with various other alloying elements; and forged
and
 
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cast products produced from ingot or slab, including billet, bar, flat products
(plate, sheet, and strip), tubular products (welded and seamless tubing and
pipe), extrusions and wire. The titanium product chain is illustrated on the
inside back cover of this Prospectus and described below.
 
     Titanium sponge (so called because of its appearance) is the commercially
pure, elemental form of titanium metal. The first step in sponge production
involves the chlorination of titanium-containing rutile ores, derived from beach
sand, with chlorine and coke to produce titanium tetrachloride. Titanium
tetrachloride is purified and then reacted with magnesium in a closed system,
producing titanium sponge and magnesium chloride as co-products. The Company's
titanium sponge production facility in Henderson, Nevada, incorporates VDP
technology, which removes the magnesium and magnesium chloride residues by
applying heat to the sponge mass while maintaining vacuum in the chamber. The
combination of heat and vacuum boils the residues from the reactor mass into the
condensing vessel. The titanium mass is then mechanically pushed out of the
original reactor, sheared and crushed, while the residual magnesium chloride is
electrolytically separated and recycled. The original Kroll-leach process
utilizes a leaching process rather than distillation to remove residues.
 
     Titanium ingots and slab are solid shapes (cylindrical and rectangular,
respectively) that weigh up to 17,500 pounds and are formed by melting titanium
sponge or scrap or both, usually with various other alloying elements such as
vanadium, aluminum, molybdenum, tin and zirconium. Titanium scrap is a by-
product of milling and machining operations, and significant quantities of scrap
are generated in the production process for most finished titanium products. The
melting process is closely controlled and monitored utilizing computer control
systems to maintain product quality and consistency and meet customer
specifications.
 
     Titanium mill products result from the forging, rolling, drawing and/or
extrusion of titanium ingots or slabs into mill products of various sizes and
grades. These mill products include titanium billet, bar, rod, wire, plate,
sheet, strip, extrusions, pipe and tube. The Company sends certain products to
outside vendors for further processing before being shipped to customers or to
the Company's service centers. The Company's customers usually process the
Company's products for their ultimate end-use or for sale to third parties.
 
     Titanium cast products are produced by remelting ingot or billet and
pouring molten metal into a cast, the cavity of which has been created in the
shape of a part to be produced. After the metal has cooled and solidified, the
part is removed from the cast and delivered to the customer or a third party for
finishing. The casting process provides significant flexibility in the shapes
that can be produced and is frequently utilized in forming tolerance critical
components such as diffusers, fan frames, seal rings, fluid system components
and missile components.
 
     During the production process and following the completion of products, the
Company performs extensive testing on its products, including sponge, mill
products and castings. Testing may involve chemical analysis, ultrasonic
testing, x-ray and dye penetration testing. The inspection process is critical
to ensuring that the Company's products meet the high quality requirements of
customers, particularly in aerospace components production.
 
     The Company is dependent upon the services of outside processors to perform
certain important processing functions with respect to its products. In
particular, the Company's titanium strip is hot-rolled by a single outside
processor. The Company does not have a contract with this processor, and thus
the arrangement with such processor could be terminated at any time. Locating an
alternative source for hot-rolling services, if necessary, could take several
months, possibly increase the Company's costs, and, therefore, have a material
and adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of
operations in the short-term. However, the Company believes that, if necessary,
it could locate an alternate source for hot-rolling services or, alternatively,
purchase the intermediate product necessary to produce strip and tubing
products. As a result, the Company does not believe that the cessation of its
current relationship with its titanium strip processor would have a material
adverse effect on the Company's operations in the long-term.
 
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     Over 90% of the Company's sales in the past three years were generated from
the sale of titanium ingot and mill products, with the balance from sales of
titanium tetrachloride, sponge, scrap and other by-products. Substantially all
of the 1995 revenues of the IMI Titanium Business were generated from the sale
of titanium ingot, mill products, castings and scrap.
 
RAW MATERIALS
 
     The principal raw materials used in the production of titanium mill and
cast products are titanium sponge, titanium scrap and alloying materials. In
1995, the Company produced 15 million pounds of sponge, most of which was used
internally, and the Company intends to restart idled sponge production of up to
4 million pounds in 1996. Despite this capacity, the Company cannot supply all
of its needs for titanium sponge internally and is dependent, therefore, on
third parties for a portion of its titanium sponge needs. For example, all of
the sponge consumed in TIMET UK is acquired from suppliers in Japan and the
former Soviet Union. In 1995, the Company and the IMI Titanium Business
purchased approximately 8.6 million pounds of titanium sponge or about 34% of
their total requirements. Requirements for sponge vary based upon product mix
and the level of scrap usage.
 
     The Company is the only domestic integrated titanium products producer that
processes rutile ore into titanium tetrachloride and further processes the
titanium tetrachloride into titanium sponge. As a result, the Company is less
susceptible to fluctuations in the market price of titanium sponge than its
competitors. Average spot prices of titanium sponge sold by producers in the
former Soviet Union have more than doubled since the first quarter in 1994,
thereby eliminating the benefit of relatively inexpensive sponge formerly
enjoyed by the Company, particularly TIMET UK.
 
     The Company purchases sponge from four suppliers in Japan and in the former
Soviet Union, both on a spot purchase basis and, with respect to a portion of
these purchases from three such producers, pursuant to sponge contracts that
permit it to purchase an aggregate of 10.0 million pounds of sponge at specified
or fixed prices through the end of 1996. One of the sponge contracts permits the
Company to purchase up to 3.3 million pounds at specified prices per pound
during 1996, depending on the volume of sponge purchased. This contract is
subject to termination by either party on three months notice. Another contract
permits the Company to purchase up to 3.2 million pounds of sponge during 1996
at fixed prices, while prices for purchases in excess of this amount are subject
to mutual agreement. This contract is subject to termination by either party on
three months notice. The third contract permits the Company to purchase up to
3.5 million pounds at specified prices per pound during 1996.
 
     The primary raw materials used in the production of titanium sponge are
titanium-containing rutile ore, chlorine, magnesium and coke. Chlorine,
magnesium, and coke are generally available from a number of suppliers.
Titanium-containing rutile ore is currently available from a limited number of
suppliers around the world, principally located in Australia, Africa (South
Africa and Sierra Leone), India and the United States. A majority of the
Company's supply of rutile ore is currently purchased from Australian suppliers.
The Company believes the availability of rutile ore will be adequate through the
remainder of the decade and does not anticipate any interruptions of its raw
material supplies, although political or economic instability in the countries
from which the Company purchases its raw materials could materially and
adversely affect availability. In addition, although the Company believes that
the availability of rutile ore is adequate in the near-term, there can be no
assurance that the Company will not experience interruptions. Various alloying
elements used in the production of titanium ingot are available from a number of
suppliers.
 
MARKETS AND CUSTOMER BASE
 
     Over 55% of the Company's pro forma 1995 sales were to customers within
North America, with about 36% to European customers and the balance to other
regions. No single customer represents more than 10% of the Company's direct
sales. However, in 1995, about 75% of IMI Titanium Business' sales and
approximately 60% of the Company's sales were used by the Company's customers to
produce parts and other materials for the aerospace industry. This industry is
dominated by three major manufacturers of commercial aircraft and four major
manufacturers of aircraft engines. The Company
 
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expects that a majority of its 1996 sales will also be to this sector. If any of
these major aerospace manufacturers were to go out of business or significantly
reduce its activities, there could be a material adverse effect on certain of
the Company's direct customers who supply to such manufacturer and, therefore,
indirectly on the Company.
 
     The Company believes that industrial markets will continue to represent a
significant portion of the Company's sales over the next few years. The
Company's and the IMI Titanium Business' combined order backlog was
approximately $213 million at December 31, 1995 compared to $125 million at
January 1, 1995. Over 70% of the 1995 year-end backlog is expected to be
delivered in 1996. The combined order backlog of the Company and the IMI
Titanium Business further increased to approximately $284 million at April 30,
1996. Although the Company believes that the backlog is a reliable indicator of
future business activity, conditions in the aerospace industry could change and
result in future cancellations or deferrals of existing aircraft orders and
materially and adversely affect the Company's existing backlog, orders, and
future financial condition and operating results. See Notes 4 and 14 to the
TIMET Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes 3 and 11 to the IMI Titanium
Business Combined Financial Statements.
 
PROPERTIES
 
     Set forth below is a listing of the Company's manufacturing facilities. All
of the Company's production facilities other than those in Witton and Pomona are
owned.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              FACILITY/LOCATION                        PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED
              -----------------                        ---------------------
        <S>                                    <C>
        Henderson, Nevada....................  Sponge, Ingot
        Toronto, Ohio........................  Billet, Bar, Plate, Sheet, Strip, Tube, Pipe
        Witton, England......................  Ingot, Billet, Wire, Extrusions
        Waunarlwydd (Swansea), Wales.........  Bar, Plate, Tube
        Morristown, Tennessee................  Tube, Sheet, Plate
        Albany, Oregon.......................  Castings
        Pomona, California...................  Castings
</TABLE>
 
     The Company's VDP facility commenced start-up in 1993. The VDP plant
operated at approximately 75% of its 22 million pound rated annual capacity
during 1995, and the Company expects it to operate near current practical
capacity of 20 million pounds during 1996, if current conditions continue. The
plant produces VDP sponge principally as a raw material for a 30 million pound
annual practical capacity ingot melting facility, also at the Nevada site, and
for the Company's cold hearth melting joint venture, THT, discussed below.
Titanium mill products are produced at the Company's forging and rolling
facility in Toronto, Ohio, which receives titanium ingots from the Nevada plant,
titanium slabs from THT and titanium slabs and hot bands purchased from outside
vendors including those located in Russia. Mill products are also produced at
the Company's finishing facility in Morristown, Tennessee.
 
     The Company's facilities have operated below production capacity during
each of the past three years, principally because of lower demand levels but
also as a result of the work stoppages discussed below. The Henderson facility
operated at about 50% and 70% of capacity in 1994 and 1995, respectively. The
Ohio and Tennessee facilities operated at about 40% and 60%, respectively, of
capacity in 1995, compared to about 40% and 45%, respectively, in 1994. The
Company closed its original 32 million pound rated capacity Kroll-leach process
sponge production facility in Nevada in 1994. However, in connection with market
demand for certain grades of sponge, the Company expects to reopen its original
Kroll-leach plant. Resumption of production utilizing the Kroll-leach process at
an approximate annual production rate of 4 million pounds will require
expenditures of less than $1 million.
 
     The Company's sales and operating results were adversely affected in 1994
by mechanical difficulties with the shearing and crushing equipment at the VDP
facility. The Company believes it has solved these mechanical difficulties.
While the Company believes that it adequately maintains its facilities, it is
possible that there could be future unforeseen mechanical and production
difficulties that could adversely affect the Company's business, financial
condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
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     In connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, the Company acquired TIMET
Castings, with plants located in Pomona, California, and Albany, Oregon. These
facilities produce titanium castings used principally for aerospace applications
and golf club heads. TIMET UK, also acquired in connection with the IMI Titanium
Acquisition, operates a 16 million pound practical capacity melting facility in
Witton, England which produces ingots sold to customers and used as raw material
feedstock for TIMET UK's forging and rolling operations in Witton which further
process the ingots principally into billet and wire. TIMET UK also has a
facility in Waunarlwydd, Wales, which principally produces bar and plate. TIMET
UK purchases its requirements of sponge principally from suppliers located in
Japan and the former Soviet Union.
 
MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
 
     The Company's marketing and distribution system includes five Company-owned
service centers which sell the Company's products on a just-in-time basis, 56
sales people based in the U.S. and Europe and 26 independent agents worldwide.
 
     The Company believes that it has a competitive sales and cost advantage
arising from the location of its production plants and service centers, which
are in close proximity to major customers. These centers primarily sell
value-added and customized mill products including bar and flat-rolled sheets
and strips. The Company believes its centers give it a competitive advantage
because of their ability to foster customer relationships, customize products to
suit specific customer requirements and respond quickly to customer needs. The
Company maintains service centers and sales personnel in the following
locations:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                AREA SERVED                                 FUNCTION
                -----------                                 --------
        <S>                                            <C>
        Birmingham (U.K.)............................  Service Center, Sales
        Dallas (Texas)...............................  Sales
        Denver (Colorado)............................  Sales
        East Windsor (Connecticut)...................  Service Center, Sales
        Frankfurt (Germany)..........................  Sales
        Los Angeles (California).....................  Service Center, Sales
        Paris (France)...............................  Sales
        St. Louis (Missouri).........................  Service Center, Sales
        Toronto (Ohio)...............................  Sales
        Ugine (France)...............................  Service Center
</TABLE>
 
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
 
     Through various strategic relationships, the Company seeks to gain access
to unique process technologies for the manufacture of its products and to expand
existing markets and create and develop new markets for titanium. The Company is
currently involved in or pursuing the following strategic relationships:
 
     Titanium Hearth Technologies. The Company and Axel Johnson Metals, Inc.
formed THT as an equally owned joint venture in August 1992. The Company's
investment in THT was approximately $15.3 million at March 31, 1996. The
partnership owns and operates an 18 million pound annual capacity cold hearth
melting furnace located in Morgantown, Pennsylvania and a 5 million pound
capacity cold hearth melting facility in Verdi, Nevada. THT's proprietary
technology enables the Company to cast molten sponge and scrap directly into
high-quality slabs and ingots used in many industrial and aerospace
applications. This process reduces the Company's production costs by eliminating
the forging and blending steps in the production process and by improving
utilization of titanium scrap. In addition, several of the Company's customers
require that THT's electron beam melting process be used for certain aerospace
applications. Under an agreement with THT, the Company can purchase up to 50% of
total melting capacity at agreed upon rates through August 31, 1997,
automatically renewable annually thereafter unless cancelled on one year's
notice. Excess melting capacity is sold to unrelated parties at market rates.
 
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     CEZUS. CEZUS is a leading European zirconium producer that also produces
and markets titanium ingot, billet and other mill products to aerospace and
industrial customers, primarily in France. TIMET and CEZUS have had a
manufacturing and distribution relationship since 1993.
 
     The Company and CEZUS are now negotiating a new relationship that, if
completed, could give the Company greater access to French industrial markets
and customers, including the Snecma Group, a leading aerospace company, and
further diversify the Company's European operations. The proposed agreement
contemplates the formation of a jointly owned French company, TIMET Savoie, to
manufacture and sell titanium products. The proposed company is expected to be
70% owned by the Company and 30% owned by CEZUS. Under the proposed transaction,
the Company and CEZUS would initially contribute to TIMET Savoie, among other
things, certain inventory, technology and equipment and certain CEZUS employees
would become employees of TIMET Savoie. The Company will contribute cash and
inventory of approximately $2 million and proprietary technology to the new
venture. TIMET Savoie would manufacture products at CEZUS's production facility
in Ugine, France, under a separate manufacturing agreement with CEZUS utilizing
excess melting and forging capacity that exists at the plant. Any transaction
would be subject to, among other things, the approval of each party's Board of
Directors, regulatory approvals, negotiation of definitive documents and
approvals under debt agreements.
 
     Russia. The Company has been exploring a potential strategic relationship
with a large titanium producer in Russia. The Company believes that such a
relationship could lead to a substantial expansion of the market for titanium
products worldwide, particularly in emerging applications. The establishment of
this relationship, which the Company does not currently anticipate would involve
significant investment, entails significant uncertainty and would be subject to
various conditions, including regulatory approval. No assurances can be given
that the relationship will be formed or, if formed, the nature of the
relationship.
 
     TISTO. The Company currently owns 26% of TISTO Titan und Sonderlegierungen
GmbH ("TISTO"), a German distributor of titanium products. The Company's
investment in TISTO had no carrying value at March 31, 1996. The Company
believes that this strategic partnership improves the Company's access to the
market for titanium in Germany. The Company has agreed in principle to acquire
from the other shareholders of TISTO the remaining 74% interest for
approximately $2 million and a guarantee of approximately $2 million in existing
shareholder loans. Any such transaction would be subject to, among other things,
negotiation of definitive agreements and lender consent.
 
     MZI, LLC. In 1995 the Company, Oremet and Teledyne Allvac formed a limited
liability company, MZI, LLC, which is owned one-third by each member. The
Company's investment in MZI was approximately $.2 million at March 31, 1996. MZI
owns a technologically advanced ultrasonic unit for inspecting titanium billet.
The unit is expected to result in higher quality billet shipments to the
Company's customers and the joint ownership is expected to result in lower
operating costs to the Company than a wholly-owned facility. MZI operates on a
break-even basis for its three owners and also sells inspection services to
third parties.
 
COMPETITION
 
     The titanium metals industry is highly competitive on a worldwide basis as
a result of many factors, particularly the presence of excess capacity in the
industry, which has intensified price competition for available business.
Producers of mill products are located primarily in the United States, Japan,
Russia, Europe and China. The Company is one of two integrated producers in the
United States and one of four in the world. The Company regards as an integrated
producer one that produces at least both sponge and ingot. There are also a
number of non-integrated producers that produce mill products from purchased
sponge, scrap or ingot. The Company believes that the sponge production capacity
and actual production in the former Soviet Union may be as much as one-half of
aggregate worldwide levels and that significant unused production capacity may
exist in this region. Russia is also known to have significant melting and mill
product production capacity.
 
     In the U.S. market, the increasing presence of non-U.S. participants has
become a significant competitive factor. Until 1993, imports of foreign titanium
products into the U.S. had not been significant.
 
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This was primarily attributable to relative currency exchange rates, tariffs
and, with respect to Japan and the former Soviet Union, existing and prior
duties (including antidumping duties). However, imports of titanium sponge,
scrap, and other products, principally from the former Soviet Union, have
increased in recent years and have had a significant competitive impact on the
U.S. titanium industry. To the extent the Company has been able to take
advantage of this situation by purchasing such sponge, scrap or intermediate
mill products for use in its own operations, the negative effect of these
imports on the Company has been somewhat diminished.
 
     As the participation of non-U.S. companies increases, the competitive
environment for the Company may become more difficult, especially if existing
tariffs are eased and certain market participants are no longer subject to
antidumping duties. Currently, imports of titanium ingot and mill products from
countries that receive MFN treatment are subject to a 15% tariff. The tariff
rate applicable to imports from countries that do not receive MFN treatment is
45%. In addition to regular tariffs, imports of titanium sponge from certain
countries of the former Soviet Union (Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine) are
subject to antidumping duties of 84%. If these antidumping duties are eased or
removed, substantial additional capacity could come onto the market and
adversely affect titanium sponge and mill products pricing and thus the
business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
Company.
 
     The ability of the producers in Russia to compete in the U.S. was enhanced
from September 1993 through July 1995 by the elimination of tariffs on most
titanium mill products (excluding titanium ingot, slab and billet, which
continued to carry a 15% duty) imported from that country. The Company currently
expects that these tariffs will again be eliminated or reduced as part of the
resolution of the ongoing budget negotiations between the U. S. Congress and the
President. Since the Company has been a significant purchaser of titanium
products from Russia in recent years, the failure to renew this program has had
and could, in the future, have an adverse effect on the Company's earnings as it
would be more costly to continue purchases of mill products from Russia. Given
the current political and economic uncertainties in some of the countries of the
former Soviet Union, there can be no assurance that this supply of titanium
products will continue to be available to the Company without interruption or at
attractive prices.
 
     The Company's principal U.S. competitors are RMI, Oremet, which is the
other U.S. integrated producer, and Teledyne Allvac. The Company estimates that
it accounted for approximately 60% of U.S. sponge capacity in 1995. The Company,
RMI, Oremet, and Teledyne Allvac represented an estimated aggregate 80% of U.S.
sales of titanium mill products in 1995, and the Company believes it accounted
for about one-third of such sales. The Company's principal competitors in the
casting business in the U.S. are Precision Cast Parts and Howmet. The Company
estimates that it accounts for in excess of 50% of mill product shipments among
Western European titanium producers. The Company competes primarily on the basis
of price, quality of products, technical support and the availability of
products to meet customers' delivery schedules.
 
     Producers of other metal products, such as steel and aluminum, maintain
forging, rolling and finishing facilities that could be modified without
substantial expenditures to produce titanium products. The Company believes,
however, that entry as a producer of titanium sponge would require a significant
capital investment and substantial technical expertise. Titanium mill products
also compete with stainless steels, nickel alloys, steel, plastics, aluminum and
composites in certain applications.
 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
     The Company's research and development activities are directed toward
improving process technology, developing new alloys, enhancing the performance
of the Company's products in current applications, and searching for new uses of
titanium products. For example, one of the Company's proprietary alloys,
TIMETAL(R)21S, has been specified for a number of aerospace applications
including the Boeing 777. Additionally, TIMETAL LCB, a new low cost beta alloy,
is being tested for new non-aerospace applications; and TIMETAL 15-3 has been
introduced into the sporting goods markets. The Company conducts research and
development activities at its Nevada laboratory, which the Company believes is
one of the largest titanium research and development centers in the world. The
Company's expenditures
 
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for research and development have been approximately $2 million annually during
each of the past three years. The IMI Titanium Business' expenditures for
research and development activities, which have primarily been directed towards
improving process technology, developing alloys and enhancing product
performance in aerospace applications, have averaged about $1 million annually
during the past three years.
 
PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS
 
     The Company holds U.S. and foreign patents applicable to certain of its
titanium alloys and manufacturing technology. The Company continually seeks
patent protection with respect to its technical base and has occasionally
entered into cross-licensing arrangements with third parties. However, most of
the titanium alloys and manufacturing technology used by the Company do not
benefit from patent or other intellectual property protection. The Company
believes that the trademarks TIMET(R) and TIMETAL, which are protected by
registration in the U.S. and other countries, are significant to its business.
 
EMPLOYEES
 
     As of March 31, 1996, the Company employed approximately 1,665 persons in
the U.S. and approximately 673 persons in Europe. As of December 31, 1995, prior
to the IMI Titanium Acquisition, the Company employed approximately 1,000 (860
at January 1, 1995) persons in the U.S. and approximately 20 (20 at January 1,
1995) persons in Europe. The Company's production and maintenance workers at its
facility in Nevada and its production, maintenance, clerical and technical
workers at its facility in Ohio are represented by the United Steelworkers of
America. The IMI Titanium Business employed approximately 1,230 employees at
December 31, 1995, with approximately 790 in Europe and 440 in the United
States. Substantially all of the salaried and hourly employees of the IMI
Titanium Business in Europe are members of one of three European labor unions
whose associated labor contracts expire on December 31, 1996. The Company's
employees at its Morristown facility and at the TIMET Castings' U.S. facilities
are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
 
     The United Steelworkers of America commenced a work stoppage at the
Company's Henderson, Nevada, facility on October 2, 1993, affecting
approximately 375 hourly workers at that plant. Production at the plant was
continued through the use of salaried personnel and temporary contract labor. In
July 1994, the Company hired approximately 150 of the contract workers as
permanent replacements and, subsequently, the union accepted the Company's
contract proposal, with minor modifications, ending the nine-month strike. This
labor agreement covered about 310 hourly workers at December 31, 1995, and
expires in October 1996.
 
     In August 1994, approximately 375 hourly workers at the Company's Toronto,
Ohio, production facility, represented by the United Steelworkers of America,
commenced a work stoppage following expiration of their contract. Production was
continued in certain portions of the plant during the strike by salaried
personnel and contract workers. The strike ended in September 1994, and in July
1995, the Company and the union agreed to terms for a new four-year labor
agreement, which will cover about 330 hourly workers and will expire in June
1999.
 
     While the Company currently considers its employee relations to be
satisfactory, it is possible that there could be further work stoppages that
could materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition, results
of operations or cash flows. See "Risk Factors -- Labor; Expiration of Labor
Contracts."
 
REGULATORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
 
     The Company's operations are governed by various federal, state, local and
foreign environmental and worker safety laws and regulations. In the U.S., such
laws include the Federal Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act. The Company uses and manufactures substantial
quantities of substances that are considered hazardous or toxic under
environmental and worker safety and health laws and regulations. In addition, at
the Company's Nevada facility, the
 
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Company uses substantial quantities of titanium tetrachloride, a material
classified as extremely hazardous under federal environmental laws. The Company
has used such substances during substantially the entire history of its
operations. As a result, risk of environmental damage is inherent in the
Company's operations. The Company's operations pose a continuing risk of
accidental releases of, and worker exposure to, hazardous or toxic substances.
There is also a risk that government environmental requirements, or enforcement
thereof, may become more stringent in the future. There can be no assurances
that some, or all, of the risks discussed under this heading will not result in
liabilities that would be material to the Company's business, results of
operations, financial condition or cash flows.
 
     The Company believes that its operations are in substantial compliance in
all material respects with applicable requirements of environmental laws. The
Company's policy is to continually strive to improve environmental performance.
From time to time, the Company may be subject to environmental regulatory
enforcement under various statutes, resolution of which typically involves the
establishment of compliance programs. Occasionally, resolution of these matters
may result in the payment of penalties, but to date no material penalties have
been incurred. The Company incurred capital expenditures for environmental
protection and compliance of less than $1 million in each of the past three
years and its capital budget provides less than $1 million for such expenditures
in 1996. However, the imposition of more strict standards or requirements under
environmental laws and resolutions could result in expenditures in excess of
amounts estimated to be required for such matters.
 
     The Company's foreign operations are similarly subject to foreign laws and
regulations respecting environmental and worker safety matters, which laws are
generally less stringent than U.S. laws and which have not had, and are not
presently expected to have, a material adverse effect on the Company. There can
be no assurance that such foreign laws will not become more stringent.
 
     Certain other companies, including Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation,
Chemstar Lime Company and Pioneer Chlor Alkali Company, Inc. (successor to
Stauffer Chemical Company), also operate facilities in a complex (the "BMI
Complex") owned by Basic Management, Inc. ("BMI") adjacent to the Company's
Henderson, Nevada plant. In 1993, the Company and each of such companies, along
with certain other companies who previously operated facilities in the BMI
Complex (collectively, the "BMI Companies"), completed a Phase I environmental
assessment of the BMI Complex and each of the individual company sites pursuant
to a consent agreement with the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
("NDEP"). In February 1996, the Company and each of the other BMI Companies
(other than Chemstar Lime Company) entered into a consent agreement with NDEP to
conduct a Phase II program of sampling and analysis of the portions of the BMI
Complex owned by BMI in response to the Phase I reports. In addition, within the
next several months the Company expects to finalize a consent agreement with the
NDEP regarding a Phase II assessment of the Company's separately owned Henderson
site. At December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, the Company had accrued $1
million with respect to this matter. Until the sampling and analysis that will
be involved in this Phase II assessment is completed, it is not possible to
provide a reasonable estimate of the additional remediation costs for this site,
if any, or the Company's likely share of any such costs.
 
     In November 1995, the Company and other BMI Companies were contacted by a
company proposing to develop a parcel of land adjacent to the BMI Complex,
alleging that the parcel had been contaminated by the BMI Companies through
their operations and threatening legal action to recover its development costs
to date of approximately $2.8 million. Further discussions and investigations
are being pursued by the parties to resolve this matter. At December 31, 1995
and March 31, 1996, the Company had not accrued any amounts with respect to this
matter.
 
     The Company is conducting additional study and assessment work as required
by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board -- Los Angeles Region
related to soil and possible groundwater contamination at its Pomona, California
facility. The site is located near an area that has been designated as a U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency "Superfund" site. At March 31, 1996, the Company
had accrued $.6 million related to this matter. Although the Company does not
believe it will incur a material liability in respect of the Pomona facility,
the study and assessment by the Company is only at a
 
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preliminary stage and regulators have not completed their review. Accordingly,
it is possible that liabilities could arise in respect of the Pomona facility
that could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of
operations, financial condition and cash flows.
 
     The Company recently received notice that it has been named as a defendant,
along with approximately 100 additional companies, in an action in the United
States District Court for the District of New Jersey in connection with the
remediation of a Superfund site located in Fairfield, New Jersey (Caldwell
Trucking PRP Group v. ADT Automotive, Inc., et al., No. 95-1690 (WGB)). The
complaint alleges that the Company arranged to have septic and/or industrial
waste containing hazardous substances disposed of at the site from the Company's
former research and development facility in Caldwell, New Jersey. The Company
has been offered the opportunity to participate in "de minimus" settlement
discussions. Based upon the Company's investigation into this matter and the
lack of meaningful evidence linking the Company to the site, the Company does
not believe it will incur any material liability in connection with this matter.
At December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, the Company had not accrued any amount
with respect to this matter.
 
     The Company determines the amount of its accruals for environmental matters
on a quarterly basis by analyzing and estimating the range of possible costs in
light of the available information. Because of a lack of relevant information,
it is not possible to estimate the range of costs for certain sites. The
imposition of more stringent standards or requirements under environmental laws
or regulations, the results of future testing and analysis undertaken by the
Company at its operating or non-operating facilities, or a determination that
the Company is potentially responsible for the release of hazardous substances
at other sites, could result in expenditures in excess of amounts currently
estimated to be required for such matters. No assurance can be given that actual
costs will not exceed accrued amounts or that costs will not be incurred with
respect to sites as to which no problem is currently known or where no estimate
can presently be made. Further, there can be no assurance that additional
environmental matters will not arise in the future. However, the Company
currently believes the disposition of all environmental matters, individually or
in the aggregate, should not have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows.
 
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS; CERTAIN CONTINGENCIES
 
     From time to time, the Company is involved in litigation relating to claims
arising out of its operations in the normal course of business. Except as
provided below, the Company is not a party to any material litigation. Certain
contingencies are described below and in Note 14 of the Company's Consolidated
Financial Statements.
 
     Cadmus/Sutherin.  In May 1995, the Company received notice of two separate
actions naming the Company as a defendant, each brought by a former employee
alleging that the Company intentionally exposed such employee to dangerous
levels of certain chemicals and/or metals during his employment at TIMET's plant
in Toronto, Ohio (Sutherin v. Titanium Metals Corporation, No. 95 CV 00168,
Court of Common Pleas, Jefferson County, Ohio; Cadmus v. Titanium Metals
Corporation, No. 94 CV 00469, Court of Common Pleas, Jefferson County, Ohio).
The complaints seek compensatory and punitive damages totaling approximately
$2.5 million each. Both of these cases were subsequently removed to U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Sutherin, No. C2-95-551;
Cadmus, No. C2-95-586) and are currently in discovery.
 
     Based upon its preliminary investigation, the Company believes that
plaintiff's claims in Sutherin are without merit and intends to vigorously
defend this action. Plaintiff's claims in Cadmus are similar to previous claims
made by plaintiff and rejected by the Ohio Industrial Commission (which decision
is currently on appeal in state court in Ohio). The Company intends to
vigorously defend this action as well. At December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996,
the Company had not accrued any amounts related to either of these matters.
 
     Tungsten contamination.  In 1993, the Company discovered an anomaly in
certain alloyed titanium material manufactured by the Company for shipment to a
jet engine manufacturer, resulting from tungsten carbide contaminated chromium
sold to the Company by a third-party vendor and used as an
 
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alloying addition to this titanium material. At December 31, 1995 and March 31,
1996, the Company had accrued a $1 million liability, net of its estimated
recoveries (which are not material) from the chromium supplier and/or its own
liability insurance carrier, related to this matter. The amount of the liability
is based on management's judgment of the likely outcome based on facts and
circumstances known at the time. Such amounts are subject to future revisions
based on changes in known facts and circumstances, settlement negotiations, and
other events.
 
     In addition, in 1995 the Company learned that a jet engine disk that had
been in service since 1989 was discovered during routine inspection to have a
high density inclusion that was not identified during manufacture and testing by
the Company or the subsequent forger of the material. The inclusion was
completely intact and showed no signs of cracking or fatigue that would suggest
that it posed a safety problem. Subsequent metallurgical inspection identified
the inclusion as pure tungsten, which the Company believes would have resulted
from contaminated chromium used in the manufacture of the titanium alloy. The
Company currently believes that the engine manufacturer will require that
engines containing disks manufactured from titanium having a link to the
potentially contaminated lot of chromium be subjected to a higher level of
inspection or to more frequent inspection to assure that there is no safety
issue involved. While the Company does not currently anticipate that it will
incur any material liability in connection with this matter, no assurances can
be given in this regard. At December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, the Company
had not accrued any amounts with respect to this matter.
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
     The Company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, was incorporated in 1955
and has been engaged in the titanium metals business since incorporation. The
Company is 46.3% owned by Tremont, a holding company with operations conducted
through the Company and NL. Tremont may be deemed to control the Company.
Contran holds, directly or through subsidiaries, approximately 44% of Tremont's
outstanding common stock. Substantially all of Contran's outstanding voting
stock is held by trusts established for the benefit of the children and
grandchildren of Harold C. Simmons of which Mr. Simmons is the sole trustee. Mr.
Simmons, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Contran, and a director of Tremont, may be deemed to control each of such
companies and the Company. See "Principal and Selling Stockholders."
 
     The Company is incorporated in Delaware and its principal offices are
located at 1999 Broadway, Suite 4300, Denver, Colorado 80202. Its telephone
number is (303) 296-5600.
 
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                                   MANAGEMENT
 
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
 
     The Company's directors and executive officers are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              NAME                       AGE              POSITION(S) HELD
              ----                       ---              ----------------
    <S>                                  <C>   <C>
    J. Landis Martin...................  50    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Gary J. Allen......................  51    Director
    Andrew R. Dixey....................  46    President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
    Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr. ..........  50    Director
    R. B. Pointon......................  49    Director
    Gen. Thomas P. Stafford............  65    Director
    Yukiji Tadokoro....................  63    Director
    Paul J. Bania......................  46    Vice President -- Quality and Technology
    Thomas A. Buck.....................  47    Vice President -- U.S. Manufacturing
    Joseph S. Compofelice..............  46    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    Brian J. Hadley....................  54    Vice President -- European Manufacturing
    Richard D. McKinney................  53    Vice President -- Castings Operations
    John P. Monahan....................  50    Vice President -- Sales and Marketing
    Robert E. Musgraves................  41    Vice President -- Administration, General
                                               Counsel and Secretary
    Mark A. Wallace....................  39    Vice President -- Finance and Treasurer
</TABLE>
 
     The directors of the Company have been designated by Tremont, IMI and UTSC
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreements among the Company and
such stockholders, which fix the number of directors at seven. Tremont's
designees are Messrs. Martin, Dixey, Hutcheson and Stafford, IMI's designees are
Messrs. Allen and Pointon, and UTSC's designee is Mr. Tadokoro. Depending on the
results of the Offerings, the Company expects that IMI will no longer be
entitled to designate any directors (if all Shares are sold), that Tremont will
continue to be entitled to designate four directors, and that UTSC will continue
to be entitled to designate one director. The Board of Directors will be
entitled to fill the resulting vacancies on the Board of Directors. See "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions -- Shareholders' Agreements."
 
     J. LANDIS MARTIN has been Chairman of the Company since 1987 and Chief
     Executive Officer of the Company since January 1995. He also served as
     President of the Company from January 1995 to February 1996. Mr. Martin has
     served as Chairman of Tremont since 1990 and as Chief Executive Officer and
     a director of Tremont since 1988. Mr. Martin has served as President and
     Chief Executive Officer of NL, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals, since
     1987 and as a director of NL since 1986. From 1990 until its acquisition by
     Dresser Industries, Inc. ("Dresser") in 1994, Mr. Martin served as Chairman
     of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Baroid Corporation ("Baroid"),
     an oilfield services company. In addition to Tremont and NL, Mr. Martin is
     a director of Dresser, which is engaged in the petroleum services,
     hydrocarbon processing and engineering industries, and Apartment Investment
     Management Corporation, a real estate investment trust.
 
     GARY J. ALLEN has been a director of the Company since February 1996. He
     joined IMI in 1965 and has been a director of IMI since 1978. He was
     appointed Chief Executive of IMI in 1986. He is a non-executive director of
     the London Stock Exchange Limited; Deputy Chairman of Marley plc, a leading
     international manufacturer of plastic, concrete and clay building and home
     improvement products; and a non-executive director of N.V. Bekaert S.A, a
     Belgium company which is the world's largest manufacturer of steel wire.
 
     ANDREW R. DIXEY has been President, Chief Operating Officer and a director
     of the Company since February 1996. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Dixey
     was, from September 1995, Managing Director of IMI Titanium Ltd. and IMI
     Titanium Export Ltd., where he had responsibility for IMI's titanium
     interests in both Europe and North America. During 1995, Mr. Dixey was
     Chief Executive Officer of Helix plc, which is engaged in the scholastic
     supplies business, and from 1990 to 1994, Mr. Dixey
 
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     held various executive positions in the GKN plc Group of companies, a
     manufacturer of automobile components.
 
     EDWARD C. HUTCHESON, JR. has been the President, Chief Executive Officer
     and a director of Castle Tower Corporation ("Castle Tower"), an owner and
     manager of wireless communication antenna sites, since 1994. From January
     1994 until September 1994, he was involved in private investment activities
     leading to the creation of Castle Tower. From 1990 until 1993, Mr.
     Hutcheson served as the President, Chief Operating Officer and a director
     of Baroid.
 
     R. B. POINTON has been a director of the Company since February 1996. He
     has been employed by IMI since 1981. He joined IMI as Production Director
     of IMI Yorkshire Fittings Limited, Leeds, becoming IMI's Operations
     Director, UK & Europe, in 1988 and Managing Director in 1989. He joined the
     Board of IMI in December 1994 and currently has responsibility for IMI's
     Building Products Group and certain of the businesses of IMI's Special
     Engineering Group, including IMI's titanium interests.
 
     GENERAL THOMAS P. STAFFORD (RETIRED) has served as co-founder of Stafford,
     Burke and Hecker, Inc., a Washington-based consulting firm, since prior to
     1991. General Stafford graduated from the United States Naval Academy in
     1952. He was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force
     ("USAF") and attended the USAF Experimental Flight Test School in 1958. He
     was selected as an astronaut in 1962, piloted Gemini VI in 1965 and
     commanded Gemini IX in 1966. In 1969, General Stafford was named Chief of
     the Astronaut Office and was the Apollo X commander for the first lunar
     module flight to the moon. He commanded the Apollo-Soyuz joint mission with
     the Soviet cosmonauts in 1975. After his retirement from the USAF in 1979
     as Lieutenant General, in which his last assignment was Deputy Chief of
     Staff for research, development and acquisitions, he became Chairman of
     Gibraltar Exploration Limited, an oil and gas exploration and production
     company, and served in that position until 1984, when he joined General
     Technical Services, Inc., a consulting firm. General Stafford is a director
     of Allied-Signal Inc., CMI Corporation, Fischer Scientific, Inc., Pacific
     Scientific Corporation, Seagate Technologies, Inc., The Wackenhut
     Corporation and Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc., and is Chairman of the
     Board of the Omega Watch Corporation of America, the United States
     affiliate of the Omega Watch Company.
 
     YUKIJI TADOKORO has been a director of the Company since 1990. Mr. Tadokoro
     has been Managing Director of Toho Titanium Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) since 1989.
     Mr. Tadokoro has also been President of UTSC since 1992.
 
     PAUL J. BANIA has been Vice President -- Quality and Technology since 1994.
     Dr. Bania was the Company's Vice President -- Research and Market
     Development from 1992 to 1994 and Director of Product Development from 1989
     until 1992.
 
     THOMAS A. BUCK has been Vice President -- U.S. Manufacturing since 1991.
     From 1990 to 1991, Mr. Buck was General Manager of the Company's Henderson
     facility.
 
     JOSEPH S. COMPOFELICE has been Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
     of the Company since February 1996 and was director of the Company from
     1994 until March 1996. Since 1994, he has been Vice President and Chief
     Financial Officer of Tremont and NL and, since 1995, a director of NL.
     Since 1994, Mr. Compofelice has also been Executive Vice President of
     Valhi, Inc. ("Valhi"), which is engaged in sugar, building and hardware
     products, fast food, and, through NL, chemical industries, and may be
     deemed to be an affiliate of the Company. From 1990 until 1993, he was Vice
     President and Chief Financial Officer of Baroid.
 
     BRIAN J. HADLEY has been Vice President -- European Manufacturing since
     February 1996. He has been Operations Director for TIMET UK since 1987.
     Prior to joining IMI he was Works Director of APV Paramount, Ltd., an
     operator of high alloy and stainless steel foundries.
 
     RICHARD D. MCKINNEY has been Vice President -- Castings Operations since
     February 1996. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of TIMET
     Castings since 1994. From 1993 until 1994, he served as Vice President
     Operations of Teledyne Casting Services, which produces iron
 
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     sand castings, and from 1989 until 1993 he was the President of Teledyne
     Metal Forming, which manufactures formed metal shapes.
 
     JOHN P. MONAHAN has been Vice President -- Sales and Marketing since 1995,
     and was Vice President -- North American Sales and Marketing from 1990 to
     1995.
 
     ROBERT E. MUSGRAVES has been Vice President and General Counsel of the
     Company since 1990. He has also served as Secretary of the Company since
     1991 and Assistant Secretary of the Company from 1990 to 1991. Since 1993,
     Mr. Musgraves has been General Counsel and Secretary of Tremont, and since
     1994 has also served as Vice President of Tremont. He was an Assistant
     Secretary of Tremont from 1990 to 1993. Prior to joining the Company in
     1990, Mr. Musgraves was a partner with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis.
 
     MARK A. WALLACE has been Vice President -- Finance and Treasurer of the
     Company since 1992. He has also served as Vice President and Controller of
     Tremont since 1992. From 1990 to 1992, Mr. Wallace was Assistant Controller
     of Valhi. Prior to joining Valhi, Mr. Wallace was a Senior Manager with
     Arthur Andersen & Co.
 
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
 
     Current directors of the Company receive no compensation for serving as
directors. Following the completion of the Offerings, directors of the Company
who are not employees of the Company will be paid an annual retainer of $8,000
in cash plus a number of shares of Common Stock annually equal to $8,000 divided
by the initial public offering price, rounded up to a multiple of 100. In
addition, non-employee directors will receive an attendance fee of $1,000 per
day for each day on which they attend a meeting of the Board of Directors or a
committee of the Board of Directors. Directors will also be reimbursed for
reasonable expenses incurred in attending Board of Directors and committee
meetings.
 
     The Company has adopted its 1996 Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan
(the "Director Compensation Plan") pursuant to which each non-employee director
will, upon consummation of the Offerings, be granted an option to acquire 625
shares of Common Stock at the initial public offering price, and will also be
granted 625 options annually commencing in 1996 at the last reported sales price
of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on the last trading day of the
Company's fiscal year. See "-- Director Compensation Plan."
 
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
     The following table sets forth compensation awarded by the Company during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 to (i) the Company's Chief Executive
Officer, (ii) the Company's Chief Financial Officer, (iii) the Company's five
other most highly compensated executive officers for services rendered during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 and (iv) a former officer who served as
chief executive officer of the Company until January 5, 1995.
 
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                         SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE(1)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    ANNUAL COMPENSATION
                                                    --------------------       ALL OTHER
         NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION       YEAR      SALARY      BONUS(4)    COMPENSATION(5)
    -------------------------------------- ----     --------     -------     --------------
    <S>                                    <C>      <C>          <C>         <C>
    J. Landis Martin(2)................... 1995     $ 60,000     $   -0-        $  2,650
      Chairman and CEO
    Joseph S. Compofelice(2).............. 1995     $ 45,000     $50,000        $  4,476
      Vice President and
      Chief Financial Officer
    Paul J. Bania......................... 1995     $100,000     $26,000        $  4,070
      Vice President -- Quality and
         Technology
    Thomas A. Buck........................ 1995     $120,000     $31,200        $  4,935
      Vice President -- U.S. Manufacturing
    John P. Monahan....................... 1995     $120,000     $31,200        $  4,968
      Vice President -- Sales and
         Marketing
    Robert E. Musgraves(2)................ 1995     $ 60,000     $15,600        $  4,821
      Vice President -- Administration and
      General Counsel
    FORMER OFFICER:
    Kirby C. Adams(3)..................... 1995     $    -0-     $   -0-        $229,905
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Columns required by the rules and regulations of the Commission which
    contain no entries have been omitted.
 
(2) The amounts shown as salary and bonus for Messrs. Martin, Compofelice and
    Musgraves represent the full amount paid by the Company for services
    rendered by such persons during 1995, less the portion (50%) of such
    compensation for which Tremont reimbursed the Company in 1995. Mr.
    Compofelice was not an executive officer of the Company during 1995.
 
(3) Mr. Adams resigned as an executive officer of the Company on January 5,
    1995. In connection with Mr. Adams' resignation, the Company agreed to (i)
    continuation of salary and benefits for up to two years, (ii) continued
    vesting of certain Tremont options for the duration of the salary
    contribution period, and (iii) payment of certain other expenses. The
    aggregate amount payable to, or on behalf of, Mr. Adams pursuant to this
    agreement is estimated to range from approximately $375,000 to $565,000
    (which amounts do not include accrued value for vested options to acquire
    Tremont common stock held by Mr. Adams, which was approximately $340,000 as
    of December 31, 1995).
 
(4) Under the Company's variable compensation plan, a portion of the
    compensation payable to the Company's officers is based upon the Company's
    financial performance. Based on the Company's 1995 financial results, no
    compensation with respect to the Company's performance was payable for 1995.
    The balance of the compensation payable to the Company's officers under the
    plan is based on the assessed performance of the individual officer. In
    1995, all compensation paid under the plan related to individual
    performance. Neither Mr. Martin nor Mr. Compofelice participated in the plan
    as of December 31, 1995. Based upon the recommendation of the Chief
    Executive Officer and TIMET's and Tremont's Management Development and
    Compensation Committees, the TIMET and Tremont Boards approved a bonus of
    $100,000 for Mr. Compofelice with respect to his services on behalf of TIMET
    and Tremont during 1995.
 
(5) Such amounts represent (i) matching contributions made by the Company
    pursuant to the savings feature of the Company's Thrift/Retirement Plan
    ($250 for Mr. Martin, $900 for Mr. Compofelice, $1,000 for Mr. Bania, $1,200
    for Mr. Buck, $1,200 for Mr. Monahan, $1,230 for Mr. Musgraves and $1,000
    for Mr. Adams), (ii) retirement contributions accrued by the Company
    pursuant to the Thrift/Retirement Plan ($2,400 for Mr. Martin, $2,520 for
    Mr. Bania, and $3,000 for each other person named in the table) and (iii)
    life insurance premiums paid by the Company ($0 for Mr. Martin, $576 for Mr.
    Compofelice, $550 for Mr. Bania, $735 for Mr. Buck, $765 for Mr. Monahan,
    $591 for Mr. Musgraves and $905 for Mr. Adams).
 
     J. Landis Martin, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Joseph S. Compofelice, the Company's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(as of March 1996), Robert E. Musgraves, the Company's Vice
President -- Administration and General Counsel, and Mark A. Wallace, the
Company's Vice President -- Finance and Treasurer also serve as officers of
Tremont, and during 1995 Tremont reimbursed the Company for 50% of the salary
and bonus each person received from the Company. Messrs. Martin and Compofelice
also serve as officers of NL and are compensated directly by NL for such
services. The Company expects that, commencing in 1996, (i) Mr. Martin will
spend approximately one-half of his time on matters related directly to the
Company, (ii) Mr. Compofelice will spend approximately one-third of his time on
matters related directly to the Company, and (iii) Mr. Musgraves will spend
substantially all of his time on matters directly related to the Company.
Tremont will reimburse the Company for 20% of the 1996 compensation for Messrs.
Martin, Compofelice and Musgraves pursuant to an intercorporate services
agreement. See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions -- Contractual
Relationships."
 
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     As of May 14, 1996 no options issued by the Company to acquire shares of
Common Stock existed. In the past, Tremont has issued options to acquire Tremont
common stock to executive officers of the Company and Tremont in consideration
for such officers' services to the Company or to the Company and Tremont. See
"Principal and Selling Stockholders" for information concerning Tremont options
held by the Company's executives named in the Summary Compensation table above.
See Note 9 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements in connection with
grants of Management Shares to such persons in 1996.
    
 
INCENTIVE PLAN
 
     General.  The 1996 Long Term Performance Incentive Plan of Titanium Metals
Corporation (the "Incentive Plan") was approved on March 29, 1996, by the Board
of Directors and stockholders of the Company. The purpose of the Incentive Plan
is to advance and promote the interests of the Company and its employees and
stockholders by encouraging and enabling the acquisition of Common Stock by its
key employees or individuals who perform significant services for the benefit of
the Company. The Incentive Plan is also intended as a further means of
attracting and retaining outstanding employees and of promoting a closer
commonality of interests between employees and stockholders of the Company. The
Incentive Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 3,125,000 shares of Common Stock
(which may be authorized and unissued shares, treasury shares or a combination
thereof) and authorizes grants of shares of Common Stock containing vesting and
other restrictions ("Restricted Stock"), nonqualified stock options
("Nonqualified Stock Options"), incentive stock options ("ISOs" and, together
with Nonqualified Stock Options, "Options") and stock appreciation rights
("SARs") or any combination of such grants as the Company's Compensation
Committee (the "Committee") determines in its sole discretion to grant to
eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries or individuals who
perform significant services for the benefit of the Company during the term of
effectiveness of the Incentive Plan.
 
     Officers and key employees of the Company or any subsidiary, including
officers who are members of the Board of Directors and individuals who perform
significant services for the benefit of the Company, are eligible to participate
in the Incentive Plan. No member of the Committee is eligible to be granted an
award under the Incentive Plan while serving on the Committee. No director is
eligible to serve on the Committee if he is eligible to receive grants under the
Incentive Plan or a similar plan of the Company during the year preceding his
election. The total number of persons who may receive grants of Options, SARs or
awards of Restricted Stock under the Incentive Plan will be designated by the
Committee at its sole discretion and is estimated by the Company to be
approximately 100 persons. All grants or awards under the Incentive Plan will be
made in consideration of services rendered or to be rendered by the recipients
thereof.
 
     The Incentive Plan provides for adjustments to reflect any future stock
dividends, stock splits or other relevant capitalization changes. The Incentive
Plan provides that the aggregate number of underlying shares issuable pursuant
to grants of Nonqualified Stock Options, ISOs, SARs and Restricted Stock awards
to a given individual pursuant to the Incentive Plan may not exceed 250,000
during any fiscal year. Options and SARs are not transferrable except by will or
under the laws of descent and distribution, except that the Committee may permit
transfer to immediate family members and trusts or partnerships for family
members of grantees.
 
     Nonqualified Stock Options.  Nonqualified Stock Options (those that are not
qualified under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) to
be granted under the Incentive Plan generally become exercisable only after
specified periods of service subsequent to the grant (for example, 40% after two
years, 60% after three years, 80% after four years and 100% after five years)
and may be exercised in any sequence, regardless of the date of award or the
existence of any outstanding Nonqualified Stock Option or ISO. The Committee
shall have the authority to accelerate the date on which a Nonqualified Stock
Option shall become exercisable by the grantee. The number of shares and other
terms of the grant of Nonqualified Stock Options are determined by the Committee
at the time of the award. A Nonqualified Stock Option may be granted to an
eligible employee either alone or with an attached SAR. Nonqualified Stock
Options will be exercisable for not more than ten years from the date of the
grant (unless extended within the discretion of the Committee for a further
period of up to three
 
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years). No Nonqualified Stock Option will be granted at a price of less than
100% of the fair market value per share of Common Stock at the time the
Nonqualified Stock Option is granted. As determined by the Committee in granting
any Nonqualified Stock Option, upon exercise of such Nonqualified Stock Option,
the Nonqualified Stock Option price, and any withholding tax required by law,
may be paid in cash, or, at the discretion of the Committee, shares of Common
Stock (valued at their fair market value on the date of exercise) or by a
combination of cash and such shares. The Committee may grant to one or more
holders of Nonqualified Stock Options, in exchange for their voluntary surrender
and the cancellation of such Nonqualified Stock Options and their corresponding
SARs, if any, new Options having different exercise prices than the exercise
prices provided in the Nonqualified Stock Options so surrendered and canceled
and containing such other terms and conditions as the Committee may deem
appropriate.
 
     Incentive Stock Options.  An ISO may be granted to an employee either alone
or with an attached SAR. The number of shares and other terms of grant are
determined at the time of the grant, provided, however, that in no event shall
the term of an ISO be more than ten years (no more than five years in the case
of a more-than-10% stockholder). The price payable upon exercise shall be not
less than 100% of the fair market value of shares at the time of grant (110% for
a more-than-10% stockholder), and may be paid either in cash or with other
shares of the Company's Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares.
 
     In the absence of acceleration by the Committee or otherwise under the
Incentive Plan, ISOs generally become exercisable only after specified periods
of service subsequent to the grant (for example, 50% after three years or 100%
after four years). The aggregate fair market value (at the time an ISO is
granted) of shares with respect to which ISOs become exercisable for the first
time during any calendar year may not exceed $100,000.
 
     If an ISO is granted with an attached SAR, the features of such SAR will be
similar to those discussed below under "-- Stock Appreciation Rights," but it
will be subject to the same terms as the related ISO as to date of expiration,
difference between fair market value on the Appreciation Date (defined below)
and date of award, transferability and eligibility to exercise. In addition,
such SAR may be exercised only when the market price of the shares subject to
the ISO exceeds the option exercise price.
 
     Stock Appreciation Rights.  The Incentive Plan authorizes the Committee to
grant a SAR to eligible employees either separately or attached to an Option. In
the case of a SAR that is related to an Option, such SAR may be granted either
at the time of grant of such Option or at any time thereafter and would be
exercisable only to the extent the related Option is exercisable. Each grantee
of SARs is permitted to designate an appreciation date ("Appreciation Date")
with respect to which stock appreciation will be measured. Upon the exercise of
a SAR, the holder is entitled to receive from the Company without the payment of
any cash (except for any withholding taxes) an amount equal to the product of
(i) the excess of (x) the per share market value of the Common Stock at the
Appreciation Date, over (y) the per share fair market value on the date of
grant, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such SAR. The
right to designate an Appreciation Date generally arises only after specified
periods of service which are the same as the periods for exercise of an Option.
The Committee shall, however, have the authority to advance the grantee's right
to designate an Appreciation Date. Generally, the SAR terminates ten years from
the date of grant. Payment with respect to a SAR may be made in cash, shares of
Common Stock or a combination of both as determined by the Committee. Upon the
exercise of a SAR, the related Option (if any), or the portion thereof for which
such SAR is exercised, shall terminate. Upon the exercise or expiration of an
Option related to a SAR, such SAR, or such portion thereof for which such Option
is exercised, shall terminate.
 
     Restricted Stock.  The Committee will have the authority to award
Restricted Stock and to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions in
connection with the issuance or transfer of Restricted Stock, including the
period during which the restrictions are applicable. The terms, conditions and
restrictions, including the lapse of such restrictions, may differ with respect
to each grantee. In addition, awards of Restricted Stock may be made on a
selective basis. Shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Incentive Plan
will be restricted as to transfer and subject to forfeiture during a specified
period or
 
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periods. Shares awarded, and the right to vote such shares and to receive
dividends thereon, may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise
encumbered during the period of restriction applicable to such shares other than
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. During such period of
restriction, the recipient has all other rights of a stockholder, including but
not limited to the right to receive dividends and vote such Restricted Stock.
The Committee has the discretion to remove any or all restrictions whenever it
may determine that such action is appropriate. Generally, the restriction period
expires three years from the date of the original grant. No award of Restricted
Stock may be made under the Incentive Plan after the tenth anniversary of the
effective date of the Incentive Plan.
 
     Termination and Amendment.  The Board may amend or terminate the Incentive
Plan at any time, but no such action may affect or in any way impair any rights
which have accrued under the Incentive Plan, and no amendment may increase the
total number of shares which may be issued under the Incentive Plan, reduce the
minimum purchase price for shares subject to options, or extend the period
during which Options, SARs and Restricted Stock may be granted without the
approval of the holders of a majority of shares of the Common Stock.
 
     Federal Income Tax Consequences.  The following is a summary of the
principal current federal income tax consequences of transactions under the
Incentive Plan. It does not describe all federal tax consequences under the
Incentive Plan, nor does it describe state, local or foreign tax consequences.
 
          ISOs.  No taxable income is realized by the optionee upon the grant or
     exercise of an ISO. However, the exercise of an ISO may result in
     alternative minimum tax liability for the optionee. If no disposition of
     shares issued to an optionee pursuant to the exercise of an ISO is made by
     the optionee within two years from the date of grant or within one year
     after the transfer of such shares to the optionee, then upon sale of such
     shares, any amount realized in excess of the exercise price will be taxed
     to the optionee as a long-term capital gain and any loss sustained will be
     a long-term capital loss, and no deduction will be allowed to the Company
     for federal income tax purposes.
 
          If the shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of an ISO are
     disposed of prior to the expiration of the two-year and one-year holding
     periods described above, generally the optionee will realize ordinary
     income in the year of disposition in an amount equal to the excess (if any)
     of the fair market value of the shares at exercise (or, if less, the amount
     realized on an arms'-length sale of such shares) over the exercise price
     thereof, and the Company will be entitled to deduct such amount. Any
     further gain realized will be taxed as short-term or long-term capital gain
     and will not result in any deduction by the Company. Special rules may
     apply where all or a portion of the exercise price of the incentive stock
     option is paid by tendering shares of Common Stock.
 
          If an ISO is exercised at a time when it no longer qualifies for the
     tax treatment described above, the Option is treated as a Nonqualified
     Stock Option. Generally, an ISO will not be eligible for the tax treatment
     described above if it is exercised more than three months following
     termination of employment (one year following termination of employment by
     reason of permanent and total disability), except in certain cases where
     the ISO is exercised after the death of an optionee.
 
          Nonqualified Stock Options.  With respect to Nonqualified Stock
     Options granted under the Incentive Plan, no income is realized by the
     optionee at the time the Option is granted. Generally, at exercise,
     ordinary income is realized by the optionee in an amount equal to the
     difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the
     shares on the date of exercise, and the Company receives a tax deduction
     for the same amount, and at disposition, appreciation or depreciation after
     the date of exercise is treated as either short-term or long-term capital
     gain or loss, depending on how long the shares have been held.
 
          SARs.  The grant of an SAR does not result in income for the grantee
     or in a deduction for the Company. Upon the exercise of an SAR, the grantee
     generally recognizes ordinary income and the Company is entitled to a
     deduction measured by the fair market value of the shares plus any property
     received by the grantee.
 
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          Restricted Stock.  A recipient of Restricted Stock generally will be
     subject to tax at ordinary income rates on the fair market value of the
     stock at the time the stock is either transferable or is no longer subject
     to forfeiture, less any amount paid for such stock. The Company is entitled
     to a corresponding tax deduction for the amount of ordinary income
     recognized by the recipient. However, a recipient who so elects under
     Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
     "Code"), within 30 days of the date of issuance of the Restricted Stock
     will realize ordinary income on the date of issuance equal to the fair
     market value of the shares of Restricted Stock at that time (measured as if
     the shares were unrestricted and could be sold immediately), less any
     amount paid for such stock. If the shares subject to such election are
     forfeited, the recipient will not be entitled to any deduction, refund or
     loss for tax purposes with respect to the forfeited shares. Upon sale of
     the shares after the forfeiture period has expired, the appreciation or
     depreciation since the shares became transferable or free from risk of
     forfeiture (or, if a Section 83(b) election was made, since the shares were
     issued) will be treated as long-term or short-term capital gain or loss.
     The holding period to determine whether the recipient has long-term or
     short-term capital gain or loss begins when the restriction period expires
     (or upon earlier issuance of the shares, if the recipient elected immediate
     recognition of income under Section 83(b)). If Restricted Stock is received
     in connection with another award under the Incentive Plan (for example,
     upon exercise of an Option), the income and the deduction, if any,
     associated with such award may be deferred in accordance with the rules
     described above for Restricted Stock.
 
     The preceding description of the 1996 Plan is a summary and is qualified in
its entirety by the provisions of the 1996 Plan, a copy of which has been filed
as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement of which this Prospectus
is a part.
 
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PLAN
 
     The Director Compensation Plan was adopted by the Company's Board of
Directors on April 15, 1996 and by the Company's stockholders on May 8, 1996.
The purpose of the Director Compensation Plan is to promote the interests of the
Company by providing an inducement to qualified persons who are neither
employees nor officers of the Company to serve as members of the Company's Board
of Directors.
 
     The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued
pursuant to the Director Compensation Plan is 62,500, subject to adjustment in
certain instances as described below. Options may be granted only to directors
of the Company who are neither employees of the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries or parents nor, in certain cases, members of committees
administering other stock option plans of the Company. Directors who are
currently eligible to participate in the Director Compensation Plan are Messrs.
Allen, Hutcheson, Pointon, Stafford and Tadokoro.
 
     The Director Compensation Plan provides that each eligible non-employee
director will automatically be granted an annual option to purchase 625 shares
of Common Stock on the last day of the Company's fiscal year commencing in 1996
and will also be granted an initial option to purchase 625 shares, upon pricing
(and subject to completion) of the Offerings. Other than the initial grant of
options, the exercise price of the options will be equal to the last reported
sale price of Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of grant.
Each option granted under the Director Compensation Plan becomes exercisable one
year after the date of grant and expires on the fifth anniversary following the
date of grant. The Director Compensation Plan will automatically terminate when
all options granted thereunder have been exercised or have expired. Options
become fully exercisable upon the death or disability of an optionee or upon an
optionee's ceasing to be a director of the Company. Options must be fully
exercised within three months from the date the optionee terminates his or her
performance of services for the Company. However, if termination of the
performance of services occurs because of death or disability, then options may
be exercised within one year of the date of such death or disability. Options
granted under the Director Compensation Plan are not intended to constitute
"incentive stock options" within the meaning of Section 422A of the Code.
 
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     The Director Compensation Plan provides for adjustments to reflect any
future stock dividends, stock splits or other relevant capitalization changes.
If any options under the Director Compensation Plan expire or are terminated for
any reason, the shares reserved for issuance thereunder will revert to the
status of available shares.
 
     Directors of the Company who are not eligible to participate in the
Director Compensation Plan shall serve as administrators of the Director
Compensation Plan. The ineligible directors presently consist of Messrs. Martin
and Dixey. Ineligible directors shall remain eligible to participate in the
other stock option plans of the Company and its affiliates, including the
Incentive Plan. The Board of Directors may amend or terminate the Director
Compensation Plan at any time, except that no amendment may be made to the
Director Compensation Plan that materially changes the benefits to participants
in the Director Compensation Plan without the affirmative vote of the holders of
a majority of the Common Stock eligible to vote with respect to such amendment;
provided, however, that the Director Compensation Plan may not be amended more
than once every six months (other than to comply with changes to the Code or the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended), and any amendment
to the Director Compensation Plan shall comply with all applicable laws and
other requirements.
 
     Optionees generally will not be subject to federal income taxation at the
time the options are granted. Taxable income will be recognized by optionees
upon the exercise of an option in the amount of the difference between the
exercise price paid and the market value of the shares received at the time of
exercise or the date restrictions on resale of such shares lapse (in which case
taxable income will not be recognized until such lapse). An optionee's basis in
the shares received on the exercise of an option is equal to the exercise price
paid, plus any income recognized. The Company will be entitled to a tax
deduction equal to the amount of income recognized by optionees.
 
     The preceding description of the Director Compensation Plan is a summary
and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Director Compensation
Plan, a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
 
PENSION PLAN
 
     The Defined Benefit Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of Titanium
Metals Corporation (the "TIMET Retirement Plan") covers substantially all of the
Company's salaried employees who were employed by the Company as of or prior to
December 31, 1988. Such employees generally became eligible to receive a vested
retirement benefit under such plan after completion of five years of service.
Benefits under the TIMET Retirement Plan are generally based upon the number of
years of service credit, up to 40 years, the final average compensation of each
individual employee, and a percentage of such employee's eligible earnings.
Final average compensation is calculated using the highest 60 consecutive
calendar months of compensation during the last 120 months prior to the date of
calculation. Effective December 31, 1988, employees ceased accruing additional
years of service credit under the TIMET Retirement Plan. Effective April 2,
1994, employees also ceased accruing additional credit for increases in salary
under such plan. Paul Bania, John P. Monahan and Kirby C. Adams, the only
individuals named in the "Summary Compensation Table" above who have
participated in the TIMET Retirement Plan, will be entitled to receive annual
payments of approximately $11,000, $24,000, and $24,200 respectively, pursuant
to the TIMET Retirement Plan upon reaching age 65.
 
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
 
     During 1995, J. Landis Martin, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Susan E. Alderton and Dr. Ralph Cotton served as members of the
Company's compensation committee. During 1995, Mr. Martin also served as an
executive officer and director of each of Tremont and NL, and Joseph S.
Compofelice, the Company's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, served as
an executive officer and director of NL.
 
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INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
 
     The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director shall
be liable personally to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided that, the Certificate of
Incorporation does not eliminate the liability of a director for (i) any breach
of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders; (ii) acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law; (iii) acts or omissions in respect of certain unlawful
dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases; or (iv) any transaction
from which such director derives improper personal benefit. The effect of this
provision is to eliminate the rights of the Company and its stockholders
(through stockholders' derivative suits on behalf of the Company) to recover
monetary damages against a director for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as
a director (including breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent
behavior) except in the situations described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
The limitations summarized above, however, do not affect the ability of the
Company or its stockholders to seek non-monetary remedies, such as an injunction
or rescission, against a director for breach of his fiduciary duty.
 
     The Company's Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify and advance
expenses to the currently acting and former directors, officers, employees and
agents of the Company or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise if serving at the request of the Company arising in
connection with their acting in such capacities. In addition, Section 145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law permits the Company to indemnify an officer or
director who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
proceeding because of his or her position, if the officer or director acted in
good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of
the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
 
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                       PRINCIPAL AND SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
   
     The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership,
as defined by the regulations of the Commission, of the Company's Common Stock
as of May 14, 1996, and as adjusted to reflect the Stock Split (see "Description
of Capital Stock") and the sale of the Common Stock offered hereby, for (i) each
director and each current executive officer named in the Summary Compensation
Table set forth in "Management," (ii) all directors and current executive
officers of the Company as a group, and (iii) each person known by the Company
to own beneficially 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, each
of which is also a Selling Stockholder. All beneficial ownership is sole and
direct unless otherwise indicated.
    
 
     See footnote 2 for information concerning individuals and entities which
may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own those shares of Common Stock
directly beneficially owned by Tremont. Information concerning ownership of
Tremont, which may be deemed to be the Company's parent company, is contained in
footnote 2 and the table below, captioned "'Ownership of Tremont Common Stock."
 
                        OWNERSHIP OF TIMET COMMON STOCK
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                PERCENT OF COMMON
                                                                                     STOCK(1)
                                                                             ------------------------
                                                    AMOUNT AND NATURE OF     BEFORE THE     AFTER THE
       NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL OWNER         BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP     OFFERINGS      OFFERINGS
- --------------------------------------------------  --------------------     ----------     ---------
<S>                                                 <C>                      <C>            <C>
5% AND SELLING STOCKHOLDERS:
Tremont Corporation(2)(3).........................       11,700,000             46.3%          37.2%
  1999 Broadway, Suite 4300
  Denver, Colorado 80202
IMI plc(3)(4).....................................        9,561,305             37.9            6.4%
  P.O. Box 218
  Birmingham, England B6 7BA
Union Titanium Sponge Corporation(3)..............        3,900,000             15.4           10.0%
  c/o Toho Titanium Company Ltd.
  2-13-31 Kohnan
  Minato-ku
  Tokyo 108, Japan
DIRECTORS:(5)
  J. Landis Martin................................           31,850                *              *
  Gary J. Allen...................................              -0-
  Andrew R. Dixey.................................           15,925                *              *
  Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr.........................              -0-
  R. B. Pointon...................................              -0-
  Gen. Thomas P. Stafford.........................              -0-
  Yukiji Tadokoro.................................              -0-
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:(5)
  Joseph S. Compofelice...........................           12,675                *              *
  Paul J. Bania...................................            6,500                *              *
  Thomas A. Buck..................................            6,500                *              *
  John P. Monahan.................................            6,500                *              *
  Robert E. Musgraves.............................            6,500                *              *
ALL DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS A GROUP
  (15 PERSONS):(5)................................           92,950                *              *
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
 *  Less than 1%.
 
(1) Gives effect to (i) the issuance of a total of 6,200,000 shares sold in the
    Offerings by the Company, and 7,550,000, and 750,000 shares sold in the
    Offerings by IMI and UTSC, respectively, and (ii) the Stock Split, to be
    consummated immediately prior to the Offerings. Percentages do not take into
    account shares, if any, purchased in the Offerings. If the Underwriters'
    overallotment options are exercised in full, Tremont will sell a total of
    2,175,000 shares, and, giving effect to such sales, Tremont will hold
    approximately 30.3%, of the outstanding Common Stock.
 
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(2) Contran is the holder of approximately 3.1% of Tremont's outstanding common
    stock. Valhi Group, Inc. ("VGI") and National City Lines, Inc. ("National")
    are the holders of approximately 34.6% and 4.6%, respectively, of Tremont's
    outstanding common stock. In addition, NL, Valmont Insurance Company
    ("Valmont") and the Combined Master Retirement Trust (the "Master Trust")
    are the holders of 36,137, 30,490 and 3,506 shares, respectively, of Tremont
    common stock, less than 1% of the outstanding Tremont common stock.
 
        Valhi is the holder of 100% of the outstanding common stock of Valmont.
    Valhi and Tremont are the holders of approximately 53.9% and 17.7%,
    respectively, of the outstanding common stock of NL. VGI, National and
    Contran are the holders of approximately 75.1%, 10.1% and 6.2%,respectively,
    of the outstanding common stock of Valhi, and the Master Trust is the holder
    of approximately .1% of the outstanding common stock of Valhi. National,
    NOA, Inc. ("NOA") and Dixie Holding Company ("Dixie Holding") are the
    holders of approximately 73.3%, 11.4% and 15.3%, respectively, of the
    outstanding common stock of VGI. Contran and NOA are the holders of
    approximately 85.7% and 14.3%, respectively, of the outstanding common stock
    of National. Contran and Southwest Louisiana Land Company, Inc.
    ("Southwest") are the holders of approximately 49.9% and 50.1%,
    respectively, of the outstanding common stock of NOA. Dixie Rice
    Agricultural Corporation, Inc. ("Dixie Rice") is the holder of 100% of the
    outstanding common stock of Dixie Holding. Contran is the holder of
    approximately 88.7% and 54.3% of the outstanding common stock of Southwest
    and Dixie Rice, respectively. Substantially all of Contran's outstanding
    voting stock is held by trusts established for the benefit of Harold C.
    Simmons' children and grandchildren (the "Trusts"), of which Harold C.
    Simmons is the sole trustee. As sole trustee of the Trusts, Harold C.
    Simmons has the power to vote and direct the disposition of the shares of
    Contran common stock held by the Trusts. However, Mr. Simmons disclaims
    beneficial ownership thereof. The Master Trust is a trust formed by Valhi to
    permit the collective investment by trusts that maintain the assets of
    certain employee benefit plans adopted by Valhi and related companies.
    Harold C. Simmons is sole trustee of the Master Trust and sole member of the
    Trust Investment Committee for the Master Trust. The trustee and members of
    the Trust Investment Committee for the Master Trust are selected by Valhi's
    Board of Directors. Harold C. Simmons and Glenn R. Simmons are each members
    of Valhi's Board of Directors and are participants in one or more of the
    employee benefit plans which invest through the Master Trust. However, each
    such person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Valhi common stock and
    Tremont common stock held by the Master Trust, except to the extent of his
    individual vested beneficial interest in the assets held by the Master
    Trust.
 
        Contran's ownership percentages of Valhi and Tremont reported above
    include 0.2% of the outstanding shares of Valhi common stock and 2.1% of the
    outstanding shares of Tremont common stock, respectively, which shares are
    directly held by the Contran Deferred Compensation Trust No. 2 (the "CDCT
    No. 2"). NationsBank of Texas, N.A. serves as trustee (the "Trustee") of the
    CDCT No. 2. Contran established the CDCT No. 2 as an irrevocable "rabbi
    trust" to assist Contran in meeting certain deferred compensation
    obligations that it owes to Harold C. Simmons. If the CDCT No. 2 assets are
    insufficient to satisfy such obligations, Contran must satisfy the balance
    of such obligations. Pursuant to the terms of the CDCT No. 2, Contran (i)
    retains the power to vote the shares held by the CDCT No. 2, (ii) shares
    dispositive power with the Trustee over such shares and (iii) may be deemed
    the indirect beneficial owner of such shares.
 
        Harold C. Simmons is Chairman of the Board of NL, Chairman of the Board,
    President and Chief Executive Officer of Contran, Dixie Holding, NOA,
    National, VGI and Valhi, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
    Officer of Dixie Rice and Southwest, and a director of Tremont. By virtue of
    the holding of such offices, the stock ownership described above and Mr.
    Simmons' service as trustee as described above, Mr. Simmons may be deemed to
    control Contran, Southwest, Dixie Rice, Dixie Holding, NOA, National, VGI,
    Valhi, Tremont, the Company and NL, and Mr. Simmons, VGI, National, NOA,
    Dixie Rice, Dixie Holding, Southwest and Contran may be deemed to possess
    indirect beneficial ownership of the Common Stock directly beneficially
    owned by Tremont and the Tremont common stock held by Contran and its
    subsidiaries. However, Mr. Simmons disclaims beneficial ownership of the
    shares of Common Stock and Tremont common stock beneficially owned, directly
    and indirectly, by such entities.
 
(3) The shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by Tremont and UTSC
    exclude 1,509,690 shares and 503,230 shares, respectively, obtainable within
    60 days of the date of this Prospectus upon exercise an option expiring
    February 15, 1999 granted by IMI Americas Inc. to Tremont (25% of which was
    concurrently assigned to UTSC) in connection with the IMI Titanium
    Acquisition (the "IMI Option"). In connection with the Offerings, Tremont
    will relinquish its right to, and permit IMI to sell in the Offerings, 1,615
    shares subject to the IMI Option. If the IMI Option was fully exercised,
    Tremont would hold 13,209,690 shares or 52.3% of the outstanding Common
    Stock prior to the Offerings and approximately 42% of the outstanding Common
    Stock giving effect to the Offerings (approximately 34% if the Underwriters'
    overallotment options are exercised in full), UTSC would hold 4,403,230
    shares of Common Stock or approximately 17.4% of the outstanding Common
    Stock prior to the Offerings and 3,653,230 shares or approximately 11.6% of
    the outstanding Common Stock giving effect to the Offerings, and IMI would
    hold 7,548,385 shares of Common Stock or approximately 29.9% of the
    outstanding Common Stock prior to the Offerings and approximately 6.4% of
    the outstanding Common Stock giving effect to the Offerings.
 
        UTSC is a Delaware corporation, the shareholders of which are Toho
    Titanium Company, Ltd. ("Toho"), Nippon Mining and Metals Company, Ltd.
    ("NMMS"), Nippon Steel Corporation ("NSC"), Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui
    Japan") and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. ("Mitsui USA"). The shareholders of
    UTSC may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Stock held of
    record by UTSC by virtue of being shareholders of UTSC, but each expressly
    disclaims such beneficial ownership. The business address for Toho is
    Shinagawa NSS Building 2-13-31, Kohnan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan; for
    NMMS is 10-1, Toranomon 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan; for NSC is 6-3
    Ohtemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-71, Japan; for Mitsui Japan is 2-1
    Ohtemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; and for Mitsui USA is 200 Park
    Avenue, New York, New York 10166-0130.
 
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(4) IMI Americas Inc. holds 2,390,310 shares of Common Stock and IMI Kynoch Ltd.
    holds 7,170,995 shares of Common Stock. All of the outstanding capital stock
    of IMI Americas Inc. and IMI Kynoch Ltd. is held, directly or indirectly, by
    IMI plc.
 
(5) All shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned represent Management
    Shares. The address of all such persons is 1999 Broadway, Suite 4300,
    Denver, Colorado 80202.
 
     The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership
of Tremont's common stock as of March 25, 1996, for (i) each director and each
current executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table set forth in
"Management," (ii) all directors and current executive officers of the Company
as a group and (iii) a former officer who served as chief executive officer of
the Company until January 5, 1995. All information has been taken from or based
upon ownership filings made by such persons with the Commission or upon
information provided by such persons to Tremont. All beneficial ownership is
sole and direct unless otherwise indicated.
 
                       OWNERSHIP OF TREMONT COMMON STOCK
 
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                                                       AMOUNT AND NATURE OF      PERCENT OF
                NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER               BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP     COMMON STOCK
    -------------------------------------------------  --------------------     ------------
    <S>                                                <C>                      <C>
    DIRECTORS:
    J. Landis Martin(1)..............................         163,418                2.2%
    Gary J. Allen....................................             -0-
    Andrew R. Dixey..................................             -0-
    Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr. ........................             -0-
    R. B. Pointon....................................             -0-
    Gen. Thomas P. Stafford(2).......................           4,000                  *
    Yukiji Tadokoro..................................             -0-
    EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
    Joseph S. Compofelice(2).........................          20,000                  *
    Paul J. Bania(2).................................          10,200                  *
    Thomas A. Buck(2)................................          14,200                  *
    John P. Monahan(2)...............................          12,273                  *
    Robert E. Musgraves(2)...........................          14,200                  *
    FORMER OFFICER:
    Kirby C. Adams(3)................................          85,988                1.1%
    ALL DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS A GROUP
      (15 PERSONS)(1)(2).............................         247,691                3.3%
</TABLE>
 
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 * Less than 1%.
 
(1) The shares of Tremont common stock shown as beneficially owned by J. Landis
    Martin include 42,500 shares which Mr. Martin has the right to acquire by
    exercise of options within 60 days of March 25, 1996 and 510 shares held for
    the benefit of Mr. Martin under the Savings Plan for Employees of NL. Such
    shares also include 2,300 shares held by Mr. Martin's wife, 1,900 shares
    held by the Martin's Children Trust No. II for which Mr. Martin is trustee,
    and 100 shares held by one of Mr. Martin's daughters, with respect to which
    shares beneficial ownership is disclaimed by Mr. Martin.
 
(2) The shares of Tremont common stock shown as beneficially owned by General
    Thomas P. Stafford, Joseph S. Compofelice, Paul J. Bania, Thomas A. Buck,
    John P. Monahan and Robert E. Musgraves and all directors and executive
    officers as a group include 3,000, 10,000, 10,200, 14,200, 10,200, 14,200
    and 113,700 shares, respectively, which such persons have the right to
    acquire by the exercise of options within 60 days of March 25, 1996.
 
   
(3) Kirby C. Adams resigned as an executive officer of the Company on January 5,
    1995. The shares of Tremont common stock shown as beneficially owned by Mr.
    Adams include 35,400 shares that Mr. Adams has the right to acquire by the
    exercise of options within 60 days of March 25, 1996. See also "Executive
    Compensation."
    
 
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                 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
RELATIONSHIPS WITH RELATED PARTIES
 
     The Company may be deemed to be controlled by Harold C. Simmons.
Corporations that may be deemed to be controlled by or affiliated with Mr.
Simmons sometimes engage in (i) intercorporate transactions with related
companies such as guarantees, management and expense sharing arrangements,
shared fee arrangements, joint ventures, partnerships, loans, options, advances
of funds on open account, and sales, leases and exchanges of assets, including
securities issued by both related and unrelated parties and (ii) common
investment and acquisition strategies, business combinations, reorganizations,
recapitalizations, securities repurchases, and purchases and sales (and other
acquisitions and dispositions) of subsidiaries, divisions or other business
units, which transactions have involved both related and unrelated parties and
have included transactions which resulted in the acquisition by one related
party of a publicly-held minority equity interest in another related party. The
Company continuously considers, reviews and evaluates, and understands that
Contran, Tremont and related entities consider, review and evaluate such
transactions. Depending upon the business, tax and other objectives then
relevant, it is possible that the Company might be a party to one or more such
transactions in the future. It is the policy of the Company to engage in
transactions with related parties on terms which are, in the opinion of the
Company, no less favorable to the Company than could be obtained from unrelated
parties.
 
     J. Landis Martin, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, is also currently Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President of Tremont. Mr. Martin also serves as a director, and President and
Chief Executive Officer of NL. Joseph S. Compofelice, Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, is also Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tremont
and Executive Vice President of Valhi. Mr. Compofelice also serves as a
director, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NL. Robert E.
Musgraves, Vice President -- Administration and General Counsel of the Company,
is also Vice President and General Counsel of Tremont. Mark A. Wallace, Vice
President -- Finance and Treasurer of the Company, is also Vice President and
Controller of Tremont. Such management interrelationships and intercorporate
relationships may lead to possible conflicts of interest. These possible
conflicts of interest may arise from the duties of loyalty owed by persons
acting as corporate fiduciaries to two or more companies under circumstances in
which such companies may have conflicts of interest. Such individuals divide
their time among the companies for which they serve as executive officers.
 
     Although no specific procedures are in place which govern the treatment of
transactions among the Company and Tremont, the board of directors of each
includes one or more members who are not officers or directors of any entity
that may be deemed to be related to the Company. Additionally, under applicable
principles of law, in the absence of stockholder ratification or approval by
directors who may be deemed disinterested, transactions involving contracts
among companies under common control must be fair to all companies involved.
Furthermore, directors and officers owe fiduciary duties of good faith and fair
dealing to all stockholders of the companies for which they serve.
 
     The Company understands that Tremont and related entities may consider
acquiring or disposing of shares of Common Stock through open-market or
privately-negotiated transactions depending upon future developments, including,
but not limited to, the availability and alternative uses of funds, the
performance of the Common Stock in the market, an assessment of the business of
and prospects for the Company, financial and stock market conditions and other
factors. The Company does not presently intend, and understands that Tremont
does not presently intend, to engage in any transaction or series of
transactions which would result in the Common Stock becoming eligible for
termination of registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or ceasing to be traded on a national securities exchange.
 
     Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), companies such
as mutual funds that engage in the investment business are subject to regulation
by the Commission as investment
 
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companies. The 1940 Act defines an investment company to include an issuer that
(i) is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of investing, reinvesting,
owning, holding or trading in securities and (ii) owns or proposes to acquire
investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the fair value of such
issuer's total assets on an unconsolidated basis (exclusive of cash and cash
items). Investment securities are defined generally to include all securities
other than those issued by majority-owned subsidiaries of the issuer.
 
     Tremont is, and has been for the past several years, primarily engaged in
the business of operating manufacturing businesses through the Company and NL.
Tremont does not now nor has it ever engaged or intended to engage in the
business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading of securities.
Nevertheless, following the IMI Titanium Acquisition, Tremont ceased to own a
majority of the Company's Common Stock. As a result, the Common Stock and NL
shares held by Tremont might both be deemed to be investment securities.
 
     Based on the technical provisions of the 1940 Act and because Tremont
believes that regulation as an investment company would be undesirable for a
company that engages in a manufacturing business, Tremont has taken the steps
necessary to give itself the benefit of a temporary exemption under the 1940
Act, and may seek an order from the Commission that Tremont is primarily
engaged, through the Company and NL, in a non-investment company business. The
Company also understands that Tremont intends to study the future direction and
opportunities available to Tremont with a view to obviating, within one year
(the time period afforded by the exemption), any argument concerning Tremont's
possible status as an investment company under the 1940 Act. The Company does
not expect that the resolution of Tremont's status under the 1940 Act will have
an adverse effect upon the Company.
 
CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS
 
     Effective January 1, 1996, the Company and Tremont entered into an
intercorporate services agreement which provides that the parties will render
certain management, financial, tax and administrative services to each other.
The term of the agreement is one year, subject to renewal on a quarterly basis.
Prior to entering into the intercorporate services agreement, the Company
charged Tremont a net amount of approximately $.3 million in 1993 and nil in
1994 for such services (including payments for salary, bonus and stock-based
compensation). Tremont charged the Company a net amount of approximately $.9
million in 1995 for such services (including payments for salary, bonus and
stock-based compensation). See "Management -- Executive Compensation." The
Company expects to charge Tremont approximately $.4 million under the
intercorporate services agreement in 1996.
 
     As of March 31, 1996, Tremont had loans of $17.7 million to the Company
together with accrued but unpaid interest of $4.8 million. It is anticipated
that a portion of the proceeds of the Offerings will be used to prepay such
amounts. Loans from Tremont accrue interest at 10.4% and are due January 1,
2000. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears. See "Use of Proceeds."
 
     In connection with the operations of the Company's Henderson, Nevada
facility, the Company purchases utility services from Basic Investments, Inc.
and its subsidiaries (collectively, "BII") pursuant to various agreements.
During 1995, the aggregate amount paid by the Company to BII was less than $1
million. A 75%-owned subsidiary of Tremont owns approximately 32% of BII.
 
   
     The Company believes that the terms of the foregoing intercorporate
services agreement, loans and other transactions with Tremont and BII were no
less favorable to the Company than it might have obtained from unaffiliated
third parties.
    
 
     In connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, the Company issued $20
million of subordinated debt to IMI in exchange for a like amount of debt
previously owed to IMI by IMI Titanium Ltd. It is anticipated that a portion of
the proceeds of the Offerings will be used to prepay such debt. The subordinated
debt accrues interest at 10.4% and interest payments are due quarterly in
arrears beginning March 31, 1996. Quarterly principal payments are due beginning
March 31, 1997 through December 31, 1999. Principal payments in 1997 are subject
to the achievement of certain financial tests under the Company's U.S. credit
facility. See "Use of Proceeds."
 
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     Also in connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, TIMET UK leased its
manufacturing facility in Witton, England from IMI. The leases on the principal
facilities are for 30-year terms. TIMET UK pays aggregate rental thereunder of
approximately L 650,000 per year, which amount is subject to adjustment every
five years based on changes in the Retail Prices Index for all items excluding
housing as published by HM Government's Central Statistical Office. The Company
has guaranteed the obligations of TIMET UK under these leases.
 
     In connection with the construction and financing of the Company's VDP
plant, UTSC licensed certain technology to the Company and received, among other
consideration, the right to acquire up to 20% of the Company's annual production
capacity of VDP sponge at agreed-upon prices through early 1997 and higher
formula-determined prices thereafter through 2008. The Company believes its
selling prices to UTSC to be below fair market value and that such discount
represents consideration to UTSC for the licensed technology. Sales to UTSC in
1993, 1994 and 1995 were $1 million, $2 million and $9 million, respectively.
 
     The foregoing transactions with IMI and UTSC were entered into in
connection with those entities becoming stockholders of this Company.
 
     Toho Titanium Company, Ltd., a shareholder of UTSC, through an intermediary
trading company, is a party to a contract with TIMET UK pursuant to which TIMET
UK purchases sponge. The contract covers up to 3.2 million pounds during 1996 at
fixed prices. The Company believes that the terms of the agreement are no less
favorable to the Company than the Company might have obtained from unaffiliated
third parties.
 
SHAREHOLDERS' AGREEMENTS
 
     In connection with the investment by UTSC in the Company, the Company,
Tremont, UTSC, and the stockholders of UTSC entered into an agreement dated May
30, 1990, as amended (the "Investors' Agreement"), that regulates certain
aspects of the governance of the Company. The Investors' Agreement (as recently
amended, as discussed below) provides, among other things, that so long as UTSC
and its stockholders hold at least 10% of the "Adjusted Outstanding TMC Voting
Securities" (defined to include Company voting securities outstanding at the
time of the UTSC investment in the Company plus Company voting securities issued
thereafter with respect to which UTSC was afforded pre-emptive rights): (i) the
Board of the Company shall be composed of seven members, of whom one shall be
designated by UTSC; (ii) UTSC's approval shall be required for the dissolution
or liquidation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the filing by the
Company of a petition in bankruptcy or the commencement by the Company of any
other proceeding seeking relief from its creditors; and (iii) UTSC shall be
entitled to receive certain periodic information about the Company.
 
     The Investors' Agreement also provides for: (i) mutual rights of
indemnification between UTSC and the Company for losses arising from any
material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in the Investors' Agreement
with respect to various representations and warranties made in connection with
UTSC's investment in the Company; (ii) certain limitations on the right of UTSC
to transfer its shares of Common Stock; (iii) a right of first refusal, under
certain circumstances, in favor of Tremont on a proposed transfer of UTSC's
Common Stock; (iv) provisions for the arbitration of certain disputes arising
under the Investors' Agreement; and (v) termination of the Investors' Agreement
in the event that UTSC and its stockholders or their affiliates, as a group,
hold less than 5% of the Adjusted Outstanding TMC Voting Securities.
 
     In connection with the Offerings, the Company, Tremont, UTSC and the
shareholders of UTSC entered into an amendment to the Investors Agreement to
become effective upon the effectiveness of the Company's Registration Statement
of which this Prospectus is a part. The amendment, among other things, modifies
the definition of "Adjusted Outstanding TMC Voting Securities" such that it will
include (i) all Common stock outstanding at the time of the amendment, (ii) all
shares of Common Stock issued in the Offerings (so long as such number of
shares, when taken together with the number of shares proposed to be sold by
UTSC as a Selling Stockholder in the Offerings, does not cause UTSC's
 
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ownership to fall below 10% of the Adjusted Outstanding TMC Voting Securities),
and (iii) shares of Common Stock issued following the Offerings (unless the
issuance of such shares would cause UTSC to lose its rights associated with
owning 10% of the Adjusted Outstanding TMC Voting Securities or the termination
of the Investors' Agreement, in which case such shares will be counted only if
UTSC is afforded certain pre-emptive rights to avoid such dilution), but does
not include 92,950 shares issued to certain members of management or shares
issued in connection with any existing or future employee or director stock
option or compensation plan.
 
     In addition, the amendment extends UTSC's registration rights to all shares
held by UTSC immediately following the Offerings, any shares acquired by UTSC
from IMI under the IMI Option, and shares acquired by UTSC to avoid a dilutive
consequence as described above. In a related amendment of the agreement pursuant
to which UTSC acquires titanium sponge from the Company, the parties agreed that
VDP-related capital expenditures in excess of $2 million per instance that are
not approved by UTSC may not (with certain exceptions) be applied in calculating
the cost of titanium sponge to UTSC under its formula-determined pricing that
applies beginning in early 1997.
 
     In connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, the Company, Tremont, IMI
and two of its affiliates, IMI Kynoch Ltd. and IMI Americas Inc., entered into
an agreement dated February 15, 1996, as amended March 29, 1996 (the
"Shareholders' Agreement") to regulate certain matters relating to the
governance of the Company as among the Company, Tremont and its affiliates, and
IMI and its affiliates. UTSC is not a party to the Shareholders' Agreement and
has no rights or obligations as a party to the Shareholder's Agreement. Certain
rights granted to Tremont and IMI and their permitted transferees ("Holders")
under the Shareholders' Agreement depend on the percentage of Common Stock held
at any given time. With respect to representation on the Company's Board of
Directors, the Shareholders' Agreement generally provides that: (i) Tremont
shall be entitled to designate four members of the Board of Directors so long as
it holds at least 30% of the outstanding Common Stock; (ii) a Holder of 20% or
more of the outstanding Common Stock (a "20% Holder") shall be entitled to
designate two directors; and (iii) a Holder of 10% or more of the outstanding
Common Stock (a "10% Holder") shall be entitled to designate one director.
 
     The Company has agreed in the Shareholders' Agreement that, without the
approval of each 20% and 10% Holder, it shall not cause or permit the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the
filing by the Company of a petition in bankruptcy or the commencement by the
Company of any other proceeding seeking relief from its creditors. The Company
has also agreed to provide each 10% Holder certain periodic information about
the Company and its subsidiaries, which right is subject to confidentiality
restrictions.
 
     The Shareholders' Agreement also provides for: (i) rights of
indemnification among the Company, Tremont and IMI with respect to various
representations and warranties made in connection with the IMI Titanium
Acquisition; (ii) certain limitations on the rights of a Holder to transfer its
shares of Common Stock; (iii) restrictions on the ability of a Holder to
transfer certain of the rights accorded by the Shareholders' Agreement; (iv)
agreements not to engage in competition with the Company if the Holder is a 20%
Holder; (v) grant of the IMI Option described below; (vi) the arbitration of
certain disputes arising under the Shareholders' Agreement; and (vii)
termination of the Shareholders' Agreement in the event no Holder of 5% of the
outstanding Common Stock exists.
 
     In connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, IMI Americas, Inc. granted
Tremont the IMI Option, an option giving Tremont the right to acquire 2,012,920
shares of Common Stock. Concurrently with the grant of the IMI Option, Tremont
assigned to UTSC the right to acquire 503,230 shares of Common Stock from IMI.
See "Principal and Selling Stockholders."
 
     By agreements with the relevant stockholders, upon the closing of the
Offerings, certain other rights of the respective stockholders contained in the
Shareholders' Agreement and the Investors' Agreement not described above will be
extinguished.
 
     The preceding description of the Investors' Agreement, the Shareholders'
Agreement and the IMI Option is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by
the provisions of the Investors' Agreement and
 
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Shareholders' Agreement, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the
Company's Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
 
     Under the Investors' Agreement (as amended) and subject to certain
limitations, so long as UTSC or its stockholders hold at least 5% of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company, UTSC and its stockholders are entitled
to certain rights with respect to registration under the Securities Act of the
shares of Common Stock that are held by UTSC. Immediately following the
Offerings, UTSC will hold 3,150,000 shares (10% of the outstanding Common Stock)
and, pursuant to the IMI Option, will have the right to acquire an additional
503,230 shares from IMI. The Investors' Agreement provides that (i) UTSC and its
stockholders and their permitted transferees have one right (the "Demand Right")
to request the Company to register under the Securities Act at least 50% of the
shares of Common Stock and any equity securities of the Company convertible
into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of Common Stock held by
them or their permitted transferees (the "Registrable Securities"); and (ii) if
the Company proposes to register any securities under the Securities Act (other
than a registration on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or any successor or similar form),
whether or not pursuant to registration rights granted to other holders of its
securities and whether or not for sale for its own account, UTSC and its
stockholders and their permitted transferees have two rights to request the
Company to include in such registration the Registrable Securities held by them
or their permitted transferees (the "Piggyback Right"), provided that such
Piggyback Right shall remain in effect if the Company fails to effect the
registration of all Registrable Securities requested to be registered. Under
most circumstances, substantially all of the expenses for a registration
pursuant to a Demand Right are to be borne by UTSC, and substantially all of the
expenses for a registration pursuant to a Piggyback Right are to be borne by the
Company, other than underwriting commissions and discounts on, and incremental
registration fees relating, to the Registrable Securities included in the
registration. Under certain circumstances, the number of shares included in such
registrations may be limited. The Company has agreed to indemnify the holders of
any Registrable Securities being registered by the Company pursuant to the
Investors' Agreement, as well as the holder's directors and officers and any
underwriters and selling agents, against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
     Under the Shareholders' Agreement, IMI, Tremont and their affiliates are
entitled to certain rights with respect to the registration under the Securities
Act of the shares of Common Stock that are held by each of them. The
Shareholders' Agreement generally provides, subject to certain limitations, that
(i) 10% Holders shall have two rights, only one of which can be on Form S-1, to
request the Company to register under the Securities Act an amount of not less
than $25 million of Registrable Securities; and (ii) if the Company proposes to
register any securities under the Securities Act (other than a registration on
Form S-4 or Form S-8, or any successor or similar form), whether or not pursuant
to registration rights granted to other holders of its securities and whether or
not for sale for its own account, IMI, Tremont and their affiliates have the
right to request the Company to include in such registration the Registrable
Securities held by them or their permitted transferees so long as each holds in
excess of 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or to sell the entire
balance of any such Registrable Securities even though less than 5%). The
Company is obligated to pay all registration expenses in connection with a
registration under the Shareholders' Agreement. Under certain circumstances, the
number of shares included in such registrations may be limited. The Company has
agreed to indemnify the holders of any Registrable Securities to be covered by a
registration statement pursuant to the Shareholders' Agreement, as well as the
holder's directors and officers and any underwriters and selling agents, against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
     The preceding description of the Investors' Agreement and Shareholders'
Agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the
Investors' Agreement and Shareholders' Agreement, copies of which have been
filed as exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus is a part.
 
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                          DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
     Upon completion of the Offerings, the authorized capital stock of the
Company will consist of 99,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share, of which 31,454,255 shares will be issued and outstanding, and 1,000,000
shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Preferred Stock"),
none of which will be outstanding. Immediately prior to the completion of the
Offerings, the Company will convert each outstanding share of its Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock into 65 shares of Common Stock pursuant to a
stock split (the "Stock Split"). The following description of the capital stock
of the Company and certain provisions of the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws is a summary and is qualified in its
entirety by the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the
Company's Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part. As of the
date hereof, the Company's Common Stock is held by 12 stockholders of record.
 
COMMON STOCK
 
     Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all
matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, including the election of
directors. Accordingly, holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock
entitled to vote in any election of directors may elect all of the directors
standing for election if they choose to do so. The Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting for the
election of directors. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably
such dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of
Directors out of funds legally available therefor, and are entitled to receive,
pro rata, all assets of the Company available for distribution to such holders
upon liquidation. Holders of Common Stock have no preemptive, subscription or
redemption rights, except as noted under the heading "Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions -- Shareholders' Agreements."
 
PREFERRED STOCK
 
     Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the
Company is authorized to issue "blank check" Preferred Stock, which may be
issued from time to time in one or more series upon authorization by the
Company's Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, without further approval
of the stockholders, is authorized to fix the dividend rights and terms,
conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights and terms, liquidation
preferences, and any other rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions
applicable to each series of the Preferred Stock. The issuance of Preferred
Stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and
other corporate purposes could, among other things, adversely affect the voting
power of the holders of Common Stock and, under certain circumstances, make it
more difficult for a third party to gain control of the Company, discourage bids
for the Company's Common Stock at a premium or otherwise adversely affect the
market price of the Common Stock.
 
     The Company has no current plans to issue any Preferred Stock. The Company
is not aware of any plans by a third party to seek control of the Company.
 
DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
 
     The provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law do
not apply to the Company. Such provisions, if they were to apply to the Company,
would restrict the Company's ability to enter into business combinations with
certain stockholders of the Company and would render an unsolicited takeover
attempt of the Company more difficult.
 
     Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the
Company's stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and
without a vote upon the written consent of the minimum number of stockholders
necessary to authorize such action.
 
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
 
     First Chicago Trust Company of New York will be the Transfer Agent and
Registrar for the Common Stock.
 
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NASDAQ NATIONAL MARKET
 
   
     The Common Stock has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq National
Market under the symbol "TIMT".
    
 
                        SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
     Upon completion of the Offerings, the Company will have outstanding
31,454,255 shares of Common Stock. Of these shares, all of the 14,500,000 shares
(16,675,000 shares if the Underwriters' overallotment options are exercised in
full) sold in the Offerings will be freely transferable by persons other than
"affiliates" of the Company without restriction under the Securities Act. In
addition, 3,187,500 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock
option and director compensation plans (of which approximately 437,500 shares
relate to options and shares that will be outstanding upon completion of the
Offerings).
 
     The remaining 16,954,255 outstanding shares of Common Stock will be
"restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act
and may not be sold in the absence of registration under the Securities Act
unless an exemption from registration is available, including the exemption
contained in Rule 144. A total of 14,850,000 of such restricted securities will
be eligible for sale under Rule 144 commencing 90 days after the Company has
been subject to certain reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. In addition, other than holders of Management Shares,
holders of all restricted shares of Common Stock, including Tremont, IMI and
UTSC, have registration rights with respect to such shares. See "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions -- Registration Rights." Tremont, IMI,
UTSC and certain senior executive officers of the Company, who will beneficially
hold an aggregate of 16,921,755 shares following the Offerings, have agreed not
to offer to sell, sell or otherwise dispose of such shares, for at least 180
days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement without the prior written
consent of Salomon Brothers Inc, as representative of the Underwriters. Certain
of the other executive officers of the Company have entered into similar
agreements covering 32,500 shares during a period of 90 days after the date of
the Underwriting Agreement. Salomon Brothers Inc currently does not intend to
release any securities subject to such lock-up agreements, but may, in its sole
discretion and at any time without notice, release all or any portion of the
securities subject to such lock-up agreements.
 
     In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person (or persons
whose shares are aggregated), including an affiliate of the Company, who has
beneficially owned his or her shares for at least two years is entitled to sell,
within any three-month period, that number of shares that does not exceed the
greater of (i) 1% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company
(314,000 shares after consummation of the Offerings) or (ii) the average weekly
trading volume of the then outstanding shares during the four calendar weeks
preceding each such sale. A person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who
is not deemed an affiliate of the Company and who has beneficially owned shares
for at least three years is entitled to sell such shares under Rule 144 without
regard to the volume limitations described above. Affiliates, including members
of the Board of Directors and senior management, continue to be subject to such
volume limitations. The Commission has proposed reducing the two year holding
period to one year and permitting sales without any volume limitation after two
years rather than three years.
 
     The Company intends to file registration statements on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act to register an aggregate of 3,187,500 shares issued to directors
and officers or reserved for issuance under the Incentive Plan and Director
Compensation Plan. The registration statements are expected to be filed and to
become effective within 180 days following the date of this Prospectus. Shares
of Common Stock issued under such plans will be available for sale in the public
market subject to Rule 144 volume limitations applicable to affiliates.
 
     No predictions can be made as to the effect, if any, that public sales of
shares or the availability of shares for sale will have on the market price
prevailing from time to time. Nevertheless, sales of substantial amounts of the
Common Stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could
occur, could have an adverse impact on the market price.
 
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<PAGE>   65
 
                                  UNDERWRITING
 
     Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement
(the "U.S. Underwriting Agreement") among the Company, the Selling Stockholders
and each of the underwriters named below (the "U.S. Underwriters"), for whom
Salomon Brothers Inc, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Smith Barney Inc.
are acting as representatives (the "U.S. Representatives"), the Company and the
Selling Stockholders have agreed to sell to each of the U.S. Underwriters and
each such U.S. Underwriter has severally agreed to purchase from the Company and
the Selling Stockholders the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite
its name in the table below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            NUMBER
        U.S. UNDERWRITERS                                                  OF SHARES
        -----------------                                                  ---------
        <S>                                                                <C>
        Salomon Brothers Inc............................................
        Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated...............................
        Smith Barney Inc................................................
 
                                                                           ---------
                  Total.................................................
                                                                           =========
</TABLE>
 
     In addition, the Company and the Selling Stockholders have entered into an
underwriting agreement (the "International Underwriting Agreement") with the
International Underwriters named therein, for whom Salomon Brothers
International Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. International and Smith Barney Inc.
are acting as representatives (the "International Representatives"), providing
for the concurrent offer and sale of shares of Common Stock outside the U.S. and
Canada. The closing with respect to the sale of the shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the International Underwriting Agreement is a condition to the
closing with respect to the sale of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
U.S. Underwriting Agreement, and the closing with respect to the sale of shares
of Common Stock pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement is a condition to
the closing with respect to the sale of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to
the International Underwriting Agreement. The initial public offering price and
underwriting discounts per share for the U.S. Offering and the International
Offering will be identical.
 
     The U.S. Underwriting Agreement provides that the obligations of the U.S.
Underwriters to purchase the shares of Common Stock listed above are subject to
certain conditions set forth therein. The U.S. Underwriters are committed to
purchase all of the shares of Common Stock offered by this Prospectus (other
than those covered by the overallotment options described below), if any are
purchased. In the event of default by any U.S. Underwriter, the U.S.
Underwriting Agreement provides that, in certain circumstances, the purchase
commitments of the non-defaulting U.S. Underwriters may be increased or the U.S.
Underwriting Agreement may be terminated.
 
     The U.S. Representatives have advised the Company and the Selling
Stockholders that the U.S. Underwriters propose initially to offer the shares of
Common Stock offered hereby to the public at the initial public offering price
set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus, and to certain dealers at such
price less a discount not in excess of $          per share of Common Stock. The
U.S. Underwriters may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a discount not in
excess of $     per share of Common Stock on sales to certain other dealers.
After the Offerings, the public offering price and such discounts may be
changed.
 
     Each U.S. Underwriter has severally agreed that, as part of the
distribution of shares of Common Stock (i) it is not purchasing any shares of
Common Stock for the account of anyone other than a U.S. or Canadian Person (as
defined below) and (ii) it has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell,
directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or distribute this Prospectus
to any person outside of the U.S. or Canada or to anyone other than a U.S. or
Canadian Person. Each International Underwriter has agreed that, as part of the
distribution of the shares of Common Stock, (i) it is not purchasing any shares
of Common Stock for the account of any U.S. or Canadian Person and (ii) it has
not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any
shares of Common Stock or distribute the International
 
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<PAGE>   66
 
Prospectus to any person within the U.S. or Canada or to any U.S. or Canadian
Person. The foregoing limitations do not apply to stabilization transactions or
to certain other transactions specified in the agreement between U.S. and
International Underwriters described below. As used herein, "U.S. or Canadian
Person" means any individual who is resident in the United States or Canada, or
any corporation, partnership, or other entity organized under or governed by the
laws of the U.S. or any political subdivision thereof (other than a foreign
branch of any U.S. or Canadian Person), any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to U.S. or Canadian federal income taxation, regardless of the source
of its income (other than a foreign branch of any U.S. or Canadian Person), and
includes any U.S. branch of a non-U.S. Person.
 
     Each U.S. Underwriter that will offer or sell shares of Common Stock in
Canada as part of the distribution has severally agreed that such offers and
sales will be made only pursuant to an exemption from the prospectus
requirements in each jurisdiction in Canada in which such offers or sales are
made.
 
     The U.S. Underwriters and the International Underwriters have entered into
an agreement that provides for the coordination of their activities. Pursuant to
such agreement, sales may be made between the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Underwriters of such number of shares of Common Stock as may be
mutually agreed upon. The per share price of any shares so sold shall be the
public offering price set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus, less an
amount not greater than the per share amount of the concession to dealers set
forth above. To the extent there are sales between the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Underwriters, the number of shares of Common Stock initially
available for sale by the U.S. Underwriters or by the International Underwriters
may be more or less than the amount appearing on the cover page of this
Prospectus.
 
     One of the Selling Stockholders has granted the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Underwriters options to purchase an aggregate of up to an
additional 1,848,750 shares and 326,250 shares, respectively, of Common Stock at
the initial public offering price less the aggregate underwriting discount,
solely to cover overallotments. To the extent such options are exercised, each
of the U.S. Underwriters and the International Underwriters will become
obligated, subject to certain conditions, to purchase approximately the same
percentage of such additional shares of Common Stock as the percentage it was
obligated to purchase pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement or the
International Underwriting Agreement, as applicable.
 
   
     At the request of the Company, the U.S. Underwriters have reserved for
sale, at the initial public offering price, 100,000 shares of Common Stock for
employees of the Company and certain other individuals having relationships with
the Company or such employees and who have expressed an interest in purchasing
such shares of Common Stock in the Offerings. The number of Shares available for
sale to the general public in the U.S. Offering will be reduced to the extent
such persons purchase such reserved Shares. Any reserved Shares not so purchased
will be offered by the U.S. Underwriters to the general public on the same basis
as the other Shares offered hereby.
    
 
     The U.S. and International Underwriting Agreements provide that the Company
and the Selling Stockholders will indemnify the several U.S. Underwriters and
International Underwriters against certain liabilities under the Securities Act,
or contribute to payments the U.S. Underwriters and the International
Underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.
 
     The Company, Tremont, IMI, UTSC and certain senior executive officers of
the Company have agreed that, without the prior written consent of Salomon
Brothers Inc, they will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, contract to
sell, sell or otherwise dispose of, or announce the offering of, any shares of
Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
shares of Common Stock (except the shares sold to the Underwriters pursuant to
the overallotment options) for a period of 180 days after the date of the
Underwriting Agreement. Certain of the other executive officers of the Company
have entered into similar agreements covering 32,500 shares during a period of
90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement. See "Shares Eligible for
Future Sale." Salomon Brothers Inc currently does not intend to release any
securities subject to such lock-up agreements, but may, in its sole discretion
and at any time without notice, release all or any portion of the securities
subject to such lock-up agreements.
 
     The U.S. Underwriters and the International Underwriters have informed the
Company that they do not intend to confirm sales of Common Stock for any
customer's account over which they exercise discretionary authority without the
prior written approval of such customer.
 
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<PAGE>   67
 
     Prior to the Offerings, there has been no established public trading market
for the Common Stock. The initial public offering price of the Common Stock
offered hereby was determined through negotiations among the Company, the U.S.
Representatives and the International Representatives. Among the factors
considered in determining the initial public offering price, in addition to
prevailing market conditions, were certain financial information of the Company,
the history of, and the prospects for, the Company and the industry in which it
competes, an assessment of the Company's management, its past and present
operations, the prospects for, and timing of, future revenues of the Company,
the present state of the Company's development and the above factors in relation
to market values and various valuation measures of other companies engaged in
activities similar to the Company. The initial public offering price set forth
on the cover page of the Prospectus should not, however, be considered an
indication of the actual value of the Common Stock. Such price is subject to
change as a result of market conditions and other factors. There can be no
assurance that an active trading market will develop for the Common Stock or
that the Common Stock will trade in the public market subsequent to the
Offerings at or above the initial offering price. See "Risk Factors -- Absence
of Established Public Trading Market and Possible Volatility of Stock Price."
 
                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
     Certain legal matters regarding the issuance of the Common Stock being
registered under laws other than federal or state securities laws will be passed
upon by Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, a partnership including
professional corporations, Denver, Colorado. Certain legal matters in connection
with the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the Underwriters by
Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, New York.
 
                                    EXPERTS
                         INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
   
     The consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its subsidiaries as of
January 1, 1995 and December 31, 1995 and the consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of three fiscal years
in the period ended December 31, 1995 and the pro forma condensed consolidated
statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 1995 included in this
Prospectus, have been included herein in reliance on the reports of Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants, given on the authority of that firm as
experts in accounting and auditing. With respect to the unaudited consolidated
interim financial information as of March 31, 1996, and for the three-month
periods ended April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996, and the unaudited pro forma
condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three-month period ended
March 31, 1996, included in this Prospectus, the independent accountants have
reported that they have applied limited procedures in accordance with
professional standards for a review of such information. However, their separate
report on the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements as of March
31, 1996 and for the three-month periods ended April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996,
and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for
the three-month period ended March 31, 1996, included herein states that they
did not audit and they do not express an opinion on that unaudited consolidated
interim financial information or the interim period pro forma adjustments.
Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their reports on such information should
be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied.
The accountants are not subject to liability provisions of Section 11 of the
Securities Act for their reports on the unaudited consolidated interim financial
information because those reports are not "reports" or a "part" of the
Registration Statement prepared or certified by the accountants within the
meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act.
    
 
     The combined financial statements of the IMI Titanium Business as of
December 31, 1994 and 1995, and for each of the years in the three year period
ended December 31, 1995 have been included herein in reliance upon the report of
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants, appearing
elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting
and auditing.
 
     The financial statements of Titanium Hearth Technologies as of December 31,
1995 and 1994 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1995 included in this Prospectus have been so included in reliance on the report
of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
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<PAGE>   68
 
                          TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION
 
                   INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     PAGE
                                                                                     ----
<S>                                                                                  <C>
PRO FORMA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
     Report of Independent Accountants........................................         PF-1
     Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements....................         PF-2
     Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the fiscal
      year 1995...............................................................         PF-3
     Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the
      fiscal year 1995........................................................         PF-4
     Report of Independent Accountants........................................         PF-6
     Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for
      the three-month period ended March 31, 1996.............................         PF-7
     Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of
      Operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 1996..............         PF-8
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
  Titanium Metals Corporation and Subsidiaries:
     Reports of Independent Accountants.......................................      F-2/F-3
     Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 1996 (unaudited), January 1,
      1995 and December 31, 1995..............................................          F-4
     Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three month periods ended
      April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996 (unaudited), and fiscal years 1993,
      1994 and 1995...........................................................          F-5
     Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the three month
      period ended March 31, 1996 (unaudited) and fiscal years 1993, 1994 and
      1995....................................................................          F-6
     Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three month periods ended
      April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996 (unaudited), and fiscal years 1993,
      1994 and 1995...........................................................          F-7
     Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements...............................     F-8/F-26
  IMI Titanium Business:
     Independent Auditors' Report.............................................         F-27
     Combined Balance Sheets at December 31, 1994 and 1995....................         F-28
     Combined Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 1993,
      1994 and 1995...........................................................         F-29
     Combined Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended December
      31, 1993, 1994 and 1995.................................................         F-30
     Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1993,
      1994 and 1995...........................................................         F-31
     Notes to Combined Financial Statements...................................    F-32/F-40
  Titanium Hearth Technologies:
     Report of Independent Accountants........................................         F-41
     Balance Sheets at December 31, 1994 and 1995.............................         F-42
     Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and
      1995....................................................................         F-43
     Statements of Changes in Partners' Capital for the years ended December
      31, 1993, 1994 and 1995.................................................         F-44
     Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994
       and 1995...............................................................         F-45
     Notes to Financial Statements............................................    F-46/F-50
</TABLE>
 
                                       F-1
<PAGE>   69
 
             PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     After consummation of the proposed Stock Split, as discussed in Note 9 to
the historical financial statements, we will be in a position to render the
following report.
 
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Board of Directors of
  Titanium Metals Corporation:
 
     We have examined the pro forma adjustments reflecting the transaction
described in the notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
and the application of those adjustments to the historical amounts in the
accompanying Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations of
Titanium Metals Corporation and Subsidiaries ("TIMET") for the fiscal year 1995.
These historical financial statements are derived from the historical financial
statements of TIMET, which were audited by us, and the IMI Titanium Business,
which were audited by other accountants, appearing elsewhere herein. Such pro
forma adjustments are based on management's assumptions as described in the
notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Our examination
was conducted in accordance with standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included such procedures as we
considered necessary in the circumstances.
 
     The objective of this pro forma financial information is to show what the
significant effects on the historical information might have been had the
transaction described in the notes to the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements occurred at an earlier date. However, the Pro Forma
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are not necessarily indicative of
the results of operations that would have been attained had the above-mentioned
transaction actually occurred earlier.
 
     In our opinion, management's assumptions provide a reasonable basis for
presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the above-mentioned
transaction described in the notes to the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect
to those assumptions, and the pro forma column reflects the proper application
of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the Pro
Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year then ended.
 

                                           /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                                               Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Denver, Colorado
March 26, 1996
 
                                      PF-1
<PAGE>   70
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     The following pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements reflect
the consolidated results of continuing operations of the Company for the periods
indicated giving effect to the IMI Titanium Acquisition under the assumptions
and estimates set forth in the notes thereto. The IMI Titanium Acquisition has
been accounted for by the purchase method of accounting and consolidated in the
Company's historical financial statements effective January 1, 1996, adjusted
for preacquisition earnings.
 
     These pro forma financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
historical financial statements of the Company and the IMI Titanium Business,
and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The pro forma financial
statements do not reflect any incremental sales or cost savings that the Company
may achieve from the combination. The pro forma financial statements do not
purport to be indicative of the results which actually would have been obtained
if the IMI Titanium Acquisition had been effected on the dates indicated or of
the results which may be obtained in the future.
 
     Although information as to the fair values, for purchase accounting
purposes, of the IMI Titanium Business individual assets and liabilities is not
complete, a preliminary estimate of the allocation of the purchase price was
made on the basis of available information. The actual allocation of the
purchase price may be different from that reflected in the pro forma condensed
consolidated financial statements. Such differences would result from
adjustments in the purchase price and refinements in the estimates of fair
values of the net assets acquired. However, the Company does not expect such
adjustments and refinements in estimates to materially affect the pro forma
information as presented.
 
     All financial information reflected in the pro forma financial statements
is presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles,
is reported in U.S. dollars, and reflects the 1996 Stock Split as described in
Note 9 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
                                      PF-2
<PAGE>   71
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
            PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                              FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995
                      (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   HISTORICAL
                                             ----------------------     PRO FORMA
                                                       IMI TITANIUM    ADJUSTMENTS      PRO FORMA
                                             TIMET       BUSINESS       (NOTE 2)       CONSOLIDATED
                                             ------    ------------    -----------     ------------
<S>                                          <C>       <C>             <C>             <C>
Revenues and other income:
  Net sales................................  $184.7       $147.2          $  --           $331.9
  Equity in earnings of joint ventures.....     4.8           --             --              4.8
  Other, net...............................      .4           --             --               .4
                                             ------       ------          -----           ------
                                              189.9        147.2             --            337.1
                                             ------       ------          -----           ------
Costs and expenses:
  Cost of sales............................   170.7        167.6(1)         1.1(a)         338.8
                                                                            (.6)(b)
  Selling, general, administrative and
     development...........................    14.0         12.3             --             26.3
  Special charges (credit).................    (1.2)         5.0             --              3.8
  Interest.................................    10.4          8.9           (6.0)(c)         14.9
                                                                            1.6(d)
                                             ------       ------          -----           ------
                                              193.9        193.8           (3.9)           383.8
                                             ------       ------          -----           ------
     Income (loss) before income taxes.....    (4.0)       (46.6)           3.9            (46.7)
Income tax benefit (expense)...............     (.2)        13.8           (1.6)(e)         12.0
                                             ------       ------          -----           ------
     Net income (loss).....................  $ (4.2)      $(32.8)         $ 2.3           $(34.7)
                                             ======       ======          =====           ======
Net loss per common share..................  $ (.27)                                      $(1.39)
                                             ======                                       ======
Weighted average common shares
  outstanding..............................    15.4                         9.6(f)          25.0
                                             ======                       =====           ======
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
 
(1) IMI Titanium Business cost of sales includes charges of $16.1 million for
     customer contract losses and other charges incurred in 1995.
 
                                      PF-3
<PAGE>   72
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
       NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                              FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995
 
                        (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
 
NOTE 1 -- BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
 
     The Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations has been
prepared assuming the following transactions occurred as of the beginning of
fiscal 1995: (i) the IMI Titanium Acquisition, (ii) IMI's December 1995 $80
million capital contribution of related party indebtedness previously owed to
IMI by the IMI Titanium Business, and (iii) the IMI Titanium Business entered
into long-term capital leases with IMI principally covering its Witton, England
production facilities, and purchased its previously leased Waunarlwydd, Wales
facility from IMI for $1.6 million.
 
     The estimated cost of the IMI Titanium Acquisition is summarized below:
 
<TABLE>
    <S>                                                                           <C>
    COSTS OF THE IMI TITANIUM ACQUISITION:
      Issuance of 9.6 million shares of Common Stock of IMI.....................   $70.0
      Cash......................................................................      .1
      Transaction and other direct costs........................................     2.2
                                                                                   -----
                                                                                   $72.3
                                                                                   =====
    PURCHASE ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENTS:
      Historical carrying amount of net assets acquired.........................   $60.6
      Purchase accounting adjustments:
         Property and equipment, net............................................     4.0
         Goodwill and intangibles, including $4 million for patents.............    11.2
         Pension liabilities....................................................    (1.0)
         Severance and other liabilities........................................     (.5)
         Deferred income taxes, net.............................................    (2.0)
                                                                                   -----
                                                                                   $72.3
                                                                                   =====
</TABLE>
 
NOTE 2 -- PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS:
 
     (a) Additional depreciation and amortization expense resulting from
         purchase accounting basis differences:
 
<TABLE>
            <S>                                                                 <C>
            Intangibles (patents) amortized over their average remaining lives
              of 9 years......................................................  $ .4
            Depreciation of property and equipment over 15 years..............    .3
            Goodwill amortized over 15 years..................................    .4
                                                                                ----
                                                                                $1.1
                                                                                ====
</TABLE>
 
     (b) Reflects the net effect of (i) increased depreciation expense of $.3
         million principally related to the Witton, England facility (leased
         under a thirty-year capital lease with IMI entered into in connection
         with the IMI Titanium Acquisition), (ii) increased depreciation expense
         of $.1 million on the Waunarlwydd, Wales facility (purchased in 1995 in
         contemplation of the IMI Titanium Acquisition and depreciated over 15
         years), and (iii) reduced rent expense of $1.0 million in respect of
         the aforementioned facilities.
 
     (c) Eliminate interest expense associated with the $80 million capital
         contribution of related party indebtedness at an average interest rate
         of 7.5%.
 
                                      PF-4
<PAGE>   73
 
                      TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
            NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                                  FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995
 
                            (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
 
     (d) Interest expense of $2.0 million on $20 million of subordinated debt
         issued to IMI at 10.4% and interest expense of $1.0 million related to
         the capital lease obligations, offset by elimination of $1.4 million of
         interest expense on $20 million of intercompany indebtedness.
 
     (e) Tax effects at the U.K. statutory rate of 33% on other pro forma
         adjustments, except for goodwill amortization reflected in (a) above
         and U.S. related interest in (d) above which would increase the
         Company's U.S. losses for which no associated tax benefit was
         available.
 
     (f) Reflects shares issued to IMI in connection with the IMI Titanium
         Acquisition.
 
NOTE 3 -- NONRECURRING COSTS:
 
     The Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations does not
include non-recurring charges resulting from the IMI Titanium Acquisition and
related integration of the IMI Titanium Business. Certain key executive officers
of the Company received approximately 93,000 shares of the Company's Class B
common stock and cash payments with a combined value of approximately $3 million
in consideration for their services in connection with the IMI Titanium
Acquisition. The Class B common stock will convert into Common Stock in
connection with the Offerings. The Company will also incur integration costs
relating to the transfer of certain manufacturing process technology, relocation
of personnel, and the consolidation of certain facilities, including the closure
of the Company's original U.K. facilities. Anticipated integration costs are
summarized as follows:
 
<TABLE>
    <S>                                                                             <C>
    Facilities consolidation......................................................   $ .3
    Relocation of personnel.......................................................     .6
    Manufacturing process technology transfer.....................................     .6
    Other.........................................................................     .5
                                                                                     ----
                                                                                     $2.0
                                                                                     ====
</TABLE>
 
     Compensation expense related to the aforementioned consideration and
certain integration costs aggregating $4.2 million were recorded as a charge to
the Company's operating income in the first quarter of 1996. Integration costs
are charged to operations as incurred.
 
                                      PF-5
<PAGE>   74
 
             PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     After consummation of the proposed Stock Split, as discussed in Note 9 to
the historical financial statements, we will be in a position to render the
following report.
 
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Board of Directors of
  Titanium Metals Corporation:
 
     We have reviewed the pro forma adjustments reflecting the transaction
described in the notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
and the application of those adjustments to the historical amounts in the
accompanying Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations of
Titanium Metals Corporation and Subsidiaries ("TIMET") for the three months
ended March 31, 1996. These historical financial statements are derived from the
historical unaudited financial statements of TIMET, which were reviewed by us,
appearing elsewhere herein. Such pro forma adjustments are based on management's
assumptions as described in the notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements. Our review was conducted in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and,
accordingly, included such procedures as we considered necessary in the
circumstances.
 
     A review is substantially less in scope than an examination, the objective
of which is the expression of an opinion on management's assumptions, the pro
forma adjustments and the application of those adjustments to historical
financial information. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
 
     The objective of this pro forma financial information is to show what the
significant effects on the historical information might have been had the
transaction described in the notes to the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements occurred at an earlier date. However, the Pro Forma
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are not necessarily indicative of
the results of operations that would have been attained had the above-mentioned
transaction actually occurred earlier.
 
     Based on our review, nothing came to our attention that caused us to
believe that management's assumptions do not provide a reasonable basis for
presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the above-mentioned
transaction described in the notes to the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated
Statement of Operations, that the related pro forma adjustments do not give
appropriate effect to those assumptions, or that the pro forma column does not
reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial
statement amounts in the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of
Operations for the three months ended March 31, 1996.
 
                                           /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                                               Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Denver, Colorado
May 6, 1996
 
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<PAGE>   75
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
       UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 1996
                      (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         PRO FORMA
                                                         HISTORICAL     ADJUSTMENTS      PRO FORMA
                                                           TIMET         (NOTE 2)       CONSOLIDATED
                                                         ----------     -----------     ------------
<S>                                                      <C>            <C>             <C>
Revenues and other income:
  Net sales............................................    $107.6          $  --           $107.6
  Equity in earnings of joint ventures.................       1.4             --              1.4
  Other, net...........................................       (.1)            --              (.1)
                                                           ------          -----           ------
                                                            108.9             --            108.9
                                                           ------          -----           ------
Costs and expenses:
  Cost of sales........................................      92.5             --             92.5
  Selling, general and administrative..................       5.5             --              5.5
  Special charges (credit).............................       4.2           (4.2)(a)           --
  Interest.............................................       3.5             --              3.5
                                                           ------          -----           ------
                                                            105.7           (4.2)           101.5
                                                           ------          -----           ------
     Income before income taxes........................       3.2            4.2              7.4
Income tax expense.....................................       (.7)            --(b)           (.7)
Preacquisition earnings................................       (.4)            .4(c)            --
                                                           ------          -----           ------
     Net income........................................    $  2.1          $ 4.6           $  6.7
                                                           ======          =====           ======
Net income per common share............................    $  .10                          $  .26
                                                           ======                          ======
Weighted average common shares outstanding.............      20.5            4.8(d)          25.3
                                                           ======          =====           ======
</TABLE>
 
                                      PF-7
<PAGE>   76
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
  NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 1996
                        (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
 
NOTE 1 -- BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
 
   
     The Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations has been
prepared assuming the IMI Titanium Acquisition occurred at the beginning of
fiscal 1995.
    
 
NOTE 2 -- PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS:
 
     (a) Elimination of nonrecurring special charges. See Note 3 below.
 
     (b) No tax effects are reflected on other pro forma adjustments since the
         Company has U.S. net operating loss carryforwards available to offset
         taxes otherwise applicable to U.S. income.
 
     (c) Elimination of preacquisition earnings.
 
   
     (d) Adjustment to reflect shares issued to IMI in connection with the IMI
         Titanium Acquisition as of the beginning of fiscal 1995.
    
 
NOTE 3 -- NONRECURRING COSTS:
 
     See Note 3 to the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
for fiscal year 1995 regarding non-recurring charges resulting from the IMI
Titanium Acquisition and related integration of the IMI Titanium Business.
 
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<PAGE>   77
 
                       CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     After consummation of the proposed stock split, as discussed in Note 9, we
will be in a position to render the following report.
 
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
  of Titanium Metals Corporation:
 
     We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Titanium
Metals Corporation and Subsidiaries as of January 1, 1995 and December 31, 1995,
and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 31,
1995. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.
 
     We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
     In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Titanium Metals
Corporation and Subsidiaries at January 1, 1995 and December 31, 1995, and the
consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for each of the three
fiscal years in the period ended December 31, 1995, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
 
     As discussed in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements, in 1994
the Company changed its method of accounting for postemployment benefits in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 112.
 

                                        /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                                            Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Denver, Colorado
March 26, 1996
 
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<PAGE>   78
 
                       CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     After consummation of the proposed stock split, as discussed in Note 9, we
will be in a position to render the following report.
 
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
  of Titanium Metals Corporation:
 
     We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Titanium
Metals Corporation and Subsidiaries ("Company") as of March 31, 1996, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, and cash flows for the three
month periods ended April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996, and the related
consolidated statement of stockholders' equity for the three-month period ended
March 31, 1996. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management.
 
     We conducted our review in accordance with standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim
financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to
financial data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the objective of which is
the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a
whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
 
     Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that
should be made to the accompanying financial statements for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
                                        /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                                            Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Denver, Colorado
May 6, 1996
 
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                       (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   JANUARY 1,   DECEMBER 31,    MARCH 31,
                                                                      1995          1995          1996
                                                                   ----------   ------------   -----------
                                                                                               (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                                <C>          <C>            <C>
                              ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents......................................   $     --      $     24       $    469
  Accounts and notes receivable, less allowance of $3,143, $3,620
    and $4,200...................................................     26,383        27,932         85,887
  Receivable from related parties................................        991         3,070          2,299
  Inventories....................................................     53,508        69,134        117,095
  Prepaid expenses...............................................      3,468         3,452          5,375
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
         Total current assets....................................     84,350       103,612        211,125
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
Other assets:
  Investment in joint ventures...................................     14,824        13,853         15,451
  Prepaid pension cost...........................................      1,345         1,253          1,253
  Intangible pension asset.......................................        602         1,424          1,424
  Goodwill.......................................................         --            --          7,175
  Deferred income taxes..........................................        688            --             --
  Other..........................................................      2,150         3,774          7,433
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
         Total other assets......................................     19,609        20,304         32,736
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
Property and equipment:
  Land...........................................................      4,767         4,598          6,011
  Buildings......................................................     17,836        17,783         33,329
  Equipment......................................................    125,705       127,228        162,620
  Construction in progress.......................................      3,345         3,120          8,145
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
                                                                     151,653       152,729        210,105
  Less accumulated depreciation..................................     15,390        27,861         31,521
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
    Net property and equipment...................................    136,263       124,868        178,584
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
                                                                    $240,222      $248,784       $422,445
                                                                    ========      ========       ========
               LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Notes payable..................................................   $    214      $     --       $     31
  Current maturities of long-term debt...........................      6,807        45,695         81,100
  Payable to related parties.....................................      3,531         2,627          4,722
  Accounts payable...............................................     19,599        27,136         55,647
  Accrued liabilities............................................     20,978        21,010         41,006
  Deferred income taxes..........................................      1,966           596             --
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
         Total current liabilities...............................     53,095        97,064        182,506
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
Noncurrent liabilities:
  Long-term debt.................................................     58,214        21,540            140
  Capital lease obligation to related parties....................         --            --          9,626
  Payable to related parties.....................................     26,586        23,942         42,824
  Accrued postretirement benefit cost............................     29,471        28,152         28,073
  Accrued pension cost...........................................      6,125         5,966          6,844
  Deferred income taxes..........................................         --           789          7,940
  Other..........................................................      1,983         3,203          3,502
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
         Total noncurrent liabilities............................    122,379        83,592         98,949
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
Class B redeemable common stock, $.01 par value, .1 million
  shares authorized, .1 million shares issued and outstanding....         --            --          1,500
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
Stockholders' equity:
  Preferred stock, $1 par value; 1 million shares authorized,
    none outstanding.............................................         --            --             --
  Common stock, $.01 par value; 99 million shares authorized,
    15.1 million shares, 15.7 million shares and 25.3 million
    shares issued and outstanding, respectively..................        150           157            253
  Accumulated deficit............................................    (68,436)      (72,653)       (70,537)
  Additional paid-in capital.....................................    135,709       142,720        212,624
  Adjustments:
    Currency translation.........................................        160           283           (471)
    Pension liabilities..........................................     (2,835)       (2,379)        (2,379)
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
         Total stockholders' equity..............................     64,748        68,128        139,490
                                                                    --------      --------       --------
                                                                    $240,222      $248,784       $422,445
                                                                    ========      ========       ========
</TABLE>
 
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 3, 13 and 14)
 
          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                  FISCAL YEARS              ------------------ 
                                         ------------------------------     APRIL 2,  MARCH 31,
                                           1993       1994       1995        1995       1996
                                         --------   --------   --------     -------   --------
                                                                               (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                      <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>       <C>
Revenues and other income:
  Net sales............................  $151,177   $145,984   $184,723     $41,724   $107,556
  Equity in earnings of joint
     ventures..........................     3,540      2,263      4,824         784      1,402
  Other, net...........................        61       (187)       469          93        (49)
                                         --------   --------   --------     -------   --------
                                          154,778    148,060    190,016      42,601    108,909
                                         --------   --------   --------     -------   --------
Costs and expenses:
  Cost of sales........................   153,423    159,958    170,699      41,130     92,488
  Selling, general, administrative, and
     development.......................    11,440     12,462     14,065       2,942      5,531
  Special charges (credit).............     4,700     10,000     (1,200)         --      4,208
  Interest.............................     5,729      7,562     10,414       2,491      3,498
                                         --------   --------   --------     -------   --------
                                          175,292    189,982    193,978      46,563    105,725
                                         --------   --------   --------     -------   --------
Income (loss) before income taxes,
  preacquisition earnings, and
  cumulative effect of a change in
  accounting principle.................   (20,514)   (41,922)    (3,962)     (3,962)     3,184
Income tax benefit (expense)...........       307       (155)      (255)         --       (657)
Preacquisition earnings................        --         --         --          --       (411)
                                         --------   --------   --------     -------   --------
  Income (loss) before cumulative
     effect of a change in accounting
     principle.........................   (20,207)   (42,077)    (4,217)     (3,962)     2,116
Cumulative effect of a change in
  accounting principle.................        --     (1,000)        --          --         --
                                         --------   --------   --------     -------   --------
  Net income (loss)....................  $(20,207)  $(43,077)  $ (4,217)    $(3,962)  $  2,116
                                         ========   ========   ========     =======   ========
Per common share:
  Income (loss) before cumulative
     effect of a change in accounting
     principle.........................  $  (1.78)  $  (2.80)  $   (.27)    $  (.26)  $    .10
  Cumulative effect of a change in
     accounting principle..............        --       (.07)        --          --         --
                                         --------   --------   --------     -------   --------
                                         $  (1.78)  $  (2.87)  $   (.27)    $  (.26)  $    .10
                                         ========   ========   ========     =======   ========
Weighted average common shares
  outstanding (Note 2).................    11,332     15,010     15,383      15,010     20,474
                                         ========   ========   ========     =======   ========
</TABLE>
 
          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              ADJUSTMENTS
                                                            ADDITIONAL                 -------------------------
                                         COMMON    COMMON    PAID-IN     ACCUMULATED    CURRENCY       PENSION
                                         SHARES    STOCK     CAPITAL       DEFICIT     TRANSLATION   LIABILITIES    TOTAL
                                         -------   ------   ----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   --------
<S>                                      <C>       <C>      <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Balance at January 3, 1993..............  11,337    $113      $ 51,528     $ (5,152)      $  93          $    --   $ 46,582
Net loss................................      --      --            --      (20,207)         --               --    (20,207)
Conversion of:
  UTSC subordinated debentures..........   3,729      37        74,963           --          --               --     75,000
  Tremont indebtedness..................      --      --         8,799           --          --               --      8,799
Adjustments, net........................      --      --            --           --        (111)          (1,081)    (1,192)
                                                      --
                                          ------    ----      --------     --------       -----          -------   --------
Balance at January 2, 1994..............  15,066     150       135,290      (25,359)        (18)          (1,081)   108,982
Net loss................................      --      --            --      (43,077)         --               --    (43,077)
Adjustments, net........................      --      --            --           --         178           (1,754)    (1,576)
Cash contribution.......................      --      --           419           --          --               --        419
                                                      --
                                          ------    ----      --------     --------       -----          -------   --------
Balance at January 1, 1995..............  15,066     150       135,709      (68,436)        160           (2,835)    64,748
Net loss................................      --      --            --       (4,217)         --               --     (4,217)
Tremont:
  Conversion of subordinated
     indebtedness.......................     411       4         7,848           --          --               --      7,852
  Cash contribution.....................      59       1         1,147           --          --               --      1,148
UTSC interest conversion................     157       2         2,998           --          --               --      3,000
Noncash distribution to stockholders....      --      --        (4,982)          --          --               --     (4,982)
Adjustments, net........................      --      --            --           --         123              456        579
                                                      --
                                          ------    ----      --------     --------       -----          -------   --------
Balance at December 31, 1995............  15,693     157       142,720      (72,653)        283           (2,379)    68,128
Net income..............................      --      --            --        2,116          --               --      2,116
Common stock issued to IMI..............   9,561      96        69,904           --          --               --     70,000
Adjustments, net........................      --      --            --           --        (754)              --       (754)
                                                      --
                                          ------    ----      --------     --------       -----          -------   --------
Balance at March 31, 1996 (unaudited)...  25,254    $253      $212,624     $(70,537)      $(471)         $(2,379)  $139,490
                                          ======    ====      ========     ========       =====          =======   ========
</TABLE>
 
          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                       F-6
<PAGE>   82
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                   THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                          FISCAL YEARS            --------------------
                                                                 ------------------------------   APRIL 2,   MARCH 31,
                                                                   1993       1994       1995       1995       1996
                                                                 --------   --------   --------   --------   ---------
                                                                                                      (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income (loss)............................................  $(20,207)  $(43,077)  $ (4,217)   $(3,962)  $  2,116
  Depreciation and amortization................................     4,609      8,334     13,218      2,940      3,939
  Earnings of joint ventures in excess of distributions........    (2,590)    (1,195)    (3,824)      (784)    (1,327)
  Preacquisition earnings......................................        --         --         --         --        411
  Special charges (credit).....................................     4,700     10,000     (1,200)        --      4,208
  Postretirement benefits......................................       852        626       (393)      (270)       (53)
  Deferred income taxes........................................     4,053         --         --         --        (62)
  Other, net...................................................       606      1,823        307        (11)        86
  Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle........        --      1,000         --         --         --
Change in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:
  Accounts and notes receivable................................      (261)     5,273       (870)      (784)   (25,622)
  Inventories..................................................     4,577       (738)   (15,477)    (1,572)   (10,379)
  Prepaid expenses.............................................       993        194         19       (456)      (390)
  Accounts payable.............................................     9,420     (1,969)     6,807      3,486     14,007
  Accrued liabilities..........................................      (640)      (621)      (771)      (238)     1,830
  Income taxes.................................................     1,480         (9)       165         --        637
  Accounts with related parties................................     4,529        116       (275)    (1,430)      (906)
  Other, net...................................................       315        222        396        262        535
                                                                 --------   --------   --------    -------   --------
    Net cash provided (used) by operating activities...........    12,436    (20,021)    (6,115)    (2,819)   (10,970)
                                                                 --------   --------   --------    -------   --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Capital expenditures.........................................   (16,330)    (4,609)    (2,981)    (1,056)    (2,415)
  Purchase of IMI Titanium Businesses..........................        --         --         --         --     (2,250)
  Other, net...................................................        24         40        421        418        194
                                                                 --------   --------   --------    -------   --------
    Net cash used by investing activities......................   (16,306)    (4,569)    (2,560)      (638)    (4,471)
                                                                 --------   --------   --------    -------   --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Notes payable and long-term debt:
    Borrowings.................................................     1,641     63,625      9,371      2,225     14,786
    Reductions.................................................    (6,967)   (48,829)    (7,371)    (1,000)      (750)
  Capital contributions from related parties...................        --        419      1,148         --         --
  Loans from related parties...................................    10,000      2,500      5,500      2,500         --
                                                                 --------   --------   --------    -------   --------
    Net cash provided by financing activities..................     4,674     17,715      8,648      3,725     14,036
                                                                 --------   --------   --------    -------   --------
Cash and cash equivalents:
  Net increase (decrease) from:
    Operating, investing and financing activities..............       804     (6,875)       (27)       268     (1,405)
    Cash acquired, net.........................................        --         --         --         --      1,901
    Currency translation.......................................        (3)       146         51         59        (51)
                                                                 --------   --------   --------    -------   --------
                                                                      801     (6,729)        24        327        445
  Balance at beginning of period...............................     5,928      6,729         --         --         24
                                                                 --------   --------   --------    -------   --------
  Balance at end of period.....................................  $  6,729   $     --   $     24    $   327   $    469
                                                                 ========   ========   ========    =======   ========
Supplemental disclosures:
  Cash paid for
    Interest, net of amount capitalized........................  $  1,023   $  6,497   $  9,970    $ 1,673   $  2,270
    Income taxes (refund)......................................    (8,629)       120        112         --         --
  Acquisition of IMI Titanium Business:
    Cash and cash equivalents..................................  $     --   $     --   $     --    $    --   $  1,165
    Noncash assets.............................................        --         --         --         --    143,554
    Liabilities................................................        --         --         --         --    (72,469)
    Common stock issued to IMI.................................        --         --         --         --    (70,000)
                                                                 --------   --------   --------    -------   --------
      Cash paid................................................  $     --   $     --   $     --    $    --   $  2,250
                                                                 ========   ========   ========    =======   ========
</TABLE>
 
          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
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<PAGE>   83
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
NOTE 1 -- ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
 
     Titanium Metals Corporation ("TIMET") was a 75%-owned subsidiary of Tremont
Corporation at December 31, 1995. Union Titanium Sponge Corporation ("UTSC"), a
consortium of Japanese companies, held the remaining 25% equity interest in
TIMET at that date. On February 15, 1996, TIMET acquired the titanium businesses
of IMI plc and affiliates ("IMI") and Tremont's ownership in TIMET was reduced
to 46.3% at March 31, 1996 (See Note 3). Contran Corporation holds, directly or
through subsidiaries, approximately 44% of Tremont's outstanding common stock.
Substantially all of Contran's outstanding voting stock is held by trusts
established for the benefit of the children and grandchildren of Harold C.
Simmons, of which Mr. Simmons is the sole trustee. Mr. Simmons may be deemed to
control each of Contran, Tremont, TIMET, and NL Industries, Inc., an indirect
subsidiary of Contran.
 
NOTE 2 -- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
 
  Principles of consolidation
 
     The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
TIMET and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company"). All
material intercompany accounts and balances have been eliminated. Certain prior
year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
 
  Use of estimates
 
     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Ultimate actual results may, in some instances, differ from
previously estimated amounts.
 
  Fiscal year
 
     The Company uses a fiscal year ending on the Sunday closest to December 31
of each year. The fiscal years ended December 31, 1995 ("1995"), January 1, 1995
("1994") and January 2, 1994 ("1993") each reflect the results of operations for
52 weeks. The Company's 1996 fiscal year ends on December 29, 1996.
 
  Translation of foreign currencies
 
     Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries whose functional currency is deemed
to be other than the U.S. dollar are translated at year end rates of exchange
and revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates prevailing
during the year. Resulting translation adjustments are accumulated in the
currency translation adjustments component of stockholders' equity, net of
related deferred income taxes. Currency transaction gains and losses, which
include U.S. dollar denominated debt held by subsidiaries whose functional
currency is deemed to be other than the U.S. dollar, are recognized in income
currently.
 
  Cash and cash equivalents
 
     Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with original maturities
of three months or less.
 
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
  Inventories and cost of sales
 
     Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Timet UK and Timet
Castings use the first-in, first-out ("FIFO") method to determine the cost of
inventories. The last-in, first-out ("LIFO") method is used to determine the
cost of substantially all other inventories (approximately 63% at March 31,
1996).
 
  Net sales
 
     Sales are recognized when products are shipped and processing services
rendered.
 
  Investment in joint ventures
 
     Investments in 20% to 50%-owned joint ventures are accounted for by the
equity method.
 
  Intangible assets and amortization
 
     Goodwill, representing the excess of cost over the fair value of individual
net assets acquired in a business combination accounted for by the purchase
method, is amortized by the straight line method over fifteen years. Other
intangible assets, except for intangible pension assets, are included in other
noncurrent assets and are amortized by the straight-line method over the periods
expected to be benefited of approximately nine years.
 
  Property, equipment and depreciation
 
     Property and equipment are stated at cost. Interest costs related to major,
long-term capital projects are capitalized as a component of construction costs.
Capital expenditures in 1993 of $13.6 million include $3.1 million of
capitalized interest ($2.6 million noncash) and exclude $5.3 million of
previously accrued expenditures. Maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are
expenses. Major improvements are capitalized.
 
   
     TIMET's vacuum distillation process ("VDP") titanium sponge facility
commenced start-up in 1993 and has a rated annual production capacity of 22
million pounds. Depreciation related to the VDP plant is computed on a
units-of-production method based on the pounds of sponge produced; however, the
amount of depreciation expense recognized in the future periods is not expected
to vary materially from the straight-line method. Depreciation related to other
assets is computed principally on the straight-line method over the estimated
useful lives of 15 to 40 years for buildings and 5 to 18 years for machinery and
equipment.
    
 
  Research and development
 
     Research and development expense approximated $2 million in each of the
past three years.
 
  Employee benefit plans
 
     Accounting and funding policies for retirement plans and postretirement
benefits other than pensions ("OPEB") are described in Note 11.
 
  Fair value of financial instruments
 
     The estimated fair value of the Company's financial instruments is believed
to approximate their carrying amounts. See Note 8.
 
  Advertising costs
 
     Advertising costs, which are not significant, are expensed as incurred.
 
  Stock split and income (loss) per common share
 
     Common shares outstanding for all periods presented have been adjusted to
reflect the 65-for-1 Stock Split to be effective with the Company's sale of
common stock to the public. Income (loss) per
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
common share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding after giving effect, in all periods presented, to the Stock Split.
See Note 9.
 
  Income taxes
 
     Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected
future tax consequences of temporary differences between the income tax and
financial reporting carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, including
investments in subsidiaries and unconsolidated affiliates not included in the
consolidated tax group.
 
     TIMET was a member of Tremont's consolidated United States ("U.S.") federal
income tax group (the "Tremont Tax Group") until December 1993 when UTSC
converted $75 million of debentures into 25% of TIMET's outstanding voting
common stock ("UTSC conversion"). While a member of the Tremont Tax Group,
TIMET's federal income tax sharing agreement with Tremont provided that the
Company compute its consolidated provision for U.S. income taxes on a separate
company basis utilizing the tax elections made by Tremont, and that any
resulting U.S. current tax liability or refund be paid to or received from
Tremont.
 
  Unaudited interim financial information
 
     The consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 1996, the consolidated
statement of operations and cash flows for the three-month interim periods ended
April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996, and the consolidated statement of
stockholders' equity for the three month interim period ended March 31, 1996
have been prepared by the Company without audit. In the opinion of management,
all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to
fairly present the interim financial information have been made. The results of
operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the operating
results of a full year or of future years.
 
NOTE 3 -- BUSINESS COMBINATIONS AND JOINT VENTURES:
 
  Business combination
 
     On February 15, 1996, the Company completed an agreement to acquire IMI's
titanium metals businesses (the "IMI Titanium Acquisition"). IMI previously
conducted its titanium business principally through its wholly owned United
Kingdom subsidiary, IMI Titanium Ltd. (now known as TIMET UK), and its United
States subsidiary, IMI Titanium, Inc. (now known as TIMET Castings). TIMET UK is
Western Europe's leading producer of titanium ingot and mill products for
aerospace and industrial applications. TIMET Castings manufactures titanium
castings for aerospace applications and golf club heads. IMI conveyed all of its
titanium related businesses to the Company in exchange for 9.6 million newly
issued shares of the Company's Class A common stock valued at $70 million, and
the Company issued $20 million of the Company's subordinated debt to IMI in
exchange for a like amount of debt previously owed to IMI by its U.K.
subsidiary. After the transaction, the Company was owned 46.3% by Tremont, 37.9%
by IMI, 15.4% by UTSC and .4% by management. In connection with the IMI Titanium
Acquisition, Tremont was granted a three year option to purchase up to an
additional 8% of the Company's then-outstanding common stock from IMI for $16
million. Tremont assigned to UTSC the right to acquire from IMI up to 2% of the
Company's then-outstanding common stock under the option.
 
     The Company has accounted for the IMI Titanium Acquisition by the purchase
method of accounting. The purchase price of approximately $72.3 million,
including transaction costs, has been allocated to the individual assets and
liabilities of the IMI Titanium Business based on preliminary information. The
actual allocation of the purchase price may be different from the preliminary
allocation due to adjustments in the purchase price and refinements in estimates
of the fair values of the net assets acquired. Goodwill approximated $7.2
million and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over 15 years. The
Company
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
has included the results of operations of the IMI Titanium Business in its
consolidated results of operations effective at the beginning of fiscal 1996
with preacquisition earnings of approximately $.4 million of the IMI Titanium
Business reflected as a separate deduction in determining net income for the
three months ended March 31, 1996. Preacquisition sales of the IMI Titanium
Business included in the Company's consolidated sales for the three months ended
March 31, 1996 were approximately $11.7 million.
 
     The following pro forma financial information has been prepared assuming
the IMI Titanium Acquisition occurred at the beginning of the respective periods
and excludes special charges included in the historical financial statements for
the three month period ended March 31, 1996. The pro forma financial information
is not necessarily indicative of the operating results that might have occurred
if the transaction had been completed at such earlier dates or the operating
results which may occur in the future.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               THREE MONTHS
                                                                                  ENDED
                                                                          ----------------------
                                                           FISCAL YEAR    APRIL 2,     MARCH 31,
                                                              1995          1995         1996
                                                           -----------    ---------    ---------
                                                                               (UNAUDITED)
                                                                       (IN MILLIONS)
    <S>                                                    <C>            <C>          <C>
    Revenues.............................................     $337.1        $ 71.8       $108.9
    Net income (loss)....................................      (34.7)        (10.1)         6.7
    Net income (loss) per common share...................      (1.39)         (.41)         .26
</TABLE>
 
  Joint ventures
 
     TIMET has a 50% interest in a partnership between TIMET and Axel Johnson
Metals, Inc. conducted under the name Titanium Hearth Technologies ("THT"). THT
owns and operates cold hearth melting furnaces located in Pennsylvania and
Nevada. TIMET has committed to have THT perform a substantial percentage of
TIMET's requirements for melting certain titanium products. TIMET's purchases
from THT approximated $8 million in 1993, $8 million in 1994 and $10 million in
1995.
 
     Prior to October 1995, TIMET owned (i) a 32% equity interest in Basic
Investments, Inc. ("BII"), which, among other things, provides utility services
in the industrial park where one of TIMET's plants is located, and (ii) a 12%
interest in Victory Valley Land Company L.P. ("VVLC"), which is actively engaged
in efforts to develop certain real estate. BII, through a wholly-owned
subsidiary, owns an additional 50% interest in VVLC. In October 1995, TIMET made
a pro rata distribution to its shareholders consisting of all of its interest in
BII and VVLC, and certain real estate in Nevada. The Company distributed the
assets at their net carrying amount which approximated $5 million.
 
     TIMET also has a 26% interest in TISTO, a German distributor of titanium
products. The Company has agreed in principle to acquire the remaining 74%
interest for approximately $2 million and a guarantee of approximately $2
million in existing shareholder loans. Any such transaction would be subject to,
among other things, negotiation of definitive agreements and lender consent. The
Company intends to consolidate TISTO upon completion of any such transaction.
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
     Summarized combined financial information of the Company's unconsolidated
joint ventures is shown below:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             THREE MONTHS
                                                                                ENDED
                                                  FISCAL YEARS           --------------------
                                           ---------------------------   APRIL 2    MARCH 31,
                                            1993      1994      1995       1995       1996
                                           -------   -------   -------   --------   ---------
                                                 (IN THOUSANDS)              (UNAUDITED)
    <S>                                    <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>
    Income statement:
      Revenues............................ $51,513   $43,043   $69,107    $18,070    $23,319
      Operating costs and expenses........  35,681    38,598    54,764     15,527     19,719
      Interest and other expenses.........   3,416       582     1,153        381        429
                                           -------   -------   -------    -------    -------
      Net income.......................... $12,416   $ 3,863   $13,190    $ 2,162    $ 3,171
                                           =======   =======   =======    =======    =======
      Equity in earnings of joint
         ventures......................... $ 3,540   $ 2,263   $ 4,824    $   784    $ 1,402
                                           =======   =======   =======    =======    =======
    Distributions paid to TIMET from joint
      ventures............................ $   950   $ 1,068   $ 1,000    $    --    $    --
                                           =======   =======   =======    =======    =======
    Balance sheet:
      Current assets......................           $23,098   $23,980
      Noncurrent assets...................            44,050    21,190
      Current liabilities.................            11,520     4,484
      Noncurrent liabilities..............            21,409    16,099
                                                     -------   -------
      Equity..............................           $34,219   $24,587
                                                     =======   =======
</TABLE>
    
 
  CEZUS
 
     In March 1995, TIMET and Compagnie Europeenne du Zirconium-CEZUS, S.A.
("CEZUS") entered into an agreement which revised the distribution and
manufacturing arrangement that had existed between the companies since 1993.
Among other things, the revised agreement eliminated TIMET's sharing in the
profits or losses associated with CEZUS' titanium business. Based upon the
structure of the revised agreement, TIMET recognized commission income from
sales of CEZUS products in 1995 (approximately $.4 million) whereas TIMET had
previously consolidated the sales and costs associated with its arrangements
with CEZUS. Sales of CEZUS products included in TIMET's consolidated sales were
about $4 million in 1993 and $20 million in 1994. TIMET and CEZUS are
negotiating a new relationship which contemplates the formation of a new
jointly-owned French company to manufacture and sell titanium products. The
proposed company is expected to be 70%-owned by TIMET and 30%-owned by CEZUS.
Under the proposed transaction, TIMET and CEZUS would initially contribute to
the new company, among other things, certain inventory, technology, and
equipment and certain CEZUS employees would become employees of the new company.
The Company will contribute cash and inventory of approximately $2 million and
proprietary technology. The jointly-owned company would manufacture products
inside CEZUS' production facility in Ugine, France under a separate
manufacturing agreement with CEZUS. Any transaction is subject to, among other
things, the negotiation of definitive documents, the approval of each party's
Board of Directors, regulatory approvals, and approvals under debt agreements.
The Company intends to consolidate the new jointly-owned French company upon
completion of such transaction.
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 4 -- BUSINESS AND GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTS:
 
     The Company's operations are conducted in one business segment, titanium
metals operations. The Company is an integrated producer and distributor of
titanium sponge, ingot, and mill products for aerospace, industrial, and other
applications. The Company's production facilities in each of the past three
fiscal years were located principally in the U.S. and in the U.S. and United
Kingdom at March 31, 1996. The Company's products are sold throughout the world.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                             FISCAL YEARS              --------------------
                                    ------------------------------     APRIL 2,   MARCH 31,
                                      1993       1994       1995         1995       1996
                                    --------   --------   --------     --------   ---------
                                            (IN THOUSANDS)                 (UNAUDITED)
    <S>                             <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>        <C>
    Operations
    Sales.........................  $151,177   $145,984   $184,723     $ 41,724    $107,556
                                    ========   ========   ========     ========    ========
    Operating income (loss).......  $(16,707)  $(34,676)  $  5,378     $ (1,561)   $  6,823
    General corporate income
      (expense), net..............     1,922        316      1,074           90        (141)
    Interest expense..............    (5,729)    (7,562)   (10,414)      (2,491)     (3,498)
                                    --------   --------   --------     --------    --------
      Income (loss) before income
         taxes, preacquisition
         earnings and cumulative
         effect of a change in
         accounting principle.....  $(20,514)  $(41,922)  $ (3,962)    $ (3,962)   $  3,184
                                    ========   ========   ========     ========    ========
    Operating income (loss)
      United States...............  $(16,360)  $(34,278)  $  4,408     $ (1,495)   $  4,465
      Europe......................      (347)      (398)       970          (66)      2,358
                                    --------   --------   --------     --------    --------
                                    $(16,707)  $(34,676)  $  5,378     $ (1,561)   $  6,823
                                    ========   ========   ========     ========    ========
    Geographic segments
      Net sales -- point of
         origin:
         United States............  $141,392   $123,485   $174,802     $ 38,977    $ 72,212
         Europe...................    12,320     30,542     13,862        3,327      37,242
         Eliminations.............    (2,535)    (8,043)    (3,941)        (580)     (1,898)
                                    --------   --------   --------     --------    --------
                                    $151,177   $145,984   $184,723     $ 41,724    $107,556
                                    ========   ========   ========     ========    ========
      Net sales -- point of
       destination:
         United States............  $107,313   $ 89,519   $135,421     $ 30,584    $ 64,481
         Europe...................    36,403     34,475     33,520        8,172      33,342
         Other....................     7,461     21,990     15,782        2,968       9,733
                                    --------   --------   --------     --------    --------
                                    $151,177   $145,984   $184,723     $ 41,724    $107,556
                                    ========   ========   ========     ========    ========
    Identifiable assets
      United States...............  $252,008   $231,048   $235,844     $229,479    $299,671
      Europe......................    10,488      9,174     12,940       14,625     122,774
                                    --------   --------   --------     --------    --------
                                    $262,496   $240,222   $248,784     $244,104    $422,445
                                    ========   ========   ========     ========    ========
</TABLE>
 
     Export sales from U.S. based operations approximated $27.8 million, $34.6
million, and $39.5 million in 1993, 1994, and 1995, respectively, and $12.0
million and $9.4 million for the three months ended April 2, 1995 and March 31,
1996, respectively.
 
     Operating income (loss) includes restructuring charges of $4.7 million in
1993, $10 million in 1994 and a restructuring credit of $1.2 million in 1995.
Operating income for the three months ended March 31, 1996 includes $4.2 million
of special charges related to the IMI Titanium Acquisition. See Note 5.
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
     General corporate income (expense), net includes the Company's equity in
earnings of BII and VVLC of $2.1 million in 1993, $.7 million in 1994, and $1.1
million in 1995, and other corporate income and expenses.
 
     See Note 3 regarding the consolidation of sales related to the Company's
agreements with CEZUS prior to 1995.
 
NOTE 5 -- RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER SPECIAL CHARGES:
 
  Restructuring charges
 
     The Company's restructuring charges in 1993 and 1994 were related to cost
reduction and containment efforts taken in response to depressed industry
conditions existing in those years. In the fourth quarter of 1995, the Company
determined that its restructuring costs would ultimately be less than previously
estimated and reversed $1.2 million of previously accrued restructuring charges.
The following summarizes the Company's restructuring activities:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   CHARGE (CREDIT) TO
                                                    OPERATING INCOME                    1995
                                              ----------------------------   AMOUNTS   ACCRUAL
                                              1993   1994    1995    TOTAL   UTILIZED  BALANCE
                                              ----   -----   -----   -----   -------   -------
                                                               (IN MILLIONS)
    <S>                                       <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>       <C>
    Cash charges (credits):
      Workforce related.....................  $4.2   $ 3.7   $ (.7)  $ 7.2   $ (6.6)     $ .6
      Excess space and other................    --     1.3     (.5)     .8      (.6)       .2
                                              ----   -----   -----   -----   ------      ----
                                               4.2     5.0    (1.2)    8.0     (7.2)       .8
                                              ----   -----   -----   -----   ------      ----
    Noncash charges:
      Idled assets..........................    .5     4.5      --     5.0     (5.0)       --
      Other.................................    --      .5      --      .5      (.5)       --
                                              ----   -----   -----   -----   ------      ----
                                                .5     5.0      --     5.5     (5.5)       --
                                              ----   -----   -----   -----   ------      ----
              Total.........................  $4.7   $10.0   $(1.2)  $13.5   $(12.7)     $ .8
                                              ====   =====   =====   =====   ======      ====
</TABLE>
 
     The Company's restructuring charges were principally related to the
temporary closing of TIMET's Kroll-leach sponge production facility, the closing
of certain sales and service center locations, and costs to reduce TIMET's
workforce. Workforce related items in 1994 included revisions to prior
estimates, a $3.5 million pension curtailment charge, and a $.8 million OPEB
curtailment charge. Both the pension and OPEB charges are reflected in the
related pension and OPEB accruals and are considered utilized when incurred.
Other restructuring related liabilities are considered utilized when facilities
and equipment are idled, as payments to terminated employees are made, and other
criteria are met. During 1994 and 1995, cash costs of $1.2 million and $1.7
million, respectively, were charged to the restructuring accrual.
 
     TIMET has continued to monitor its restructuring activities and related
accruals in light of changing business conditions. Strikes at the Company's
principal production facilities in 1993 and 1994, improved industry conditions
in 1995, and other events required TIMET to both defer and revise certain of the
restructuring actions it previously contemplated. As part of its restructuring
charges, TIMET had expected to reduce its workforce by approximately 350 people.
Since 1993, TIMET's workforce has been reduced by approximately 300 people in
connection with its restructuring activities. However, recently improved market
demand for titanium metal products and other changes in business conditions has
resulted in the Company adding employees in selected areas and the Company
expects to restart production of titanium sponge at its Kroll-leach facility in
1996.
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
  IMI Titanium Business
 
     During the three months ended March 31, 1996, TIMET recorded $4.2 million
of special charges resulting from the IMI Titanium Acquisition and related
integration of the IMI Titanium Business. Certain key executive officers of
TIMET received approximately 93,000 shares of TIMET Class B common stock and
cash payments with a combined value of approximately $3 million in consideration
for their services in connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition. TIMET also
incurred $1.2 million of integration costs relating to the relocation of
personnel and the consolidation of certain facilities. Additional integration
costs will be charged to TIMET's operations during 1996 as incurred. See Note 9.
 
NOTE 6 -- INVENTORIES:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    JANUARY 1,     DECEMBER 31,      MARCH 31,
                                                       1995            1995            1996
                                                    ----------     ------------     -----------
                                                          (IN THOUSANDS)            (UNAUDITED)
    <S>                                             <C>            <C>              <C>
    Raw materials.................................    $ 5,669         $ 7,778         $ 13,826
    In process and finished products..............     44,900          57,538           97,388
    Supplies......................................      2,939           3,818            5,881
                                                      -------         -------         --------
                                                      $53,508         $69,134         $117,095
                                                      =======         =======         ========
</TABLE>
 
     The average cost of LIFO inventories exceeded the net carrying amount of
such inventories by approximately $12 million at January 1, 1995, $19 million at
December 31, 1995 and $20 million at March 31, 1996. TIMET established a $5
million reserve for excess and slow-moving inventory in 1994.
 
NOTE 7 -- ACCRUED LIABILITIES:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        JANUARY 1,   DECEMBER 31,    MARCH 31,
                                                           1995          1995          1996
                                                        ----------   ------------   -----------
                                                             (IN THOUSANDS)         (UNAUDITED)
    <S>                                                 <C>          <C>            <C>
    Postretirement benefit cost.......................    $ 1,316       $ 2,240       $ 2,266
    Pension cost......................................        637         1,378         1,519
    Other employee benefits...........................      9,043         9,210        15,171
    Restructuring cost................................      3,731           777           235
    Environmental cost................................         --         1,143         1,643
    Customer contract losses..........................         --            --         3,653
    Taxes, other than income..........................      1,269         1,655         4,317
    Other.............................................      4,982         4,607        12,202
                                                          -------       -------       -------
                                                          $20,978       $21,010       $41,006
                                                          =======       =======       =======
</TABLE>
 
NOTE 8 -- LONG-TERM DEBT:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        JANUARY 1,   DECEMBER 31,    MARCH 31,
                                                           1995          1995          1996
                                                        ----------   ------------   -----------
                                                             (IN THOUSANDS)         (UNAUDITED)
    <S>                                                 <C>          <C>            <C>
    U.S. credit agreement:
      Revolver........................................    $48,184       $42,555       $57,310
      Term............................................     14,750        24,400        23,650
    Other.............................................      2,087           280           280
                                                          -------       -------       -------
                                                           65,021        67,235        81,240
    Less current maturities...........................      6,807        45,695        81,100
                                                          -------       -------       -------
                                                          $58,214       $21,540       $   140
                                                          =======       =======       =======
</TABLE>
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
     TIMET's $90 million U.S. credit facility provided for term loans
aggregating $24 million at March 31, 1996 with the balance of the facility
available as a revolving credit/letter of credit facility. Borrowings under the
revolving portion are limited to a formula-determined amount (the "borrowing
base") of accounts receivable and inventories. Interest accrues at the prime
rate plus 2% to 2.5%. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding revolver
and term loan borrowings was 9% at January 1, 1995, 11% at December 31, 1995 and
10.5% at March 31, 1996. The credit facility, including both the revolver and
term loans, expires early in fiscal 1997. TIMET has reached an understanding
with its lead lender for a one-year extension of the maturity date, a 1.5%
reduction in effective interest rates, and an increase in borrowing availability
up to a maximum of $105 million, subject to definitive documents and acceptance
of such terms by the remaining lenders. TIMET's bank debt reprices with changes
in market interest rates and, accordingly, the carrying amount of such debt is
believed to approximate market value. Borrowings are collateralized by
substantially all of TIMET's assets. The credit agreement prohibits dividends on
the Company's common stock in excess of 20% of net income in any fiscal year,
limits TIMET's additional indebtedness and transactions with affiliates,
requires the maintenance of certain financial amounts and contains other
covenants customary in transactions of this type. At December 31, 1995 and March
31, 1996, TIMET had about $18 million and $7 million, respectively, of
borrowings available under its U.S. credit agreement.
 
     In connection with amendments of the Company's credit facility during 1995,
Tremont advanced TIMET $8 million as additional subordinated TIMET debt ($2.5
million advanced in 1994 and $5.5 million advanced in 1995), guaranteed $5
million of the term loans, collateralized such guarantee with approximately
600,000 shares of NL Industries, Inc. common stock held by Tremont, and agreed
to pledge additional NL shares as necessary to meet certain market value
thresholds. Contran Corporation entered into an agreement with TIMET's lenders
whereby Contran is obligated to purchase the pledged shares from TIMET's lenders
under certain conditions.
 
     See Notes 9 and 13 regarding related party transactions.
 
NOTE 9 -- STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
 
  Common stock
 
     In March 1996, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the filing of a
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to permit the
Company to sell shares of its common stock to the public (the "Offerings"). The
Company's Board of Directors also authorized, effective with the Offerings, a
65-for-1 split of the Company's common stock (the "Stock Split"), an increase in
the Company's authorized common shares to 99 million shares, an increase of the
Company's authorized preferred stock to 1 million shares, and the reservation of
up to 3.1 million shares to be issued under the newly adopted 1996 Long Term
Performance Incentive Plan (the "TIMET Incentive Plan").
 
     The TIMET Incentive Plan provides for the discretionary grant of restricted
common stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights and other incentive
compensation to officers and other key employees of the Company. Effective with
the Offerings, the Company expects to grant options under the TIMET Incentive
Plan to acquire approximately 437,500 shares at a price equal to the market
price at the date of grant. The options vest over five years and expire ten
years from date of grant. Additionally, the Board of Directors authorized,
effective with the Offerings, a plan for its nonemployee directors that provides
for eligible directors to annually be granted options to purchase 625 shares of
the Company's common stock at a price equal to the market price on the date of
grant and to receive a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to
$8,000 divided by the public offering price (rounded up to the nearest 100). The
aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance under the nonemployee director
plan is 62,500.
 
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
     In March 1996, the Company issued approximately 93,000 shares of nonvoting
Class B common stock and made cash payments to certain key executive officers as
consideration for their services in connection with the IMI Titanium
Acquisition. The Class B shares will convert into common shares effective with
the Offerings and no Class B shares will thereafter be outstanding or
authorized. In the absence of the Offerings, the Class B shares are, in certain
circumstances, redeemable at the option of the holder, and are callable by the
Company, at fair value. The Company recorded $3 million of related compensation
expense in the three months ended March 31, 1996 which is included in special
charges. See Note 5.
 
     The Company expects its net proceeds from the Offerings will be
approximately $123.2 million. The Company expects to use $42.5 million of the
net proceeds to repay existing indebtedness to stockholders ($22.5 million to
Tremont and $20 million to IMI) and the balance to repay indebtedness under the
Company's U.S. credit facility. The Company's U.S. credit facility presently
limits the repayment of shareholder indebtedness to not more than $30.7 million
from the net proceeds of the Offerings, however, the Company is presently
negotiating with its lenders and expects to obtain an amendment of such facility
to permit the repayment of $42.5 million of shareholder debt. Supplemental
earnings per share, assuming the Offerings would have been completed at the
beginning of fiscal years 1995 and the three-month period ended March 31, 1996
would have been $.42 and $.18, respectively.
 
  Preferred stock
 
     Effective with the Offerings, the Company is authorized to issue 1 million
shares of preferred stock. The rights of preferred stock as to, among other
things, dividends, liquidation, redemption, conversions, and voting rights are
determined by the Board of Directors.
 
  Other
 
     See Note 13 regarding related party transactions.
 
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 10 -- INCOME TAXES:
 
     Summarized below are (i) the components of income (loss) before income
taxes, preacquisition earnings and cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle ("pretax income (loss)"), (ii) the difference between the income tax
benefit (expense) attributable to pretax income (loss) and the amounts that
would be expected using the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of 35%, and
(iii) the components of the income tax benefit (expense) attributable to pretax
income (loss).
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                     FISCAL YEARS            --------------------
                                             -----------------------------   APRIL 2,   MARCH 31,
                                               1993       1994      1995       1995       1996
                                             --------   --------   -------   --------   ---------
                                                    (IN THOUSANDS)               (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                          <C>        <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>
Expected income tax benefit (expense)......  $  7,180   $ 14,673   $ 1,387    $ 1,387    $(1,114)
Incremental tax and rate differences on
  equity in income of companies not
  included in the consolidated tax group...       318        164         1         --        107
Adjustment of deferred tax
  valuation allowance......................    (6,931)   (14,900)   (1,502)    (1,397)      (114)
Utilization of net operating loss
  carryforward.............................        --         --        --         --        446
Rate change adjustment of deferred taxes...        81         --        --         --         --
U.S. state income taxes, net...............      (125)       (97)       --         --        (25)
Other, net.................................      (216)         5      (141)        10         43
                                             ---------  ---------  --------   -------    -------
                                             $    307   $   (155)  $  (255)   $    --    $  (657)
                                             =========  =========  ========   =======    =======
Income tax benefit (expense):
  Currently (payable) refundable:
     U.S...................................  $  4,373   $   (149)  $    --    $    --    $   (50)
     Non-U.S...............................       (13)        (6)     (255)        --       (669)
                                             ---------  ---------  --------   -------    -------
                                                4,360       (155)     (255)        --       (719)
  Deferred income taxes, principally
     U.S...................................    (4,053)        --        --         --         62
                                             ---------  ---------  --------   -------    -------
                                             $    307   $   (155)  $  (255)   $    --    $  (657)
                                             =========  =========  ========   =======    =======
Pretax income (loss):
  U.S......................................  $(19,812)  $(41,284)  $(4,589)   $(3,851)   $ 1,674
  Non-U.S..................................      (702)      (638)      627       (111)     1,510
                                             ---------  ---------  --------   -------    -------
                                             $(20,514)  $(41,922)  $(3,962)   $(3,962)   $ 3,184
                                             =========  =========  ========   =======    =======
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             JANUARY 1, 1995       DECEMBER 31, 1995
                                                           --------------------   --------------------
                                                           ASSETS   LIABILITIES   ASSETS   LIABILITIES
                                                           ------   -----------   ------   -----------
                                                                          (IN MILLIONS)
<S>                                                        <C>      <C>           <C>      <C>
Temporary differences relating to net assets:
  Inventories............................................  $   --      $ (5.5)    $   --     $  (5.0)
  Property and equipment.................................      --        (2.4)        --        (3.8)
  Accrued OPEB cost......................................    11.6          --       11.7          --
  Accrued liabilities and other deductible differences...     9.2          --        8.3          --
  Other taxable differences..............................      --        (3.2)        --        (2.5)
  Investments in subsidiaries and affiliates not included
     in the consolidated tax group.......................      --        (1.7)        --        (3.2)
Tax loss and credit carryforwards........................    14.3          --       15.8          --
Valuation allowance......................................   (23.6)         --      (22.7)         --
                                                           ------      ------     ------      ------
Gross deferred tax assets (liabilities)..................    11.5       (12.8)      13.1       (14.5)
Netting..................................................   (10.8)       10.8      (13.1)       13.1
                                                           ------      ------     ------      ------
Total deferred taxes.....................................      .7        (2.0)        --        (1.4)
Less current deferred taxes..............................      --        (2.0)        --         (.6)
                                                           ------      ------     ------      ------
Net noncurrent deferred taxes............................  $   .7      $   --     $   --     $   (.8)
                                                           ======      ======     ======      ======
</TABLE>
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
     The valuation allowance increased in the aggregate (including amounts
allocated to items other than continuing operations) by $7.8 million in 1993 and
$14.7 million in 1994 and decreased by $.9 million in 1995. The Company may
release a portion of its deferred tax asset valuation allowance in 1996,
resulting in a tax benefit, if it concludes that the "more likely than not"
realization criteria of SFAS No. 109 are met.
 
     At December 31, 1995, the Company had U. S. federal income tax operating
loss carryforwards ("NOL") of approximately $40 million expiring between 2007
and 2009. The utilization of the Company's NOLs is subject to an annual
limitation. The Company has an alternative minimum tax credit ("AMT")
carryforward of approximately $2 million which can be utilized to offset regular
income taxes payable in future years. The AMT has an indefinite carryforward
period.
 
NOTE 11 -- EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS:
 
  Variable compensation plans
 
     Substantially all of the Company's employees, including a significant
portion of its domestic hourly employees, participate in compensation programs
which provide for variable compensation based upon the financial performance of
the Company and, in certain circumstances, the individual performance of the
employee. Certain domestic hourly employees were guaranteed a minimum $1,500
award per year through July 1994. The cost of these plans was $1.1 million in
1993, $.8 million in 1994 and $.3 million in 1995.
 
  Defined contribution plans
 
     All of the Company's domestic salaried and hourly employees are eligible to
participate in a contributory savings plan with partial matching employer
contributions based on the Company's profitability. Substantially all of the
Company's domestic salaried employees, as well as certain hourly employees, also
participate in a defined contribution pension plan with contributions based upon
the profitability of the Company. Since the Company has reported losses in each
of the past three years, the cost of these pension and savings plans has been
insignificant.
 
  Defined benefit pension plans
 
     The Company maintains noncontributory defined benefit pension plans
covering most of its domestic hourly employees and a portion of its domestic
salaried workforce. Defined pension benefits are generally based on years of
service and compensation, and the related expense is based upon independent
actuarial valuations. The Company's funding policy is to contribute annually
amounts satisfying the funding requirements of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended. The defined benefit pension plan for salaried
employees was frozen in 1994 so that no further benefit increases accrue. The
defined benefit pension plan for hourly employees at the Company's Henderson,
Nevada facility was closed to new participants during 1994. The defined benefit
pension plan for hourly employees at the Company's Toronto, Ohio facility was
closed to new participants in 1995.
 
     The funded status of the Company's defined benefit pension plans and the
components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost are set forth below. The
rates used in determining the 1995 actuarial present value of benefit
obligations at December 31, 1995 were: (i) discount rate -- 7.5% (8.5% in 1994),
and (ii) rate of increase in future compensation levels -- 3% in 1994 and 1995.
The expected long-term rate of return on assets used was 9% in each of 1994 and
1995. The benefit obligations are sensitive to changes in these estimated rates
and actual results may differ from the
 
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
obligations noted below. At December 31, 1995, the assets of the plans are
primarily comprised of U.S. government obligations, corporate stocks and bonds.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  ASSETS EXCEED                    ACCUMULATED
                                                   ACCUMULATED                      BENEFITS
                                                    BENEFITS                      EXCEED ASSETS
                                           ---------------------------     ---------------------------
                                           JANUARY 1,     DECEMBER 31,     JANUARY 1,     DECEMBER 31,
                                              1995            1995            1995            1995
                                           ----------     ------------     ----------     ------------
                                                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                        <C>            <C>              <C>            <C>
Actuarial present value of benefit
  obligations:
  Vested benefit obligations.............    $14,600         $16,183         $30,381         $34,705
  Nonvested benefits.....................        835             955           1,358           1,510
                                             -------         -------         -------         -------
  Accumulated benefit obligations........     15,435          17,138          31,739          36,215
  Effect of projected salary increases...         85              65             132             110
                                             -------         -------         -------         -------
  Projected benefit obligations..........     15,520          17,203          31,871          36,325
Plan assets at fair value................     15,641          18,146          24,989          28,884
                                             -------         -------         -------         -------
Plan assets over (under) projected
  benefit obligations....................        121             943          (6,882)         (7,441)
Unrecognized net loss from experience
  different from actuarial assumptions...      2,337           1,186           4,656           3,837
Unrecognized prior service cost..........        276             235             602           1,424
Unrecognized net assets being amortized
  over 14 years..........................     (1,389)         (1,111)         (1,685)         (1,349)
Adjustment to recognize minimum
  liability..............................         --              --          (3,453)         (3,815)
                                             -------         -------         -------         -------
Total prepaid (accrued) pension cost.....      1,345           1,253          (6,762)         (7,344)
Current portion..........................         --              --            (637)         (1,378)
                                             -------         -------         -------         -------
  Noncurrent prepaid (accrued) pension
     cost................................    $ 1,345         $ 1,253         $(6,125)        $(5,966)
                                             =======         =======         =======         =======
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       FISCAL YEARS
                                                              -------------------------------
                                                               1993        1994        1995
                                                              -------     -------     -------
                                                                      (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                           <C>         <C>         <C>
Service cost benefits earned................................  $   750     $   846     $   630
Interest cost on projected benefit obligations..............    3,406       3,457       3,959
Actual return on plan assets................................   (4,677)      1,163      (9,560)
Net amortization and deferrals..............................      839      (5,254)      5,910
                                                              -------     -------     -------
                                                              $   318     $   212     $   939
                                                              =======     =======     =======
</TABLE>
 
  Postretirement benefits other than pensions
 
     The Company provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance
benefits to eligible retired employees. The Company funds such benefits as they
are incurred, net of any contributions by the retirees. Under plans currently in
effect, substantially all of TIMET's currently active employees would become
eligible for these benefits if they reach normal retirement age while working
for TIMET. These plans have been revised to discontinue employer-paid health
care coverage for future retirees once they become Medicare-eligible.
 
     The components of the periodic OPEB cost and accumulated OPEB obligations
are set forth below. The rates used in determining the actuarial present value
of the accumulated OPEB obligations at December 31, 1995 were: (i) discount
rate -- 7.5% (8.5% in 1994), (ii) rate of increase in future
 
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
compensation levels -- 3% in 1994 and 1995, and (iii) rate of increase in future
health care costs -- 13% in 1996, gradually declining to 6% in 2016 and
thereafter. If the health care cost trend rate was increased by one percentage
point for each year, OPEB expense would have increased approximately $.2 million
in 1995, and the actuarial present value of accumulated OPEB obligations at
December 31, 1995 would have increased approximately $2 million. The accrued
OPEB cost is sensitive to changes in these estimated rates and actual results
may differ from the obligations noted below.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     JANUARY 1,     DECEMBER 31,
                                                                        1995            1995
                                                                     ----------     ------------
                                                                           (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                  <C>            <C>
Actuarial present value of accumulated OPEB obligations:
  Retiree benefits.................................................    $13,058         $18,805
  Other fully eligible active plan participants....................      5,696           1,227
  Other active plan participants...................................      4,234           5,456
                                                                       -------         -------
                                                                        22,988          25,488
Unrecognized net gain from experience different from actuarial
  assumptions......................................................      3,015             730
Unrecognized prior service credits.................................      4,784           4,174
                                                                       -------         -------
Total accrued OPEB cost............................................     30,787          30,392
Less current portion...............................................      1,316           2,240
                                                                       -------         -------
  Noncurrent accrued OPEB cost.....................................    $29,471         $28,152
                                                                       =======         =======
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         FISCAL YEARS
                                                                 ----------------------------
                                                                  1993       1994       1995
                                                                 ------     ------     ------
                                                                        (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>
Service cost benefits earned...................................  $  428     $  395     $  242
Interest cost on accumulated OPEB obligations..................   1,725      1,791      2,060
Net amortization and deferrals.................................    (340)      (244)      (475)
                                                                 ------     ------     ------
                                                                 $1,813     $1,942     $1,827
                                                                 ======     ======     ======
</TABLE>
 
NOTE 12 -- CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES:
 
  Postemployment benefits (SFAS No. 112)
 
     The Company adopted SFAS No. 112 ("Employers' Accounting for Postemployment
Benefits") in 1994 and recorded a $1 million charge for this change in
accounting principle.
 
  Accounting for stock-based compensation (SFAS No. 123)
 
     The Company expects to elect the disclosure alternative proscribed by SFAS
No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," and account for the
Company's stock-based employee compensation in accordance with Accounting
Principles Board Opinion ("APB") No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees" and its various interpretations. Under APB No. 25, no compensation
cost is generally recognized for fixed stock options for which the exercise
price is not less than the market price of the Company's Common Stock on the
grant date. Under the disclosure alternative of SFAS No. 123, the Company will
disclose, starting with its 1996 fiscal year, its respective pro forma net
income and earnings per share as if the fair value based accounting method of
SFAS No. 123 had been used to account for stock-based compensation cost for all
awards granted by the Company after January 1, 1995.
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 13 -- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
 
     The Company may be deemed to be controlled by Harold C. Simmons.
Corporations that may be deemed to be controlled by or affiliated with Mr.
Simmons sometimes engage in (i) intercorporate transactions with related
companies such as guarantees, management and expense sharing arrangements,
shared fee arrangements, joint ventures, partnerships, loans, options, advances
of funds on open account, and sales, leases and exchanges of assets, including
securities issued by both related and unrelated parties and (ii) common
investment and acquisition strategies, business combinations, reorganizations,
recapitalizations, securities repurchases, and purchases and sales (and other
acquisitions and dispositions) of subsidiaries, divisions or other business
units, which transactions have involved both related and unrelated parties and
have included transactions which resulted in the acquisition by one related
party of a publicly-held minority equity interest in another related party.
While no transactions of the type described above are planned or proposed with
respect to the Company (except as otherwise disclosed herein), the Company
continuously considers, reviews and evaluates, and understands that Contran,
Tremont and related entities consider, review and evaluate such transactions.
Depending upon the business, tax and other objectives then relevant, it is
possible that the Company might be a party to one or more such transactions in
the future.
 
     It is the policy of the Company to engage in transactions with related
parties on terms which are, in the opinion of the Company, no less favorable to
the Company than could be obtained from unrelated parties.
 
     Effective January 1, 1996 the Company entered into an intercorporate
services agreement with Tremont pursuant to which the Company will provide
certain management, financial and other services to Tremont for approximately
$.4 million in 1996. The term of the agreement is one year, subject to renewal.
Prior to entering into the intercorporate services agreement, charges to (from)
Tremont approximated $.3 million in 1993, nil in 1994 and $(.9) million in 1995
pursuant to similar arrangements for compensation and intercorporate services.
 
     Receivables from related parties principally relate to sales to UTSC and
TISTO. Payables to related parties, excluding long term capital lease
obligations (see Note 14), are summarized in the following table.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    JANUARY 1,     DECEMBER 31,      MARCH 31,
                                                       1995            1995            1996
                                                    ----------     ------------     -----------
                                                          (IN THOUSANDS)            (UNAUDITED)
    <S>                                             <C>            <C>              <C>
    Current liabilities:
      Tremont Corporation.........................    $    86         $    --         $   461
      IMI -- loans and interest...................         --              --           1,824
      UTSC -- interest............................      1,530              --              --
      Other.......................................      1,915           2,627           2,437
                                                      -------         -------         -------
                                                      $ 3,531         $ 2,627         $ 4,722
                                                      =======         =======         =======
    Noncurrent liabilities:
      Tremont Corporation:
         Loans and interest.......................    $22,933         $22,460         $22,577
         Other....................................        283           1,482           1,497
      IMI -- loans................................         --              --          18,750
      UTSC -- interest............................      3,370              --              --
                                                      -------         -------         -------
                                                      $26,586         $23,942         $42,824
                                                      =======         =======         =======
</TABLE>
 
     Interest expense on related party indebtedness was $1.2 million (net of $.8
million capitalized) in 1993, $2.4 million in 1994, and $2.1 million in 1995.
 
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           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
     TIMET completed a recapitalization in 1995 under which, among other things,
(i) Tremont made a $1 million cash capital contribution to TIMET and exchanged
$8 million of TIMET subordinated debt into TIMET common equity, (ii) TIMET made
a $1 million cash prepayment of accrued interest to UTSC, and (iii) UTSC
exchanged $3 million of interest owed by TIMET to UTSC into TIMET common equity.
In connection with the recapitalization, TIMET issued .5 million shares of
common stock pro rata to its existing shareholders.
 
     UTSC made a $.4 million capital contribution to TIMET during 1994.
 
     In December 1993, UTSC exercised its option to convert its $75 million of
subordinated debentures into 25% of TIMET's outstanding voting common stock
("UTSC Conversion"). The debentures provided the majority of the financing for
construction of TIMET's VDP titanium sponge plant and accrued interest at a
weighted average rate of 8.4% through May 1993 when such interest ceased
accruing. In connection with UTSC's conversion of its debentures in 1993,
Tremont made an aggregate $9 million capital contribution of notes and accrued
interest to TIMET.
 
     In connection with the construction and financing of TIMET's VDP plant,
UTSC licensed certain technology to TIMET in exchange for the right, effective
after UTSC Conversion, to acquire up to 20% of TIMET's annual production
capacity of VDP sponge at agreed-upon prices through early 1997 and higher
formula-determined prices thereafter through 2008. TIMET's selling prices to
UTSC are approximately 15% below the cost at which TIMET is currently purchasing
titanium sponge under agreements with third parties. The discount from fair
market value represents TIMET's consideration to UTSC for the licensed
technology. Sales to UTSC in 1993, 1994 and 1995 approximated $1 million, $2
million, and $9 million, respectively.
 
     Loans from Tremont are due January 1, 2000, although the Company's U.S.
credit facility and other agreements prohibit repayments of principal on such
loans except for repayments from a percentage of the proceeds of a public
offering of the Company's equity securities. In connection with the IMI Titanium
Acquisition, the Company issued $20 million of TIMET subordinated debt payable
to IMI in exchange for a like amount of debt previously owed to IMI by the IMI
Titanium Businesses. The subordinated debt to IMI requires quarterly principal
payments of $1.25 million beginning in 1997 through 1999, except that principal
payments in 1997 are subject to the achievement of certain financial tests under
the Company's U.S. credit facility. The subordinated debt to both IMI and
Tremont accrues interest at 10.4% and is payable quarterly. See Note 9.
 
NOTE 14 -- COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
 
  Operating leases
 
     The Company leases certain manufacturing and office facilities and various
equipment. Most of the leases contain purchase and/or various term renewal
options at fair market and fair rental values, respectively. In most cases
management expects that, in the normal course of business, leases will be
renewed or replaced by other leases. Net rent expense was approximately $1.4
million in 1993, $1.3 million in 1994 and $1.4 million in 1995.
 
                                      F-23
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
     At December 31, 1995, future minimum payments under noncancellable
operating leases having an initial or remaining term in excess of one year were
as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    YEARS                                                                       AMOUNT            
    -----                                                                   --------------
                                                                            (IN THOUSANDS)
    <S>                                                                     <C>
    1996..................................................................      $1,330
    1997..................................................................         844
    1998..................................................................         246
    1999..................................................................          11
    2000 and thereafter...................................................           3
                                                                                ------
                                                                                 2,434
    Less sublease income..................................................        (260)
                                                                                ------
                                                                                $2,174
                                                                                ======
</TABLE>
 
  Capital leases
 
     In connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, the Company entered into
long-term leases with IMI principally covering its production facilities within
England and requiring annual lease payments of approximately $1 million over a
period of up to thirty years with aggregate interest payments approximating $20
million. Included in buildings at March 31, 1996, is $9.8 million of assets
under capital leases, discounted at 10%, and related accumulated depreciation of
$.1 million.
 
  Legal proceedings and contingencies
 
     Cadmus/Sutherin.  In May 1995, TIMET received notice of two separate
actions naming TIMET as a defendant, each brought by a former employee alleging
that TIMET intentionally exposed such employee to dangerous levels of certain
chemicals and/or metals during his employment at TIMET's plant in Toronto, Ohio
(Sutherin v. Titanium Metals Corporation, No. 95 CV 00168, Court of Common
Pleas, Jefferson County, Ohio; Cadmus v. Titanium Metals Corporation, No. 94 CV
00469, Court of Common Pleas, Jefferson County, Ohio). The complaints seek
compensatory and punitive damages totaling approximately $2.5 million each. Both
of these cases were subsequently removed to U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Ohio (Sutherin, No. C2-95-551; Cadmus, No. C2-95-586) and are
currently in discovery.
 
     Based upon its preliminary investigation, TIMET believes that plaintiff's
claims in Sutherin are without merit and intends to vigorously defend this
action. Plaintiff's claims in Cadmus are similar to previous claims made by
plaintiff and rejected by the Ohio Industrial Commission (which decision is
currently on appeal in state court in Ohio). TIMET intends to vigorously defend
this action as well. At December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, TIMET had not
accrued any amounts related to either of these matters.
 
     Ray Cook Golf.  In April 1996, TIMET Castings received a letter from a golf
club manufacturer, Ray Cook Golf Company ("Ray Cook"), claiming breach of
contract and trademark infringement. Ray Cook asserts damages in the approximate
amount of $.6 million for lost profits and delivery delays relating to the
production of golf club heads by TIMET Castings. The Company is currently
investigating these claims. At March 31, 1996, the Company had not accrued any
amounts related to this matter.
 
     Tungsten contamination.  In 1993, TIMET discovered an anomaly in certain
alloyed titanium material manufactured by TIMET for shipment to a jet engine
manufacturer, resulting from tungsten carbide contaminated chromium sold to
TIMET by a third-party vendor and used as an alloying addition to this titanium
material. At December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, TIMET had accrued a $1
million liability related to this matter, net of estimated recoveries, which are
not material, from the chromium supplier and/or TIMET's insurance carrier. The
recorded net liability is based on management's judgement of the likely outcome
based on facts and circumstances known at the time. Such amounts are subject to
future
 
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                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
revisions based on changes in known facts and circumstances, settlement
negotiations, and other events.
 
     In addition, in 1995 TIMET learned that a jet engine disk that had been in
service since 1989 was discovered during routine inspection to have a high
density inclusion that was not identified during manufacture and testing by
TIMET or the subsequent forger of the material. The inclusion was completely
intact and showed no signs of cracking or fatigue that would suggest that it
posed a safety problem. Subsequent metallurgical inspection identified the
inclusion as pure tungsten, which TIMET believes would have resulted from
contaminated chromium used in the manufacture of the titanium alloy. TIMET
currently believes that the engine manufacturer will require that engines
containing disks manufactured from titanium having a link to the potentially
contaminated lot of chromium be subjected to a higher level of inspection or to
more frequent inspection to assure that there is no safety issue involved. While
TIMET does not currently anticipate that it will incur any material liability in
connection with this matter, no assurances can be given in this regard. At
December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, TIMET had not accrued any amount with
respect to this matter.
 
  Environmental matters.
 
     BMI Companies.  TIMET and certain other companies, including Kerr-McGee
Chemical Corporation, Chemstar Lime Company and Pioneer Chlor Alkali, Inc.
(successor to Stauffer Chemical Company) operate facilities in a complex (the
"BMI Complex") owned by Basic Management Inc. ("BMI"), adjacent to TIMET's
Henderson, Nevada plant. In 1993, TIMET and each of such companies, along with
certain other companies who previously operated facilities in the BMI Complex
(collectively the "BMI Companies") completed a Phase I environmental assessment
of the BMI Complex and each of the individual company sites pursuant to a
consent agreement with the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection ("NDEP").
In February 1996, the Company and each of the other BMI Companies (other than
Chemstar Lime Company) entered into a consent agreement with NDEP to conduct a
Phase II program of sampling and analysis of the portions of the BMI Complex
owned by BMI in response to the Phase I reports. In addition, within the next
several months, the Company expects to finalize a consent agreement with the
NDEP regarding a Phase II assessment of the Company's property within the BMI
Complex. At December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, TIMET had accrued $1 million
with respect to this matter. Until the sampling and analysis that will be
involved in this Phase II assessment is completed, it is not possible to provide
a reasonable estimate of the additional remediation costs, if any, or TIMET's
likely share of any such costs.
 
     In November 1995, TIMET and other BMI Companies were contacted by a company
proposing to develop a parcel of land adjacent to the BMI Complex, alleging that
the parcel had been contaminated by the BMI Companies through their operations
and threatening legal action to recover its development costs to date of
approximately $2.8 million. Further discussions and investigations are being
pursued by the parties to resolve this matter. At December 31, 1995 and March
31, 1996, TIMET had not accrued any amounts with respect to this matter.
 
     Caldwell Trucking Superfund site.  TIMET recently received notice that it
has been named as a defendant, along with approximately 100 additional
companies, in an action in the United States District Court for the District of
New Jersey in connection with the remediation of a Superfund site located in
Fairfield, New Jersey (Caldwell Trucking PRP Group v. ADT Automotive, Inc., et
al., No. 95-1690 (WGB)). The complaint alleges that TIMET arranged to have
septic and/or industrial waste containing hazardous substances disposed of at
the site from TIMET's former facility in Caldwell, New Jersey. The Company has
been offered the opportunity to participate in "de minimus" settlement
discussions. TIMET has just begun its investigation into this matter and, based
upon the facts available at
 
                                      F-25
<PAGE>   101
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
this time, does not believe it will incur any material liability in connection
with this matter. At December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, TIMET had not accrued
any amount with respect to this matter.
 
     Pomona facility.  The Company is conducting an additional study and
assessment work as required by the California Regional Water Quality Control
Board -- Los Angeles Region related to soil and possible groundwater
contamination at TIMET Castings' Pomona, California facility. The site is near
an area that has been designated as a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
"Superfund" site. At March 31, 1996, the Company had accrued $.6 million related
to this matter.
 
     The Company determines the amount of its accruals for environmental matters
on a quarterly basis by analyzing and estimating the range of possible costs in
light of the available information. It is not possible to estimate the range of
costs for certain sites. The imposition of more stringent standards or
requirements under environmental laws or regulations, the results of future
testing and analysis undertaken by the Company at its operating facilities, or a
determination that the Company is potentially responsible for the release of
hazardous substances at other sites, could result in expenditures in excess of
amounts currently estimated to be required for such matters. No assurance can be
given that actual costs will not exceed accrued amounts or that costs will not
be incurred with respect to sites as to which no problem is currently known or
where no estimate can presently be made. Further, there can be no assurance that
additional environmental matters will not arise in the future.
 
  Other
 
     The Company is involved in various other environmental, contractual,
product liability and other claims and disputes incidental to its business.
 
     The Company currently believes the disposition of all claims and disputes,
individually or in the aggregate, should not have a material adverse effect on
the Company's financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
 
  Concentration of credit and other risks
 
     Substantially all of the Company's operating income and most of its sales
are currently derived from U.S. and U.K.-based operations. The majority of the
Company's sales are to customers in the aerospace industry (including airframe
and engine construction). Such concentration of customers may impact the
Company's overall exposure to credit and other risks, either positively or
negatively, in that customers may be similarly affected by economic or other
conditions. The Company's ten largest customers accounted for slightly less than
35% of net sales in each of the past three years and about 35% of accounts
receivable at December 31, 1994 and 1995. Receivables are generally not
collateralized.
 
     At December 31, 1995, TIMET employed about 1,020 employees (compared to 860
at January 1, 1995) with approximately 1,000 in the U.S. and 20 at sites outside
the U.S. Substantially all of the Company's hourly employees are members of
labor unions affiliated with the United Steelworkers of America. The contract
covering about 310 of these hourly employees in Henderson, Nevada expires in
October 1996. The contracts covering approximately 330 of TIMET's hourly workers
at its Toronto, Ohio plant expire in July 1999. TIMET experienced strikes at
each of these plants during 1993 and 1994. While TIMET currently considers its
employee relations to be satisfactory, it is possible that there could be
further work stoppages that could adversely affect sales and earnings to varying
degrees.
 
                                      F-26
<PAGE>   102
 
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
 
To Tremont Corporation:
 
     We have audited the accompanying combined balance sheets of the IMI
Titanium Business (the "Company") as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the
related combined statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows
for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 1995. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these combined financial statements
based on our audits.
 
     We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
     In our opinion, the combined financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the combined financial position of the IMI
Titanium Business at December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the combined results of
their operations and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period
ended December 31, 1995, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
 

                                           /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
                                               KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Denver, Colorado
February 28, 1996
 
                                      F-27
<PAGE>   103
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
                            COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
                           DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         1994         1995
                                                                       --------     --------
<S>                                                                    <C>          <C>
                               ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents..........................................  $  2,013     $  1,901
  Accounts and notes receivable, less allowance of $175 and $451.....    29,223       33,581
  Receivables from related parties...................................     7,792          319
  Inventories........................................................    70,282       38,162
  Prepaid expenses...................................................     1,852        1,539
                                                                       --------     --------
          Total current assets.......................................   111,162       75,502
                                                                       --------     --------
Property and equipment:
  Land...............................................................       572          598
  Buildings..........................................................     4,089        7,476
  Equipment..........................................................    91,607       87,075
  Construction in progress...........................................     3,937        3,276
                                                                       --------     --------
                                                                        100,205       98,425
  Less accumulated depreciation......................................    56,164       56,295
                                                                       --------     --------
     Net property and equipment......................................    44,041       42,130
                                                                       --------     --------
                                                                       $155,203     $117,632
                                                                       ========     ========
                LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Notes payable......................................................  $     15     $     --
  Payable to related parties.........................................     2,175        1,773
  Accounts payable...................................................    21,860       14,873
  Accrued liabilities................................................     5,583       15,155
                                                                       --------     --------
          Total current liabilities..................................    29,633       31,801
                                                                       --------     --------
Noncurrent liabilities:
  Payable to related parties.........................................   105,965       21,150
  Deferred income taxes..............................................     5,818        4,002
                                                                       --------     --------
          Total noncurrent liabilities...............................   111,783       25,152
                                                                       --------     --------
Stockholders' equity:
  Common stock.......................................................    62,088      122,602
  Accumulated deficit................................................   (62,482)     (95,317)
  Additional paid-in capital.........................................    13,021       32,851
  Currency translation adjustment....................................     1,160          543
                                                                       --------     --------
          Total stockholders' equity.................................    13,787       60,679
                                                                       --------     --------
                                                                       $155,203     $117,632
                                                                       ========     ========
</TABLE>
 
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 10 and 11)
 
            See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
 
                                      F-28
<PAGE>   104
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
                       COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            1993         1994         1995
                                                          --------     --------     --------
<S>                                                       <C>          <C>          <C>
Net sales...............................................  $ 92,846     $110,380     $147,242
                                                          --------     --------     --------
Costs and expenses:
  Cost of sales.........................................    92,327      116,207      151,522
  Provisions for customer contract losses and other
     charges............................................        --           --       16,089
  Selling, general and administrative...................    10,165        9,947       12,296
  Restructuring charge..................................        --           --        5,009
  Interest expense -- related parties...................     4,936        6,140        8,968
                                                          --------     --------     --------
                                                           107,428      132,294      193,884
                                                          --------     --------     --------
     Loss before income taxes...........................   (14,582)     (21,914)     (46,642)
Income tax benefit......................................     3,375        6,942       13,807
                                                          --------     --------     --------
     Net loss...........................................  $(11,207)    $(14,972)    $(32,835)
                                                          ========     ========     ========
</TABLE>
 
            See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
 
                                      F-29
<PAGE>   105
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
                  COMBINED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
              FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              ADDITIONAL                      CURRENCY
                                  COMMON       PAID-IN       ACCUMULATED     TRANSLATION
                                  STOCK        CAPITAL         DEFICIT       ADJUSTMENT      TOTAL
                                 --------     ----------     -----------     ----------     --------
<S>                              <C>          <C>            <C>             <C>            <C>
Balance at
  December 31, 1992............  $ 62,088       $13,021        $(36,303)       $  (21)      $ 38,785
Net loss.......................        --            --         (11,207)           --        (11,207)
Adjustments....................        --            --              --           (11)           (11)
                                 --------       -------        --------        ------       --------
Balance at
  December 31, 1993............    62,088        13,021         (47,510)          (32)        27,567
Net loss.......................        --            --         (14,972)           --        (14,972)
Adjustments....................        --            --              --         1,192          1,192
                                 --------       -------        --------        ------       --------
Balance at
  December 31, 1994............    62,088        13,021         (62,482)        1,160         13,787
Net loss.......................        --            --         (32,835)           --        (32,835)
Conversion of related party
  indebtedness.................    60,514        19,830              --            --         80,344
Adjustments....................        --            --              --          (617)          (617)
                                 --------       -------        --------        ------       --------
Balance at
  December 31, 1995............  $122,602       $32,851        $(95,317)       $  543       $ 60,679
                                 ========       =======        ========        ======       ========
</TABLE>
 
            See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
 
                                      F-30
<PAGE>   106
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
                       COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
              FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            1993         1994         1995
                                                          --------     --------     --------
<S>                                                       <C>          <C>          <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net loss..............................................  $(11,207)    $(14,972)    $(32,835)
  Depreciation and amortization.........................     4,239        4,914        5,741
  Restructuring charge..................................        --           --        5,009
  Deferred income taxes.................................       925          348       (1,982)
  Other, net............................................        62           47          394
Change in assets and liabilities:
  Accounts and notes receivable.........................       678      (10,010)      (4,358)
  Inventories...........................................   (10,573)      (6,044)      32,120
  Prepaid expenses......................................      (580)         562          729
  Accounts payable and accrued liabilities..............     6,689        6,927       (2,424)
  Accounts with related parties.........................    10,070       (6,589)       7,071
  Other, net............................................       (33)         (19)        (270)
                                                          --------     --------     --------
     Net cash provided (used) by operating activities...       270      (24,836)       9,195
                                                          --------     --------     --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Capital expenditures..................................    (6,888)      (5,940)      (4,224)
  Proceeds from sale of investments.....................     2,715           --           --
  Other, net............................................        --           --         (146)
                                                          --------     --------     --------
     Net cash used by investing activities..............    (4,173)      (5,940)      (4,370)
                                                          --------     --------     --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Loans from related parties:
     Borrowings.........................................     2,805       30,738        1,589
     Reductions.........................................        --           --       (6,060)
  Other, net............................................        (3)           5          (15)
                                                          --------     --------     --------
     Net cash provided (used) by financing activities...     2,802       30,743       (4,486)
                                                          --------     --------     --------
Cash and cash equivalents:
  Net increase (decrease) from:
     Operating, investing and financing activities......    (1,101)         (33)         339
     Currency translation...............................       (11)        (203)        (451)
                                                          --------     --------     --------
                                                            (1,112)        (236)        (112)
  Balance at beginning of year..........................     3,361        2,249        2,013
                                                          --------     --------     --------
  Balance at end of year................................  $  2,249     $  2,013     $  1,901
                                                          ========     ========     ========
</TABLE>
 
            See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
 
                                      F-31
<PAGE>   107
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
NOTE 1 -- ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
 
     The IMI Titanium Business (the "Company") includes IMI Titanium Limited,
IMI Titanium (Export) Limited, IMI Titanium GmbH, IMI Titanium SARL and IMI
Titanium Inc. Prior to December 31, 1995, all of the aforementioned companies,
except IMI Titanium, Inc. became subsidiaries of IMI Titanium Limited. The
Company became wholly-owned by Titanium Metals Corporation ("TIMET") on February
15, 1996 when TIMET acquired all the Company's outstanding common stock from IMI
plc and affiliates ("IMI") in exchange for IMI receiving a 38% equity interest
in TIMET, and TIMET issued $20 million of subordinated debt to IMI in exchange
for a like amount of indebtedness previously owed to IMI by the Company (the
"Acquisition").
 
NOTE 2 -- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
 
  Principles of combined financial statements
 
     The accompanying combined financial statements, which were for periods
prior to the Acquisition, include the accounts of the Company on its
pre-Acquisition historical basis of accounting in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States ("U.S."). All material
intercompany accounts and balances have been eliminated.
 
     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Ultimate actual results may, in some instances, differ from
previously estimated amounts.
 
  Translation of foreign currencies
 
     The Company's reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. The Company's
functional currency is the British pound sterling for all entities except IMI
Titanium Inc. whose functional currency is the U.S. dollar. Assets and
liabilities of entities whose functional currency is deemed to be other than the
U.S. dollar are translated at year end rates of exchange and revenues and
expenses are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the year.
Resulting translation adjustments are accumulated in the currency translation
adjustments component of stockholders' equity. Foreign currency transaction
gains and losses are recognized in income currently. Financial instruments used
to manage the effects of currency fluctuations are described in Note 11.
 
  Cash and cash equivalents
 
     Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with original maturities
of three months or less.
 
  Inventories and cost of sales
 
     Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. The first-in,
first-out ("FIFO") and average cost methods are used to determine the cost of
substantially all inventories.
 
  Net sales
 
     Sales are generally recorded when products are shipped to customers.
 
                                      F-32
<PAGE>   108
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
             NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
  Property, equipment and depreciation
 
     Property and equipment are stated at cost. Maintenance, repairs and minor
renewals are expensed; major improvements are capitalized. Depreciation is
computed principally on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives
of 40 years for buildings and 3 to 20 years for machinery and equipment.
 
  Research and development
 
     Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and approximated
$.8 million in each of 1993 and 1994, and $1 million in 1995.
 
  Employee benefit plans
 
     Accounting and funding policies for retirement plans are described in Note
9.
 
  Advertising costs
 
     Advertising costs, which are insignificant, are generally expensed as
incurred.
 
  Income taxes
 
     Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected
future tax consequences of temporary differences between the income tax and
financial reporting carrying amounts of assets and liabilities.
 
     Certain entities of the Company were members of IMI's U.S. or United
Kingdom ("U.K.") tax groups prior to the Acquisition. During such periods,
income taxes were computed on a separate company basis with any current tax
liability or refund paid to or received from IMI, in accordance with
intercompany tax sharing arrangements established by IMI.
 
                                      F-33
<PAGE>   109
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
             NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 3 -- BUSINESS AND GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTS:
 
     The Company's operations are conducted in one business segment, titanium
metals operations. The Company is a producer and distributor of titanium ingot
and mill products for aerospace, industrial and other applications. The
Company's production facilities are located in the U.S. and U.K. although its
products are sold throughout the world.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        1993         1994         1995
                                                      --------     --------     --------
                                                                (IN THOUSANDS)
    <S>                                               <C>          <C>          <C>
    Operations
    Sales...........................................  $ 92,846     $110,380     $147,242
                                                      ========     ========     ========
    Operating loss..................................  $ (9,646)    $(15,774)    $(37,674)
    Interest expense................................     4,936        6,140        8,968
                                                      --------     --------     --------
      Loss before income taxes......................  $(14,582)    $(21,914)    $(46,642)
                                                      ========     ========     ========
    Geographic segments
    Net sales -- point of origin:
      United Kingdom................................  $ 75,124     $ 89,522     $121,349
      United States.................................    17,962       22,538       29,020
      Eliminations..................................      (240)      (1,680)      (3,127)
                                                      --------     --------     --------
                                                      $ 92,846     $110,380     $147,242
                                                      ========     ========     ========
    Net sales -- point of destination:
      United Kingdom................................  $ 43,496     $ 47,504     $ 56,086
      Other Europe..................................    22,036       26,614       31,028
      United States.................................    21,186       26,140       40,083
      Asia..........................................     3,289        6,066       16,279
      Other.........................................     2,839        4,056        3,766
                                                      --------     --------     --------
                                                      $ 92,846     $110,380     $147,242
                                                      ========     ========     ========
    Operating loss:
      United Kingdom................................  $ (6,709)    $(12,455)    $(37,559)
      United States.................................    (2,937)      (3,319)        (115)
                                                      --------     --------     --------
                                                      $ (9,646)    $(15,774)    $(37,674)
                                                      ========     ========     ========
    Identifiable assets:
      United Kingdom................................  $110,131     $134,120     $ 94,511
      United States.................................    20,899       22,202       24,183
      Other Europe..................................       241          313          388
      Eliminations..................................      (126)      (1,432)      (1,450)
                                                      --------     --------     --------
                                                      $131,145     $155,203     $117,632
                                                      ========     ========     ========
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-34
<PAGE>   110
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
             NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 4 -- RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES:
 
  Restructuring Charges
 
     During 1995 the Company completed a comprehensive review of its business
and adopted a plan to restructure its activities (the "Plan"). As a result, the
Company recorded a $5 million pre-tax restructuring charge during 1995 related
to certain cost reduction and containment aspects of the Plan. The following
summarizes the Company's restructuring activities:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           CHARGE TO                  1995
                                                           OPERATING     AMOUNTS     ACCRUAL
                                                            INCOME       UTILIZED    BALANCE
                                                           ---------     -------     -------
                                                                     (IN MILLIONS)
    <S>                                                    <C>           <C>         <C>
    Cash charge:
      Workforce related..................................     $3.3        $(2.3)       $1.0
      Excess space.......................................      1.1           --         1.1
                                                              ----        -----        ----
                                                               4.4         (2.3)        2.1
    Noncash charge -- Idled assets.......................       .6          (.6)         --
                                                              ----        -----        ----
    Total................................................     $5.0        $(2.9)       $2.1
                                                              ====        =====        ====
</TABLE>
 
     The Company's restructuring charge was principally related to expected
reductions of its workforce from approximately 1,300 employees to 1,100
employees, the write-down of equipment associated with exited product lines and
the consolidation of certain production facilities. During 1995, the Company's
workforce was reduced by approximately 180 people in connection with its
restructuring activities. However, recent improvement in market demand for
titanium metal products has resulted in the Company adding employees in selected
areas. During 1995, cash costs of $2.3 million were charged against the
restructuring accrual. Restructuring related liabilities are considered utilized
when facilities and equipment are idled, as payments to terminated employees are
made, and other criteria are met. The Company continues to monitor its
restructuring activities and related accruals in light of changing business
conditions.
 
  Other Charges
 
     As part of the Plan, the Company also assessed its inventories and expected
profitability of long term customer sales agreements. As a result, the Company
provided an $8 million charge for excess and slow moving inventories and
recorded an additional $8 million charge for losses on certain customer sales
agreements where the Company's future production costs were expected to exceed
its committed selling prices.
 
NOTE 5 -- INVENTORIES:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        DECEMBER 31,
                                                                     -------------------
                                                                      1994        1995
                                                                     -------     -------
                                                                       (IN THOUSANDS)
    <S>                                                              <C>         <C>
    Raw materials..................................................  $ 9,209     $ 4,839
    Work in process................................................   36,892      18,774
    Finished goods.................................................   24,181      14,549
                                                                     -------     -------
                                                                     $70,282     $38,162
                                                                     =======     =======
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-35
<PAGE>   111
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
             NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 6 -- ACCRUED LIABILITIES:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        DECEMBER 31,
                                                                     -------------------
                                                                      1994        1995
                                                                     -------     -------
                                                                       (IN THOUSANDS)
    <S>                                                              <C>         <C>
    Employee benefits..............................................  $ 2,433     $ 2,420
    Taxes, other than income.......................................    1,584       3,365
    Restructuring costs............................................       --       2,156
    Customer contract losses.......................................       --       4,179
    Environmental costs............................................       --         550
    Other..........................................................    1,566       2,485
                                                                     -------     -------
                                                                     $ 5,583     $15,155
                                                                     =======     =======
</TABLE>
 
NOTE 7 -- STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
 
     Common stock reflects the Company's pre-Acquisition ownership and is
comprised of the following at December 31, 1995.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                AMOUNT
                                                                            --------------
                                                                            (IN THOUSANDS)
    <S>                                                                     <C>
    IMI Titanium Ltd., L1 par value; 78.3 million shares authorized,
      issued and outstanding..............................................     $119,713
    IMI Titanium Inc., $1.00 par value; 5.0 million Class A and .1 million
      Class B shares authorized; 2.8 million Class A and .1 million Class
      B shares issued and outstanding.....................................        2,889
                                                                               --------
                                                                               $122,602
                                                                               ========
</TABLE>
 
NOTE 8 -- INCOME TAXES:
 
     Summarized below are the components of the income tax benefit (expense)
attributable to pretax loss. The Company's income tax benefit in each year was
principally related to its U.K. operations, except for 1993 when $1.5 million of
the tax benefit was related to the U.S. The income tax benefit for 1993 differed
from the amount that would be expected using the U.K. statutory rate of 33%
primarily because of a $1.5 million group limitation reduction in the benefit
realized. The income tax benefit in 1994 and 1995 approximated the U.K.
statutory rate of 33%.
 
                                      F-36
<PAGE>   112
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
             NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                      ----------------------------------
                                                        1993         1994         1995
                                                      --------     --------     --------
                                                                (IN THOUSANDS)
    <S>                                               <C>          <C>          <C>
    Income tax benefit (expense):
      Current.......................................  $  4,300     $  7,290     $ 11,825
      Deferred......................................      (925)        (348)       1,982
                                                      --------     --------     --------
                                                      $  3,375     $  6,942     $ 13,807
                                                      ========     ========     ========
    Pretax loss:
      United Kingdom................................  $(11,051)    $(17,600)    $(45,142)
      United States.................................    (3,531)      (4,314)      (1,500)
                                                      --------     --------     --------
                                                      $(14,582)    $(21,914)    $(46,642)
                                                      ========     ========     ========
</TABLE>
 
     The components of deferred taxes are summarized below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     DECEMBER 31,
                                                   -------------------------------------------------
                                                            1994                       1995
                                                   ----------------------     ----------------------
                                                   ASSETS     LIABILITIES     ASSETS     LIABILITIES
                                                   ------     -----------     ------     -----------
                                                                     (IN MILLIONS)
    <S>                                            <C>        <C>             <C>        <C>
    Temporary differences relating to net assets:
      Property and equipment.....................  $  --         $(6.9)       $  --         $(6.7)
      Accrued liabilities and other deductible
         differences.............................     .2            --          2.1            --
    Tax loss and credit carryforwards............    1.8            --          1.8            --
    Valuation allowance..........................    (.9)           --         (1.2)           --
                                                   -----         -----        -----         -----
    Gross deferred tax assets (liabilities)......    1.1          (6.9)         2.7          (6.7)
    Netting......................................   (1.1)          1.1         (2.7)          2.7
                                                   -----         -----        -----         -----
    Net noncurrent deferred tax liability........  $  --         $(5.8)       $  --         $(4.0)
                                                   =====         =====        =====         =====
</TABLE>
 
     The valuation allowance increased in the aggregate by $.6 million in 1993,
nil in 1994 and $.3 million in 1995. At December 31, 1995, the Company had a
U.S. federal tax operating loss carryforward of approximately $5 million
expiring between 2001 and 2005.
 
NOTE 9 -- EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS:
 
  Variable compensation plans
 
     Substantially all of the Company's U.K. employees participate in programs
which provide for variable compensation based on productivity. The cost of these
plans approximated $1.9 million in 1993 and $.6 million in each of 1994 and
1995.
 
     Substantially all of the Company's U.K. employees also participated in an
IMI profit sharing plan. The Company's expense related to the plan approximated
$.4 million in each of the past three years.
 
     The Company's U.K. management employees participate in programs which
provide for variable compensation based on profitability. The cost of these
programs was insignificant during each of the past three years.
 
                                      F-37
<PAGE>   113
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
             NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
  Defined contribution plans
 
     Substantially all the Company's U.S. employees were eligible to participate
in a defined contribution plan sponsored by IMI prior to the Acquisition. The
Company's contributions to the plan were insignificant in each of the past three
years.
 
  Defined benefit pension plan
 
     Substantially all of the Company's U.K. employees participated in IMI's
defined benefit pension plan prior to the Acquisition. The Company annually
contributed its actuarially determined share to IMI's pension plan which
approximated $3 million in each of the past three years. The Company has
accounted for its participation in the plan by recording as an expense its
annual contribution to the plan. In connection with the Acquisition, the Company
agreed to establish a separate pension plan for its U.K. employees pursuant to
which IMI will transfer plan assets with estimated fair values approximating the
projected benefit obligation ("PBO") at the Acquisition date. The Company's
unaudited preliminary estimate of the PBO at such date was $50 million and the
Company expects that its annual net periodic pension expense subsequent to the
Acquisition will not be materially different than its annual contribution to
IMI's plan in 1995.
 
NOTE 10 -- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
 
     IMI charged the Company $5.7 million, $5.4 million and $5.1 million in
1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively, for rent, insurance and management services.
Such charges were in addition to employee benefit amounts described above and
were principally pass-through in nature. In the Company's opinion, such charges
are not materially different from those that would have occurred on a stand
alone basis. Interest expense charged from IMI increased the Company's related
party indebtedness to IMI and is considered paid when incurred. Interest expense
charged from IMI approximated $4.9 million, $6.1 million and $9.0 million in
1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively. Cash paid to IMI for income taxes
approximated $.5 million in 1993 and cash received from IMI for income taxes
approximated $1.4 million in 1994 and $19.1 million in 1995.
 
     During 1995, certain land and buildings related to the Company's
Waunarlwydd, Wales production facilities, which had been leased, were purchased
from IMI at their net carrying amount of approximately $1.6 million. The Company
also sold certain equipment to IMI during 1995 at its net carrying amount of
approximately $1 million. In 1993, the Company sold certain investments to IMI
for their net carrying amount of $2.7 million.
 
     At December 31, 1995, directors of the Company held options to purchase
95,095 shares of IMI plc stock and directly held 12,323 shares of IMI plc stock.
 
     Receivables from related parties principally relate to income taxes.
Payables to related parties classified as current liabilities principally
include pass-through charges from IMI as described above. Payables to related
parties classified as noncurrent liabilities include loans from IMI ($106.0
million at December 31, 1994 and $21.2 million at December 31, 1995). In
contemplation of the Acquisition, IMI made a capital contribution to the Company
of loans aggregating $80.3 million during 1995. The loans accrued interest at
IMI's bank lending rate plus .5% -- 1% and the weighted average interest rate on
such loans was 6.5% and 7.7% at December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995,
respectively. The Company believes the fair value of such loans at December 31,
1995 was not materially different from the carrying amount.
 
                                      F-38
<PAGE>   114
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
             NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
     The Company had U.K. overdraft borrowing facilities which were part of its
composite arrangements with IMI. Accordingly, the Company, in concert with IMI,
entered into arrangements whereby each has offered a limited guarantee in
respect of the others overdraft borrowings from time to time. The Company's
maximum liability is limited to the aggregate of its current U.K. cash balance
which was nil as of December 31, 1995.
 
     See Notes 1, 9 and 11 regarding other related party transactions.
 
NOTE 11 -- COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
 
  Leases
 
     The Company leases, from related and unrelated parties, certain
manufacturing and office facilities and various equipment. Most of the leases
contain purchase and/or various term renewal options at fair market and fair
rental values, respectively. In most cases management expects that, in the
normal course of business, leases will be renewed or replaced by other leases.
Net rent expense approximated $1.9 million, $1.8 million and $1.6 million in
1993, 1994, and 1995, respectively.
 
     At December 31, 1995, future minimum payments under operating leases having
an initial or remaining term in excess of one year were as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            AMOUNT
                                                                        --------------
                                                                        (IN THOUSANDS)
        <S>                                                             <C>
        1996........................................................        $1,215
        1997........................................................         1,075
        1998........................................................         1,046
        1999........................................................         1,046
        2000........................................................         1,046
                                                                            ------
                                                                            $5,428
                                                                            ======
</TABLE>
 
     In connection with the Acquisition, the Company entered into long-term
leases with IMI principally covering its production facilities in Witton,
England and requiring annual lease payments of approximately $1 million over a
period of up to thirty years. These leases replaced previous operating leases on
these facilities with similar annual lease payments that had remaining terms
through the year 2000.
 
  Commitments
 
     In the ordinary course of business, the Company's U.K. based entity (IMI
Titanium Ltd.) enters into foreign currency exchange agreements through IMI
principally to attempt to manage its exposure to the effects of currency
fluctuations related to changes in the value of monetary assets and liabilities,
and raw material purchase and product sales commitments denominated in
currencies other than the British pound sterling, its functional currency. The
Company's principal foreign exchange agreements are for the forward sale of U.S.
dollars and forward purchase of Japanese yen. At December 31, 1995, the Company
had approximately $40 million of foreign exchange agreements outstanding which
mature in 1996. Gains and losses on hedges of monetary assets and liabilities
are recognized in income as offsets of gains and losses on the underlying
transactions. Gains and losses which hedge firm commitments are deferred until
the underlying transactions are recognized. The Company's U.K. entity is exposed
to credit related losses if the counterparty fails to perform their obligations.
The fair value on outstanding foreign exchange agreements approximated $.7
million as of December 31, 1995.
 
                                      F-39
<PAGE>   115
 
                             IMI TITANIUM BUSINESS
 
             NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
 
  Environmental matters
 
     The Company is conducting additional study and assessment work as required
by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board -- Los Angeles Region
(the "Board") related to soil and possible groundwater contamination at its
Pomona, California facility. The site is located near an area that has been
designated as a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "superfund" site. At
December 31, 1995, the Company had accrued $.6 million related to this matter.
 
     The Company determines the amount of its accruals for environmental matters
by analyzing and estimating the range of possible costs in light of the
available information. The imposition of more stringent standards or
requirements under environmental laws or regulations, the results of future
testing and analysis undertaken by the Company at its operating facilities, or a
determination that the Company is potentially responsible for the release of
hazardous substances at other sites, could result in expenditures in excess of
amounts currently estimated to be required for such matters. No assurance can be
given that actual costs will not exceed accrued amounts or that costs will not
be incurred with respect to sites as to which no problem is currently known.
Further, there can be no assurance that additional environmental matters will
not arise in the future.
 
     The Company currently believes the disposition of all claims and disputes,
individually or in the aggregate, should not have a material adverse affect on
the Company's financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
 
  Concentration of credit risk and other
 
     Substantially all of the Company's operating income or loss and most of its
sales are currently derived from its U.K.-based operations. The majority of the
Company's sales are to customers in the aerospace industry (including airframe
and engine construction). Such concentration of customers may impact the
Company's overall exposure to credit and other risks, either positively or
negatively, in that customers may be similarly affected by economic or other
conditions. The Company's ten largest customers accounted for slightly less than
40% of net sales in each of the past three years and about 40% and 35% of
accounts receivable at December 31, 1994 and 1995, respectively. Receivable are
generally not collateralized.
 
     At December 31, 1995, the Company employed about 1,230 employees (compared
to 1,260 at December 31, 1994) with approximately 790 in Europe and 440 in the
U.S. Substantially all of the Company's European salaried and hourly employees
are members of one of three European labor unions with all associated labor
contracts expiring on December 31, 1996. While the Company currently considers
its employee relations to be satisfactory, it is possible that there could be
future work stoppages that could adversely affect sales and earnings to varying
degrees.
 
                                      F-40
<PAGE>   116
 
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Management Committee
and Partners of Titanium Hearth Technologies
 
     In our opinion, the accompanying balance sheets and the related statements
of income, of changes in partners' capital and of cash flows present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Titanium Hearth Technologies
(the "Partnership") at December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1995, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnership's
management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed
above.
 
/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
    PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
 
Philadelphia, PA
January 26, 1996
 
                                      F-41
<PAGE>   117
 
                          TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES
                               (A JOINT VENTURE)
 
                                 BALANCE SHEETS
                           DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          1994        1995
                                                                         -------     -------
<S>                                                                      <C>         <C>
                                           ASSETS
Cash...................................................................  $    83     $    84
Accounts receivable....................................................    4,056       5,301
Accounts receivable, partner...........................................    1,915       2,627
Inventories............................................................    5,770       9,457
Prepaid expenses.......................................................       31         523
                                                                         -------     -------
          Total current assets.........................................   11,855      17,992
Machinery and equipment, net...........................................   18,465      20,259
Other assets...........................................................       20           4
                                                                         -------     -------
          Total assets.................................................  $30,340     $38,255
                                                                         =======     =======
                             LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
Accounts payable and accrued expenses..................................  $ 1,135     $ 2,482
Accounts payable, partner..............................................      920       2,208
Distributions payable..................................................    3,312       1,696
                                                                         -------     -------
          Total current liabilities....................................    5,367       6,386
Long-term debt.........................................................    6,300       9,000
                                                                         -------     -------
          Total liabilities............................................   11,667      15,386
                                                                         -------     -------
Commitments and contingencies
Contributed capital....................................................   19,000      19,000
Accumulated earnings (deficit).........................................     (327)      3,869
                                                                         -------     -------
          Net partners' capital........................................   18,673      22,869
                                                                         -------     -------
          Total liabilities and partners' capital......................  $30,340     $38,255
                                                                         =======     =======
</TABLE>
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
                                      F-42
<PAGE>   118
 
                          TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES
                               (A JOINT VENTURE)
 
                              STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               1993        1994        1995
                                                              -------     -------     -------
<S>                                                           <C>         <C>         <C>
Product sales...............................................  $13,421     $10,333     $27,551
Service revenues............................................    5,250       7,994       9,516
Sales to related parties....................................    8,155       7,939      10,024
                                                              -------     -------     -------
Net sales...................................................   26,826      26,266      47,091
Cost of sales...............................................   19,375      17,900      33,200
                                                              -------     -------     -------
Gross profit................................................    7,451       8,366      13,891
Selling, general and administrative expenses................    4,159       4,508       5,373
                                                              -------     -------     -------
Income from operations......................................    3,292       3,858       8,518
Interest expense............................................     (260)       (400)       (630)
Interest income.............................................        8           6           4
                                                              -------     -------     -------
Net income..................................................  $ 3,040     $ 3,464     $ 7,892
                                                              =======     =======     =======
</TABLE>
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
                                      F-43
<PAGE>   119
 
                          TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES
                               (A JOINT VENTURE)
 
                   STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' CAPITAL
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          ACCUMULATED
                                                          CONTRIBUTED      EARNINGS
                                                            CAPITAL        (DEFICIT)       TOTAL
                                                          -----------     -----------     -------
<S>                                                       <C>             <C>             <C>
Balance at December 31, 1992..............................   $19,000        $   806       $19,806
Net income................................................        --          3,040         3,040
Distributions paid and payable............................        --         (2,244)       (2,244)
                                                             -------        -------       -------
Balance at December 31, 1993..............................    19,000          1,602        20,602
Net income................................................        --          3,464         3,464
Distributions paid and payable............................        --         (5,393)       (5,393)
                                                             -------        -------       -------
Balance at December 31, 1994..............................    19,000           (327)       18,673
Net income................................................        --          7,892         7,892
Distributions paid and payable............................        --         (3,696)       (3,696)
                                                             -------        -------       -------
Balance at December 31, 1995..............................   $19,000        $ 3,869       $22,869
                                                             =======        =======       =======
</TABLE>
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
                                      F-44
<PAGE>   120
 
                          TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES
                               (A JOINT VENTURE)
 
                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               1993        1994        1995
                                                              -------     -------     -------
<S>                                                           <C>         <C>         <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income................................................  $ 3,040     $ 3,464     $ 7,892
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
     by operating activities:
     Depreciation...........................................      829         909       1,148
     Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
       Accounts receivable..................................   (1,368)        200      (1,245)
       Accounts receivable, partner.........................     (905)        154        (712)
       Inventories..........................................   (1,395)       (580)     (3,687)
       Prepaid expenses.....................................       (8)        (16)       (492)
       Other assets.........................................       13          20          16
       Accounts payable and accrued expenses................      382          17       1,347
       Accounts payable, partner............................    2,431      (1,819)      1,288
                                                              -------     -------     -------
          Net cash provided by operating activities.........    3,019       2,349       5,555
                                                              -------     -------     -------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Purchases of machinery and equipment......................     (361)       (899)     (2,942)
                                                              -------     -------     -------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Net borrowings under line of credit.......................     (700)      1,000       2,700
  Distributions paid........................................   (1,944)     (2,381)     (5,312)
                                                              -------     -------     -------
          Net cash used in financing activities.............   (2,644)     (1,381)     (2,612)
                                                              -------     -------     -------
Net change in cash..........................................       14          69           1
Cash at beginning of year...................................       --          14          83
                                                              -------     -------     -------
Cash at end of year.........................................  $    14     $    83     $    84
                                                              =======     =======     =======
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
  Cash paid during the year for interest....................  $   250     $   375     $   590
</TABLE>
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
                                      F-45
<PAGE>   121
 
                          TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES
                               (A JOINT VENTURE)
 
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
1. ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION
 
     Organization and Description of the Business. Titanium Hearth Technologies
(the "Partnership") was formed pursuant to a Joint Venture Agreement (the
"Agreement") between Axel Johnson Metals, Inc. ("AJM") and Titanium Metals
Corporation ("TIMET") on August 31, 1992. (See Notes 8 and 9.)
 
     The Partnership was formed pursuant to the Pennsylvania Uniform Partnership
Act.
 
     The Partnership produces titanium slabs, ingots and alloy electrodes at
plants in Morgantown, Pennsylvania and Verdi, Nevada. The primary application
for titanium has historically been the aerospace industry where it is used in
both air frames and engines. Other major markets for titanium include power
generation, chemical processing, pulp and paper, desalinization, medical
implants and recreational equipment. The primary customers for the Partnership's
products are titanium mill product producers in the United States and abroad.
These producers manufacture semi-finished products such as plates, sheets,
strip, bar, billets and tubing. Secondary customers for the Partnership's
products include a number of smaller fabrication shops and service centers.
 
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
     Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
 
     Reclassifications. The Partnership has reclassified certain balances for
comparative purposes.
 
     Revenue Recognition. Sales are recognized at time of shipment of titanium
and titanium alloy products. Sales are also recognized at time of shipment for
service revenues derived from the melting of customer supplied materials.
 
     Cash and Cash Equivalents. For the purposes of the statement of cash flows,
the Partnership considers all highly liquid short term investments with an
original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
 
     Inventories. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, with
cost determined on the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. Elements of cost in
inventories include raw materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead.
 
     Machinery and Equipment. The initial contribution of machinery and
equipment by the partners was recorded at fair market value as determined by an
independent appraisal. (See Note 8.) Subsequent additions to machinery and
equipment are carried at cost. Maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are
charged to expense as incurred. When assets are sold or otherwise disposed of,
the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts, and
any resulting gain or loss is included in the results of operations.
Depreciation of machinery and equipment is computed on the straight-line method
over the estimated useful lives of the assets which range from 5 to 25 years.
 
     Concentrations of Credit Risk. Accounts receivable credit risk is dispersed
across approximately 25 United States customers and several European and
Japanese customers. Over 68%, 76% and 83% of current accounts receivable credit
risk is concentrated between three customers.
 
                                      F-46
<PAGE>   122
 
                          TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES
                               (A JOINT VENTURE)
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
                        DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
3. NET SALES
 
     Significant Customers. Included in net sales for the years ended December
31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 are sales to 3, 2 and 3 customers (A, B and C, A and B
and A, B and D, respectively), which amounted to approximately 25%, 29% and 17%,
28% and 30%, and 24%, 21%, and 13% of annual sales, respectively.
 
     Export Sales. Net sales based on point of destination by geographic area
are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                        --------------------------------
                                                          1993        1994        1995
                                                        --------    --------    --------
        <S>                                             <C>         <C>         <C>
        United States.................................   $24,347     $21,935     $34,668
        International.................................     2,479       4,331      12,423
                                                         -------     -------     -------
                                                         $26,826     $26,266     $47,091
                                                         =======     =======     =======
</TABLE>
 
4. INVENTORIES
 
     Inventories comprise:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     DECEMBER 31,
                                                                  ------------------
                                                                   1994        1995
                                                                  ------      ------
        <S>                                                       <C>         <C>
        Finished goods........................................... $1,602      $2,482
        Work-in-process..........................................  2,805       5,383
        Raw materials............................................  1,363       1,592
                                                                  ------      ------
                                                                  $5,770      $9,457
                                                                  ======      ======
</TABLE>
 
5. MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
 
     A summary of machinery and equipment and related accumulated depreciation
is as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    DECEMBER 31,
                                                                 -------------------
                                                                  1994        1995
                                                                 -------     -------
        <S>                                                      <C>         <C>
        Machinery and equipment................................. $20,463     $23,405
          Less: Accumulated depreciation........................  (1,998)     (3,146)
                                                                 -------     -------
                                                                 $18,465     $20,259
                                                                 =======     =======
</TABLE>
 
     Depreciation expense was $829, $909 and $1,148 for the years ended December
31, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
 
6. DEBT
 
     The Partnership has a credit agreement with a bank which provides for
borrowings up to $12,000. The outstanding balance at December 31, 1994 and 1995
was $6,300 and $9,000, respectively. The term of the credit agreement expires on
December 29, 1997, as revised. Borrowings under the agreement bear interest, at
the Partnership's option, at the higher of LIBOR plus 1.25% or the Federal funds
rate plus .50% or the prime rate (7.13% at December 31, 1995 and a weighted
average of 7.23% for the year ended December 31, 1995). During January 1996, the
interest rate was revised to the higher of LIBOR plus .85% or the Federal funds
rate plus .50% or the prime rate. Additionally, the Partnership
 
                                      F-47
<PAGE>   123
 
                          TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES
                               (A JOINT VENTURE)
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
                        DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
shall pay a quarterly fee of .125% per annum on the unborrowed portion of the
commitment and shall pay a facility fee on a quarterly basis of .25% per annum
on the aggregate commitment.
 
     The credit line is nonrecourse to either partner but is secured by
substantially all Partnership assets, including accounts receivable, inventory
and certain machinery and equipment.
 
     The credit line agreement contains certain restrictions that require the
Partnership, among other things, to maintain (a) a quick ratio, as defined, of
not less than 2 to 1, (b) a tangible net worth, excluding distributions payable,
of at least $24,180 and (c) a minimum ratio of inventory and accounts receivable
to the loan of 1 to 1 and places limitations on (a) the incurrence of additional
indebtedness, (b) the payment of annual distributions to partners, (c) the
transfer of assets, and (d) the incurrence of capital expenditures. In addition,
for years beginning on January 1, 1994, the Partnership is required to maintain
income from operations before interest expense for each year of at least $3,000.
 
7. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
     Financial instruments that are subject to fair value disclosure
requirements are carried in the financial statements at amounts that approximate
fair value. Based on the terms of the line of credit as discussed in Note 6, the
carrying value of the borrowing under the line of credit approximates its fair
value.
 
8. PARTNERS' CONTRIBUTIONS AND PREFERRED DISTRIBUTIONS
 
     Immediately prior to the formation of the Partnership, AJM sold to TIMET,
for cash and a note, an undivided 50% interest in certain machinery and
equipment with a fair value of approximately $19 million. This machinery and
equipment was contributed to the Partnership at formation.
 
     In accordance with the Agreement, AJM is entitled to a preferred
distribution in an amount equal to the excess gross profit of the Partnership
from other than TIMET sales over a base amount. The total preferred distribution
payable to AJM is limited to the present value of $4,000 as of the date of the
Agreement using the prime rate as the discount rate and has been fully accrued
as of December 31, 1995.
 
9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
     Under the Agreement, certain services are provided either to the
Partnership by the partners or to the partners by the Partnership at negotiated
amounts. Activity under these service agreements for the years ended December
31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 was as follows:
 
     Conversion Services Agreement. Pursuant to the formation of the
Partnership, TIMET and the Partnership entered into an agreement whereby the
Partnership is to provide cold hearth melting services to TIMET through August
31, 1997 with automatic 1 year renewals unless either party gives one year's
prior written notice to terminate. The pricing for such services are specified
in the agreement, subject to a defined maximum price, and are a function of the
Adjusted Annual Aggregate Melt Volume, as defined, and the relative strength of
the titanium market, as determined in accordance with the agreement. TIMET also
committed to purchase certain minimum volume requirements throughout the term of
the agreement. Titanium conversion services by the Partnership for TIMET
totalled $7,428, $7,800 and $10,024 for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994
and 1995, respectively.
 
     Administrative Services Agreement. Pursuant to the formation of the
Partnership, AJM entered into an agreement to provide to the Partnership
administrative, technical and managerial services, as defined, through August
31, 1997, with automatic 1 year renewals unless either party gives notice of
termination
 
                                      F-48
<PAGE>   124
 
                          TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES
                               (A JOINT VENTURE)
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
                        DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
in accordance with the provisions of the agreement. The fee for such services is
based on 90% of a Base Rate, as defined (subject to escalation at a rate of 5%
per annum commencing January 1, 1993), plus all out of pocket expenses incurred
by AJM attributable to performing such services. The fees are subject to
reduction, as defined, in the event the Base Rate exceeds 90% of actual costs
incurred by AJM. AJM charged the Partnership $3,605, $3,873 and $4,144 for
services and out of pocket expenses under this agreement for the years ended
December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
 
     Raw Materials Supply and Processing Agreement. Pursuant to the formation of
the Partnership, the Partnership, AJM and TIMET entered into an agreement
effective through August 31, 1997 whereby AJM agreed to (a) sell to the
Partnership, subject to availability in the market, at the fair market value,
scrap that the Partnership orders from AJM and (b) subject to available
capacity, to provide scrap processing services to the Partnership with respect
to scrap owned by the Partnership and TIMET, at rates set forth in the
agreement. Such rates are dependent on the relative strength of the titanium
market, as defined in the agreement. This agreement is subject to automatic 1
year renewals unless AJM gives the Partnership and TIMET one year's prior notice
of termination. Amounts charged to the Partnership by AJM under this agreement
totalled $6,496, $2,067 and $2,824 for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994
and 1995, respectively.
 
     Reciprocal Conversion Services Agreement. Pursuant to the formation of the
Partnership, the Partnership and AJM entered into an agreement whereby, to the
extent of available capacity, each party would perform cold hearth melting
services through August 31, 1997 with automatic 1 year renewals unless either
party terminates with one year's prior notice. As amended, this agreement
provides that fees for services rendered under the agreement will be charged at
an amount equal to the lesser of either (a) three times the providing party's
Direct Cost, as defined, or (b) in the event AJM is the providing party, AJM's
Direct Cost to provide such services plus one-half of the Partnership's average
gross profit per pound for all of the Partnership's products for the month in
which such services are provided multiplied by the number of pounds produced
with such services, subject to certain adjustments and conditions per the
agreement. The Partnership was charged $2,693, $3,069 and $3,835 by AJM under
this agreement for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995,
respectively.
 
     Other. Accounts receivable, partner includes $1,915 and $2,627 due from
TIMET at December 31, 1994 and 1995, respectively, related to services performed
under the above agreements and product sales to TIMET. Accounts payable, partner
includes $920 and $2,208 due to AJM at December 31, 1994 and 1995, respectively,
related to services rendered under the above agreements and inventory purchases
from AJM.
 
     The Partnership has also paid to TIMET $100 per year under a technical
services agreement which expires on December 31, 1996.
 
     In connection with the formation of the Partnership, AJM contributed a
joint ownership interest in certain patents which are used by the Partnership.
 
     See Note 12 regarding facilities leased by the Partnership from AJM.
 
10. INCOME TAXES
 
     As a Partnership, Titanium Hearth Technologies is not liable for the
payment of taxes on income. Net income is allocated to the respective partners
on an annual basis, and it is the partners' responsibility to pay income taxes,
if any, thereon according to their respective tax positions.
 
                                      F-49
<PAGE>   125
 
                          TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES
                               (A JOINT VENTURE)
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
                        DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
11. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
 
     Post Retirement Benefits. Employees of the Partnership, meeting the service
requirements, are members of the Axel Johnson Inc. (parent company of AJM)
postretirement benefit program which provides health care benefits and life
insurance benefits to employees. This is treated by the Partnership as a
multiemployer plan under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106,
"Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions." The
postretirement benefit cost to the Partnership was approximately $1, $2 and $2
for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
 
     Pension Plan. Employees of the Partnership, meeting the service
requirements, are members of the Axel Johnson Inc. defined benefit pension plan.
This is treated by the Partnership as a multiemployer plan under Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 87, "Employers' Accounting for Pensions." The
pension cost to the Partnership was $11, $16 and $21 for the years ended
December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
 
     401(k) Thrift Plan. Employees of the Partnership, meeting the service
requirements, are members of the Axel Johnson Inc. defined contribution 401(k)
thrift plan. The Partnership, on a nondiscretionary basis, will match
participating employees' contributions based on 60% of the first 6% contributed
to the plan by employees. The Partnership's matching contribution was $16, $23
and $41 for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
 
12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 
     Operating Leases. Since its formation, the Partnership has leased building
space used in its Morgantown production facilities from AJM. This lease, which
has been recorded as an operating lease, provides for rental payments of $50 per
year and will remain in effect until August 31, 2021. The terms of this lease
are considered to be favorable to the Partnership as a result of the related
party nature of the participants to this lease. The Partnership also leases
facilities for its Verdi, Nevada operations under an agreement which provides
for rental payments of approximately $65 per year through April, 1998.
 
     Contingencies. The Partnership is not involved in any claims and disputes
which the Partnership's management believes will have a material adverse effect
on the Company's financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
 
                                      F-50
<PAGE>   126
 
NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER MADE BY THIS PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR
MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN
AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY, ANY SELLING STOCKHOLDER OR ANY OF THE UNDERWRITERS.
NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE
AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATES AS OF WHICH INFORMATION IS GIVEN IN THIS
PROSPECTUS. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION BY
ANYONE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED
OR IN WHICH THE PERSON MAKING SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO
SO OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH SOLICITATION.
 
                            ------------------------
 
                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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<S>                                    <C>
Additional Information...............    3
Prospectus Summary...................    4
Risk Factors.........................   10
Use of Proceeds......................   15
Dilution.............................   16
Dividend Policy......................   16
Capitalization.......................   17
Selected Financial Data..............   18
Management's Discussion and Analysis
  of Financial Condition and Results
  of Operations......................   20
Business.............................   30
The Company..........................   41
Management...........................   42
Principal and Selling Stockholders...   52
Certain Relationships and Related
  Transactions.......................   55
Description of Capital Stock.........   60
Shares Eligible for Future Sale......   61
Underwriting.........................   62
Legal Matters........................   64
Experts -- Independent Public
  Accountants........................   64
Index to Consolidated Financial
  Statements.........................  F-1
</TABLE>
 
UNTIL             , 1996 (25 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS), ALL
DEALERS EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE SHARES OFFERED HEREBY, WHETHER OR NOT
PARTICIPATING IN THIS DISTRIBUTION, MAY BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE OBLIGATION OF DEALERS TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS WHEN
ACTING AS UNDERWRITERS AND WITH RESPECT TO THEIR UNSOLD ALLOTMENTS OR
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
14,500,000 SHARES
 
TITANIUM METALS
CORPORATION
 
COMMON STOCK
($.01 PAR VALUE)
LOGO
 
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
 
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
   INCORPORATED
 
SMITH BARNEY INC.
 
PROSPECTUS
 
DATED             , 1996
<PAGE>   127
 
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*                                                                         *
*  Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A  *
*  registration statement relating to these securities has been filed     *
*  with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not  *
*  be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the        *
*  registration statement becomes effective. This prospectus shall not    *
*  constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy     *
*  nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any State in which  *
*  such offer, solicitation or sale would  be unlawful prior to           *
*  registration or qualification under the securities  laws of any such   *
*  State.                                                                 *
*                                                                         *
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                             SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
 
   
                                  MAY 22, 1996
    
 
PROSPECTUS                                                   [TIMET LOGO]
14,500,000 SHARES
TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
($.01 PAR VALUE)
 
   
Of the 14,500,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common
Stock"), of Titanium Metals Corporation (the "Company"), being offered hereby
(the "Shares"), 6,200,000 Shares are being issued and sold by the Company and
8,300,000 Shares are being offered and sold by certain stockholders of the
Company named herein. The net proceeds to the Company from the Offerings (as
defined herein) will be used to prepay certain indebtedness, including
approximately $42.5 million of indebtedness to Tremont Corporation ("Tremont"),
which may be deemed to control the Company, and IMI plc, which holds
approximately 38% of the outstanding Common Stock and has two representatives on
the Company's Board of Directors. See "Use of Proceeds." The Company will not
receive any of the proceeds from the sale of Common Stock by the Selling
Stockholders. See "Principal and Selling Stockholders."
    
 
Of the 14,500,000 Shares being offered hereby, 2,175,000 Shares are being
offered outside the United States and Canada (the "International Offering") and
12,325,000 Shares are being offered in a concurrent offering in the United
States and Canada (the "U.S. Offering" and, together with the International
Offering, the "Offerings"), subject to transfers between the International
Underwriters and the U.S. Underwriters. The Price to Public and Underwriting
Discount per share will be identical for the International Offering and the U.S.
Offering. See "Underwriting." The closing of the International Offering and U.S.
Offering are conditioned upon each other.
 
   
Prior to the Offerings, there has been no public market for the Common Stock. It
is anticipated that the initial public offering price will be between $20.00 and
$23.00 per share. See "Underwriting" for a discussion of various factors
considered in determining the initial public offering price. At the request of
the Company, the U.S. Underwriters have reserved 100,000 shares of Common Stock
for sale at the initial public offering price to employees of the Company and to
certain other individuals having relationships with the Company or such
employees.
    
 
   
The Common Stock has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq National Market
under the symbol "TIMT".
    
 
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 10 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF THE SHARES BEING OFFERED
HEREBY.
 
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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                                                                                      PROCEEDS TO
                                   PRICE TO         UNDERWRITING     PROCEEDS TO      SELLING
                                   PUBLIC           DISCOUNT         COMPANY(1)       STOCKHOLDERS(1)(2)
<S>                                <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
Per Share........................  $                $                $                $
Total(2).........................  $                $                $                $
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
 
(1) Before deducting offering expenses payable by the Company and the Selling
    Stockholders, estimated to be approximately $1.3 million for the Company and
    $10,000 for the Selling Stockholders. The Company will bear all expenses of
    the Offerings other than the Underwriting Discount and a portion of the
    incremental registration fees attributable to the Shares being offered by
    the Selling Stockholders, which will be borne by the Selling Stockholders.
 
   
(2) Tremont has granted to the International Underwriters and the U.S.
    Underwriters 30-day options to purchase up to 326,250 and 1,848,750
    additional shares of Common Stock, respectively, at the Price to Public,
    less the Underwriting Discount, solely to cover overallotments, if any. If
    the International Underwriters and the U.S. Underwriters exercise their
    options in full, the total Price to Public, Underwriting Discount and
    Proceeds to Selling Stockholders will be $        , $        and $        ,
    respectively. See "Underwriting."
    
 
The Shares are offered subject to receipt and acceptance by the Underwriters, to
prior sale and to the Underwriters' right to reject any order in whole or in
part and to withdraw, cancel or modify the offer without notice. It is expected
that delivery of the Shares will be made at the office of Salomon Brothers Inc,
Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York, or through the facilities of The
Depository Trust Company, on or about           , 1996.
 
SALOMON BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
 
                                MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
                                    INTERNATIONAL
 
                                                               SMITH BARNEY INC.
 
The date of this Prospectus is                , 1996.
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              CERTAIN U.S. TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR NON-U.S. HOLDERS
 
GENERAL
 
     The following is a general discussion of certain U.S. federal income and
estate tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of Common Stock by a
Non-U.S. Holder. For this purpose, the term "Non-U.S. Holder" is defined as any
person who is, for United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign
corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a foreign partnership or a foreign
estate or trust. This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal
income and estate taxes and does not deal with foreign, state and local
consequences that may be relevant to such Non-U.S. Holders in light of their
personal circumstances. Furthermore, this discussion is based on provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, existing and proposed regulations
promulgated thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof,
as of the date hereof, all of which are subject to change. EACH PROSPECTIVE
PURCHASER OF COMMON STOCK IS ADVISED TO CONSULT A TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO
CURRENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF ACQUIRING, HOLDING AND DISPOSING
OF COMMON STOCK AS WELL AS ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THE LAWS OF
ANY U.S. STATE, MUNICIPALITY OR OTHER TAXING JURISDICTION.
 
     An individual may, subject to certain exceptions, be deemed to be a
resident alien (as opposed to a non-resident alien) by virtue of being present
in the U.S. on at least 31 days in the calendar year and for an aggregate of at
least 183 days during a three-year period ending in the current calendar year
(counting for such purposes all of the days present in the current year,
one-third of the days present in the immediately preceding year, and one-sixth
of the days present in the second preceding year). Resident aliens are subject
to U.S. federal tax as if they were U.S. citizens.
 
DIVIDENDS
 
     The Company does not currently intend to pay dividends on shares of Common
Stock. See "Dividend Policy." In the event that dividends are paid on shares of
Common Stock, dividends paid to a Non-U.S. Holder of Common Stock will be
subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a 30% rate or such lower
rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, unless the
dividends are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business of
the Non-U.S. Holder within the U.S. Dividends that are effectively connected
with the conduct of a trade or business within the U.S. are subject to U.S.
federal income tax on a net income basis at applicable graduated individual or
corporate rates. Any such effectively connected dividends received by a foreign
corporation may, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional
"branch profits tax" at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an
applicable income tax treaty.
 
     Under current U.S. Treasury regulations, dividends paid to an address
outside the U.S. are presumed to be paid to a resident of such country for
purposes of the withholding discussed above, and, under the current
interpretation of U.S. Treasury regulations, for purposes of determining the
applicability of a tax treaty rate. Under proposed U.S. Treasury regulations not
currently in effect, however, a Non-U.S. Holder of Common Stock who wishes to
claim the benefit of an applicable treaty rate would be required to satisfy
applicable certification and other requirements. Certain certification and
disclosure requirements must be complied with in order to be exempt from
withholding under the effectively connected income exemption.
 
     A Non-U.S. Holder of Common Stock eligible for a reduced rate of U.S.
withholding tax pursuant to an income tax treaty may obtain a refund of any
excess amounts withheld by filing an appropriate claim for refund with the
Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS").
 
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GAIN ON DISPOSITION OF COMMON STOCK
 
     In general, a Non-U.S. Holder will not be subject to the U.S. federal
withholding tax in respect of amounts realized on a disposition of Common Stock,
as long as the Common Stock is and continues to be regularly traded on an
established securities market. In addition, except as described below, regular
U.S. federal income tax will not apply to gain realized on the disposition of
Common Stock, provided that:
 
          (i) the gain is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade
     or business of the Non-U.S. Holder in the U.S. (or, if any of certain tax
     treaties applies, is not attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment of
     the Non-U.S. Holder within the meaning of the applicable treaty),
 
          (ii) in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder who is an individual, if such
     individual holds the Common Stock as a capital asset, either he (a) is not
     present in the U.S. for 183 or more days in the taxable year of the
     disposition (as calculated under certain provisions of the Internal Revenue
     Code of 1986, as amended) or (b) if so present in the U.S., such
     individual's "tax home" for U.S. federal income tax purposes is not in the
     U.S. and the gain is not attributable to an office or other fixed place of
     business maintained in the U.S. by such individual, and
 
          (iii) if the Company is or has been a "United States Real Property
     Holding Corporation" at any time during the shorter of the holder's holding
     period or the five-year period ending on the date of disposition, (a) the
     Common Stock is or was during the calendar year of disposition regularly
     traded on a domestic established securities market, and (b) the Non-U.S.
     Holder has not held, directly or indirectly, at any time during the shorter
     of the holder's holding period and the five-year period ending on the date
     of disposition, more than 5% of the Common Stock.
 
The Company currently expects that the Common Stock will be quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market, which the Company believes will satisfy the requirement that
the Common Stock be regularly traded on a domestic established securities market
after the Offerings. A Non-U.S. Holder who acquires more than 5% of the Common
Stock should consult with his/her tax advisor regarding the possible status of
the Company as a United States Real Property Holding Corporation.
 
FEDERAL ESTATE TAX
 
     Common Stock held by an individual Non-U.S. Holder at the time of death
will be included in such holder's gross estate for U.S. federal estate tax
purposes, unless an applicable estate tax treaty provides otherwise.
 
INFORMATION REPORTING AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING TAX
 
     Under Treasury regulations, the Company must report annually to the IRS and
to each Non-U.S. Holder the amount of dividends paid to such holder and the tax
withheld with respect to such dividends. These information reporting
requirements apply even if withholding was not required because the dividends
were effectively connected with a trade or business in the U.S. of the Non-U.S.
Holder or withholding was reduced or eliminated by an applicable income tax
treaty. Copies of the information returns reporting such dividends and
withholding may also be made available to the tax authorities in the country in
which the Non-U.S. Holder resides under the provisions of an applicable income
tax treaty.
 
     Backup withholding (which generally is a withholding tax imposed at the
rate of 31% on certain payments to persons that fail to furnish certain
information under the U.S. information reporting requirements) will generally
not apply to dividends paid to Non-U.S. Holders outside the U.S. that are either
subject to the 30% withholding discussed above or that are not so subject
because a tax treaty applies that reduces or eliminates such 30% withholding. In
that regard, under temporary U.S. Treasury regulations, backup withholding will
not apply to dividends paid on Common Stock to a Non-U.S. Holder at an address
outside the U.S. unless the payer has knowledge that the payee is a U.S. person.
Backup withholding and information reporting generally will apply to dividends
paid to addresses inside the U.S.
 
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on shares of Common Stock to beneficial owners that are not "exempt recipients"
and that fail to provide in the manner required certain identifying information.
 
     In general, backup withholding and information reporting will not apply to
a payment of the proceeds of a sale of Common Stock by or through a foreign
office of a broker. If, however, such broker is, for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, a U.S. person, a controlled foreign corporation, or a foreign person
that derives 50% or more of its gross income for certain periods from the
conduct of a trade or business in the U.S., such payments will not be subject to
backup withholding but will be subject to information reporting, unless (i) such
broker has documentary evidence in its records that the beneficial owner is a
Non-U.S. Holder and certain other conditions are met, or (ii) the beneficial
owner otherwise establishes an exemption. Temporary Treasury regulations provide
that the Treasury is considering whether backup withholding will apply with
respect to such payments that are not currently subject to backup withholding
under the current regulations. Under proposed Treasury regulations not currently
in effect, backup withholding will not apply to such payments absent actual
knowledge that the payee is a U.S. person.
 
     Payment by a U.S. office of a broker of the proceeds of a sale of Common
Stock is subject to both backup withholding and information reporting unless the
beneficial owner certifies under penalties of perjury that it is a Non-U.S.
Holder, or otherwise establishes an exemption. Any amounts withheld under the
backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against such
holder's U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is
furnished to the IRS.
 
                                  UNDERWRITING
 
     Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement
(the "International Underwriting Agreement") by and among the Company, the
Selling Stockholders and each of the underwriters named below (the
"International Underwriters"), the Company and the Selling Stockholders have
agreed to sell to each of the International Underwriters, and each of the
International Underwriters, for whom Salomon Brothers International Limited,
Morgan Stanley & Co. International and Smith Barney Inc. are acting as
representatives (the "International Representatives"), has severally agreed to
purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholders the number of shares of
Common Stock set forth opposite its name in the table below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            NUMBER
        INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS                                         OF SHARES
        --------------------------                                         ---------
        <S>                                                               <C>
        Salomon Brothers International Limited..........................
        Morgan Stanley & Co. International..............................
        Smith Barney Inc................................................
 
                                                                           ---------
                  Total.................................................
                                                                           =========
</TABLE>
 
     In addition, the Company and the Selling Stockholders have entered into an
underwriting agreement (the "U.S. Underwriting Agreement") with the U.S.
Underwriters named therein, for whom Salomon Brothers Inc, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated and Smith Barney Inc. are acting as representatives (the "U.S.
Representatives"), providing for the concurrent offer and sale of shares of
Common Stock in the U.S. and Canada. The closing with respect to the sale of the
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the International Underwriting Agreement is a
condition to the closing with respect to the sale of the shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement, and the closing with respect to the
sale of
 
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shares of Common Stock pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement is a
condition to the closing with respect to the sale of the shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the International Underwriting Agreement. The initial public
offering price and underwriting discounts per share for the International
Offering and the U.S. Offering will be identical.
 
     The International Underwriting Agreement provides that the obligations of
the International Underwriters to purchase the shares of Common Stock listed
above are subject to certain conditions set forth therein. The International
Underwriters are committed to purchase all of the shares of Common Stock offered
by this Prospectus (other than those covered by the overallotment options
described below), if any such shares are purchased. In the event of default by
any International Underwriter, the International Underwriting Agreement provides
that, in certain circumstances, the purchase commitments of the non-defaulting
International Underwriters may be increased or the International Underwriting
Agreement may be terminated.
 
     The International Representatives have advised the Company and the Selling
Stockholders that the International Underwriters propose initially to offer the
shares of Common Stock offered hereby to the public at the initial public
offering price set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus, and to certain
dealers at such price less a discount not in excess of $          per share of
Common Stock. The International Underwriters may allow, and such dealers may
reallow, a discount not in excess of $     per share of Common Stock on sales to
certain other dealers. After the Offerings, the public offering price and such
discounts may be changed.
 
     Each International Underwriter has severally agreed that, as part of the
distribution of shares of Common Stock, (i) it is not purchasing any shares of
Common Stock for the account of any U.S. or Canadian Person and (ii) it has not
offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any shares
of Common Stock or distribute this Prospectus to any person within the U.S. or
Canada or to any U.S. or Canadian Person. Each U.S. Underwriter has agreed that,
as part of the distribution of the shares of Common Stock, (i) it is not
purchasing any shares of Common Stock for the account of any one other than a
U.S. or Canadian Person and (ii) it has not offered or sold, and will not offer
or sell, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or distribute the
U.S. Prospectus to any person outside of the U.S. or Canada or to anyone other
than a U.S. or Canadian Person. The foregoing limitations do not apply to
stabilization transactions or to certain other transactions specified in the
agreement between U.S. and International Underwriters described below. As used
herein, "U.S. or Canadian Person" means any individual who is resident in the
U.S. or Canada, or any corporation, partnership, or other entity organized under
or governed by the laws of the U.S. or any political subdivision thereof (other
than a foreign branch of any U.S. or Canadian Person), any estate or trust the
income of which is subject to U.S. or Canadian federal income taxation,
regardless of the source of its income (other than a foreign branch of any U.S.
or Canadian Person), and includes any United States branch of a non-U.S. Person.
 
     The International Underwriters and the U.S. Underwriters have entered into
an agreement that provides for the coordination of their activities. Pursuant to
such agreement, sales may be made between the International Underwriters and the
U.S. Underwriters of such number of shares of Common Stock as may be mutually
agreed upon. The per share price of any shares so sold shall be the public
offering price set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus, less an amount
not greater than the per share amount of the discount to dealers set forth
above. To the extent there are sales between the International Underwriters and
the U.S. Underwriters, the number of shares of Common Stock initially available
for sale by the International Underwriters or by the U.S. Underwriters may be
more or less than the amount appearing on the cover page of this Prospectus.
 
     One of the Selling Stockholders has granted the International Underwriters
and the U.S. Underwriters options to purchase an aggregate of up to an
additional 326,250 shares and 1,848,750 shares, respectively, of Common Stock at
the initial public offering price less the aggregate underwriting discount,
solely to cover overallotments. To the extent such options are exercised, each
of the
 
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International Underwriters and the U.S. Underwriters will become obligated,
subject to certain conditions, to purchase approximately the same percentage of
such additional shares of Common Stock as the percentage it was obligated to
purchase pursuant to the International Underwriting Agreement or the U.S.
Underwriting Agreement, as applicable.
 
     Each International Underwriter has severally represented and agreed that
(i) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell any shares of Common
Stock in the United Kingdom by means of any document other than to persons whose
ordinary business it is to buy and sell shares or debentures (whether as
principal or agent) or in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the
public within the meaning of the Companies Act 1985; (ii) it has complied and
will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services Act 1986
with respect to anything done by it in relation to the shares of Common Stock
in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and (iii) it has only issued
or passed on and will only issue or pass on in the United Kingdom any document
received by it in connection with the issue of the shares of Common Stock to any
person who is of a kind described in Article 9(3) of the Financial Services Act
1986 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1988 or is a person to whom
the document may otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on.
 
     The shares of Common Stock may not be offered or sold directly or
indirectly in Hong Kong by means of this document or any other offering material
or document other than to persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell
shares or debentures, whether as principal or as agent. Unless permitted to do
so by the securities laws of Hong Kong, no person may issue or cause to be
issued in Hong Kong this document or any amendment or supplement thereto or any
other information, advertisement or document relating to the shares of Common
Stock other than with respect to shares of Common Stock intended to be disposed
of to persons outside Hong Kong or to persons whose business involves the
acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as principal or as
agent.
 
     The shares of Common Stock have not been registered under the Securities
and Exchange Law of Japan and are not being offered and may not be offered or
sold directly or indirectly in Japan or to residents of Japan, except pursuant
to applicable Japanese laws and regulations.
 
     No action has been taken or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the
Company or the International Underwriters that would permit a public offering of
the shares offered pursuant to the Offerings in any jurisdiction where action
for that purpose is required, other than the U.S. Persons into whose possession
this Prospectus comes are required by the Company and the International
Underwriters to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions as to
the offering of the Shares offered pursuant to the Offerings and the
distribution of this Prospectus.
 
     Purchasers of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby may be required to
pay stamp taxes and other charges in accordance with the laws and practices of
the country of purchase in addition to the offering price set forth on the cover
page hereof.
 
   
     At the request of the Company, the U.S. Underwriters have reserved for
sale, at the initial public offering price, 100,000 shares of Common Stock for
employees of the Company and certain other individuals having relationships with
the Company or such employees who have expressed an interest in purchasing such
shares of Common Stock in the Offerings. The number of Shares available for sale
to the general public in the U.S. Offering will be reduced to the extent such
persons purchase such reserved Shares. Any reserved Shares not so purchased will
be offered by the U.S. Underwriters to the general public on the same basis as
the other Shares offered hereby.
    
 
     The International and U.S. Underwriting Agreements provide that the Company
and the Selling Stockholders will indemnify the several International
Underwriters and U.S. Underwriters against certain liabilities under the
Securities Act, or contribute to payments the International Underwriters and the
U.S. Underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.
 
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<PAGE>   133
 
   
                  [ALTERNATE PAGE -- INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTUS]
    
 
     The Company, Tremont, IMI, UTSC and certain senior executive officers of
the Company have agreed that, without the prior written consent of Salomon
Brothers International Limited, they will not, directly or indirectly, offer to
sell, contract to sell, sell or otherwise dispose of, or announce the offering
of, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of Common Stock (except the shares sold to the
Underwriters pursuant to the overallotment options) for a period of 180 days
after the date of the Underwriting Agreement. Certain of the other executive
officers of the Company have entered into similar agreements covering 32,500
shares during a period of 90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement.
See "Shares Eligible for Future Sale." Salomon Brothers Inc currently does not
intend to release any securities subject to such lock-up agreements, but may, in
its sole discretion and at any time without notice, release all or any portion
of the securities subject to such lock-up agreements.
 
     The International Underwriters and the U.S. Underwriters have informed the
Company that they do not intend to confirm sales of Common Stock for any
customer's account over which they exercise discretionary authority without the
prior written approval of such customer.
 
     Prior to the Offerings, there has been no established public trading market
for the Common Stock. The initial public offering price of the Common Stock
offered hereby was determined through negotiations among the Company, the
International Representatives and the U.S. Representatives. Among the factors
considered in determining the initial public offering price, in addition to
prevailing market conditions, were certain financial information of the Company,
the history of, and the prospects for, the Company and the industry in which it
competes, an assessment of the Company's management, its past and present
operations, the prospects for, and timing of, future revenues of the Company,
the present state of the Company's development and the above factors in relation
to market values and various valuation measures of other companies engaged in
activities similar to the Company. The initial public offering price set forth
on the cover page of the Prospectus should not, however, be considered an
indication of the actual value of the Common Stock. Such price is subject to
change as a result of market conditions and other factors. There can be no
assurance that an active trading market will develop for the Common Stock or
that the Common Stock will trade in the public market subsequent to the
Offerings at or above the initial offering price. See "Risk Factors -- Absence
of Established Public Trading Market and Possible Volatility of Stock Price."
 
                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
     Certain legal matters regarding the issuance of the Common Stock being
registered under laws other than federal or state securities laws will be passed
upon by Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, a partnership including
professional corporations, Denver, Colorado. Certain legal matters in connection
with the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the Underwriters by
Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, New York.
 
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<PAGE>   134
 
   
                  [ALTERNATE PAGE -- INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTUS]
    
 
                                    EXPERTS
                         INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
   
     The consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its subsidiaries as of
January 1, 1995 and December 31, 1995 and the consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of three fiscal years
in the period ended December 31, 1995 and the pro forma condensed consolidated
statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 1995, included in this
Prospectus, have been included herein in reliance on the reports of Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants, given on the authority of that firm as
experts in accounting and auditing. With respect to the unaudited consolidated
interim financial information as of March 31, 1996, and for the three-month
periods ended April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996, and the unaudited pro forma
condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three-month period ended
March 31, 1996, included in this Prospectus, the independent accountants have
reported that they have applied limited procedures in accordance with
professional standards for a review of such information. However, their separate
report on the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements as of March
31, 1996 and for the three-month periods ended April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996,
and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for
the three-month period ended March 31, 1996, included herein states that they
did not audit and they do not express an opinion on that unaudited consolidated
interim financial information or the interim period pro forma adjustments.
Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their reports on such information should
be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied.
The accountants are not subject to liability provisions of Section 11 of the
Securities Act for their reports on the unaudited consolidated interim financial
information because those reports are not "reports" or a "part" of the
Registration Statement prepared or certified by the accountants within the
meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act.
    
 
     The combined financial statements of the IMI Titanium Business as of
December 31, 1994 and 1995, and for each of the years in the three year period
ended December 31, 1995 have been included herein in reliance upon the report of
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants, appearing
elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting
and auditing.
 
     The financial statements of Titanium Hearth Technologies as of December 31,
1995 and 1994 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1995 included in this Prospectus have been so included in reliance on the report
of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
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<PAGE>   135
 
   
                  [ALTERNATE PAGE -- INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTUS]
    
 
NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER MADE BY THIS PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR
MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN
AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY, ANY SELLING STOCKHOLDER OR ANY OF THE UNDERWRITERS.
NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE
AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATES AS OF WHICH INFORMATION IS GIVEN IN THIS
PROSPECTUS. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION BY
ANYONE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED
OR IN WHICH THE PERSON MAKING SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO
SO OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH SOLICITATION.
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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Additional Information................    3
Prospectus Summary....................    4
Risk Factors..........................   10
Use of Proceeds.......................   15
Dilution..............................   16
Dividend Policy.......................   16
Capitalization........................   17
Selected Financial Data...............   18
Management's Discussion and Analysis
  of Financial Condition and Results
  of Operations.......................   20
Business..............................   30
The Company...........................   41
Management............................   42
Principal and Selling Stockholders....   52
Certain Relationships and Related
  Transactions........................   55
Description of Capital Stock..........   60
Shares Eligible for Future Sale.......   61
Certain U.S. Tax Considerations for
  Non-U.S. Holders....................   62
Underwriting..........................   64
Legal Matters.........................   67
Experts -- Independent Public
  Accountants.........................   68
Index to Consolidated Financial
  Statements..........................  F-1
</TABLE>
 
UNTIL             , 1996 (25 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS), ALL
DEALERS EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE SHARES OFFERED HEREBY, WHETHER OR NOT
PARTICIPATING IN THIS DISTRIBUTION, MAY BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE OBLIGATION OF DEALERS TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS WHEN
ACTING AS UNDERWRITERS AND WITH RESPECT TO THEIR UNSOLD ALLOTMENTS OR
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
14,500,000 SHARES
 
TITANIUM METALS
CORPORATION
 
COMMON STOCK
($.01 PAR VALUE)
LOGO
 
SALOMON BROTHERS
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
 
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
   INTERNATIONAL
 
SMITH BARNEY INC.
 
PROSPECTUS
 
DATED             , 1996
<PAGE>   136
 
                                    PART II
 
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 13.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
 
     Expenses of the Registrant in connection with the issuance and distribution
of the securities being registered, other than underwriting discounts, are
estimated to be as follows:
 
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    <S>                                                                    <C>
    Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee..................  $     120,353
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Filing Fee..........         30,500
    Nasdaq National Market Entry Fee.....................................         50,000
    Blue Sky Fees and Expenses...........................................         15,000
    Printing and Engraving...............................................        300,000
    Legal Fees and Expenses..............................................        550,000
    Accounting Fees and Expenses.........................................        200,000
    Fees of Transfer Agent and Registrar.................................          8,000
    Miscellaneous Expenses...............................................         50,000
                                                                           -------------
              Total......................................................  $   1,323,853
                                                                           =============
</TABLE>
 
ITEM 14.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
 
     Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
permits a Delaware corporation to limit the personal liability of its directors
in accordance with the provisions set forth therein. The Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant provides that the personal
liability of its directors shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law.
 
     Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
contains provisions permitting corporations organized thereunder to indemnify
directors, officers, employees or agents against expenses, judgments and fines
reasonably incurred and against certain other liabilities in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such
person was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation. The
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the
Registrant provide for indemnification of its directors and officers to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
 
     The form of Underwriting Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1, which
provides for, among other things, the Registrant's sale to the Underwriters of
the securities being registered herein, will obligate the Underwriters to
indemnify the Registrant and Registrant's officers and directors against certain
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933. In addition, the Registrant
maintains an officers and directors liability insurance policy.
 
ITEM 15.  RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
 
     On March 29, 1996 and effective as of February 15, 1996, the Company
completed the issuance of Management Shares to certain executive officers as
compensation for services. J. Landis Martin, Andrew R. Dixey, Joseph S.
Compofelice, Paul J. Bania, Thomas A. Buck, John P. Monahan, Robert E. Musgraves
and Mark A. Wallace were issued 490, 245, 195, 100, 100, 100, 100 and 100 shares
of Common Stock, respectively (31,850, 15,925, 12,675, 6,500, 6,500, 6,500,
6,500 and 6,500 shares, respectively, giving effect to the Stock Split). The
Registrant believes such transactions, to the extent they constituted sales of
securities, were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933 pursuant to Rule 701 thereunder and Section 4(2) thereof.
 
     On February 15, 1996, in connection with the IMI Titanium Acquisition, the
Company issued 36,774 shares of Common Stock (2,390,310 shares giving effect to
the Stock Split) to IMI Americas Inc. and 110,323 shares (7,170,995 shares
giving effect to the Stock Split) to IMI Kynoch Ltd., in each case in
consideration of the transfer of such entities' titanium business to the Company
as part of the IMI Titanium Acquisition. The Registrant believes such
transactions were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof.
 
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     In June 1995, the Company completed a recapitalization under which, among
other things, (i) Tremont exchanged $8 million of intercompany subordinated debt
for 7,885 shares of Common Stock (512,525 shares giving effect to the Stock
Split) and (ii) UTSC exchanged $3 million of deferred interest owed by the
Company to UTSC for 2,627 shares of Common Stock (170,755 shares giving effect
to the Stock Split). The Registrant believes such transactions were exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Sections
3(a)(9) and 4(2) thereof.
 
     On December 31, 1993, UTSC exercised its option to convert its $75 million
of subordinated debentures issued by the Company. In connection with such
exercise the Company issued UTSC a total 57,373 shares of Common Stock
(3,729,245 shares giving effect to the Stock Split). The Registrant believes
such transactions were exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Sections 3(a)(9) and 4(2) thereof.
 
ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
 
     (a) Exhibits:
 
     The following exhibits are filed pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
 
   
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EXHIBIT
  NO.                                           DESCRIPTION
- -------     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<C>         <S>
  1.1       Form of Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and the U.S. Underwriters.*
  1.2       Form of International Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and the
            International Underwriters.*
  3.1       Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (to be
            effective upon closing of the Offerings).**
  3.2       Bylaws of the Registrant (to be effective upon closing of the Offerings).**
  4.1       Specimen Certificate of Common Stock.**
  5.1       Opinion of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott regarding legality of the
            securities being registered.**
  9.1       Shareholders' Agreement, dated February 15, 1996, among the Registrant, Tremont
            Corporation, IMI plc, IMI Kynoch Ltd., and IMI Americas, Inc., incorporated by
            reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Tremont Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K (No.
            1-10126) filed with the Commission on March 1, 1996.
  9.2       Amendment to the Shareholders' Agreement dated March 29, 1996 among the Registrant,
            Tremont Corporation, IMI plc, IMI Kynoch Ltd., and IMI Americas Inc., incorporated
            by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K
            (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1995.
  9.3       Investors' Agreement between Union Titanium Sponge Corporation, Toho Titanium Co.,
            Ltd., Nippon Mining Co., Ltd., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.,
            Tremont Corporation and the Registrant, dated May 30, 1990, incorporated by
            reference to Exhibit 10.33 of Baroid Corporation's registration statement on Form
            10 (No. 1-10624) filed with the Commission on August 31, 1990.
  9.4       Amendment No. 3 to Investors' Agreement between Union Titanium Sponge Corporation,
            Toho Titanium Co., Ltd., Nippon Mining Co., Ltd., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui & Co.,
            (U.S.A.), Inc., Tremont Corporation and the Registrant, dated May 30, 1990,
            incorporated by reference to Exhibit 9.1 to Tremont Corporation's Quarterly Report
            on Form 10-Q (No. 1-10126) for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.
 10.1       Acquisition Agreement, dated February 15, 1996, by and between the Registrant, IMI
            Kynoch Ltd., and IMI Americas Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to
            Tremont Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K (No. 1-10126) filed with the
            Commission on March 1, 1996.
 10.2       Amended and Restated Subordinated Promissory Note, dated as of January 1, 1996
            between the Registrant and Tremont Corporation.**
 10.3       $20,000,000 Subordinated Promissory Note issued by the Registrant to IMI Kynoch
            Ltd. dated January 1, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to Tremont
            Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December
            31, 1995.
 10.4       Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement between Tremont Corporation and
            Congress Financial Corporation dated February 15, 1996, incorporated by reference
            to Exhibit 10.24 to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126)
            for the year ended December 31, 1995.
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<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
  NO.                                           DESCRIPTION
- -------     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<C>         <S>
 10.5       Subordination Agreement between Tremont Corporation and the Registrant dated
            February 15, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Tremont
            Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December
            31, 1995.
 10.6       Subordination Agreement between IMI Kynoch Ltd. and the Registrant dated February
            15, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Tremont Corporation's
            Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1995.
 10.7       Subordination Agreement between Tremont Corporation and IMI Kynoch Ltd. dated
            February 15, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Tremont
            Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December
            31, 1995.
 10.8       Subordination Agreement between IMI Kynoch Ltd. and Congress Financial Corporation
            dated February 15, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Tremont
            Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December
            31, 1995.
 10.9       $80,000,000 Amended and Restated Loan Agreement between the Registrant and Congress
            Financial Corporation (Central) dated March 24, 1995, incorporated by reference to
            Exhibit 10.4 of Tremont Corporation's Amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (No. 1-
            10126) for the year ended December 31, 1994.
 10.10      Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement between Congress
            Financial Corporation and the Registrant dated September 29, 1995, incorporated by
            reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No.
            1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1995.
 10.11      Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement between Congress
            Financial Corporation and the Registrant dated February 15, 1996, incorporated by
            reference to Exhibit 10.17 to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No.
            1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1995.
 10.12      Sponge Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 1990 between the Registrant and Union
            Titanium Sponge Corporation and Amendments No. 1 and 2, incorporated by reference
            to Exhibit 10.25 of Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126)
            for the year ended December 31, 1991.
 10.13      Amendment No. 3 to the Sponge Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 1990 between the
            Registrant and Union Titanium Sponge Corporation, incorporated by reference to
            Exhibit 10.33 of Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for
            the year ended December 31, 1993.
 10.14      General Partnership Agreement of Titanium Hearth Technologies between Axel Johnson
            Metals, Inc. and TIMET Hearth Melting Corporation dated August 31, 1992,
            incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 of Tremont Corporation's Annual Report
            on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1992.
 10.15      Lease Agreement dated January 1, 1996 between Holford Estates Ltd. and IMI Titanium
            Ltd. related to the building known as Titanium Number 2 Plant at Witton, England,
            incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report
            on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1995.
 10.16      Purchase and Transfer Agreement dated April 27, 1990 between the Registrant and
            Timpex AG, West KB -- Westdeutsche Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, and Michael
            Huttenrauch.**
 10.17      Intercorporate Services Agreement between the Registrant and Tremont Corporation,
            dated March 28, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to Tremont
            Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December
            31, 1995.
 10.18      Tax Sharing Agreement between Tremont Corporation and the Registrant dated March
            13, 1990, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Tremont Corporation's
            Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1991.
 10.19+     1996 Long Term Performance Incentive Plan of the Registrant (to be effective upon
            closing of the Offerings).**
 10.20+     1996 Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan (to be effective upon closing of the
            Offerings).**
 10.21+     Employment Agreement between Andrew R. Dixey and the Registrant, dated February 13,
            1996.**
 10.22+     Form of Agreement relating to a grant of Management Shares between the Registrant
            and certain executive officers, effective as of February 15, 1996.**
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<PAGE>   139
 
   
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<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
  NO.                                           DESCRIPTION
- -------     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<C>         <S>
 10.23      Amendment No. 4 to the Sponge Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 1990 between the
            Registrant and Union Titanium Sponge Corporation, incorporated by reference to
            Exhibit 10.1 to Tremont Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (No. 1-10126)
            for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.
 10.24      Agreement, dated June 28, 1995 among the Registrant, Tremont Corporation and Union
            Titanium Sponge Corporation.**
 10.25      L10 million short term credit facility of TIMET UK, Ltd with Lloyd's Bank,
            incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Tremont Corporation's Quarterly Report
            on Form 10-Q (No. 1-10126) for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.
 11.1       Computation of Loss Per Share.*
 21.1       Subsidiaries of the Registrant.**
 23.1       Consent of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott -- included in Exhibit 5.1.**
 23.2       Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.*
 23.3       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.*
 23.4       Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.*
 23.5       Awareness Letter of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.*
 24.1       Limited Powers of Attorney.**
 27.1       Financial Data Schedule.**
</TABLE>
    
 
- ---------------
 +  Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement
 *  Filed herewith
 ** Previously filed
 
   
     (b) Financial Statement Schedules.
    
 
     The following financial statement schedules for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 1995 are filed with this Registration Statement.
 
     Report of Independent Accountants in Financial Statement Schedule
 
     Schedule II -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts.
 
ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS.
 
     1. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the
underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements,
certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by
the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
 
     2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:
          (a) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
     of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part
     of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in
     a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or
     (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be a part of this
     Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
          (b) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
     of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
     shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
     securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
     time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
     3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
   
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver,
State of Colorado, as of May 22, 1996.
    
 
                                          TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION
 
                                          By: /s/  ROBERT E. MUSGRAVES
 
                                          Its: Vice President -- Administration
                                               and General Counsel
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and as of the dates indicated.
 
   
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                   SIGNATURE                                 TITLE                    DATE
- -----------------------------------------------   ----------------------------    -------------
<S>                                               <C>                             <C>
*                                                 Chairman of the Board and        May 22, 1996
- -----------------------------------------------   Chief Executive Officer
J. Landis Martin
*                                                 President, Chief Operating       May 22, 1996
- -----------------------------------------------   Officer and Director
Andrew R. Dixey
*                                                 Director                         May 22, 1996
- -----------------------------------------------
Gary J. Allen
*                                                 Director                         May 22, 1996
- -----------------------------------------------
Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr.
*                                                 Director                         May 22, 1996
- -----------------------------------------------
R. B. Pointon
*                                                 Director                         May 22, 1996
- -----------------------------------------------
Thomas P. Stafford
*                                                 Director                         May 22, 1996
- -----------------------------------------------
Yukiji Tadokoro
*                                                 Vice President and Chief         May 22, 1996
- -----------------------------------------------   Financial Officer (Principal
Joseph S. Compofelice                             Financial Officer)
*                                                 Vice President -- Finance        May 22, 1996
- -----------------------------------------------   and Treasurer
Mark A. Wallace                                   (Principal Accounting
                                                  Officer)
*By:   /s/  ROBERT E. MUSGRAVES
Robert E. Musgraves, Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>
    
 
                                      II-5
<PAGE>   141
 
     After consummation of the proposed stock split, as discussed in Note 9 to
the financial statements, we will be in a position to render the following audit
report.
 
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                        ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE
 
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Titanium Metals Corporation:
 
     In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements of
Titanium Metal Corporation and Subsidiaries as of January 1, 1995 and December
31, 1995 and for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 31,
1995, which financial statements are included in this Prospectus, we have also
audited the financial statement schedule listed on page F-1.
 
     As discussed in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements, in 1994
the Company changed its method of accounting for postemployment benefits in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 112.
 
     In our opinion, the financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in
all material respects, the information required to be included therein.
 
                                        /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                                            Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Denver, Colorado
March 26, 1996
 
                                       S-1
<PAGE>   142
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
                SCHEDULE II -- VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 ADDITIONS
                                                                  CHARGED
                                                  BALANCE AT   (CREDITED) TO                  BALANCE
                                                  BEGINNING      COST AND                      AT END
                                                   OF YEAR       EXPENSES      DEDUCTIONS     OF YEAR
                                                  ----------   -------------   ----------     --------
<S>                                               <C>          <C>             <C>            <C>
Year ended December 31, 1995:
  Allowance for doubtful accounts...............    $ 3,143        $ 2,453        $1,976(a)    $ 3,620
                                                    =======        =======        ======       =======
  Valuation allowance for deferred income
     taxes......................................    $23,600        $  (923)       $   --       $22,677
                                                    =======        =======        ======       =======
  Reserve for excess and slow moving
     inventories................................    $ 5,000        $ 1,000        $   --       $ 6,000
                                                    =======        =======        ======       =======
Year ended December 31, 1994:
  Allowance for doubtful accounts...............    $ 2,143        $ 4,007        $3,007(a)    $ 3,143
                                                    =======        =======        ======       =======
  Valuation allowance for deferred income
     taxes......................................    $ 8,910        $14,690        $   --       $23,600
                                                    =======        =======        ======       =======
  Reserve for excess and slow moving
     inventories................................    $    --        $ 5,000        $   --       $ 5,000
                                                    =======        =======        ======       =======
Year ended December 31, 1993:
  Allowance for doubtful accounts...............    $ 1,543        $ 3,723        $3,123(a)    $ 2,143
                                                    =======        =======        ======       =======
  Valuation allowance for deferred income
     taxes......................................    $ 1,101        $ 7,809        $   --       $ 8,910
                                                    =======        =======        ======       =======
  Reserve for excess and slow moving
     inventories................................    $    --        $    --        $   --       $    --
                                                    =======        =======        ======       =======
</TABLE>
 
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(a) Amounts written off less recoveries.
 
                                       S-2
<PAGE>   143
 
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                             DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT                            PAGE
- ------------                                                                             ----
<C>          <S>                                                                         <C>
      1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and the U.S.
             Underwriters.*
      1.2    Form of International Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and
             the International Underwriters.*
      3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (to be
             effective upon closing of the Offerings).**
      3.2    Bylaws of the Registrant (to be effective upon closing of the
             Offerings).**
      4.1    Specimen Certificate of Common Stock.**
      5.1    Opinion of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott regarding legality of the
             securities being registered.**
      9.1    Shareholders' Agreement, dated February 15, 1996, among the Registrant,
             Tremont Corporation, IMI plc, IMI Kynoch Ltd., and IMI Americas, Inc.,
             incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Tremont Corporation's Current
             Report on Form 8-K (No. 1-10126) filed with the Commission on March 1,
             1996.
      9.2    Amendment to the Shareholders' Agreement dated March 29, 1996 among TIMET,
             Tremont Corporation, IMI plc, IMI Kynoch Ltd., incorporated by reference
             to Exhibit 10.30 to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No.
             1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1995.
      9.3    Investors' Agreement between Union Titanium Sponge Corporation, Toho
             Titanium Co., Ltd., Nippon Mining Co., Ltd., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui &
             Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Tremont Corporation and the Registrant, dated May 30,
             1990, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 of Baroid Corporation's
             registration statement on Form 10 (No. 1-10624) filed with the Commission
             on August 31, 1990.
      9.4    Amendment No. 3 to Investors' Agreement between Union Titanium Sponge
             Corporation, Toho Titanium Co., Ltd., Nippon Mining Co., Ltd., Mitsui &
             Co., Ltd., Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Tremont Corporation and the
             Registrant, dated May 30, 1990, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 9.1
             to Tremont Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (No. 1-10126) for
             the quarter ended March 31, 1996.
     10.1    Acquisition Agreement, dated February 15, 1996, by and between the
             Registrant, IMI Kynoch Ltd., and IMI Americas Inc., incorporated by
             reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Tremont Corporation's Current Report on Form
             8-K (No. 1-10126) filed with the Commission on March 1, 1996.
     10.2    Amended and Restated Subordinated Promissory Note, dated as of January 1,
             1996 between the Registrant and Tremont Corporation.**
     10.3    $20,000,000 Subordinated Promissory Note issued by the Registrant to IMI
             Kynoch Ltd. dated January 1, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
             10.21 to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126)
             for the year ended December 31, 1995.
     10.4    Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement between Tremont Corporation
             and Congress Financial Corporation dated February 15, 1996, incorporated
             by reference to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No.
             1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1995.
     10.5    Subordination Agreement between Tremont Corporation and the Registrant
             dated February 15, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to
             Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the
             year ended December 31, 1995.
</TABLE>
    
<PAGE>   144
 
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                             DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT                            PAGE
- ------------                                                                             ----
<C>          <S>                                                                         <C>
     10.6    Subordination Agreement between IMI Kynoch Ltd. and the Registrant dated
             February 15, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Tremont
             Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended
             December 31, 1995.
     10.7    Subordination Agreement between Tremont Corporation and IMI Kynoch Ltd.
             dated February 15, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to
             Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the
             year ended December 31, 1995.
     10.8    Subordination Agreement between IMI Kynoch Ltd. and Congress Financial
             Corporation dated February 15, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
             10.28 to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126)
             for the year ended December 31, 1995.
     10.9    $80,000,000 Amended and Restated Loan Agreement between the Registrant and
             Congress Financial Corporation (Central) dated March 24, 1995,
             incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Tremont Corporation's Amended
             Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31,
             1994.
     10.10   Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement between
             Congress Financial Corporation and the Registrant dated September 29,
             1995, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Tremont Corporation's
             Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31,
             1995.
     10.11   Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement between
             Congress Financial Corporation and the Registrant dated February 15, 1996,
             incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to Tremont Corporation's Annual
             Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1995.
     10.12   Sponge Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 1990 between the Registrant and
             Union Titanium Sponge Corporation and Amendments No. 1 and 2, incorporated
             by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on
             Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1991.
     10.13   Amendment No. 3 to the Sponge Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 1990
             between the Registrant and Union Titanium Sponge Corporation, incorporated
             by reference to Exhibit 10.33 of Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on
             Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31, 1993.
     10.14   General Partnership Agreement of Titanium Hearth Technologies between Axel
             Johnson Metals, Inc. and TIMET Hearth Melting Corporation dated August 31,
             1992, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 of Tremont Corporation's
             Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended December 31,
             1992.
     10.15   Lease Agreement dated January 1, 1996 between Holford Estates Ltd. and IMI
             Titanium Ltd. related to the building known as Titanium Number 2 Plant at
             Witton, England, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Tremont
             Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended
             December 31, 1995.
     10.16   Purchase and Transfer Agreement dated April 27, 1990 between the
             Registrant and Timpex AG, West KB -- Westdeutsche
             Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, and Michael Huttenrauch.**
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   145
 
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                             DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT                            PAGE
- ------------                                                                             ----
<C>          <S>                                                                         <C>
     10.17   Intercorporate Services Agreement between the Registrant and Tremont
             Corporation, dated March 28, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
             10.29 to Tremont Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126)
             for the year ended December 31, 1995.
     10.18   Tax Sharing Agreement between Tremont Corporation and the Registrant dated
             March 13, 1990, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Tremont
             Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 1-10126) for the year ended
             December 31, 1991.
     10.19+  1996 Long Term Performance Incentive Plan of the Registrant (to be
             effective upon closing of the Offerings).**
     10.20+  1996 Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan (to be effective upon closing
             of the Offerings).**
     10.21+  Employment Agreement between Andrew R. Dixey and the Registrant, dated
             February 13, 1996.**
     10.22+  Form of Agreement relating to a grant of Management Shares between the
             Registrant and certain executive officers, effective as of February 15,
             1996.**
     10.23   Amendment No. 4 to the Sponge Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 1990
             between the Registrant and Union Titanium Sponge Corporation, incorporated
             by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Tremont Corporation's Quarterly Report on
             Form 10-Q (No. 1-10126) for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.
     10.24   Agreement, dated June 28, 1995 among the Registrant, Tremont Corporation
             and Union Titanium Sponge Corporation.**
     10.25   L10 Million Short Term Credit facility of TIMET UK, Ltd with Lloyd's Bank,
             incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Tremont Corporation's
             Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (No. 1-10126) for the quarter ended March
             31, 1996.
     11.1    Computation of Loss Per Share.*
     21.1    Subsidiaries of the Registrant.**
     23.1    Consent of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott -- included in Exhibit
             5.1.**
     23.2    Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.*
     23.3    Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.*
     23.4    Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.*
     23.5    Awareness Letter of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.*
     24.1    Limited Powers of Attorney.**
     27.1    Financial Data Schedule.**
</TABLE>
    
 
- ---------------
+   Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement
 
*   Filed herewith
 
   
**  Previously filed
    

<PAGE>   1
                                                                     EXHIBIT 1.1

                                                           (CS&M Draft--5/20/96)

                          TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION

                               14,500,000 Shares*
                                  Common Stock
                                ($.01 par value)

                          U.S. Underwriting Agreement


                                                              New York, New York
                                                                     May  , 1996

Salomon Brothers Inc
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Smith Barney Inc.
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Salomon Brothers Inc
Seven World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048

Dear Sirs:

                 Titanium Metals Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the "U.S. Underwriters"), for whom you (the "Representatives") are
acting as representatives, 5,270,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value
("Common Stock") of the Company, and Union Titanium Sponge Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("UTSC"), IMI Americas Inc., a Delaware corporation ("IMI
Americas") and IMI Kynoch Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of
England and Wales ("IMI Kynoch") propose to sell to the U.S. Underwriters
(637,500), (322,154) and (6,095,346) shares of Common Stock, respectively (said
shares to be issued and sold by the Company and said shares to be sold by UTSC,
IMI Americas and IMI Kynoch collectively being hereinafter called the "U.S.
Underwritten Securities").  Tremont Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Tremont"; Tremont, together with UTSC, IMI Americas and IMI Kynoch, being
hereinafter called the "Selling Stockholders"), also proposes to grant to the
U.S. Underwriters and the International Underwriters (as defined below) an
option to purchase up to 1,848,750 and 326,250 additional shares of Common
Stock, respectively, solely to cover overallotments (the "Option Securities";
the U.S. Underwritten Securities, together with any Option Securities





__________________________________

    * Plus an option to purchase from Tremont Corporation up to 2,175,000
additional shares to cover overallotments.
<PAGE>   2
                                                                               2

purchased pursuant to this Agreement being hereinafter called the "U.S.
Securities").

                 It is understood that the Company and the Selling Stockholders
are concurrently entering into an International Underwriting Agreement dated
the date hereof (the "International Underwriting Agreement") providing for the
issue and sale by the Company and the sale by the Selling Stockholders of an
aggregate of 2,175,000 shares of Common Stock (said shares to be sold by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders pursuant to the International Underwriting
Agreement being hereinafter called the "International Underwritten Securities"
and, together with the Option Securities purchased pursuant to the
International Underwriting Agreement, the "International Securities"), outside
the United States and Canada through arrangements with certain underwriters
outside the United States and Canada (the "International Underwriters") for
whom Salomon Brothers International Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. International
and Smith Barney Inc., are acting as representatives (the "International
Representatives").  The International Securities, together with the U.S.
Securities, are hereinafter referred to as the "Securities".   The respective
closings under this Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement are
hereby expressly made conditional on one another.

                 It is further understood that the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Underwriters have entered into an Agreement between U.S.
Underwriters and International Underwriters (the "Agreement Between U.S.
Underwriters and International Underwriters"), pursuant to which, among other
things, the International Underwriters may purchase from the U.S. Underwriters
a portion of the U.S. Securities to be sold pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement and the U.S. Underwriters may purchase from the International
Underwriters a portion of the International Securities to be sold pursuant to
the International Underwriting Agreement.

                 1.  Representations and Warranties.

                 (a)  The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
each U.S. Underwriter and each of the Selling Stockholders as set forth below
in this Section 1.  Certain terms used in this Section 1 are defined in
paragraph (a)(v) hereof.





<PAGE>   3
                                                                               3


                 (i)  The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
         Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement (file number
         333-2940) on Form S-1, including the related preliminary prospectuses,
         for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") of
         the offering and sale of the Securities.  The Company may have filed
         one or more amendments thereto, including the related preliminary
         prospectuses, each of which has previously been furnished to you.  The
         Company will next file with the Commission either (A) prior to
         effectiveness of such registration statement, a further amendment to
         such registration statement (including the form of final prospectuses)
         or (B) after effectiveness of such registration statement, final
         prospectuses in accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b)(1) or (4).  In
         the case of clause (B), the Company will include in such registration
         statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information (other
         than Rule 430A Information) required by the Act and the rules
         thereunder to be included in the Prospectuses (as hereinafter defined)
         with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof.  As filed,
         such amendment and forms of final prospectuses, or such final
         prospectuses, shall contain all Rule 430A Information, together with
         all other such required information, with respect to the Securities
         and the offering thereof and, except to the extent the Representatives
         shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive
         respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or,
         to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only
         such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that
         contained in the latest U.S. Preliminary Prospectus (as hereinafter
         defined)) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time,
         will be included or made therein.  Upon your request, but not without
         our agreement, the Company also will file a Rule 462(b) Registration
         Statement in accordance with Rule 462(b).

                 (ii)  It is understood that two forms of prospectus are to be
         used in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities:  one
         form of prospectus relating to the U.S. Securities, which are to be
         offered and sold to United States and Canadian Persons (as hereinafter
         defined), and one form of prospectus relating to the International
         Securities, which are to be offered and sold to persons other than
         United States and Canadian Persons.  Such form of prospectus relating
         to the U.S.





<PAGE>   4
                                                                               4


         Securities as first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or, if no filing
         pursuant to Rule 424(b) is made, such form of prospectus included in
         the Registration Statement at the Effective Date, is hereinafter
         called the "U.S. Prospectus"; such form of prospectus relating to the
         International Securities as first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or, if
         no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is made, such form of prospectus
         included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date, is
         hereinafter called the "International Prospectus"; and the U.S.
         Prospectus and the International Prospectus are hereinafter
         collectively called the "Prospectuses".

                 (iii)  On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did
         or will, and when the Prospectuses are first filed (if required) in
         accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, each Prospectus
         (and any supplements thereto) will, comply in all material respects
         with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder;
         on the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not or will not
         contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
         material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
         make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
         they were made, not misleading; and, on the Effective Date, each
         Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), did not or will not,
         and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the
         Closing Date, each Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto)
         will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
         state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
         therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
         not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no
         representations or warranties as to the information contained in or
         omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectuses (or any
         supplements thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
         information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any
         Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in
         the Registration Statement or the Prospectuses (or any supplement
         thereto) (which the parties hereto understand consists only of the
         names of the Underwriters, the second paragraph on page 3 of the
         Prospectus and in the section of the Prospectus entitled
         "Underwriting").





<PAGE>   5
                                                                               5


                 (iv)  The Company has requested that the Underwriters reserve
         up to 50,000 shares of the U.S. Underwritten Securities to be sold at
         the initial public offering price to persons who are directors,
         officers, employees or representatives of the Company.  The Company
         has further requested that such reserved shares be reserved from the
         shares of U.S. Underwritten Securities to be sold by it and not from
         shares of U.S. Underwritten Securities to be sold by the Selling
         Stockholders.

                 (v)  The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement,
         shall have the meanings indicated.  The term "the Effective Date"
         shall mean each date that the Registration Statement, any
         post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b)
         Registration Statement became or become effective.  "Execution Time"
         shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and
         delivered by the parties hereto.  "Registration Statement" shall mean
         the registration statement referred to in paragraph (a)(i) above,
         including exhibits and financial statements, as amended at the
         Execution Time (or, if not effective at the Execution Time, in the
         form in which it shall become effective) and, in the event any
         post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration
         Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter
         defined), shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or
         such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.  Such
         term shall include any Rule 430A Information deemed to be included
         therein at the Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.  "Rule 424",
         "Rule 430A" and "Rule 462" refer to such rules under the Act.  "Rule
         430A Information" means information with respect to the Securities and
         the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration
         Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.  "Rule
         462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration statement and
         any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the
         offering covered by the initial registration statement (file number
         333-2940).  "United States or Canadian Person" shall mean any person
         who is a national or resident of the United States or Canada, any
         corporation, partnership, or other entity created or organized in or
         under the laws of the United States or Canada or of any political
         subdivision thereof, or any estate or trust the income of which is
         subject to United States or Canadian Federal income taxation,





<PAGE>   6
                                                                               6


         regardless of its source (other than any non-United States or
         non-Canadian branch of any United States or Canadian Person), and
         shall include any United States or Canadian branch of a person other
         than a United States or Canadian Person.  "U.S." or "United States"
         shall mean the United States of America (including the states thereof
         and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and
         other areas subject to its jurisdiction.  The "U.S. Preliminary
         Prospectus" and the "International Preliminary Prospectus",
         respectively, shall mean any preliminary prospectus with respect to
         the offering of the U.S. Securities and the International Securities,
         as the case may be, referred to in paragraph (a) (i) above and any
         preliminary prospectus with respect to the offering of the U.S.
         Securities and the International Securities, as the case may be,
         included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that
         omits Rule 430A Information and the U.S.  Preliminary Prospectus and
         the International Preliminary Prospectus are hereinafter collectively
         called the "Preliminary Prospectuses".

                          (b)  Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not
         jointly, represents and warrants to, only as to itself, and agrees
         with, each U.S. Underwriter that:

                 (i)  Such Selling Stockholder is the sole and lawful owner of
         the U.S. Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder
         and, upon sale and delivery of, and payment for, such U.S. Securities,
         as provided herein, such Selling Stockholder will convey good and
         marketable title to such U.S. Securities, free and clear of all liens,
         encumbrances, security interests and claims whatsoever (assuming that
         the several Underwriters and the several International Underwriters
         are without notice of any adverse claim, as defined in the Uniform
         Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York (the "Code") and
         are otherwise bona fide purchasers for the purposes of the Code and
         that such Underwriters' and the International Underwriters' rights are
         not limited by subsection (4) of Section 8-302 of the Code).

                  (ii)  Although the Selling Stockholders assume no
         responsibility for the accuracy, completeness and fairness of the
         Company's representations and warranties in this Section 1 or, except
         as contemplated herein, the statements contained in the Registration
         Statement and the U.S. Prospectus, such Selling





<PAGE>   7
                                                                               7


         Stockholder has no reason to believe that the representations and
         warranties of the Company contained in paragraph (a)(iii) of this
         Section 1 (other than the first clause of such paragraph, with respect
         to which such Selling Stockholder makes no representation or warranty)
         are not true and correct; and the sale of the U.S. Securities by such
         Selling Stockholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by any material
         fact concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is not
         set forth in the U.S. Prospectus or any supplement thereto.
         Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to IMI Americas and IMI
         Kynoch, (i) such representations and warranties are limited to the
         knowledge of Gary Allen and R.B. Pointon based solely on their review
         of the Registration Statement and the U.S. Prospectus, without any
         independent investigation or inquiry, and (ii) it is acknowledged and
         agreed that neither IMI Americas nor IMI Kynoch, nor any of their
         representatives or agents, engaged in any due diligence regarding the
         offering and did not participate in any drafting sessions or other
         conferences with the Company or the U.S. Underwriters or their legal
         or financial representatives regarding the contents of the
         Registration Statement or the U.S. Prospectus.

                 (iii)  Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not
         take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which might
         reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Securities
         Exchange Act or 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise, in
         stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
         Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the U.S. Securities and
         has not effected any sales of shares of Common Stock which, if
         effected by the Company, would be required to be disclosed in response
         to Item 701 of Regulation S-K.

                 (iv)  No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
         court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation
         by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated herein,
         except such as may required under the Act, the federal and provincial
         securities laws of Canada or the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in
         connection with the purchase and distribution of the U.S. Securities
         by the U.S. Underwriters and except such other approvals as have been
         obtained.





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                 (v)  Neither the sale of the U.S. Securities being sold by
         such Selling Stockholder nor the consummation of any other of the
         transactions herein contemplated by such Selling Stockholder or the
         fulfillment of the terms hereof by such Selling Stockholder will
         conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
         default under any law or the charter or by-laws of such Selling
         Stockholder or the terms of any indenture or other material agreement
         or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder or any of its
         subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any judgment, order or decree
         applicable to such Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries of
         any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body
         or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any
         of its subsidiaries.

In respect of any statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or
the Prospectuses or any supplements thereto made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Selling
Stockholder specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof,
such Selling Stockholder hereby makes the same representations and warranties
to each U.S. Underwriter as the Company makes to such U.S. Underwriter under
paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section.

                 2.  Purchase and Sale.  (a)  Subject to the terms and
conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set
forth, the Company and each Selling Stockholders agrees, severally and not
jointly, to sell the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite its
name on Schedule II hereto to each U.S. Underwriter, and each U.S. Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling
Stockholders, at a purchase price of $    per share, the amount of the U.S.
Underwritten Securities set forth opposite each such U.S. Underwriter's name in
Schedule I hereto.

                 (b)  Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties herein set forth, Tremont hereby grants an
option to the several U.S. Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly,
the amount of Option securities set forth opposite its name on Schedule II
hereto at the same purchase price per share as the U.S. Underwriters shall pay
for the U.S. Underwritten Securities.  Said option may be exercised only to
cover overallotments in the sale of the U.S.  Underwritten Securities by the
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exercised in whole or in part at any time (but not more than three times) on or
before 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the 30th day after the date of the U.S.
Prospectus upon written, telecopied or telegraphic notice by the
Representatives to Tremont setting forth the number of shares of Option
Securities as to which the several U.S. Underwriters are exercising the option
and the settlement date.  Delivery of certificates for the shares of Option
Securities by Tremont and payment therefor to Tremont shall be made as provided
in Section 3 hereof.  The maximum number of shares of Option Securities to be
sold by Tremont is set forth in Schedule II hereto.  The number of shares of
the Option Securities to be purchased by each U.S. Underwriter shall be the
same percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Securities to be
purchased by the several U.S. Underwriters as such U.S. Underwriter is
purchasing of the U.S. Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as
you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.

                 3.  Delivery and Payment.  Delivery of and payment for the
U.S. Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided
for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third
business day prior to the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York
City time, on            , 1996, or such later date (not later than
, 1996) as the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall
agree upon in writing which date and time may be postponed by agreement among
the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Stockholders or as provided in
Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the U.S.
Securities being herein called the "Closing Date").  Delivery of the U.S.
Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of
the several U.S. Underwriters against payment by the several U.S. Underwriters
through the Representatives of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the
U.S. Securities being sold by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders
to or upon the order of the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders by
wire transfer of immediately available funds.  Delivery of the U.S.
Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made at such
location as the Representatives shall reasonably designate at least one
business day in advance of the Closing Date and payment for such U.S.
Securities shall be made at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York,
New York.  Certificates for the U.S.  Securities shall be registered in such
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request not less than three full business days in advance of the Closing Date.

                 The Company and the Selling Stockholders agree to have the
U.S. Securities available for inspection, checking and packaging by the
Representatives in New York, New York, not later than 1:00 PM on the second
business day prior to the Closing Date.

                 Each Selling Stockholder will pay all applicable transfer
taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several U.S. Underwriters of the
U.S. Securities to be purchased by them from such Selling Stockholder and the
respective U.S. Underwriters will pay any additional stock transfer taxes
involved in further transfers.

                 If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised
after the third business day prior to the Closing Date, Tremont will deliver or
have delivered (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at Seven
World Trade Center, New York, New York, on the date specified by the
Representatives (which shall be within three business days after exercise of
said option), certificates for the Option Securities in such names and
denominations as the Representatives shall have requested against payment of
the purchase price thereof to Tremont by wire transfer of immediately available
funds.  If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date,
Tremont will deliver to the Representatives on the settlement date for the
Option Securities, and the obligation of the U.S. Underwriters to purchase the
Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions,
certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates
and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

                 4.  Offering by Underwriters.  It is understood that the
several U.S. Underwriters propose to offer the U.S. Securities for sale to the
public as set forth in the U.S. Prospectus.  In offering for sale and selling
U.S. Securities in any province or territory of Canada, the Underwriters
severally agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations and to do so
in a manner so that, pursuant to the provisions of such applicable laws and
regulations, no prospectus or offering memorandum (other than the delivery or
filing as an offering memorandum of the U.S. Prospectus, in the same form as
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the securities commission or similar authority in such province or territory.

                 5.  Agreements.

                 (a)  The Company agrees with the several U.S. Underwriters
that:

                 (i)  The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
         Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and
         any amendment thereof, to become effective.  Prior to the termination
         of the offering of the U.S. Securities (which will be deemed to have
         occurred on the date that is the earlier of (A) 60 days after the
         Closing Date and (B) the date on which the Representatives shall have
         informed the Company that the offering of the U.S. Securities has
         terminated), the Company will not file any amendment of the
         Registration Statement, supplement to the U.S. Prospectus or any Rule
         462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a
         copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such
         proposed amendment, supplement or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
         to which you reasonably object.  Subject to the foregoing sentence, if
         the Registration Statement has become or becomes effective pursuant to
         Rule 430A, or filing of the U.S. Prospectus is otherwise required
         under Rule 424(b), the Company will cause the U.S. Prospectus,
         properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed with the
         Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within
         the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to
         the Representatives of such timely filing.  Upon your request, the
         Company will cause the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, completed
         in compliance with the Act and the applicable rules and regulations
         thereunder, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b)
         and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such
         filing.  The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (A) when
         the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time,
         and any amendment thereto, shall have become effective, (B) when the
         U.S. Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if
         required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (C) when, prior
         to termination of the offering of the U.S. Securities, any amendment
         to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become
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         of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration
         Statement, or supplement to the U.S. Prospectus or for any additional
         information, (E) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
         suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
         institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (F)
         of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
         suspension of the qualification of the U.S. Securities for sale in any
         jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
         such purpose.  The Company will use its best efforts (i) to prevent
         the issuance of any such stop order and, (ii) if issued, to obtain as
         soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

                 (ii)  If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
         Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs
         as a result of which the U.S. Prospectus as then supplemented would
         include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
         material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of
         the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it
         shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement
         the U.S.  Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder,
         the Company promptly will (A) prepare and file with the Commission,
         subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an
         amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission
         or effect such compliance and (B) supply any supplemented U.S.
         Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

                 (iii)  As soon practicable, the Company will make generally
         available to its security holders and to the Representatives an
         earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
         which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule
         158 under the Act.

                 (iv)  The Company will furnish to the Representatives and
         counsel for the U.S. Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of
         the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each
         other U.S. Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement
         (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by
         a U.S. Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many
         copies of each U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S.





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         Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may
         reasonably request.  The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished
         to the Representatives copies of all reports on Form SR required by
         Rule 463 under the Act.  The Company will pay the expenses of printing
         or other reproduction by it of all documents relating to the offering.

                 (v)  The Company will arrange for the qualification of the
         U.S. Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
         Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such
         qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of
         the U.S. Securities.  The Company will pay the fee of the National
         Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with its review
         of the offering.

             (vi)  The Company will not, and will not permit (x) its directors
         or executive officers listed in Part 1 of Schedule IV to, for a period
         of 180 days following the Execution Time, or (y) its executive
         officers listed in Part 2 of Schedule IV to, for a period of 90 days
         following the Execution Time, in each case without the prior written
         consent of Salomon Brothers Inc, offer, sell or contract to sell, or
         otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce the offering
         of, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible
         into, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; provided, however,
         that the Company may issue Common Stock pursuant to any employee or
         director stock option or compensation plan of the Company in effect at
         the Execution Time.

                 (vii)  The Company confirms as of the date hereof that it is
         in compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida,
         Chapter 92-198, An Act Relating to Disclosure of Doing Business with
         Cuba, and the Company further agrees that if it commences engaging in
         business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate
         located in Cuba after the date the Registration Statement becomes or
         has become effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
         with the Florida Department of Banking and Finance (the "Department"),
         whichever date is later, or if the information reported in the U.S.
         Prospectus, if any, concerning the Company's business with Cuba or
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         material way, the Company will provide the Department notice of such
         business or change, as appropriate, in a form acceptable to the
         Department.

                 (b)  Each U.S. Underwriter agrees that (i) it is not
purchasing any of the U.S. Securities for the account of any non-United States
or Canadian Person, (ii) it has not offered or sold, and will not offer or
sell, directly or indirectly, any of the U.S. Securities or distribute any U.S.
Prospectus to any person outside the United States or Canada, or to any
non-United States or Canadian Person, and (iii) any dealer to whom it may sell
any of the U.S. Securities will represent that it is not purchasing for the
account of any non-United States or Canadian Person and agree that it will not
offer or resell, directly or indirectly, any of the U.S. Securities outside the
United States or Canada, or to any non-United States or Canadian Person or to
any other dealer who does not so represent and agree; provided, however, that
the foregoing shall not restrict (A) purchases and sales between the U.S.
Underwriters on the one hand and the International Underwriters on the other
hand pursuant to the Agreement Between U.S.  Underwriters and International
Underwriters, (B) stabilization transactions contemplated under the Agreement
Between U.S.  Underwriters and International Underwriters, conducted through
Salomon Brothers Inc (or through the Representatives and International
Representatives) as part of the distribution of the Securities, and (C) sales
to or through (or distributions of U.S.  Prospectuses or U.S. Preliminary
Prospectuses to) United States or Canadian Persons who are investment advisors,
or who otherwise exercise investment discretion, and who are purchasing for the
account of any non-United States or Canadian Person.

                 (c)  The agreements of the U.S. Underwriters set forth in
paragraph (b) of this Section 5 shall terminate upon the earlier of the
following events:

                 (i) a mutual agreement of the Representatives and the
         International Representatives to terminate the selling restrictions
         set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 5 and Section 5(b) of the
         International Underwriting Agreement; or

                 (ii) the expiration of a period of 30 days after the Closing
         Date, unless (A) the International Representatives shall have given
         notice to the Company and the Representatives that the distribution of
         the International Securities by the International





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         Underwriters has not yet been completed, or (B) the Representatives
         shall have given notice to the Company and the International
         Underwriters that the distribution of the U.S. Securities by the U.S.
         Underwriters has not yet been completed.  If such notice by the
         Representatives or the International Representatives is given, the
         agreements set forth in such paragraph (b) shall survive until the
         earlier of (1) the event referred to in clause (i) of this subsection
         (c) or (2) the expiration of an additional period of 30 days from the
         date of any such notice.

                 (d)  Each Selling Stockholder agrees with the several U.S.
Underwriters that it will not, during the period of 180 days following the
Execution Time, without the prior written consent of Salomon Brothers Inc,
offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or announce the offering of, any other shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by such person, or any securities convertible into, or
exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock.

                 (e)      Each Selling Stockholder agrees that it will take all
reasonable actions in cooperation with the Company and the U.S. Underwriters to
perform and satisfy all of such Selling Stockholder's conditions precedent.

                 6.  Conditions to the Obligations of the U.S. Underwriters.
The obligation of the Selling Stockholders hereunder to sell and deliver the
U.S. Securities shall be subject, in their discretion, to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as
of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant
Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and to the conditions set forth in
Sections 6(a), 6(b), 6(e), 6(g), 6(h), 6(k), 6(l), 6(m), 6(n), 6(g) (it being
understood that you, and not the Selling Stockholders, have the right to
determine that the form and substance of the documents referred to therein are
satisfactory).

                 The obligations of the U.S. Underwriters to purchase the U.S.
Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be
subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of
the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Execution
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settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements
of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant
to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder in all material respects
and to the following additional conditions:

                 (a)  If the Registration Statement has not become effective
         prior to the Execution Time, unless the Representatives agree in
         writing to a later time, the Registration Statement will become
         effective not later than (i) 6:00 PM New York City time on the date of
         determination of the public offering price, if such determination
         occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New York City time on such date or
         (ii) 12:00 Noon on the business day following the day on which the
         public offering price was determined, if such determination occurred
         after 3:00 PM New York City time on such date; if filing of the
         Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule
         424(b), the U.S. Prospectus, and any such supplement, will be filed in
         the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and no
         stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
         shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have
         been instituted or threatened.

                 (b)  The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives
and each Selling Stockholder the opinion of Robert E.  Musgraves, Esq., counsel
to the Company, dated the Closing Date (with respect to paragraphs (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv) and (v) below), and the opinion of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar &
Scott, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date (with respect to
paragraphs (vi), (vii), (viii) and (ix) below), to the effect that:

                 (i) each of the Company and the subsidiaries of the Company
         listed on Schedule III hereto (individually a "Subsidiary" and
         collectively the "Subsidiaries"), has been duly incorporated and is
         validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
         the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with all
         requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties and
         conduct its business as described in the U.S. Prospectus, and is duly
         qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
         standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which





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         requires such qualification wherein it owns or leases material
         properties or conducts material business;

                 (ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
         Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
         fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in
         the Prospectuses, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the
         Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through
         wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security
         interest (other than in favor of the Company's lenders) and, to the
         knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, any other security
         interests, claims, liens or encumbrances;

                 (iii) the Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set
         forth in the Prospectuses; the capital stock of the Company conforms
         to the description thereof contained in the Prospectuses; the
         outstanding shares of Common Stock (including the Securities being
         sold hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement by
         the Selling Stockholders) have been duly and validly authorized and
         issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities being sold
         hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement by the
         Company have been duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and
         delivered to and paid for by the U.S.  Underwriters as contemplated by
         this Agreement or the International Underwriters as contemplated by
         the International Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued,
         fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities being sold by the Selling
         Stockholders are duly listed for quotation on the Nasdaq National
         Market; the Securities being sold hereunder and under the
         International Underwriting Agreement by the Company are duly
         authorized for listing, subject to official notice of issuance and
         evidence of satisfactory distribution, on the Nasdaq National Market;
         the certificates for the Securities are in valid form; and the holders
         of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled
         to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities, except
         as described in the Prospectuses;

                 (iv) to the best knowledge of such counsel, there is no
         pending or overtly threatened action, suit or proceeding before any
         court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
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         required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not
         disclosed in the Prospectuses and there is no franchise, contract or
         other document of a character required to be described in the
         Registration Statement or Prospectuses, or to be filed as an exhibit,
         which is not described or filed as required;

                 (v) the Registration Statement has become effective under the
         Act; any required filing of the Prospectuses, and any supplements
         thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and
         within the time period required by Rule 424(b); to the best knowledge
         of such counsel after due inquiry, no stop order suspending the
         effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, no
         proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened and
         the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses (other than the
         financial statements and other financial information contained therein
         as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in
         all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and
         the rules thereunder; and such counsel has no reason to believe that
         at the Effective Date the Registration Statement contained any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
         required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
         therein not misleading or that the Prospectuses include any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
         necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
         circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

                 (vi) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
         International Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by all
         requisite corporate action on the part of the Company; and this
         Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement have been duly
         executed and delivered by the Company;

                 (vii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any
         court or governmental agency or body is required  in connection with
         the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the
         International Underwriting Agreement or the consummation by the
         Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
         International Underwriting Agreement, except such as may be required
         under the Act, the Exchange Act the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction
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         connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
         U.S. Underwriters and such other approvals (specified in such opinion)
         as have been obtained;

                 (viii) the issuance, offering and sale of the Securities
         pursuant to this Agreement and the International Underwriting
         Agreement, compliance by the Company with the other provisions of this
         Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement, and
         consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by
         this Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement will not
         conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
         default (with the passage of time or the giving of notice) under or
         violate (A) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the charter
         or by-laws of the Company, (B) to the best knowledge of such counsel,
         after due inquiry, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any
         material document, agreement or other instrument to which the Company
         or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any
         of its subsidiaries is bound, (C) any law, regulation, judgment,
         order, decree or ruling applicable to the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
         governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company
         or any of its subsidiaries; and

                 (ix) after the sale of the Securities pursuant to this
         Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement, no holders of
         securities of the Company will have rights to the registration of such
         securities under the Registration Statement except as set forth in the
         Prospectuses under the Section captioned "Certain Relationships and
         Related Parties -- Registration Rights".

                 In addition, each such counsel shall state that they have
participated in conferences with directors, officers and other representatives
of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the
Company, representatives of the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters
at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and, although such counsel have
not independently verified and are not passing upon and assume no
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
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and the Prospectus, such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration
Statement, at the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that the
Prospectuses include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel express no
view with respect to the financial statements and related notes, the financial
statement schedule and other financial, statistical and accounting data
included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectuses).

                 The foregoing opinions may be subject to such exceptions and
qualifications as are reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.

                 In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to
matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the
United States or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, to the
extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of
other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are
satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to
the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the
Company and public officials.  References to the Prospectuses in this paragraph
(b) include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

                 (c)  (A)  IMI Americas and IMI Kynoch shall have furnished to
the Representatives the opinion of their counsel, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly,
(B) UTSC shall have furnished to the Representatives the opinion of its
counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton, and (C) Tremont shall have furnished to the
Representatives the opinion of its counsel, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar &
Scott, each dated the Closing Date, and each to the effect that, with respect
to each Selling Stockholder represented by each such counsel:

                 (i) this Agreement and the International Underwriting
         Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
         Selling Stockholder and the Selling Stockholder has full legal right
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         provided in this Agreement the Securities being sold by the Selling
         Stockholder hereunder;

                 (ii) the delivery by the Selling Stockholder to the several
         U.S. Underwriters and the International Underwriters of certificates
         for the Securities being sold hereunder and under the International
         Underwriting Agreement by such Selling Stockholder against payment
         therefor as provided herein, will convey good and marketable title to
         such Securities to the several U.S. Underwriters and International
         Underwriters, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security
         interests and claims whatsoever other than any liens, encumbrances,
         security interests and claims arising by any action taken by the U.S.
         Underwriters and the International Underwriters (assuming that the
         U.S. Underwriters and the International Underwriters are without
         notice of any adverse claim, as defined in the Code, and are otherwise
         bona fide purchasers for purposes of the Code and that such U.S.
         Underwriters and International Underwriters' rights are not limited by
         subsection (4) of Section 8-302 of the Code).

                 (iii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any
         court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation
         by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated herein,
         except such as may have been obtained under the Act, the Exchange Act,
         the federal and provincial securities laws of Canada or the blue sky
         laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
         distribution of the U.S. Securities by the U.S. Underwriters and such
         other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been obtained; and

                 (iv)  the issuance, offering and sale of the Securities
         pursuant to this Agreement and the International Underwriting
         Agreement, compliance by the Selling Stockholder with the other
         provisions of this Agreement and the International Underwriting
         Agreement, and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated
         by this Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement will
         not conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
         default under or violate (A) any of the terms, conditions or
         provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Selling  Stockholder, (B)
         any judgment, order, decree or ruling applicable to the Selling
         Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
         administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having





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         jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries,
         (C) any law or regulation, or (D) to the best knowledge of such
         counsel, after due inquiry, any of the terms, conditions or provisions
         of any material document, agreement or other instrument to which the
         Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which
         it or any of its subsidiaries is bound.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving
the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or, as
applicable, the General Corporation Law of the State of New York or Delaware,
to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion
of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are
satisfactory to counsel for the U.S. Underwriters and International
Underwriters, and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Selling Stockholders and public
officials.

                 (d)  The Representatives shall have received from Cravath,
Swaine & Moore, counsel for the U.S. Underwriters, such opinion or opinions,
dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the U.S.
Securities, the Registration Statement, the U.S. Prospectus (together with any
supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may
reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

                 (e)  The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate of the Company, signed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of
the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of
the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such
certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the
Prospectuses, any supplements to the Prospectuses and this Agreement and that:

                 (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
         Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of
         the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date
         and the Company has complied in all material respects with all the
         agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its





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         part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

                 (ii) to the best knowledge of such signer after due inquiry,
         no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
         Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
         been instituted or threatened; and

                 (iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
         included in the Prospectuses (exclusive of any supplement thereto),
         there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial
         or other), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
         subsidiaries, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
         course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
         Prospectuses (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

                 (f)  Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the
Representatives a certificate, signed by the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of such Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Date, to the
effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration
Statement, the Prospectuses, any supplement to the Prospectuses and this
Agreement and that the representations and warranties of such Selling
Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on
and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date.

                 (g)  At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, Coopers &
Lybrand, L.L.P. shall have furnished to the Representatives and the Selling
Stockholders a letter or letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time
and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives and the Selling Stockholders, confirming that they are
independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable
published rules and regulations thereunder and that they have performed a
review of the unaudited interim financial information for the three-month
period ended March 31, 1996, in accordance with Statement of Auditing Standards
No. 71 and stating in effect that:

                          (i) in their opinion the audited financial statements
                 and financial statement schedules and pro forma financial
                 statements included in the Registration Statement and the
                 Prospectuses and reported on by them comply in form in all
                 material





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                 respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
                 Act and the related published rules and regulations;

                          (ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest
                 unaudited financial statements made available by the Company
                 and its subsidiaries; their review in accordance with
                 standards established by the American Institute of Certified
                 Public Accountants of the unaudited interim financial
                 information for the three-month period ended March 31, 1996,
                 and as at March 31, 1996, as indicated in their report dated (
                 , 1996); carrying out certain specified procedures which would
                 not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to
                 the comments set forth in such letter; a reading of the
                 minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, directors and
                 committees of the Company and the Subsidiaries; and inquiries
                 of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility
                 for financial and accounting matters of the Company and its
                 subsidiaries as to transactions and events subsequent to
                 December 31, 1995, nothing came to their attention which
                 caused them to believe that:

                                  (1) the unaudited interim consolidated
                          financial statements included in the Registration
                          Statement and the Prospectuses do not comply as to
                          form in all material respects with applicable
                          accounting requirements of the Act and with the
                          published rules and regulations of the Commission
                          with respect to registration statements on Form S-1;
                          and said unaudited interim financial statements are
                          not in conformity with generally accepted accounting
                          principles applied on a basis substantially
                          consistent with that of the audited financial
                          statements included in the Registration Statement and
                          the Prospectuses;

                                  (2) with respect to the period subsequent to
                          March 31, 1996, there were any changes, at a
                          specified date not more than five business days prior
                          to the date of the letter, in the long-term debt
                          (including current maturities) of the Company and its
                          subsidiaries or capital stock of the Company or
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                          the Company or decreases in working capital of the
                          Company and its subsidiaries as compared with the
                          amounts shown on the  March 31, 1996 consolidated
                          balance sheet included in the Registration Statement
                          and the Prospectuses, or for the period from  April
                          1, 1996, to such specified date there were any
                          decreases, as compared with the corresponding period
                          in the preceding year, in the net sales, total
                          operating income (or increases in total operating
                          loss) EBITDA or per share amounts of the Company and
                          its subsidiaries, except in all instances for changes
                          or decreases set forth in such letter, in which case
                          the letter shall be accompanied by an explanation by
                          the Company as to the significance thereof unless
                          said explanation is not deemed necessary by the
                          Representatives; and

                                  (3) the information included in the
                          Registration Statement and Prospectuses in response
                          to Regulation S-K, Item 301 (Selected Financial
                          Data), Item 302 (Supplementary Financial Information)
                          and Item 402 (Executive Compensation) is not in
                          conformity with the applicable disclosure
                          requirements of Regulation S-K; and

                          (iii) they have performed certain other specified
                 procedures as a result of which they determined that certain
                 information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature
                 (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical
                 information derived from the general accounting records of the
                 Company and its subsidiaries) set forth in the Registration
                 Statement and the Prospectuses,  agrees with the accounting
                 records of the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any
                 questions of legal interpretation.

                 References to the Prospectuses in this paragraph (g) and in
paragraphs (h) and (i) below includes any supplement thereto at the date of the
letter.

                 The Representatives and the Selling Stockholders shall have
also received from Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. a letter stating that the
Company's system of internal accounting controls taken as a whole is sufficient
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the broad objectives of internal accounting control insofar as those objectives
pertain to the prevention or detection of errors or irregularities in amounts
that would be material in relation to the financial statements of the Company
and its subsidiaries.

                 (h)  At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, KPMG Peat
Marwick LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives and the Selling
Stockholders a letter or letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time
and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives and the Selling Stockholders, confirming that, with respect to
IMI plc and its subsidiaries, they are independent accountants within the
meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder and stating in effect that:

                          (i) in their opinion the audited financial statements
                 of the IMI Titanium Business (as defined in the Registration
                 Statement) included in the Registration Statement and the
                 Prospectuses and reported on by them comply in form in all
                 material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
                 of the Act and the related published rules and regulations;
                 and

                          (ii) they have performed certain other specified
                 procedures as a result of which they determined that certain
                 information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature
                 (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical
                 information derived from the general accounting records of the
                 Company and its subsidiaries) set forth in the Registration
                 Statement and the Prospectuses,  agrees with the accounting
                 records of the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any
                 questions of legal interpretation.

                 (i)  At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, Price
Waterhouse LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters,
dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that, with
respect to Titanium Hearth Technologies, they are independent accountants
within the





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meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder and stating in effect that:

                          (i) in their opinion the audited financial statements
                 of Titanium Hearth Technologies included in the Registration
                 Statement and the Prospectuses and reported on by them comply
                 in form in all material respects with the applicable
                 accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
                 rules and regulations; and

                          (ii) they have performed certain other specified
                 procedures as a result of which they determined that certain
                 information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature
                 (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical
                 information derived from the general accounting records of the
                 Company and its subsidiaries) set forth in the Registration
                 Statement and the Prospectuses,  agrees with the accounting
                 records of the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any
                 questions of legal interpretation.

                 (j)  Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive
of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectuses (exclusive of any supplement
thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the
letter or letters referred to in paragraph (g) of this Section 6 or (ii) any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries the effect of which,
in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the judgment of the
Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Securities
as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment
thereof) and the Prospectuses (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

                 (k)  At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished
to the Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
from each officer and director of the Company listed in Schedule IV hereto and
each Selling Stockholder, in each case addressed to the Representatives, in
which each such person agrees not to offer, sell or contract to sell, or
otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce an offering of, any
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Stock beneficially owned by such person or any securities convertible into, or
exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (except the shares sold to the
Underwriters pursuant to the overallotment options described in Section 2(b)
hereof) for a period of 180 days following the Execution Time without the prior
written consent of the Representatives, other than shares of Common Stock
disposed of as bona fide gifts.

                 (l)  The closing of the purchase of the International
Securities to be issued and sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders
pursuant to the International Underwriting Agreement shall occur concurrently
with the closing described herein.

                 (m)  The National Associates of Securities Dealers, Inc.
("NASD"), upon review of the terms of the public offering of the U.S.
Underwritten Securities, shall not have objected to the participation by any of
the U.S. Underwriters in such offering or asserted any violation of the by-laws
of the NASD.

                 (n) On or prior to the Execution Time, the Nasdaq National
Market shall have approved the Underwriters' participation in the distribution
of the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholders.

                 (o)  Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and
documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

                 If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not
have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the
U.S.  Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the U.S. Underwriters
hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the
Representatives.  Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and
each Selling Stockholder in writing or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in
writing.

                 The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall
be delivered at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the
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Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, on the Closing Date.

                 7.  Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses.  If the sale of
the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to
the obligations of the U.S. Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof (other
than Section 6(d)) is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to
Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part
of the Company or any Selling Stockholder to perform in any material respect
any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason
of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the U.S.
Underwriters severally upon demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been
incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the U.S.
Securities.  If the Company is required to make any payments to the U.S.
Underwriters under this Section 7 solely because of any Selling Stockholder's
refusal, inability or failure to satisfy any condition to the obligations of
the U.S. Underwriters set forth in Section 6(c) and (f), such Selling
Stockholder shall reimburse the Company on demand for all amounts so paid.

                 8.  Indemnification and Contribution.  (a)  The Company agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless each U.S. Underwriter, the directors, officers,
employees and agents of each U.S. Underwriter and each person who controls any
U.S. Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act
against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several,
to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act
or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration
statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any
amendment thereof, or in any U.S.  Preliminary Prospectus or International
Preliminary Prospectus or in either of the Prospectuses, or in any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to
reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other
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curred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that (i) the Company
will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of any U.S. Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue
statement or omission of material fact made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a) shall not inure to the
benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim,
damage or liability purchased the securities concerned, to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter occurs under the
circumstance where it shall have been determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment that (w) the Company had
previously furnished copies of the Prospectus to the Representatives, (x)
delivery of the Prospectus was required by the Act to be made to such person,
(y) the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the
Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus and (z) there was not
sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the
sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the Prospectus.  This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have.

                 (b)  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Selling Stockholder, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each
Selling Stockholder and each person who controls any Selling Stockholder within
the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them
may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state
statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of
the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any U.S.
Preliminary Prospectus or International Preliminary Prospectus or in either of
the Prospectuses, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise
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alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to
reimburse each such indemnified party, as is incurred, for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, provided however,
that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Selling Stockholder
specifically for inclusion therein.  The Company acknowledges that the
statements set forth in the footnotes to the table under the heading "Principal
and Selling Stockholders" in the registration statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectuses or any amendment or supplement thereto as such
statements relate to each Selling Stockholder, constitute the only information
furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder for inclusion
in the registration statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectuses,
or any amendment or supplement thereto and each Selling Stockholder confirms
that such statements, to the extent they relate to such Selling Stockholder,
are correct.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which the Company may otherwise have.

                 (c)  Each Selling Stockholder severally and not jointly agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who signs the Registration Statement, each U.S. Underwriter, the
directors, officers, employees and agents of each U.S. Underwriter and each
person who controls the Company or any U.S. Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act and each other Selling Stockholder to the
same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each U.S.
Underwriter, but only with reference to written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder specifically for inclusion
in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity; provided, however,
that in no case shall the liability of any Selling Stockholder under this
Section 8(b) exceed the aggregate public offering price of the Securities sold
by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters minus the underwriting
discounts or commissions paid thereon to the Underwriters by such Selling
Stockholder.  The Company, Tremont and each Underwriter acknowledge that (x)
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the footnotes to the table under the heading "Principal and Selling
Stockholders", (y) the number of Shares being sold hereunder and under the
International Underwriting Agreement and (z) biographical information under the
heading "Management" in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectuses or any amendments or supplements thereto, in each case as
such statements relate to each Selling Stockholder, constitute the only
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder
for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectuses, or any amendments or supplements thereto and each Selling
Stockholder confirms that such statements, to the extent they relate to such
Selling Stockholder, are correct.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition
to any liability which any Selling Stockholder may otherwise have.

                 (d)  Each U.S. Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each
Selling Stockholder, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the
Company to each U.S. Underwriter, but only with reference to written
information relating to such U.S. Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such U.S. Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for
inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.  This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any U.S.
Underwriter may otherwise have.  The Company and each Selling Stockholder
acknowledge that the names of the Underwriters and the statements set forth in
the second paragraph of page 3 and under the heading "Underwriting" in any U.S.
or International Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectuses constitute the
only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several U.S.
Underwriters for inclusion in any U.S. or International Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectuses, and you, as the Representatives, confirm that such
statements are correct.

                 (e)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i)
will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above
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and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure
results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and
defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from
any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification
obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b),(c) or (d) above.  The indemnifying
party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party's choice
at the indemnifying party's expense to represent the indemnified party in any
action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying
party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any
separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set
forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the indemnifying
party's election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an
action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel
(including not more than one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction for an
indemnified party), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees,
costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by
the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such
counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants
in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of
such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified
party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.  The
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, the
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.  An
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties (not to be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened
claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties
are actual





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or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified
party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding
and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of culpability or a
failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

                 (f)  In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph
(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company, the Selling
Stockholders and the U.S. Underwriters agree to contribute to the aggregate
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same)
(collectively "Losses") to which the Company, one or more of the Selling
Stockholders and one or more of the U.S. Underwriters may be subject in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company, by the Selling Stockholders and by the U.S. Underwriters from the
offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any U.S.
Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters
relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in
excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities
purchased by such Underwriter hereunder and in no case shall any Selling
Stockholder be responsible for any amount in excess of the aggregate amount of
proceeds such Selling Stockholder received from the sale of the Securities
pursuant to the offering.  If the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company, the Selling
Stockholders and the U.S. Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company, of the Selling Stockholders and of the U.S. Underwriters
in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  Benefits received by the
Company and by a Selling Stockholder shall be deemed to be equal to the total
net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by each of
them, and benefits received by the U.S. Underwriters shall be deemed to be
equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set
forth on the cover page of the Prospectus.  Relative fault shall be determined
by reference to whether any alleged untrue statement or omission relates to
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Stockholders or the U.S. Underwriters.  The Company, the Selling Stockholders
and the U.S. Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (f), no person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  For purposes of this Section 8, each
person who controls a U.S. Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or
the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of a U.S.
Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such U.S.
Underwriter, each person who controls a Selling Stockholder within the meaning
of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and
agent of such Selling Stockholder shall have the same rights to contribution as
such Selling Stockholder, and each person who controls the Company within the
meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who
shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case
to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (f).

                 9.  Default by a U.S. Underwriter.  If any one or more U.S.
Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to
be purchased by such U.S. Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such
failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or
their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining U.S. Underwriters shall
be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions
which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I
hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names
of all the remaining U.S. Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting
U.S. Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided,
however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the
defaulting U.S. Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall
exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I
hereto, the remaining U.S. Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all,
but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and
if such nondefaulting U.S. Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities,
this Agreement will terminate without liability





<PAGE>   36
                                                                              36


to any nondefaulting U.S. Underwriter, the Selling Stockholders or the Company.
In the event of a default by any U.S. Underwriter as set forth in this Section
9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven
days, as the Representatives shall reasonably determine in order that the
required changes in the Registration Statement and the U.S. Prospectus or in
any other documents or arrangements may be effected.  Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall relieve any defaulting U.S. Underwriter of its liability, if
any, to the Company, the Selling Stockholders and any nondefaulting U.S.
Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

                 10.  Termination.  This Agreement shall be subject to
termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given
to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if prior to
such time (i) trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have been suspended
by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited
(other than pursuant to the circuit breaker rules) or minimum prices shall have
been established on such Exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been
declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall
have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the
United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the
effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the reasonable
judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the U.S.
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

                 11.  Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The
respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other
statements of the Company or its officers, of each Selling Stockholder and of
the U.S. Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of any U.S. Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder or the Company or any
of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 8
hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.  The
provisions of Sections 7, 8 and 15 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancellation of this Agreement.





<PAGE>   37
                                                                              37


                 12.  Notices.  All communications hereunder will be in writing
and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be
mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to them, care of Salomon
Brothers Inc, at Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York, 10048, Attn.
Legal Department and Syndicate Department; or, if sent to the Company, will be
mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 1999 Broadway, Suite
4300, Denver, CO 80202, attention of the legal department; or if sent to any
Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to
it at the address set forth in Schedule V hereto.

                 13.  Successors.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof,
and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

                 14.  Applicable Law.  This Agreement will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

                 15.  Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of
Process.  Each of IMI Americas, Inc. and IMI Kynoch Ltd.  agrees that any legal
suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or based upon this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any
State or Federal court sitting in The City of New York and any appellate court
from any thereof, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have
to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.
Each such Selling Stockholder has appointed (                          ), New
York, New York, as its authorized agent (the "Authorized Agent") upon whom
process may be served in any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby which may be
instituted in any State or Federal court sitting in The City of New York and
any appellate court from any thereof, by any person and expressly accepts the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action.
Such appointment shall be irrevocable.  Each such Selling Stockholder hereby
represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as said
agent for service of process, and each such Selling Stockholder agrees to take
any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and
instruments, that may be necessary to continue such





<PAGE>   38
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appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid.  Service of process upon the
Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to each such Selling
Stockholder shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process
upon each such Selling Stockholder.

              16.         Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

                 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of
our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof,
whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement
among the Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the several U.S.
Underwriters.


                                        Very truly yours,


                                        Titanium Metals Corporation

                                        By:
                                            ______________________________
                                            Name: 
                                            Title:


                                        IMI Americas Inc.,

                                        By:
                                            ______________________________
                                            Name: 
                                            Title:


                                        IMI Kynoch Ltd.,

                                        By:
                                            ______________________________
                                            Name: 
                                            Title:





<PAGE>   39
                                                                              39


                                        Union Titanium Sponge
                                        Corporation,

                                        By:
                                            ______________________________
                                            Name: 
                                            Title:


                                        Tremont Corporation,

                                        By:
                                            ______________________________
                                            Name: 
                                            Title:



The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.

Salomon Brothers Inc
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Smith Barney Inc.

By: Salomon Brothers Inc

By:
    ______________________________
    Name:
    Title:

For themselves and the other
several U.S. Underwriters named in
Schedule I to the foregoing
Agreement.





<PAGE>   40
                                                                       EXHIBIT A





                          Titanium Metals Corporation
                        Public Offering of Common Stock


                                                                     May  , 1996

Salomon Brothers Inc
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Smith Barney Inc.
As Representatives of the several U.S. Underwriters,
c/o Salomon Brothers Inc
Seven World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048

Dear Sirs:

         This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed
U.S. Underwriting Agreement (the "U.S. Underwriting Agreement"), between
Titanium Metals Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), certain
Selling Stockholders named therein and you as representatives of a group of
U.S. Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of
Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), of the Company.

         In order to induce you and the other U.S. Underwriters to enter into
the U.S. Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned agrees not to offer, sell or
contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce
an offering of, any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the
undersigned or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of
Common Stock for a period of (180 or 90 days, as applicable) following the day
on which the U.S. Underwriting Agreement is executed without your prior written
consent.

         If for any reason the U.S. Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated
prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the U.S.  Underwriting Agreement), the
agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.

                                        Yours very truly,

                                        (Signature of executive
                                        officer or director of
                                        Company or Selling
                                        Stockholder)

                                        By:
                                            ___________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:
                                            Address:





<PAGE>   41
                                   SCHEDULE I


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                Number of Shares of U.S.
                                                                                Underwritten Securities
                          Underwriters                                              To Be Purchased    
                          ------------                                          -----------------------
                          <S>                                                   <C>
                          Salomon Brothers Inc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

                          Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated . . . . . . . .

                          Smith Barney Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .





                                                                                                                                
                                                                                        ---------
                                           Total  . . . . . . . . . . . . .             6,200,000  
                                                                                        =========
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   42

                                  SCHEDULE II


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                  Maximum Number of
                                                                                                  Shares of Option
                          Name                                                                  Securities to be Sold
                          ----                                                                  ---------------------
                          <S>                                                                   <C>
                          Tremont Corporation                                                         1,848,750





                                                                                                            
                                                                                                      ---------
                                           Total  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     1,848,750      
                                                                                                      =========
</TABLE>



<PAGE>   43

                                  SCHEDULE III




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        % of the
                                                                                       Company's
                                                              Jurisdiction of            Voting
                                                              Incorporation or         Securities
 Name of Subsidiary                                             Organization              Held   
 ------------------                                           ----------------         ----------
 <S>                                                      <C>                             <C>
 Titanium MC Limited                                      United Kingdom                  100

 TMCA International, Inc.                                 Delaware                        100
 TIMET France SARL*                                       France                           99

 TIMET Hearth Melting Corporation                         Colorado                        100
     Titanium Hearth Technologies                         Pennsylvania                     50

 TIMET UK Limited                                         United Kingdom                  100
     IMI Titanium (Export) Limited                        United Kingdom                  100

     IMI Titanium GmbH                                    Germany                         100
     IMI Titanium France SARL**                           France                           99

 IMI Titanium Inc.                                        Oregon                          100
</TABLE>
 ---------------
 *   TMCA International Inc. owns the remaining 1% of TIMET France SARL.
 **  IMI Titanium (Export) Limited owns the remaining 1% of IMI Titanium France
     SARL.





<PAGE>   44

                                  SCHEDULE IV



                                     PART 1


                Directors and Executive Officers of the Company
                           Subject to 180-Day Lock-Up


                                J. Landis Martin
                                Andrew R. Dixey
                             Joseph S. Compofelice


                                     PART 2

                       Executive Officers of the Company
                           Subject to 90-Day Lock-Up


                                 Paul J. Bania
                                 Thomas A. Buck
                                John P. Monahan
                              Robert E. Musgraves
                                Mark A. Wallace





<PAGE>   45

                                   SCHEDULE V


                       Addresses of Selling Stockholders


         IMI Americas Inc.
         IMI Kynoch Ltd.
            c/o IMI plc
                P.O. Box 218
                Birmingham, England B6 7BA

         Tremont Corporation
            1999 Broadway, Suite 4300
            Denver, Colorado 80202

         Union Titanium Sponge Corporation
            c/o Toho Titanium Company Ltd.
                2-13-31 Kohnan
                Minato-ku
                Tokyo 108, Japan






<PAGE>   1
                                                                     EXHIBIT 1.2

                                                           (CS&M Draft--5/21/96)

                          TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION

                               14,500,000 Shares*
                                  Common Stock
                                ($.01 par value)

                      International Underwriting Agreement


                                                              New York, New York
                                                                     May  , 1996

Salomon Brothers International Limited
Morgan Stanley & Co. International
Smith Barney Inc.
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Salomon Brothers International
Victoria Plaza
111 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 0SB ENGLAND

Dear Sirs:

                 Titanium Metals Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the "International Underwriters"), for whom you (the "International
Representatives") are acting as representatives, 2,175,000 shares of Common
Stock, $.01 par value ("Common Stock") of the Company, and Union Titanium
Sponge Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("UTSC"), IMI Americas Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("IMI Americas") and IMI Kynoch Ltd., a corporation
organized under the laws of England and Wales ("IMI Kynoch") propose to sell to
the International Underwriters (112,500), (56,851) and (1,075,649) shares of
Common Stock, respectively (said shares to be issued and sold by the Company
and said shares to be sold by UTSC, IMI Americas and IMI Kynoch collectively
being hereinafter called the "International Underwritten Securities").  Tremont
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Tremont"; Tremont, together with UTSC,
IMI Americas and IMI Kynoch, being hereinafter called the "Selling
Stockholders"), also proposes to grant to the International Underwriters and
the U.S.  Underwriters (as defined below) an option to purchase up to 326,250
and 1,848,750 additional shares of Common Stock, respectively, solely to cover
overallotments (the "Option Securities"; the International Underwritten





__________________________________

    *  Plus an option to purchase from Tremont Corporation up to 2,175,000
additional shares to cover overallotments.
<PAGE>   2
                                                                               2

Securities, together with any Option Securities purchased pursuant to this
Agreement being hereinafter called the "International Securities").

                 It is understood that the Company and the Selling Stockholders
are concurrently entering into a U.S. Underwriting Agreement dated the date
hereof (the "U.S. Underwriting Agreement") providing for the issue and sale by
the Company and the sale by the Selling Stockholders of an aggregate of
12,325,000 shares of Common Stock (said shares to be sold by the Company and
the Selling Stockholders pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement being
hereinafter called the "U.S. Underwritten Securities" and, together with the
Option Securities purchased pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement, the
"U.S. Securities"), in the United States and Canada through arrangements with
certain underwriters in the United States and Canada (the "U.S. Underwriters")
for whom Salomon Brothers Inc, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Smith
Barney Inc., are acting as representatives (the "Representatives").  The U.S.
Securities, together with the International Securities, are hereinafter
referred to as the "Securities".   The respective closings under this Agreement
and the U.S. Underwriting Agreement are hereby expressly made conditional on
one another.

                 It is further understood that the International Underwriters
and the U.S. Underwriters have entered into an Agreement between U.S.
Underwriters and International Underwriters (the "Agreement Between U.S.
Underwriters and International Underwriters"), pursuant to which, among other
things, the International Underwriters may purchase from the U.S. Underwriters
a portion of the U.S. Securities to be sold pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement and the U.S. Underwriters may purchase from the International
Underwriters a portion of the International Securities to be sold pursuant to
the International Underwriting Agreement.

                 1.  Representations and Warranties.

                 (a)  The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
each International Underwriter and each of the Selling Stockholders as set
forth below in this Section 1.  Certain terms used in this Section 1 are
defined in paragraph (a)(v) hereof.

                 (i)  The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
         Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement (file number
         333-2940) on
<PAGE>   3
                                                                               3

         Form S-1, including the related preliminary prospectuses, for the
         registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") of the
         offering and sale of the Securities.  The Company may have filed one
         or more amendments thereto, including the related preliminary
         prospectuses, each of which has previously been furnished to you.  The
         Company will next file with the Commission either (A) prior to
         effectiveness of such registration statement, a further amendment to
         such registration statement (including the form of final prospectuses)
         or (B) after effectiveness of such registration statement, final
         prospectuses in accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b)(1) or (4).  In
         the case of clause (B), the Company will include in such registration
         statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information (other
         than Rule 430A Information) required by the Act and the rules
         thereunder to be included in the Prospectuses (as hereinafter defined)
         with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof.  As filed,
         such amendment and forms of final prospectuses, or such final
         prospectuses, shall contain all Rule 430A Information, together with
         all other such required information, with respect to the Securities
         and the offering thereof and, except to the extent the Representatives
         shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive
         respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or,
         to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only
         such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that
         contained in the latest International Preliminary Prospectus (as
         hereinafter defined)) as the Company has advised you, prior to the
         Execution Time, will be included or made therein.  Upon your request,
         but not without our agreement, the Company also will file a Rule
         462(b) Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 462(b).

                 (ii)  It is understood that two forms of prospectus are to be
         used in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities:  one
         form of prospectus relating to the U.S. Securities, which are to be
         offered and sold to United States and Canadian Persons (as hereinafter
         defined), and one form of prospectus relating to the International
         Securities, which are to be offered and sold to persons other than
         United States and Canadian Persons.  Such form of prospectus relating
         to the U.S. Securities as first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or, if
         no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is made, such form of prospectus
         included in the Registration Statement at
<PAGE>   4
                                                                               4

         the Effective Date, is hereinafter called the "U.S. Prospectus"; such
         form of prospectus relating to the International Securities as first
         filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b)
         is made, such form of prospectus included in the Registration
         Statement at the Effective Date, is hereinafter called the
         "International Prospectus"; and the U.S. Prospectus and the
         International Prospectus are hereinafter collectively called the
         "Prospectuses".

                 (iii)  On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did
         or will, and when the Prospectuses are first filed (if required) in
         accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, each Prospectus
         (and any supplements thereto) will, comply in all material respects
         with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder;
         on the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not or will not
         contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
         material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
         make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
         they were made, not misleading; and, on the Effective Date, each
         Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), did not or will not,
         and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the
         Closing Date, each Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto)
         will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
         state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
         therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
         not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no
         representations or warranties as to the information contained in or
         omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectuses (or any
         supplements thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
         information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any
         International Underwriter through the International Representatives
         specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the
         Prospectuses (or any supplement thereto) (which the parties hereto
         understand consists only of the names of the Underwriters, the second
         paragraph on page 3 of the Prospectus and in the section of the
         Prospectus entitled "Underwriting").

                 ((iv)  The Company has requested that the Underwriters reserve
         up to 50,000 shares of the U.S. Underwritten Securities to be sold at
         the initial
<PAGE>   5
                                                                               5

         public offering price to persons who are directors, officers,
         employees or representatives of the Company.  The Company has further
         requested that such reserved shares be reserved from the shares of
         U.S. Underwritten Securities to be sold by it and not from shares of
         U.S. Underwritten Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholders.)

                 (v)  The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement,
         shall have the meanings indicated.  The term "the Effective Date"
         shall mean each date that the Registration Statement, any
         post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b)
         Registration Statement became or become effective.  "Execution Time"
         shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and
         delivered by the parties hereto.  "Registration Statement" shall mean
         the registration statement referred to in paragraph (a)(i) above,
         including exhibits and financial statements, as amended at the
         Execution Time (or, if not effective at the Execution Time, in the
         form in which it shall become effective) and, in the event any
         post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration
         Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter
         defined), shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or
         such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.  Such
         term shall include any Rule 430A Information deemed to be included
         therein at the Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.  "Rule 424",
         "Rule 430A" and "Rule 462" refer to such rules under the Act.  "Rule
         430A Information" means information with respect to the Securities and
         the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration
         Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.  "Rule
         462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration statement and
         any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the
         offering covered by the initial registration statement (file number
         333-2940).  "United States or Canadian Person" shall mean any person
         who is a national or resident of the United States or Canada, any
         corporation, partnership, or other entity created or organized in or
         under the laws of the United States or Canada or of any political
         subdivision thereof, or any estate or trust the income of which is
         subject to United States or Canadian Federal income taxation,
         regardless of its source (other than any non- United States or
         non-Canadian branch of any United States or Canadian Person), and
         shall include any United States
<PAGE>   6
                                                                               6

         or Canadian branch of a person other than a United States or Canadian
         Person.  "U.S." or "United States" shall mean the United States of
         America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia),
         its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its
         jurisdiction.  The "U.S. Preliminary Prospectus" and the
         "International Preliminary Prospectus", respectively, shall mean any
         preliminary prospectus with respect to the offering of the U.S.
         Securities and the International Securities, as the case may be,
         referred to in paragraph (a) (i) above and any preliminary prospectus
         with respect to the offering of the U.S. Securities and the
         International Securities, as the case may be, included in the
         Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A
         Information and the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the International
         Preliminary Prospectus are hereinafter collectively called the
         "Preliminary Prospectuses".

                          (b)  Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not
         jointly, represents and warrants to, only as to itself, and agrees
         with, each International Underwriter that:

                 (i)  Such Selling Stockholder is the sole and lawful owner of
         the International Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
         hereunder and, upon sale and delivery of, and payment for, such
         International Securities, as provided herein, such Selling Stockholder
         will convey good and marketable title to such International
         Securities, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security
         interests and claims whatsoever (assuming that the several
         International Underwriters and the several U.S. Underwriters are
         without notice of any adverse claim, as defined in the Uniform
         Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York (the "Code") and
         are otherwise bona fide purchasers for the purposes of the Code and
         that such International Underwriters' and the U.S. Underwriters'
         rights are not limited by subsection (4) of Section 8-302 of the
         Code).

                  (ii)  Although the Selling Stockholders assume no
         responsibility for the accuracy, completeness and fairness of the
         Company's representations and warranties in this Section 1 or, except
         as contemplated herein, the statements contained in the Registration
         Statement and the International Prospectus, such Selling Stockholder
         has no reason to believe that the
<PAGE>   7
                                                                               7

         representations and warranties of the Company contained in paragraph
         (a)(iii) of this Section 1 (other than the first clause of such
         paragraph, with respect to which such Selling Stockholder makes no
         representation or warranty) are not true and correct; and the sale of
         the International Securities by such Selling Stockholder pursuant
         hereto is not prompted by any material fact concerning the Company or
         any of its subsidiaries which is not set forth in the International
         Prospectus or any supplement thereto.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,
         with respect to IMI Americas and IMI Kynoch, (i) such representations
         and warranties are limited to the knowledge of Gary Allen and R.B.
         Pointon based solely on their review of the Registration Statement and
         the International Prospectus, without any independent investigation or
         inquiry, and (ii) it is acknowledged and agreed that neither IMI
         Americas nor IMI Kynoch, nor any of their representatives or agents,
         engaged in any due diligence regarding the offering and did not
         participate in any drafting sessions or other conferences with the
         Company or the International Underwriters or their legal or financial
         representatives regarding the contents of the Registration Statement
         or the International Prospectus.

                 (iii)  Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not
         take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which might
         reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Securities
         Exchange Act or 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise, in
         stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
         Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the International
         Securities and has not effected any sales of shares of Common Stock
         which, if effected by the Company, would be required to be disclosed
         in response to Item 701 of Regulation S-K.

                 (iv)  No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
         court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation
         by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated herein,
         except such as may obtained under the Act, the federal and provincial
         securities laws of Canada or the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in
         connection with the purchase and distribution of the International
         Securities by the International Underwriters and except such other
         approvals as have been obtained.
<PAGE>   8
                                                                               8

                 (v)  Neither the sale of the International Securities being
         sold by such Selling Stockholder nor the consummation of any other of
         the transactions herein contemplated by such Selling Stockholder or
         the fulfillment of the terms hereof by such Selling Stockholder will
         conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
         default under any law or the charter or by-laws of such Selling
         Stockholder or the terms of any indenture or other material agreement
         or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder or any of its
         subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any judgment, order or decree
         applicable to such Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries of
         any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body
         or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any
         of its subsidiaries.

In respect of any statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or
the Prospectuses or any supplements thereto made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Selling
Stockholder specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof,
such Selling Stockholder hereby makes the same representations and warranties
to each International Underwriter as the Company makes to such International
Underwriter under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section.

                 2.  Purchase and Sale.  (a)  Subject to the terms and
conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set
forth, the Company and each Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not
jointly, to sell the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite its
name on Schedule II hereto to each International Underwriter, and each
International Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from
the Company and the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price of $ per share,
the amount of the International Underwritten Securities set forth opposite each
such International Underwriter's name in Schedule I hereto.

                 (b)  Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties herein set forth, Tremont hereby grants an
option to the several International Underwriters to purchase, severally and not
jointly, the amount of Option Securities set forth opposite its name on
Schedule II hereto at the same purchase price per share as the International
Underwriters shall pay for the International Underwritten Securities.  Said
option may
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be exercised only to cover overallotments in the sale of the International
Underwritten Securities by the International Underwriters.  Said option may be
exercised in whole or in part at any time (but not more than three times) on or
before 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the 30th day after the date of the
International Prospectus upon written, telecopied or telegraphic notice by the
Representatives to Tremont setting forth the number of shares of Option
Securities as to which the several International Underwriters are exercising
the option and the settlement date.  Delivery of certificates for the shares of
Option Securities by Tremont and payment therefor to Tremont shall be made as
provided in Section 3 hereof.  The maximum number of shares of Option
Securities to be sold by Tremont is set forth in Schedule II hereto.  The
number of shares of the Option Securities to be purchased by each International
Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of shares of the
Option Securities to be purchased by the several International Underwriters as
such International Underwriter is purchasing of the International Underwritten
Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion
shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.

                 3.  Delivery and Payment.  Delivery of and payment for the
International Underwritten Securities (and the Option Securities (if the option
provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the
third business day prior to the Closing Date)) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New
York City time, on            , 1996, or such later date (not later than
           , 1996) as the Representatives, the Company and the Selling
Stockholders shall agree upon in writing, which date and time may be postponed
by agreement among the International Representatives, the Representatives, the
Company and the Selling Stockholders or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such
date and time of delivery and payment for the International Securities being
herein called the "Closing Date").  Delivery of the International Securities
shall be made to the International Representatives for the respective accounts
of the several International Underwriters against payment by the several
International Underwriters through the International Representatives of the
respective aggregate purchase prices of the International Securities being sold
by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders to or upon the order of the
Company and each of the Selling Stockholders by wire transfer of immediately
available funds.  Delivery of the International Underwritten Securities (and
the Option Securities) shall be made at such
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location as the International Representatives shall reasonably designate at
least one business day in advance of the Closing Date and payment for such
International Securities shall be made at the office of Cravath, Swaine &
Moore, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York.  Certificates for the
International Securities shall be registered in such names and in such
denominations as the International Representatives may request not less than
three full business days in advance of the Closing Date.

                 The Company and the Selling Stockholders agree to have the
International Securities available for inspection, checking and packaging by
the International Representatives in New York, New York, not later than 1:00 PM
on the second business day prior to the Closing Date.

                 Each Selling Stockholder will pay all applicable State
transfer taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several International
Underwriters of the International Securities to be purchased by them from such
Selling Stockholder and the respective International Underwriters will pay any
additional stock transfer taxes involved in further transfers.

                 If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised
after the third business day prior to the Closing Date, Tremont will deliver or
have delivered (at the expense of the Company) to the International
Representatives, at (Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York,) on the date
specified by the International Representatives (which shall be within three
business days after exercise of said option), certificates for the Option
Securities in such names and denominations as the International Representatives
shall have requested against payment of the purchase price thereof to Tremont
by wire transfer of immediately available funds.  If settlement for the Option
Securities occurs after the Closing Date, Tremont will deliver to the
International Representatives on the settlement date for the Option Securities,
and the obligation of the International Underwriters to purchase the Option
Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions,
certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates
and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

                 It is understood and agreed that the Closing Date shall occur
simultaneously with the "Closing Date" under the U.S.  Underwriting Agreement.
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                 4.  Offering by Underwriters.  It is understood that the
several International Underwriters propose to offer the International
Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the International Prospectus.

                 5.  Agreements.

                 (a)  The Company agrees with the several International
Underwriters that:

                 (i)  The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
         Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and
         any amendment thereof, to become effective.  Prior to the termination
         of the offering of the International Securities (which will be deemed
         to have occurred on the date that is the earlier of (A) 60 days after
         the Closing Date and (B) the date on which the International
         Representatives shall have informed the Company that the offering of
         the International Securities has terminated), the Company will not
         file any amendment of the Registration Statement, supplement to the
         International Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
         unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to
         filing and will not file any such proposed amendment, supplement or
         Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which you reasonably object.
         Subject to the foregoing sentence, if the Registration Statement has
         become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A, or filing of the
         International Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the
         Company will cause the International Prospectus, properly completed,
         and any supplement thereto to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
         the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period
         prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the International
         Representatives of such timely filing.  Upon your request, the Company
         will cause the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, completed in
         compliance with the Act and the applicable rules and regulations
         thereunder, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b)
         and will provide evidence satisfactory to the International
         Representatives of such filing.  The Company will promptly advise the
         International Representatives (A) when the Registration Statement, if
         not effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment thereto, shall
         have become effective, (B) when the International Prospectuses, and
         any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the
         Commission
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         pursuant to Rule 424(b), (C) when, prior to termination of the
         offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration
         Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (D) of any
         request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration
         Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or supplement to
         the Prospectuses or for any additional information, (E) of the
         issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
         effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or
         threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (F) of the receipt
         by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
         the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or
         the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.  The
         Company will use its best efforts (i) to prevent the issuance of any
         such stop order and, (ii) if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the
         withdrawal thereof.

                 (ii)  If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
         Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs
         as a result of which the Prospectuses as then supplemented would
         include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
         material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of
         the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it
         shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement
         either of the Prospectuses to comply with the Act or the rules
         thereunder, the Company promptly will (A) prepare and file with the
         Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this
         Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such
         statement or omission or effect such compliance and (B) supply any
         supplemented Prospectuses to you in such quantities as you may
         reasonably request.

                 (iii)  As soon practicable, the Company will make generally
         available to its security holders and to the International
         Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and
         its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of
         the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.

                 (iv)  The Company will furnish to the International
         Representatives and counsel for the International Underwriters,
         without charge, one signed copy of the Registration Statement
         (including exhibits thereto) and
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         to each other International Underwriter a conformed copy of the
         Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as
         delivery of a prospectus by an International Underwriter or dealer may
         be required by the Act, as many copies of each International
         Preliminary Prospectus and the International Prospectus and any
         supplement thereto as the International Representatives may reasonably
         request.  (The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
         Representatives copies of all reports on Form SR required by Rule 463
         under the Act.)  The Company will pay the expenses of printing or
         other reproduction by it of all documents relating to the offering.

                 (v)  The Company will arrange for the qualification of the
         International Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions
         as the International Representatives may reasonably designate and will
         maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
         distribution of the International Securities.  The Company will pay
         the fee of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in
         connection with its review of the offering.

             (vi)  The Company will not, and will not permit (x) its directors
         or executive officers listed in Part 1 of Schedule IV to, for a period
         of 180 days following the Execution Time, or (y) its executive
         officers listed in Part 2 of Schedule IV to, for a period of 90 days
         following the Execution Time, in each case without the prior written
         consent of Salomon Brothers Inc, offer, sell or contract to sell, or
         otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce the offering
         of, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible
         into, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; provided, however,
         that the Company may issue Common Stock pursuant to any employee or
         director stock option or compensation plan of the Company in effect at
         the Execution Time.

                 (vii)  The Company confirms as of the date hereof that it is
         in compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida,
         Chapter 92-198, An Act Relating to Disclosure of Doing Business with
         Cuba, and the Company further agrees that if it commences engaging in
         business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate
         located in Cuba after the date the Registration Statement becomes or
         has become
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         effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission or with the
         Florida Department of Banking and Finance (the "Department"),
         whichever date is later, or if the information reported in the
         Prospectuses, if any, concerning the Company's business with Cuba or
         with any person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any material
         way, the Company will provide the Department notice of such business
         or change, as appropriate, in a form acceptable to the Department.

                 (b)  Each International Underwriter agrees that (i) it is not
purchasing any of the International Securities for the account of any United
States or Canadian Person, (ii) it has not offered or sold, and will not offer
or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the International Securities or
distribute any International Prospectus to any person in the United States or
Canada, or to any United States or Canadian Person, and (iii) any dealer to
whom it may sell any of the International Securities will represent that it is
not purchasing for the account of any United States or Canadian Person and
agree that it will not offer or resell, directly or indirectly, any of the
International Securities in the United States or Canada, or to any United
States or Canadian Person or to any other dealer who does not so represent and
agree; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict (A) purchases
and sales between the U.S. Underwriters on the one hand and the International
Underwriters on the other hand pursuant to the Agreement Between U.S.
Underwriters and International Underwriters, (B) stabilization transactions
contemplated under the Agreement Between U.S. Underwriters and International
Underwriters, conducted through Salomon Brothers Inc (or through the
Representatives and International Representatives) as part of the distribution
of the Securities, and (C) sales to or through (or distributions of
International Prospectuses or International Preliminary Prospectuses to)
non-United  States or Canadian Persons who are investment advisors, or who
otherwise exercise investment discretion, and who are purchasing for the
account of any United States or Canadian Person.

                 (c)  The agreements of the International Underwriters set
forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 5 shall terminate upon the earlier of
the following events:

                 (i) a mutual agreement of the Representatives and the
         International Representatives to terminate the selling restrictions
         set forth in paragraph (b) of this
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         Section 5 and Section 5(b) of the U.S. Underwriting Agreement; or

                 (ii) the expiration of a period of 30 days after the Closing
         Date, unless (A) the International Representatives shall have given
         notice to the Company and the Representatives that the distribution of
         the International Securities by the International Underwriters has not
         yet been completed, or (B) the Representatives shall have given notice
         to the Company and the International Underwriters that the
         distribution of the U.S. Securities by the U.S. Underwriters has not
         yet been completed.  If such notice by the Representatives or the
         International Representatives is given, the agreements set forth in
         such paragraph (b) shall survive until the earlier of (1) the event
         referred to in clause (i) of this subsection (c) or (2) the expiration
         of an additional period of 30 days from the date of any such notice.

                 (d)  Each International Underwriter severally represents and
agrees that:

                 (i) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in
         the United Kingdom, by means of any document, any International
         Securities other than to persons whose ordinary business it is to buy
         or sell shares or debentures, whether as principal or agent or in
         circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within
         the meaning of the Companies Act 1985;

                 (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable
         provisions of The Financial Services Act 1986 with respect to anything
         done by it in relation to the International Securities, in, from or
         otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and

                 (iii) it has only issued or passed on and will only issue or
         pass on to any person in the United Kingdom any document received by
         it in connection with the issue of the International Securities if
         that person is of a kind described in Article 9(3) of the Financial
         Services Act 1986 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1992
         or a person to whom the document may otherwise lawfully be issued or
         passed on.

                 (e)  Each Selling Stockholder agrees with the several
International Underwriters that it will not, during
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the period of 180 days following the Execution Time, without the prior written
consent of Salomon Brothers Inc, offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise
dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce the offering of, any other
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such person, or any securities
convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock.

                 (f)      Each Selling Stockholder agrees that it will take all
reasonable actions in cooperation with the Company and the International
Underwriters to perform and satisfy all of such Selling Stockholder's
conditions precedent.

                 6.  Conditions to the Obligations of the International
Underwriters.  The obligation of the Selling Stockholders hereunder to sell and
deliver the International Securities shall be subject, in their discretion, to
the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company
contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement
date pursuant Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the
Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the conditions
set forth in Sections 6(a), 6(b), 6(e), 6(g), 6(h), 6(k), 6(l), 6(m), 6(n),
6(g) (it being understood that you, and not the Selling Stockholders, have the
right to determine that the form and substance of the documents referred to
therein are satisfactory).

                 The obligations of the International Underwriters to purchase
the International Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the
case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained
herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date
pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company
and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder in all material respects
and to the following additional conditions:

                 (a)  If the Registration Statement has not become effective
         prior to the Execution Time, unless the Representatives and the
         International Representatives agree in writing to a later time, the
         Registration Statement will become effective not later than
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         (i) 6:00 PM New York City time on the date of determination of the
         public offering price, if such determination occurred at or prior to
         3:00 PM New York City time on such date or (ii) 12:00 Noon on the
         business day following the day on which the public offering price was
         determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00 PM New York City
         time on such date; if filing of either of the Prospectuses, or any
         supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the
         International Prospectuses, and any such supplement, will be filed in
         the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and no
         stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
         shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have
         been instituted or threatened.

                 (b)  The Company shall have furnished to the International
Representatives and each Selling Stockholder the opinion of Robert E.
Musgraves, Esq., counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, and the
opinion of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, counsel for the Company,
dated the Closing Date, in the forms and with respect to the subsections
specified in Section 6(b) of the U.S. Underwriting Agreement.

                 (c)  (A)  IMI Americas and IMI Kynoch shall have furnished to
the Representatives the opinion of their counsel, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly,
(B) UTSC shall have furnished to the Representatives the opinion of its
counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton, and (C) Tremont shall have furnished to the
Representatives the opinion of its counsel, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar &
Scott, each dated the Closing Date, and each in the form specified in Section
6(c) of the U.S. Underwriting Agreement.

                 (d)  The International Representatives shall have received
from Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the International Underwriters, such
opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and
sale of the International Securities, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectuses (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters
as the International Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company
and each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such
documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to
pass upon such matters.

                 (e)  The Company shall have furnished to the International
Representatives a certificate of the Company,
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signed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board or the President
and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully
examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses, any supplements to the
Prospectuses and this Agreement and that:

                 (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
         Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of
         the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date
         and the Company has complied in all material respects with all the
         agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be
         performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

                 (ii) to the best knowledge of such signer after due inquiry,
         no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
         Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
         been instituted or threatened; and

                 (iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
         included in the Prospectuses (exclusive of any supplement thereto),
         there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial
         or other), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
         subsidiaries, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
         course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
         Prospectuses (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

                 (f)  Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the
Representatives a certificate, signed by the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of such Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Date, to the
effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration
Statement, the Prospectuses, any supplement to the Prospectuses and this
Agreement and that the representations and warranties of such Selling
Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on
and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date.

                 (g)  At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, Coopers &
Lybrand, L.L.P. shall have furnished to the International Representatives and
the Selling Stockholders a letter or letters, dated respectively as of the
Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance as
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specified in Section 6(g) of the U.S. Underwriting Agreement.

                 (h)  At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, KPMG Peat
Marwick LLP shall have furnished to the International Representatives and the
Selling Stockholders a letter or letters, dated respectively as of the
Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance as specified
in Section 6(h) of the U.S. Underwriting Agreement.

                 (i)  At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, Price
Waterhouse LLP shall have furnished to the International Representatives a
letter or letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the
Closing Date, in form and substance as specified in Section 6(i) of the U.S.
Underwriting Agreement.

                 (j)  Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive
of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectuses (exclusive of any supplement
thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the
letter or letters referred to in paragraph (g) of this Section 6 or (ii) any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries the effect of which,
in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the judgment of the
International Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of
the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any
amendment thereof) and the Prospectuses (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

                 (k)  At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished
to the International Representatives a letter substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto from each officer and director of the Company listed in
Schedule IV hereto and each Selling Stockholder, in each case addressed to the
International Representatives, in which each such person agrees not to offer,
sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or
announce an offering of, any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such
person or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of
Common Stock (except the shares sold to the Underwriters pursuant to the
overallotment options described in Section 2(b) hereof) for a period of
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180 days following the Execution Time without the prior written consent of the
Representatives and the International Representatives, other than shares of
Common Stock disposed of as bona fide gifts.

                 (l)  The closing of the purchase of the U.S. Securities to be
issued and sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders pursuant to the
U.S. Underwriting Agreement shall occur concurrently with the closing described
herein.

                 (m)  The National Associates of Securities Dealers, Inc.
("NASD"), upon review of the terms of the public offering of the International
Underwritten Securities, shall not have objected to the participation by any of
the International Underwriters in such offering or asserted any violation of
the by-laws of the NASD.

                 (n) On or prior to the Execution Time, the Nasdaq National
Market shall have approved the International Underwriters' participation in the
distribution of the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholders.

                 (o)  Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the International Representatives such further information,
certificates and documents as the International Representatives may reasonably
request.

                 If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not
have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the International Representatives and
counsel for the International Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations
of the International Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time
prior to, the Closing Date by the International Representatives.  Notice of
such cancellation shall be given to the Company and each Selling Stockholder in
writing or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.

                 The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall
be delivered at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the
International Underwriters, at Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York,
New York, on the Closing Date.
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                 7.  Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses.  If the sale of
the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to
the obligations of the International Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof
(other than Section 6(d)) is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant
to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the
part of the Company or any Selling Stockholder to perform in any material
respect any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by
reason of a default by any of the International Underwriters, the Company will
reimburse the International Underwriters severally upon demand for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the
proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.  If the Company is required to
make any payments to the International Underwriters under this Section 7 solely
because of any Selling Stockholder's refusal, inability or failure to satisfy
any condition to the obligations of the International Underwriters set forth in
Section 6, the Selling Stockholders pro rata in proportion to the percentage of
Securities to be sold by each shall reimburse the Company on demand for all
amounts so paid.

                 8.  Indemnification and Contribution.  (a)  The Company agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless each International Underwriter, the directors,
officers, employees and agents of each International Underwriter and each
person who controls any International Underwriter within the meaning of either
the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject
under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or
regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as
originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any U.S.  Preliminary
Prospectus or International Preliminary Prospectus or in either of the
Prospectuses, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out
of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as
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incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that (i) the Company will not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
any International Underwriter through the International Representatives
specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue
statement or omission of material fact made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a) shall not inure to the
benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim,
damage or liability purchased the securities concerned, to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter occurs under the
circumstance where it shall have been determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment that (w) the Company had
previously furnished copies of the Prospectus to the International
Representatives, (x) delivery of the Prospectus was required by the Act to be
made to such person, (y) the untrue statement or omission of a material fact
contained in the Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus and (z)
there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the
Prospectus.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which the Company may otherwise have.

                 (b)  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Selling Stockholder, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each
Selling Stockholder and each person who controls any Selling Stockholder within
the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them
may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state
statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of
the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any U.S.
Preliminary Prospectus or International Preliminary Prospectus or in either of
the
<PAGE>   23
                                                                              23

Prospectuses, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out
of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as
is incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action, provided however, that the Company will not be liable in
any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
any Selling Stockholder specifically for inclusion therein.  The Company
acknowledges that (x) the statements set forth in the footnotes to the table
under the heading "Principal and Selling Stockholders", (y) the number of
Shares being sold hereunder and under the U.S. Underwriting Agreement and (z)
biographical information under the heading "Management", in each case in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectuses or any
amendment or supplement thereto, and in each case as such statements relate to
each Selling Stockholder, constitute the only information furnished in writing
by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder for inclusion in the registration
statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectuses, or any amendment or
supplement thereto and each Selling Stockholder confirms that such statements,
to the extent they relate to such Selling Stockholder, are correct.  This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have.

                 (c)  Each Selling Stockholder severally and not jointly agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who signs the Registration Statement, each International Underwriter,
the directors, officers, employees and agents of each International Underwriter
and each person who controls the Company or any International Underwriter
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each other Selling
Stockholder to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to
each International Underwriter, but only with reference to written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder
specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing
indemnity; provided, however, that in no case shall the liability of any
Selling Stockholder under this
<PAGE>   24
                                                                              24

Section 8(c) exceed the aggregate public offering price of the Securities sold
by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters minus the underwriting
discounts or commissions paid thereon to the Underwriters by such Selling
Stockholder.  The Company, Tremont and each Underwriter acknowledge that (x)
the statements set forth in the footnotes to the table under the heading
"Principal and Selling Stockholders", (y) the number of Shares being sold
hereunder and under the U.S. Underwriting Agreement and (z) biographical
information under the heading "Management" in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectuses or any amendments or supplements
thereto, in each case as such statements relate to each Selling Stockholder,
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectuses, or any amendments or supplements
thereto and each Selling Stockholder confirms that such statements, to the
extent they relate to such Selling Stockholder, are correct.  This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Selling Stockholder
may otherwise have.

                 (d)  Each International Underwriter severally and not jointly
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each
of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who
controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act
and each Selling Stockholder, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to each International Underwriter, but only with reference to
written information relating to such International Underwriter furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such International Underwriter through the
International Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents
referred to in the foregoing indemnity.  This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which any International Underwriter may otherwise
have.  The Company and each Selling Stockholder acknowledge that the names of
the International Underwriters and the statements set forth in the second
paragraph of page 3 and under the heading "Underwriting" in any U.S. or
International Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectuses constitute the only
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several International
Underwriters for inclusion in any U.S. or International Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectuses, and you, as the International Representatives, confirm
that such statements are correct.
<PAGE>   25
                                                                              25

                 (e)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i)
will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above
unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such
failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial
rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying
party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the
indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b),(c) or (d) above.
The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying
party's choice at the indemnifying party's expense to represent the indemnified
party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and
expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties
except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the
indemnifying party's election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified
party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel (including not more than one local counsel in any relevant
jurisdiction for an indemnified party), and the indemnifying party shall bear
the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use
of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party
would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or
potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it
and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to
those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall
not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the
institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the
indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying
party.  The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from
and
<PAGE>   26
                                                                              26

against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.  An
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties (not to be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened
claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties
are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such
settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or
proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

                 (f)  In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph
(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company, the Selling
Stockholders and the International Underwriters agree to contribute to the
aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending
same) (collectively "Losses") to which the Company, one or more of the Selling
Stockholders and one or more of the International Underwriters may be subject
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company, by the Selling Stockholders and by the International
Underwriters from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no
case shall any International Underwriter (except as may be provided in any
agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the International
Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting
discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such
International Underwriter hereunder and in no case shall any Selling
Stockholder be responsible for any amount in excess of the aggregate amount of
proceeds such Selling Stockholder received from the sale of the Securities
pursuant to the offering.  If the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company, the Selling
Stockholders and the International Underwriters shall contribute in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but
also the relative fault of the Company, of the Selling Stockholders and of the
International Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable
<PAGE>   27
                                                                              27

considerations.  Benefits received by the Company and by a Selling Stockholder
shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before
deducting expenses) received by each of them, and benefits received by the
International Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover
page of the International Prospectus.  Relative fault shall be determined by
reference to whether any alleged untrue statement or omission relates to
information provided by the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the
International Underwriters.  The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the
International Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (f), no person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  For purposes of this Section 8, each
person who controls an International Underwriter within the meaning of either
the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of
an International Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such
International Underwriter, each person who controls a Selling Stockholder
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director,
officer, employee and agent of such Selling Stockholder shall have the same
rights to contribution as such Selling Stockholder, and each person who
controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act,
each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement
and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as
the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of
this paragraph (f).

                 9.  Default by an International Underwriter.  If any one or
more International Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the
International Securities agreed to be purchased by such International
Underwriter or International Underwriters hereunder and such failure to
purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their
obligations under this Agreement, the remaining International Underwriters
shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective
proportions which the amount of International Securities set forth opposite
their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of
<PAGE>   28
                                                                              28

International Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining
International Underwriters) the International Securities which the defaulting
International Underwriter or International Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of
Securities which the defaulting International Underwriter or International
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate
amount of International Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the
remaining International Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but
shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the International
Securities, and if such nondefaulting International Underwriters do not
purchase all the International Securities, this Agreement will terminate
without liability to any nondefaulting International Underwriter, the Selling
Stockholders or the Company.  In the event of a default by any International
Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed
for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the International Representatives
shall reasonably determine in order that the required changes in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectuses or in any other documents or
arrangements may be effected.  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
relieve any defaulting International Underwriter of its liability, if any, to
the Company, the Selling Stockholders and any nondefaulting International
Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

                 10.  Termination.  This Agreement shall be subject to
termination in the absolute discretion of the International Representatives, by
notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the
International Securities, if prior to such time (i) trading in the Company's
Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the Nasdaq National
Market or trading in securities generally on the Nasdaq National Market or the
New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited (other than
pursuant to the circuit breaker rules) or minimum prices shall have been
established on such National Market, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been
declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall
have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the
United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the
effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the reasonable
judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
<PAGE>   29
                                                                              29

International Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

                 11.  Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The
respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other
statements of the Company or its officers, of each Selling Stockholder and of
the International Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement
will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by
or on behalf of any International Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder or the
Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the
International Securities.  The provisions of Sections 7, 8 and 15 hereof shall
survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

                 12.  Notices.  All communications hereunder will be in writing
and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the International
Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to
them, care of Salomon Brothers International Limited, at Victoria Plaza, 111
Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0SB ENGLAND; or, if sent to the Company,
will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 1999 Broadway,
Suite 4300, Denver, CO 80202, attention of the legal department; or if sent to
any Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed
to it at the address set forth in Schedule V hereto.

                 13.  Successors.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof,
and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

                 14.  APPLICABLE LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                 15.  Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of
Process.  Each of IMI Americas, Inc. and IMI Kynoch Ltd.  agrees that any legal
suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or based upon this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any
State or Federal court sitting in The City of New York and any appellate court
from any thereof, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have
to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to
<PAGE>   30
                                                                              30

the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.
Each such Selling Stockholder has appointed (                          ), New
York, New York, as its authorized agent (the "Authorized Agent") upon whom
process may be served in any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby which may be
instituted in any State or Federal court sitting in The City of New York and
any appellate court from any thereof, by any person and expressly accepts the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action.
Such appointment shall be irrevocable.  Each such Selling Stockholder hereby
represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as said
agent for service of process, and each such Selling Stockholder agrees to take
any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and
instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force
and effect as aforesaid.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent and
written notice of such service to each such Selling Stockholder shall be
deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon each such Selling
Stockholder.

              16.         Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

                 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of
our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof,
whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement
among the Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the several
International Underwriters.


                                  Very truly yours,


                                  Titanium Metals Corporation

                                  By:   ________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:
<PAGE>   31
                                                                              31

                                  IMI Americas Inc.,

                                  By:   ________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:


                                  IMI Kynoch Ltd.,

                                  By:   ________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:


                                  Union Titanium Sponge
                                  Corporation,

                                  By:   ________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:


                                  Tremont Corporation,

                                  By:   ________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:
<PAGE>   32
                                                                              32

The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.

Salomon Brothers International
  Limited
Morgan Stanley & Co. International
Smith Barney Inc.

By:    Salomon Brothers International
         Limited

By:    _____________________________
       Name:  Dominic J. Lepore, Esq.
       Title: Vice President

For themselves and the other
several International Underwriters
named in Schedule I to the
foregoing Agreement.
<PAGE>   33
                                                                       EXHIBIT A




                          Titanium Metals Corporation
                        Public Offering of Common Stock


                                                                     May  , 1996

Salomon Brothers International Limited
Morgan Stanley & Co. International
Smith Barney Inc.
As Representatives of the several
International Underwriters,
c/o Salomon Brothers International Limited
Victoria Plaza
111 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 0SB ENGLAND

Dear Sirs:

                 This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the
proposed International Underwriting Agreement (the "International Underwriting
Agreement"), between Titanium Metals Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), certain Selling Stockholders named therein and you as
representatives of a group of International Underwriters named therein,
relating to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, $.01 par value
(the "Common Stock"), of the Company.

                 In order to induce you and the other International
Underwriters to enter into the International Underwriting Agreement, the
undersigned agrees not to offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose
of, directly or indirectly, or announce an offering of, any shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the undersigned or any securities convertible into,
or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock for a period of (180 or 90 days, as
applicable) following the day on which the International Underwriting Agreement
is executed without your prior written consent.

                 If for any reason the International Underwriting Agreement
shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the International
Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be
terminated.

                                        Yours very truly,

                                        (Signature of executive officer or
                                        director of Company or
                                        Selling Stockholder)

                                        By: ________________________________ 
                                            Name: 
                                            Title:
                                            Address:
<PAGE>   34
                                   SCHEDULE I


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Number of Shares of
                                                                              International Underwritten
                          Underwriters                                        Securities To Be Purchased
                          ------------                                        --------------------------
                          <S>                                                 <C>
                          Salomon Brothers
                            International Limited   . . . . . . . . . . . .

                          Morgan Stanley & Co.
                            International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

                          Smith Barney Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .





                                                                                                                                
                                                                                        ---------
                                           Total  . . . . . . . . . . . . .             2,175,000  
                                                                                        =========
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   35

                                  SCHEDULE II


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                  Maximum Number of
                                                                                                  Shares of Option
                          Name                                                                  Securities to be Sold
                          ----                                                                  ---------------------
                          <S>                                                                  <C>    
                          Tremont Corporation                                                          326,250





                                                                                                            
                                                                                                       -------
                                           Total  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      326,250      
                                                                                                       =======
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   36

                                  SCHEDULE III




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        % of the
                                                                                       Company's
                                                              Jurisdiction of            Voting
                                                              Incorporation or         Securities
 Name of Subsidiary                                             Organization              Held   
 ------------------                                           ----------------         ----------
 <S>                                                      <C>                             <C>
 Titanium MC Limited                                      United Kingdom                  100

 TMCA International, Inc.                                 Delaware                        100
 TIMET France SARL*                                       France                           99

 TIMET Hearth Melting Corporation                         Colorado                        100
     Titanium Hearth Technologies                         Pennsylvania                     50

 TIMET UK Limited                                         United Kingdom                  100
     IMI Titanium (Export) Limited                        United Kingdom                  100

     IMI Titanium GmbH                                    Germany                         100
     IMI Titanium France SARL**                           France                           99

 IMI Titanium Inc.                                        Oregon                          100

</TABLE>

 ---------------
 *   TMCA International Inc. owns the remaining 1% of TIMET France SARL.
 **  IMI Titanium (Export) Limited owns the remaining 1% of IMI Titanium France
     SARL.
<PAGE>   37

                                  SCHEDULE IV



                                     PART 1


                Directors and Executive Officers of the Company
                           Subject to 180-Day Lock-Up


                                J. Landis Martin
                                Andrew R. Dixey
                             Joseph S. Compofelice


                                     PART 2

                       Executive Officers of the Company
                           Subject to 90-Day Lock-Up


                                 Paul J. Bania
                                 Thomas A. Buck
                                John P. Monahan
                              Robert E. Musgraves
                                Mark A. Wallace
<PAGE>   38

                                   SCHEDULE V


                       Addresses of Selling Stockholders


IMI Americas Inc.
IMI Kynoch Ltd.
   c/o IMI plc
       P.O. Box 218
       Birmingham, England B6 7BA

Tremont Corporation
   1999 Broadway, Suite 4300
   Denver, Colorado 80202

Union Titanium Sponge Corporation
   c/o Toho Titanium Company Ltd.
       2-13-31 Kohnan
       Minato-ku
       Tokyo 108, Japan

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 11.1
 
                  TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
               STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE LOSS
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
                           PRIMARY LOSS PER SHARE(3)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 SUPPLEMENTAL EARNINGS PER
                                                                                         SHARE(4)
                                                                                ---------------------------
                                                                                               THREE-MONTH
                                                                                               PERIOD ENDED
                                   FISCAL YEAR    FISCAL YEAR    FISCAL YEAR    FISCAL YEAR     MARCH 31,
                                      1993           1994           1995           1995            1996
                                   -----------    -----------    -----------    -----------    ------------
<S>                                <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Loss before cumulative effect of
  a change in accounting
  principle......................    $(20,207)      $(42,077)       $(4,217)       $ 9,079        $ 5,507
Cumulative effect of a change in
  accounting principle...........          --         (1,000)            --             --             --
                                     --------       --------        -------        -------        -------
     Net income (loss)...........    $(20,207)      $(43,077)       $(4,217)       $ 9,079        $ 5,507
                                     ========       ========        =======        =======        =======
Weighted average shares
  outstanding(1).................      11,239         14,917         15,290         21,490         31,361
Common stock issued within one
  year of Offerings(2)...........          93             93             93             93             93
                                     --------       --------        -------        -------        -------
  Total weighted average shares
     outstanding.................      11,332         15,010         15,383         21,583         31,454
                                     ========       ========        =======        =======        =======
Per common share:
  Income (loss) before cumulative
     effect of a change in
     accounting principle........    $  (1.78)      $  (2.80)       $  (.27)       $   .42        $   .18
  Cumulative effect of a change
     in accounting principle.....          --           (.07)            --             --             --
                                     --------       --------        -------        -------        -------
     Net income (loss)...........    $  (1.78)      $  (2.87)       $  (.27)       $   .42        $   .18
                                     ========       ========        =======        =======        =======
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
 
(1) Based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding after
    giving effect to the 65-for-1 Stock Split.
 
(2) Certain key executive officers of the Company will receive an aggregate of
    93,000 shares of Common Stock effective February 15, 1996, as partial
    consideration for their services in connection with the IMI Titanium
    Acquisition.
 
(3) Primary loss per share and fully diluted loss per share are the same.
 
(4) Gives effect to the Offerings as of the beginning of the periods presented
    and gives effect to the use of proceeds of the Offerings as discussed
    elsewhere in this Registration Statement.

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-2940) of our reports dated March 26, 1996, on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedule
of Titanium Metals Corporation and of our report dated March 26, 1996, on our
examination of the pro forma condensed consolidated financial statement, which
reports include legends as described therein. We also consent to the reference
to our firm under the caption "Experts."



                                          /s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

 
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
Denver, Colorado
May 20, 1996

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
     We consent to the use of our report included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus.
 

                                          /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 

Denver, Colorado
May 20, 1996

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated January 26, 1996 relating
to the financial statements of Titanium Hearth Technologies, which appears in
such Prospectus. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading
"Experts" in such Prospectus.
 

/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP


PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
 

Philadelphia, PA
May 20, 1996

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5
 
                                AWARENESS LETTER
 
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Re:  Titanium Metals Corporation
     Registration on Form S-1 (File No. 333-2940)
 
Gentlemen:
 
     We are aware that our reports dated May 6, 1996, which include legends as
described therein, on our review of the unaudited consolidated interim financial
information of Titanium Metals Corporation as of March 31, 1996 and for the
three-month periods ended April 2, 1995 and March 31, 1996 and our review of the
pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations of Titanium Metals
Corporation for the three-month period ended March 31, 1996, are included in
this Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, these reports should not be considered a part of the Registration
Statement prepared or certified by us within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of
that Act.
 

                                          /s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 

Denver, Colorado
May 20, 1996


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