LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
−Removed: From time to time, we are subject to or otherwise involved in various lawsuits, claims, investigations and legal proceedings that arise out of or are incidental to the conduct of our business (collectively, “Legal Matters”), including those relating to employment matters, patent rights, regulatory compliance matters, stockholder claims, and contractual and other commercial disputes.
−Removed: Such Legal Matters, even if not meritorious, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources.
−Removed: Additionally, an unfavorable outcome in a Legal Matter, including in a patent dispute, could require the Company to pay damages, entitle claimants to other relief, such as royalties, or could prevent the Company from selling some of its products in certain jurisdictions.
−Removed: See Note 18 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part 1 of this report for a description of our material legal proceedings, which is incorporated herein by reference.
−Removed: Although the ultimate disposition of asserted claims cannot be predicted with certainty, it is our belief that the outcome of any such claims, either individually or on a combined basis, will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position.
+Added: The information presented under the caption “DPLTA Appraisal Proceedings” in Note 16 “Commitments and Contingencies” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.
RI SK FACTORS
−Removed: A list of factors that could materially affect our business, financial condition or operating results is described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the 2023 Form 10-K.
−Removed: There have been no material changes to our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the 2023 Form 10-K other than as described in the risk factors below.
−Removed: Risks related to our financial results and Company success
−Removed: We are obligated to comply with covenants related to our Wells Fargo Credit Agreement that restrict our operating activities, and the failure to comply with such covenants could result in defaults that accelerate our debt.
−Removed: The Wells Fargo Credit Agreement governing our indebtedness contains restrictive covenants that limit our ability to engage in activities that may be in our long-term best interest.
−Removed: Our failure to comply with those covenants could result in an event of default that, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of all its debt.
−Removed: Our Wells Fargo Credit Agreement along with the amendments thereto, contain various restrictive covenants which include, among others, provisions limiting our ability to:
−Removed: • pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase capital stock;
−Removed: • incur or guarantee additional debt;
−Removed: • make certain distributions, investments and other restricted payments;
−Removed: • engage in transactions with affiliates;
−Removed: • engage in mergers or consolidations;
−Removed: • grant or incur liens on assets;
−Removed: • dispose of assets;
−Removed: • make loans and investments;
−Removed: • modify our organization documents;
−Removed: • enter into certain restrictive agreements.
−Removed: In addition, the Wells Fargo Credit Agreement contains customary events of default, such as misrepresentation and a default in the performance or observance of any covenant (subject to customary cure periods and materiality thresholds).
−Removed: In addition, certain covenants in the Wells Fargo Credit Agreement, including covenants set forth in the amendments thereto, require us, among other things, to:
−Removed: • maintain certain leverage ratios;
−Removed: • maintain certain fixed charge coverage ratios;
−Removed: • maintain minimum amounts of cash and cash equivalents (during a Springing Covenant Period).
−Removed: As a result of these covenants, we have been and may continue to be:
−Removed: • limited in how we conduct our business;
−Removed: • limited in how much additional funding we can draw on our line of credit;
−Removed: • limited in our ability to raise additional debt to operate during general economic or business downturns;
−Removed: • limited in our ability to compete effectively or to take advantage of new business opportunities.
−Removed: Our failure to comply with the covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement could result in defaults that accelerate the payment under such debt which would likely have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: In addition, an event of default under the Credit Agreement would permit the lenders to terminate all commitments to extend further credit under the applicable facility.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we were unable to repay the amounts due and payable under the Credit Agreement, the lenders could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness.
−Removed: In the event our lenders accelerate the repayment of our borrowings, we and our subsidiaries may not have sufficient assets to repay that indebtedness.
−Removed: In addition, these defaults could impair our ability to access debt and equity capital markets.
−Removed: For additional information on our debt covenants, see "Liquidity & Capital Resources" in Part I, Item 2 of this report on Form 10-Q.
−Removed: We require a significant amount of cash to service our indebtedness, our payment obligations to Adtran Networks shareholders under the DPLTA, and other obligations.
−Removed: Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control and any failure to service our outstanding indebtedness could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Furthermore, we have entered into a DPLTA with Adtran Networks.
−Removed: Additionally, pursuant to the terms of the DPLTA, each Adtran Networks shareholder (other than the Company) has received an offer to elect either (1) to remain an Adtran Networks shareholder and receive from us an Annual Recurring Compensation payment, or (2) to receive Exit Compensation.
−Removed: For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, approximately 831 thousand shares of Adtran Networks stock were tendered to the Company.
−Removed: This resulted in total Exit Compensation payments of approximately €15.7 million, or approximately $17.4 million, based on an exchange rate as of September 30, 2024, being paid to Adtran Networks shareholders.
−Removed: Any failure to satisfy our payment obligations under the DPLTA could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our indebtedness, to cover our payment obligations under the DPLTA, and to fund working capital needs and planned capital expenditures depends on our ability to generate cash in the future.
−Removed: This, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, business, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.
−Removed: If our business does not generate sufficient cash flow from operations, we do not sufficiently reduce costs in a timely manner, or if our future borrowings are not available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us and our subsidiaries to pay our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs, we may need to raise additional debt or equity capital, refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness, sell assets, reduce or delay capital investments, any of which could have a material adverse effect.
−Removed: The Company experienced revenue declines in the year ended December 31, 2023, and during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in effecting its plans to preserve cash liquidity and maintain compliance with the Company's covenants on commercially reasonable terms or at all.
−Removed: We may need to further reduce capital expenditure and/or take other steps to preserve working capital in order to ensure that we can meet our needs and obligations and maintain compliance with our debt covenants.
−Removed: Our ability to raise additional debt capital or to restructure or refinance our indebtedness will depend on the condition of the capital markets and our financial condition at such time.
−Removed: Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations.
−Removed: The terms of existing or future debt instruments or preferred stock may limit or prevent us from taking any of these actions.
−Removed: In addition, any failure to make scheduled payments of interest and principal on our outstanding indebtedness or dividend payments on any future outstanding shares of preferred stock would likely result in a reduction of our credit rating, which could harm our ability to incur additional indebtedness or otherwise raise capital on commercially reasonable terms or at all.
−Removed: Our inability to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our debt service, payment obligations to Adtran Networks shareholders under the DPLTA, and other obligations, or to refinance or restructure our obligations on commercially reasonable terms or at all, would have an adverse effect, which could be material, on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we raise additional funds through the issuance
−Removed: of equity or securities convertible into equity, or undertake certain transactions intended to address our existing indebtedness, our existing stockholders could suffer dilution in their percentage ownership of the Company, or our leverage and outstanding indebtedness could increase.
−Removed: Current capital market conditions, including the impact of inflation, have increased borrowing rates and can be expected to significantly increase our cost of capital as compared to prior periods should we seek additional funding.
−Removed: Managing our inventory is complex and has included and may continue to include write downs of excess or obsolete inventory.
−Removed: Managing our inventory of components and finished products is complicated by a number of factors, including the need to maintain a significant inventory of certain components that are in short supply, that have been discontinued by the component manufacturer, that must be purchased in bulk to obtain favorable pricing or that require long lead times.
−Removed: These issues have and may continue to result in our purchasing and maintaining significant amounts of inventory, which if not used or expected to be used based on anticipated production requirements, may become excess or obsolete.
−Removed: Any excess or obsolete inventory could also result in sales price reductions and/or inventory write- downs, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2023, we recognized write-downs of inventory of $24.3 million due to a discontinuation of certain product lines within our Network Solutions segment in connection with our business efficiency program.
−Removed: Additionally, during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recognized write-downs of inventory and other charge s of $8.6 million as a result of a strategy shift which included discontinuance of certain items in connection with the Business Efficiency Program, of which, $4.1 million relates to inventory write-downs and $4.5 million relates to other charges.
−Removed: Significant and unanticipated changes in our business could require additional charges for inventory write downs in a future period.
−Removed: Any future charges relating to such inventory write-downs could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations in the periods recognized.
−Removed: For additional details regarding the business efficiency program, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Business Efficiency Program” in Part II, Item 7 of this report.
−Removed: We have recognized impairment charges related to goodwill and other intangible assets in the past and may be required to do so in the future.
−Removed: The Business Combination added a significant amount of goodwill and other intangible assets to our consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: In accordance with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP, management periodically assesses these assets to determine if they are impaired.
−Removed: Significant negative industry or economic trends, disruptions to our business, the inability to effectively integrate acquired businesses, the under performance of our business as compared to management’s initial expectations, unexpected significant changes or planned changes in use of the assets, divestitures, and market capitalization declines may impair goodwill and other intangible assets.
−Removed: During the first quarter of 2024, qualitative factors such as a decrease in the Company’s market capitalization, lower service provider spending and delayed holding patterns of inventory with respect to customers caused us to reduce our forecasts, triggering a quantitative impairment assessment for our reporting units.
−Removed: The Company determined upon its quantitative impairment assessment to recognize a $292.6 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge for the Network Solutions reporting unit.
−Removed: The quantitative impairment analysis indicated there was no impairment of the Services & Support goodwill.
−Removed: The Company will continue to monitor its stock price, operating results and other macroeconomic factors to determine if there is further indication of a sustained decline in fair value requiring an event driven assessment of the recoverability of its remaining goodwill.
−Removed: Any future charges relating to such impairments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations in the periods recognized.
−Removed: Risks related to our control environment
−Removed: We have had to restate our previously issued consolidated financial statements and, as part of that process, have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: If we are unable to develop and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
−Removed: Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable financial reporting and prevent fraud.
−Removed: We have had to restate our previously issued consolidated financial statements and, as part of that process, have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: We have implemented new controls with respect to one material weakness, and we plan to initiate remediation plans with respect to the other material weaknesses.
−Removed: These remediation measures have been time consuming and costly and there is no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects.
−Removed: Any failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could adversely impact our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis.
−Removed: If our financial statements are not accurate, investors do not have a complete understanding of our operations.
−Removed: Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed, the SEC, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or other regulatory authorities.
−Removed: In either case, there could be an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Ineffective internal control over financial reporting could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock.
−Removed: We can provide no assurance that the measures that we have taken, are taking, and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weaknesses identified or that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due to a
−Removed: failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls.
−Removed: In addition, while we have strengthened our controls and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Furthermore, as a public company, we are required to comply with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX"), the Dodd-Frank Act and the rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
−Removed: As such, Adtran Networks, as a subsidiary of a public company, has established and is required to maintain effective disclosure controls, as well as internal control over financial reporting under U.S.
−Removed: Current and ongoing compliance efforts have and may continue to be costly and require the attention of management.
−Removed: There are a large number of processes, policies, procedures and functions that have been integrated, or enhanced at Adtran Networks, particularly those related to the implementation of internal controls for SOX compliance.
−Removed: The maintenance of these plans may lead to additional unanticipated costs and time delays.
−Removed: These incremental costs may exceed the savings we expect to achieve from the realization of efficiencies related to the combination of the businesses, particularly in the near term and in the event there are material unanticipated costs.
−Removed: Risks related to the telecommunications industry
−Removed: We depend on a third-party cloud platform provider to host our Mosaic One SaaS network and other operating platforms, and if we were to experience a material disruption or interference in service, our business and reputation could suffer.
−Removed: Our quality of customer service and our continued growth depends in part on the ability of our existing and potential customers to use and access our Mosaic One SaaS network operating platform.
−Removed: We use third-party service providers that we do not control for key components of our infrastructure, particularly with respect to delivery of our SaaS products.
−Removed: The use of these service providers gives us greater flexibility in efficiently delivering a more tailored, scalable customer experience, but also exposes us to additional risks and vulnerabilities.
−Removed: Third-party service providers operate their own platforms that we access, and we are, therefore, vulnerable to their service interruptions.
−Removed: In the future, we may experience interruptions, delays and outages in service and availability from time to time as a result of our third-party service providers’ infrastructure.
−Removed: Lack of availability of this infrastructure could be due to a number of potential causes including technical failures, natural disasters, fraud or security attacks that we cannot predict or prevent.
−Removed: Such outages could adversely impact our business, reputation, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: A list of factors that could materially affect our business, financial condition or operating results is described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the 2024 Form 10-K/A.
+Added: There have been no material changes to our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the 2024 Form 10-K/A other than as described in the risk factors below.
+Added: Risks related to the regulatory environments in which we do business
+Added: We are subject to complex and evolving U.S.
+Added: and foreign laws, regulations and standards governing the conduct of our business.
+Added: Violations of these laws and regulations may harm our business, subject us to penalties and to other adverse consequences.
+Added: We are subject to laws and regulations that govern conduct by our Company, our employees and agents and the manufacture, sale and use of our products.
+Added: Our inability to comply with current and evolving laws and regulations governing our business domestically and internationally may adversely affect our revenue, results of operations, financial conditions and cash flows.
+Added: New and changing laws, regulations and industry practices could require us to modify our business, products or services offered, potentially in a material manner, and may limit our ability to develop new products, services and features.
+Added: If we violate these laws and regulations, governmental authorities in the U.S.
+Added: and in foreign jurisdictions could seek to impose civil and/or criminal fines and penalties which could have an adverse effect on our reputation, as well as our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
+Added: These laws and regulations include, but are not limited to:
+Added: • various regulations and regional standards established by communications authorities and import/export control authorities that govern the manufacture, sale and use of our products.
+Added: Changes in domestic or international communications regulations, tariffs, changes in trade policies by the U.S.
+Added: and other nations, application requirements, import/export controls or expansion of regulation to new areas, including access, communications or commerce over the internet, may affect customer demand for our products or slow the adoption of new technologies which may affect our revenue.
+Added: Further, the cost of complying with the evolving standards and regulations, including the cost of product re-design if necessary, or the failure to obtain timely domestic or foreign regulatory approvals or certification such that we may not be able to sell our products where these standards or regulations apply, may adversely affect our revenue, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
+Added: • compliance with a wide variety of provincial, state, national and international laws and regulations applicable to the collection, use, retention, protection, disclosure, transfer and other processing of data, including personal data.
+Added: Foreign data protection, privacy and other laws and regulations, including GDPR, are often more restrictive than those in the U.S.
+Added: These data protection and privacy-related laws and regulations are varied, evolving, can be subject to significant change, may be augmented or replaced by new or additional laws and regulations and may result in ever-increasing regulatory and public scrutiny and escalating levels of enforcement and sanctions.
+Added: For example, within the past three years, numerous states have adopted or are in the process of adopting various privacy-related laws and regulations.
+Added: In addition, on July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a decision that invalidated the EU-U.S.
+Added: Privacy Shield framework as a basis for transfers of personal data from the EU to the U.S., resulting in uncertainty and potential additional compliance obligations to ensure that a valid basis under the GDPR exists for these data transfers.
+Added: Since that time, the E.U.
+Added: have developed the successor E.U.-U.S.
+Added: Data Privacy Framework to address the 2020 decision, and on July 10, 2023, the European Commission issued an adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which entered in force on July 11, 2023;
+Added: however, there are indications there may be legal challenges to the decision.
+Added: Additionally, the European Commission published revised standard contractual clauses for data transfers from the European Economic Area in 2021, which were required to go into effect by December 2022.
+Added: Finally, the U.K.
+Added: has enacted a version of the GDPR the implementation of which occurred by way of the Data Protection Act 2018, collectively referred to as the "U.K.
+Added: GDPR." Uncertainty remains, however, regarding how aspects of data protection in the U.K.
+Added: will be handled in the medium to long term.
+Added: There is also a risk that we, directly or as the result of a third-party Service Provider we use, could be found to have failed to comply with the laws and regulations applicable in a jurisdiction regarding the collection, consent, handling, transfer or disposal of personal data.
+Added: In addition to the U.S.
+Added: and Europe, we do business in numerous other countries around the globe.
+Added: Those countries and jurisdictions may have, currently or in the future, data protection or privacy laws or regulations with similar or additional requirements, resulting in increased compliance costs and regulatory risk.
+Added: • the FCPA, which prohibits U.S.
+Added: companies and their intermediaries from making corrupt payments to foreign officials for the purpose of directing, obtaining or keeping business, and requires companies to maintain reasonable books and records and a system of internal accounting controls.
+Added: The FCPA applies to companies, individual directors, officers, employees and agents.
+Added: Under the FCPA, U.S.
+Added: companies may be held liable for the corrupt actions taken by employees, strategic or local
+Added: partners or other representatives.
+Added: On February 10, 2025, the U.S.
+Added: government temporarily paused the enforcement of the FCPA.
+Added: Whether FCPA enforcement will resume in the future and the extent to which it will be enforced remains uncertain.
+Added: • environmental, health and safety regulations governing the manufacture, assembly and testing of our products, including without limitation regulations governing the use of hazardous materials.
+Added: Our failure or the failure of our contract manufacturers to properly manage the use, transportation, emission, discharge, storage, recycling or disposal of hazardous materials could subject us to increased costs or liabilities.
+Added: Existing and future environmental regulations may restrict our use of certain materials to manufacture, assemble and test products.
+Added: • requirements by the SEC governing the disclosure regarding the use of conflict minerals mined from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries (the “DRC”) and disclosure with respect to procedures regarding a manufacturer’s efforts to prevent the sourcing of such minerals from the DRC.
+Added: Certain of these minerals are present in our products.
+Added: SEC rules implementing these requirements may have the effect of reducing the pool of suppliers that can supply “conflict free” components and parts, and we may not be able to obtain conflict free products or supplies in sufficient quantities for our operations.
+Added: Because our supply chain is complex, we may face reputational challenges with our customers, stockholders and other stakeholders if we are unable to verify sufficiently the origins for the conflict minerals used in our products and cannot assert that our products are “conflict free.” Environmental or similar social initiatives may also make it difficult to obtain supply of compliant components or may require us to write off non-compliant inventory, which could have an adverse effect on our business and operating results.
+Added: • the insider trading prohibitions and the respective directors' dealing rules, as well as disclosure and reporting obligations under the German Securities Trading Act ( Wertpapierhandelsgesetz ) and Regulation (EU) No.
+Added: 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 16, 2014, and other applicable regulations.
+Added: Moreover, changes in the U.S.
+Added: political landscape can significantly impact our business.
+Added: The recent changes in the U.S.
+Added: government administration has resulted in substantial modifications to laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, those related to trade policies, tariffs, export controls and technology transfers.
+Added: New executive orders and legislative actions have altered and may in the future further alter the business environment in which we operate.
+Added: Changes in trade policy in the U.S.
+Added: and other countries, including the imposition of additional tariffs and the resulting consequences, may adversely impact our gross profits, gross margins, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: In recent years, international market conditions and the international regulatory environment have been increasingly affected by competition among countries and geopolitical frictions.
+Added: During the first quarter of 2025 and into April 2025, the U.S.
+Added: introduced trade policy actions that have increased import tariffs across a wide range of countries at various rates, with certain exemptions.
+Added: These tariffs, along with other U.S.
+Added: trade actions, have triggered retaliatory actions by certain affected countries, and other foreign governments may impose further trade measures, including reciprocal tariffs, on certain U.S.
+Added: goods in the future.
+Added: Because not all products can be sourced in all countries, we expect to experience increased costs in our supply chain as a result of such tariffs, which may lead to reduced margins or increased prices.
+Added: At this time, it remains unclear what additional actions, if any, will be taken by the U.S.
+Added: or other governments with respect to international trade agreements, the imposition of tariffs on goods imported into the U.S.
+Added: or exported to other countries, tax policy related to international commerce, increased export control, sanctions and investment restrictions, import or use of foreign communications equipment, or other trade matters.
+Added: Related costs and the uncertainty during transition periods could lead to changes in buying behavior, such as decreased demand.
+Added: These impacts could have a negative effect on our financial results, including our revenue and profitability.
+Added: In addition, the extent and duration of increased tariffs and the resulting impact on general economic conditions and on our business are uncertain and depend on various factors, such as negotiations between the U.S.
+Added: and affected countries, the responses of other countries or regions, exemptions or exclusions that may be granted, availability and cost of alternative sources of supply, and reduced demand for our and our customers’ products and services.
+Added: Such conditions could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: Also, disruptions and volatility in the financial markets may lead to adverse changes in the availability, terms and cost of capital.
+Added: Such adverse changes could increase our costs of capital and limit our access to external financing sources to fund acquisitions, capital projects, or refinancing of debt maturities on similar terms, which could in turn reduce our cash flows and limit our ability to pursue growth opportunities.
+Added: Changes in tariffs and trade restrictions can be announced with little or no advance notice.
+Added: The adoption and expansion of tariffs or other trade restrictions, increasing trade tensions, or other changes in governmental policies related to taxes, tariffs, trade agreements or policies, are difficult to predict, which makes attendant risks difficult to anticipate and mitigate.
+Added: If we are unable to navigate further changes in U.S.
+Added: or international trade policy, it could have a material adverse impact on our business and results of operations.
+Added: The complexity of announced or future tariffs may also increase the risk that we or our customers or suppliers may be subject to enforcement actions in the U.S.
+Added: or foreign jurisdictions related to compliance with trade regulations.
+Added: Additionally, the imposition of tariffs is dependent upon the classification of items under the Harmonized Tariff System (“HTS”) and the country of origin of the item.
+Added: Determination of the HTS and the origin of the item is a technical matter that can be subjective in nature.
+Added: Accordingly, although we believe our classifications of both HTS and origin are appropriate, there is no certainty that the U.S.
+Added: government will agree with us.
+Added: government does not agree with our determinations, we could be required to pay additional amounts, including potential penalties, and our profitability would be adversely impacted.
+Added: Finally, tariffs on our customers’ products may adversely affect our gross profit margins in the future due to the potential for increased pressure on our selling prices by customers seeking to offset the impact of tariffs on their own products.
+Added: In addition, tariffs could make our products less attractive relative to products offered by competitors, which may not be subject to similar tariffs.
+Added: Increases in tariffs on imported goods or the failure to resolve current international trade disputes could further decrease demand and have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.
+Added: Further downgrades of the U.S.
+Added: credit rating, impending automatic spending cuts or a government shutdown could negatively impact our liquidity, financial condition and earnings.
+Added: debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns have increased the possibility of additional credit-rating downgrades and economic slowdowns, or a recession in the United States.
+Added: Although U.S.
+Added: lawmakers passed legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling on multiple occasions, ratings agencies have lowered or threatened to lower the long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States.
+Added: Most recently, on May 16, 2025, Moody’s downgraded the U.S.
+Added: long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Aa1 from Aaa and changed its outlook to stable from negative in response to the increase in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than similarly rated sovereigns.
+Added: Moreover, on January 21, 2025, the U.S.
+Added: Treasury began taking extraordinary measures to prevent a default on U.S.
+Added: government debt, which measures are expected to continue until such time as the U.S.
+Added: Congress increases the debt ceiling.
+Added: However, the Congressional Budget Office estimated in March 2025 that if the debt limit remains unchanged, the government’s ability to borrow using extraordinary measures will likely be exhausted in August or September 2025.
+Added: The impact of this or any further downgrades to the U.S.
+Added: government’s sovereign credit rating or its perceived creditworthiness could adversely affect the U.S.
+Added: and global financial markets and economic conditions.
+Added: Absent further quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve, these developments could cause interest rates and borrowing costs to rise, which may negatively impact our ability to access the debt markets on favorable terms.
+Added: Moreover, future government shutdowns, as well as adverse political and economic conditions, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
−Removed: During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we did not repurchase any shares of our common stock.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2024, there is no current authorization to repurchase common stock.
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we did not repurchase any shares of our common stock.
+Added: As of March 31, 2025, there is no current authorization to repurchase common stock.
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