RISK FACTORS.
−Removed: “Item 1A, Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K includes a discussion of our risk factors.
−Removed: The information presented below updates, and should be read in conjunction with, the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: The effects of the events and circumstances described in the following risk factors may have additional effect of heightening many of the risks noted in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: Except as presented below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: INEOS continues to have significant influence over us, which could limit your ability to influence the outcome of key transactions, including a change of control.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023, INEOS Limited, a privately owned corporation (“INEOS”) beneficially owns approximately 24,731,385 shares of our common stock, which represents approximately 21% of our outstanding common stock.
−Removed: For as long as INEOS continues to beneficially own a substantial percentage of the voting power of our outstanding common stock, it will continue to have significant influence over us.
−Removed: For example, INEOS will be able to strongly influence the election of all of the members of our board of directors and our business and affairs, including any determinations with respect to mergers or other business combinations, the acquisition or disposition of assets, the incurrence of additional indebtedness, the issuance of any additional shares of common stock or other equity securities, the repurchase or redemption of shares of our common stock and the payment of dividends.
−Removed: Additionally, INEOS is in the business of making investments in companies and may acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us.
−Removed: INEOS may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business, and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us.
+Added: “Item 1A, Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by “Item 1A, Risk Factors” in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, which we refer to as the First Quarter Form 10-Q, includes a discussion of our risk factors.
+Added: The information presented below updates, and should be read in conjunction with, the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by our First Quarter Form 10-Q.
+Added: The effects of the events and circumstances described in the following risk factors may have additional effect of heightening many of the risks noted in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by our First Quarter Form 10-Q.
+Added: Except as presented below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by our First Quarter Form 10-Q.
There may be sales of a substantial amount of our common stock by our current stockholders, and these sales could cause the price of our common stock to fall.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023, there were 120,124,260 shares of our common stock outstanding.
−Removed: Approximately 24,731,385 shares of our outstanding common stock is held by INEOS.
+Added: As of June 30, 2023, there were 116,263,742 shares of our common stock outstanding, of which 9,040,415 shares are held by INEOS.
+Added: This represents approximately 8% of our outstanding common stock.
Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales will occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and make it difficult for us to raise funds through securities offerings in the future.
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Provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law may deter takeover efforts that may be beneficial to stockholder value.
−Removed: In addition to INEOS’s beneficial ownership of a substantial percentage of our common stock, provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law could make it harder for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so might be beneficial to our stockholders.
+Added: Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law could make it harder for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so might be beneficial to our stockholders.
These provisions include a classified board of directors and the ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval that could be used to dilute a potential hostile acquiror.
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Our certificate of incorporation contains a provision renouncing our interest and expectancy in certain corporate opportunities, which could adversely impact our business.
−Removed: INEOS, and the member(s) of our board of directors who are affiliated with INEOS and our former stockholder CCMP, by the terms of our certificate of incorporation, are not required to offer us any corporate opportunity of which they become aware and can take any such corporate opportunity for themselves or offer it to other companies in which they have an investment.
+Added: INEOS, and the member of our board of directors who is affiliated with INEOS, by the terms of our certificate of incorporation, are not required to offer us any corporate opportunity of which they become aware and can take any such corporate opportunity for themselves or offer it to other companies in which they have an investment.
We, by the terms of our certificate of incorporation, expressly renounce any interest or expectancy in any such corporate opportunity to the extent permitted under applicable law, even if the opportunity is one that we or our subsidiaries might reasonably have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so.
Our certificate of incorporation may not be amended to eliminate our renunciation of any such corporate opportunity arising prior to the date of any such amendment.
−Removed: INEOS and CCMP are in the business of making investments in companies and may from time to time acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us.
−Removed: These potential conflicts of interest could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects if INEOS or CCMP allocate attractive corporate opportunities to themselves or their affiliates instead of to us.
+Added: INEOS may from time to time acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us, or may pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business, and as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us.
+Added: These potential conflicts of interest could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects if INEOS allocates attractive corporate opportunities to themselves or their affiliates instead of to us.
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