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A prolonged stagnation or weakening in financial and macroeconomic conditions, potentially including higher interest rates, supply chain challenges, inflation, or geopolitical impacts, could therefore have a significant adverse effect on our revenues and profitability.
−Removed: We are exposed to market risk for changes in interest rates for any borrowings under our credit facility, which bear interest at variable rates.
−Removed: Although the Federal Reserve Board began to decrease the federal funds rate in 2024 after increases in 2022 and much of 2023, the pace and extent of additional decreases are uncertain.
+Added: We are exposed to market risk for changes in interest rates for any borrowings under our revolving credit facility, which bear interest at variable rates.
+Added: Although the Federal Reserve Board lowered the federal funds rate in 2024 and 2025, the pace and extent of additional decreases are uncertain.
Increases in benchmark interest rates impact our interest expense and cost of capital, which may adversely impact our ability to make payments on future outstanding debt, raise funds through the issuance of debt, fund capital expenditures or meet other liquidity needs.
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While higher prices for our customers’ products may increase demand for our services, significant increases in the price or demand for crude oil may also result in the short-term curtailment or deferral of spending by our customers, as facility downtime to perform certain of the services we provide comes at a higher opportunity cost.
−Removed: Volatility within these markets, including the impact of geopolitical instability (such as disruption of shipping lanes), could negatively impact our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
−Removed: Our business is vulnerable to the cyclical nature of the markets in which our clients operate and is dependent upon the timing and funding of new awards.
−Removed: We provide construction and maintenance services to ultimate customers operating in a number of markets which have been, and we expect will continue to be, cyclical and subject to significant fluctuations due to a variety of factors beyond our control, including economic conditions and changes in client spending.
+Added: Volatility within these markets, including the impact of geopolitical instability (such as disruption of shipping lanes or armed conflict or instability in oil-producing nations, including Iran and Venezuela), could negatively impact our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
+Added: Our business is vulnerable to the cyclical nature of the sectors in which our clients operate and is dependent upon the timing and funding of new awards.
+Added: We provide construction and maintenance services to ultimate customers operating in a number of sectors which have been, and we expect will continue to be, cyclical and subject to significant fluctuations due to a variety of factors beyond our control, including economic conditions, consumer demand, technology advancements, and changes in client spending.
+Added: For example, capital spending on data center infrastructure to support cloud storage and artificial intelligence (“AI”) is rapidly expanding, which has increased demand for our services in recent years.
+Added: If such spending were to decrease, demand for our services could decline as we transition our resources to other sectors.
Regardless of economic or market conditions, investment decisions by our ultimate customers may vary by location or as a result of other factors like the availability of labor, relative construction costs, or competitive conditions in their industries.
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Our business may be adversely affected by significant reductions in government spending, delays or disruptions in the government appropriations process or the failure to fully fund or implement legislation such as the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and the Inflation Reduction Act.
−Removed: Some of our businesses derive a significant portion of their revenues from federal, state, and local governmental agencies.
+Added: Some of our businesses derive a portion of their revenues from governmental agencies.
As a result, reduced or delayed spending by the federal government and/or state and local governments, potentially including the reduction or elimination of funding for projects or other benefits under relevant legislation, may have a material and adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
−Removed: Significant reductions in spending aimed at reducing federal, state, or local budget deficits, the absence of a bipartisan agreement on the federal government's budget or raising the debt ceiling (and any disruption caused by a federal government shutdown as a result thereof), personnel reductions, elimination of government agencies or programs, the closure of government facilities and offices, or other changes in budget priorities could result in the deferral, delay, disruption, or cancellation of projects or contracts that we might otherwise have sought to perform.
+Added: Significant reductions in spending aimed at reducing federal, state, or local budget deficits, the absence of a bipartisan agreement on the federal government's budget or raising the debt ceiling (and any disruption caused by a federal government shutdown as a result thereof), personnel reductions, elimination of government agencies or programs, the closure of government facilities and offices, the freezing or sequestration by the executive branch of congressionally-appropriated funds, or other changes in budget priorities could result in the deferral, delay, disruption, or cancellation of projects or contracts that we might otherwise have sought to perform.
These potential events could impact the level of demand for our services and our ability to execute, complete, and receive compensation for our current contracts, or bid for and enter into new contracts with governmental agencies.
−Removed: Volatility in the prices or availability of certain materials and equipment used in our businesses and those of our customers, including as a result of inflation, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical instability, and protectionist trade measures, could adversely affect our businesses.
+Added: Volatility in the prices or availability of certain materials, equipment, and commodities used in our businesses and those of our customers, including as a result of inflation, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical instability, and protectionist trade measures, could adversely affect our businesses.
We are exposed to market risk of increases in certain commodity prices of materials, such as copper and steel, which are used as components of supplies or materials utilized in our operations.
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While we believe we can increase our prices to adjust for some price increases in commodities, there can be no assurance that price increases of commodities, if they were to occur, would be recoverable.
−Removed: Further, the timing of our price increases may lag the timing of the underlying increases in commodity or material prices and our fixed price contracts generally do not allow us to adjust our prices.
+Added: Further, the timing of our price increases may lag the timing of the underlying increases in commodity or material prices and certain of our contracts do not allow us to adjust our prices.
As a result, increases in material or fuel costs could reduce our profitability with respect to projects in progress.
Additionally, we rely on third-party vendors and manufacturers to supply much of the materials and equipment necessary for our operations.
−Removed: Disruptions, shortages, or delays in the availability of such materials and equipment have and may continue to adversely impact our result of operations, cash flows, and reputation with our customers.
+Added: Disruptions, shortages, or delays in the availability of such materials and equipment have had and may have adverse impacts on our results of operations, cash flows, and reputation with our customers.
For example, in recent years, we experienced supply chain delays, including long lead times for certain materials and equipment, as well as an escalation in material and fuel prices, to varying degrees.
−Removed: These disruptions resulted in declines in gross profit and gross profit margin for certain of our operations.
−Removed: Fluctuations in the price of energy and commodity materials, whether resulting from fluctuations in market supply or demand, geopolitical conditions (including supply chain disruptions, sanctions on Russian exports as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, armed conflict between Israel and Iran, and shipping lane disruptions following maritime attacks in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea), an increase in trade protection measures such as tariffs, or the disruption, modification, or cancellation of multilateral trade agreements, may adversely affect our customers and as a result cause them to curtail the use of our services.
−Removed: On the other hand, because certain of our construction and service offerings are designed to improve energy efficiency in our clients’ operations, or to assist in the generation of new sources of renewable energy, such as wind, solar, and geothermal generation, decreases in the costs of traditional energy sources such as oil and natural gas, including as a result of recessionary pressure and reduced demand, may lower our customers’ demand for efficiency improvements and alternative energy sources, which could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
+Added: Fluctuations in the price of energy and commodity materials, whether resulting from fluctuations in market supply or demand, geopolitical conditions (including supply chain disruptions, sanctions on Russian exports as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, armed conflict between Israel and Iran or between the United States and Iran or Venezuela, and shipping lane disruptions following maritime attacks in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea), an increase in trade protection measures such as tariffs, or the disruption, modification, or cancellation of multilateral trade agreements, may adversely affect our customers and as a result cause them to curtail the use of our services.
+Added: On the other hand, because certain of our construction and service offerings are designed to improve energy efficiency in our clients’ operations, or to assist in the generation of new sources of renewable energy, such as wind, solar, and geothermal generation, decreases in the costs of traditional energy sources such as electricity, oil, and natural gas, including as a result of recessionary pressure and reduced demand, may lower our customers’ demand for efficiency improvements and alternative energy sources, which could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
+Added: At the same time, the availability or price of electricity may adversely impact the buildout of certain of our customers’ projects, including data centers, which could adversely impact our business, financial position, and results of operations.
Changes in U.S.
−Removed: foreign trade policies, including as a result of the new presidential administration, could lead to the imposition of additional trade barriers and tariffs .
+Added: foreign trade policies could lead to the imposition of additional trade barriers and tariffs .
We cannot predict the full extent of new, extended, or changed trade policies, including tariffs, that may be made by the current or a future presidential administration or Congress, including whether existing tariff policies will be maintained or modified or if changes in the U.S.
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trading partners, such as adopting responsive trade policies making it more difficult or costly for us to purchase materials or supplies.
−Removed: These changes in U.S.
+Added: Judicial review of certain trade policies and the potential consequences of court decisions on challenges to such policies, including tariffs imposed by executive order, could result in
+Added: additional changes to, or reversal of, such trade policies and practices.
+Added: Changes in U.S.
trade policy or in laws and policies governing foreign trade, and any resulting negative sentiments towards the United States as a result of such changes, could have an adverse impact on our business, financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
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Performing work under these conditions can increase the cost of such work or negatively affect efficiency and, therefore, our profitability.
−Removed: Our dependence upon fixed price contracts could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: We currently generate, and expect to continue to generate, a significant portion of our revenues from fixed price contracts.
−Removed: We must estimate the total costs of a particular project to bid for fixed price contracts.
−Removed: Cost and scheduling estimates are based on a number of assumptions, including those about future economic conditions, commodity and other materials pricing, cost and availability of labor, equipment, and materials, and supply chain efficiency, among other factors.
−Removed: The actual cost of labor and materials, however, may vary from the costs we originally estimated, something which we have experienced and may continue to experience due to inflationary pressures, supply chain challenges, and elevated interest rates.
−Removed: These variations, along with other risks, inherent in the execution of projects subject to fixed price contracts, may cause actual gross profits from projects to differ from those we originally estimated and could result in reduced profitability or losses on projects.
+Added: Our dependence upon fixed price and similar contracts could adversely affect our business.
+Added: We currently generate, and expect to continue to generate, a significant portion of our revenues from fixed price and similar contracts.
+Added: We must estimate the total costs of a particular project to bid for fixed price, guaranteed maximum price, and similar contracts.
+Added: Cost and scheduling estimates are based on a number of assumptions, including those about future economic conditions, commodity and other materials pricing, job-site productivity, cost and availability of labor, equipment, and materials, and supply chain efficiency, among other factors.
+Added: However, the actual cost of labor and materials, as well as the level of labor productivity achieved, may vary from our original estimates, something which we have experienced and may continue to experience due to inflationary pressures, supply chain challenges, labor market tightness, and elevated interest rates.
+Added: These risks, inherent in the execution of projects subject to fixed price, guaranteed maximum price, and similar contracts, may cause actual gross profits from projects to differ from those we originally estimated and could result in reduced profitability or losses on projects.
Depending upon the size of a particular project, variations from the estimated contract costs can have a significant impact on our operating results for any fiscal quarter or year.
We could incur additional costs to cover certain guarantees or other contractual requirements.
−Removed: In some instances, we guarantee completion of a project by a specific date or price, cost savings, achievement of certain performance standards, or performance of our services at a certain standard of quality.
+Added: In some instances, we guarantee completion of a project by a specific date or for a maximum price.
+Added: In addition, certain of our contractual arrangements guarantee the achievement of agreed upon cost savings, certain performance standards, or a certain standard of quality.
For other arrangements, including those within our government services operations, the terms of our contracts may include provisions which require us to achieve certain minority participation or small or disadvantaged business “set-aside” goals.
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Many of our contracts, especially our building and industrial services contracts, may be canceled or delayed on short notice, and we may be unsuccessful in replacing such contracts if they are canceled or as they are completed or expire.
−Removed: For example, in 2024 and 2023, our United States building services segment and our United Kingdom building services segment were unsuccessful in retaining certain contracts upon rebid.
+Added: For example, in recent years, our building services operations were unsuccessful in retaining certain contracts upon rebid and our industrial services operations were adversely impacted by the deferral or delay of several projects.
We could experience a decrease in revenues, net income, and liquidity if any of the following occur:
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If we are not successful, we may not be able to achieve internal growth, expand operations, or grow our business.
−Removed: Fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates impact our financial results.
−Removed: We have operations in the United Kingdom, which in 2024 accounted for approximately 3% of our revenues.
−Removed: Our reported financial position and results of operations are exposed to the effects (both positive and negative) that fluctuating exchange rates have on the process of translating the financial statements of our United Kingdom operations, which are denominated in the British pound, into the U.S.
+Added: Fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates could impact our financial results.
+Added: Until the sale of our United Kingdom operations on December 1, 2025, which in 2025 accounted for approximately 3% of our revenues, our reported financial position and results of operations were exposed to the effects (both positive and negative) that fluctuating exchange rates had on the process of translating the financial statements of our United Kingdom operations, which were denominated in the British pound, into the U.S.
The factors that impact exchange rate fluctuation, including macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions, are outside of our control.
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Our services often involve professional judgments regarding the planning, design, development, construction, or operations and management of complex facilities.
−Removed: Although we have adopted a range of insurance, risk management, and risk avoidance programs designed to reduce potential liabilities, a catastrophic event at one of our project sites or a completed project, resulting from the services we have performed, could result in significant professional or product liability and warranty or other claims against us, as well as reputational harm.
+Added: Although we have adopted a range of insurance, risk management, and risk avoidance programs designed to reduce potential liabilities, a catastrophic event at one of our project sites or a completed project, resulting from the services we have performed, could result in significant professional, product, and/or personal injury liability, as well as warranty or other claims against us and reputational harm.
These liabilities could exceed our insurance limits or impact our ability to obtain insurance in the future.
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An uninsured claim, either in part or in whole, as well as any claim covered by insurance but subject to a policy limit, high deductible/retention, or the denial of coverage by an insurance carrier, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: Our business strategy relies, in part, on acquisitions to sustain our growth, and these transactions present certain risk and uncertainties.
+Added: Our business strategy relies, in part, on acquisitions to sustain our growth, and these transactions present certain risks and uncertainties.
As part of our growth strategy, we acquire companies that expand, complement, and/or diversify our businesses.
However, there is no guarantee that we will be successful in identifying targets that meet our requirements for acquisition.
−Removed: We may also face increased competition from other potential acquirers who may have greater financial resources available to them or who may be in a position to offer more favorable terms to the target company.
+Added: We may also face increased competition from other potential acquirers, including those who may have greater financial resources available to them or who may be in a position to offer more favorable terms to the target company.
This competition may limit our ability to pursue acquisition opportunities.
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Further, realization of the anticipated benefits of an acquisition, such as our acquisition of Miller Electric Company, and avoiding or mitigating the potential risks associated with an acquisition, will depend, among other things, upon our ability to:
−Removed: (a) effectively conduct due diligence to identify and mitigate potential problems at companies we propose to acquire, (b) recognize incompatibilities or other obstacles to the successful integration of the acquired business with our other operations, and (c) gain greater efficiencies and scale that will translate into reduced costs or anticipated synergies in a timely manner.
+Added: (a) effectively conduct due diligence to identify and mitigate potential issues at companies we propose to acquire, (b) recognize incompatibilities or other obstacles to the successful integration of the acquired business with our other operations, and (c) gain greater efficiencies and scale that will translate into reduced costs or anticipated synergies in a timely manner.
However, there can be no assurance that an acquisition we may make in the future will provide the benefits anticipated when entering into the transaction.
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The risk of contracts included in our remaining performance obligations being delayed or canceled generally increases during economic slowdowns, periods of restrictive credit markets, or in response to significant fluctuations in commodity prices.
−Removed: Accordingly, there is no assurance that revenue from remaining performance obligations will actually be realized.
+Added: Accordingly, revenue from remaining performance obligations may not be realized.
If our remaining performance obligations fail to materialize, we could experience a decline in profitability, which could result in a deterioration of our financial position and liquidity.
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However, we may not anticipate or combat all types of potential disruptions or breaches.
−Removed: Threats are continually evolving and threat actors may adopt new or different means of breaching our information technology systems and data, including the potential use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools to engage in automated, targeted, and coordinated attacks.
+Added: Threats are continually evolving and threat actors may adopt new or different means of breaching our information technology systems and data, including the potential use of AI tools to engage in automated, targeted, and coordinated attacks.
As cybersecurity threats become more sophisticated and difficult to detect, our ability to promptly prevent, detect and mitigate the effects of cybersecurity incidents may be impacted, potentially resulting in more material adverse effects.
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We may also utilize new information technology tools, including AI tools, in certain business functions, and such tools could be subject to malfunction, security vulnerabilities, or algorithmic flaws (including AI generation of false or biased information).
−Removed: Unsettled regulations and case law regarding the ownership of intellectual property generated or
−Removed: used by AI could also expose us to claims of copyright or license infringement or other liability resulting from our use of such tools.
+Added: Unsettled regulations and case law regarding the ownership of intellectual property generated or used by AI could also expose us to claims of copyright or license infringement or other liability resulting from our use of such tools.
Key business processes are subject to interruption to the extent that our information technology systems, or those of our customers or third-party providers, are disabled for a long period of time.
Such operational disruptions and/or misappropriation or inappropriate disclosure of information could result in lost or reduced revenues, negative publicity, loss of customers or contracts, or business delays that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and results of operations.
−Removed: In addition, laws and regulations governing data privacy and the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), the California Consumer Privacy Act, the California Privacy Rights Act, state biometric laws, and other emerging U.S.
+Added: In addition, laws and regulations governing data privacy and the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, the California Privacy Rights Act, state biometric laws, and other emerging U.S.
state privacy laws pose increasingly complex compliance challenges and could potentially elevate our compliance costs.
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Significant judgment is required in determining whether goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are impaired and assumptions utilized for purposes of our impairment testing may change in future periods.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that our estimates and assumptions will prove to be accurate predictions of the future.
+Added: Our estimates and assumptions could prove to be inaccurate predictions of the future.
Significant adverse changes to external market conditions or our internal forecasts, if any, could result in future impairment charges.
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New laws, rules, and regulations, or changes to existing laws or their interpretations, could create added legal and compliance costs and uncertainty for us.
−Removed: In addition, our United Kingdom operations are subject to laws and regulations that are in some cases different from those of the United States, including labor laws such as the U.K.
−Removed: Modern Slavery Act and laws and regulations governing information collected from employees, customers and others, specifically the GDPR.
−Removed: These laws and regulations could increase the cost and complexity of doing business in the U.K.
−Removed: and negatively impact our financial position and results of operations.
Our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations, and reporting standards may increase our general and administrative expenses, divert management time and attention, or limit our operational flexibility, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and results of operations.
−Removed: Many of our non-public competitors and competitors operating solely in the U.S.
−Removed: are not subject to these laws and regulations and the related costs and expenses of compliance.
+Added: Many of our non-public competitors are not subject to these laws and regulations and the related costs and expenses of compliance.
Our failure to comply with environmental laws could result in significant liabilities.
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Accordingly, if our safety record were to substantially deteriorate over time, we might become ineligible to bid on certain work and our customers could cancel our contracts and/or not award us future business.
−Removed: Our failure to comply with anti-bribery statutes, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K.
−Removed: Bribery Act of 2010, or sanction regulations, could result in fines, criminal penalties, and other sanctions that could have an adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”), the U.K.
−Removed: Bribery Act of 2010 (the “Bribery Act”), and similar anti-bribery laws in other jurisdictions generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or securing an improper advantage.
+Added: Our failure to comply with anti-bribery statutes, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or sanction regulations, could result in fines, criminal penalties, and other sanctions that could have an adverse effect on our business.
+Added: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”), and similar anti-bribery laws in other jurisdictions, generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or securing an improper advantage.
In addition, sanctions against foreign persons and entities have increased in recent years, especially in connection with the war in Ukraine and ongoing trade and diplomatic disputes between the U.S.
Our policies require that all of our employees, subcontractors, vendors, and agents worldwide must comply with applicable anti-bribery and sanction laws.
−Removed: However, there is no assurance that our policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the FCPA, the Bribery Act, and similar anti-bribery and sanction laws, will eliminate the possibility of liability under such laws for actions taken by our employees, agents, and intermediaries.
−Removed: If we were found to be liable for violations under the FCPA, the Bribery Act, or similar anti-bribery or sanction laws, either due to our own acts or omissions or due to the acts or omissions of others, we could incur substantial legal expenses and suffer civil and criminal penalties, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations, as well as our reputation.
−Removed: In addition, whether or not such expenses, penalties, or sanctions are actually incurred, the actual or alleged violation of the FCPA, the Bribery Act, or any similar anti-bribery or sanction laws could have a negative impact on our reputation.
+Added: However, there is no assurance that our policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the FCPA and similar anti-bribery and sanction laws will eliminate the possibility of liability under such laws for actions taken by our employees, agents, and intermediaries.
+Added: If we were found to be liable for violations under the FCPA, or similar anti-bribery or sanction laws, either due to our own acts or omissions or due to the acts or omissions of others, we could incur substantial legal expenses and suffer civil and criminal penalties, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations, as well as our reputation.
+Added: In addition, whether or not such expenses, penalties, or sanctions are actually incurred, the actual or alleged violation of the FCPA, or any similar anti-bribery or sanction laws, could have a negative impact on our reputation.
Opportunities within the government sector could lead to increased governmental rules and regulations applicable to us.
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If government agencies determine through these audits or reviews that costs are improperly allocated to specific contracts, they will not reimburse the contractor for those costs or may require the contractor to refund previously reimbursed costs.
−Removed: If government agencies determine that we are engaged in improper activity, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties and debarment or suspension from doing business with the government.
+Added: If government agencies determine that we are engaged in improper activity, or if we are found to have violated laws or regulations, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties and debarment or suspension from doing business with the government.
Government contracts are also subject to renegotiation of terms by the government, termination by the government prior to the expiration of the term, and non-renewal by the government.
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The availability and costs to adequately train and maintain a skilled labor force could be impacted by factors we cannot control, including changes in the unemployment rate, prevailing wage rates, benefit costs, potential labor force disruptions, and competition for labor from our competitors in the markets we serve.
−Removed: Labor shortages or increased labor costs, such as those experienced in recent years throughout the United States and United Kingdom, could impair our ability to provide services to our customers (or the ability of third-party subcontractors to provide services to us), maintain our business, or grow our revenues.
−Removed: Recent rules by the Federal Trade Commission to eliminate almost all non-competition agreements with employees, or similar regulations, if found to be enforceable and implemented, may also impact retention of key employees by reducing barriers to individuals with such agreements leaving to work for our competitors.
+Added: Labor shortages or increased labor costs, such as those experienced in recent years, could impair our ability to provide services to our customers (or the ability of third-party subcontractors to provide services to us), maintain our business, or grow our revenues.
+Added: Federal or state regulations, which seek to prohibit non-competition agreements with employees may also impact our ability to retain key employees by reducing barriers to individuals with such agreements leaving to work for our competitors.
Our unionized workforce could adversely affect our operations;
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While we have invested in programs to mitigate the risk that these events disrupt our ability to serve our customers, and also maintain insurance coverage to offset the costs which could result, these events pose inherent risks regardless of where or how we conduct our business.
−Removed: For example, severe weather or a catastrophic natural disaster could
−Removed: negatively impact our and our customers’ offices, facilities, or job sites.
+Added: For example, severe weather or a catastrophic natural disaster could negatively impact our and our customers’ offices, facilities, or job sites.
Access to clean water and reliable energy where we conduct our business is also critical to our operations.
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We may be affected by market or regulatory responses to climate change.
−Removed: Growing public concern about climate change has resulted in the increased focus of local, state, regional, national, and international regulatory bodies on greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions and climate change issues.
+Added: Public concern about climate change has, at times, resulted in the increased focus of local, state, regional, national, and international regulatory bodies on greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions and climate change issues.
Legislation to regulate GHG emissions has periodically been introduced in the U.S.
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In addition, in March 2024, the SEC finalized new rules that would require significant climate-related disclosures by public companies, including evaluation and disclosure of material climate-related risks and opportunities, GHG emissions inventory, climate-related targets and goals, and financial impacts of physical and transition risks.
−Removed: While these rules are currently stayed pending legal challenges, and may face additional challenges under the current administration, it is not certain whether they, or similar future rules, will go into effect.
+Added: While these rules are currently stayed pending legal challenges, and are not supported under the current administration, it is not certain whether they, or similar future rules, will go into effect.
Other legislation, including certain state laws, have been passed that would require similar climate-related disclosure.
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(c) unforeseen design, operational, and technological difficulties;
−Removed: (d) the outcome of research efforts and future technology developments, including alternate or more fuel efficient vehicles for our fleet, such as hybrid or electric vehicles, the availability of which has been impacted by the global shortage in supply of vehicles generally;
+Added: (d) the outcome of research efforts and future technology developments, including alternate or more fuel efficient vehicles for our fleet, such as hybrid or electric vehicles, the availability and prices of which have been and may in the future be impacted by the rescission of electric vehicle tax credits, tariffs imposed on the import of vehicles to the United States, and other disruptions to the global supply of vehicles generally;
(e) regulations and requirements that restrict or prohibit our ability to impose requirements on third-party contractors;
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A new public health emergency, such as an epidemic or pandemic, could lead to similar impacts.
−Removed: Government authorities in the United States and United Kingdom have at various times recommended or imposed certain social distancing, quarantine, and isolation measures to varying degrees, with many such measures impacting large portions of the population, including limitations on travel and mandatory cessation of certain business activities.
+Added: Government authorities have at various times recommended or imposed certain social distancing, quarantine, and isolation measures to varying degrees, with many such measures impacting large portions of the population, including limitations on travel and mandatory cessation of certain business activities.
Both the outbreak and the containment and mitigation measures resulted in serious adverse impacts on the economy, and it is possible that such measures could return for future public health emergencies.
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