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Environmental Matters:
−Removed: The Company’s Ocean Transportation segment has certain risks that could result in expenditures for environmental remediation.
+Added: The Company’s Ocean Transportation business has certain risks that could result in expenditures for environmental remediation.
Except as described below, the Company believes that based on all information available to it, the Company is currently in compliance, in all material respects, with applicable environmental laws and regulations.
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The Company believes that such threshold is reasonably designed to result in disclosure of environmental proceedings that are material to its business or financial condition.
−Removed: On November 10, 2021, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) issued a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) to Matson for alleged violations of the Airborne Toxic Control Measure for Auxiliary Diesel Engines Operated on Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth in a California Port pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 17, section 93118.3.
−Removed: regulations require that a company’s fleet plug into shore power for at least 80 percent of visits at California ports and reduce auxiliary engine power generation by at least 80 percent.
+Added: On November 10, 2021, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) issued a Notice of Violation (the “NOV”) to Matson for alleged violations of the Airborne Toxic Control Measure for Auxiliary Diesel Engines Operated on Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth in a California Port pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 17, section 93118.3.
+Added: CARB regulations require that a company’s fleet plug into shore power for at least 80 percent of visits at California ports and reduce auxiliary engine power generation by at least 80 percent.
The NOV alleges that Matson’s fleet did not meet the 80 percent thresholds during visits to the Port of Long Beach in 2020.
The violations were alleged to have been incurred by chartered vessels in the CLX+ service.
−Removed: These chartered vessels were not outfitted with alternative maritime power capability which would have allowed them to plug into the shore power grid and shut down the vessel diesel generators when at dock.
−Removed: The Company has presented mitigating factors for consideration in settlement discussions with CARB, as well as plans to achieve compliance in 2022.
−Removed: Although potential penalties for 2020, 2021 and 2022 violations could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to exceed $1 million, they are not expected to be material to the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows .
+Added: These chartered vessels were not outfitted with alternative maritime power (“AMP”) capability which would have allowed them to plug into the shore power grid and shut down the vessel diesel generators when at dock.
+Added: On April 14, 2023, the Company and CARB entered into a settlement agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay approximately $2.2 million in civil penalties for 2020, 2021 and 2022 violations .
Other Matters:
The Company and its subsidiaries are parties to, or may be contingently liable in connection with other legal actions arising in the normal course of their businesses, the outcomes of which, in the opinion of management after consultation with counsel, would not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
+Added: There were no material changes to the Company’s risk factors previously described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 .
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