Amphenol (APH) risk factors, FY2024 10-K

RISKS RELATED TO OUR GLOBAL OPERATIONS

1. 01workforce outside the United States. The Company’s customers are located throughout the world, and the Company has many manufacturing, administrative and sales facilities outside the United States
2. 02We may be negatively impacted by adverse public health developments, including epidemics and pandemics
3. 03The Company and certain of its suppliers and customers have experienced, and may in the future experience, difficulties obtaining certain raw materials and components, and the cost of certain of the Company’s raw materials and components may increase
4. 04The Company may be negatively impacted by extreme weather conditions and natural catastrophic events, including those caused or intensified by climate change and global warming
5. 05The Company’s results can be positively or negatively affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates
6. 06The Company is dependent on attracting, recruiting, hiring and retaining skilled employees, including our various management teams

RISKS RELATED TO OUR END MARKETS

1. 07The Company encounters competition in all areas of our business
2. 08The Company is dependent on end market dynamics to sell its products, and some of the Company’s end markets are subject to cyclical and at times rapid periods of reduced demand

RISKS RELATED TO ACQUISITIONS

1. 09The Company has at times experienced difficulties and unanticipated expenses in connection with purchasing and integrating newly acquired businesses
2. 10The Company may in the future incur goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charges

RISKS RELATED TO OUR LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

1. 11The Company’s credit agreement and senior notes contain certain requirements, which if breached, could have a material adverse effect on the Company
2. 12The Company relies on the global capital markets, and an inability to access those markets on favorable terms could adversely affect the Company’s results
3. 13The Company’s results may be negatively affected by changing interest rates

RISKS RELATED TO LEGAL AND REGULATORY MATTERS

1. 14Our business and financial results may be adversely affected by government contracting risks
2. 15The Company must comply with complex export and import controls as well as economic sanctions and trade embargoes imposed by the United States government and other countries
3. 16Changes in fiscal and tax policies, audits and examinations by taxing authorities could impact the Company’s results
4. 17We may experience difficulties in enforcing our intellectual property rights, which could result in loss of market share, and we may be subject to claims of infringement of the intellectual property rights of others
5. 18The Company is subject to customer claims, litigation and other regulatory or legal proceedings
6. 19The Company is subject to environmental laws and regulations that could adversely affect our business
7. 20The Company is subject to, and may continue to be subject to, incremental costs, risks and regulations associated with efforts to combat the negative effects of climate change