International Paper 10-Q 2024-03-31

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2024

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period From to

Commission File Number 001-03157

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (901) 419-9000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (paragraph 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 (a) of the Exchange

Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share, as of April 19, 2024 was 347,332,324.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

(Unaudited)

(In millions, except per share amounts)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

(In millions)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

(In millions)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

**[Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows](#ib48f9a

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The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this "Form 10-Q") and the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (our "Annual Report"). In addition to historical consolidated financial information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates, and beliefs that involve significant risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to those differences include those discussed below and in our Annual Report, particularly under "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" of this Form 10-Q and our Annual Report. Please see our "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" below.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Net earnings (loss) were $56 million ($0.16 per diluted share) in the first quarter of 2024, compared with $(284) million ($(0.82) per diluted share) in the fourth quarter of 2023 and $172 million ($0.49 per diluted share) in the first quarter of 2023. The Company generated Adjusted operating earnings (a non-GAAP measure defined below) of $61 million ($0.17 per diluted share) in the first quarter of 2024, compared with $142 million ($0.41 per diluted share) in the fourth quarter of 2023 and $185 million ($0.53 per diluted share) in the first quarter of 2023.

In the first quarter of 2024, our teams across International Paper executed well, with intense focus on accelerating our commercial and mill optimization strategies and taking care of our customers. We were encouraged to see positive market momentum as sales price indexes improved across our portfolio in the first quarter of 2024, and we continue to see signs of demand recovery. The first quarter of 2024 represents an earnings trough based on seasonally lower volumes, the majority of negative price flow through from 2023 index movements and higher recovered fiber costs. Our first quarter of 2024 results also included approximately $52 million of impacts associated with a January freeze, impacting both businesses, along with the initial financial impacts of the Ixtac, Mexico box plant fire in our North American Industrial Packaging business. Our teams across International Paper made significant progress executing our strategic initiatives. We realized margin and mix benefits from our Box Go-to-Market strategy in the first quarter of 2024. We also realized benefits in both businesses from the fixed cost reduction efforts in our mill system. Finally, in a move that we believe is a catalyst to create significant value for our shareholders, we announced on April 16, 2024, our intent to acquire DS Smith in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $9.9 billion.

Comparing our performance in the first quarter of 2024 to the fourth quarter of 2023, price and mix in our North American Industrial Packaging business was higher due to significant benefits from our Box Go-to-Market strategy which was partially offset by the majority of prior sales price index declines from 2023. The February index publication of $40 per ton increase will primarily flow through our sales contracts in the second and third quarters of 2024. Price in our Global Cellulose Fibers business was higher due to prior index movement and mix improved from the GCF optimization strategy driving benefits from more fluff and specialty pulp and less commodity grades. Volume in our North American Industrial Packaging business was lower as the first quarter of 2024 is expected to represent our seasonally lowest shipment quarter of the year, along with some impact from the January freeze. Also, our Go-to-Market strategy is about making choices regarding value over volume in the near term. We believe this will allow us to improve our margins and mix over the longer term, with a focus on maximizing the profitability of our Industrial Packaging business. Volume in our Global Cellulose Fibers business was sequentially flat overall, as higher shipments for absorbent pulp was offset by lower sales of commodity grades, as we continued to focus on strategically aligning our business with the most attractive customers and end markets. Operations and costs were sequentially higher in our North American Industrial Packaging business due to the January freeze and the Ixtac, Mexico fire in March 2024. Additionally, operations and costs were higher due to cost inflation including items such as labor, materials, contracted maintenance services and employee benefit costs. There was also lower fixed cost absorption from seasonally lower volumes. The higher operating costs were partially offset by lower fixed costs following the fourth quarter shutdown of the Orange, Texas mill. Operations and costs in our Global Cellulose Fibers business were higher due to the January freeze. Additionally, costs were higher due to inflation on items such as labor, materials, contracted maintenance services and employee benefit costs, and some timing of spend. The higher operating costs were largely offset by lower fixed costs resulting from the two pulp machine closures at our mills in Riegelwood, North Carolina and Pensacola, Florida. Planned maintenance outages were higher in our Industrial Packaging business while lower in our Global Cellulose Fibers business. Input costs were higher in our Industrial Packaging business, primarily driven by higher recovered fiber costs. Input costs in our Global Cellulose Fibers business were higher, primarily driven by higher energy costs.

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Looking ahead to the second quarter 2024, as compared to the first quarter 2024, in our Industrial Packaging business, we expect price and mix to improve earnings from prior index movement in North America, higher export prices to date, as well as continued progress with our Box Go-to-Market strategy. Volume is expected to be seasonally higher in North America, and also benefit from one more shipping day in the second quarter of 2024. Operations and costs are expected to be higher due to proactive maintenance spending beyond our full-scale mill annual maintenance outages. As we anticipate continuous demand recovery, this spending is focused on improving productivity and efficiencies across our mills and box plant network. We will continue to experience additional inflation and higher selling and administration costs by the additional commercial resources needed to support our Box Go-to-Market strategy.

Full-scale mill annual maintenance outage expense is expected to increase in the second quarter of 2024 including costs associated with the Riverdale mill outage, a portion of which will be recovered during 2024 through our existing paper supply arrangement with Sylvamo. Input costs are expected to be stable based on higher costs for recovered fiber offset by lower energy costs. In our Global Cellulose Fibers business, we expect price and mix to increase earnings based on prior index movements. Volume is expected to remain flat as we reduce our exposure to commodity grades and grow with absorbent pulp. Operations and costs are expected to be lower due to lower fixed costs resulting from the pulp machine closures in our Riegelwood and Pensacola mills, the non-repeat of the January freeze, and timing of spending. Maintenance outage expense is expected to be lower coming off the first quarter of 2024 which included an outage at the Georgetown mill, a portion of the costs of which are expected to be recovered throughout the remainder of the year as part of the existing paper supply arrangement with Sylvamo. Input costs are expected to be stable relative to the first quarter of 2024.

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Information relating to quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk is shown on pages 44-45 of International Paper’s Annual Report, which information is incorporated herein by reference. There have been no material changes in the Company’s exposure to market risk since December 31, 2023.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures:

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported (and accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure) within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. As of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q, we conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2024 (the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q).

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting:

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.****LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

A discussion of material developments regarding certain legal proceedings involving the Company occurring in the period covered by this Form 10-Q is found in Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies of the Condensed Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q, which is incorporated by reference herein. The Company is not subject to any administrative or judicial proceeding arising under any Federal, State or local provisions that have been enacted or adopted regulating the discharge of materials into the environment or primarily for the purpose of protecting the environment that is likely to result in monetary sanctions of $1 million or more.

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (Part I, Item 1A) other than as discussed below.

Risks Relating to the Proposed Business Combination with DS Smith

The proposed Business Combination with DS Smith may be delayed or not occur at all for a variety of reasons, including that the Business Combination is subject to various closing conditions, including governmental, regulatory and shareholder approvals, as well as other uncertainties, and there can be no assurances as to whether or when it may be completed. Failure to consummate the Business Combination could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and the market price of our shares.

On April 16, 2024, the Company issued an announcement pursuant to Rule 2.7 of the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Code”) (the “Rule 2.7 Announcement”) disclosing the terms of a recommended offer by the Company to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of DS Smith Plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales (“DS Smith”), in an all-stock transaction (the “Business Combination”).

The consummation of the Business Combination is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions. A number of the conditions are not within our control, and it is possible that such conditions may prevent, delay or otherwise materially adversely affect the completion of the Business Combination. These conditions include, among others: (i) the approval of the proposed scheme of arrangement (the “Scheme”) by DS Smith shareholders; (ii) the sanction of the Scheme by the High Court of Justice in England and Wales (the “Court”); (iii) the Scheme becoming effective no later than October 16, 2025; (iv) the receipt of certain required antitrust and other regulatory approvals; (v) the issuance of the New International Paper Shares (as defined in the Rule 2.7 Announcement) in connection with the Business Combination being duly approved by Company shareholders at the corresponding special meeting of Company shareholders; (vi) confirmation being received by the Company that the New International Paper Shares have been approved for listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange; and (vii) acknowledgement being received by the Company that the application for Admission (as defined in the Rule 2.7 Announcement) has been approved and the Company’s shares will be admitted to trading on the Main Market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange.

We cannot predict with certainty whether and when any of the remaining required conditions will be satisfied or if another uncertainty may arise. Failure to complete the Business Combination within the expected timeframe or at all could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and the market price of our common stock in a number of ways, including:

• the market price of our shares may decline to the extent that the current market price reflects an assumption that the Business Combination will be consummated;

• we have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant expenses for professional services in connection with the Business Combination for which we will have received little or no benefit if the Business Combination is not consummated; and

• we may experience negative publicity and/or reactions from our investors, employees, customers, and other business partners.

We may fail to realize the anticipated benefits and operating synergies expected from the Business Combination, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

The success of the Business Combination will depend, in significant part, on our ability to successfully integrate the acquired business, grow the revenue of the combined company and realize the anticipated strategic benefits and synergies from the

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Business Combination. We believe that the addition of DS Smith will complement our strategy by bringing together two complementary businesses to create a global sustainable packaging solutions leader with enhanced scale and improved positions in attractive and growing markets. We expect that the Business Combination will generate significant synergies, as set out in more detail in the Rule 2.7 Announcement. Achieving these goals requires growth of the revenue of the combined company and realization of the targeted operating synergies expected from the Business Combination. This growth and the anticipated benefits of the transaction may not be realized fully or at all, or may take longer to realize than we expect. Actual operating, technological, strategic and revenue opportunities, if achieved at all, may be less significant than we expect or may take longer to achieve than anticipated. If we are not able to achieve these objectives and realize the anticipated benefits and synergies expected from the Business Combination within a reasonable time, our business, financial condition and operating results may be adversely affected.

Efforts to complete the Business Combination could disrupt our relationships with third parties and employees, divert management’s attention, or result in negative publicity or legal proceedings, any of which could negatively impact our business, financial condition and operating results.

We have expended, and continue to expend, significant management time and resources in an effort to complete the Business Combination, which may have a negative impact on our ongoing business and operations. Uncertainty regarding the outcome of the Business Combination and our future could disrupt our business relationships with our existing and potential customers, channel partners, service providers and other business partners, who may attempt to negotiate changes in existing business relationships or consider entering into business relationships with parties other than us or DS Smith. Uncertainty regarding the outcome of the Business Combination could also adversely affect our ability to recruit and retain key personnel and other employees. The pendency of the Business Combination may also result in negative publicity and a negative impression of us in the financial markets, and may lead to litigation against us and our directors and officers. Such litigation would be distracting to management and, may, in the future, require us to incur significant costs. Such litigation could result in the Business Combination being delayed and/or enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction, which could prevent the Business Combination from being completed. The occurrence of any of these events individually or in combination could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Business Combination will result in significant integration costs and any material delays or unanticipated additional expenses may harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. We may not be able to integrate DS Smith into the combined company successfully.

The Business Combination involves the integration of two businesses that previously operated independently. If the parties complete the Business Combination, the composition of the Company’s Board may change from the current board of directors and, following an assessment, the Company’s leadership team may change. The complexity and magnitude of the integration effort associated with the Business Combination are significant and require that we fund significant capital and operating expenses to support the integration of the combined operations. Such expenses have included significant transaction, consulting and third-party service fees. As set out in the Rule 2.7 Announcement, we anticipate that the total costs to achieve the synergies associated with the Business Combination would be approximately $370 million (£297 million). However, the anticipated costs are subject to change. We have incurred and expect to continue to incur additional operating expenses as we build up internal resources or engage third party providers while we integrate the combined company following the Business Combination.

Additionally, the process of integrating operations could cause an interruption of, or loss of momentum in, the activities of one or both of us and DS Smith. The diversion of management’s attention and any delays or difficulties encountered in connection with the integration of the operations, or the failure to successfully integrate the two businesses, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The complexity of the integration and transition associated with the Business Combination, together with DS Smith’s increased scale and global presence, may affect our internal control over financial reporting and our ability to effectively and timely report our financial results.

The additional scale of DS Smith’s operations, together with the complexity of the integration effort, including changes to or implementation of critical information technology systems, may adversely affect our ability to report our financial results on a timely basis. In addition, we will have to train new employees and third-party providers, and assume operations in jurisdictions where we have not previously had operations. We expect that the Business Combination may necessitate significant modifications to our internal control systems, processes and information systems, both on a transition basis and over the longer-term as we fully integrate the combined company. Due to the complexity of the Business Combination, we cannot be certain that changes to our internal control over financial reporting will be effective for any period, or on an ongoing basis. If we are unable to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, or are unable to assert that our internal controls over

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financial reporting are effective, our business, financial condition and results of operations and the market perception thereof may be materially adversely affected.

The Business Combination may expose us to significant unanticipated liabilities that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Business Combination may expose us to significant unanticipated liabilities relating to the operation of the combined company. These liabilities could include employment or severance-related obligations under applicable law or other benefits arrangements, legal claims, warranty or similar liabilities to customers, and claims by or amounts owed to vendors. Particularly in international jurisdictions, our acquisition of DS Smith, or our decision to independently enter new international markets where DS Smith previously conducted business, could also expose us to tax liabilities and other amounts owed by DS Smith. The incurrence of such unforeseen or unanticipated liabilities, should they be significant, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Certain DS Smith agreements may contain change of control provisions which, if not waived, could have material adverse effects on the combined company.

DS Smith is a party to various agreements with third parties, including certain financing agreements, customer and supplier contracts and other material contracts, that may contain change of control provisions that will be triggered upon the completion of the Business Combination. In addition, certain DS Smith financing instruments contain change of control provisions that will be triggered upon the completion of the Business Combination if coupled with a downgrade in (or withdrawal of) the credit rating of the applicable instruments to below investment grade during a period of time after completion of the Business Combination. Agreements with change of control provisions typically provide for or permit the termination of the agreement upon the occurrence of a change of control of one of the parties which can be waived by the relevant counterparties. If the Company and DS Smith determine that one or more such waivers are necessary, DS Smith will make reasonable efforts to seek and obtain these waivers. There can be no assurance that such consent will be obtained at all or on favorable terms, and as of the date of this document, no such waivers have been sought or obtained. The inability to obtain waivers from more than one relevant counterparty could have a material adverse effect on the combined company.

Stockholders in the combined company will be exposed to additional currency exchange rate fluctuations as, following completion of the Business Combination, there will be an increased proportion of assets, liabilities and earnings denominated in foreign currencies.

As a result of the Business Combination, the financial results of the combined company will be more exposed to currency exchange rate fluctuations and an increased proportion of assets, liabilities and earnings will be denominated in non-U.S. Dollar currencies. The combined company will present its financial statements in U.S. Dollars and will have a significant proportion of net assets and income in non-U.S. Dollar currencies, primarily the Pound Sterling and Euro. The combined company’s financial condition and results of operation will therefore be more sensitive to movements in foreign exchange rates. A depreciation of non-U.S. Dollar currencies relative to the U.S. Dollar could have an adverse impact on the combined company’s financial results.

The Takeover Code restricts the Company’s ability to cause DS Smith to consummate the Business Combination and limits the relief the Company may obtain in the event DS Smith’s Board of Directors withdraws its support of the Business Combination.

The Takeover Code limits the contractual commitments that may be obtained from DS Smith to take actions in furtherance of the Business Combination, and DS Smith’s Board of Directors may, if its fiduciary duties so require, withdraw its recommendation in support for the Business Combination, and withdraw the Scheme, at any time prior to the Scheme arrangement becoming effective. The Takeover Code does not permit DS Smith to pay any break fee to the Company if the DS Smith Board of Directors does so, nor can DS Smith be subject to any restrictions on soliciting or negotiating other offers or transactions involving DS Smith other than the restrictions that arise under the Takeover Code against undertaking actions or entering into agreements which might frustrate the Company’s takeover offer for DS Smith.

Antitrust laws restrict the Company’s ability to coordinate with DS Smith on certain matters.

To the extent that DS Smith needs to renegotiate any material commercial contracts before completion of the Business Combination, antitrust laws prevent the Company from coordinating with DS Smith regarding such renegotiations and, while

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DS Smith will negotiate in its shareholders best interests, factors outside of DS Smith’s control may cause such renegotiations to result in a negative impact to DS Smith’s business or our view of the business of the combined company.

Even if a material adverse change to DS Smith’s business or prospects were to occur prior to closing, we may not be able to invoke the offer conditions and terminate the Business Combination, which could reduce the value of our shares.

Under the Takeover Code, and except for a limited number of conditions, such as the approval of the Share Issuance Proposal and the DS Smith shareholder approval (or the minimum acceptance condition if the Business Combination is implemented by way of a takeover offer) we may invoke a condition to the Business Combination to cause the Business Combination not to proceed only if the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Panel”) is satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to that condition not being satisfied are of material significance to the Company in the context of the Business Combination. Because of this Panel consent requirement, the conditions, including as to a material adverse change affecting DS Smith, may provide us less protection than the customary conditions in an offer for a U.S. domestic company.

Issuance of Company shares in connection with the Business Combination will reduce our existing stockholders’ aggregate ownership and voting interest in the Company, will result in existing stockholders exercising less influence over management, and may adversely affect the market price of our shares.

In connection with the payment of the Business Combination consideration, we expect to issue approximately 180 million Company shares. Company stockholders and DS Smith shareholders are expected to own approximately 66.3% and 33.7%, respectively, of the combined group following closing. The issuance of these new shares will reduce our existing stockholders’ ownership and voting interest in the Company and, as a result, our existing stockholders, individually and in the aggregate, will be able to exert less influence. Additionally, continuing our current dividend practices following the Business Combination will require additional cash to pay such dividends. For this and other reasons generally affecting the ability to pay dividends, Company stockholders may not receive the same dividends they have received in the past following the Business Combination. The issuance of these new shares may also result in fluctuations in the market price of Company shares, including a price decrease.

Following completion of the Business Combination, our international operations will be subject to the laws and regulations of the United States and many foreign countries. Failure to comply with these laws may affect our ability to conduct business in certain countries and may affect our financial performance.

We and DS Smith are, and, following completion of the Business Combination, will be, subject to a variety of laws regarding our international operations, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act and regulations issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, and the regulations of various foreign governmental and regulatory agencies. We cannot predict the nature, scope or effect of future regulatory requirements to which our international operations might be subject or the manner in which existing laws might be administered or interpreted. In addition, actual or alleged violations of these laws could result in enforcement actions and financial penalties that could result in substantial costs. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Following completion of the Business Combination, we will be subject to specific risks associated with expanded international operations.

Revenues derived from international operations following completion of the Business Combination are subject to risks inherent in doing business outside the U.S. These risks include:

• economic or political instability;

• trade protection measures, including tariffs or import-export restrictions;

• restrictions on currency repatriation;

• significant adverse changes in taxation policies or other laws or regulations;

• partial or total expropriation of international assets; and

• the disruption of operations from political disturbances, terrorist activities, insurrection or war.

If any of these risks were to materialize, they may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

(a) 615,958 shares were acquired from employees or members of our Board as a result of share withholdings to pay income taxes under the Company's restricted stock program. During these periods, no shares were purchased under our share repurchase program, which does not have an expiration date. On October 11, 2022, our Board increased the authorization up to a total of $3.35 billion shares. As of March 31, 2024, approximately $2.96 billion aggregate shares of our common stock remained authorized for repurchase under a previous Board authorization.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the quarter ended March 31, 2024, no director or Section 16 officer adopted or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements, as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

** Filed herewith*

*** Furnished herewith*

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.