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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A. of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, except for the additional risk factors relating to the Manitowoc Ice acquisition set forth below.

We may not realize the anticipated benefits of the Manitowoc Ice acquisition and any benefit may take longer to realize than we expect.

The Manitowoc Ice acquisition will involve the integration of Manitowoc Ice’s operations with our existing operations, and there are uncertainties inherent in such an integration. We will be required to devote significant management attention and resources to integrating Manitowoc Ice’s operations. Delays or unexpected difficulties in the integration process could adversely affect our business, financial results and financial condition. Even if we are able to integrate Manitowoc Ice’s operations successfully, this integration may not result in the realization of the full benefits of revenue synergies, cost savings and operational efficiencies that we expect or the achievement of these benefits within a reasonable period of time or at all.

We could be subject to new risks, known and unknown, relating to the Manitowoc Ice acquisition.

We may experience risks, losses and damages associated with the Manitowoc Ice acquisition. The risks we could face include the following:

  • the Manitowoc Ice acquisition may lead to the incurrence of costs to review, upgrade and integrate Manitowoc Ice’s systems with our compliance and reporting systems, including our systems of internal control over financial reporting. The process of integrating Manitowoc Ice into our internal control over financial reporting could require significant time and effort from our management and other personnel and could increase our compliance costs; and

  • the Manitowoc Ice acquisition involves the inherent risk of liabilities, and these liabilities may prove more costly or produce more adverse effects than we anticipate, such as actual or potential litigation and regulatory matters. In addition, in the course of the due diligence review of Manitowoc Ice, we may not have discovered, or may have been unable to quantify, undisclosed liabilities of Manitowoc Ice, and we may not be indemnified or have insurance for any of these liabilities. Any such liabilities could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows following the completion of the Manitowoc Ice acquisition.

Any of these risks associated with the Manitowoc Ice acquisition could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Increased leverage may harm our financial condition and results of operations.

As of September 30, 2022, we had $2,448.1 million of total debt on a consolidated basis. Our indebtedness increased materially in connection with our acquisition of Manitowoc Ice, which we funded with borrowings of $1.0 billion under our Term Loan Facility and the net proceeds from the issuance of $400.0 million of 2032 Senior Notes, together with cash on hand and/or borrowings under our revolving credit facility, for an aggregate amount of approximately $1.6 billion of new indebtedness in connection with the Manitowoc Ice acquisition. We and our subsidiaries may incur additional indebtedness in the future and, subject to limitations on the amount of secured indebtedness we may incur without securing the notes and other outstanding debt securities, the indenture that will govern the notes will not restrict us from incurring indebtedness in the future. Future increases in our level of indebtedness will have several important effects on our future operations, including, without limitation:

  • we will have additional cash requirements in order to support the payment of interest on our outstanding indebtedness;

  • increases in our outstanding indebtedness and leverage may increase our vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic and industry conditions, as well as to competitive pressure;

  • our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, general corporate and other purposes may be reduced;

  • our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry may be reduced; and

  • our flexibility to make acquisitions and develop technology may be limited.

Our ability to make payments of principal and interest on our indebtedness, including the notes, depends upon our future performance, which will be subject to general economic conditions and financial, business and other factors affecting our consolidated operations, many of which are beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operations in the future to service our debt and meet our other cash requirements, we may be required, among other things:

  • to seek additional financing in the debt or equity markets;

  • to refinance or restructure all or a portion of our indebtedness, including the notes;

  • to sell selected assets or businesses; or

  • to reduce or delay planned capital or operating expenditures.

Such measures might not be sufficient to enable us to service our debt and meet our other cash requirements, including the notes. In addition, any such financing, refinancing or sale of assets might not be available at all or on economically favorable terms.

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

The following table provides information with respect to purchases we made of our ordinary shares during the third quarter of 2022:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
PeriodTotal number of shares purchasedAverage price paid per shareTotal number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programsDollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs
July 1 - July 30945$46.17—$600,002,203
July 31 - August 2744448.45—600,002,203
August 28 - September 301,02841.93—600,002,203
Total2,417—

(a)The purchases in this column include 945 shares for the period July 1 - July 30, 444 shares for the period July 31 - August 27 and 1,028 shares for the period August 28 - September 30 deemed surrendered to us by participants in our equity incentive plans to satisfy the exercise price or withholding of tax obligations related to the exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted and performance shares.

(b)The average price paid in this column includes shares deemed surrendered to us by participants in our equity incentive plans to satisfy the exercise price for the exercise price of stock options and withholding tax obligations due upon stock option exercises and vesting of restricted and performance shares.

(c)The number of shares in this column represents the number of shares repurchased as part of our publicly announced plans to repurchase our ordinary shares up to the maximum dollar limit authorized by the Board of Directors, discussed below.

(d)In December 2020, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of our ordinary shares up to a maximum dollar limit of $750.0 million. The authorization expires on December 31, 2025. As of September 30, 2022, we had $600.0 million available for share repurchases under this authorization. From time to time, we may enter into a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan for the purpose of repurchasing shares under this authorization.

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