Company: LPX
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000060519-25-000005
Chunk: 32

Company: LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 32
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 including but not limited to export controls, import and customs trade restrictions, tariffs (including tariffs applicable to goods imported into the United States from China, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, or other countries), and regulations related to public health matters;

•increases in transportation costs or transportation delays;

•work stoppages, unionization efforts and labor strikes;

•fluctuations in currency exchange rates, particularly the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies; and

•social and political unrest, geopolitical and military conflicts or tensions, terrorism and economic instability.

If any of these or other factors were to render the conduct of our business in a particular country undesirable or impractical, our business, financial condition, or results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

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We may pursue acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, capital investments and other corporate strategic transactions from time to time. These transactions may involve risks or may not be successful. Our business strategy may depend, in part, on our ability to accomplish successful acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, capital investments and other corporate strategic transactions that we may pursue. The benefits we typically expect to achieve from such corporate strategic transactions may include, among other things, synergies, cost savings, growth opportunities and access to new markets, and in the case of divestitures, the disposition of businesses or assets that do not align with our long-term strategy and the realization of proceeds from the sale of businesses and assets to unrelated purchasers. We are subject to the risk that we may not achieve the expected benefits associated with such transactions. Failure to achieve such benefits could have a material adverse impact on our financial position, operating results and cash flows.

Additionally, corporate strategic transactions that we may pursue may involve a number of special risks, including, among other things, the diversion of management attention and business resources in connection with the pursuit of such transactions and the integration of acquired assets or businesses into our operations, the demands on our financial, operational and information technology systems resulting from the acquisition of assets or businesses, and the possibility that we may become responsible for unexpected liabilities resulting from an acquisition for which we may not be adequately indemnified. These and other risks associated with corporate strategic transactions we may pursue may be unpredictable and beyond our control and could have a material adverse impact on our financial position, reputation, operating results and cash flows.

The impact of new ongoing or escalated military and geopolitical conflicts and tensions, including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict in Israel and the surrounding areas, on the global economy, energy supplies