Company: ZEUS
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form Type: S-3
Source: 0001437749-25-014524
Chunk: 8

Company: OLYMPIC STEEL INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form: S-3
Chunk 8
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 supplier and competitor consolidation, bankruptcy or insolvency; |

| ● | the timing and outcomes of inventory lower of cost or net realizable value adjustments and LIFO income or expense; |

| ● | fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar and the related impact on foreign steel pricing, U.S. exports, and foreign imports to the United States; |

| ● | reduced availability and productivity of our employees, increased operational risks as a result of remote work arrangements, including the potential effects on internal controls, as well as cybersecurity risks and increased vulnerability to security breaches, information technology disruptions and other similar events; |

| ● | the successes of our efforts and initiatives to improve working capital turnover and cash flows, and achieve cost savings; |

| ● | risks and uncertainties associated with intangible assets, including impairment charges related to indefinite lived intangible assets; |

| ● | our ability to generate free cash flow through operations and repay debt; |

| ● | the impacts of union organizing activities and the success of union contract renewals; |

| ● | the amounts, successes and our ability to continue our capital investments and strategic growth initiatives, including acquisitions and our business information system implementations; |

| ● | events or circumstances that could adversely impact the successful operation of our processing equipment and operations; |

| ● | changes in laws or regulations or the manner of their interpretation or enforcement could impact our financial performance and restrict our ability to operate our business or execute our strategies; |

| ● | events or circumstances that could impair or adversely impact the carrying value of any of our assets; |

| ● | our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; |

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| ● | our ability to repurchase shares of our common stock and the amounts and timing of repurchases, if any; and |

| ● | unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation, arbitration and environmental matters, including any developments that would require any increase in our costs for such contingencies. |

These factors and the other risk factors described in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, including the documents incorporated by reference, are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could harm our results. Consequently, there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by us will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences