Company: ZEUS
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001437749-25-032420
Chunk: 21

Company: OLYMPIC STEEL INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 21
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 2025;

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     the failure to complete the proposed merger, or Merger, with Ryerson Holding Corporation, or Ryerson, on the anticipated terms and timing, or at all:

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     the failure to obtain the requisite shareholder approval in connection with the proposed Merger, and the failure to satisfy various other conditions to the closing of the Merger;

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     the failure to obtain governmental approvals of the Merger on the proposed terms and timeline, and any conditions imposed on the combined company in connection with consummation of the Merger;

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     the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the Merger may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected;

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     disruption from the proposed Merger making it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, partners, employees or suppliers;

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     the risk that the Merger may be less accretive than expected, or may be dilutive, and that the combined company may fail to realize the benefits expected from the Merger;

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     risks associated with shortages of skilled labor, increased labor costs and our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel;

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      risks of volatile metals prices and inventory devaluation; 

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     supplier consolidation or addition of new capacity;

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     risks associated with economic sanctions, and current global conflicts, or additional war, military conflict, or hostilities could adversely affect global metals supply and pricing;

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     reduced production schedules, layoffs or work stoppages by our own, our suppliers’ or customers’ personnel;

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     rising interest rates and their impacts on our variable interest rate debt; 

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      our ability to successfully integrate recent acquisitions into our business and risks inherent with the acquisitions in the achievement of expected results; 

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     the adequacy of our existing information technology and business system software, including duplication and security processes;

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     the inflation or deflation existing within the metals industry, as well as product mix and inventory levels on hand, which can impact our cost of materials sold as a result of the fluctuations in the last-in, first-out, or LIFO, inventory valuation;

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     competitive factors such as the availability, and global pricing of metals and production levels, industry shipping and inventory levels and rapid fluctuations in customer demand and metals pricing;

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     fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar and the related impact