Company: PRMB
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0002042694-25-000003
Chunk: 57

Company: Primo Brands Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 57
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 Transaction, we may be exposed to increased litigation from stockholders, customers, suppliers, consumers, and other third parties due to the combined company’s business following the Closing. Any such litigation may have an adverse impact on our business and results of operations or may cause disruptions to our operations.

The legal and regulatory environment in the jurisdictions in which we operate, changes thereto and our ability to comply with the same could negatively affect our results of operations, adversely affect demand for our products and services or result in litigation.

As a producer and distributor of water and beverages, we must comply with various federal, state, provincial, local, and foreign laws relating to the extraction, production, packaging, quality, labeling, and distribution of our products. We are also subject to various federal, state, provincial, local, and foreign environmental and health and safety laws and regulations, including those governing our workplaces and locations where our products are distributed. Our bottled water must meet FDA or parallel foreign requirements of safety for human consumption, labeling, processing, and distribution under sanitary conditions and production in accordance with FDA’s current “good manufacturing practices.” In addition, the public drinking water we source must meet the standards of the EPA and/or those of similar federal, state, provincial, local, or foreign governmental bodies. Further, any claims we make in marketing our products are subject to the advertising and promotion requirements and restrictions. We also must meet state regulations in a variety of areas, including standards for approved water sources and the information that must be provided and the basis on which any therapeutic claims for water may be made. In addition, certain environmental laws impose liability on current or previous owners or operators of real property for the cost of removal or remediation of hazardous substances. These laws often impose liability even if the owner or operator did not know of, or was not responsible for, the release of such hazardous substances and also impose liability on persons who arrange for transportation of hazardous substances to disposal or treatment facilities.

As a company with operations outside North America in the United Kingdom, and Israel, we may also encounter difficulties associated with managing an organization with operations in multiple countries, complying with differing laws and regulations (including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010 and local laws prohibiting payments to government officials and other corrupt practices, tax laws, regulations and rates), enforcing agreements, and collecting receivables through foreign legal systems. Although we have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with these laws, there can be no assurance that our associates,