Company: RKLIF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001104659-25-027944
Chunk: 6

Company: RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC /FI
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 6
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 integration of acquired businesses, including the former Terminix business. These risks include, but are not limited to, the possibility that management may be distracted from regular business concerns by the need to integrate operations and that unforeseen difficulties can arise in integrating operations, systems, processes, pay plans, brands and customer offerings as well as difficulties in retaining and assimilating employees and customers. In addition, even where a diligent review of the businesses and/or properties acquired in connection with such acquisitions is performed in accordance with industry norms, such reviews may be incomplete and not necessarily reveal all existing, potential or reasonably foreseeable problems, including actual or contingent liabilities, or permit a full assessment of the deficiencies associated with the businesses or properties. Any acquisition that we make may not provide us with the benefits that were anticipated when entering into such acquisition, or the benefits may not occur within the time periods we anticipated. The realisation of such benefits may be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control. If we fail to (i) successfully integrate acquisitions into our existing organisational structures and IT systems, (ii) deliver the revenue and profit targets, or (iii) deliver any expected synergy benefits, such as cost savings, the acquired business may not achieve the expected financial and/or operational benefits which could lead to potential adverse short-term or long-term effects on our business, reputation, results of operations, financial condition and/or prospects. Our business may be required to recognise impairment charges or be subject to asset revaluations or downgrades by applying a value in use based test annually. We may also experience difficulties, costs or delays in migrating acquired businesses to our systems, processes and technologies.
In addition, we have sold a number of our businesses in the past and expect to continue to dispose of businesses from time to time if consistent with our strategy. Furthermore, under business sale contracts, we may provide warranties and indemnities to purchasers. Accordingly, we may make provisions in our consolidated financial statements for potential liabilities and costs relating to a disposed business. We may also make provisions in our consolidated financial statements for amounts to cover legal or regulatory claims which are known to be outstanding at the time of sale or which may subsequently become apparent. There can be no assurance that such provisions will be sufficient to cover potential liabilities and consequently disposals of our businesses may have a material adverse effect on our business, reputation, results of operations, financial condition and/or prospects.
We may experience difficulties integrating, streamlining and optimising our IT systems, processes and technologies, including artificial intelligence technologies.
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