Company: ZEUS
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001437749-25-032436
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Company: OLYMPIC STEEL INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 1.01
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 or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by such statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the levels of imported steel in the United States, imposed tariffs and duties on imported and exported steel or other products, U. S. trade policy and its impact on the U. S. manufacturing industry, including retaliatory actions by other countries; general and global business, economic, financial and political conditions, including, but not limited to, the failure to obtain the requisite shareholder approval in connection with the Transactions and the failure to satisfy various other conditions to the closing of the Transactions; the failure to obtain governmental approvals of the Transactions on the proposed terms and timeline, and any conditions imposed on the combined company in connection with consummation of the Transactions; the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the Transactions may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; disruption from the proposed Transactions making it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, partners, employees or suppliers; the risk that the proposed Transactions 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; risks relating to any unforeseen liabilities of the Company or Ryerson; recessionary conditions and legislation passed under the current administration, including the impact of the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBBA, on July 4, 2025; risks associated with shortages of skilled labor, increased labor costs and the Company’s ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; risks of volatile metals prices and inventory devaluation; risks associated with economic sanctions, and current global conflicts, or additional war, military conflict, or hostilities could adversely affect global metals supply and pricing; supplier consolidation or addition of new capacity; reduced production schedules, layoffs or work stoppages by the Company, the Company’s suppliers’ or customers’ personnel; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate recent acquisitions into the Company’s business and risks inherent with the acquisitions in the achievement of expected results; the adequacy of the Company’s existing information technology and business system software, including duplication and security processes; the inflation or deflation existing within the metals industry, as well as product mix and inventory levels on hand, which can impact the Company’s cost of materials sold as a result of the fluctuations in the last-in