Company: WKC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-007620
Chunk: 143

Company: WORLD KINECT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 143
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, due to the large number of transactions that run through our systems each day, significant system downtime or disruption could have a material impact on our, and in the case of our technology offerings, our customers', ability to conduct business, process and record transactions, make operational and financial decisions 

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or damage our reputation with customers or suppliers, particularly in the event of billing errors or payment delays. Similarly, if ours or any of our business partners' or cloud service providers' access to cloud-based or similar platforms and services is disrupted for any reason and leads to disruptions in our critical systems, our operations and ability to manage our business could be adversely impacted. We may not have sufficient recourse against these parties in the event they experience a significant cybersecurity incident or similar attack or other security breach affecting our or our customers' data.

Our cybersecurity and infrastructure protection technologies, disaster recovery plans and systems, employee training and vendor risk management that we use to mitigate cybersecurity threats may not be sufficient to defend us against all unauthorized attempts to access our information or impact our systems. As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, we may be required to dedicate significant additional resources and incur substantial costs to modify or enhance our security measures or to investigate and remediate any vulnerabilities. Despite these efforts, we may be unable to fully anticipate or implement adequate preventive measures or mitigate potential harm. We and our third party providers have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, cybersecurity incidents. To our knowledge, we have not experienced any material losses relating to cybersecurity attacks. However, there can be no assurance that we will not suffer material losses in the future. We currently maintain insurance to protect us from certain losses arising as a result of cybersecurity incidents, but this insurance may not be sufficient to cover the financial, legal, business or reputational losses that may result from such incidents and there is no guarantee that such coverage will continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Any of the adverse effects described above could damage our brand, competitiveness and ability to conduct our business, impact our credit and risk exposure decisions, cause us to lose customers or revenues, subject us to significant remediation costs, litigation or regulatory actions, loss or corruption of data, costs related to remediation or the payment of ransom, fines and penalties, or otherwise have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our derivative transactions with customers, suppliers, merchants and financial institutions expose us to price and credit risks, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

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