Company: WKC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-007620
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Company: WORLD KINECT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 which can result in lower revenues and profits. We have numerous competitors, ranging from large multinational corporations, which have significantly greater capital resources than we do, to relatively small and specialized firms that compete with us in a particular line of business. Industry developments, such as fuel price transparency, procurement technology tools, increased regulation and increasing customer sophistication may, over time, reduce demand for our services and thereby exacerbate the risks associated with competition. In addition, we rely on a single or limited number of suppliers for the provision of fuel and related products and services in certain markets. These parties may have significant negotiating leverage over us, and if they are unable or unwilling to supply us on commercially reasonable terms, our business would be adversely affected.

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In addition to competing with resellers, we also compete with major oil companies that market fuel and other energy products directly to large commercial airlines, shipping companies, petroleum distributors operating in the land transportation market, fuel resellers, and other commercial and industrial customers. Our business could be adversely affected and subject to the risk of disintermediation if our suppliers choose to enter or increase their operations in markets in which we compete, increase their direct marketing to our customers to compete with us or provide less advantageous price and credit terms to us than to our other competitors.

We are subject to counterparty risk with respect to the bond hedge transactions which serve to mitigate the dilutive impact of our Convertible Notes.

In connection with our offering of Convertible Notes in June 2023, we entered into bond hedge transactions with multiple financial institutions, which increased the effective conversion price of the Convertible Notes. Consequently, the bond hedge transaction is expected to reduce the potential dilution upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and/or offset any cash payments we are required to make in excess of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes upon their conversion. We also entered into warrant transactions with the bond hedge counterparties, which could have a dilutive effect on our common stock to the extent that the market price per share of our common stock exceeds the strike price of the warrants.

Our exposure to the credit risk of the bond hedge counterparties is not secured by any collateral. Global economic conditions have, from time-to-time, resulted in the actual or perceived failure or financial difficulties of several financial institutions. If any bond hedge counterparty becomes subject to insolvency proceedings, we would become an unsecured creditor in those proceedings with a claim equal to our exposure at that time under the bond hedge transaction. If any of these counterparties were to fail