Company: KEQU
Filing Date: 2025-07-02
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000055529-25-000026
Chunk: 136

Company: KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-07-02
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 136
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 business, with the ultimate impact dependent on future developments, which are highly uncertain and unpredictable.

Ongoing geopolitical instability could negatively impact the global and U.S. economies in the future, including by causing supply chain disruptions, rising energy costs, volatility in capital markets and foreign currency exchange rates, rising interest rates, and heightened cybersecurity risks. The extent to which such geopolitical instability adversely affects our business, financial condition, and results of operations, as well as our liquidity and capital profile, is highly uncertain and unpredictable. If geopolitical instability adversely affects us, it may also have the effect of heightening other risks related to our business.

Legal and Regulatory Compliance Risks

Our global operations are subject to the laws and regulations of numerous domestic and foreign jurisdictions. Failure to comply with such rules may have a material adverse impact on our business and results of operations.

We maintain operations internationally and are therefore subject to laws, regulations, and other measures in the United States and other countries. These laws can vary substantially from country to country and change from time to time. Failure to comply with these regulations could adversely affect our business. Under these laws and regulations, including economic sanctions laws, export laws, anti-corruption laws, anti-money-laundering laws, customs laws, and other laws that govern our organization and its operations, various government agencies may require export licenses, may seek to impose modifications to business practices, including cessation of business activities in sanctioned countries or with sanctioned persons or entities and modifications to compliance programs, which may increase compliance costs and may subject us to fines, penalties, and other sanctions. A violation of these laws, regulations, policies, or procedures could adversely impact our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

The nature of our international operations also subjects us to local, state, regional, and national tax laws in jurisdictions around the world. Significant judgment may be required in determining our worldwide provision for income taxes. Tax laws are dynamic and subject to change as new laws are passed and new interpretations of the law are issued or applied. Any changes to tax laws could have a material adverse effect on our tax obligations and effective tax rate. Our income tax obligations could be affected by many factors, including, but not limited to, changes to our corporate operating structure, intercompany arrangements, and tax planning strategies.

Although we have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with these laws and policies, there can be no assurance that all of our employees, contractors, channel partners, and agents have complied or will comply with these laws and policies. Further, we cannot predict any