Company: CCO
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001334978-25-000008
Chunk: 43

Company: Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 43
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ING STATEMENTS

    This report contains various forward-looking statements that represent our expectations or beliefs concerning future events, including, without limitation, our guidance, outlook, long-term forecast, goals or targets; our business plans and strategies; our expectations about the timing, closing, satisfaction of closing conditions, use of proceeds and benefits of the sales of our European and Latin American businesses; expectations about certain markets; the conduct of, and expectations about, sales of international businesses; industry and market trends; and our liquidity. Statements expressing expectations and projections with respect to future matters are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. We caution that these forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are subject to many variables that could impact our future performance. These statements are made on the basis of management’s views and assumptions, as of the time the statements are made, regarding future events and performance. There can be no assurance, however, that management’s expectations will necessarily come to pass. Actual future events and performance may differ materially from the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements. We do not intend, nor do we undertake any duty, to update any forward-looking statements.

A wide range of factors could materially affect future developments and performance, including but not limited to:

•continued economic uncertainty, an economic slowdown or a recession, including as a result of increased tariffs and retaliatory trade regulations and policies;

•our ability to service our debt obligations and to fund our operations, business strategy and capital expenditures;

•the impact of our substantial indebtedness, including the effect of our leverage on our financial position and earnings;

•the difficulty, cost and time required to implement our strategy, and the fact that we may not realize the anticipated benefits therefrom;

•our ability to obtain and renew key contracts with municipalities, transit authorities and private landlords;

•competition;

•regulations and consumer concerns regarding privacy, digital services, data protection and the use of AI;

•a breach of our information security measures;

•legislative or regulatory requirements;

•restrictions on out-of-home advertising of certain products;

•environmental, health, safety and land use laws and regulations, as well as various actual and proposed ESG policies, regulations and disclosure standards;

•the impact of the agreement to sell the businesses in our Europe-North segment and the potential sales of our businesses in Spain and Brazil;

•the