Company: BCO
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000078890-25-000253
Chunk: 58

Company: BRINKS CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 4
Chunk 58
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 and the funded status of the primary pension plan; expected liability for and future contributions to the UMWA plans; liability for black lung obligations; the effect of pending legal matters, including the Chile antitrust matter; the impacts of the operating environment in Argentina; and expected future payments under contractual obligations. Forward-looking information in this document is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and contingencies, which are difficult to quantify and which could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those that are anticipated.

These risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control, include, but are not limited to:

• our ability to improve profitability and execute further cost and operational improvements and efficiencies in our core businesses;

• our ability to improve service levels and quality in our core businesses;

• market volatility and commodity price fluctuations;

• general economic issues, including supply chain disruptions, fuel price increases, new or increased international tariffs and/or trade barriers, inflation; recessionary conditions and changes in interest rates;

• seasonality, pricing and other competitive industry factors;

• investment in information technology ("IT") and its impact on revenue and profit growth;

• risks associated with the usage of artificial intelligence ("AI") technologies;

• our ability to maintain an effective IT infrastructure and safeguard confidential information and risks related to a failure of our IT systems and networks, including cloud-based applications, and risks associated with current and emerging technology threats, and damage from computer viruses, unauthorized access and cyber attacks, including increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks incorporating the use of AI and other similar disruptions;

• our ability to effectively develop and implement solutions for our customers;

• risks associated with operating in foreign countries, including changing political, labor and economic conditions (including political conflict or unrest), regulatory issues (including the imposition of international sanctions, including by the U. S. government), military conflicts (including but not limited to the conflict in Israel and surrounding areas, as well as the possible expansion of such conflicts and potential geopolitical consequences), currency restrictions and devaluations, restrictions on and cost of repatriating earnings and capital, impact on our financial results as a result of jurisdictions' higher-than-expected inflation and those determined to be highly inflationary, and restrictive government actions, including nationalization;

• labor issues, including labor shortages, negotiations with organized labor and work stoppages;

• pandemics, acts of terrorism, strikes or other extraordinary events that negatively affect global or regional cash commerce;

• anticipated cash needs in light of our current liquidity position;

• the strength of the U. S