Company: SREA
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001032208-25-000012
Chunk: 99

Company: SEMPRA
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 99
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 may in the future be subject to activist shareholder attention. Activist shareholders may engage in proxy solicitations, advance shareholder proposals or otherwise attempt to effect changes in or assert influence on our board of directors and management. In taking these steps, activist shareholders could seek to acquire our capital stock, in spite of the provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws that could have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change of control or other takeover of our company, even when our shareholders might consider such a change of control to be in their best interests. At certain ownership levels, these acquisitions of our common stock could threaten our ability to use some or all of our NOL or tax credit carryforwards if our corporation experiences an “ownership change” under applicable tax rules. Responding to activist 

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shareholders can be costly and time-consuming and requires time and attention by our board of directors and management, diverting their attention from our business strategies. 

Any actual or perceived instability in our future direction, inability to execute our strategies, or changes in our board of directors or management team arising from activist shareholder campaigns could be exploited by our competitors and/or other activist shareholders, result in the loss of business opportunities, and make it more difficult to pursue our strategic initiatives or attract and retain qualified personnel and business partners, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and/or prospects.

Financial and Capital Stock-Related Risks

Successfully completing our five-year capital expenditures plan is subject to certain risks.

The execution of our five-year capital expenditures plan may not be completed in accordance with current expectations or produce the desired results. Factors that have historically impacted and could continue to impact the amount, timing and types of capital expenditures we make include the cost and availability of financing; economic and market conditions; regulatory approvals; changes in tax law; business opportunities providing desirable rates of return; forecasts related to safety, reliability and load growth, gas system planning, and transportation electrification; safety and environmental requirements and climate-related policies; and cooperation of third-parties, including customers, partners, suppliers, lenders and others. We discuss these and other relevant factors under “Risks Related to All Sempra Businesses” below. We aim to finance our five-year capital expenditures plan in a manner that will maintain our investment-grade credit ratings and capital structure, but there can be no guarantee that we will be able to do so.

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