Company: SPR
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-009088
Chunk: 24

Company: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 shares of Holdings Common Stock immediately prior to the Merger. 

•The Merger is subject to conditions, including certain conditions that are beyond our control and may not be satisfied on a timely basis or at all. Failure to complete the Merger could have material adverse effects on us.

•The Merger is subject to certain regulatory approvals that, if delayed, not granted or granted with burdensome or unacceptable conditions, could delay, impair or prevent consummation of the Merger or result in additional costs or reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger.

•The Merger Agreement limits our ability to pursue alternatives to the Merger and could discourage a potential competing acquiror or other strategic transaction partner from making a favorable alternative transaction proposal.

•The Merger, and uncertainty regarding the Merger, may adversely affect our relationships with customers, suppliers, strategic partners and others and could adversely affect our ability to manage our business.

•Uncertainties associated with the Merger and the Airbus Business Disposition may result in our losing management and other key personnel, which could adversely affect our business and operations.

•We have incurred and expect to incur significant transaction costs in connection with the Merger and the Airbus Business Disposition.

•Completion of the Merger may trigger change in control or other provisions in certain of our agreements.

•Securities class action and derivative lawsuits in connection with the Merger or the Airbus Business Disposition could result in substantial costs and prevent or delay the consummation of the Merger.

•After the Merger, Holdings stockholders will have a significantly lower ownership and voting interest in Boeing than they currently have in Holdings and will exercise less influence over management.

•The shares of Boeing Common Stock to be received by Holdings stockholders upon completion of the Merger will have different rights from shares of Holdings Common Stock.

•Holdings stockholders will not be entitled to appraisal rights in the Merger. 

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Risks Related to Our Industry and Overall Business

Our business, financial results, and prospects are dependent to a significant degree on global economic and geopolitical conditions and global aviation demand.

The commercial airline industry is impacted to a significant degree by the strength of the global economy and geopolitical events around the world. A protracted economic slump or recession, increases in interest rates and inflation and adverse credit market conditions, or possible exogenous shocks, such as the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East, political unrest, terrorist attacks or pandemics, contagions and other health emergencies (including the COVID-19 pandemic