Company: CVLT
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001169561-25-000034
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Company: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 an immediate adverse impact on our results of operations for that period. We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. Our results of operations could be below expectations of public market analysts and investors in future periods which would likely cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

The price of our common stock may be highly volatile and may decline regardless of our operating performance.

The market price of our common stock could be subject to significant fluctuations in response to:

•variations in our quarterly or annual operating results;

•changes in financial estimates, treatment of our tax assets or liabilities or investment recommendations by securities analysts following our business or our competitors;

•the public’s response to our press releases, rumors, our other public announcements and our filings with the SEC;

•changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance or interpretations or principles;

•sales of common stock by our directors, officers and significant stockholders;

•announcements of technological innovations or enhanced or new products by us or our competitors;

•our failure to achieve operating results consistent with securities analysts’ projections;

•the operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors may deem comparable to us;

•broad market and industry factors, including economic downturns and financial instability of banking institutions; and

•other events or factors, including those resulting from war, incidents of terrorism or responses to such events.

The market prices of companies in the data protection and cyber resiliency market have been extremely volatile. Stock prices of many of those companies have often fluctuated in a manner unrelated or disproportionate to their operating performance. In the past, following periods of market volatility, stockholders have often instituted securities class action litigation. Securities litigation could have a substantial cost and divert resources and the attention of management from our business.

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Although we believe we currently have adequate internal control over financial reporting, we are required to assess our internal control over financial reporting on an annual basis, and any future adverse results from such assessment could result in a loss of investor confidence in our financial reports and have an adverse effect on our stock price.

Management has assessed that our internal control over financial reporting is effective and lacks any material weaknesses. Such assessment is made through subjective judgment of our management that may be open to interpretation. The effectiveness of our internal control in the future is subject to the risk that such internal controls may become inadequate. In the future, if we fail to timely complete this assessment, or if our independent auditors are unable to express an opinion on the effectiveness