Company: FSLY
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001517413-25-000218
Chunk: 412

Company: Fastly, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 412
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 business. Our current and future international business and operations involve a variety of risks, including:

•changes in a specific country’s or region’s political or economic conditions;

•longer payment cycles;

•greater difficulty collecting accounts receivable;

•potential or unexpected changes in trade relations, regulations, or laws, including as a result of tariffs imposed by the current administration; 

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•increased regulatory inquiry or oversight;

•more stringent regulations relating to privacy and data security and the unauthorized use of, or access to, commercial and personal information, particularly in Europe;

•differing labor regulations, especially in Europe and Japan, where labor laws are generally more advantageous to employees as compared to the United States, including deemed hourly wage and overtime regulations in these locations, and where potential labor organizing and works council negotiations in certain of those countries could contribute to increased operational costs or otherwise disrupt our business;

•challenges inherent in efficiently managing an increased number of employees over large geographic distances, including the need to implement appropriate systems, policies, benefits, and compliance programs;

•challenges to our corporate culture resulting from a dispersed workforce;

•difficulties in managing a business in new markets with diverse cultures, languages, customs, legal systems, alternative dispute systems, and regulatory systems;

•increased travel, real estate, infrastructure, and legal compliance costs associated with international operations;

•currency exchange rate fluctuations and the resulting effect on our revenue and expenses, and the cost and risk of entering into hedging transactions if we choose to do so in the future;

•challenges related to providing support and developing products in foreign languages;

•limitations on our ability to reinvest earnings from operations in one country to fund the capital needs of our operations in other countries;

•laws and business practices favoring local competitors or general market preferences for local vendors;

•potential tariffs and trade barriers;

•limited or insufficient scope, strength, and enforcement of intellectual property rights;

•political instability, economic sanctions, terrorist activities, or international conflicts, including ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and the Middle East, which may impact the operations of our business or the businesses of our customers;

•inflationary pressures, such as those the global market is currently experiencing, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions, which may increase costs for certain services;

•exposure to liabilities under anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws, and similar laws and regulations in other jurisdictions; and

•adverse tax burdens and foreign exchange controls that could make it difficult to repatriate earnings and cash. 

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