Company: QXO-PB
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-011886
Chunk: 56

Company: QXO, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 56
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 that may result from either such exercise or conversion, including dilution, or the continuance of the preferred stock remaining outstanding, and the impact its terms, including its dividend, may have on us and our common stock; |

| ▪ | uncertainties regarding our focus, strategic plans and other management actions; |

| ▪ | the risk that we are or become highly dependent on the continued leadership of Brad Jacobs as chairman and chief executive officer and the possibility that the loss of Mr. Jacobs in these roles could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations; |

| ▪ | the possibility that the concentration of ownership by Mr. Jacobs may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of us and might affect the market price of shares of our common stock; |

| ▪ | the risk that Mr. Jacobs’ past performance may not be representative of future results; |

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| ▪ | the risk that we are unable to attract and retain world-class talent; |

| ▪ | the risk that the failure to consummate any acquisition expeditiously, or at all, could have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition, results of operations or the price of our common stock; |

| ▪ | risks that we may not be able to enter into agreements with acquisition targets on attractive terms, or at all, that agreed acquisitions may not be consummated, or, if consummated, that the anticipated benefits thereof may not be realized and that we encounter difficulties in integrating and operating such acquired companies, or that matters related to an acquired business (including operating results or liabilities or contingencies) may have a negative effect on us or our securities or ability to implement our business strategy, including that any such transaction may be dilutive or have other negative consequences to us and our value or the trading prices of its securities; |

| ▪ | risks associated with cybersecurity and technology, including attempts by third parties to defeat our security measures and those of our business partners, and the loss of confidential information and other business disruptions; |

| ▪ | the possibility that new investors in any future financing transactions could gain rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing stockholders; |

| ▪ | the possibility that building products distribution industry demand may soften or shift substantially due to cyclicality or seasonality or dependence on general economic and political conditions, including inflation or deflation, interest