Company: EVCM
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001853145-25-000009
Chunk: 54

Company: EverCommerce Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 54
---
 to close at higher than historical rates in part because many of them are not as well capitalized as larger organizations and are typically less able to make technology-related decisions based on factors other than price, which could expose us to potential credit losses and future transaction declines. Further, credit card issuers may reduce credit limits and become more selective in their card issuance practices. We also have a certain amount of fixed and semi-fixed costs, including rent, debt service and salaries, which could limit our ability to quickly adjust costs and respond to changes in our business and the economy.

General inflation, including wage inflation, increases in interest rates, currency volatility as well as monetary, fiscal and policy interventions by national or regional governments in anticipation of or reaction to such events could have negative impacts on our business by increasing our operating costs and our borrowing costs as well as decreasing the capital available for our customers to purchase our solutions and services or the levels of cash we maintain for working capital. The change in the United States presidential administration may result in economic volatility or other consequences that adversely impact SMBs or consumer spending and consequently negatively impact our business and results of operations.

We currently manage our exchange rate and interest rate risk using hedging instruments. We cannot be certain such practices will be available and/or effective at mitigating foreign currency and interest rate risk to which we are exposed. If we are unsuccessful in detecting material exposures in a timely manner, any hedging strategies we deploy are not effective, or there are no hedging strategies available for certain exposures that are prudent given the associated risks and the potential mitigation of the underlying exposure achieved, our operating results or financial position could be adversely affected in the future.

If we are unable to retain our personnel and hire additional skilled personnel, we may be unable to achieve our goals.

Our future success depends upon our ability to attract, train and retain highly skilled employees and contract workers, particularly our management team, sales and marketing personnel, professional services personnel and software engineers. Any of our key personnel have worked for us for a significant amount of time or were recruited by us specifically due to their experience. Our success depends in part upon the reputation and influence within the industry of our senior managers who have, over the years, developed long standing and favorable relationships with our vendors, card associations, bank sponsors and other payment processing and service providers. Each of our executive officers and other key employees may terminate his or her relationship with us at any time and the loss of the services of one or a combination of our senior executives or members of our senior management team, including our Chief