Company: IMCR
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001671927-25-000006
Chunk: 190

Company: Immunocore Holdings plc
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 190
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 price controls in certain non-U.S. markets;

•negative consequences from changes in tax laws;

•compliance with tax, employment, immigration and labor laws for employees living or traveling abroad, including, for example, the variable tax treatment in different jurisdictions of options or restricted share units granted under our share option schemes or equity incentive plans;

•workforce uncertainty in countries where labor unrest is more common than in the United States;

•litigation or administrative actions resulting from claims against us by current or former employees or consultants individually or as part of class actions, including claims of wrongful terminations, discrimination, misclassification or other violations of labor law or other alleged conduct;

•difficulties associated with staffing and managing international operations, including differing labor relations;

•production shortages resulting from any events affecting raw material supply or manufacturing capabilities abroad; and

•business interruptions resulting from geo-political actions, including war and terrorism, or natural disasters including earthquakes, typhoons, floods and fires.

For example, the U.S. government has threatened to impose new tariffs on imported products from the European Union. As we produce our clinical and commercial supply of drug in the European Union, the import of clinical and commercial supply of our products into the United States could be impacted to the extent any such tariffs are imposed and applicable to pharmaceutical products. The impact of such tariffs would be subject to a number of factors, including the effective date and duration of such tariffs, changes in the amount, scope and nature of the tariffs in the future, any retaliatory responses to such actions that the target countries may take and any mitigating actions that may become available. Tariffs on our products would increase our cost of importing clinical and commercial product into the United States, which would increase the cost of revenue from sale of therapies and reduce our margins on the sale of our products.

Additionally, due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States, United Kingdom, EU, and other nations announced various sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The military conflict and the retaliatory measures that have been taken, or could be taken in the future, by the United States, United Kingdom, EU, and other countries, as well as the conflict in the Middle East, have created global security concerns and global geopolitical tension that could result in a lasting impact on regional and global economies, any or all of which could disrupt our supply chain, adversely affect our ability to conduct ongoing and future clinical trials of our product candidates, and adversely affect our ability to