Company: THS
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001320695-25-000107
Chunk: 105

Company: TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part II, Item 1A
Chunk 105
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ger;

•potential litigation relating to the Merger that could prevent or delay the Merger or otherwise negatively impact the Company’s business; and

•other developments beyond our control, including, but not limited to, changes in domestic or global and general and industry-specific economic and market conditions that may affect the timing or success of the Merger.

Lawsuits may be filed against us and the members of our Board of Directors arising out of the proposed Merger, which may delay or prevent the proposed Merger or otherwise negatively affect our business and operations.

Putative stockholder complaints, including stockholder class action complaints, and other complaints may be filed against us, our Board of Directors and others in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The outcome of litigation is uncertain, and we may not be successful in defending against any such future claims. Lawsuits that may be filed against us, our Board of Directors or others could delay or prevent the Merger, divert the attention of our management and employees from our day-to-day business, and otherwise adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

The Merger may not be completed within the expected timeframe, or at all, and significant delay or the failure to complete the Merger could adversely affect our business.

We cannot assure that our business, our relationships or our financial condition will not be adversely affected if the Merger is not consummated within the expected timeframe, or at all. The consummation of the Merger is subject to certain conditions, including obtaining the stockholder and regulatory approvals.

While it is currently anticipated that the Merger will be consummated in the first quarter of 2026, we cannot assure you that these conditions will be satisfied in a timely manner or at all, that an effect, event, development, or change will not transpire that could delay or prevent these conditions from being satisfied, or that we or Investindustrial will not terminate the Merger Agreement if entitled to do so.

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Failure to complete the Merger within the expected timeframe, or at all, could adversely affect our business and the market price of our common stock in several ways, including the following:

•to the extent that the current market price of our stock reflects an assumption that the Merger will be completed, it may be negatively impacted because of a failure to complete the Merger within the expected timeframe or at all,

•investor and consumer confidence in our business could decline, litigation could be brought against us, relationships with vendors, service providers,