Company: GEHC
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001932393-25-000005
Chunk: 69

Company: GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 69
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We generate the majority of our revenue outside of the United States. Fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar (“USD”) could adversely affect our financial results. As of the year ended December 31, 2024, our largest currency exposures are the Euro, Chinese Renminbi, Japanese Yen, Norwegian Krone, and British Pound Sterling. Revenues and expenses of our non-U.S. businesses are translated into USD for financial reporting purposes, and fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies against the USD impact reported earnings. In addition, our assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies can also be impacted by changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the USD, which could result in exchange gains or losses from revaluation. We also face foreign exchange rate risk from our investments in subsidiaries owned and operated in foreign countries. Furthermore, foreign exchange hedging activities do not offer permanent or comprehensive protection, appropriate hedging instruments may not always be available or may be prohibitively costly, or we might not be successful in effectively mitigating such exposures. 

Equity prices can be volatile. The prices of our common stock and equity investments have fluctuated and could fluctuate in the future, which could impact the long-term performance of the investments we hold, the value of equity compensation awards we grant, the value of plan assets held in our pension plans, and, as a result, our financial performance.

We are also exposed to volatility due to changes in interest rates, which primarily impacts our borrowings, postretirement assets and liabilities, and investments. Changes in interest rates may impact the fair value of our fixed interest rate borrowings, the cash flows associated with our variable interest rate borrowings, and the valuation of our postretirement assets and liabilities, which may directly or indirectly impact our earnings or our cash flows, and the cash flows associated with our investments. Refer to Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for further information.  

Additionally, our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including operating requirements, acquisitions, and the need to refinance existing debt. Our exposure to changes in interest rates and our ability to access the money markets and capital markets on terms that are favorable to us, or at all, could be impeded if market conditions are not favorable. This could impact our ability to issue additional debt or enter into other financing arrangements on acceptable terms. Furthermore, changes in credit ratings issued by nationally recognized credit rating agencies could also adversely affect our