Company: QXO-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-009626
Chunk: 55

Company: QXO, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 55
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 these dynamics will occur again. Under the circumstances, we caution you that investing in our common stock is subject to a high degree of risk.

Our stock price could continue to be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of other factors, which include:

•whether we achieve our anticipated corporate objectives;

•changes in financial or operational estimates or projections;

•termination of lock-up agreements or other restrictions on the ability of our stockholders and other security holders to sell our securities; and

•general economic or political conditions in the United States or elsewhere.

In addition, the stock market in general has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the affected companies. Such rapid and substantial price volatility, including any stock run-up, may be unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance and financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our common stock. This volatility may prevent you from being able to sell your shares of common stock at or above the price you paid for them.

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public markets, or the perception that such sales might occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline significantly, even if our business is doing well.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We are unable to predict the effect that sales may have on the prevailing market price of our common stock.

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Sales of our common stock by current stockholders may make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate, and make it more difficult to sell shares of our common stock. We have filed a registration statement registering 789,549,465 shares of common stock held by, or issuable upon conversion or exercise of securities held by, stockholders party to certain agreements with the Company providing them with registration rights. Substantial sales of securities by these stockholders, or the perception that substantial sales will be made in the public market, could have a material adverse effect on the market price for our common stock.

In addition, pursuant to the Company’s registration rights agreement with JPE and certain other investors party thereto, JPE has certain demand registration rights that may require us to conduct underwritten offerings of shares. Any shares