| | • | the impact of additional material charges associated with our oversight of acquired or target businesses and the integration of our financial reporting; |
| | • | the impact of restrictive covenants and applicable laws, including securities laws, on our ability to dispose of equity interests we hold; |
| | • | the impact of decisions by our significant stockholders, whose interest may differ from those of our other stockholders, or any of them ceasing to remain significant stockholders; |
| | • | the effect any interests of our officers, directors, stockholders and their respective affiliates may have in certain transactions in which we are involved; |
| | • | our dependence on certain key personnel; |
| | • | the impact on us and/or our subsidiaries from interruption or other operational failures in telecommunication, information technology and other operational systems, or a failure to maintain the security, integrity confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data residing on such systems; |
| | • | our and our subsidiaries’ ability to attract and retain key employees; |
| | • | the impact of potential losses and other risks from changes in the value of our assets; |
| | • | our ability to effectively increase the size of our organization, if needed, and manage our growth; |
| | • | the impact of a determination that we are an investment company or personal holding company; |
| | • | the impact of claims or litigation arising from operations, agreements and transactions, including litigation arising from or involving former subsidiaries; |
| | • | the impact of expending significant resources in considering acquisition or disposition targets or business opportunities that are not consummated; |
| | • | our ability to successfully integrate current and future acquired businesses into our existing operations and achieve the expected economic benefits; |
| | • | tax consequences associated with our acquisition, holding and disposition of target companies and assets; |
| | • | the impact of delays or difficulty in satisfying the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or negative reports concerning our internal controls; |
| | • | the impact of the relatively low market liquidity for our common stock; |
| | • | the impact on the holders of our common stock if we issue additional shares of our common stock or preferred stock; and |
| | • | the effect of price fluctuations in our common stock caused by general market and economic conditions and a variety of other factors, including factors that affect the volatility of the common stock of any of our publicly-held subsidiaries. |
Spectrum Brands Spectrum Brands’ actual results or other outcomes may differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein due to a variety of important factors, including, without limitation, the following:
| | • | the impact of Spectrum Brands’ substantial indebtedness on its business, financial condition and results of operations; |
| | • | the impact of restrictions in Spectrum Brands’ debt instruments on its ability to operate its business, finance its capital needs or pursue or expand its business strategies; |
| | • | any failure to comply with financial covenants and other provisions and restrictions of Spectrum Brands’ debt instruments; |
| | • | the impact of expenses resulting from the implementation of new business strategies, divestitures or current and proposed restructuring activities; |
| | • | Spectrum Brands’ inability to successfully integrate and operate new acquisitions at the level of financial performance anticipated; |
| | • | the unanticipated loss of key members of Spectrum Brands’ senior management; |
| | • | the impact of fluctuations in commodity prices, costs or availability of raw materials or terms and conditions available from suppliers, including suppliers’ willingness to advance credit; |
| | • | interest rate and exchange rate fluctuations; |
| | • | the loss of, or a significant reduction in, sales to any significant retail customer(s); |
| | • | competitive promotional activity or spending by competitors or price reductions by competitors; |
| | • | the introduction of new product features or technological developments by competitors and/or the development of new competitors or competitive brands; |
|
