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Statements on this website not based on historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, accordingly, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and could cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those discussed. These include statements as to our future expectations, beliefs, plans, strategies, objectives, events, conditions, financial performance, prospects, or future events. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “outlook,” “continue,” “likely,” “will,” “would”, and similar words and phrases. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by us and our management, are inherently uncertain. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made, and are not guarantees of future performance. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements.
The following factors, in addition to those discussed elsewhere on this website and those discussed under “Risk Factors” in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), could cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations expressed in forward looking statements:
- the impact of the ongoing military action between Russia and Ukraine, including sanctions and countermeasures, on domestic and global economic and geopolitical conditions in general, including supply chain challenges and disruptions
- the duration and effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken in response, including adverse impacts on our operations, commercial activity, supply chain, the demand for our transportation assets, the value of our assets, our liquidity, and macroeconomic conditions
- exposure to damages, fines, criminal and civil penalties, and reputational harm arising from a negative outcome in litigation, including claims arising from an accident involving transportation assets
- inability to maintain our transportation assets on lease at satisfactory rates due to oversupply of assets in the market or other changes in supply and demand
- a significant decline in customer demand for our transportation assets or services, including as a result of:
- weak macroeconomic conditions or increased interest rates
- weak market conditions in our customers’ businesses
- adverse changes in the price of, or demand for, commodities
- changes in railroad operations, efficiency, pricing and service offerings, including those related to “precision scheduled railroading” or labor strikes or shortages
- changes in, or disruptions to, supply chains
- availability of pipelines, trucks, and other alternative modes of transportation
- changes in conditions affecting the aviation industry, including reduced demand for air travel, geographic exposure and customer concentrations
- other operational or commercial needs or decisions of our customers
- customers’ desire to buy, rather than lease, our transportation assets
- higher costs associated with increased assignments of our transportation assets following non-renewal of leases, customer defaults, and compliance maintenance programs or other maintenance initiatives
- events having an adverse impact on assets, customers, or regions where we have a concentrated investment exposure
- inability to successfully consummate and manage ongoing acquisition and divestiture activities
- reliance on Rolls-Royce in connection with our aircraft spare engine leasing businesses, and the risks that certain factors that adversely affect Rolls-Royce could have an adverse effect on our businesses
- fluctuations in foreign exchange rates
- prolonged inflation or deflation
- inability to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel, including key management personnel
- failure to successfully negotiate collective bargaining agreements with the unions representing a substantial portion of our employees
- asset impairment charges we may be required to recognize
- deterioration of conditions in the capital markets, reductions in our credit ratings, or increases in our financing costs
- competitive factors in our primary markets, including competitors with significantly lower costs of capital
- risks related to our international operations and expansion into new geographic markets, including laws, regulations, tariffs, taxes, treaties or trade barriers affecting our activities in the countries where we do business
- changes in, or failure to comply with, laws, rules, and regulations
- S. and global political conditions
- inability to obtain cost-effective insurance
- environmental liabilities and remediation costs
- potential obsolescence of our assets
- inadequate allowances to cover credit losses in our portfolio
- operational, functional and regulatory risks associated with climate change, severe weather events and natural disasters, and other environmental, social and governance matters
- inability to maintain and secure our information technology infrastructure from cybersecurity threats and related disruption of our business
- changes in assumptions, increases in funding requirements or investment losses in our pension and post-retirement plans
- inability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures