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Financial report summary
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DuPont de NemoursRisks
- RISKS RELATING TO THE ENTEGRIS TRANSACTION
- BECAUSE THE EXCHANGE RATIO IS FIXED AND WILL NOT BE ADJUSTED IN THE EVENT OF ANY CHANGE IN EITHER ENTEGRIS’ OR OUR STOCK PRICE, THE VALUE OF THE SHARES OF ENTEGRIS FOLLOWING THE CLOSING IS UNCERTAIN.
- THE ENTEGRIS TRANSACTION MAY NOT BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE EXPECTED TIMEFRAME, OR AT ALL, AND FAILURE TO COMPLETE IT COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, AND THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK
- THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND PENDENCY OF THE ENTEGRIS TRANSACTION COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, FINANCIAL CONDITION, AND THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK
- THE MERGER AGREEMENT CONTAINS PROVISIONS THAT COULD DISCOURAGE OR DETER A POTENTIAL COMPETING ACQUIRER THAT MIGHT BE WILLING TO PAY MORE TO EFFECT A BUSINESS COMBINATION WITH US
- CMC WILL INCUR SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION-RELATED AND INTEGRATION COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENTEGRIS TRANSACTION
- LITIGATION RELATING TO THE ENTEGRIS TRANSACTION HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST US AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND ADDITIONAL LITIGATION MAY BE FILED AGAINST US AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THE FUTURE, WHICH COULD PREVENT OR DELAY THE COMPLETION OF THE ENTEGRIS TRANSACTION OR RESULT IN THE PAYMENT OF DAMAGES
- OUR BUSINESS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS MAY CONTINUE TO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC AND RELATED ADVERSE IMPACT TO WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY CONDITIONS
- DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS FLUCTUATES AND OUR BUSINESS MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC, INDUSTRY AND OTHER CONDITIONS
- WE HAVE A CONCENTRATED PRODUCT RANGE WITHIN EACH OF OUR SEGMENTS AND OUR PRODUCTS MAY BECOME OBSOLETE, OR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES MAY REDUCE OR LIMIT INCREASES IN THE CONSUMPTION OF OUR PRODUCTS
- A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR BUSINESS COMES FROM A LIMITED NUMBER OF LARGE CUSTOMERS AND OUR REVENUE AND PROFITS COULD DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY IF WE LOST ONE OR MORE OF THESE CUSTOMERS OR BUSINESS FROM THEM
- ANY PROBLEM OR DISRUPTION IN OUR SUPPLY CHAIN, INCLUDING SUPPLY OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT RAW MATERIALS, OR IN OUR ABILITY TO MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OUR PRODUCTS TO OUR CUSTOMERS, COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
- OUR BUSINESS COULD BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED IF WE ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING TARGETED SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES FROM COST REDUCTION INITIATIVES
- OUR BUSINESS COULD BE SERIOUSLY HARMED IF OUR COMPETITORS DEVELOP COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS, OFFER BETTER PRICING, SERVICE OR OTHER TERMS, OR OBTAIN OR ASSERT CERTAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- WE ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
- WE ARE SUBJECT TO EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND MAY INCUR COSTS THAT HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION AS A RESULT OF VIOLATIONS OF OR LIABILITIES UNDER THEM
- CURRENT OR FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE REGULATIONS COULD RESULT IN INCREASED OPERATING COSTS AND REDUCED DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS
- OUR PRODUCTS MAY BE RENDERED OBSOLETE OR LESS ATTRACTIVE BY CHANGES IN INDUSTRY REQUIREMENTS OR BY SUPPLY-CHAIN DRIVEN PRESSURES TO SHIFT TO ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVES
- BECAUSE WE RELY ON OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OUR FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY OBTAIN OR PROTECT IT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY HARM OUR BUSINESS
- OUR INABILITY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN KEY PERSONNEL COULD CAUSE OUR BUSINESS TO SUFFER
- CERTAIN CRITICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS COULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CYBERSECURITY AND OTHER THREATS OR VULNERABILITIES
- OUR EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT COULD RESTRICT, AND THE MERGER AGREEMENT RESTRICTS, OUR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
- THE MARKET PRICE FOR OUR COMMON STOCK MAY FLUCTUATE SIGNIFICANTLY AND RAPIDLY
Management Discussion
- ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
- During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company continued its Future Forward cost optimization program to enhance operational efficiencies. The Company recorded employee severance expense of $3.0 million for the six months ended March 31, 2022. Additional Future Forward initiatives may be implemented during fiscal 2022 that may result in additional expense or charges.
- At a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders held on March 3, 2022, our stockholders approved the agreement and plan of merger (“Merger Agreement”) with Entegris, Inc. (“Entegris”) and Yosemite Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Entegris (“Merger Sub”) under which Entegris will acquire the Company in a cash and stock transaction, which the Company had entered into on December 14, 2021. The Merger Agreement provides that (1) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Entegris, and (2) at the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of CMC common stock (other than (i) shares of CMC common stock owned by the Company, Entegris or any of their respective subsidiaries immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger and (ii) shares of CMC common stock as to which dissenters’ rights have been properly perfected) will be converted into the right to receive $133 in cash and 0.4506 shares of Entegris common stock, plus cash in lieu of any fractional shares (the “Entegris Transaction”).