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Financial report summary
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Viasat • Geo • Orbcomm • Globalstar • Inmarsat • Digital Media Solutions • AST SpaceMobile Inc - Ordinary SharesRisks
- Our satellites may experience operational problems, which could affect our ability to provide an acceptable level of service to our customers.
- Our products could fail to perform or could perform at reduced levels of service because of technological malfunctions or deficiencies, regulatory compliance issues, or events outside of our control, which would seriously harm our business and reputation.
- Our satellites have a limited life and may fail prematurely, which could cause our network to be compromised and materially and adversely affect our business, prospects and profitability, or cause us to incur additional expense to launch replacement satellites.
- If operations at our commercial gateways or operations center were to be disrupted, we may experience interruptions in our ability to provide service to our customers.
- Our customized hardware and software may be difficult and expensive to service, upgrade or replace.
- Rapid and significant technological changes in the satellite communications industry may impair our competitive position and require us to make significant additional capital expenditures.
- Our networks and those of our third-party service providers may be vulnerable to cybersecurity risks.
- Our satellites may collide with space debris or another spacecraft, which could adversely affect the performance of our constellation.
- The space debris created by the February 2009 satellite collision may cause damage to other spacecraft positioned in a similar orbital altitude.
- Our business plan depends on increased demand for mobile satellite services, among other factors.
- Our agreements with U.S. government customers, particularly the DoD, which represent a significant portion of our revenue, are subject to termination and renewal.
- If we fail to comply with the terms of our U.S. government contracts, including applicable federal acquisition regulations, we may be subject to contract price adjustments, civil or criminal penalties, or debarment from future U.S. government contracts.
- Aireon, our primary hosted payload customer, may not successfully grow its business, which could reduce or eliminate the value of our agreements with, and ownership interest in, Aireon.
- We depend on intellectual property licensed from third parties to operate our constellation and sell our devices and for the enhancement of our existing devices and services.
- Our failure to effectively manage the expansion of our portfolio of products and services could impede our ability to execute our business plan, and we may experience increased costs or disruption in our operations.
- We could lose market share and revenue as a result of increasing competition from companies in the wireless communications industry, including cellular and other satellite operators, and from the extension of land-based communications services.
- We depend on third parties to market and sell our products and services, and their inability to do so effectively could impair our revenue and our reputation.
- Our business was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, actions taken to mitigate the pandemic, and the economic disruptions that resulted, and a resurgence or similar pandemic in the future could harm our business.
- We rely on a limited number of key vendors for supply of equipment, components and services; the loss of any such supplier, or shortages experienced by such suppliers, could cause us to incur additional costs and delays in the production and delivery of our products, which could reduce the sales of those products and use of the related services.
- Our Russian operations have been and may continue to be affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions imposed in response, and we may in the future choose or be required to further limit or shut down those operations entirely.
- Conducting and expanding our operations outside the United States creates numerous risks, which may harm our operations and compromise our ability to expand our international operations.
- Pursuing strategic transactions may cause us to incur additional risks.
- Spectrum values historically have been volatile, which could cause the value of our business to fluctuate.
- We may be negatively affected by global economic conditions.
- Our ability to operate our company effectively could be impaired if we lose members of our senior management team or key technical personnel.
- We have a considerable amount of debt, which may limit our ability to fulfill our obligations and/or to obtain additional financing.
- If we do not generate sufficient cash flows, we may be unable to repay our Term Loan when it matures.
- The credit agreement governing our Term Loan contains cross-default or cross-acceleration provisions that may cause all of the debt issued under that instrument to become immediately due and payable because of a default under an unrelated debt instrument.
- If we default under the Term Loan, the lenders may require immediate repayment in full of amounts borrowed or foreclose on our assets.
- Certain provisions in the credit agreement governing our Term Loan limit our financial and operating flexibility.
- Our Board of Directors may reduce, suspend or terminate our planned dividends.
- Adverse changes in our credit ratings or withdrawal of the ratings assigned to our debt securities by rating agencies may negatively affect us.
- The market price of our common stock may be volatile.
- Our business is subject to extensive government regulation, which mandates how we may operate our business and may increase our cost of providing services and slow our expansion into new markets.
- Repurposing of satellite spectrum by adjacent operators of L-band spectrum for terrestrial services could interfere with our services.
- If the FCC revokes, modifies or fails to renew our licenses, or fails to grant a new license or modification, our ability to operate will be harmed or eliminated.
- As we and our distributors expand our offerings to include more consumer-oriented devices, we are more likely to be subject to product liability claims, recalls or litigation, which could adversely affect our business and financial performance.
- The collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of user data and personal information could give rise to liabilities or additional costs as a result of laws, governmental regulations, and evolving views of personal privacy rights and information security standards.
- We have been and may in the future become subject to claims that our devices or services violate the patent or intellectual property rights of others, which could be costly and disruptive to us.
- We may be unable to offer one or more services in important regions of the world due to regulatory requirements, which could limit our growth.
- Security and emergency services regulations in the United States and other countries may affect our ability to operate our system and to expand into new markets.
- We may be unable to obtain and maintain contractually required liability insurance, and the insurance we obtain may not cover all liabilities to which we may become subject.
- Wireless devices’ radio frequency emissions are the subject of regulation and litigation concerning their environmental effects, which includes alleged health and safety risks. As a result, we may be subject to new regulations, demand for our services may decrease, and we could face liability based on alleged health risks.
- Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations.
- We could be subject to adverse determinations by taxing authorities.
- Changes in tax laws could increase our worldwide tax rate and materially affect our financial position and results of operations.
- If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired.