| © 2022 AeroVironment, Inc. – Proprietary Information Slide 5 Safe Harbor Statement Certain statements in this presentation may constitute "forward - looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Secur ities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward - looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate o r imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “pr oject,” “plan,” or words or phrases with similar meaning. Forward - looking statements are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions t hat involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors outside of our control, that may cause our business, strategy or actual results to differ materially from the forward - looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to , the impact of our recent acquisitions of Arcturus UAV, Inc., Telerob GmbH and the Intelligent Systems Group of Progeny Systems Corp. and our ability to successfully integrate them into our operations; the risk that disruptions will occur from the transactions that will harm our business; any disruptions or threatened disruptions to our relationships with our distributors, suppliers, customers and employees, including shortages in co mponents for our products; the ability to timely and sufficiently integrate international operations into our ongoing business and compliance pro grams; reliance on sales to the U.S. government and related to our development of HAPS UAS; availability of U.S. government funding for defense pro curement and R&D programs; changes in the timing and/or amount of government spending; our ability to perform under existing contracts and ob tain new contracts; risks related to our international business, including compliance with export control laws; potential need for chang es in our long - term strategy in response to future developments; the extensive regulatory requirements governing our contracts with the U.S. governm ent and international customers; the consequences to our financial position, business and reputation that could result from failing to c omply with such regulatory requirements; unexpected technical and marketing difficulties inherent in major research and product development effo rts; the impact of potential security and cyber threats or the risk of unauthorized access to our, our customers’ and/or our suppliers’ information and systems; changes in the supply and/or demand and/or prices for our products and services; increased competition; uncertainty in the cu sto mer adoption rate of commercial use unmanned aircraft systems; failure to remain a market innovator, to create new market opportunities or to expand into new markets; unexpected changes in significant operating expenses, including components and raw materials; failure to develop ne w products or integrate new technology into current products; unfavorable results in legal proceedings; our ability to respond and adapt to un expected legal, regulatory and government budgetary changes, including those resulting from the ongoing COVID - 19 pandemic, such as supply chain disruptions, vaccine mandates, the threat of future variants and potential governmentally - mandated shutdowns, quarantine policies, travel res trictions and social distancing, curtailment of trade, diversion of government resources to non - defense priorities, and other business restric tions affecting our ability to manufacture and sell our products and provide our services ; our ability to comply with the covenants in our loan documents; our ability to attract and retain skilled employees; the impact of inflation; and general economic and business conditions in the United States and elsewhere in the world; and the failure to establish and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not intend, and undertake no oblig ation, to update any forward - looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10 - K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q, which are available at www.sec.gov or on our website at www.investor.avinc.com/financial - information .. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to update any forward - looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
