Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This quarterly report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this filing, including statements regarding our future responses to and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; competitive strengths; business strategy; future financial position or operating results; budgets; projections with respect to revenue, income, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure or other financial items; costs; and plans and objectives of management regarding operations, products and services, are forward-looking statements. These statements may include terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “could,” “should,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “outlook,” “continue,” “remain,” “on track,” “design,” “target,” “objective,” “goal,” “forecast,” “projection,” “prospects,” “plan,” or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic, are not guarantees of future performance. Rather, they are based on current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside our control and are difficult to predict. If any of these risks and uncertainties materialize or other assumptions underlying any of the forward-looking statements prove to be incorrect, the actual results or developments may differ materially from any future results or developments expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements include, among others: the many interrelated factors that affect customer confidence and demand for our financing products and services; the unknown duration and economic, operational and financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; general economic conditions; changes in government policies regarding banking, monetary and fiscal policies; legislation, particularly relating to capital goods-related issues such as agriculture, the environment, debt relief and subsidy program policies, trade and commerce and infrastructure development; government policies on international trade and investment, including protectionist trade policies such as higher tariffs, sanctions, import quotas, capital controls and new barriers to entry or consequent reactions by other governments against such policies; costs related to litigation or regulatory actions; actions of competitors in the various industries in which CNH Industrial North America competes; interest rates and currency exchange rates; inflation and deflation; energy prices; prices for agricultural commodities; housing starts and other construction activity; our ability to obtain financing or to refinance existing debt; restrictive covenants in our debt agreements; actions by rating agencies concerning the ratings on our debt and asset-backed securities and the credit rating of CNHI; a decline in the price of used equipment; political and civil unrest; volatility and deterioration of capital and financial markets; the duration and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic and governmental, business and individuals’ response thereto; the ability of CNHI to complete the spin-off transaction considering the various conditions to the completion of the spin-off transaction (some of which are outside of CNHI’s control); other similar risks and uncertainties and our success, and CNH Industrial North America’s success, in managing the risks involved in the foregoing.
Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions relating to the factors described in this filing, which are sometimes based upon estimates and data received from third parties. Such estimates and data are often revised. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new developments or otherwise.
The impact of COVID-19 has already exacerbated and is expected to further exacerbate all or part of the risks discussed in this section.
All future written and oral forward-looking statements by CNH Industrial Capital or persons acting on the behalf of CNH Industrial Capital are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained herein or referred to above.
Additional factors which could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements are included in the Company’s filings with the SEC (including, but not limited to, the factors discussed in our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports submitted on Form 10-Q).