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    • Ongoing tariff, trade restrictions and macroeconomic uncertainty, including proposed 100% tariffs on imported semiconductors by the United States, may contribute to volatility in the price of our common stock.

    • Our products are subject to U.S. export controls and economic sanctions laws and regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR, the Export Administration Regulati

    • To the extent that our products are or become subject to U.S. export controls and regulations, these regulations may limit the export of our products and technology, and provision of our services outside of the United States, or may require export authorizations, including by license, a license exception, or other appropriate government authorizations and conditions, including annual or semi-annual reporting.

    • Enrichment is among the most sensitive nuclear technologies because it can produce weapons-grade materials, and our technology is highly controlled and subject to limitations on public disclosure or export.

    • the U.S. government has been imposing increasingly strict export controls, particularly on exports to China, which have already impacted the financial performance and business outlook of certain semiconductor vendors and vendors of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

    • export controls and economic sanctions administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury; compliance with various anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, such as the U.S. Foreign Corru

    • Our offerings are subject to U.S. export controls, including with respect to encryption technology incorporated into certain of our offerings.

    • The export of our software, satellites, and ground station equipment, and the provision of services and related technical data, in some cases, are subject to U.S. and international export control laws and regulations and trade and economic sanctions including the ITAR, the EAR, and trade and economic sanctions maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”).

    • The export of certain of our products from the U.S. is subject to various U.S. regulations, including laws and regulations relating to import-export controls, technology transfers, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), and the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). More specifically, to export some of our products in accordance with ITAR or EAR, we must obtain export authorizations or licenses from the U.S. government, primarily the DoS for ITAR and the U.S. Department of Commerce for EAR.

    • Changes to U.S. Tariffs, import and export controls and other trade regulations could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

    • export controls have continued to be issued relating to the Chinese semiconductor manufacturing, advanced computing, and supercomputer industries, where these additional controls may impact our ability, and/or that of our customers, to sell and ship products to semiconductor fabrication facilities located in China. These export controls include restrictions on certain semiconductor integrated circuits, commodities containing such integrated circuits, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

    • we are also subject to global laws and regulations that govern or restrict our business and activities in certain countries and with certain persons, including the U.S. Commerce Department's Export Administration Regulations and economic and trade sanctions regulations maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, as well as anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act.

    • quantum computing has been designated as a technology with national security implications in many countries, including the United States and Canada.

    • Additionally, international trade disputes—including tariffs, counter-tariffs, export controls, sanctions, and currency regulations—may increase costs and disrupt supply chain, operating model, and customer relationships.

    • We are subject to sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and similar laws, and non-compliance with such laws can subject us to criminal penalties or significant fines and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

    • The export of other items is regulated by the U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls under the ITAR and are subject to strict export control and prior approval requirements government (including prohibitions on the sharing of certain satellite-related goods and services with China).

    • The United States has imposed tariffs and export controls on certain goods and products imported from China and certain other countries, which has resulted in retaliatory tariffs by China and other countries.

    • Most of our contracts are subject to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs) or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).

    • The U.S. government also continues to expand and refine export controls and similar regulations aimed at restricting access to advanced semiconductor technology, particularly in China. These controls, which require specific export licenses for many of our customers' products, create ongoing market uncertainty, could reduce demand for our equipment

    • Throughout 2025, the U.S. government implemented and proposed multiple new tariffs affecting imports from a range of countries where we do business, including tariff measures specifically related to the automotive industry, while also threatening additional actions affecting imports of semiconductor products from Taiwan.

    • the impacts from export control and technology export restrictions

    • Revenues were impacted to a lesser extent by shipping delays related to export controls that prevented the shipment of certain peptides systems in the second half of fiscal year 2026.

    • Given that AI, automated decision making and ML technologies are core to our business, any increased regulation over these technologies, including the EU AI Act, could make it harder for us to conduct our business, significantly complicate our compliance efforts, incre

    • Those risks include: the imposition of increased or new tariffs, sanctions, export controls, quotas, trade barriers, labor reforms, price floors or similar restrictions on our sales or key commodities like cocoa, potential changes in U.S. trade programs and trade relations with other countries

    • the U.S. government has established, and from time to time revises, sanctions that restrict or prohibit U.S. companies and their subsidiaries from doing business with certain foreign countries, entities and individuals.

    • We are subject to governmental export controls and economic sanctions laws that could impair our ability to compete in international markets and subject us to liability if we are not in full compliance with applicable laws.

    • Our operations in the Middle East and other countries could require us to incur additional costs in order to comply with U.S., United Kingdom (“UK”) and European Union (“EU”) sanctions-related regulations restricting or prohibiting activities with certain individuals and entities or in certain jurisdictions.

    • Any further changes in United States trade policy could trigger retaliatory actions by affected countries, including China, resulting in trade wars. A trade war, particularly one involving semiconductor products and technologies, could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Our business is affected by new U.S. government regulations restricting outbound investments in China.

    • global laws and regulations that govern or restrict our business and activities in certain countries and with certain persons, including the U.S. Commerce Department's Export Administration Regulations and economic and trade sanctions regulations maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)

    • We are required to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations

    • Our provision of products, technology and services are subject to compliance with applicable export control, import and economic sanctions laws and regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations, U.S. Customs regulations and various economic and trade sanctions regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    • Other geopolitical risks include political and economic instability and disruptions, restrictions on the transfer of funds, trade conflicts and the imposition of duties, tariffs, and similar government charges, as well as import and export controls.

    • Sanctions, export controls, price cap regimes and other restrictive measures imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom (or the "U.K."), the European Union and other jurisdictions may increase claims activity, contribute to coverage disputes, increase loss frequency and severity

    • In addition, we previously maintained a development center in Belarus but decided to close and relocate our personnel in Belarus due to the challenging operating environment caused by sanctions and export controls that resulted from the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

    • non-U.S. governments have imposed and may continue to impose tariffs (including retaliatory tariffs) on the import of U.S. goods, which could similarly impact the amount of IT spending available to customers located outside of the U.S.

    • costs of compliance with U.S. laws and regulations for foreign operations, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, import and export control laws, tariffs, trade barriers, economic sanctions and other regulatory or contractual limitations on our ability to sell or provide our solutions in certain foreign markets, and the risks and costs of non-compliance

    • The current U.S. administration issued tariff actions on imports from a broad set of countries, including Canada, Mexico, European Union member states, Japan and China. The effects of these tariffs cannot be predicted with certainty but there is a likelihood that they will create increased supply chain costs for certain inputs to the manufacture of our products and potentially cause shortages of certain raw materials or supplied components.

    • We are also subject to various domestic and international export, trade and anti-corruption laws, such as the Arms Export Control Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”), anti-money laundering laws and regulations and the trade and trade sanctions laws and regulations administered by the Office of the United States Trade Representative

    • Our products and technologies are subject to U.S. export control and import laws and regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, U.S. Customs regulations, and various economic and trade sanctions regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Controls.

    • We have a global supply chain of upstream and downstream partners including manufacturers, suppliers and launch providers from a number of countries, including the U.S. The ITAR and EAR are the most relevant export control regulations we monitor.

    • including transactions or events in or relating to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, the Crimea region of Ukraine and the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic regions of Ukraine. If we are found to be in violation of U.S. sanctions or export control laws, we may be fined or other penalties could be imposed.

    • the U.S. government has implemented and periodically tightened export controls affecting China. On October 7, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce (“BIS”), issued new export controls related to the Chinese semiconductor manufacturing, advanced computing and supercomputer industries.

    • Congress may block a proposed sale of firearms that are export controlled by the Department of State valued at $1 million or more. Consequently, we may not be able to obtain export licenses or complete profitable contracts as a result of political or other reasons that are beyond our control.

    • our data, services, and technology are or may in the future be subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and International Traffic In Arms (“ITAR”), and subject to trade and economic sanctions maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”).

    • Since December 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce has significantly expanded export license requirements on certain semiconductor goods and technologies sold to China, and has added over 140 Chinese entities to its Entity List. Although the U.S. and China agreed to temporarily suspend certain export control measures in October 2025, this limited relief does not resolve the underlying regulatory restrictions or uncertainty.

    • In addition, during 2025, China imposed and expanded export controls and restrictions on certain rare earths and related materials, requiring companies to secure special export licenses and obtain Chinese government approval for exports of products containing even small amounts of Chinese-origin rare earths, among other restrictions.

    • We have implemented STIR/SHAKEN for voice traffic originating in the U.S. and rely on our service providers to sign our voice traffic originating in Canada. However, standards to obtain STIR/SHAKEN signing authority in other countries often differ from U.S. requirements, and these differing standards may not be fully interoperable.

    • The decrease in hardware revenue was primarily attributable to tariff and trade policy uncertainty, as well as uncertainty in federal funding sources for education available to our K-12 segment customers, and the resulting impact on laptop shipments, during the year ended December 31, 2025.