Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
The Company's supplemental presentation materials, dated
The Company will discuss its preliminary, unaudited financial results during a
webcast and teleconference today,
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. 99.1 Press release, datedJanuary 29, 2020 , regarding the Company's preliminary, unaudited fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results. 99.2 Supplemental presentation materials, datedJanuary 29, 2020 , regarding the Company's preliminary, unaudited financial review and analysis for fourth quarter and full year 2019.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995
Certain statements contained in this report on Form 8-K and in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements, and financial or other business targets, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. The Company believes that the most significant risk factors that could affect its financial performance in the near-term include: (1) the impacts to underlying demand for the Company's products and/or foreign currency fluctuations from global economic conditions, political uncertainty, and changes in governmental regulations; (2) competitors' actions, including pricing, expansion in key markets, and product offerings; (3) the degree to which higher costs can be offset with productivity measures and/or passed on to customers through selling price increases, without a significant loss of volume; and (4) the execution and integration of acquisitions.
Actual results and trends may differ materially from historical or anticipated
results depending on a variety of factors, including but are not limited to,
risks and uncertainties relating to the following: fluctuations in demand
affecting sales to customers; worldwide and local economic conditions; changes
in political conditions; changes in governmental laws and regulations;
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and other risks associated with
foreign operations, including in emerging markets; the financial condition and
inventory strategies of customers; changes in the Company's markets due to
competitive conditions, technological developments, laws and regulations, and
customer preferences; fluctuations in cost and availability of raw materials;
the Company's ability to generate sustained productivity improvement; the
Company's ability to achieve and sustain targeted cost reductions; the impact of
competitive products and pricing; loss of significant contracts or customers;
collection of receivables from customers; selling prices; business mix shift;
execution and integration of acquisitions; timely development and market
acceptance of new products, including sustainable or sustainably-sourced
products; investment in development activities and new production facilities;
amounts of future dividends and share repurchases; customer and supplier
concentrations; successful implementation of new manufacturing technologies and
installation of manufacturing equipment; disruptions in information technology
systems, including cyber-attacks or other intrusions to network security;
successful installation of new or upgraded information technology systems; data
security breaches; volatility of financial markets; impairment of capitalized
assets, including goodwill and other intangibles; credit risks; the Company's
ability to obtain adequate financing arrangements and maintain access to
capital; fluctuations in interest and tax rates; changes in tax laws and
regulations, including the
For a more detailed discussion of these and other factors, see Part I, Item 1A.
"Risk Factors" and Part II, Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Results of Operations and Financial Condition" in the Company's 2018 Form 10-K,
filed with the
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