ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
Based on the information available to the Company to date, the Company is not aware of any compromise, theft or public disclosure of confidential employee, customer, or vendor data or information.
The Company will continue to assess the full extent of any impacts from the incident and is focused on expeditiously completing its investigation with the assistance of the third-party experts it retained.
Security, in all its forms, remains a priority for the Company, and the Company will continue to seek to take all appropriate measures to safeguard the integrity of its IT infrastructure, data, and employee, customer and vendor information.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes statements that may constitute
"forward-looking statements" made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are
necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future events
that may not prove to be accurate. The words "will," "seek," and similar
expressions, as they relate to the Company, its operations and/or its
information technology infrastructure, data and employee, customer and vendor
information, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
statements include, but are not limited to, express or implied forward-looking
statements relating to the Company's expectations regarding the potential impact
to its information technology infrastructure and on its financial performance
and business operations, including any related costs, fines or lawsuits, and its
ability to contain the incident, continue ongoing operations and safeguard the
integrity of its information technology infrastructure, data, and employee,
customer and vendor information from similar future incidents. These statements
are neither promises nor guarantees, but are subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these
forward-looking statements. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date hereof. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied include the ongoing assessment of the
cybersecurity incident, legal, reputational and financial risks resulting from
this and/or additional cybersecurity incidents, the effectiveness of business
continuity plans during the cybersecurity incident, and the other factors
discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
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