- Our substantial international operations subject us to risks of doing business in foreign countries, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
- Our inability to secure key raw materials, or to pass through increases in costs and expenses for other raw materials and energy, on a timely basis or at all, including due to climate change, could have an adverse effect on the margins of our products and our results of operations.
- Competition within our industry may place downward pressure on the prices and margins of our products and may adversely affect our businesses and results of operations.
- Our research and development efforts may not succeed in addressing changes in our customers’ needs, and our competitors may develop more effective or successful products.
- The development of non-lithium battery technologies could adversely affect us.
- Downturns in our customers’ industries, many of which are cyclical, could adversely affect our sales and profitability.
- Our results are subject to fluctuation because of irregularities in the demand for our HPC catalysts and certain of our agrichemicals.
- Regulation, or the threat of regulation, of some of our products could have an adverse effect on our sales and profitability.
Albemarle Corporation and Subsidiaries
Albemarle Corporation and Subsidiaries
- We could be subject to damages based on claims brought against us by our customers or lose customers as a result of the failure of our products to meet certain quality specifications.
- Our business is subject to hazards common to chemical and natural resource extraction businesses, any of which could injure our employees or other persons, damage our facilities or other properties, interrupt our production and adversely affect our reputation and results of operations.
- Our business could be adversely affected by environmental, health and safety laws and regulations.
- We may be subject to indemnity claims and liable for other payments relating to properties or businesses we have divested.
- We could be adversely affected by violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar foreign anti-corruption laws, and in the past have paid fines in order to resolve self-reported potential violations of such laws.
- We are subject to extensive foreign government regulation that can negatively impact our business.
- Our inability to protect our intellectual property rights, or being accused of infringing on intellectual property rights of third parties, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
- Our inability to acquire or develop additional lithium reserves that are economically viable could have a material adverse effect on our future profitability.
- There is risk to the growth of lithium markets.
- Demand and market prices for lithium will greatly affect the value of our investment in our lithium resources and our revenues and profitability generally.
- If we are unable to retain key personnel or attract new skilled personnel, it could have an adverse effect on our business.
- Some of our employees are unionized, represented by works councils or are employed subject to local laws that are less favorable to employers than the laws of the U.S.
- Our joint ventures may not operate according to their business plans if our partners fail to fulfill their obligations, which may adversely affect our results of operations and may force us to dedicate additional resources to these joint ventures.