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Otis Worldwide removed three legacy risks from its 2024 10-K, including pandemic-related and geopolitical exposures tied to Russia-Ukraine conflicts that no longer represent material concerns. The company modified six risk factors, most notably strengthening disclosures around fraudulent transfer liabilities, distributor relationship dependencies, and IT infrastructure investment risks - reflecting evolving operational and legal complexities. With no new risks added and 16 risks remaining unchanged, the overall risk profile shift reflects maturation of post-separation issues rather than emergence of novel business threats.
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Our business may be further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Risks associated with the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine
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In connection with the Separation, each of RTX, Otis and Carrier agreed to indemnify the other parties for certain liabilities. If we are required to pay under these indemnities to RTX and/or Carrier, our financial results could be negatively impacted. Also, the RTX or Carrier indemnities may not be sufficient to hold us harmless from the full amount of liabilities for which RTX and Carrier are allocated responsibility, and RTX and/or Carrier may not be able to satisfy their respective indemnification obligations in the future.
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Potential liabilities may arise due to fraudulent transfer considerations, which would adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
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Adverse changes in our relationships with, or the financial condition, performance or purchasing patterns of, key distributors and agents could adversely affect us.
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Our business and financial performance depend on continued substantial investment in information technology infrastructure, which may not yield anticipated benefits, and may be adversely affected by cyberattacks on information technology infrastructure and products and other business disruptions.
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In connection with the Separation, each of RTX, Otis and Carrier agreed to indemnify the other parties for certain liabilities. If we are required to pay under these indemnities to RTX and/or Carrier, our financial results could be negatively impacted. Also, the RTX or Carrier indemnities may not be sufficient to hold us harmless from the full amount of liabilities for which RTX and Carrier are allocated responsibility, and RTX and/or Carrier may not be able to satisfy their respective indemnification obligations in the future.
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We may be affected by global economic, capital market and political conditions in general, and conditions in the construction and infrastructure industries in particular.
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We may not realize expected benefits from our cost reduction, restructuring and transformation efforts, including UpLift, and our profitability may be negatively impacted or our business otherwise might be adversely affected.
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