--- ticker: SLB company: SLB filing_type: 10-K year_current: 2025 year_prior: 2024 risks_added: 2 risks_removed: 1 risks_modified: 0 risks_unchanged: 14 source: SEC EDGAR url: https://riskdiff.com/slb/2025-vs-2024/ markdown_url: https://riskdiff.com/slb/2025-vs-2024/index.md generated: 2026-05-10 --- # SLB: 10-K Risk Factor Changes 2025 vs 2024 > Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) > Generated: 2026-05-10 > All data extracted directly from official filings. No hallucinated content. > **[AI-Generated Summary]** The paragraph below was produced by a language > model and may contain errors. All other content on this page is deterministically > extracted from the original SEC filing. > SLB's 2025 10-K removed the COVID-19 pandemic risk disclosure while adding two new risks specifically addressing the proposed ChampionX acquisition - one covering potential failure to complete the transaction and another addressing the risk of failing to realize anticipated synergies. The 14 unchanged risks and absence of substantively modified disclosures indicate that SLB's core operational and market risk profile remained consistent year-over-year, with the structural changes primarily reflecting the shift from pandemic-era concerns to integration and deal completion uncertainties. --- ## Summary | Status | Count | |--------|-------| | New risks added | 2 | | Risks removed | 1 | | Risks modified | 0 | | Unchanged | 14 | --- ## New in Current Filing: We may be unable to complete the proposed acquisition of ChampionX. We or ChampionX may terminate the merger agreement between the parties (the "merger agreement") in certain circumstances as described in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 2, 2024. If the proposed acquisition is not completed for any reason, including as a result of failure to obtain required regulatory approvals, the market price of our common stock may be adversely affected; we may experience negative reactions from the financial markets, customers, suppliers and other constituencies; we will be required to pay certain costs relating to the acquisition; and we may be required to pay a termination fee under certain circumstances set forth in the merger agreement. 13 13 13 --- ## New in Current Filing: We may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed acquisition of ChampionX. If the acquisition is completed, the success of the acquisition will depend on, among other things, our ability to combine our business with that of ChampionX in a manner that facilitates growth opportunities and realizes anticipated synergies. If we are not able to successfully achieve these objectives, the anticipated benefits of the acquisition may not be realized fully, or at all, or may take longer to realize than expected. --- ## No Match in Current: Public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting adverse economic conditions have had, and may continue to have, a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. *This section from the 2024 filing does not have a high-confidence textual match in 2025. It may have been removed, merged, or substantially reworded.* Public health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have caused, and could again cause, a significant reduction in global economic activity, significantly weakening demand for oil and gas, and in turn, demand for our products and services. Other effects of public health emergencies have included, and may continue to include, significant volatility and disruption of the global financial markets; adverse revenue and net income effects; disruptions to our operations, including suspension or deferral of drilling activities; customer shutdowns of oil and gas exploration and production; downward revisions to customer budgets; limitations on access to sources of liquidity; supply chain disruptions; limitations on access to raw materials; employee impacts from illness; and local and regional closures or lockdowns, including temporary closures of our facilities and the facilities of our customers and suppliers. The extent to which our operating and financial results will be and may continue to be affected by public health emergencies will depend on various factors beyond our control, such as the continued severity and duration of the public health emergencies, including any sustained geographic resurgence; the emergence of new variants and strains of a contagious disease or virus; and the success of actions to contain or mitigate the effects of the public health emergency. A public health emergency, and volatile regional and global economic conditions stemming from a public health emergency, could also aggravate our other risk factors described in this Form 10-K. --- *Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Last updated 2026-05-10.*