isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information calculated in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP measures may be different from similarly titled measures of other companies. See the notes to the financial tables in “Summary — Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data” for a discussion of these non-GAAP measures and reconciliations to their most directly comparable GAAP measure.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the U.S. payment solutions industry opportunity and trends, our market opportunity and competitive position and our strategic initiatives. The words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “affirm,” “plan,” “intend,” “foresee,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “continue,” “committed,” “attempt,” “aim,” “target,” “objective,” “guides,” “seek,” “focus,” “provides guidance,” “provides outlook” or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are not historical in nature. These forward-looking statements are based on our expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on us, and other information available at the time such statements are made. Such forward-looking statements, because they relate to future events, are by their very nature subject to many important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or other events to differ materially from those contemplated.
Factors that could cause actual results or other events to differ materially from those contemplated include the risks and uncertainties described under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and in our other reports filed from time to time with the SEC, which contain a discussion of various factors that may affect the Company’s business or financial results. Such risks and uncertainties, which in some instances are beyond the Company’s control, include:
•
a deterioration in general economic conditions, including inflationary conditions and resulting in reduced consumer confidence and business spending, and a decline in consumer credit worthiness impacting demand for our products;
•
the unpredictability of our operating results, including an inability to anticipate changes in customer inventory management practices and its impact on our business;
•
a disruption or other failure in our supply chain, including as a result of foreign conflicts and with respect to single source suppliers, or the failure or inability of suppliers to comply with our code of conduct or contractual requirements, or political unrest in countries in which our suppliers operate, or inflationary pressures, resulting in increased costs and inability to pass those costs on to our customers and extended production lead times and difficulty meeting customers’ delivery expectations;
•
our failure to retain our existing customers or identify and attract new customers;
•
our inability to recruit, retain and develop qualified personnel, including key personnel, and implement effective succession processes;
•
adverse conditions in the banking system and financial markets, including the failure of banks and financial institutions;
•
system security risks, data protection breaches and cyber-attacks; interruptions in our operations, including our information technology systems, or in the operations of the third parties that operate computing infrastructure on which we rely;
•
our inability to develop, introduce and commercialize new products and services;
•
the usage, or lack thereof, of artificial intelligence technologies;
•
our substantial indebtedness, including inability to make debt service payments or refinance such indebtedness;
•
the restrictive terms of our indebtedness and covenants of future agreements governing indebtedness and the resulting restraints on our ability to pursue our business strategies;
•
our status as an accelerated filer and complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the costs associated with such compliance and implementation of procedures thereunder;