TEREX CORP

Previous wording

Demand for our products is affected by the general strength of the economies in which we sell our products, customers’ perceptions concerning the timing of economic cycles, customers’ replacement or repair cycles, prevailing interest rates, residential and non-residential construction spending, government spending priorities, capital expenditure allocations of our customers, the timing of regulatory standard changes, oil and gas related activity and other factors. The last several years have been marked by geopolitical instability, including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as well as Israel and Hamas, social concerns, supply chain and freight constraints, a pandemic, labor shortages and wage increases, high inflation, high interest rates, foreign currency exchange volatility, recessions, tariffs and potential international trade wars, all of which have increased ongoing economic uncertainty and instability in the global markets. This instability can make it extremely difficult for our customers, our suppliers and us to accurately forecast and plan future business activities. Some of our customers also depend substantially on government funding of highway construction, maintenance and other infrastructure projects. Policies of governments attempting to address local deficit or structural economic issues could have a material impact on our customers and markets. There is an expectation of significant infrastructure and government spending, including in relation to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act. Any decrease or delay in government funding of highway construction and maintenance, other infrastructure projects and overall government spending could cause our revenues and profits to decrease.

Current wording

Demand for our products is affected by the general strength of the economies in which we sell our products, customers’ perceptions concerning the timing of economic cycles, customers’ replacement or repair cycles, prevailing interest rates, residential and non-residential construction spending, government spending priorities, capital expenditure allocations of our customers, the timing of regulatory standard changes, oil and gas related activity and other factors. The last several years have been marked by geopolitical instability, including multiple global conflicts, social concerns, supply chain and freight constraints, a pandemic, labor shortages and wage increases, high inflation, high interest rates, foreign currency exchange volatility, recessions, tariffs and potential international trade wars, all of which have increased ongoing economic uncertainty and instability in the global markets. This instability can make it extremely difficult for our customers, our suppliers and us to accurately forecast and plan future business activities. Some of our customers also depend substantially on government funding of highway construction, maintenance and other infrastructure projects. Policies of governments attempting to address local deficit or structural economic issues could have a material impact on our customers and markets. There is an expectation of significant infrastructure and government spending, including in relation to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act. Any decrease or delay in government funding of highway construction and maintenance, other infrastructure projects and overall government spending could cause our revenues and profits to decrease.

Previous wording

•ongoing political instability and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the relationship between China and the U.S. and other actual or anticipated military or political conflicts;

Current wording

•ongoing political instability and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict between Israel and Hamas, tensions between Israel and Iran, the relationship between China and the U.S. and other actual or anticipated military or political conflicts;

Previous wording

The Coalition of American Manufacturers of Mobile Access Equipment, an alliance of mobile access equipment producers in the U.S. of which we are a member, pursued anti-dumping and countervailing cases against unfairly traded Chinese imports of mobile access equipment. The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued countervailing and anti-dumping duty rates on mobile access equipment from China. If these duties are not enough to offset the subsidies provided by the Chinese government to Chinese mobile access equipment manufacturers and/or if the duties are modified as a result of any appeal process, we may continue to operate at a disadvantage to Chinese manufacturers. This could result in reduced demand for our products in the U.S. and have an adverse effect on our business or results of operations. Similarly, following an official complaint by several of our EU competitors, the European Commission recently concluded an anti-dumping investigation into mobile access equipment imported from China and is currently conducting a parallel anti-subsidy investigation that is expected to conclude later this year. As a result of the anti-dumping investigation, the European Commission imposed a range of anti-dumping duties on manufacturers who produce equipment in China, with most of the highest duties assigned to Chinese owned competitors. If anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties are not enough to offset any subsidies provided by the Chinese government to Chinese manufacturers and/or if their duties are modified as a result of any appeal process, it could result in reduced demand for our products in the E.U. and have an adverse effect on our business or results of operation.

Current wording

The Coalition of American Manufacturers of Mobile Access Equipment, an alliance of mobile access equipment producers in the U.S. of which we are a member, pursued anti-dumping and countervailing cases against unfairly traded Chinese imports of mobile access equipment. The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued countervailing and anti-dumping duty rates on mobile access equipment from China. If these duties are not enough to offset the subsidies provided by the Chinese government to Chinese mobile access equipment manufacturers and/or if the duties are modified as a result of any appeal process, we may continue to operate at a disadvantage to Chinese manufacturers. This could result in reduced demand for our products in the U.S. and have an adverse effect on our business or results of operations. Similarly, following an official complaint by several of our EU competitors, the European Commission recently concluded anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into mobile access equipment imported from China. As a result of these investigations, the European Commission imposed a range of duties on manufacturers who produce equipment in China, with most of the highest duties assigned to Chinese owned competitors. If anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties are not enough to offset any subsidies provided by the Chinese government to Chinese manufacturers and/or if their duties are modified as a result of any appeal process, it could result in reduced demand for our products in the E.U. and have an adverse effect on our business or results of operation.