Uber Technologies Inc
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 14, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 14, 2025
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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including statements regarding our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “hope,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “objective,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” or “would” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the following:
our ability to successfully defend litigation and government proceedings brought against us, including with respect to our relationship with drivers and couriers, and the potential impact on our business operations and financial performance if we are not successful;
our ability to successfully compete in highly competitive markets;
our expectations regarding financial performance, including but not limited to revenue, achieving or maintaining profitability, ability to generate or maintain positive Adjusted EBITDA or Free Cash Flow, expenses, and other results of operations;
our expectations regarding future operating performance, including but not limited to our expectations regarding future Monthly Active Platform Consumers (“MAPCs”), Trips, Gross Bookings, and Revenue Margin (defined as revenue as a percentage of Gross Bookings);
our expectations regarding our competitors’ use of incentives and promotions, our competitors’ ability to raise capital, and the effects of such incentives and promotions on our growth and results of operations;
our anticipated investments in new products and offerings, and the effect of these investments on our results of operations;
our anticipated capital expenditures and our estimates regarding our capital requirements;
our ability to close and integrate acquisitions into our operations;
anticipated technology trends and developments and our ability to address those trends and developments with our products and offerings;
the size of our addressable markets, market share, category positions, and market trends, including our ability to grow our business in the countries we have identified as expansion markets;
the safety, affordability, and convenience of our platform and our offerings;
our ability to identify, recruit, and retain skilled personnel, including key members of senior management;
our ability to effectively manage our growth and maintain and improve our corporate culture;
our expected growth in the number of platform users, and our ability to promote our brand and attract and retain platform users;
our ability to maintain, protect, and enhance our intellectual property rights;
our ability to introduce new products and offerings and enhance existing products and offerings;
our ability to successfully enter into new geographies, expand our presence in countries in which we are limited by regulatory restrictions, and manage our international expansion;
our ability to successfully renew licenses to operate our business in certain jurisdictions;
our ability to successfully respond to global economic conditions, including rising inflation and interest rates;
the availability of capital to grow our business;
volatility in the business or stock price of our minority-owned entities;
our ability to meet the requirements of our existing debt and draw on our line of credit;
our ability to prevent disturbances, including cybersecurity incidents, to our information technology systems;
our ability to comply with existing, modified, or new laws and regulations applying to our business;
the impact of a catastrophic event such as a disease, weather event, war, or terrorist attack on our business, results of operations, financial position and cash flows; and
our ability to implement, maintain, and improve our internal control over financial reporting.
Actual events or results may differ from those expressed in forward-looking statements. As such, you should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, operating results, prospects, strategy, and financial needs. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Moreover, we operate in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.
In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. While we believe that such information provides a reasonable basis for these statements, such information may be limited or incomplete. Our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain, and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on these statements.
The forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K speak only as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or to reflect new information, actual results, revised expectations, or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements.
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