GE HealthCare Technologies Inc

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements might be identified by words, and variations of words, such as “will,” “expect,” “may,” “would,” “could,” “plan,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “potential,” “position,” “forecast,” “target,” “guidance,” “outlook,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about our business; financial performance, financial condition, and results of operations, including revenue, revenue growth, profit, taxes, earnings per share, and cash flows; the impacts of macroeconomic and market conditions and volatility on our business operations, financial results, and financial position and on supply chains and the world economy; our cost structure; our funding and liquidity; the impacts on our business of manufacturing, sourcing, and supply chain management; the Russia and Ukraine conflict; our operations as a stand-alone company; and risks related to foreign currency exchange, interest rates, and commodity price volatility. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those described in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in highly competitive markets; global geopolitical and economic instability, including as a result of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, tensions in the Middle East, and changes in trade and tariff policy; public health crises, epidemics, and pandemics, and their effects on our business; changes in third-party and government reimbursement processes, rates, and contractual relationships, including related to government shutdowns, and changes in the mix of public and private payers; demand for our products, services, or solutions and factors that affect that demand; the delayed China stimulus and the ongoing anti-corruption campaign; our ability to control increases in healthcare costs and any subsequent effect on demand for our products, services, or solutions; our ability to successfully complete strategic transactions; the impacts related to our increasing focus on and investment in cloud, edge computing, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and software offerings; management of our supply chain and our ability to cost-effectively secure the materials we need to operate our business; disruptions in our operations; the actions or inactions of third parties with whom we partner and the various collaboration, licensing, and other partnerships and alliances we have with third parties; the impact of potential information technology (“IT”), cybersecurity, or data security breaches; maintenance and protection of our intellectual property rights, as well as maintenance of successful research and development efforts with respect to commercially successful products and technologies; our ability to attract and/or retain key personnel and qualified employees; environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) matters; compliance with the various legal, regulatory, tax, privacy, and other laws to which we are subject, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws globally, and related changes, claims, inquiries, investigations, or actions; the impact of potential product liability claims; our level of indebtedness, as well as our general ability to comply with covenants under our debt instruments, and any related effect on our business; and our ability to operate effectively as an independent, publicly traded company. Please also see Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and any updates or amendments we make in future filings. There may be other factors not presently known to us or which we currently consider to be immaterial that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements we make. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise our forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law or regulation.