UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

OR

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO

Commission File Number 001-42298

 

StandardAero, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware	30-1138150
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6710 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 250 Scottsdale, Arizona	85253
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 377-3100

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share		SARO		New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. YES ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ NO ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ NO ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer		☐		Accelerated filer		☐
Non-accelerated filer		☒		Smaller reporting company		☐
Emerging growth company		☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES ☐ NO ☒

The registrant was not a public company as of June 28, 2024, the last business day of its most recently completed second fiscal quarter, and therefore cannot calculate the aggregate market value of its voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates as of such date. The registrant’s common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 2, 2024.

The number of shares of Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding as of March 6, 2025, was 334,461,630.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

		Page
INTRODUCTORY NOTE		1
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		5
PART I
Item 1.	Business	6
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	10
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	45
Item 1C.	Cybersecurity	45
Item 2.	Properties	47
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	49
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	49
PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	50
Item 6.	[Reserved]	51
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	52
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	67
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	69
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	126
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	126
Item 9B.	Other Information	127
Item 9C.	Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections	127
PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	128
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	132
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	132
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	132
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	132
PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	133
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary	135

 

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Basis of Presentation

We manage our business in line with our service offerings with our reportable segments being Engine Services and Component Repair Services. Our Engine Services segment provides a full suite of aftermarket services, including maintenance, repair and overhaul, on-wing and field service support, asset management, and engineering and related solutions primarily in support of gas turbine engines across the commercial aerospace, military and helicopter, and business aviation end markets. Our Component Repair Services segment supports the commercial aerospace, military and other end markets with engine piece part component and accessory repair, as well as some engine new part manufacturing.

On September 5, 2024, we changed our name from Dynasty Parent Co., Inc. to StandardAero, Inc. In connection with our initial public offering on October 2, 2024 (our “IPO”), we and our immediate parent, Dynasty Parent Holdings, L.P., effected the Restructuring Transactions. The Restructuring Transactions consisted of (i) the 103-for-one forward stock split of our common stock effected on September 20, 2024, (ii) the liquidation and dissolution of Dynasty Parent Holdings, L.P. and (iii) the distribution to holders of Class A-1 Units and Class A-2 Units of Dynasty Parent Holdings, L.P. an aggregate of 275,053,375 shares of our common stock (of which 8,157 were restricted shares), and to holders of Class B Units of Dynasty Parent Holdings, L.P. an aggregate of 6,158,255 shares of our common stock (of which 6,028,395 will be restricted shares). As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Annual Report”), Carlyle and GIC own approximately 62.8% and 14.2% of our outstanding common stock, respectively.

Unless the context otherwise requires or we otherwise state, references in this Annual Report to:

Certain monetary amounts, percentages and other figures included in this Annual Report have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, figures shown as totals in certain tables and charts may not be the arithmetic aggregation of the figures that precede them, and figures expressed as percentages in the text may not total 100% or, as applicable, when aggregated may not be the arithmetic aggregation of the percentages that precede them.

Market and Industry Data

Unless otherwise indicated, information contained in this Annual Report concerning our industry, competitive position and the markets in which we operate is based on information from independent industry and research organizations, other third-party sources and management estimates. Management estimates are derived from publicly available information released by independent industry analysts and other third-party sources, as well as data from our internal research, and are based on assumptions made by us upon reviewing such data, and our experience in, and knowledge of, such industry and markets, which we believe to be reasonable. In addition, projections, assumptions and estimates of the future performance of the industry in which we operate and our future performance are necessarily subject to uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in “Part I Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the estimates made by the independent parties and by us.

Trademarks

We own or otherwise have rights to the trademarks, service marks and trade names, including those mentioned in this Annual Report, that we use in connection with the operation of our business. This Annual Report includes trademarks which are protected under applicable intellectual property laws and are our property and/or the property of our subsidiaries. This Annual Report also contains trademarks, service marks and trade names of other companies, which are, to our knowledge, the property of their respective owners. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trademarks, service marks or trade names to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this Annual Report may appear without the ® and ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and trade names.

Non-GAAP Financial Matters

We present Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin in this Annual Report because we believe such measures provide investors with additional information to measure our performance. Please refer to “Part II. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for an explanation on why we use these non-GAAP financial measures, their definitions, their limitations and reconciliations to their nearest GAAP financial measures.

Because of their limitations, these non-GAAP financial measures are not intended as alternatives to GAAP financial measures as indicators of our operating performance and should not be considered as measures of cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business or that will be available to us to meet our obligations. We compensate for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures along with other comparative tools, together with GAAP financial measures, to assist in the evaluation of operating performance.

Summary Risk Factors

Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those described in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors.” You should carefully consider these risks and uncertainties when investing in our common stock. The principal risks and uncertainties affecting our business include the following:

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Annual Report may be forward-looking statements. Statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, including, among others, expected growth, future capital expenditures, and debt service obligations are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “targets,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions.

The forward-looking statements in this Annual Report are only predictions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We believe that these factors include, but are not limited to, the factors set forth under “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors.” Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The events and circumstances reflected in our forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These statements are inherently uncertain, and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

You should read this Annual Report and the documents that we reference in this Annual Report and have filed as exhibits to this Annual Report with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and achievements may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Annual Report. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report, whether as a result of any new information, future events or otherwise.

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

The Company

We believe that we are the world’s largest independent, pure-play provider of aerospace engine aftermarket services for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, serving the commercial, military and business aviation end markets. We provide a comprehensive suite of critical, value-added aftermarket solutions, including scheduled and unscheduled engine maintenance, repair and overhaul, engine component repair, on-wing and field service support, asset management and engineering solutions. We serve a crucial role in the engine aftermarket value chain, connecting engine original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") with aircraft operators through our aftermarket services, maintaining longstanding relationships with both. We command a leading reputation that is based upon our strong track record of safety, reliability and operational performance built over our more than 100 years of successful operations in the aerospace aftermarket.

We are also one of the largest independent engine component repair platforms globally, providing services to commercial aerospace, military, land and marine and oil and gas end markets. We have made substantial investments in our Component Repair Services business, which provides attractive margins, significant growth opportunities and synergies with our Engine Services business.

OEM Authorizations and Licenses

OEMs grant certain participants in the engine and airframe services market authorizations or licenses to perform repair and overhaul services on the products they manufacture. OEMs maintain close commercial control of their authorized maintenance networks and in certain cases grant a limited number of authorizations or licenses. We hold exclusive or semi-exclusive licenses directly with the OEM as the only independent service provider in North America officially authorized to service a number of our platforms, including the Rolls-Royce RB211-535, AE 1107, AE 2100 and AE 3007, the Honeywell HTF7000, and the Safran Arriel, and are the first independent service provider in the Americas to hold an official CBSA license from CFM International on the LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B engines.

These contracts typically require us to pay an authorization fee to the relevant OEM and, in some cases, also require us to pay annual authorization fees and royalties or to fulfill other conditions set by the OEM. In the past, our OEM authorizations or licenses have been renewed or extended at their expiration.

Customers

For the year ended December 31, 2024, approximately 77% of our revenue was derived from customers with whom we have long-term agreements. Of our remaining transactional business, a significant portion stems from repeat customers.

We service approximately 5,000 customers globally, though we have historically derived, and may continue to derive, a significant portion of our revenue from a small number of customers. When all subsidiaries and divisions of a single parent are regarded as a single customer, for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, our top four OEM customers accounted for approximately 41%, 43% and 45% of our revenue, respectively. See “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors - A significant portion of our revenue is derived from a small number of customers.”

Aircraft engine OEMs, in addition to providing authorizations and licenses to service the engines they manufacture, are also significant customers as a result of subcontracting maintenance, repair and overhaul services to us for contracts they have with their end customers. We are party to a number of contracts with each of our top customers, with such contracts typically covering specific engine platforms or certain aspects of our relationship with the customer. The contract term with these customers ranges from one to 30 years, but some of these customers have the right to terminate certain contracts without penalty with advance written notice. These contracts generally do not include any minimum purchase requirements, although some provide requirements for minimum share.

The pricing terms under our contracts vary in part depending on the type of contract. Generally, the types of contracts that we enter into are as follows:

Competitive Environment

The market for the services that we provide is highly competitive, and competition is based on quality, the ability to perform and deliver on-time and price. Our primary competitors include the service divisions of OEMs, other independent aftermarket service providers, in certain cases the in-house maintenance services divisions of the commercial airlines and U.S. and foreign militaries, and engine component repair specialists. For more information, see Item 1A., Risk Factors, “Competition in our business is intense given the market in which we participate and the range of services that we provide within that market.”

Sales and Marketing

We market and sell our services to approximately 5,000 customers.

Sales for our aftermarket services are made through a combination of direct marketing, trade shows, sales personnel and a very limited network of agents or independent representatives where we have insufficient opportunity to justify dedicated sales resources. Actual sales methods vary depending on the particular product line, service offering and customer market. The typical industry structure is for quotes to be requested, and each sector has a pricing and bid team that supports sales in vetting prospects, managing pipeline and formally responding to bid opportunities with quotes or program proposals. The company has a formal Contract Tender Acceptance process for large program bids and new platform opportunities.

Human Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2024, we had approximately 7,700 employees worldwide, which is an increase from approximately 7,300 employees as of December 31, 2023. Of our employees, approximately 55% work in the United States, 26% work in Canada, 10% work in the United Kingdom and 9% work in other locations around the world, including France, Ireland, Singapore, Australia, Romania, Ireland, the Netherlands, South Africa and Brazil. Our workforce is 100% non-unionized and we are not a party to any collective bargaining agreements, with the sole exception of one legacy agreement in Australia from 2011 that has not been renegotiated. Our employees in Ireland, France and the United Kingdom are included under standard works council arrangements and our employees in the Netherlands are included under the statutory government bargaining unit. These represent approximately 10% of our approximately 7,700 employee workforce consisting of approximately 91 in Australia, 151 in France, 807 in the United Kingdom, 143 in Ireland, and 88 in the Netherlands. Our U.S. and Canadian workforces are 100% union free. Furthermore, we believe that our relations with our employees are strong, and we have not experienced a material work stoppage or strike.

Suppliers and Supply of Materials

We depend on certain component parts and material suppliers for our aftermarket services operations. Our authorizations and licenses from OEMs often require that we purchase component parts from the OEMs or their designated distributors. For the year ended December 31, 2024, our four largest parts suppliers, which consisted of OEMs, accounted for a substantial majority of our total parts purchases. The loss of any of these key suppliers could have a material adverse effect on our business. We have at times experienced delays in receiving component parts and raw materials from our key suppliers, and any significant future delays could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. If we had to develop alternative sources of supply, our ability to supply parts to our customers when needed could be impaired, business could be lost and margins could be reduced. See “Part I. Item

1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—We depend on certain component parts and material suppliers for our engine repair and overhaul operations, and any supply chain disruptions or loss of key suppliers could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.”

We select our non-OEM suppliers primarily based on their ability to ensure that their parts are serviceable and traceable to OEM-approved sources, their delivery performance and their ability to help us reduce our total cost of procuring those parts. For quality control, cost and efficiency reasons, we generally purchase supplies only from vendors with whom we have ongoing relationships or who our customers have previously approved. We have qualified second sources or have identified alternate sources for many of our parts supply needs.

Research and Development, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses

Our research and development focuses on new and innovative aftermarket technologies for the engines and aircraft that we service and on enhanced life-cycle offerings to our customers including improvements in engine performance and reliability.

With respect to engine component repairs, we have established dedicated repair cells with specialized equipment and highly trained engineers and technicians to achieve these objectives. An important element of this capability is our designation as an approved design organization as authorized by Transport Canada (as a Design Approval Organization) and the FAA (via an Organization Designation Authorization Office (“ODA”)) and our designation as an FAA Designated Engineering Representative (“DER”). These approvals, which are recognized by the international regulatory organizations under bilateral agreements, simplify the approvals of our component repairs. We also work closely with engine OEMs on selected component repairs to gain their formal approvals, commercial support and wider market access.

Our FAA ODA designation also allows us to approve a broad range of engine and aircraft modification projects across our facilities. Our ODA Supplemental Type Certificate (“STC”) allows us to issue an STC against an aircraft model for which a modification has been completed, as a delegate of the FAA Aircraft Certification Office, authorized to perform certain functions on its behalf.

We have also developed a unique application methodology for fleet maintenance cost management. We offer specialized engineering consulting services to accumulate, classify and analyze fleet maintenance and operations data. We have patents approved for a Reliability Centered Maintenance application for engine fleet management.

Governmental Regulation of the Aerospace and Defense Industries

The aerospace and defense industries are highly regulated and the aftermarket services that we provide are required to meet stringent standards. These regulations are imposed by governmental and intergovernmental agencies worldwide, such as the FAA and equivalent government agencies in other countries, and by both aircraft and engine manufacturers’ guidelines. All aircraft, engines and associated components are subject to stipulated maintenance, repair, overhaul and replacement criteria based on certain numbers of flight hours and/or takeoffs and landings. Inspection, maintenance and repair procedures for the various types of engines, airframes and components are prescribed by regulatory authorities and can be performed only by certified repair facilities and/or certified technicians.

Agreements between the FAA and equivalent government agencies typically enable aftermarket services to be performed outside the country of aircraft registration. However, changes to the regulatory structure could result in expense and efforts on our behalf to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.

We believe that we have all material licenses and certifications that are required in the jurisdictions in which we operate and that we are in material compliance with the governmental regulations affecting the aerospace and defense industries. See “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Government Regulation and Litigation—We will not be able to operate our business if we fail to comply with or obtain and maintain the necessary regulatory approvals” and “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Government Regulation and Litigation—Our operations outside of North America are exposed to various risks, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.”

Environmental, Health and Safety Matters

We are subject to various international, federal, state and local statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning the environment, health and safety. These laws and regulations govern, among other things, the generation, storage, treatment, disposal handling, use and transportation of regulated materials, the emission and discharge of such materials into the environment and the safety, health and well-being of our workforce. Pursuant to such laws, environmental permits are required for some of our operations. From time to time, federal, state or local agencies may review compliance with environmental permits and other requirements and may levy fines and penalties, among other sanctions, for failure to strictly comply with applicable environmental permits or other requirements, modify, refuse to renew or revoke environmental permits, or impose additional requirements for future compliance as a result of past failures. We believe that we are currently in substantial compliance with environmental laws. We incur capital and operating costs relating to environmental compliance on an ongoing basis. While we do not believe that these environmental-related expenditures have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations as a whole, environmental requirements could become more stringent, and could be more strictly enforced in the future, which could increase our costs.

Historical contamination is known or suspected to exist at or about certain of our facilities located on land that has been used for prior military and industrial purposes or in facilities that contain or have contained hazardous materials in construction or building materials. Under some circumstances, we could be held responsible for the remediation of contamination at or emanating from our current or former facilities, including facilities that we have sold or transferred to other companies, or emanating from waste disposal sites that we use or have used, regardless of whether we know of or are responsible for such contamination. We could also be held liable for any personal injury or property damage resulting from such contamination or, more generally, from any releases of or exposure to regulated materials resulting from our activities. Although we have not incurred and currently do not anticipate any material liabilities in connection with environmental or occupational safety and health matters, there can be no assurance that future costs relating to these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations as a whole.

We are expanding a global Environmental Management System (“EMS”) to track, manage and coordinate our environmental risk mitigation and continuous improvement opportunities across our global sites and processes. Over the last 20 years, the Company has expanded the number of sites recognized by certification bodies for the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems and ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Standards to twenty (20) and three (3), respectively, and we work systematically to increase the number of certified locations.

See also “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Government Regulation and Litigation—We are subject to environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, violations of which could result in substantial costs, liabilities and impacts to our business and operations” and “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Government Regulation and Litigation—Sustainability and environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters may adversely impact our business and reputation.”

Available Information

We file electronically with the SEC our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and other information. Our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. We make available on our website at https://ir.standardaero.com/, free of charge, copies of these reports as soon as reasonably practicable after filing or furnishing these reports with the SEC. The information on any of our websites is deemed not to be incorporated in this Annual Report or to be part of this Annual Report.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties set forth below, together with the financial and other information included elsewhere in this Annual Report. If any of the risks discussed in this Annual Report occur, our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially impaired, in which case the trading price of our common stock could decline significantly, and you could lose all or part of your investment. Some statements in this Annual Report, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements. Please refer to the section entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

We are affected by factors that adversely impact the commercial and business aviation industries.

As a provider of aftermarket services to the commercial and business aviation industries, we are greatly affected by the overall impact of U.S. and global macroeconomic conditions on those industries. The commercial and business aviation industries are historically cyclical and have been negatively affected in the past by geopolitical events, such as ongoing wars and conflicts (including in Ukraine and the Gaza strip and surrounding areas), terrorism, weather related events, acts of God, natural disasters, pandemics, disruption to fuel and oil production and supply shortages, high fuel and oil prices, environmental concerns (including climate change), lack of capital, inflationary pressures and conditions, economic sanctions, labor market shortages and weak economic conditions. The impact of instability and disruptions in the global financial markets has led, and may in the future lead, our customers to reduce domestic or international flight capacity. In addition, certain of our customers have in the past been impacted by tight credit markets and high interest rates, which has limited their ability to buy and finance parts, services, engines and aircraft.

A reduction in flight activity of aircraft and changes in customer travel patterns both in the United States and abroad has resulted in and may continue to result in reduced demand for aftermarket services, which we experienced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. A deteriorating airline environment may also result in commercial airlines deciding to retire some of the aircraft that use engine platforms that we service, excess capacity in the aftermarket and increased competition for aftermarket service work and additional airline bankruptcies, and in such circumstances, we may not be able to fully collect outstanding accounts receivable. Reduced demand from customers caused by economic conditions, including tight credit conditions and customer bankruptcies, may adversely impact our financial condition or results of operations. In addition, weak national and local economic conditions, or changes in owner or operator fees or taxes by the Federal Aviation Administration (the “FAA”) or tax incentives by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), may contribute to a decline in the demand for business jet transportation, and thus would reduce the requirements for aftermarket services in the business aviation industry.

In addition, an increase in energy costs and the price of aviation fuels could result in additional pressure on the operating costs of airlines and business jet operators, which comprise a substantial portion of our customers. The market for fuels is inherently volatile and is subject to, among other things, changes in government policy on fuel production, changes in tax policy related to fuel, fluctuations in the global supply of crude oil and disruptions in oil production or delivery caused by hostility in oil-producing areas. In addition, airlines and business jet operators are sometimes unable to pass on increases in fuel prices to customers by increasing fares or fees due to the competitive nature of the aviation industry, and this compounds the pressure on operating costs, and in turn, airlines’ and business jet operators’ ability to do business with us.

We are also subject to the risk that action by the FAA or any other regulatory authority could restrict or limit the utilization of aircraft with the engine platforms that we service or on the use of the engine platforms that we service, which could reduce demand for our services.

Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects have been and may continue to be adversely affected by these and other similar events that impact the commercial and business aviation industries.

Decreases in budget, spending or outsourcing by our military end-users could result in a reduction in the amount of services we provide to the various agencies and buying organizations of the U.S. government, which would materially reduce our revenue and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

A portion of our revenue is derived from contracts, directly or indirectly, with the U.S. military that are subject to U.S. government contracting rules and regulations. A decline in the level of operational activity of the U.S. military or decreases in budget, spending or outsourcing by the U.S. military end-users could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The demand for our aftermarket services in the military market is significantly dependent upon government budget trends, particularly the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) budget. Services to our military end-users accounted for $993.4 million, or 19.0%, of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024, and $899.2 million or 19.6% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023. U.S. federal law currently prevents U.S. military departments and agencies from using more than 50% of their funding for depot-level maintenance of core assets of outsourced work without a waiver from the Secretary of Defense, which impacts the size of the overall market for our services. Additionally, the retirement of mature aircraft from the U.S. military may decrease the need for our aftermarket services. Defense spending by United States, Canadian, European and other governments worldwide has fluctuated in recent years, at times resulting in reduced demand for our services. Growth in revenue to our military customers depends upon continued outsourcing by military end-users of certain aftermarket service functions to the civil industrial base.

Companies engaged in supplying defense-related equipment and services to U.S. government agencies, whether through direct contracts with the U.S. government or as a subcontractor to customers contracting with the U.S. government, are subject to business risks specific to the defense industry. Our supply of products to the U.S. government is subject to such unique risks largely beyond our control. Our operations may be adversely affected due to an unexpected termination or modification of a significant contract by the government or a higher-tier contractor, including for non-performance or for convenience; a change in the government’s procurement priorities for any reason, including as a result of elections or failure to pass budget or appropriations statutes; a reduction in the volume of contracts or subcontracts awarded to us; or substantial cost overruns. For instance, the terms of defense contracts with the U.S. government generally permit the government or a higher-tier contractor to terminate or modify contracts partially or completely, with or without cause, at any time. We also face the risk that the U.S. government may unilaterally suspend or debar our customers, the prime contractor with whom we subcontract, or us from new contracts in the event of any alleged violations of procurement laws or regulations or for a lack of responsibility. Furthermore, the U.S. government retains discretion to revoke required security clearances. In addition, our subcontracts may be terminated or we may be required to renegotiate terms of our military contracts if the U.S. government threatens to terminate the contract of a primary contractor through whom we provide services. If we fail to renegotiate with the primary contractor, we and the primary contractor may lose all of our business related to such contract. Also, some of the tooling, equipment and materials we use in providing aftermarket services to the U.S. military are provided to us under the terms of contracts with the U.S. government or a prime contractor. If we were unable to use these government-furnished tooling, equipment and materials, we could be required to incur significant capital investment to fulfill our obligations under such contracts and could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, DoD budgets could be negatively impacted by several factors, including, but not limited to, a change in defense spending policy as a result of the change in political administration, the U.S. government’s budget deficits, spending priorities (e.g., shifting funds to assist Israel or appropriating budget to new development programs away from sustainment and maintenance of existing programs), the cost of sustaining the U.S. military presence internationally and possible political pressure to reduce U.S. government military spending, each of which could cause the DoD budget to remain unchanged or to decline. While current world tensions—including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza strip and surrounding areas—are driving short-term spending increases, if future military spending declines, is redirected away from markets in which we operate or aircraft in which our services are used, or if military outsourcing decreases or ceases, our business results of operations and financial condition would be materially adversely affected. Additionally, unlike civil aviation, military organizations have discretion over their own maintenance regimens. Military aviation end-users may elect to reduce aftermarket service spending by lengthening the time between required overhaul for certain engines, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The U.S. government may review our costs and performance on their contracts, as well as conduct periodic audits of our accounting and general business practices. Based on the results of such audits, the U.S. government may adjust our contract-related costs and fees, including allocated indirect costs. In addition, under U.S. government purchasing regulations, some of our costs, including most financing costs, portions of research and development costs and certain marketing expenses may not be reimbursable under U.S. government contracts.

We depend on certain component parts and material suppliers for our engine repair and overhaul operations, and any supply chain disruptions or loss of key suppliers could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our business depends on maintaining a sufficient supply of parts, components and raw materials to meet our customers’ demands and maintain the operation of our business and services. Global supply chain and labor markets are continuing to experience high levels of disruption, including recent disruption caused by attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, causing significant materials and parts shortages, as well as demurrage, delivery delays, labor shortages, energy cost increases and freight price increases. Current geopolitical conditions, including sanctions and other trade restrictive actions and strained intercountry relations, are contributing to these issues. These issues could lead to significant supplier performance failures and delays. Disruptions to our supply chain and business operations, or to our suppliers’ supply chains and business operations, could have adverse effects on our ability to provide aftermarket support and services to our customers and, thus, could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In particular, we source the materials, parts and components for our business from Original Equipment Manufactures and material suppliers. Our authorizations from OEMs often require that we purchase component parts from the OEMs or their designated distributors. Our business, therefore, could be adversely impacted by factors affecting our OEMs and other suppliers (such as the destruction of our suppliers’ facilities or their distribution infrastructure, including damage or disruption by external factors, including wars or other conflicts, terrorism, weather-related events (including due to climate change), acts of God, natural disasters or other similar events, a work stoppage or strike by our suppliers’ employees or the failure of our suppliers to provide materials of the requisite quality), or by increased costs of such raw materials or components if we were unable to pass along such price increases to our customers.

For the year ended December 31, 2024 and the year ended December 31, 2023, our four largest parts suppliers, which consisted of OEMs, accounted for a substantial majority of our total parts purchases. If we were to lose a key supplier or were unable to obtain the same levels or quality of deliveries from these suppliers and were unable to supplement those purchases with products obtained from other suppliers, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, if our key suppliers increase the prices of their products, it would negatively affect our operating results if we were not able to pass these price increases through to our customers, which could lead to decreased sales, profit margins and earnings.

In recent years, we have experienced supply chain delays from our key suppliers that impacted the availability of parts and materials and ultimately engine repair and overhaul throughput across all of our end markets. Any significant prolonged disruption or future delays could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Because we strive to limit the volume of raw materials and component parts on hand, our business could be adversely affected if we were unable to obtain raw materials and components from our suppliers when we need them, in the quantities we require to operate our business or on favorable terms. Although we may identify alternative suppliers, or alternative raw materials or component parts, this could require substantial time to implement, particularly if it involves the lengthy and expensive aviation authority and OEM certification processes associated with aerospace products, which could prevent efficient replacement of a supplier, raw material or component part, and our ability to supply parts to our customers when needed could be impaired, which in turn could adversely impact our production timelines, fulfillment of customer contracts, revenue, profitability and reputation.

In addition, supply chain disruptions could cause significant production and delivery delays to any new or expanded product or engine platforms, such as providing aftermarket services to the LEAP platform and expanding aftermarket services on the CFM56 platform. Execution and implementation of new or expanded platforms, like the new LEAP platform and expanded CFM56 platform, depends in part on our suppliers having access to the materials and skilled labor they require and making timely deliveries to us. Any such disruptions to our supply chain and business operations, or to our suppliers’ supply chains and business operations, could have adverse effects on our ability to provide aftermarket support and services to our customers and, thus, could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Inflation has adversely affected us and may continue to adversely affect us by increasing our costs beyond what we can recover through price increases.

Inflation has adversely affected us in recent years by increasing our costs of labor, equipment, raw materials, freight and utilities. We strive to offset these items by price increases, operating improvements and other cost-saving initiatives and through contractual provisions that allow us to pass along material and other cost increases to customers. In certain end markets, implementing price increases may be difficult and there is no assurance that we will be successful. From time to time, we may encounter difficulties in obtaining certain raw materials or components necessary for production due to supply chain constraints and logistical challenges, which may also negatively impact the pricing of materials and components sourced or used in our services.

Future outbreaks and infectious diseases could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

While the overall demand for commercial air travel has significantly recovered from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of future outbreaks, health concerns and infectious diseases could pose a threat to the commercial aviation industry, including our business and operations. Public health crises, including a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic (including through any new variant strains of the underlying virus), H5N1 bird flu, a new health epidemic or similar outbreak or other negative developments associated with the pandemic or outbreak (e.g., restrictive government policies or mandates), could disrupt supply chains, adversely affect the number of new commercial jet deliveries and the utilization of commercial and business aviation engines that we service and hinder or reverse the commercial flight activity recovery, leading to decreased worldwide commercial activity and a reduced demand for airline passenger and cargo services. Reduced flight activity negatively impacts the demand for our aftermarket services, and any prolonged reduction could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

Moreover, prolonged pandemics, epidemics and similar outbreaks, or the threat thereof, could result in worker absences, lower productivity, voluntary or involuntary closure of our offices and facilities, travel restrictions for our employees and other disruptions to our business, including disruptions which are unanticipated or unknown at this time. Any of these could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Our ability to predict and respond to future changes resulting from potential health crises is uncertain. Even after a public health crisis subsides, there may be long-term effects on our business and the business of our customers, suppliers, vendors and other business partners, in economies in which we operate that could severely disrupt our operations and could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. As we cannot predict the duration, scope or severity of future public health crises, the negative financial impact to our results cannot be reasonably estimated and could be material.

Competition in our business is intense given the market in which we participate and the range of services that we provide within that market.

We operate in a highly competitive global industry and compete against a number of companies. Competitors in our product lines are both U.S. and foreign companies and range in size from divisions of large public corporations to small privately-held entities. Our primary competitors include the service divisions of OEMs, other independent aftermarket service providers, in certain cases the in-house maintenance services divisions of the commercial airlines and U.S. and foreign militaries, and engine component repair specialists. Certain characteristics of these competitors are as follows:

Service divisions of OEMs. The service divisions of OEMs, including GE Aerospace, CFM International, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce and Safran, traditionally hold a sizeable aftermarket service market share on newer platforms, in order to support the installed base and generate technical insight into the performance of their engine models, which is particularly important early in the platform lifecycle. Service divisions of OEMs compete on the basis of their affiliations with OEMs, which may give them design authority, brand recognition, strong and long-term customer relationships beginning with the original sale of the engines, the ability to adapt more quickly to customer requirements involving technical specification changes, a diverse product and service base, significant financial resources, control over certification and control over sources and pricing of approved parts. OEMs may in the future attempt to perform a greater portion of the repair and overhaul services related to the engines they manufacture themselves or change the pricing or level of work scopes that we receive or have access to.

Other independent aftermarket service providers. Independent service providers like us are not affiliated with any one OEM or airline and are able to work on a wide range of engine platforms for many different customers. Most of the independent service providers of engine repair and overhaul services that compete with us, including MTU Aero Engines, ST Engineering Aerospace (“ST Aerospace”), SR Technics Switzerland AG (“SR Technics”), OGMA Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal (“OGMA”) and Duncan Aviation, also operate under authorizations from OEMs. We also compete with independent service providers that do not have authorization from the OEMs or hold limited approvals or licensing agreements from the OEMs that only allow for the repair of certain engines or components. Independent service providers who currently do not compete with us may decide or attempt to provide services on engines that we currently service and for which they may or may not have OEM authorization. These competitors and potential competitors may have strong and long-term customer relationships and greater financial resources than us.

In-house maintenance service divisions of the commercial airlines. While recently there has been an increasing trend among commercial carriers to outsource engine aftermarket services, some of the large commercial airlines globally maintain in-house divisions, some of which provide services externally to third-party customers. In-house divisions have several competitive advantages over us, including captive engine fleets, leverage over OEMs and access to parts discounts via their captive airline, and may have greater financial resources than us.

U.S. and foreign militaries. The U.S. military has active aftermarket services facilities and activates new facilities from time to time, which displaces business that we might otherwise compete for. To protect national interests and foster job creation and national capability development, many foreign militaries also actively operate existing aftermarket services facilities and activate new facilities from time to time, which displaces business that we might otherwise compete for.

Engine component repair specialists. The engine component repair market is highly fragmented with many providers and varying levels of scale and breadth of capabilities. Within this market, we face competitors including scaled providers of component repairs such as HEICO, as well as a number of smaller, specialized repair providers that may focus on a limited number of components or platforms. Some of these competitors may have greater financial and other resources than we do.

We believe that providers of aftermarket services have traditionally competed on the basis of price, quality and the ability to perform repairs and overhauls efficiently. Developing and maintaining a competitive advantage will require continued investments in technology and innovation, engineering, operations, customer service and sales and marketing. We may not have sufficient resources to make the necessary investments and we may not be able to compete effectively. Furthermore, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected by changes in the competitive environment, including any intensification of competition, which could lead to a loss of business and a decline in our margins.

Loss of an OEM authorization or license could negatively impact our ability to service an engine platform and damage our competitive advantage in such platform’s market.

OEMs grant participants in the aftermarket services sector authorizations or licenses to perform repair and overhaul services on the engines they manufacture. We currently have OEM authorizations or licenses for all of the engine platforms that we service. Any loss, revocation, suspension or non-renewal of an OEM authorization or license could negatively impact our ability to service certain engine platforms and significantly impact our competitive advantage

in the market for that platform. For example, any loss or non-renewal of an OEM authorization or license could impact our competitiveness within a market by changing the pace at which we go to market and restricting us from benefits like discounts on parts, technical information, OEM warranty support and use of the OEM name in marketing. In addition, many of our OEM contracts that provide us the authorization or licenses contain provisions requiring consent to certain change of control transactions that have historically required and may in the future require us to pay significant fees in order to obtain such consent. If such consent is not obtained, these provisions may result in such contracts being terminated if there is such a change in control, resulting in a potential loss of revenue. In addition, these provisions may act as a deterrent to any attempt by a third party to acquire us.

A portion of our revenue is generated from engine platforms that are mature and for which the installed base is flat or declining. If we are unable to offset the resulting declines in revenue as engines are retired, then our business, results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected.

The long-term prospects of our business depend in part on the size of the installed base across the engine platforms we service. A portion of our revenue is generated from engine platforms that are mature and for which the installed base is flat or declining. In addition, certain airlines operate new fleet types and/or newer generation aircraft and we may not have contractual arrangements to service these aircraft, nor technicians trained and certified to perform the required aftermarket services on such aircraft.

If we are unable to offset any declining installed base with price increases, market share gains or services for new or additional platforms, or if such new or additional platforms are not used as widely or at as high a rate as the engines that we currently service, then our business, results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected.

A significant portion of our revenue is derived from a small number of customers.

We have derived, and may continue to derive, a significant portion of our revenue from a small number of customers. When all subsidiaries and divisions of a single parent are regarded as a single customer, for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, our top four OEM customers accounted for approximately 41% and 43% of our revenue, respectively. We cannot assure you that these customers will continue to contract with us on terms currently in effect or other terms which are favorable but not currently in effect, or whether they will elect to contract with our competitors or attempt to perform the services themselves. We are party to a number of long-term contracts with each of our top customers, with such contracts typically covering specific engine platforms or certain aspects of our relationship with the customer. Some of these customers have the right to terminate certain contracts without penalty with advance written notice. These contracts generally do not include any minimum purchase requirements for the customers and were made in the ordinary course of business. As a result, these customers could stop purchasing our services, reduce or defer the need for our services or request reduced pricing structures at any time. We may therefore need to adapt our pricing strategies in response to a customer who may seek concessions in return for its continued or increased business. In addition, a macroeconomic downturn or any other cause of consolidation in the commercial, military and business aviation industries or among our other customers could significantly increase the market share and bargaining power of a limited number of customers and give them significant additional leverage to negotiate more favorable terms and place greater demands on us. The loss of any of these customers, if not offset by revenue from new or other existing customers, or any inability of any customer to pay amounts as and when due, could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. A significant portion of our revenue from commercial, military and business aviation customers is derived from services we provide on behalf of OEMs as a subcontractor and authorized provider for services the OEMs provide to their customers. As a result, we could be adversely affected by changes in demand by OEMs or OEMs’ customers or by a loss or non-renewal of an OEM authorization for any of our platforms.

Aircraft engine OEMs, including GE Aerospace, CFM International, Rolls-Royce, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney and Safran in addition to providing authorizations to service the engines they manufacture, are also significant customers as a result of subcontracting aftermarket services to us for contracts they have with their end customers. Our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected if these OEMs modify pricing, modify work scope requirements or reduce the volume of engines subcontracted to us, either because of decreased demand by their end users or because of an increase in the volume of aftermarket services provided directly by the OEMs. In addition, our business could be adversely affected if these OEMs or their end customers provide their own aftermarket services or engage other aftermarket service providers to subcontract for their services. Further, our business, results of

operations and financial condition would be adversely affected if our relationships with the customers for whom we provide services as a subcontractor are reduced or discontinued.

In addition, many of our customer contracts are complex and contain provisions that could cause us to incur penalties, be liable for liquidated or actual damages and incur unanticipated expenses with respect to the timely delivery, functionality, deployment, operation and durability of our products and services. Any such penalties, damages or expenses could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We do not have volume commitments with our customers and, therefore, do not have guaranteed future sales.

Although we have long-term contracts with many of our customers, the majority of our contracts with these customers do not have volume commitments and, therefore, do not have guaranteed levels of future sales. Many of those customers may terminate the contracts on short notice and, in most cases, our customers have not committed to buy any minimum quantity of our products. In addition, in certain cases, we must anticipate the future volume of orders based upon the historic purchasing patterns of customers and upon our discussions with customers as to their anticipated future requirements, and this anticipated future volume of orders may not materialize.

The prices that we charge under our fixed-price contracts are predetermined and we bear the risk that our costs or lead time may exceed our estimates.

From time to time, we enter into multi-year, fixed-price contracts (including fixed-price arrangements based on engine utilization) with some of our customers, in which we have agreed to service engines for a price determined based on then-existing engine maintenance and usage data. In a fixed-price contract, we realize all the benefit or detriment resulting from any decreases or increases in the costs of servicing these products, with a greater risk to the costs in a high inflationary environment, which we are experiencing now.

Several factors may cause the costs that we incur in fulfilling these contracts to vary substantially from original estimates, including the actual condition of the customers’ engine fleet and our ability to inspect the condition of the customers’ aircraft prior to bidding. Many of our contracts do not permit us to recover the entirety of increases in raw material prices, taxes or labor costs. In addition, for our fixed-price arrangements based on engine utilization, the timing of payments from our customers may not coincide with the timing of costs incurred to perform the maintenance services under these agreements. In such cases, our cash flow and liquidity may be negatively impacted to the extent we incur significant costs in advance of the scheduled payments for such maintenance services.

Damage to our reputation or the reputation of other parties in the aerospace industry could hurt our business.

Damage to our reputation can cause significant harm to our business and prospects. Harm to our reputation can rise from numerous sources, including, among others, litigation or regulatory outcomes, compliance failures, quality escapes, cybersecurity breaches and unethical behavior. Negative publicity about us, whether or not true, may also result in harm to our prospects.

In addition, damage to the reputation of other parties in the aerospace industry, including OEMs and commercial airlines, could harm our business. If the reputation of the commercial airline industry is damaged, the need for our services in the commercial airline industry could be reduced, which would adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our operations depend on our facilities, which are subject to physical and other risks that could disrupt our business.

The facilities at which we provide services could be damaged or disrupted by external factors, including wars or other conflicts, terrorism, weather-related events (including due to climate change), acts of God, natural disasters or other similar events. These could result in potential damage to our physical assets as well as disruptions in production activities. Moreover, we are vulnerable to damage from other types of disasters, including power loss, grid failures, fire, explosions, floods, communications failures, technological disruptions and similar events. Disruptions could also occur due to health-related outbreaks and crises, cyber attacks, computer or equipment malfunction (accidental or

intentional), operator error or process failures. Any of these events could result in prolonged interruption of our business. Any disruption resulting from these events could cause significant delays in service and shipments of engines and the loss of sales and customers. Should insurance and other risk transfer mechanisms be inadequate to recover all costs and compensate us for any of these events, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Implementing new or expanded platforms, products and services and keeping pace with technological or process developments in our industries may require significant capital and operational risk.

The commercial, military and business aviation industries are constantly undergoing development and change, and it is likely that new products, platforms, equipment, digital tools and methods which are more advanced, will be introduced in the future. We may need to make significant expenditures to fund and implement new or expanded platforms, such as the new LEAP platform and expansion of the CFM56 platform, and purchase new equipment.

New or expanded platforms with new technologies typically carry risks associated with design responsibility, development of new production tools, hiring and training of qualified personnel, increased capital and funding commitments, ability to meet customer specifications, delivery schedules and unique contractual requirements, supplier performance, subcontractor performance, ability of the customer to meet its contractual obligations to us, and our ability to accurately estimate costs associated with such platforms. We may face financial risks in connection with new or expanded platforms or technologies if we are not able to reduce the costs of these products over time, through experience and other measures, including the introduction of new designs, technologies, manufacturing methods and suppliers. In addition, any new or expanded platform may not generate sufficient demand or may experience technological problems or significant delays in the regulatory certification or manufacturing and delivery schedule. If we were unable to perform our obligations under new or expanded platforms to the customer’s satisfaction or expectations or manufacture products at our estimated costs, if we were to experience unexpected fluctuations in raw material prices or other fluctuations in supplier costs leading to cost overruns, if we were unable to successfully perform under revised design and manufacturing plans or successfully and equitably resolve claims and assertions, or if a new or expanded platform in which we had made a significant investment was terminated or experienced weak demand, delays or technological problems, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. This risk includes the potential for default, quality problems or failure to meet contractual requirements and could result in low margin or forward loss contracts, and the risk of having to write-off inventory or contract assets if they were deemed to be unrecoverable over the life of the platform. In addition, beginning new work on existing platforms carries risks associated with the transfer of technology, knowledge and tooling. Any of the foregoing risks or expenditures could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

To perform on new or expanded platforms, we may be required to construct or acquire new facilities, requiring additional up-front investment costs. In the case of significant platform delays and/or platform cancellations, we could be required to bear certain unrecoverable construction and maintenance costs and incur potential impairment charges for the new facilities. We also may need to expend additional resources to determine an alternate revenue generating use for the facilities. Likewise, significant delays in the construction or acquisition of a plant site could impact production schedules.

In addition, we may need to make significant expenditures to keep pace with new technological or process developments in our industries. Technological development and expenditures pose a number of challenges and risks, including the following:

In addition, we may not be able to successfully develop new products, equipment or methods of repair and overhaul service, and the failure to do so could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Acquisitions, joint ventures, business combinations and inorganic investments may prove risky for us.

In the past we have pursued, and in the future we expect to continue to pursue, acquisitions, joint ventures, business combinations or inorganic investments involving us or any of our subsidiaries that we believe may present opportunities to enhance our market position, extend our technological capabilities, realize significant synergies, operating expense reductions or overhead cost savings or otherwise benefit our stockholders. This strategy will depend in part on whether any suitable acquisition candidates or other business combination opportunities are available at acceptable valuations and upon advantageous or acceptable terms and conditions, and our ability to finance the purchase consideration of any acquisitions. However, we may not be able to find suitable acquisition candidates to purchase or may be unable to acquire desired businesses or assets on economically acceptable terms or may be unable to receive necessary regulatory approvals or support. In addition, we may not be able to raise the capital necessary to fund future acquisitions. Because we may actively pursue a number of opportunities simultaneously, we may encounter unforeseen expenses, complications and delays, including regulatory complications or difficulties in employing sufficient staff and maintaining operational and management oversight.

Any such acquisition, joint venture, business combination or inorganic investment that we pursue or complete could present a variety of risks, including:

Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, accounting requirements relating to business combinations, including the requirement to expense certain acquisition costs as incurred, may cause us to incur greater earnings volatility and generally lower earnings during periods in which we acquire new businesses.

Risks Related to Financial and Accounting Matters

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If our remediation of such material weaknesses is not effective, or if we experience additional material weaknesses or otherwise fail to design and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, our ability to accurately report our financial condition and results of operations in a timely manner or comply with applicable laws and regulations could be impaired, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us, subject us to litigation or significant financial or other penalties, and, as a result, affect the value of our common stock and our financial condition.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As we have previously been a privately held company, we were not subject to the rules and regulations of the SEC regarding compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“Section 404”), to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. In connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024, we identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. The following are our material weaknesses:

Management is committed to implementing changes to our internal control over financial reporting to ensure that the control deficiencies that contributed to the material weaknesses are remediated. To address our material weaknesses, we are now in the process of planning to implement measures designed to improve our internal control over financial reporting and remediate the control deficiencies that led to the material weaknesses. These measures include (i) hiring additional accounting and IT personnel to support the effectiveness of our processes and controls; (ii) devoting proper time by those personnel to perform a comprehensive review of procedures to assess and identify risks; (iii) developing monitoring controls and protocols that will allow us to timely assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls; (iv) designing effective information and communication controls between various functions within the Company to verify complete and accurate financial reporting; (v) implementing additional procedures to support a sufficient level of management review over complex estimates and judgmental areas of accounting and financial reporting; and (vi) improving the design and testing of IT controls for IT systems that are relevant to the preparation of our financial statements, including with respect to program and data changes, user access controls, and computer operations controls.

While we believe these actions will contribute to the remediation of the material weaknesses we have identified, we have not completed the corrective processes, procedures and related evaluation or remediation that we believe are necessary. We cannot assure you that the measures we have taken to date, and that we are continuing to implement,

will be sufficient to remediate the material weaknesses we have identified or to avoid the identification of additional material weaknesses in the future. If the steps we take do not remediate the material weaknesses in a timely manner, or we identify new material weaknesses in the future, there could continue to be a reasonable possibility that these material weaknesses or others could result in a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis, any of which could diminish investor confidence in us and cause a decline in the price of our common stock.

If, when required in the future, we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an unqualified opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we may be unable to maintain compliance with securities law requirements regarding timely filing of periodic reports in addition to applicable stock exchange listing requirements, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, the market price of our common stock could be adversely affected, and we could become subject to litigation or investigations by the stock exchange on which our securities are listed, the SEC, or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources.

Our reported financial results may be adversely affected by changes in GAAP.

GAAP is subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), the SEC and various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. The accounting for our business is complex and is subject to change based on the evolution of our business model, interpretations of relevant accounting principles, enforcement of existing or new regulations and changes in SEC or other agency policies, rules, regulations and interpretations of accounting regulations. These complexities and other revisions to accounting standards could lead to a delay in the preparation and dissemination of our financial statements. Changes to our business model and accounting methods, principles or interpretations could result in significant changes to our financial statements, including changes in revenue and expenses in any period, or in certain categories of revenue and expenses moving to different periods and may result in materially different financial results and may also require that we change how we process, analyze and report financial information and our financial reporting controls.

If our estimates or judgments relating to our critical accounting policies prove to be incorrect, our results of operations could be adversely affected.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, as provided in the section titled “Part II. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Estimates.” The results of these estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets, liabilities and equity and the amount of revenue and expenses. Significant estimates and judgments involve: determining the appropriate revenue recognition over time for our contracts, assessments of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations, goodwill and other long-lived asset impairment assessments, provisions required for estimated inventory obsolescence or unmarketable inventory and valuation allowances required against deferred tax assets. Our results of operations may be adversely affected if our assumptions change or if actual circumstances differ from those in our assumptions, which could cause our results of operations to fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, resulting in a decline in the market price of our common stock.

We may be subject to risks relating to changes in our tax rates or exposure to additional income tax liabilities.

We are subject to income taxes in the United States and various non-U.S. jurisdictions. Our domestic and international tax liabilities are dependent upon the location of earnings among these different jurisdictions. Our future results of operations could be adversely affected by changes in our effective tax rate as a result of changes in the mix of earnings in countries with differing statutory tax rates, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets, challenges by tax authorities or changes in tax laws or regulations. From time to time, changes in tax laws or regulations may be proposed or enacted that could adversely affect our overall tax liability. There can be no assurance that changes in tax laws or regulations, both within the United States and the other jurisdictions in which we operate, such as the 15% global

minimum tax under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pillar Two, Global Anti-Base Erosion Rules (the “Pillar Two Rules”), will not materially and adversely affect our effective tax rate, tax payments, financial condition and results of operations. As of December 31, 2024, among the jurisdictions in which we operate, only the United Kingdom and France have enacted legislation adopting the Pillar Two Rules, effective in fiscal 2025.

In addition, the amount of income taxes paid by us is subject to potential future audits by U.S. federal, state and local tax authorities and by non-U.S. tax authorities. If an audit results in an assessment, future financial results may include unfavorable adjustments to our tax liabilities, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are dependent upon continued availability of financing to manage our business and to execute our business strategy, and additional financing may not be available on terms acceptable to us.

Our ability to manage our business and to execute our business strategy is dependent, in part, on the continued availability of debt and equity capital. We intend to continue to make investments to execute our business strategy and may require additional funds for such development. In addition, our business and operations may consume resources faster than we anticipate. In the future, we may need to raise additional funds to execute our business strategy through the issuance of new equity securities, debt or a combination of both. Access to the debt and equity capital markets may be limited by various factors, including the condition of overall credit markets, general economic factors, interest rates, bank failures, the state of the aviation industry, our level of indebtedness, our financial performance and credit ratings. These events may have an adverse effect on us. In the event of a market downturn, our results of operations could be adversely affected by those factors in many ways, including making it more difficult for us to raise funds if necessary, and our stock price may decline. In addition, debt and equity capital may not continue to be available to us on favorable terms, or at all, particularly due to our substantial indebtedness. See “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors —Risks Related to Our Indebtedness—Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition, limit our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our indebtedness.” If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to fund our capital requirements or invest in future growth opportunities. In particular, macroeconomic factors, including interest rate increases and bank failures have caused disruption in the credit, financial and foreign exchange markets in the United States and worldwide, which may reduce our ability to access capital and negatively affect our liquidity in the future. Our inability to obtain financing on favorable terms, fund our capital requirements or invest in future growth opportunities could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Cybersecurity

If we or our third-party partners fail to protect Confidential Information and/or experience data security incidents, there may be damage to our brand and reputation, material financial penalties and legal liability, which would materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We rely on computer systems, hardware, software, technology infrastructure and online sites and networks for both internal and external operations that are critical to our business (collectively, “IT Systems”). We own and manage some of these IT Systems but also rely on third parties for a range of IT Systems and related products and services, including but not limited to cloud computing and SaaS services. We and certain of our vendors and other third-party partners collect, maintain and process data about our customers, employees, vendors, business partners and others, as well as proprietary information belonging to our business, our customers, business partners and others, such as trade secrets (collectively, “Confidential Information”).

Like other companies, we regularly experience cyber-based attacks. Cybersecurity threats are continuously evolving and include, but are not limited to, both attacks on our IT Systems and attacks on the IT systems of our customers, suppliers, subcontractors and other third parties with whom we do business routinely, both on premises and in the cloud, attempting to gain unauthorized access to our confidential, proprietary, or otherwise protected information, regulated data, or information relating to our employees, customers and other third parties, or to disrupt our systems or the systems of third parties. Numerous and evolving cybersecurity risks that threaten the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our IT Systems and Confidential Information, including from diverse threat actors, such as state-sponsored organizations, opportunistic hackers and hacktivists, particularly those adverse to the security interests of the United States and its allies, which target us and other defense contractors, as well as through diverse attack vectors,

such as social engineering/phishing, malware (including ransomware), malfeasance by insiders, human or technological error, and as a result of malicious code embedded in open-source software, or misconfiguration, “bugs” or other vulnerabilities in commercial software that is integrated into our (or our suppliers’ or service providers’) IT systems, products or services. Cyberattacks are expected to accelerate on a global basis in frequency and magnitude as threat actors are becoming increasingly sophisticated in using techniques and tools—including artificial intelligence—that circumvent security controls, evade detection and remove forensic evidence. Due to the evolving threat landscape, we and our third-party suppliers and vendors may be unable to detect, investigate, remediate or recover from future attacks or incidents, or to avoid a material adverse impact to our IT Systems, Confidential Information or business.

While we have taken steps towards implementing a cybersecurity risk management program and processes, there can also be no assurance that such program and processes we implement, including policies, controls or procedures, will be fully implemented, complied with or effective in protecting our IT Systems and Confidential Information. In some cases, we must rely on the safeguards put in place by our customers, suppliers, subcontractors and other third parties to protect against and report cyber threats and attacks. Because we make extensive use of third-party suppliers and vendors, such as cloud services and SaaS platforms that support our internal and customer-facing operations, successful cyberattacks that disrupt or result in unauthorized access to third-party IT Systems can materially impact our operations and financial results. Any integration of artificial intelligence in our or any third party’s operations, products or services is expected to pose new or unknown cybersecurity risks and challenges. In addition, as a result of the rapid pace of technological change, we and our customers, suppliers, subcontractors and other third parties with whom we conduct business continue to rely on legacy systems and software, which can be more vulnerable to cyber threats and attacks. Moreover, in light of our acquisition and business combinations strategy, we have acquired and continue to acquire companies with cybersecurity vulnerabilities, unsophisticated security measures and/or legacy technology equipment and software, which exposes us to significant cybersecurity, operational and financial risks. Further, remote and hybrid working arrangements at our company (and at many third-party providers) also increase cybersecurity risks due to the challenges associated with managing remote computing assets and security vulnerabilities that are present in many non-corporate and home networks. As a result, given the unpredictability, nature and scope of cyberattacks, it is possible that we are unable to defend against all cyberattacks, that potential vulnerabilities could go undetected and persist in the environment for an extended period, or that we may otherwise be unable to mitigate customer losses and other potential consequences of these attacks.

Further, the sophistication, availability and use of artificial intelligence by threat actors present an increased level of risk. As a result, we and certain of our third-party providers regularly experience cyberattacks and other incidents, and we expect to continue to experience more frequent and increasingly advanced cyberattacks in varying degrees. We cannot guarantee that these will not have a material impact on our operations or financial results. Additionally, in some cases, we must rely on the safeguards put in place by our customers, suppliers, vendors and other third parties to protect against and report cyberattacks. We could potentially be subject to production downtimes, operational delays, other detrimental impacts on our operations or ability to provide products and services to our customers, the compromise of our IT Systems or Confidential Information, misappropriation, destruction or corruption of data, security breaches, other manipulation or improper use of our or third-party systems, networks or products, financial losses from remedial actions, loss of business, or potential liability, penalties, fines and/or damage to our reputation. Any of these could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity. Due to the evolving nature of such risks, the impact of any potential incident cannot be predicted. Any adverse impact to the availability, integrity or confidentiality of our IT Systems or Confidential Information can result in legal claims or proceedings (such as class actions), regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, fines and penalties, negative reputational impacts that cause us to lose existing or future customers, and/or significant incident response, system restoration or remediation and future compliance costs. Any or all of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Finally, we cannot guarantee that any costs and liabilities incurred in relation to an attack or incident will be covered by our existing insurance policies or that applicable insurance will be available to us in the future on economically reasonable terms or at all.

In addition, we are subject to domestic and international cybersecurity-related laws and regulations, alongside government, customer and other cyber and security requirements. The scope and breadth of these requirements have expanded our compliance obligations, and cybersecurity regulatory enforcement activity has grown. We expect the regulatory environment and compliance requirements, including the application and interpretation of such requirements, to continue to evolve, and staying apace with these regulatory changes could require us, our suppliers and our business partners to modify existing practices, increase operational and compliance expenditures, and incur new or additional information technology and product development expenses. Given that compliance with such requirements and regulatory changes can take time, it is possible that our practices may not at all times comply fully or partially with all applicable requirements. For example, certain of the Company’s contracts are subject to the Cyber security and IT controls requirements of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) for the protection of “covered defense information” (as that term is defined in DFARS 252.204-7012 and DFARS 252.204.-7020). Additionally, as a contractor to the DoD, we must comply with the controls outlined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-171, its assessment reporting requirements and/or the DoD’s specific agency cybersecurity requirements.

Furthermore, we will become subject to enhanced requirements, including potential Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) assessments and/or certifications as defined in 32 CFR Part 170 program rule, later in 2025 once the 48 CFR CMMC acquisition rule is approved. Depending on the U.S. DoD agency and type of contract, we might be required to receive specific third-party cybersecurity certifications to be eligible for contract awards. Any failure to comply with these requirements could restrict our ability to bid for, be awarded and/or perform on DoD contracts. The DoD expects that all new contracts will be required to comply with the CMMC by 2026, and initial requests for information and for proposal have already begun. To the extent we, or our subcontractors or other third parties on whom we rely, are unable to achieve certification in advance of contract awards that specify the requirement, we may be unable to bid on contract awards or follow-on awards for existing work with the DoD, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition, business and prospects. We will also be required to go through a recertification process periodically, which may increase our costs of compliance relating to such certification and may cause operational delays. In addition, any obligations that may be imposed on us under the CMMC may be different from or in addition to those otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations, which may cause additional expense for compliance. Further, as a United Kingdom government contractor, we are required to demonstrate our Cyber Essentials Certification on an annual basis. Due to our current contracts with the Australian Government, we must also comply with the eight cybersecurity controls outlined by the Australian Cyber Security Center (ACSC) Essential Eight framework. Actual or perceived non-compliance with such requirements could result in reputational, litigation and financial risks, losses and liabilities under our current contracts and adversely impact the prospects for certain new ones.

Compliance with ever evolving federal, state and foreign laws relating to the handling of data and information, including personal information, involves significant expenditure and resources, and any failure by us or our vendors to comply may result in significant liability, negative publicity and/or an erosion of trust, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We receive, store, handle, transmit, use and otherwise process business information and information related to individuals, including from and about actual and prospective customers, as well as our employees and vendors. We also depend on a number of third-party vendors in relation to the operation of our business, a number of which process data on our behalf and have access to our IT Systems.

We and our vendors are subject to a variety of federal, state and foreign data privacy laws, rules, regulations, industry standards and other requirements, including those that apply generally to the handling of information about individuals, and those that are specific to certain industries, sectors, contexts, or locations. These requirements, and their application, interpretation and amendment are constantly evolving and developing. For example, in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission and state regulators enforce a variety of data privacy issues, such as promises made in privacy policies or failures to appropriately protect information about individuals, as unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act or similar state laws. In addition, certain states have adopted new or modified privacy and security laws and regulations that may apply to our business. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires covered businesses that process personal information of California residents (including residents acting in an employment and business-to-business capacity) to, among other things: provide certain disclosures to California residents regarding the business’s

collection, use and disclosure of personal information; receive and respond to requests from California residents to access, delete and correct their personal information, or to opt-out of certain disclosures of their personal information; and enter into specific contractual provisions with service providers that process California resident personal information on the business’s behalf. The CCPA is enforceable by the California Attorney General and a new, additional enforcement bureau, the California Privacy Protection Agency. The California Privacy Protection Agency is continuously amending the CCPA regulations, building upon the requirements in the CCPA, including with respect to cybersecurity audits, automated decision‑making and risk assessments. In the event of an actual or perceived violation of the CCPA, these regulators could seek severe statutory damages, injunctive relief or agreed settlements providing for ongoing audit and reporting requirements. There is also a private right of action relating to certain data security incidents. We cannot yet fully predict the impact of the CCPA or subsequent guidance on our business or operations, however, the effects are potentially significant, especially for companies that provide services like ours, and could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. The CCPA has required and will likely continue to require us to modify our data collection or processing practices and policies or our business model and to incur substantial costs and expenses in an effort to comply and increase our potential exposure to regulatory enforcement and/or litigation.

The enactment of the CCPA has also prompted a wave of new legislation in a number of U.S. states which impose, or has the potential to impose, additional obligations on companies that collect, store, use, retain, disclose, transfer and otherwise process confidential, sensitive and personal information, and will continue to shape the data privacy environment nationally. State laws are changing rapidly, creating a patchwork of overlapping, but different, state laws. There is also discussion in Congress of a new federal data protection and privacy law to which we may become subject if it is enacted. Such legislation will likely add additional complexity, variation in requirements, restrictions and potential legal risk, and require additional investment in resources to compliance programs, could impact strategies and availability of previously useful data and could result in increased compliance costs and changes in business practices and policies. Further, in order to comply with the varying state laws around data breaches, we must maintain adequate security measures, which require significant investments in resources and ongoing attention.

As we have expanded, and may continue to expand, our international presence, we are and may become subject to additional laws relating to the processing of information in countries in which we operate and have customers, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, the European Union, Singapore, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Personal information is increasingly subject to regulation in these and other jurisdictions in which we operate, and the requirements can be more restrictive and rigorous than those in the United States.

In particular, we are subject to data protection laws in Europe including the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 and the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act of 2018 (collectively, the “GDPR”), which impose stringent data protection obligations for processors and controllers of personal data with the risk of enforcement action, civil claims (including class actions), significant penalties or requirements for us to cease or change how we process personal data and conduct our business.

Amongst other things, the GDPR regulates cross-border transfers of personal information out of the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom. European case law and guidance have imposed additional onerous requirements in relation to data transfers, and we expect the existing legal complexity and uncertainty regarding international personal data transfers to continue. In particular, we expect international transfers from the European Union and the United Kingdom to continue to be subject to enhanced scrutiny by regulators. As regulatory guidance and the enforcement landscape develops, we could suffer additional costs, complaints and/or regulatory investigations or fines, or if we are otherwise unable to transfer personal data between and among countries and regions in which we operate, it could affect the manner in which we provide our services, the geographical location or segregation of our relevant systems and operations, and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Applicable requirements regarding data privacy and the processing of information in the United States, Europe and other jurisdictions, and the application and interpretation of such requirements, are continuously evolving and subject to potentially differing interpretations, which increases the complexity of compliance and has required, and may require in the future, us to modify our practices, implement a variety of compliance measures, and incur compliance-related costs and expenses. It is also possible that we could become subject to a regulatory inquiry or investigation and be required to take additional compliance steps or incur costs in remediating any identified issues. We are currently in the process of developing and updating our policies, procedures and data transfer mechanisms in accordance with

requirements under applicable data privacy and protection laws and regulations. Additionally, as these requirements may be inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another or conflict with other rules or our practices, our practices may not have complied or may not comply in the future with all such laws, regulations, requirements and obligations.

Furthermore, the regulatory framework around the development and use of emerging artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies is rapidly evolving, and many federal, state and foreign government bodies and agencies have introduced or are currently considering additional laws and regulations related to AI, machine learning, large language models, and additional emerging data technologies. Already, certain existing legal regimes (e.g., relating to data privacy) regulate certain aspects of AI technologies, and new laws regulating AI technologies have entered into force in the EU and United States. For example, in Europe, on August 1, 2024, the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (the “EU AI Act”) entered into force and establishes a comprehensive, risk-based governance framework for artificial intelligence in the EU market. The majority of the EU AI Act’s substantive requirements, such as transparency, conformity assessments and monitoring, risk assessments, human oversight, security and accuracy, will apply from August 2, 2026, and will impose penalties of between 3% and 7% of an undertaking’s worldwide annual turnover. Additionally, in the United States, AI technologies have been the subject of executive orders under both the Biden and Trump administrations, and legislation has also been introduced or passed at the state level. Such additional regulations may impact our ability to develop, use, procure and commercialize AI software or other AI technologies in the future and require us to expend significant resources to modify our products, services, or operations to ensure compliance or remain competitive.

Moreover, it is possible that new laws, regulations and other requirements, or amendments to or changes in interpretations of existing laws, regulations and other requirements, may require us to incur significant costs, implement new processes, or change our handling of information and business operations. In addition, any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with any U.S. federal, state or foreign privacy, processing of personal information, consumer protection or e-marketing related laws, regulations, standards or other requirements to which we may be subject or other legal obligations relating to these matters, any regulatory inquiry, or any significant data breach, could adversely affect our reputation, brand and business, result in claims, investigations, proceedings or actions against us by individuals, consumer rights groups, private and public customers, governmental regulatory entities or others or other penalties or liabilities, or require us to change our operations and/or cease using certain data sets. We could incur significant costs in responding to any inquiries or investigating and defending such claims, investigations, proceedings or actions and, if found liable, pay significant damages or fines or be required to make changes to our business. Further, these proceedings and any subsequent adverse outcomes may subject us to significant negative publicity and an erosion of trust. If any of these events were to occur, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

A disruption of our IT Systems and capabilities could lead to business disruption and could harm our reputation and result in financial penalty and legal liabilities, which would reduce our revenue and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business operations are reliant on our IT Systems and any interruption may impair our ability to provide our services to our customers. In addition to potential disruptions to our IT Systems from cyber-attacks and cybersecurity incidents, we also face potential disruptions resulting from equipment failures, shutdowns, power outages, human errors and other events, including disruptions experienced by service providers and other third parties. We may also experience disruptions during the implementation, upgrade or subsequent operation of our IT Systems, including supporting the legacy systems of acquired companies. Moreover, as we transition to new systems, our ability to timely mitigate, manage and patch vulnerabilities related to legacy systems and related legacy third-party technologies could impact security as well as our day-to-day operations. As a result, upgrades to our IT Systems may be expensive undertakings, may not be successful and/or could be abandoned. Additionally, if such upgraded IT Systems fail to operate or are unable to support our growth, our business operations could be severely disrupted, and we could be required to make significant additional expenditures to remedy any such failure.

We could also encounter threats to our physical security, including our facilities and personnel, and threats from workplace violence, civil unrest, terrorism, or similar acts, any of which could disrupt our IT Systems and business. Our business, and the business of our suppliers, subcontractors, service providers and customers, could be disrupted by public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, and governmental, business and individual actions taken in response, damaging weather or other acts of nature, or other events outside our control. The impact of any such

disruptions is difficult to predict, but it could lead to operational delays and detrimental impacts on our operations, diversion of management’s attention and resources or loss of business.

Any of these developments could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we are unable to maintain, protect or enforce our rights in our proprietary technology, brands or other intellectual property, our competitive advantage, business, financial condition and results of operations could be harmed.

Our success is dependent, in part, upon protecting our intellectual property rights, including those in our brands and our proprietary know-how and technology. We rely on a combination of trademark, patent, trade secret, copyright and other intellectual property laws as well as contractual arrangements to establish and protect our intellectual property rights. While it is our policy to protect and defend our rights to our intellectual property, we cannot predict whether the measures that we have taken will be adequate to prevent infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violations of our intellectual property rights, or that we will be able to successfully enforce our rights. Our failure to obtain or maintain adequate protection of our intellectual property rights for any reason could result in an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on our trademarks and trade names to distinguish our services from the services of our competitors and have registered or applied to register our key trademarks. We cannot assure you that our trademark applications will be approved. Third parties may also oppose our trademark applications, or otherwise challenge our use of the trademarks. In the event that our trademarks are successfully challenged, we could be forced to rebrand our services, which could result in loss of brand recognition, and could require us to devote resources to advertising and marketing new brands. Further, we cannot assure you that competitors will not infringe our trademarks, or that we will have adequate resources to enforce our trademarks.

While software and other of our proprietary works may be protected under copyright law, we have not registered any copyrights in these works, and instead, we primarily rely on protecting our software as a trade secret. In order to bring a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States, the copyright must first be registered. In addition, certain of our proprietary technologies were developed under contracts with the U.S. government under which the U.S. government retains certain license rights to such technologies. Accordingly, although we may be able to pursue federal and state remedies for trade secret misappropriation, the remedies and damages available to us under U.S. copyright laws for unauthorized use of our software may be limited.

Although we attempt to protect certain of our proprietary technologies by entering into confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and others who have access to such technologies and information, these agreements may be breached, and we cannot guarantee that we will have sufficient remedies in the event any of these agreements are breached. Furthermore, trade secret laws do not prevent our competitors from independently developing technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to ours. Accordingly, despite our efforts to maintain these technologies as trade secrets, we cannot guarantee that others will not independently develop technologies with the same or similar functions to any proprietary technology we rely on to conduct our business and differentiate ourselves from our competitors. Policing unauthorized use of our know-how, technology and intellectual property is difficult, costly, time-consuming and may not be effective. Third parties may knowingly or unknowingly infringe our proprietary rights. We may be required to spend significant resources to monitor and enforce our intellectual property rights. Any litigation could be expensive to resolve, be time consuming and divert management’s attention, and may not ultimately be resolved in our favor. Furthermore, if we bring a claim to enforce our intellectual property rights against an alleged infringer, the alleged infringer may bring counterclaims challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of our intellectual property rights, and if any such counterclaims are successful, we could lose valuable intellectual property rights. Any of these events could seriously harm our business.

We rely on OEM authorizations and licenses in order to provide certain of our repair and overhaul services for engine platforms. Our breach of any of these licenses may result in their termination or expose us to financial liability or legal claims and could require us to cease using the OEM technology or technical information. Our loss of such licenses or inability to license such rights in future may result in a loss of competitive advantage, decrease in our revenue or increase in our operating expenses or otherwise adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If third parties claim that we infringe upon their intellectual property rights, our operations could be adversely affected.

We may become subject to claims that we infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of others. Even if we believe these claims are without merit, any claim of infringement, misappropriation or other violation could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim and could distract management and other personnel from other business. Any successful claim of infringement against us could require us to pay substantial monetary damages, require us to seek licenses of intellectual property from third parties or prevent us from using certain trademarks and require us to rebrand our services. Any licensing or royalty agreements, if required, may not be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Any of the foregoing could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to Government Regulation and Litigation

Changes to U.S. tariff and import/export regulations may have a negative effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations

The United States has recently enacted and proposed to enact significant new tariffs. Additionally, President Trump has directed various federal agencies to further evaluate key aspects of U.S. trade policy and there has been ongoing discussion, commentary and actions regarding potential significant changes to U.S. trade policies, treaties and tariffs. Effective March 4, 2025, the U.S. implemented a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada (subject to certain exceptions for energy or energy resources) and Mexico, and a 20% additional tariff on imports from China. In response to these tariffs, Canada has proposed retaliatory tariffs, including on aerospace products, of 25%. On March 6, 2025, the Trump Administration announced that Canadian and Mexican goods covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement would not be subject to the additional 25% tariff until April 2, 2025. As of the date of this Annual Report, discussions remain ongoing in respect of certain trade restrictions and tariffs on imports from Canada, China and Mexico, as well as retaliatory tariffs enacted in response to such actions. In light of these events, there continues to exist significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the U.S. and other countries with respect to such trade policies, treaties and tariffs. These developments, or the perception that any of them could occur, may have a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets, and may significantly reduce global trade and, in particular, trade between the impacted nations and the United States. Any of these factors could depress economic activity and restrict our access to suppliers or customers and have a material adverse effect on their business, financial condition and results of operations, which in turn would negatively impact us. We have operations, customers and suppliers in the U.S., Canada and other countries and regularly import and export goods and services to and from those countries. An increase in tariffs could have a material impact on our costs and on the demand for our products and services.

We will not be able to operate our business if we fail to comply with or obtain and maintain the necessary regulatory approvals.

We operate in a highly regulated industry, subject to regulation under a wide variety of U.S. federal and state and non-U.S. laws, regulations and policies that require ongoing compliance efforts. We need a number of regulatory approvals to perform the services that we provide. In addition, most of our authorizations with OEMs terminate at the option of the OEM if we fail to obtain or maintain necessary regulatory approvals or fail to comply with applicable regulations.

Failure to obtain, maintain or comply with regulatory approvals, or the costs associated with obtaining, maintaining or complying with any such regulatory approvals, could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Regulatory authorities monitoring our performance and products include the FAA in the United States, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority, Transport Canada and others. Certain of these regulatory authorities require, among other things, that we:

The DoD, the Canadian military and most other military organizations to which we provide services similarly require us to comply with all applicable government regulations when servicing their equipment and may conduct reviews similar to those conducted by civil regulatory authorities. We are also subject to U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Treasury and U.S. Department of State regulations and other governmental trade regulations including regulations that govern citizenship and nationality that can increase costs and add to the complexity of doing business with aerospace and defense products.

We must comply with various laws and regulations relating to the export of products, services and technology and the economic and trade sanctions and other laws and regulations imposed, administered and enforced by the United States and other countries having jurisdiction over our operations. In the United States, these laws include, among others, the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Bureau of Industry and Security, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) administered by the U.S. Department of State, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and the economic and financial sanctions and trade embargoes administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State. Certain of our products have military or strategic applications and are on the munitions list of the ITAR or represent so-called “dual use” items governed by the EAR. As a result, these products require individual validated licenses in order to be exported to certain jurisdictions. In addition, we must maintain a registration with DDTC under the ITAR. Sanctions laws and regulations, including those administered by OFAC, generally prohibit (unless authorized by relevant authorities) transactions or other business with certain countries or territories and individuals and entities that are targeted by sanctions, including those areas subject to U.S. trade embargoes (currently Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic) and individuals and entities listed on Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, as well as similar lists maintained by relevant regulators. Any failures to comply with these export controls and sanctions laws and regulations could result in civil or criminal penalties, fines, investigations, adverse publicity and restrictions on our ability to export our products, and repeat failures could carry more significant penalties, including the loss of export privileges. Any changes in export controls or sanctions or laws or regulations may further restrict the export of our products or the services that we may provide. Any restrictions on the export of our products or product lines, or on the services that we provide, could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, we may become subject to new governmental regulations if we expand our business into new countries or sell new products or services. The imposition of new, different or more stringent regulations could also materially adversely affect us because we might be unable to comply with them or compliance may require significant additional expenditures. Our inability or other failure to comply with the applicable laws of the countries in which we do business could result in fines and penalties being imposed by foreign governments or the U.S. government. Additionally, non-compliance with laws could result in OEM contract terminations or non-renewals or the loss of contracts or suspension or debarment from contracting with the U.S. government, any or all of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our operations outside of North America are exposed to various risks, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our business is subject to certain risks associated with doing business internationally. Most of our operations are in North America, but we also have operations in other markets and may, in the future, expand organically or through acquisition into additional markets. We have a presence in many different countries, with facilities in 11 countries. Revenue from our customers outside of the United States and Canada represented approximately 30% and 29% of our total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

International operations are subject to many additional risks, including:

Furthermore, we have global operations and are subject to laws and regulations, such as the FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act and similar worldwide anti-bribery laws, which generally prohibit companies and their employees, agents and contractors from directly or indirectly making improper corrupt payments to government officials (and, under some laws, to private counterparties) for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or an unfair business advantage. As an issuer, we are also subject to the FCPA’s books and records and internal controls provisions. Although we have implemented what we believe to be reasonable policies and procedures to promote compliance with applicable anti-bribery laws, we cannot guarantee that our employees and agents will comply with these policies or laws. Investigations of non-compliance can be disruptive and costly, and failure to comply with these laws could subject us to civil and criminal penalties that could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial conditions.

We are monitoring the ongoing conflicts between Israel and Hamas and between Russia and Ukraine and the related export controls and financial and economic sanctions imposed on certain industry sectors, including the aviation sector, and parties in Russia by the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and others. Although the conflicts have not, nor are expected to, have a direct material adverse impact on our business, the implications of the Israel and Hamas and Russia and Ukraine conflicts in the short-term and long-term are difficult to predict at this time. Factors such as increased energy costs, the availability of certain raw materials for engine components, parts and accessories, embargoes on flights from certain airlines, sanctions on certain individuals and companies, and the stability of certain customers could impact the global economy and aviation sector.

Any one of these factors could materially adversely affect our sales of products or services to international customers, which could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are subject to environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, violations of which could result in substantial costs, liabilities and impacts on our business and operations.

Our operations are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the environment and health and safety in the United States and in the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, disposal handling, use and transportation of hazardous materials, emissions and discharges to air, soil and water, remediation of contaminated soil and ground water, occupational health and safety and other environmental matters. Environmental laws and regulations may require that we investigate and remediate the release or disposal of materials at sites associated with past and present operations or sites to which we have transported wastes. We have incurred and will likely continue to incur liabilities under various government statutes

for the cleanup of pollutants previously released into the environment. While we do not anticipate that compliance with current environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, or any payments we may be required to make for cleanup liabilities, will adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, these laws and regulations are becoming increasingly stringent, which may make compliance with such requirements more difficult or costly in the future or otherwise adversely affect our operations.

Certain environmental laws and regulations also impose strict joint and several liability for contamination or releases of hazardous substances or petroleum on former and current owners and operators of real property and in connection with third-party sites where parties have disposed wastes. These environmental laws can impose cleanup responsibility and liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of or caused the contamination or release. The liability under these laws has been interpreted to be strict, joint and several unless the harm is divisible and there is a reasonable basis for allocation of the responsibility. Historical contamination is known or suspected to exist at certain of our facilities. Certain of our facilities contain or have contained asbestos and lead-based paint. Under some circumstances, we could be held responsible for cleaning up contamination at or emanating from our facilities, including facilities that we have sold or transferred to other companies, or at or emanating from waste disposal sites we use or have used in the past. We could also be held liable for any damages resulting from our workforce’s occupational exposure to such contamination, including harmful agents associated with the engines and other equipment we service, and we may be required to manage, remove, remediate or abate hazardous conditions at our facilities, such as asbestos and lead-based paint. It is possible that such environmental liabilities and other costs could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Such laws and regulations require us to obtain, maintain and renew environmental permits, licenses and approvals from governmental authorities. The regulatory environment relating to such permits, authorizations and approvals is uncertain and there can be no assurance that all permits, authorizations and/or approvals can or will be obtained. These authorities can modify or revoke such permits and can enforce compliance with environmental laws, regulations and permits by issuing orders and assessing fines. We incur capital and operating costs to comply with such laws, regulations and permits. We cannot assure you that regulators will not successfully challenge our compliance or require us to expend significant amounts to comply with applicable environmental laws or otherwise adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Many U.S. laws governing environmental matters include civil and criminal provisions. If we were convicted of a violation of the federal Clean Air Act or Clean Water Act, the facility or facilities involved in the violation would be ineligible to be used in performing any U.S. government contract we are awarded, until the Environmental Protection Agency thereafter certifies that the condition giving rise to the violation has been corrected.

The strategic priorities and financial performance of our business are subject to market and other dynamics related to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which can pose risks in addition to opportunities.

Given the nature of our business and the industries we serve, we must anticipate and respond to market, technological, regulatory and other changes driven by broader trends related to greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts in response to climate change and energy security concerns. These changes present risks for our business, which provides services to customers in the aviation sector that have historically been carbon-intensive, and we expect will remain important to efforts globally to lower greenhouse gas emissions. In the aerospace industry, greenhouse gas emission reduction over time may require a combination of continued technological innovation in the fuel efficiency of engines, expanded use of sustainable aviation fuels and the further development of hybrid-electric and electric flight and hydrogen-based aviation technologies. The risk of insufficient availability of low- carbon fuels (such as sustainable aviation fuels or hydrogen) may compromise the pace and degree of emission reduction within the aviation sector. Our success in advancing greenhouse gas emission reduction objectives across our business will depend in part on our actions, the actions of governments, regulators and other market participants to invest in infrastructure, create appropriate market incentives and to otherwise support the development of new technologies. The process of developing new high-technology products and enhancing existing products to mitigate climate change is often complex, costly and uncertain, and we may pursue strategies or make investments that do not prove to be commercially successful in the time frames expected or at all.

A failure by us or other industry participants to invest successfully in these technological developments, or to adequately position our businesses to benefit from the growth in adoption of new technologies, could adversely affect our competitive position, business, ability to attract and retain talent, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. In addition, we face increasing expectations from many customers, suppliers, governments, regulators, investors, banks and project financiers regarding the roles that the private sector and individual companies play in decarbonization, which can result in additional costs and pose reputational or other risks for companies like ours that serve carbon-intensive industries based on the progress that we make over time in reducing emissions from our operations, products or services and achieving our publicly announced ambitions. We anticipate that we will continue to need to make investments in new technologies and capabilities and devote additional management and other resources in response to the foregoing expectations, and we may not realize the anticipated benefits of those investments and actions. Trends related to the global energy transition and decarbonization will affect the relative competitiveness of different types of service offerings within and across our business. Important factors that could impact our business include the pace of technological developments and related cost considerations, the levels of economic growth in different markets around the world and the adoption and pace of implementation of climate change-related policies (such as carbon taxes, cap and trade regimes, increased efficiency standards, greenhouse gas emission reduction targets or commitments, incentives or mandates for particular types of energy or policies that impact the availability of financing for certain types of projects) at the international, national and sub-national levels or by customers, investors or other private actors.

Sustainability and environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters may adversely impact our business and reputation.

Investors, employees, customers, governmental and regulatory bodies and other stakeholders are increasingly focused on companies’ performances on a variety of sustainability and ESG matters, among other topics, which are considered to contribute to the long-term sustainability of companies’ performances. A variety of organizations measure the performances of companies on ESG topics, and the results of these assessments are widely publicized. In addition, investment in funds that specialize in companies that perform well in such assessments are increasingly popular, and major institutional investors have publicly emphasized the importance of ESG measures to their investment and voting decisions, with some relying on proprietary or third-party ESG ratings to measure performances of companies on ESG parameters. Topics taken into account in such assessments include, among others, climate change, environmental impacts, employee engagement, human and labor rights, responsible sourcing, low carbon transition, sustainability transparency, the role of the board of directors in supervising various ESG issues and broader governance issues.

In addition, various regulatory authorities have imposed, and may continue to impose, mandatory substantive and/or disclosure requirements with respect to ESG matters that could otherwise materially impact our business and operations. For example, the SEC finalized rules that will require companies to provide certain climate-related disclosures, including with regards to greenhouse gas emissions and certain climate-related financial statement metrics. We are still assessing the scope and impact of these rules given how recently they were adopted, the subsequent legal challenges against the rules, and the expectation that the Trump Administration will not enforce the rules. We may also be subject to the newly adopted climate-related laws from the State of California that will require in-scope entities to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, provide a climate-related financial risk report, as well as, for entities that market, sell, purchase, or use voluntary carbon offsets and/or make certain claims regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, publish information about the offsets and/or reduction claims annually on their website. We may also be subject to, or indirectly impacted by, the requirements of the European Union’s sustainability reporting directives and related Taxonomy Regulation. In addition, we may be subject to International Sustainability Standards Board’s sustainability and climate-related disclosure standards, as various countries have indicated their intent to incorporate, account for or otherwise adopt such standards as law, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Australia and Kenya. Further, we may be impacted by carbon taxes and renewable energy and fuels utilization mandates implemented across our operating jurisdictions, as well as our suppliers and customers, which might increase operational costs and procurements costs, negatively impacting our business. Any of the foregoing may require us to make additional investments in facilities and equipment, require us to incur additional costs for the collection of data and/or preparation of disclosures and associated internal controls, may impact the availability and cost of key raw materials used in the production of our products, and, in turn, may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, these requirements may not always be uniform across jurisdictions, which may result in increased complexity, and cost, for compliance. Additionally, many of our suppliers, customers and business partners may be subject to similar requirements, which may augment or create additional risks, including risks that may not be known to us.

In light of regulators’ and other stakeholders’ focus on sustainability and ESG matters, there can be no certainty that we will manage such issues successfully, or that we will successfully meet society’s expectations as to our proper role or our own sustainability and ESG goals and values. This could lead to risks of litigation or reputational damage relating to our ESG policies or performance. As we continue to focus on developing ESG practices, and as investor and other stakeholder expectations, voluntary and regulatory ESG disclosure standards and policies continue to evolve, we have made disclosures in these areas. Such disclosures may reflect aspirational goals, targets and other expectations and assumptions, which are necessarily uncertain and may not be realized. Failure to realize (or timely achieve progress on) such aspirational goals and targets could adversely affect our reputation, customer attraction and retention and access to capital, expose us to reputational, regulatory or litigation risks or otherwise adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

If we fail to comply with government procurement laws and regulations, we could lose business and be liable for various penalties or sanctions.

We must comply with laws and regulations relating to the formation, administration and performance of government contracts. In the United States, these laws and regulations include the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Act (formerly known as the Truth in Negotiations Act (“TINA”)), Cost Accounting Standards, laws, regulations and orders restricting the use and dissemination of classified information and safeguarding of contractor information systems, and U.S. export control laws, regulations and orders relating to the export of certain products and technical information.

For example, under some of our U.S. government contracts, we are subject to TINA and under this act, the U.S. government may, in certain circumstances, obtain certified (or uncertified) cost or pricing data from contractors as a means of verifying that prices are reasonable. Moreover, some of our contracts are subject to the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual which specifies the requirements for the protection of classified information released or disclosed in connection with classified U.S. government contracts.

In addition, we are subject to U.S. government inquiries and investigations, including periodic audits of costs that we determine are reimbursable under government contracts. U.S. government agencies routinely audit government contractors, including us, to review performance under contracts, cost structure and compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards, as well as the adequacy of and compliance with internal control systems and policies, including the contractor’s purchasing, property, estimating, compensation and management information systems. Moreover, certain costs, including certain financing costs, portions of research and development costs, lobbying expenses, certain types of legal expenses and certain marketing expenses related to the preparation of bids and proposals and certain other costs, are not allowed for direct or indirect reimbursement under cost-reimbursement contracts (or for pricing purposes under TINA). Any costs found to be unallowable, unreasonable, misclassified or inaccurately allocated to a specific contract are not reimbursable, and to the extent already reimbursed, must be refunded. In addition, any inadequacies in our systems and policies could result in payments being withheld, penalties and reduced future business.

U.S. government rules allow contracting officers to impose contractual withholdings at no less than certain minimum levels if a contracting officer determines that one or more of a contractor’s business systems have one or more significant deficiencies. If a contracting officer were to impose such a withholding on us or even on a prime contractor where we are the subcontractor, it would increase the risk that we would not be paid in full or paid timely. If future audit adjustments exceed our estimates, our profitability could be adversely affected.

If a government audit, inquiry or investigation uncovers improper or illegal activities, we could be subject to criminal or civil penalties or administrative sanctions, including contract termination, breach of contract actions including related damages, fines, forfeiture of fees, suspension of payment, civil false claims allegations (which can include civil penalties and treble damages) and suspension or debarment from doing business with government agencies, any of which could materially adversely affect our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may be subject to periodic litigation and regulatory proceedings, which may adversely affect our business and financial performance.

From time to time, we are involved in lawsuits and regulatory actions brought or threatened against us in the ordinary course of business. These actions and proceedings may involve claims for, among other things, compensation for alleged personal injury, workers’ compensation, employment discrimination, breach of contract or property damage. In addition, we may be subject to class action lawsuits, including those involving allegations of violations of consumer product statutes or the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws. Due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, we cannot accurately predict the ultimate outcome of any such actions or proceedings. The outcome of litigation, particularly class action lawsuits and regulatory actions, is difficult to assess or quantify, as plaintiffs may seek recovery of very large or indeterminate amounts in these types of lawsuits, and the magnitude of the potential loss may remain unknown for substantial periods of time. In addition, plaintiffs in many types of actions may seek punitive damages, civil penalties, consequential damages or other losses, or injunctive or declaratory relief. These proceedings could result in substantial cost and may require us to devote substantial resources to defend ourselves. The ultimate resolution of these matters through settlement, mediation, or court judgment could have a material impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition. See “Part II, Item 3. Legal Proceedings,” in this Annual Report.

We may face large liability claims, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our operations expose us to potential liabilities for personal injury, death or property damage as a result of a failure or malfunction of an engine or aircraft for which we have provided services or should have provided services. In addition, many factors beyond our control could lead to liability claims, including:

In addition, a malfunction or crash of an aircraft for which we have provided services, or should have provided services, could damage our reputation for quality products. We believe our customers consider safety and reliability as key criteria in selecting an aftermarket service provider. If a malfunction or crash were to be caused by an engine, component or part that we serviced, or if we were to otherwise fail to maintain a satisfactory record of safety and reliability, our ability to retain and attract customers may be materially adversely affected.

We have obtained insurance coverage with respect to these types of liabilities. However, any liability not covered by insurance or for which third-party indemnification is not available could require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows to make payments on these liabilities. Some of our service contracts do not limit our liability or provide for indemnification by our clients against losses arising from parts or work provided to us by the clients. We may incur significant expenses in the course of defending against such claims. Adequate insurance may not be available in the future or may be available only on unacceptable terms. We are also subject to warranty claims for which our reserves may prove to be inadequate.

Risks Related to Management and Employees

We are dependent on our senior management team and highly trained and qualified employees, and any work stoppage, difficulty hiring similar employees, retention issues or ineffective succession planning may materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our services are complicated, highly engineered and involve sophisticated technologies with related complex manufacturing and integration processes. Our continued success depends on the services of our senior management team and on our ability to attract and retain highly trained and qualified managerial and technical personnel experienced in the various operations of our businesses. Historically, there has been substantial competition for skilled personnel in the aerospace aftermarket services industry, and we could be adversely affected by a shortage of skilled

employees. Competition for qualified technical personnel is intense, and we have, at times, found it difficult to attract and retain skilled personnel for our operations. We may not be able to fill new positions or vacancies created by expansion or turnover or attract and retain qualified personnel. We cannot be assured that we can continue to hire, train and retain qualified employees at current wage rates since we operate in a competitive labor market, and there are currently significant inflationary and other pressures on wages. Loss of the services of these employees could materially adversely affect our operations.

Although we believe that our relations with our employees are satisfactory, we cannot assure that we will be able to negotiate a satisfactory renewal of collective bargaining agreements or that our employee relations will remain stable. Any work stoppage or disruption could materially and adversely affect our ability to provide services to our customers.

In addition, our success depends in part on our ability to attract and motivate our senior management and key employees. Achieving this objective may be difficult due to a variety of factors, including fluctuations in economic and industry conditions, competitors’ hiring practices, and the effectiveness of our compensation and benefits programs. Competition for qualified skilled management can be intense. If we are unable to effectively provide for the succession of senior management and other key personnel, our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition may be adversely affected. Failure to attract or retain highly qualified personnel could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

To the extent that we lose experienced personnel, it is essential that we successfully manage the transfer of critical knowledge from those personnel, especially those who hold a significant amount of institutional knowledge about our IT Systems and operation of our business. In light of our acquisition and business combinations strategy, we have acquired and continue to acquire companies with cybersecurity vulnerabilities, unsophisticated security measures and/or legacy technology equipment and software, in which only certain key personnel possess the legacy knowledge required for maintaining such systems. As a result, the loss of personnel who maintain such knowledge could seriously harm our ability to successfully implement, manage and upgrade our IT Systems in the future, which would have an adverse effect on our business.

If we face labor shortages or increased labor costs, our results of operations and our growth could be adversely affected.

Labor is a significant component of the cost of operating our business. Our ability to meet labor needs while controlling labor costs is subject to external factors, such as employment levels, prevailing wage rates, inflation, minimum wage legislation, changing demographics, health and other insurance costs and governmental labor and employment requirements. In the event of increasing wage rates, if we fail to increase our wages competitively, the quality of our workforce could decline, while increasing our wages could cause our earnings to decrease. If we face labor shortages or increased labor costs because of increased competition for employees from our competitors and other industries, higher employee-turnover rates, increases in the federal- or state-mandated minimum wage, inflation, change in exempt and non-exempt status, or other employee benefit costs (including costs associated with health insurance coverage or workers’ compensation insurance), our operating expenses could increase and our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

We have in the past, and may in the future, have underfunded pension plan liabilities. We have required, and may require, current and future operating cash flow to fund these shortfalls.

We maintain defined benefit pension plans covering employees who meet age and service requirements. Assets available to fund the pension obligations of our two U.K. defined benefit plans were underfunded as of December 31, 2023. If we have underfunded pension plans in the future, we may need to make additional cash contributions to these plans, and this could divert resources from our operations and may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. In the event we need to make additional cash contributions to these plans in the future, this will divert resources from our operations and may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources, increase our costs, divert management’s attention, and affect our ability to attract and retain executive management and qualified board members.

As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the listing standards of the NYSE, and other applicable securities rules and regulations. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform have imposed various requirements on public companies. The requirements of these rules and regulations have increased our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs, some of which we did not previously incur, and have made some activities more difficult, time-consuming and costly, and may place significant strain on our management, personnel, systems and resources. For example, these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to incur additional costs to maintain the same or similar coverage. Furthermore, several members of our management team have limited, if any, prior experience running a public company, interacting with public company investors and complying with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies. For example, the Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and results of operations, such as this Annual Report. As a result of the complexity involved in complying with the rules and regulations applicable to public companies, our management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Although we have hired additional employees to assist us in complying with these requirements, we may need to hire more employees in the future or engage outside consultants, which will increase our operating expenses.

In addition, changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure are creating uncertainty for public companies, increasing legal and financial compliance costs and making some activities more time-consuming. These laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies. This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. We intend to invest substantial resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expense and a diversion of management’s time and attention from business operations to compliance activities. If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to their application and practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be harmed. Being a new public company that is subject to these new rules and regulations has made it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors, particularly members who can serve on our audit committee and compensation committee, and qualified executive officers.

As a result of the disclosure obligations required of a public company, our business and financial condition has become more visible, which may result in an increased risk of threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties. If such claims are successful, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected, and even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, would divert the resources of our management and harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition, limit our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our indebtedness.

We have a significant amount of indebtedness. As of December 31, 2024, we had total indebtedness outstanding of $2,269.6 million, including $2,250.0 million under the New Credit Agreement. As a result of our substantial indebtedness, a significant amount of our cash flows will be required to pay interest and principal on our outstanding indebtedness, and we may not generate sufficient cash flows from operations or have future borrowings available under the New 2024 Revolving Credit Facility to enable us to repay our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs.

Subject to the limits contained in the New Credit Agreement and our other debt instruments, we may incur substantial additional debt from time to time to finance working capital, capital expenditures, investments or acquisitions or for other purposes. If we do so, the risks related to our high level of debt would further increase. Specifically, our high level of debt could have important consequences to you, including:

The occurrence of any one of these events could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition and ability to satisfy our obligations in respect of our outstanding debt.

Despite our level of indebtedness, we and our subsidiaries may still incur substantially more debt. This could further exacerbate the risks to our financial condition described above and impair our ability to operate our business.

As of December 31, 2024, we had total indebtedness outstanding of $2,269.6 million, including $2,250.0 million under the New Credit Agreement. We and our subsidiaries may incur significant additional indebtedness in the future. Although the New Credit Agreement contains restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions, including with respect to our ability to incur additional indebtedness. The additional indebtedness we may incur in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. These restrictions also will not prevent us from incurring obligations that do not constitute indebtedness (including, among others, trade payables and other expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business). Additionally, pursuant to the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities, we have the option to raise incremental term loans, to raise incremental revolving credit facility commitments, to increase the commitments under the New 2024 Term Loan Facilities and to increase the commitments under the New 2024 Revolving Credit Facility by certain amounts. If new debt is added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we now face would increase.

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash flows from operations to service all of our indebtedness and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.

Our inability to generate sufficient cash flows to satisfy our debt obligations, or to refinance our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all, would materially and adversely affect our business, financial position and results of operations and our ability to satisfy our debt obligations. Additionally, if we cannot make scheduled payments on our debt, we will be in default under the New Credit Agreement. Such a default, if not cured or waived, may allow the creditors to accelerate the related debt and may result in the acceleration of any other debt that is subject

to an applicable cross-acceleration or cross-default provision. In addition, an event of default under the New Credit Agreement would permit the lenders under the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities to terminate all commitments to extend further credit under the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities. Furthermore, if we were unable to repay the amounts due and payable under the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities, those lenders could proceed against the collateral securing such indebtedness, including our available cash.

Our ability to make scheduled payments on or refinance our debt obligations depends on our financial condition and operating performance, which are subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to financial, business, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond our control. We may be unable to maintain a level of cash flows from operations sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness.

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to meet our operating needs and fund our debt service obligations, we could face substantial liquidity problems and could be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures or to dispose of material assets or operations, seek additional debt or equity capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. Additionally, we may not be able to obtain loans or other financing on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Even if successful, those alternative actions may not allow us to meet our operating needs or our scheduled debt service obligations. The New Credit Agreement restricts our ability to dispose of assets and use the proceeds from such dispositions and may also restrict our ability to raise debt or equity capital to be used to repay other indebtedness when it becomes due. Because of these restrictions, we may not be able to consummate those dispositions or to obtain proceeds in an amount sufficient to meet any debt service obligations then due.

Additionally, the New Credit Agreement permits us to pay certain dividends or make other restricted payments in the future, subject to certain limitations. Any dividends or other restricted payments would reduce our cash available to service our debt and the related risks that we now face would increase.

The terms of the New Credit Agreement impose restrictions that may limit our current and future operating flexibility, particularly our ability to respond to changes in the economy or our industry or to take certain actions, which could harm our long-term interests and may limit our ability to make payments on our indebtedness.

The New Credit Agreement contains a number of restrictive covenants that impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and limit our ability to engage in acts that may be in our long-term best interest, including among other things (and subject to certain exceptions), restrictions on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to:

As a result of all of these restrictions, we may be:

These restrictions might hinder our ability to grow in accordance with our strategies. These covenants could materially and adversely affect our ability to finance our future operations or capital needs. Furthermore, they may restrict our ability to expand, pursue our business strategies and otherwise conduct our business. Our ability to comply with these covenants may be affected by circumstances and events beyond our control, such as prevailing economic conditions, pandemics or epidemics and changes in regulations, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to comply with such covenants. These restrictions also limit our ability to obtain future financings to withstand a future downturn in our business or the economy in general. In addition, complying with these covenants may also cause us to take actions that are not favorable to you and may make it more difficult for us to successfully execute our business strategy and compete against companies that are not subject to such restrictions.

In addition, the New 2024 Revolving Credit Facility has a springing financial covenant, which under certain circumstances, requires us to maintain a maximum consolidated first lien net leverage ratio and may require us to reduce debt or take other actions in order to comply with this ratio.

A breach of the covenants under the New Credit Agreement could result in an event of default under the applicable indebtedness. Such a default, if not cured or waived, may allow the creditors to accelerate the related debt and may result in the acceleration of any other debt that is subject to an applicable cross-acceleration or cross-default provision. In addition, an event of default under the New Credit Agreement would permit the lenders under the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities to terminate all commitments to extend further credit under the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities. Furthermore, if we were unable to repay the amounts due and payable under the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities, those lenders could proceed against the collateral securing such indebtedness, including our available cash.

Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.

Borrowings under the New Senior Credit Facilities are at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness will increase even though the amount borrowed may remain the same, and our net income and cash flows, including cash available for servicing our indebtedness, will correspondingly decrease. As of December 31, 2024, assuming that the New Senior Credit Facilities were fully drawn, each 1 percentage point change in interest rates would have resulted in a change of approximately $30.0 million in annual interest expense on the indebtedness under the New Senior Credit Facilities. We have entered into, and may in the future enter into, interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of floating for fixed rate interest payments in order to reduce interest rate volatility. However, it is possible that we will not maintain interest rate swaps with respect to any of our variable rate indebtedness. Alternatively, any swaps we have entered into, or may enter into in the future, may not fully or effectively mitigate our interest rate risk.

We are a holding company with no operations and may not have access to sufficient cash to meet our financial obligations.

We are a holding company and have limited direct operations. Our most significant assets are the equity interests we directly and indirectly hold in our subsidiaries. As a result, we are dependent upon dividends and other payments from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our outstanding debt service and other obligations and such dividends may be restricted by law or the instruments governing our indebtedness, including the New Credit Agreement or other agreements of our subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries may not generate sufficient cash from operations to enable us to make principal and interest payments on our indebtedness. In addition, our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and any payments on dividends, distributions, loans or advances to us by our subsidiaries could be subject to legal and contractual restrictions on dividends. In addition, payments to us by our subsidiaries will be contingent upon our subsidiaries’ earnings. Additionally, we may be limited in our ability to cause any future joint ventures under which our subsidiaries distribute their earnings to us. Subject to certain qualifications, our subsidiaries are permitted under the terms of our indebtedness to incur additional indebtedness that may restrict payments from those subsidiaries to us. We cannot assure you that agreements governing the current and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries will permit those subsidiaries to provide us with sufficient cash to fund our financial obligations.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock

Our share price may change significantly, and you may not be able to resell our common stock at or above the price you paid or at all, and you could lose all or part of your investment as a result.

The trading price of our common stock is likely to be volatile. The stock market has experienced extreme volatility. This volatility often has been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of particular companies. You may not be able to resell your common stock at or above the price initially paid due to a number of factors such as those listed in other portions of this “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors” section and the following:

These broad market and industry fluctuations may materially adversely affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance. In addition, price volatility may be greater if the public float and trading volume of our common stock are low.

In the past, following periods of market volatility, stockholders have instituted securities class action litigation. If we were to become involved in securities litigation, it could have a substantial cost and divert resources and the attention of executive management from our business regardless of the outcome of such litigation.

We are controlled by Carlyle, whose interests in our business may be different than yours.

Carlyle owns approximately 62.8% of our common stock. Pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, Carlyle has the right to designate eight of our nine directors and will continue to have the right to designate a majority of our directors until it owns less than 25% of our outstanding shares of common stock. As a result, Carlyle or its nominees to the board of directors will have the ability to control the appointment of our management, the entering into of mergers, sales of substantially all of our assets and other extraordinary transactions and influence amendments to our certificate of incorporation. So long as Carlyle continues to own a majority of our common stock, they will have the ability to control the vote in any election of directors and will have the ability to prevent any transaction that requires stockholder approval regardless of whether others believe the transaction is in our best interests. In any of these matters, the interests of Carlyle may differ from or conflict with the interests of our other stockholders. Moreover, this concentration of stock ownership may also adversely affect the trading price for our common stock to the extent investors perceive disadvantages in owning stock of a company with a controlling stockholder. In addition, the price of our common stock may be volatile due to a smaller public float.

We have historically paid Carlyle an annual fee for certain advisory and consulting services pursuant to an advisory agreement. In connection with our IPO, the agreement was amended and restated and is continuing in full force and effect until the earlier of the second anniversary of the consummation of the IPO and the date on which Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C. and its affiliates collectively and beneficially own, directly or indirectly, less than 10% of our outstanding common stock. In addition, Carlyle is in the business of making investments in companies and may, from time to time, acquire interests in businesses that directly or indirectly compete with our business, as well as businesses that are significant existing or potential customers. Carlyle may acquire or seek to acquire assets that we seek to acquire and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us or may be more expensive for us to pursue.

Carlyle owns a majority of our common stock. As a result, we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the corporate governance standards of the NYSE and the rules of the SEC. Under these rules, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements, including:

We may rely on some or all of these exemptions for so long as we remain a “controlled company.” As a result, in the future, our board of directors and those committees may have more directors who do not meet the NYSE’s independence standards than they would if those standards were to apply. The independence standards are intended to ensure that directors who meet those standards are free of any conflicting interest that could influence their actions as directors. Accordingly, you may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of the NYSE.

Future sales, or the perception of future sales, by us or our existing stockholders in the public market could cause the market price for our common stock to decline.

The sale of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could harm the prevailing market price of our common stock. These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate.

In the future, we may need to raise additional funds through the issuance of new equity securities, debt or a combination of both. Additional financing may not be available on favorable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to fund our capital requirements or invest in future growth opportunities. In particular, macroeconomic factors, including interest rate increases and bank failures have caused disruption in the credit and financial markets in the United States and worldwide, which may reduce our ability to access capital and negatively affect our liquidity in the future. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us, our ability to develop our offerings, support our business growth, and respond to business challenges could be significantly impaired, and our business may be adversely affected.

If we issue new debt securities, the debt holders would have rights senior to common stockholders to make claims on our assets, and any debt financing we secure may have higher interest rates and could restrict our operations, including our ability to pay dividends on our common stock. Furthermore, if we issue additional equity securities, existing stockholders will experience dilution, and the new equity securities could have rights senior to those of our common stock. Because our decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings. Thus, our stockholders bear the risk of our future securities offerings reducing the market price of our common stock and diluting their interest.

Our ability to raise capital in the future may be limited.

We have historically funded our operations since our founding primarily through debt financings and cash generated from our operations. We intend to continue to make investments to support our growth and may require additional funds for such development, and additionally, our business and operations may consume resources faster than we anticipate. In the future, we may need to raise additional funds through the issuance of new equity securities, debt or a combination of both. Additional financing may not be available on favorable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to fund our capital requirements or invest in future growth opportunities. In particular, macroeconomic factors, including interest rate increases and bank failures have caused disruption in the credit and financial markets in the United States and worldwide, which may reduce our ability to access capital and negatively affect our liquidity in the future. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us, our ability to develop our offerings, support our business growth, and respond to business challenges could be significantly impaired, and our business may be adversely affected.

If we issue new debt securities, the debt holders would have rights senior to common stockholders to make claims on our assets, and any debt financing we secure may have higher interest rates and could restrict our operations, including our ability to pay dividends on our common stock. Furthermore, if we issue additional equity securities, existing stockholders will experience dilution, and the new equity securities could have rights senior to those of our common stock. Because our decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings. Thus, our stockholders bear the risk of our future securities offerings reducing the market price of our common stock and diluting their interest.

If securities analysts do not publish research or reports about our business or if they downgrade our common stock or our industry, or if there is any fluctuation in our credit rating, the price of our common stock and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our common stock relies in part on the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business or industry. We do not control these analysts. Furthermore, if one or more of the analysts who do cover us downgrade our common stock or our industry, or the stock of any of our competitors, or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business or industry, the price of our common stock could decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the market, which in turn could cause the price of our common stock or trading volume to decline.

Additionally, any fluctuation in the credit rating of us or our subsidiaries may impact our ability to access debt markets in the future or increase our cost of future debt, which could have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition, which in return, may adversely affect the trading price of shares of our common stock.

Some provisions of our charter documents and Delaware law may have anti-takeover effects that could discourage an acquisition of us by others, even if an acquisition would be beneficial to our stockholders and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.

Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws, as well as provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us or increase the cost of acquiring us, even if doing so would benefit our stockholders, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions include:

Section 203 of the DGCL prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder, generally a person, individually or together with any other interested stockholder, who owns or within the last three years has owned 15% of our voting stock, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. We have elected to opt out of Section 203 of the DGCL; however, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will contain a provision that is of similar effect, except that it will exempt from its scope Carlyle, and any of its direct or indirect transferees and any group as to which such persons or entities are a party.

In addition, Carlyle has the right to designate eight of our nine directors and will continue to have the right to designate a majority of our directors until it owns less than 25% of our outstanding shares of common stock.

These provisions could discourage, delay or prevent a transaction involving a change in control of the Company. They could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and other stockholders to elect directors of your choosing and cause us to take corporate actions other than those you desire.

Our board of directors is authorized to issue and designate shares of our preferred stock in additional series without stockholder approval.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors, without the approval of our stockholders, to issue shares of our preferred stock, subject to limitations prescribed by applicable law, rules and regulations and the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as shares of preferred stock in series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the designation, powers, preferences, and rights of the shares of each such series, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof. The powers, preferences, and rights of these additional series of preferred stock may be senior to or on parity with our common stock, which may reduce its value.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision renouncing our interest and expectancy in certain corporate opportunities.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, none of Carlyle, the GIC Investor or any of their affiliates or any director who is not employed by us (including any non-employee director who serves as one of our officers in both his director and officer capacities) or his or her affiliates has any duty to refrain from (i) engaging in a corporate opportunity in the same or similar lines of business in which we or our affiliates now engage or propose to engage or (ii) otherwise competing with us or our affiliates. In addition, to the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event that Carlyle, the GIC Investor or any non-employee director acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for itself or himself or its or his affiliates or for us or our affiliates, such person will have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or business opportunity to us or any of our affiliates and they may take any such opportunity for themselves or offer it to another person or entity. For example, a director of our company who also serves as an officer, director, employee, agent, stockholder, member, partner or affiliate of Carlyle or its affiliates, or any of their respective portfolio companies or affiliated funds may pursue certain acquisitions or other opportunities that may be complementary to our business and, as a result, such acquisition or other opportunities may not be available to us. These potential conflicts of interest could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects if attractive corporate opportunities are allocated by Carlyle or the GIC Investor to itself or its affiliates or its respective portfolio companies or affiliated funds instead of to us.

We currently do not intend to declare dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future and, as a result, your only opportunity to achieve a return on your investment is if the price of our common stock appreciates.

We currently do not expect to declare any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Instead, we anticipate that all of our earnings in the foreseeable future will be used to support our operations and to finance the growth and development of our business. Any determination to declare or pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors, subject to applicable laws and dependent upon a number of factors, including our earnings, capital requirements and overall financial conditions. In addition, because we are a holding company, our ability to pay dividends on our common stock may be limited by restrictions on our ability to obtain sufficient funds through dividends from subsidiaries, including restrictions under the covenants of the New Credit Agreement, and may be further restricted by the terms of any future debt or preferred securities. Accordingly, your only opportunity to achieve a return on your investment in the Company may be if the market price of our common stock appreciates and you sell your common stock at a profit. The market price for our common stock may never exceed, and may fall below, the price that you pay for such common stock.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or federal district courts of the United States are sole and exclusive forum for certain types of lawsuit, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us, our directors, officers or employees.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws requires, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed to us or our stockholders by any of our directors, officers, employees or agents, (iii) any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine will have to be brought only in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or the federal district court for the District of Delaware or other state courts of the State of Delaware if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction). Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws will also require that the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act; however, there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provision, and investors cannot waive compliance with federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. These provisions would not apply to any suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act, or any other claim for which the federal courts of the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, subject to applicable law.

The choice of forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or any of our current or former directors, officers, other employees, agents, or stockholders, which may discourage such claims against us or any of our current or former directors, officers, other employees, agents, or stockholders and result in increased costs for investors to bring such a claim. We believe these provisions may benefit us by providing increased consistency in the application of the DGCL and federal securities laws by chancellors and judges, as applicable, particularly experienced in resolving corporate disputes, efficient administration of cases on a more expedited schedule relative to other forums, and protection against the burdens of multi-forum litigation. If a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may become subject to limitation.

As of December 31, 2024, we had U.S. federal disallowed interest expense carryforwards under Section 163(j) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), of approximately $824.0 million ($187.5 million tax effected). Our ability to utilize our disallowed interest expense carryforwards (the “Tax Attributes”) may become limited under Section 382 of the Code. The limitation applies if we experience an “ownership change,” which is generally defined as a greater than 50 percentage point change (by value) in the ownership of our equity by certain stockholders over a rolling three-year period. The amount of the annual limitation is generally equal to the product of the applicable long-term tax exempt-rate (as published by the IRS for the month in which the “ownership change” occurred) and the value of our outstanding stock immediately prior to the “ownership change.” If we have a net unrealized built-in gain in our assets immediately prior to the “ownership change,” the annual limitation may be increased as certain gains are, or are treated as, recognized during the five-year period beginning on the date of the “ownership change.”

We may undergo an “ownership change” due to future transactions in our stock, which may be outside of our control, and we cannot predict whether any future “ownership change” would result in a significant limitation on our ability to use our Tax Attributes to offset our taxable income and adversely affect our future cash flows.

Uncertainties in the interpretation and application of existing, new and proposed tax laws and regulations could materially affect our tax obligations and effective tax rate.

The tax laws to which we are subject or under which we operate are unsettled and may be subject to significant change. The issuance of additional guidance related to existing or future tax laws, or changes to tax laws or regulations proposed or implemented by the current or a future U.S. presidential administration, Congress or taxing authorities in other jurisdictions, including jurisdictions outside of the United States, could materially affect our tax obligations and effective tax rate. To the extent that such changes have a negative impact on us, including as a result of related uncertainty, these changes may adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

The amount of taxes we pay in different jurisdictions depends on the application of the tax laws of various jurisdictions, including the United States, to our international business activities, tax rates, new or revised tax laws, or interpretations of tax laws and policies, and our ability to operate our business in a manner consistent with our corporate structure and intercompany arrangements. The taxing authorities of the jurisdictions in which we operate may challenge our methodologies for pricing intercompany transactions pursuant to our intercompany arrangements or disagree with our determinations as to the income and expenses attributable to specific jurisdictions. If such a challenge or disagreement were to occur, and our position was not sustained, we could be required to pay additional taxes, interest and penalties, which could result in one-time tax charges, higher effective tax rates, reduced cash flows and lower overall profitability of our operations. Our financial statements could fail to reflect adequate reserves to cover such a contingency. Similarly, a taxing authority could assert that we are subject to tax in a jurisdiction where we believe we have not established a taxable connection, often referred to as a “permanent establishment” under international tax treaties, and such an assertion, if successful, could increase our expected tax liability in one or more jurisdictions.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

Our headquarters are located in Scottsdale, Arizona. Our facilities are located primarily in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. In the United States, our largest operation facilities are in San Antonio, Dallas and Houston, Texas, Cincinnati and Hillsboro, Ohio, Springfield, Illinois, Van Nuys, California, Augusta, Georgia, Maryville, Tennessee and Kansas City, Missouri and we have numerous sales and service facilities throughout the country. All our U.S. operating facilities are FAA authorized Repair Stations, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 145. In the United Kingdom, our largest operation facilities are in Fleetlands, Portsmouth and Almondbank. In Canada, our largest operation facilities are in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Summerside, Prince Edward Island along with other smaller sales and service facilities throughout the country. We also have facilities in France, Singapore, Netherlands, Romania, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and Brazil. We believe that the equipment in use in our various facilities is of high quality, in part a result of capital expenditures made during the past several years and the redesign of certain of our facilities.

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our material facilities:

 

Location		Production Area (Square Feet)		Use		Owned or Leased
Fleetlands, U.K.		731,000		Engine and airframe repair and overhaul		Owned
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.		716,000		Engine repair and overhaul		Leased
Winnipeg, Canada		637,000		Engine and component repair and overhaul		Owned/Leased
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.		460,000		Component repair and overhaul		Leased
Dallas, Texas, U.S.		384,000		Engine and component repair and overhaul		Leased
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.		199,000		Airframe repair and overhaul		Leased
Gonesse, France		182,000		Engine and component repair and overhaul		Owned
Almondbank, U.K.		178,000		Components and airframe repair and overhaul		Owned
Maryville, Tennessee, U.S.		167,000		Engine repair and overhaul		Owned/Leased
Portsmouth, U.K.		159,000		Engine and component repair and overhaul		Owned

Location		Production Area (Square Feet)		Use		Owned or Leased
Summerside, Canada		157,000		Engine repair and overhaul		Owned
Augusta, Georgia, U.S.		137,000		Airframe and engine repair and overhaul		Leased
Houston, Texas, U.S.		127,000		Airframe and engine repair and overhaul		Leased
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.		127,000		Component repair and overhaul		Leased
Hillsboro, Ohio, U.S.		108,000		Component repair and overhaul		Owned
Singapore		89,000		Engine and component repair and overhaul		Leased
Van Nuys, California, U.S.		75,000		Airframe and engine repair and overhaul		Leased
Stockton, California, U.S.	63,000		Component repair and overhaul		Leased
Miami, Florida, U.S.		63,000		Component repair and overhaul		Leased
Langley, Canada		61,000		Airframe repair and overhaul		Leased
Prahova, Romania		53,000		Component repair and overhaul		Leased
Cork, Ireland		50,000		Component repair and overhaul		Leased
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.		40,000		Engine and component repair and overhaul		Owned/Leased
Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.		25,000		Component repair and overhaul		Leased
Westminster, Canada		24,000		Engine repair and overhaul		Leased
Brisbane, Australia		23,000		Engine repair and overhaul		Owned
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.		19,000		Corporate headquarters		Leased
Johannesburg, South Africa		18,000		Engine repair and overhaul		Leased
Hialeah, Florida, U.S.		18,000		Component repair and overhaul		Leased