For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or
cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any
event, change or
other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have
adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an
adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and
other factors.
As a result, political instability, labor strikes, natural disasters or
other events resulting in the disruption of trade or transportation from
other countries or the imposition of additional regulations relating to duties upon imports could
cause significant delays or interruptions in the supply of our merchandise or increase our costs, either of which could have an
adverse effect on our business.
The researchers were unsure whether the high diversity of leaf miners at Mexican Hat compared to
other early Paleocene sites, where there is little or no leaf mining, was
caused by insects that survived the extinction
event in refugia — areas where organisms persist during
adverse conditions — or were due to range expansions of insects from somewhere else during the early Paleocene.