Accenture (ACN) Risk Factor Changes

and data solutions, could affect the nature of how we generate revenue.

Developments in the industries we serve, which may be rapid, have in the past and may in the future shift demand to new solutions and services.

In certain geographic markets, service or industry groups, a small number of clients represent a significant portion of revenues, and any decision by such a client to reduce or delay spending could have a disproportio…

Risks and uncertainties related to the development and use of AI, including advanced AI, could harm our business, damage our reputation or give rise to legal or regulatory action.

We are increasingly applying AI-based technologies to our solutions and services, to how we deliver work to our clients, with our ecosystem partners and to our own internal operations.

AI technologies are complex and rapidly evolving, and we face significant competition, including from our clients and ecosystem partners, who have and may continue to develop their own internal AI-related capabilities…

As these technologies evolve, some services and tasks currently performed by our or our clients' people have been and will continue to be replaced by automation, including AI-enabled solutions, which has led and may c…

The development, adoption and use of AI technologies are still in the early stages and involve significant risks and uncertainties, which may expose us to legal, reputational and financial harm.

culture, effectively manage and monitor our people and operations, effectively communicate our core values, policies and procedures, strategies and goals, and motivate, engage and retain our people, particularly given…

We might not be successful at acquiring, investing in or integrating businesses, entering into joint ventures or divesting businesses.

We expect to continue pursuing strategic acquisitions, investments and joint ventures to enhance or add to our skills and capabilities or offerings of solutions and services, or to enable us to expand in certain geogr…

Furthermore, we face risks in successfully integrating any businesses we might acquire, and these risks may be magnified by the size and number of transactions we have executed.

In some cases, we have failed to, and may in the future fail to fully realize the expected benefits or strategic objectives of any acquisition, investment or joint venture we undertake.

Increasing focus on ESG matters has resulted in, and is expected to continue to result in, the adoption of legal and regulatory requirements designed to mitigate the effects of climate change on the environment, as we…

Changes in laws and regulations could also mandate significant and costly changes to the way we implement our services and solutions or could impose additional taxes on our services and solutions.

In particular, in many parts of the world, including countries in which we operate and/or seek to expand, practices in the local business community might not conform to international business standards and could viola…

We are subject to numerous, changing, and sometimes conflicting, legal regimes on matters as diverse as anticorruption, import/export controls, content requirements, trade restrictions, tariffs, taxation, sanctions, i…

Our global operations expose us to numerous and sometimes conflicting legal and regulatory requirements, and violation of these regulations could harm our business.

While we maintain insurance for certain potential liabilities, such insurance does not cover all types and amounts of potential liabilities and is subject to various exclusions as well as caps on amounts recoverable.

In addition, we engage in platform trust and safety services on behalf of clients, including content moderation, which could have a negative impact on our employees due to the nature of the materials they review.

In some cases, we have failed to, and may in the future fail to fully realize the expected benefits or strategic objectives of any acquisition, investment or joint venture we undertake.

Furthermore, we face risks in successfully integrating any businesses we might acquire, and these risks may be magnified by the size and number of transactions we have executed.

We expect to continue pursuing strategic acquisitions, investments and joint ventures to enhance or add to our skills and capabilities or offerings of solutions and services, or to enable us to expand in certain geogr…

We might not be successful at acquiring, investing in or integrating businesses, entering into joint ventures or divesting businesses.

culture, effectively manage and monitor our people and operations, effectively communicate our core values, policies and procedures, strategies and goals, and motivate, engage and retain our people, particularly given…