Owens & Minor Inc

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The following description of risk factors updates and supplements risk factors associated with our business previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. These risk factors are in addition to those mentioned in other parts of this report and are not all of the risks that we face. We could also be affected by risks that we currently are not aware of or that we currently do not consider material to our business.

We cannot assure you that the proposed acquisition of Rotech (Rotech Acquisition) will be completed.

There are a number of risks and uncertainties relating to the Rotech Acquisition. For example, the Rotech Acquisition may not be completed, or may not be completed in the timeframe, on the terms or in the manner currently anticipated, as a result of a number of factors, including, among other things, the failure of one or more of the conditions to closing in the Agreement and Plan of Merger. There can be no assurance that the conditions to closing of the Rotech Acquisition will be satisfied or waived or that other events will not intervene to delay or result in the failure to close the Rotech Acquisition. The Agreement and Plan of Merger may be terminated by the parties thereto under certain circumstances, including, without limitation, if the Rotech Acquisition has not been completed by July 22, 2025. Any delay in closing the Rotech Acquisition or a failure to close the Rotech Acquisition could have a negative impact on our business and the trading prices of our common stock and debt.

We may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of the Rotech Acquisition or those benefits may take longer to realize than expected. We may also encounter significant difficulties in integrating the Rotech business into our operations.

Our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the Rotech Acquisition will depend, to a large extent, on our ability to integrate the Rotech business into ours. We may devote significant management attention and resources preparing for and then integrating the business practices and operations of the Rotech business with ours. This integration process may be disruptive to our and the Rotech businesses, and, if implemented ineffectively, could restrict realization of the expected benefits. In addition, we may fail to realize some of the anticipated benefits of the Rotech Acquisition if the integration process takes longer than expected or is more costly than expected. Potential difficulties we may encounter in the integration process include:

Even if we are able to integrate the Rotech business successfully, this integration may not result in the realization of the full benefits that we currently expect, nor can we give assurances that these benefits will be achieved when expected or at all. Moreover, the integration of the Rotech business may result in unanticipated problems, expenses, liabilities, regulatory risks and competitive responses that could have material adverse consequences.

We and the Rotech business will be subject to business uncertainties while the Rotech Acquisition is pending that could adversely affect our business and the Rotech business.

Uncertainty about the effect of the Rotech Acquisition on teammates, customers and suppliers may have an adverse effect on us and the Rotech business. Although we and Rotech intend to take actions to reduce any adverse effects, these uncertainties could cause customers, suppliers and others that deal with us and/or the Rotech business to seek to change existing business relationships. In addition, teammate retention could be negatively impacted during the

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pendency of the Rotech Acquisition. If key teammates depart because of concerns relating to the uncertainty and difficulty of the integration process, our business could be harmed.

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The pendency of the Rotech Acquisition could adversely affect our business, financial results, and operations.

The announcement and pendency of the Rotech Acquisition could cause disruptions and create uncertainty surrounding our business and affect our relationships with our customers, suppliers and teammates. In addition, we have diverted, and will continue to divert, significant management resources to complete the Rotech Acquisition, which could have a negative impact on our ability to manage existing operations or pursue alternative strategic transactions, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Investor perceptions about the terms or benefits of the Rotech Acquisition could have a negative impact on our business and the trading prices of our common stock and debt.

Despite current indebtedness levels, we will incur substantially more debt to complete the acquisition of Rotech.

We and our subsidiaries will incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future in order to complete the Rotech Acquisition, which could significantly increase our leverage. If new debt is added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we and our subsidiaries now face to service debt levels and the risks associated with failure to adequately service our debt could intensify.