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Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is included in this report:
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and may include words such as “will”
and “expect” and other words of future import although will not necessarily include such words. These forward-looking statements, including those relating to the declaration and payment of the special cash dividend, are based on management's
beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made using information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of
action, performance or result and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control. Such factors include, without limitation, matters relating to future Board action (including pursuant to
the Board’s discretion regarding dividend policy, payment and processes), the mechanics of paying dividends, changes and interpretations of regulatory rules and regulations (including those of Nasdaq and the SEC), changes in technology and related
standards, the impact of natural or man-made disasters and accidents, Federal and Alaska Universal Service Fund changes and our current and historical compliance with the obligations of those programs, structural declines for voice and other legacy
services, maintenance or IT issues, third-party intellectual property claims, potential pension shortfalls, the success or failure of future strategic transactions, funding through the rural health care universal service support mechanism and our
ability to comply and our history of compliance with the regulatory requirements to receive those support payments, our ability to service our debt and refinance as required, adverse economic conditions, adverse public health developments, such as
disease outbreaks and pandemics (including relating to the coronavirus), our success in providing broadband services on the Northslope and Western Alaska, the effects of competition in our markets, our relatively small size compared with our
competitors, the Company’s ability to compete, manage, integrate, market, maintain, and attract sufficient customers for its products and services, adverse changes in labor matters, including workforce levels, labor negotiations, employee benefit
costs, our ability to control other operating costs, disruption of our supplier’s provisioning of critical products or services, the actions of activist shareholders, changes in Company's relationships with large customers, unforeseen changes in
public policies, regulatory changes, our internal control over financial reporting, and changes in accounting standards or policies, which could affect reported financial results. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties
associated with the Company’s business, please refer to the Company's SEC filings, including, but not limited to, the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in
our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of the Company's SEC filings may be obtained by contacting its investor relations department at (907) 564-7556 or by visiting its investor relations website at www.alsk.com.