Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
On October 5, 2022, AeroVironment, Inc. (the "Company") will host an investor
and analyst event in Petaluma, California beginning at 9:00 am Pacific Time,
which will include presentations from the Company's President, Chief Executive
Officer, and Chair of the Board, Wahid Nawabi, and the Company's Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, Kevin McDonnell, and other members of the
Company's executive management team. The Company is furnishing as Exhibit 99.2
to this Current Report on Form 8-K the presentation materials to be provided to
and discussed with attendees at the investor and analyst event. The Company has
posted the presentation to be discussed by the Company's executive management
team at http://investor.avinc.com/events-and-presentations. A video of the
presentation will also be available at
http://investor.avinc.com/events-and-presentations following the completion of
the event.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the presentation
materials attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and the video presentation) is being
furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be
"filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.
This current report on Form 8-K will not be deemed an admission as to the
materiality of any information contained herein (including the presentation
materials attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and the video presentation).
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the
presentation materials attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and the video
presentation) may constitute "forward-looking statements" as that term is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict,
forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may
contain words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "intend,"
"project," "plan," or words or phrases with similar meaning. Forward-looking
statements are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that
involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, economic,
competitive, governmental and technological factors outside of our control, that
may cause our business, strategy or actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the impact of our
recent acquisitions of Arcturus UAV, Inc., Telerob GmbH and the Intelligent
Systems Group of Progeny Systems Corp. and our ability to successfully integrate
them into our operations; the risk that disruptions will occur from the
transactions that will harm our business; any disruptions or threatened
disruptions to our relationships with our distributors, suppliers, customers and
employees, including shortages in components for our products; the ability to
timely and sufficiently integrate international operations into our ongoing
business and compliance programs; reliance on sales to the U.S. government and
related to our development of HAPS UAS; availability of U.S. government funding
for defense procurement and R&D programs; changes in the timing and/or amount of
government spending; our ability to perform under existing contracts and obtain
new contracts; risks related to our international business, including
compliance with export control laws; potential need for changes in our
long-term strategy in response to future developments; the extensive regulatory
requirements governing our contracts with the U.S. government and international
customers; the consequences to our financial position, business and reputation
that could result from failing to comply with such regulatory requirements;
unexpected technical and marketing difficulties inherent in major research and
product development efforts; the impact of potential security and cyber threats
or the risk of unauthorized access to our, our customers' and/or our
suppliers' information and systems; changes in the supply and/or demand and/or
prices for our products and services; increased competition; uncertainty in the
customer adoption rate of commercial use unmanned aircraft systems; failure to
remain a market innovator, to create new market opportunities or to expand into
new markets; unexpected changes in significant operating expenses, including
components and raw materials; failure to develop new products or integrate new
technology into current products; unfavorable results in legal proceedings; our
ability to respond and adapt to unexpected legal, regulatory and government
budgetary changes, including those resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,
such as supply chain disruptions, vaccine mandates, the threat of
future variants and potential governmentally-mandated shutdowns, quarantine
policies, travel restrictions and social distancing, curtailment of trade,
diversion of government resources to non-defense priorities, and other business
restrictions affecting our ability to manufacture and sell our products and
provide our services; our ability to comply with the covenants in our loan
documents; our ability to attract and retain skilled employees; the impact of
inflation; and general economic and business conditions in the United States and
elsewhere in the world; and the failure to establish and maintain effective
internal control over financial reporting. For a further list and description of
such risks and uncertainties, see the reports we file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to
update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
99.1 Press release issued by AeroVironment, Inc., dated October 5, 2022
99.2 Informational slides provided by AeroVironment, Inc., dated October 5,
2022, relating to investor and analyst event
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
document).
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