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2014 Annual Report
• The Company’s ability to fully integrate and to realize the planned benefits associated with the acquisition of
Coram LLC in accordance with the expected timing.
• The Company’s ability to timely identify or effectively respond to changing consumer preferences and spending
patterns, an inability to expand the products being purchased by our customers, or the failure or inability to obtain
or offer particular categories of products.
• Risks relating to our ability to secure timely and sufficient access to the products we sell from our domestic and/or
international suppliers.
• Reform of the U.S. health care system, including ongoing implementation of ACA, continuing legislative efforts,
regulatory changes and judicial interpretations impacting our health care system and the possibility of shifting
political and legislative priorities related to reform of the health care system in the future.
• Risks relating to any failure to properly maintain our information technology systems, our information security
systems and our infrastructure to support our business and to protect the privacy and security of sensitive cus-
tomer and business information.
• Risks related to compliance with a broad and complex regulatory framework, including compliance with new
and existing federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to health care, accounting standards, corporate
securities, tax, environmental and other laws and regulations affecting our business.
• Risks related to litigation, government investigations and other legal proceedings as they relate to our business,
the pharmacy services, retail pharmacy or retail clinic industries or to the health care industry generally.
• Other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the SEC.
The foregoing list is not exhaustive. There can be no assurance that the Company has correctly identified and
appropriately assessed all factors affecting its business. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to
the Company or that it currently believes to be immaterial also may adversely impact the Company. Should any
risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, these developments could have a material adverse effect on the
Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. For these reasons, you are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements.