Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. (RHLD) Risk Analysis

An investment in our securities may not be suitable for someone with a low risk tolerance. The market price and liquidity of the market for our securities may be significantly affected by numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control and may not be directly related to our operating performance. These factors include: - volatility in the market price and trading volume of our common stock, including due to our limited public float;- our statuses as a controlled company, emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company;- volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of companies in our sector or companies in the sectors in which our managed companies operate, which are not necessarily related to the operating performance of these companies;- the inclusion or exclusion of our common stock from certain indices;- changes in law, regulatory policies or tax guidelines or interpretations thereof;- changes in earnings or variations in operating results;- changes in the value of and the performance of our managed companies;- departure of our key personnel;- operating performance of companies comparable to us;- short-selling pressure with respect to shares of our common stock;- uncertainty surrounding the strength of the U.S. economy;- uncertainty between the U.S. and other countries with respect to trade policies, treaties and tariffs; and - general economic trends and other external factors.

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could depress the trading price of our common stock by acting to discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our Company or changes in our management that our stockholders may deem advantageous. In particular, our articles of incorporation and bylaws: - establish a classified board of directors so that not all members are elected at one time, which could delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of a majority of our Board;- permit our Board to establish the number of directors and fill any vacancies (including vacancies resulting from an expansion in the size of our Board);- establish limitations on the removal of directors;- authorize the issuance of "blank check" preferred stock that our Board could use to implement a stockholder rights plan;- provide that our Board is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal our bylaws;- restrict the forum for certain litigation against us to Nevada;- provide that stockholders may not act by written consent following the time when Resolute Compo Holdings LLC and Resolute ManCo Holdings LLC (either individually or collectively, and together with their respective affiliates and associates, and any other individual or entity that may be deemed for any purpose to be a beneficial owner or otherwise have or share beneficial ownership of any of the foregoing, and their respective successors and assigns (other than the Company and its subsidiaries), collectively, "Investor") cease to beneficially own at least 40% of the shares of our outstanding common stock, which time we refer to as the "Trigger Date," which would require stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders;- prohibit stockholders from calling special meetings following the Trigger Date, which would delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or to take action, including with respect to the removal of directors; and - establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our Board or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at annual stockholder meetings, which may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer's own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us. Sections 78.411 to 78.444 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (as amended, the "NRS"), inclusive (collectively, the "Nevada Combinations Statutes"), impose a moratorium of up to four years on a combination of a resident domestic corporation, which is a Nevada corporation that has 200 or more stockholders of record, with an interested stockholder, unless the combination is approved in a prescribed manner. An interested stockholder is a beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the resident domestic corporation or an affiliate or associate thereof who at any time within the two previous years was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of the resident domestic corporation. However, NRS 78.437 provides that the Nevada Combinations Statutes do not apply to an interested stockholder who, among other things, first became an interested stockholder on the date that the resident domestic corporation first became a resident domestic corporation solely as a result of the corporation becoming a resident domestic corporation. In connection with our reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada, our Board unanimously approved resolutions which provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Nevada Combinations Statutes, at such time, if any, that the Company becomes subject to the Nevada Combinations Statutes, the Nevada Combinations Statutes will not apply to Investor or restrict any combination with the Company in any way involving or relating to Investor. Any provision of our articles of incorporation, our bylaws or Nevada law that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of common stock and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our common stock. See the description of our common stock, which is filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report.

Our articles of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in Clark County, Nevada (the "Eighth Judicial District Court") is the sole and exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, or controlling stockholder in such capacity to us or our stockholders, any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to NRS Title 7, our articles of incorporation or our bylaws, including any internal action (as defined in NRS 78.046) or any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. However, if the Eighth Judicial District Court lacks jurisdiction over such action, the action may be brought in another court of the State of Nevada or, if no court of the State of Nevada has jurisdiction, then in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Additionally, our articles of incorporation states that the foregoing provision will not apply to claims arising under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws for which there is exclusive federal or concurrent federal and state jurisdiction. Unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The exclusive forum provisions will be applicable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject to certain exceptions. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provisions will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. There is, however,uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce the exclusive forum provisions, and investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for state and federal courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of our capital stock will be deemed to have notice of and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to have consented to the provisions of our articles of incorporation described above. The choice of forum provision may result in increased costs for investors to bring a claim. Further, the choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder's ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, other employees or stockholders, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, other employees or stockholders. The enforceability of similar forum provisions in other companies' certificates of incorporation has been challenged in legal proceedings in Delaware; however, Nevada law expressly permits the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a corporation, to the extent not inconsistent with any applicable jurisdictional requirements and the laws of the U.S., to include such provisions.

Under our articles of incorporation, neither Investor nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, stockholders, members or partners will have any duty to refrain from engaging, directly or indirectly, in the same business activities, similar business activities or lines of business in which we or our managed companies operate. In addition, our articles of incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no officer or director of ours who is also an officer, director, employee, agent, stockholder, member, partner or affiliate of Investor or their respective affiliates, instead of to us, or does not communicate information regarding a corporate opportunity to us that the officer, director, employee, agent, stockholder, member, partner or affiliate has directed to Investor or their respective affiliates. For example, certain directors of our Company who also serve as an officer, director, employee, agent, stockholder, member, partner or affiliate of Investor or its affiliates may pursue certain acquisitions or other opportunities that may be complementary to our business or the businesses of GPGI Holdings, Husky Holdings or our other managed companies from time to time and, as a result, such acquisition or other opportunities may not be available to us. These potential conflicts of interest could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects if attractive corporate opportunities are allocated by Investor to itself or its affiliates instead of to us. A description of our obligations related to corporate opportunities under our articles of incorporation are more fully described in the description of our common stock, which is filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our articles of incorporation provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS and not inconsistent with any applicable laws of the U.S., any and all internal actions to be tried in any court of the State of Nevada must be tried before the presiding judge as the trier of fact, and not before a jury. Our articles of incorporation further provide that this requirement operates as a waiver of the right of trial by jury by each party to any internal action to which such requirement applies. However, this requirement does not limit or otherwise affect our stockholders' right to a jury trial in any action, suit or proceeding that is not an internal action. This waiver is expressly authorized by statute in an amendment to NRS 78.046 enacted in May 2025 pursuant to Assembly Bill No. 239 adopted by the Nevada legislature, but the enforceability of this waiver has not yet been adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction.

We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the JOBS Act, and we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not "emerging growth companies," including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We currently take, and plan to continue to take, advantage of some or all of the reduced regulatory and reporting requirements that will be available to us as long as we qualify as an emerging growth company. Should the market price of our shares drop significantly, stockholders may institute securities class action lawsuits against us. A lawsuit against us could cause us to incur substantial costs and could divert the time and attention of our management and other resources. We could remain an "emerging growth company" for up to five years from the date of the consummation of the Spin-Off, or until the earliest of: (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1.235 billion; (ii) the date that we become a "large accelerated filer" as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700.0 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter; or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non- convertible debt during the preceding three-year period. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile. We may take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an emerging growth company.