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SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q2, 2026
Risk Change Over Time
- Debt & Financing - Risk 1Changes in the method of determining LIBOR, or the The replacement of LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) with an alternative reference rate, rate may adversely affect interest expense related to our outstanding debt.
The replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate may adversely affect interest expense related to outstanding debt. At December 31, 2021, we had total debt of $5,979.7 million, including $3,974.5 million of variable interest rate debt and which may bear interest rates in relation to U.S. dollar LIBOR, depending on our selection of repayment options. On July 27, 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the U.K. announced that it intends to stop persuading or compelling banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR to the administrator of LIBOR after 2021. The administrator for LIBOR announced on March 5, 2021 that it will permanently cease to publish most LIBOR settings beginning on January 1, 2022 and cease to publish the overnight, one-month, three-month, six-month and 12-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings on July 1, 2023. Accordingly, the FCA has stated that it does not intend to persuade or compel banks to submit to LIBOR after such respective dates. Until then, however, FCA panel banks have agreed to continue to support LIBOR. The U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S. financial institutions, is recommending replacing U.S. dollar LIBOR with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), a new index calculated by short-term repurchase agreements, backed by Treasury securities. Whether or not SOFR, or another alternative reference rate, attains market traction as a LIBOR replacement tool remains in question. If LIBOR ceases to exist, we may need to renegotiate our Credit Agreement and may not be able to do so with terms that are favorable to us. In particular, the method and rate used to calculate our interest rates and/or payments under the Credit Agreement in the future may result in interest rates and/or payments that are higher than, lower than, or that do not otherwise correlate over time with the interest rates and/or payments that would have been made on our obligations if LIBOR was available in its current form. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Contractual Obligations – Senior Secured Credit Facilities” for additional information. The overall financial market may be disrupted as a result of the discontinuation, reform or replacement of LIBOR or any other benchmark rate or any uncertainty in respect thereof. Disruption in the financial market or the inability to renegotiate our Credit Agreement with favorable terms could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
- Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 2We may not achieve the anticipated benefits from our acquisitions and may face difficulties in integrating our acquisitions. them.
We have acquired and intend in the future to acquire companies, products or technologies that we believe could complement or expand our business, augment our market coverage, enhance our technical capabilities or otherwise offer growth opportunities. For example, in 2021, we consummated our acquisition of Capita Life & Pensions Services (Ireland) Limited (“Capita”) and announced our intention to acquire Blue Prism Group plc. However, acquisitions could subject us to contingent or unknown liabilities, and we may have to incur debt or severance liabilities or write off investments, infrastructure costs or other assets. Our success is also dependent on our ability to complete the integration of the operations of acquired businesses in an efficient and effective manner, which may be difficult to accomplish in the rapidly changing financial services software and services industry. We may not realize the benefits we anticipate from acquisitions, such as lower costs, increased revenues, synergies and growth opportunities, or we may realize such benefits more slowly than anticipated, due to our inability to: ? combine operations, facilities and differing firm cultures; ? maintain employee morale or retain the clients or employees of acquired entities; ? generate market demand for new products and services; ? coordinate geographically dispersed operations and successfully adapt to the complexities of international operations, including compliance with laws, rules and regulations in multiple jurisdictions; ? integrate the technical teams of acquired companies within our organization; or ? incorporate acquired technologies, products and services into our current and future product and service lines. The process of integrating the operations of acquired companies could disrupt our ongoing operations, divert management from day-to-day responsibilities, increase our expenses and harm our business, results of operations and financial condition. Acquisitions may also place a significant strain on our administrative, operational, financial and other resources. In addition, certain of our acquisitions have generated disputes with stockholders or management of acquired companies or other claimants that have required the expenditure of our resources to address or have led to litigation; any such disputes may reduce the value we hope to realize from our acquisitions, either by increasing our costs of the acquisition, reducing our opportunities to realize revenues from the acquisition or imposing litigation costs or adverse judgments on us. Acquisitions may also expose us to litigation from our stockholders arising out of the acquisition, which, even if unsuccessful, could be costly to defend and serve as a distraction to management.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 9
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1Risks Relating to Ownership of Our Common Stock
If equity research analysts cease publishing research or reports about our business or if they issue unfavorable commentary or downgrade our common stock, the price and trading volume of our common stock could decline. The trading market for our common stock is influenced by the research and reports that equity research analysts publish about us and our business. We do not control these analysts. The price of our stock or trading volume in our stock could decline if one or more equity research analysts downgrade our stock or issue other unfavorable commentary or cease publishing regular reports about us or our business. The market price of our common stock may be volatile, for a variety of reasons, which could result in substantial losses for investors in our common stock. The market price of our common stock has in the past, and may in the future, fluctuate significantly. Our common stock has historically traded as high as $91.07 and as low as $6.64. Some of the factors that may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate include: ?fluctuations in our quarterly financial results or the quarterly financial results of similar companies;?changes in estimates of our financial results or recommendations by equity research analysts;?failure of any of our products to achieve or maintain market acceptance;?changes in market valuations of similar companies;?success of competitive products;?changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of additional debt;?announcements by us or our competitors of significant products, contracts, acquisitions or strategic alliances;?regulatory developments in any of our markets;?litigation involving our Company, our general industry or both;?additions or departures of key personnel;?geopolitical instability and financial market disruptions?investors’ general perception of us; and?changes in inflation, tariffs, interest rates, reduced investor risk appetite and other economic, industry and market conditions. In addition, if the market for technology stocks, financial services stocks or the stock market in general experiences a loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, financial condition or results of operations. If any of the foregoing occurs, it could cause our stock price to fall and may expose us to class action lawsuits that, even if unsuccessful, could be costly to defend and a distraction to management. William C. Stone, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, exerts significant influence over our Company. As of February 18, 2026, William C. Stone, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 14.4% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. We are party to a stockholders’ agreement with Mr. Stone, pursuant to which Mr. Stone has the right to nominate two members of our board of directors, one of which will be Mr. Stone for so long as he is our Chief Executive Officer. As a result, Mr. Stone has significant influence over our policy and affairs and matters requiring stockholder approval. SS&C Holdings is a holding company with no operations or assets of its own and its ability to pay dividends is limited or otherwise restricted. As of December 31, 2025, SS&C Holdings has no direct operations and no significant assets other than the stock of SS&C. The ability of SS&C Holdings to pay dividends is limited by its status as a holding company and by the terms of the agreement governing our indebtedness. See “Risk factors - Risks relating to our indebtedness - Restrictive covenants in the agreements governing our indebtedness may restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies.” Moreover, none of the subsidiaries of SS&C Holdings are obligated to make funds available to SS&C Holdings for the payment of dividends or otherwise. In addition, Delaware law imposes 36 requirements that may restrict the ability of our subsidiaries, including SS&C, to pay dividends to SS&C Holdings. These limitations could reduce our attractiveness to investors. Our management has broad discretion in the use of our existing cash resources and may not use such funds effectively. Our management has broad discretion in the application of our cash resources. Accordingly, our stockholders will have to rely upon the judgment of our management with respect to our existing cash resources, with only limited information concerning management’s specific intentions. Our management may spend our cash resources in ways that our stockholders may not desire or that may not yield a favorable return. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business. Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws might discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our Company or changes in our management and, therefore, depress the trading price of our common stock. Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares of our common stock. These provisions may also prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our management. These provisions include:?limitations on the removal of directors;?a classified board of directors so that not all members of our board are elected at one time;?advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals and nominations;?the inability of stockholders to call special meetings;?the ability of our board of directors to make, alter or repeal our bylaws;?the ability of our board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preferred stock without stockholder approval, which could be used to institute a rights plan, or a poison pill, that would work to dilute the stock ownership of a potential hostile acquirer, likely preventing acquisitions that have not been approved by our board of directors; and?a prohibition on stockholders from acting by written consent, except under certain limited circumstances. The existence of the foregoing provisions and anti-takeover measures could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock. They could also deter potential acquirers of our Company, thereby reducing the likelihood that our stockholders could receive a premium for their shares of common stock in an acquisition.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2Risks Relating to Ownership of Our Common Stock
?if equity research analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about our business or if they issue unfavorable commentary or downgrade our common stock, the price and trading volume of our common stock could decline;?the market price of our common stock may be volatile for a variety of reasons, which could result in substantial losses for investors in our common stock;?William C. Stone, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, exerts significant influence over our Company; ?SS&C Holdings is a holding company with no operations or assets of its own and its ability to pay dividends is limited or otherwise restricted;?our management has broad discretion in the use of our existing cash resources and may not use such funds effectively; and?provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws might discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our Company or changes in our management and, therefore, depress the trading price of our common stock.
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