NOTE C — SIGNIFICANT RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

Impact of Coronavirus (“COVID-19”)

COVID-19 was declared a global health pandemic by the World Health Organization. In early March 2020, as AerSale began to see the impacts to its customers, the Company took decisive actions to position itself for the short-term impacts of COVID-19, while allowing the Company the flexibility to quickly pursue the opportunities that would follow. The Company cancelled approximately $20 million of feedstock opportunities under negotiation, as it evaluated the impacts of COVID-19 on asset valuations. The Company also reexamined its structure and executed measures in 2020 to adjust the business through strategic headcount reductions and suspension of various other initiatives, resulting in reduced costs of over $20 million on an annualized basis.

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While the duration and extent of the COVID-19 pandemic depends on future developments that cannot be accurately predicted at this time, such as the extent and effectiveness of containment actions, and future restrictions due to different strains, or variants of COVID-19, it has already had an adverse effect on the global economy and the ultimate societal and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic remains unknown.