LinkedIn 2012 Annual Report Download - page 20

Available Information
Our website is located at www.linkedin.com, and our investor relations website is located at
http://investors.linkedin.com/. The following filings are available through our investor relations website
after we file them with the SEC: Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and
our Proxy Statements for our annual meetings of stockholders. These filings are also available for
download free of charge on our investor relations website. We also provide a link to the section of the
SEC’s website at www.sec.gov that has all of our public filings, including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
Current Reports on Form 8-K, all amendments to those reports, our Proxy Statements, and other
ownership related filings. Further, a copy of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is located at the SEC’s
Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of
the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
We webcast our earnings calls and certain events we participate in or host with members of the
investment community on our investor relations website. Additionally, we provide notifications of news or
announcements regarding our financial performance, including SEC filings, investor events, press and
earnings releases, and blogs as part of our investor relations website. Investors and others can receive
notifications of new information posted on our investor relations website in real time by signing up for
email alerts and RSS feeds. Further corporate governance information, including our certificate of
incorporation, bylaws, governance guidelines, board committee charters, and code of conduct, is also
available on our investor relations website under the heading ‘‘Corporate Governance.’’ The contents of
our websites are not intended to be incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or
in any other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references to our websites are intended to
be inactive textual references only.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Investing in our Class A common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the
risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K, including our consolidated financial statements and related notes, before deciding whether to
purchase shares of our Class A common stock. If any of the following risks are realized, our business,
operating results and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the price of our
Class A common stock could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Business
We have a limited operating history in a new and unproven market, which makes it difficult to evaluate our
future prospects and may increase the risk that we will not be successful.
We have a limited operating history in a new and unproven market that may not develop as expected,
if at all. This limited operating history makes it difficult to effectively assess or forecast our future
prospects. You should consider our business and prospects in light of the risks and difficulties we
encounter or may encounter in this rapidly evolving market. These risks and difficulties include our ability
to, among other things:
• hire, integrate and retain world class talent;
• continue to earn and preserve our members’ trust with respect to their professional reputation and
information;
• develop a scalable, high-performance technology infrastructure that can efficiently and reliably
handle increased member usage globally while also implementing appropriate localization, as well
as the deployment of new features and products;
• increase our number of registered members and member engagement;
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