Netgear 2012 Annual Report Download - page 15

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As a result, period-to-
period comparisons of our operating results may not be meaningful, and you should not rely on them as an indication of
our future performance.
Our stock price may be volatile and your investment in our common stock could suffer a decline in value.
With the continuing uncertainty about economic conditions in Europe, Australia, the United States and elsewhere internationally, there has been
significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of technology and other companies, which may be unrelated to the financial
performance of these companies. These broad market fluctuations may negatively affect the market price of our common stock.
Some specific factors that may have a significant effect on our common stock market price include:
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the inability to maintain stable operations by our suppliers and other parties with which we have commercial relationships;
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delays in the introduction of new products by us or market acceptance of these products;
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an increase in price protection claims, redemptions of marketing rebates, product warranty and stock rotation returns or allowance for
doubtful accounts;
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litigation involving alleged patent infringement;
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epidemic or widespread product failure, or unanticipated safety issues, in one or more of our products;
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challenges associated with integrating acquisitions that we make, or with realizing value from our strategic investments in other
companies;
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failure to effectively manage our third party customer support partners which may result in customer complaints and/or harm to the
NETGEAR brand;
• our inability to monitor and ensure compliance with our anti-corruption compliance program and domestic and international anti-
corruption laws and regulations, whether in relation to our employees or with our suppliers or customers;
• labor unrest at facilities managed by our third-
party manufacturers;
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unanticipated increase in costs, including air freight, associated with shipping and delivery of our products;
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our failure to implement and maintain the appropriate internal controls over financial reporting which may result in restatements of our
financial statements; and
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any changes in accounting rules.
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actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results or our competitors' operating results;
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actual or anticipated changes in the growth rate of the general networking sector, our growth rates or our competitors' growth rates;
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conditions in the financial markets in general or changes in general economic conditions, including government efforts to stabilize
currencies;
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interest rate or currency exchange rate fluctuations;
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our ability or inability to raise additional capital;
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our ability to report accurate financial results in our periodic reports filed with the SEC; and