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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Not applicable.
Item 2. Properties
Our corporate headquarters are located in Lake Forest, California. The Lake Forest facilities consist of approximately
257,000 square feet of leased space and house our management, research and development, administrative and sales staff.
In addition, in Fremont, California, we own facilities consisting of approximately 286,000 square feet, which we use for
head wafer fabrication, research and development and warehousing. In San Jose, California, we lease facilities consisting
of approximately 401,000 square feet, which we use for research and development. In Longmont, Colorado, we lease one
facility consisting of approximately 23,000 square feet, which we use for research and development. In addition, we lease
one facility in Irvine, California, which consists of approximately 60,000 square feet, which we use as a hard drive return
and refurbishing center. We also lease office space in various other locations throughout the world primarily for research
and development and sales and technical support.
We own manufacturing facilities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, of approximately 575,000 square feet, which we use
for assembly of hard drives, printed circuit boards and HSAs, and facilities in Penang, Johor and Sarawak, Malaysia, of
approximately 1,343,000 square feet, which we use for our media operations. We also own manufacturing facilities in
Navanakorn, Thailand, of approximately 226,000 square feet, which we use for assembly of hard drives and HSAs, and
facilities in Bang Pa-In, Thailand, of approximately 901,000 square feet, which we use for slider fabrication, the assembly
of hard drives, HGAs and HSAs, and research and development.
We believe our present facilities are adequate for our current needs, although the process of upgrading our facilities
to meet technological and market requirements is expected to continue. New manufacturing facilities, in general, can be
developed and become operational within approximately nine to eighteen months should we require such additional
facilities.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
For a description of our legal proceedings, see Part II, Item 8, Note 5 in our Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements, which is incorporated by reference in response to this item.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2008.
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