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• failure to accurately predict the impact of acquired businesses or to identify and realize the anticipated benefits of
acquisitions, and successfully integrate such acquired businesses and technologies,
• perceived or actual technical or other problems with a product or combination of products,
• unexpected or negative outcomes of matters and expenses relating to litigation or regulatory inquiries,
• failure to achieve anticipated levels of customer acceptance of key new applications,
• pricing pressure or changes in product pricing or product mix,
• platform and business model changes,
• increases in cloud services-related expenses,
• timing of additional investments in the development of our platform or deployment of our services,
• timing of product releases and retirements,
• failure to continue momentum of frequent release cycles or to move a significant number of customers from prior
product versions in connection with our programs to retire major products,
• changes in tax laws or regulations, tax arrangements with foreign governments or accounting rules, such as increased
use of fair value measures and the potential requirement that U.S. registrants prepare financial statements in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”),
• changes in sales compensation practices,
• dependence on and the timing of large transactions,
• failure to effectively implement our copyright legalization programs, especially in developing countries,
• failure to achieve sufficient sell-through in our channels for new or existing products,
• renegotiation or termination of royalty or intellectual property arrangements,
• interruptions or terminations in the business of our consultants or third party developers,
• the timing and degree of expected investments in growth and efficiency opportunities,
• failure to achieve continued success in technology advancements,
• catastrophic events or natural disasters, such as the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan in March 2011 and Superstorm
Sandy in October 2012,
• regulatory compliance costs,
• security breaches and potential financial penalties to customers and government entities,
• costs associated with acquisitions of companies and technologies,
• potential goodwill impairment charges related to prior acquisitions, and
• adjustments arising from ongoing or future state and local sales tax examinations.
We have also experienced fluctuations in financial results in interim periods in certain geographic regions due to
seasonality or regional economic conditions. In particular, our financial results in Europe during our third quarter are usually
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