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ii
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
From time to time we make statements concerning our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events
or performance and underlying assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are “forward-
looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially
from those expressed or implied by these statements. You can generally identify our forward-looking statements by the words
“anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,”
“potential,” “predict,” “projection,” “should,” “will” or other similar words.
We have based our forward-looking statements on our management’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available
to our management at the time the statements are made. We caution you that assumptions, beliefs, expectations, intentions and
projections about future events may and often do vary materially from actual results. Therefore, we cannot assure you that actual
results will not differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements.
Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements
are described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations – Certain Factors Affecting Future Earnings” and “ – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Other Factors That Could
Affect Cash Requirements” in Item 7 of this report, which discussions are incorporated herein by reference.
You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the
date of the particular statement, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.