LeapFrog 2008 Annual Report Download - page 9

SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report on Form 10-K, including the sections entitled “Item 1—Business,” “Item 1A—Risk Factors,”
and “Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result of Operations,”
contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding, the effects of global economic conditions
on our business, our expectations for sales trends, margins, profitability, liquidity, expenses, inventory or cash
balances, capital expenditures, cash flows, or other measures of financial performance in future periods, future
products and services we may offer, anticipated competitive benefits of our strategy or of current or future
products or services, and the effects of strategic actions on future financial performance. These statements relate
to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ
materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. These risks and other factors include those listed under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of
this Form 10-K and those found elsewhere in this Form 10-K. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot
guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. We undertake no obligation to update
or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise after the date of this report.
SPECIAL NOTE ON FISCAL PERIOD DATES
This report on Form 10-K presents information regarding LeapFrog’s performance during the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2004, through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as well as future financial
obligations for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2009 through the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. At
the beginning of each Part of this report, and in all Tables, we remind the reader that our fiscal year ends
December 31. Otherwise, we refer to each fiscal year as the year, for example: “2008” refers to the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2008.
SPECIAL NOTE ON FINANCIALS
Unless otherwise noted all financial information is presented in thousands except for per share data and
percentages.
TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS
“Alphabet Pal,” “ClickStart,” “Crammer,” “Didj,” Didj (stylized), the Didj logos, “Fly,” the Fly logo,
“Fly Fusion,” the Fly Fusion logo, “Fridge Phonics,” “Fridge Farm,” “Leap,” “LeapFrog,” the LeapFrog
logo, the LeapFrog Connect logo, the LeapFrog Learning Path logo, the LeapFrog School logo,
“LeapPad,” “Leapster,” “Leapster L-Max,” “Leapster TV,” the Leapster2 logo, “LeapTrack,” “Learn &
Groove,” “Learning Friend,” “Learning Friend Tad,” “Letter Factory,” “Little Leaps,” “LittleTouch,”
“Odyssey,” “Play Anywhere…Learn Everywhere!,” “See the Learning,” “Tag,” the Tag logo, the Tag
Junior logo, the Tag School logo, “Talking Words Factory,” and “Word Whammer” are some of our
trademarks or service marks. This report on Form 10-K also includes other trademarks and service
marks, as well as trade dress and trade names of ours. Other trademarks in this report on Form 10-K are
the property of their respective owners.
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