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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following is a discussion of the financial condition and results of operations for the fiscal years ended June 29, 2012, July 1, 2011, and
July 2, 2010. References to "$" are to United States dollars.
You should read this discussion in conjunction with "Item 6. Selected Financial Data" and "Item 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data" included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Except as noted, references to any fiscal year mean the twelve-
month period ending on the Friday closest to June 30 of that year.
Some of the statements and assumptions included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, including, in particular,
statements about our plans, strategies and prospects and estimates of industry growth for the fiscal year ending June 28, 2013 and beyond.
These statements identify prospective information and include words such as "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates,"
"predicts," "projects," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this
Annual Report on Form 10
-K and are based on management's current views and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are
conditioned upon and also involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results,
performance or events to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward
-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other
factors may be beyond our control and may pose a risk to our operating and financial condition. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are
not limited to: uncertainty in global economic conditions, as consumers and businesses may defer purchases in response to tighter credit and
financial news; the impact of variable demand and the adverse pricing environment for disk drives, particularly in view of current business and
economic conditions; dependence on our ability to successfully qualify, manufacture and sell our disk drive products in increasing volumes on a
cost-effective basis and with acceptable quality, particularly the new disk drive products with lower cost structures; the impact of competitive
product announcements and possible excess industry supply with respect to particular disk drive products; our ability to achieve projected cost
savings in connection with restructuring plans; the risk that we will incur significant incremental costs in connection with the implementation of
our recently executed transactions with Samsung or that we will not achieve the benefits expected from such transactions (see Transaction with
Samsung below); and significant disruption to the industry supply chain due to the severe flooding throughout parts of Thailand (see the
discussion regarding the severe flooding in Thailand below) and the industry's ability to recover from such disruption. Information concerning
risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements is also
set forth in "Item 1A.Risk Factors" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which we encourage you to carefully read. These forward-looking
statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date and we undertake no obligation to update forward-
looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made. The following is a discussion of the financial condition and
results of operations for the fiscal years ended June 29, 2012, July 1, 2011, and July 2, 2010.
Our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is provided in addition to the
accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes to assist readers in understanding our results of operations, financial condition, and
cash flows. MD&A is organized as follows:
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Our Company.
Discussion of our business.
• Business Overview. Discussion of industry trends and their impact on our business.
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Fiscal Year 2012 Summary.
Overview of financial and other highlights affecting us for fiscal year 2012.
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