Seagate 2013 Annual Report Download - page 6

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PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION
In this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Form 10-K"), unless the context indicates otherwise, as used herein, the terms "we," "us,"
"Seagate," the "Company" and "our" refer to Seagate Technology public limited company ("plc"), an Irish public limited company, and its
subsidiaries. References to "$" are to United States dollars.
We have compiled the market size information in this Form 10-K using statistics and other information obtained from several third-party
sources.
Various amounts and percentages used in this Form 10-K have been rounded and, accordingly, they may not total 100%.
We own or otherwise have rights to the trademarks and trade names, including those mentioned in this Form 10-
K, used in conjunction with
the marketing and sale of our products.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements and assumptions included in this 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 July 3, 2015 and beyond contained in
"Item 1. Business," "Item 1A. Risk Factors," "Item 3. Legal Proceedings," and "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations." 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 report 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 such 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;
• the uncertainty in global economic conditions as consumers and businesses may defer purchases in response to tighter credit and
financial news;
• the impact of the variable demand and 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 new disk drive products with lower cost structures;
• the impact of competitive product announcements; possible excess industry supply with respect to particular disk drive products;
and
• our ability to achieve projected cost savings in connection with restructuring plans.
Additional risks and uncertainties are set forth and are discussed in more detail in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" of this Form 10-
K. Should one or
more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those
described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 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.
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