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Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Any statements that do not
relate to historical or current facts or matters are forward-looking statements. You can identify some of the forward-looking statements
by the use of forward-looking words, such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,”
“potential,” “plan,” “forecasts,” and the like, or the use of future tense. Statements concerning current conditions may also be forward-
looking if they imply a continuation of current conditions. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements concerning:
•growth in demand for hard drives in the desktop, mobile, enterprise and consumer electronics markets and factors contributing to
such growth;
•our expansion into new hard drive markets, such as consumer electronics, retail, and enterprise and into emerging geographic
markets;
•increase in our sales of notebook hard drives and our on-going volume ramp of our Scorpio
TM
2.5-inch hard drives;
•our planned use of new recording technologies;
•expectations regarding traditional seasonal demand trends and price declines for the hard drive industry;
•beliefs regarding the sufficiency of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments to meet our working capital needs; and
•beliefs regarding our operating performance and general industry conditions and their impacts on the realization of our deferred
tax assets and the need to reduce all or a portion of our valuation allowance.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in the forward-looking statements. You are urged to carefully review the disclosures we make concerning risks and other factors
that may affect our business and operating results, including those made in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as
our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this document. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to publish
revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
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