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Item 2. Properties
Our corporate headquarters are located in Lake Forest, California. The Lake Forest facilities consist of approximately
257,000 square feet of leased space and house our management, research and development, administrative and sales staff.
In addition, in Fremont, California, we own facilities consisting of approximately 189,000 square feet, and we lease
facilities consisting of approximately 97,000 square feet, that we use for head wafer fabrication, research and development
and warehousing. In San Jose, California, we lease facilities consisting of approximately 217,100 square feet, primarily for
research and development activities. Following our planned acquisition of Komag, we will lease additional facilities in
San Jose consisting of approximately 193,469 square feet, which we intend to use for media research and development
and warehousing. In addition, we lease one facility in Irvine, California, which consists of approximately 60,000 square
feet that we use as a hard drive return and refurbishing center. We also lease office space in various other locations
throughout the world primarily for sales and technical support.
We own manufacturing facilities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia of approximately 484,000 square feet, which we use
for assembly of hard drives, printed circuit boards and HSAs. We also own manufacturing facilities in Navanakorn,
Thailand, of approximately 226,000 square feet, which we use for assembly of hard drives and HSAs, and facilities in
Bang Pa-In, Thailand, consisting of four buildings with approximately 902,000 square feet, which we use for slider
fabrication, the assembly of hard drives, HGAs and HSAs, and research and development. Following our planned
acquisition of Komag, we will also own four additional manufacturing facilities in Penang, Johor and Sarawak, Malaysia
of approximately 1,303,000 square feet, which we intend to use for our media operations.
We believe our present facilities are adequate for our current needs, although the process of upgrading our facilities
to meet technological and market requirements is expected to continue. New manufacturing facilities, in general, can be
developed and become operational within approximately nine to eighteen months should we require such additional
facilities.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
For a description of our legal proceedings, see Note 5 of our Audited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements,
which is incorporated by reference in response to this item.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2007.
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