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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, consumer electronics and retail markets and factors
contributing to such growth;
•our expansion into hard drive markets, such as consumer electronics, enterprise and retail, and into emerging geographic
markets;
•increase in our sales of notebook hard drives;
•growth of our market share in the retail market;
•our planned use of new recording technologies;
•expectations regarding seasonal demand trends and price declines for the hard drive industry;
•our expansion of our head wafer fabrication facilities;
•beliefs regarding the sufficiency of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments to meet our working capital needs;
•beliefs regarding our operating performance and general industry conditions and their impacts on the realization of our deferred
tax assets; and
•beliefs concerning our proposed acquisition of Komag, Incorporated, including our beliefs that we will close the planned
transaction during the third calendar quarter of 2007, our planned acquisition of Komag will result in certain benefits,
including cost, operational and other efficiencies and synergies, and we will be able to integrate Komag’s media business into our
overall operations.
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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