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SiSMART, SolidStor, and SiSecure are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All other
trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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,” “would,” “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:
•demand for hard drives and solid-state drives in the various markets and factors contributing to such demand;
•our plans to continue to develop new products and expand into new storage markets and into emerging economic markets;
•emergence of new storage markets for hard drives;
•emergence of competing storage technologies;
•the impact of our acquisition of SiliconSystems, Inc. on SiliconSystems’ existing markets and on our development of future
products for emerging opportunities in our existing markets;
•traditional seasonal demand and pricing trends;
•our beliefs regarding the adequacy of our facilities and fabrication capacity;
•our share repurchase plans;
•our stock price volatility;
•expectations regarding growth in the first quarter of fiscal 2010;
•expectations regarding our capital expenditure plans and our depreciation and amortization expense in fiscal 2010; and
•beliefs regarding the sufficiency of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments to meet our working capital needs.
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 Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and
any of those made in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “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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