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Coherent • Sumitomo Electric Industries • Broadcom • Sumitomo • Lumentum • Acacia Communications • BroadcomRisks
- Efforts to complete the Merger could disrupt our relationships with third parties and employees, divert management’s attention, or result in negative publicity or legal proceedings, any of which could negatively impact our operating results and ongoing business.
- The Merger Agreement contains provisions that limit our ability to pursue alternatives to the Merger which could discourage a potential competing acquiror from making an alternative transaction proposal.
- While the Merger Agreement is in effect, we are subject to restrictions on our business activities.
- If the Merger occurs, our stockholders will not be able to participate in any further upside to our business.
- Litigation could delay and or prevent the Merger from becoming effective or from becoming effective within the expected timeframe.
- Our solutions for the Cloud and data center market segments may not achieve broader market acceptance, which would prevent us from increasing our revenue and market share.
- *We are dependent on a small number of customers for a significant portion of our revenue and the loss of, or a significant reduction in orders in any period from any of these major customers, may reduce our revenue and adversely impact our results of operations.
- *If we fail to retain our key personnel or if we fail to attract additional qualified personnel, we may not be able to achieve our anticipated growth and our business could suffer.
- *Persistent inflation and economic uncertainty may negatively impact our business.
- *We are under continuous pressure to reduce the prices of our products, which has adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, our gross margins.
- If our key customers do not qualify our products for use or do not award us design wins, then our results of operations may suffer.
- *Continued tension in U.S.-China trade relations may adversely impact our business and operating results.
- We depend upon outside contract manufacturers for a portion of the manufacturing process for some of our products. Our operations and revenue related to these products could be adversely affected if we encounter problems with any such contract manufacturer.
- *We face intense competition which could negatively impact our results of operations and market share.
- *Customer demand is difficult to accurately forecast and, as a result, we may be unable to optimally match production with customer demand.
- *We have had a history of losses, and losses may recur in the future.
- The majority of our customer contracts do not commit customers to specified buying levels, and many of our customers may decrease, cancel, or delay their buying levels at any time with little or no advance notice to us.
- Our future results of operations may be subject to volatility as a result of exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, primarily the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) and Japanese Yen (JPY) exchange rates.
- The communications networks industry has long product development cycles requiring us to incur product development costs without assurances of an acceptable investment return.
- *We may be subject to disruptions or failures in information technology systems and network infrastructures that could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
- *If the Merger is not completed, we may need to raise additional capital in order to pursue our business strategies or maintain our operations, and we may not be able to obtain capital when desired on favorable terms, if at all, or without dilution to our stockholders.
- Spending for communications networks is cyclical in nature, and any future downturn may reduce demand for our products and revenue.
- Risks associated with international sales and operations could adversely affect our business and financial results.
- *Our revenue product mix and related costs will fluctuate over time, making it difficult to predict our gross margins and future results of operations.
- We may be exposed to costs or losses from product lines that we intend to exit or may undertake divestiture of portions of our business that require us to continue providing substantial post-divestiture transition services and support, which may cause us to incur unanticipated costs and liabilities and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
- We may be involved in intellectual property disputes, which could divert management’s attention, cause us to incur significant costs and prevent us from selling or using the challenged technology.
- If we fail to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights, our business and results of operations could be materially harmed.
- It could be discovered that our products contain defects that may cause us to incur significant costs, divert our attention, result in a loss of customers and result in product liability claims.
- Our revenues are typically subject to seasonality.
- If we fail to obtain the right to use the intellectual property rights of others which are necessary to operate our business, and to protect their intellectual property, our business and results of operations will be adversely affected.
- Participation in standards setting organizations may subject us to intellectual property licensing requirements or limitations that could adversely affect our business and prospects.
- Any potential dispute involving our products, services or technology could also include our customers using our products, which could trigger our indemnification obligations to them and result in substantial expenses to us.
- Rapidly changing standards and regulations could make our products obsolete, which would cause our revenue and results of operations to suffer.
- We may be unable to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards to reduce our income taxes, which could adversely affect our future financial results.
- We are subject to environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, which could subject us to liabilities, increase our costs, or restrict our business or operations in the future.
- Risks Related to Our Operations in China
- Changes in China’s international trade policies may adversely impact our business and operating results.
- A considerable portion of our business outside of the Cloud and data center market segments involves selling high-speed optical components in China and any move to local Chinese vendors for these products might adversely affect our results.
- Adverse changes in economic and political policies in China, or Chinese laws or regulations could have a material adverse effect on business conditions and the overall economic growth of China, which could adversely affect our business.
- Uncertainties with respect to China’s legal system could adversely affect the legal protection available to us.
- Restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to use our cash effectively.
- If the Chinese government determines that we failed to obtain approvals of, or registrations with, the requisite Chinese regulatory authority with respect to our current and past import and export of technologies, or failed to obtain the necessary licenses to file patent applications outside China for inventions made in China, we could be subject to sanctions, which could adversely affect our business.
- Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock
- Our charter documents and Delaware law could prevent a takeover that stockholders consider favorable and could also reduce the market price of our stock.
- Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the exclusive forum for certain disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.
- *Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or other catastrophic events could harm our operations and our financial results.
Management Discussion
- Our business is focused on the highest speed digital optics and signal processing communications applications.
- In 2021, our High Speed Products for data rates of 100G and beyond comprised 93% of our revenues, increased from 92% in 2020 and 91% in 2019.
- We sell substantially all of our products to original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") and their contract manufacturers. Revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of the product to the buyer. We price our products based on market and competitive conditions and may periodically reduce the price of our products as market and competitive conditions change or as manufacturing costs are reduced. Our first quarter revenue is typically seasonally lower than the rest of the year primarily due to the impact of annual price negotiations with customers that occur at the end of the prior year and lower capacity utilization during the holidays in China. Our sales transactions to customers are denominated primarily in U.S. dollars.