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Financial report summary
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Analog Devices • Microsemi • Maxim Integrated Products • Cypress Semiconductor • Littelfuse • Peraso • ST Microelectronics - New York Shares • Silicon Laboratories • ON Semiconductor • INPHIRisks
- Our future results may fluctuate, fail to match past performance or fail to meet expectations as a result of conditions beyond our control, such as general economic conditions in the markets we compete, conditions unique to our industry and the financial health and viability of our suppliers and customers.
- The cyclical nature of the industry we operate in may limit our ability to maintain or increase net sales and operating results during industry downturns.
- The average selling prices of products in our markets have historically decreased rapidly and will likely do so in the future, which could harm our revenue and gross margins.
- Disruptions in U.S. government operations and funding could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
- We rely on a limited number of suppliers and subcontractors, many of which are based outside the U.S., for many essential components and materials and certain critical manufacturing services and any interruption or loss of supplies or services from these entities could significantly interrupt our business operations and the production of our products.
- Our ability to increase product sales and revenue may be constrained by the manufacturing capacity of our suppliers.
- Our products may be found to be defective, liability claims may be asserted against us and we may not have sufficient liability insurance.
- Obsolete inventories as a result of changes in demand for our products and changes in the life cycles of our products could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
- We depend on mobile network operators to promote and offer acceptable wireless data services.
- We may be unsuccessful in developing and selling new products, which is central to our objective of maintaining and expanding our business.
- Our customers require our products to undergo a lengthy and expensive qualification process without any assurance of product sales.
- Unfavorable or uncertain conditions in the 5G infrastructure market may cause fluctuations in our rate of revenue growth or financial results.
- We may be unable to adequately protect our intellectual property rights.
- We may be found to infringe on the intellectual property rights of others or be required to enter into intellectual property licenses on unfavorable terms.
- We must commit resources to product production prior to receipt of purchase commitments and could lose some or all of the associated investment.
- While we intend to continue to invest in research and development, we may be unable to make the substantial investments that are required to remain competitive in our business.
- Certain software we use is from open source code sources, which, under certain circumstances, may lead to unintended consequences and, therefore, could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flow.
- We may need to transition to smaller geometry process technologies and achieve higher levels of design integration to remain competitive and may experience delays in this transition or fail to efficiently implement this transition.
- We are subject to export restrictions and laws affecting trade and investments, which may limit our ability to sell to certain customers.
- We sell and trade with customers outside the U.S., which subjects our business to increased risks.
- A substantial portion of our sales is derived from China and adverse changes to general economic conditions in China could have a material and adverse impact on our sales and financial results.
- We and our manufacturing partners are or will be subject to extensive Chinese government regulation, and the benefit of various incentives from Chinese governments that we and our manufacturing partners receive may be reduced or eliminated, which could increase our costs or limit our ability to sell products and conduct activities in China.
- Our foreign currency exposures may change over time as the level of activity in foreign markets grows and could have an adverse impact upon financial results.
- We may be subject to increased tax liabilities and an increased effective tax rate if we need to remit funds held by our subsidiaries outside the U.S.
- The volatility of customer demand limits our ability to predict future levels of sales and profitability.
- Most of our authorized distributors, which collectively represent a significant portion of our net sales, can terminate their contract with us with little or no notice. The termination of a distributor could negatively impact our business, including net sales and accounts receivable.
- Our inability to effectively control the sales of our products on the gray market could have a material adverse effect on us.
- Competition from new or established IoT, cloud services and wireless services companies, or from those with greater resources, may prevent us from increasing or maintaining our market and could result in price reductions and/or loss of business, resulting in reduced revenues and gross margins.
- Changes in government trade policies could have an adverse impact on our business or the business of our customers, which may materially adversely affect our business operations, sales or gross margins.
- Certain of our products and services are subject to laws and regulations in the U.S., Canada, the European Union and other regions in which we operate.
- Our failure to comply with any applicable environmental regulations could result in a range of consequences, including fines, suspension of production, excess inventory, sales limitations, and criminal and civil liabilities.
- The Processing of user data (including personal information) could give rise to liabilities or additional costs as a result of laws, governmental regulations and mobile network operator and other customer requirements or differing views of individuals’ privacy rights.
- Our operating results could be adversely affected as a result of changes in our effective tax rates, the adoption of new U.S. or foreign tax legislation or exposure to additional tax liabilities, or by material differences between our forecasted annual effective tax rates and actual tax rates.
- We may be subject to taxation and review of our compliance with income, value-added and other sales-type tax regulations in other jurisdictions which could negatively affect our operations.
- Corporate responsibility, specifically related to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters, may impose additional costs and expose us to new risks.
- Our business and growth depend on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, including our management team and other key personnel, and the inability to attract, hire, integrate, train, retain, or motivate specialized technical and management personnel could harm our business and growth.
- We have encountered and expect to continue encountering difficulties that have adversely impacted, and likely will continue to adversely impact, our ability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Sierra Wireless Acquisition, and our significant additional indebtedness that we incurred in connection with the acquisition has negative consequences.
- We face risks associated with companies we have acquired in the past and may acquire in the future.
- We have incurred substantial impairment charges, and we may be required to recognize additional impairment charges in the future, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.
- We rely on certain critical information systems for the operation of our business and a disruption in our information systems, including those related to cybersecurity, could adversely affect our business operations.
- The costs associated with our indemnification of certain customers, distributors, and other parties could be higher in future periods.
- We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, which has led to a conclusion that our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of January 28, 2024. If we are unable to remediate the material weaknesses, discover additional weaknesses, or are unable to achieve and maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, our results of operations, stock price and investor confidence in our Company could be adversely affected.
- Our indebtedness could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Restrictive and financial covenants in the Credit Agreement governing our credit facilities may restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies, and any violation of one or more of these covenants could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
- The accounting method for the Notes could adversely affect our financial condition and results.
- Conversion of the Notes may dilute the ownership interest of our stockholders or may otherwise depress the price of our common stock.
- Certain provisions in the indentures governing the Notes may delay or prevent an otherwise beneficial takeover attempt of us.
- The Convertible Note Hedge Transactions and Warrants transactions may affect the trading price of our common stock.
- We are subject to counterparty risk with respect to the Convertible Note Hedge Transactions.
Management Discussion
- A discussion of our results of operations for the fiscal years ended January 28, 2024 and January 29, 2023 and year-over-year comparisons between these fiscal years appears below. In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, we made certain changes in our reportable segments due to organizational restructuring. See “―Our Segments” above. See also Note 16, Segment Information, to our Consolidated Financial Statements for additional segment information.
- With the exception of net sales, gross profit and operating expenses, which are discussed below to reflect the changes to our reportable segments and reclassification of restructuring costs (see "Reclassification" below), a discussion of our results of operations for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2022 and year-over-year comparisons between fiscal years 2023 and 2022 have been omitted from this Annual Report on Form 10-K, but may be found in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 30, 2023.
- During fiscal year 2024, we reclassified restructuring costs that were included in "Selling, general and administrative" and "Product development and engineering" within "Total operating costs and expenses, net" in the Statements of Operations to be separately presented in "Restructuring" within "Total operating costs and expenses, net" in the Statements of Operations. This was applied retrospectively, which resulted in the reclassification of $11.1 million of restructuring costs from "Selling, general and administrative" and $0.5 million of restructuring costs from "Product development and engineering" to "Restructuring" in the Statements of Operations for fiscal year 2023. There were no restructuring costs in fiscal year 2022. This reclassification did