| Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains statements regarding management’s belief that MRV is positioned to take advantage of key emerging industry trends and management’s expectations regarding those trends, and other statements about management’s future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans or prospects and those of the market segments in which MRV is engaged that are based on management’s current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about MRV and its consolidated businesses and the respective market segments in which MRV’s businesses operate, in addition to managements' assumptions. Statements in this presentation regarding MRV’s future financial and operating results and products, which are not statements of historical facts, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and may qualify for the safe harbor provided for in Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act, as amended. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "envisions," "estimates," "targets," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "should," “forecasts,” “projects,” variations of such words and similar expressions, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements which are not statements of historical facts. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or that the events anticipated will occur or that expected conditions will remain the same or improve. These statements involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the likelihood of which are difficult to assess and may not occur, including risks that each of its business segments may not make the expected progress in its respective market, or that management’s long-term strategy may not achieve the expected results. Other risks and uncertainties relate to delayed lead times in receiving components and delayed delivery times to customers due to short-term capacity constraints, potential changes in relationships with MRV’s customers and suppliers and their financial condition, MRV’s success in developing, introducing and shipping product enhancements and new products, competition in our market segments, market acceptance of new products, continued market acceptance of existing products and continued success in selling the products of other companies, product price discounts, the timing and amount of significant orders from customers, obsolete inventory or product returns, warranty and other claims on products, the continued ability of MRV to protect its intellectual property rights and avoid onerous licensing fees, changes in product mix, maturing product life cycles, implementation of operating cost structures that align with revenue growth, political instability in areas of the world in which MRV operates or sells its products and services, currency fluctuations, changes in accounting rules, general economic conditions, as well as changes in such conditions specific to our market segments, risks of manufacturing in Asia, maintenance of our inventory and production backlog, and litigation including but not limited to MRV’s historical stock option granting practices, its acquisition of Fiberxon, Inc. and patent infringement claims by others. Therefore, actual outcomes, performance and results may differ from what is expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements, and such differences may vary materially from current expectations. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with MRV’s businesses, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition” and “Risk Factors” sections of MRV’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2009, which may be obtained by contacting MRV’s investor relations department at 818-886-MRVC(6782) or at MRV’s investor relations website at http://ir.mrv.com. All information in this presentation is as of August 9, 2010. MRV undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in MRV’s expectations. |
