--- ticker: ENTG company: Entegris Inc. filing_type: 10-K year_current: 2025 year_prior: 2024 risks_added: 3 risks_removed: 1 risks_modified: 12 risks_unchanged: 15 source: SEC EDGAR url: https://riskdiff.com/entg/2025-vs-2024/ markdown_url: https://riskdiff.com/entg/2025-vs-2024/index.md generated: 2026-05-10 --- # Entegris Inc.: 10-K Risk Factor Changes 2025 vs 2024 > Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) > Generated: 2026-05-10 > All data extracted directly from official filings. No hallucinated content. > **[AI-Generated Summary]** The paragraph below was produced by a language > model and may contain errors. All other content on this page is deterministically > extracted from the original SEC filing. > Entegris expanded its risk disclosures by adding three new risk factors focused on geopolitical and regulatory challenges: tariffs and trade protectionism, government incentives and agreements, and a new Risk Factor Summary section. The company removed one acquisition-related risk from the prior year following the completion of its CMC Materials integration. Twelve existing risk factors underwent substantive modifications, with notable updates to cybersecurity and data privacy risks, manufacturing disruption exposure, and taxation matters, reflecting evolving operational and regulatory pressures. --- ## Summary | Status | Count | |--------|-------| | New risks added | 3 | | Risks removed | 1 | | Risks modified | 12 | | Unchanged | 15 | --- ## New in Current Filing: Risk Factor Summary Risks Related to Our Business and Industry •Fluctuations in demand for semiconductors and volume of semiconductor manufacturing. •Global economic uncertainty, including volatile financial markets, inflation, fluctuations in interest rates, economic recessions, and national debt and bank failures. •Variability of revenues and operating results. •Supply chain risks, including partial reliance on sole, single or limited source suppliers. •Challenges inherent in operating a global business, including managing complex political, legal, regulatory, and operational environments across the jurisdictions in which the Company operates. •Regional and global instabilities and hostilities, including the ongoing conflicts between Ukraine and Russia, and between Israel and Hamas. •The impact of export controls, economic sanctions and other similar restrictions. •Customer concentration. •Continuing innovation and introduction of new products. •Risks related to competition. •Manufacturing interruptions or delays and other operational disruptions. •Information technology ("IT") system failures, network disruptions, data breaches, and other cybersecurity threats. •The use of hazardous materials in our operations. •The impact of tariffs, additional taxes, and other protectionist measures. •Goodwill impairment. •Loss of key employees. •Our ability to obtain, protect, and enforce intellectual property rights. •Environmental, social, and governance commitments. Risks Related to Government Regulation •The impact of being subject to numerous rapidly evolving environmental laws and regulations across many jurisdictions. •Risks related to the regulatory environment, including compliance costs and being subject to potentially inconsistent or conflicting regulations. •Changes in taxation or adverse tax rulings. •The impact of government incentives, including added operational complexity and competition. 15 15 15 Table of Contents Table of Contents Risks Related to Our Indebtedness •The impact of our indebtedness, including our ability to obtain future financing. •Risks related to our ability to generate sufficient cash to service our indebtedness. •Restrictions on our operations as a result of the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below) and the Indentures (as defined below). Risks Related to Owning our Common Stock •The volatility of the price of our common stock. •Changes in capital allocation strategy. •Provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law may delay or prevent us from being acquired. General Risks •Significant competition. •Our ability to successfully acquire or integrate other businesses, form joint ventures, or divest businesses. •The impact of climate change, including changes in market dynamics and stakeholder expectations, and unexpected operational disruptions. --- ## New in Current Filing: Tariffs, additional taxes, and other protectionist measures resulting from international trade disputes, strained international relations and changes to foreign and national security policy could increase our procurement and manufacturing costs, reduce the competitiveness or availability of our products and have other adverse effects on our operations. Tariffs, additional taxes, trade barriers and other measures may increase raw material and manufacturing costs, decrease margins, affect customer ordering patterns, reduce the competitiveness of our products or inhibit our ability to sell products or purchase necessary equipment and supplies, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. While significant attention has been paid to protectionist actions between the U.S. and China in recent years, some of which have impacted certain raw materials we use, it is anticipated that the U.S. will employ tariffs and other countermeasures broadly in pursuit of its political and economic strategies and that other countries may take similar or related actions. --- ## New in Current Filing: We are exposed to risks related to government incentives and other agreements that may involve government entities, such as increases in the complexity and costs of our operations, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. From time to time, we may receive and enter agreements for grants, tax benefits and other incentives from national, state and local governments in jurisdictions throughout the world designed to encourage us to establish, maintain or increase our investment, research and development and production activities in those jurisdictions. Our future business plans are impacted by obtaining these government incentives, which may take various forms, including grants, subsidies, loans, and tax arrangements, and typically require us to achieve or maintain certain levels of investment, capital spending, employment, technology deployment or development milestones, construction or production milestones, or research and development activities to qualify for such incentives or could restrict us from undertaking certain activities. Compliance with these requirements may add complexity to our operations and increase our costs, and a failure to comply could result in cancelation of agreements or transactions, investigations, civil and criminal penalties, forfeiture of profits, reduction, termination or clawback of any funding, suspension or debarment from doing business with the government, or other penalties, any of which could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For example, we have entered into a direct funding agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce to receive a grant under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. We may be unable to successfully achieve the milestones and ancillary requirements to qualify for these incentives or such incentives may otherwise be withheld. We also may be unable to obtain future incentives, which may put us at a disadvantage against competitors, especially foreign competitors that may benefit from such incentives in the countries in which they are headquartered. --- ## No Match in Current: Our acquisition of CMC Materials involves a number of risks that could adversely affect our business, and we may not realize the financial and strategic goals we anticipate. *This section from the 2024 filing does not have a high-confidence textual match in 2025. It may have been removed, merged, or substantially reworded.* In July 2022, we completed our acquisition of CMC Materials, which we refer to in this risk factor as the "acquisition". The ultimate success of the acquisition will depend on, among other things, the ability to continue to combine the two businesses in a manner that facilitates growth opportunities. While we have completed many key integration steps, such as migrating the core legacy CMC Materials businesses onto our Enterprise Resource Planning system, there are other processes, policies, procedures, operations and systems that we continue to integrate. The combined company has and may continue to incur ongoing restructuring, integration and other costs associated with combining the operations of the two companies. For example, we have recently combined two legacy segments, the Advanced Planarization Solutions and the Specialty Chemicals and Engineered Materials segments, to form the Materials Solutions segment to better position our business to service our customers across critical semiconductor process steps such as etch, deposition, CMP and post-CMP, which resulted in an organizational restructuring. It is possible that the ongoing integration process could result in (1) the loss of customers, (2) the disruption of ongoing businesses, (3) inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies, (4) unexpected integration issues, (5) higher than expected integration costs and (6) an overall integration process that takes longer than originally anticipated. Actual growth, if achieved, may be lower than what we expect and may take longer to achieve than anticipated. Even if we successfully integrate CMC Materials, we may not be able to do so in a way that maximizes the combined business to the fullest extent. If we are not able to successfully achieve our objectives, the benefits of the acquisition may not be fully realized or may take longer to achieve than expected. Furthermore, in connection with the completed sale of the EC business to Fujifilm, we are actively working to transition corporate support services relating to this business to Fujifilm, and it is possible that this process could result in distraction from our core business, unexpected transition issues, higher than expected transition costs and a transition process that takes longer than originally anticipated. --- ## Modified: We may be subject to IT system failures, network disruptions and cybersecurity and data breaches, which could damage our reputation and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. New laws and regulations regarding data privacy may also increase our costs. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "All IT systems are subject to disruptions, security breaches, outages and failures, which may be caused by a variety of internal and external factors." - Reworded sentence: "Geopolitical tensions or conflicts, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and increasing tensions with China, have created a heightened risk of cybersecurity attacks." **Prior (2024):** In conducting our business, we use, collect and store sensitive data, including our financial information, intellectual property, confidential information, proprietary business information and personally identifiable information of our employees and others, as well as similar information of our customers, suppliers and business partners. We maintain this information in our data centers, on our networks and on IT systems owned and maintained by third parties. The secure processing, maintenance and transmission of this information is critical to our operations. All IT systems are subject to disruptions, security breaches, outages and failures. We and our third-party suppliers have experienced, and expect to continue to be subject to, cybersecurity threats and incidents ranging from employee or contractor error or misuse, to individual attempts to gain unauthorized access to systems, to sophisticated and targeted measures known as advanced persistent threats. Cybersecurity threats may target us directly or indirectly through our third-party providers and global supply chain. Cybersecurity attacks are increasing in number and the attackers are increasingly organized and well-financed, or at times supported by state actors. Geopolitical tensions or conflicts, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine or increasing tensions with China, may create a heightened risk of cybersecurity attacks. Artificial intelligence capabilities may be used by threat actors to identify vulnerabilities and craft increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity attacks. The use of artificial intelligence by us, our customers, suppliers and other business partners and third-party providers may introduce vulnerabilities onto our IT systems and data. We continue to devote significant resources to network security, threat monitoring and other measures to protect our systems and data from unauthorized access or misuse, and we may be required to expend greater resources in the future, especially in the face of evolving and increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats and laws, regulations, and other actual and asserted obligations to which we are or may become subject relating to privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity. IT system failures, network disruptions and breaches of data security could (1) cause disruption in our operations, issues with customer communication and order management, the unauthorized or unintentional disclosure of sensitive information, or disruptions in our transaction processing or (2) undermine the integrity of our disclosure controls and procedures and our 22 22 22 Table of Contents Table of Contents internal control over financial reporting, which could affect our reputation, result in significant liabilities and expenses, adversely affect our ability to report our financial results in a timely manner and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Our efforts to comply with current and evolving laws, regulations and other obligations, such as contractual or commercial obligations from our customers or other third parties, concerning privacy, cybersecurity, and data protection, increase our compliance costs and could result in significant additional expenses. Any actual or alleged failure to comply with these obligations could result in inquiries, investigations, and other proceedings against us by regulatory authorities or other third parties. **Current (2025):** In conducting our business, we use, collect and store sensitive data, including our financial information, intellectual property, confidential information, proprietary business information and personally identifiable information of our employees and others, as well as similar information of our customers, suppliers and business partners. We maintain this information in our data centers, on our networks and on IT systems owned and maintained by third parties. The secure processing, maintenance and transmission of this information is critical to our operations. All IT systems are subject to disruptions, security breaches, outages and failures, which may be caused by a variety of internal and external factors. We and our third-party suppliers have experienced, and expect to continue to be subject to, cybersecurity threats and incidents ranging from employee or contractor error or misuse to individual attempts to gain unauthorized access to systems, to sophisticated and targeted measures known as advanced persistent threats. Cybersecurity threats may target us directly or indirectly through our third-party providers and global supply chain. Cybersecurity attacks are increasing in number and the attackers are increasingly organized and well-financed, or at times supported by state actors. Geopolitical tensions or conflicts, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and increasing tensions with China, have created a heightened risk of cybersecurity attacks. Artificial intelligence capabilities are and will be used by threat actors to identify vulnerabilities and craft increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity attacks, making them even more difficult to defend against by creating more effective phishing emails or social engineering and by exploiting vulnerabilities in electronic security programs utilizing false image or voice recognition. The use of artificial intelligence by us, our customers, suppliers and other business partners and third-party providers may introduce vulnerabilities onto our IT systems. We may be unable to anticipate, prevent or remediate future attacks, vulnerabilities, breaches or incidents and in some instances we may be unaware of vulnerabilities or cybersecurity breaches or incidents or their magnitude and effects, particularly as attackers are increasingly able to circumvent controls and remove forensic evidence. We continue to devote significant resources to network security, threat monitoring and other measures to protect our systems and data from unauthorized access or misuse, and we may be required to expend greater resources in the future, especially in the face of evolving and increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats and laws, regulations, contractual and other actual and asserted obligations to which we are or may become subject relating to privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity. 21 21 21 Table of Contents Table of Contents IT system failures, network disruptions and breaches of data security could (1) cause disruption in our operations, issues with customer communication and order management, the unauthorized or unintentional disclosure of sensitive information, or disruptions in our transaction processing or (2) undermine the integrity of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting, which could affect our reputation, result in significant liabilities and expenses, adversely affect our ability to report our financial results in a timely manner and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Our efforts to comply with current and evolving laws, regulations and other obligations, such as contractual or commercial obligations from our customers or other third parties, concerning privacy, cybersecurity, and data protection, increase our compliance costs and could result in significant additional expenses. Any actual or alleged failure to comply with these obligations could result in inquiries, investigations, and other proceedings against us by regulatory authorities or other third parties. --- ## Modified: Manufacturing interruptions or delays, or other disruptions to our operations, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and reputation. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "We have, on occasion, experienced manufacturing difficulties, such as critical equipment breakdowns, delayed ramp up of newly constructed or expanded manufacturing facilities or the introduction of impurities in the manufacturing process." - Reworded sentence: "In addition, any modification to the manufacturing process of a product, including changes designed to improve manufacturing yields, process stability and product quality, could require that the product be re-qualified by customers, which can increase our costs and delay or prevent our ability to sell this product to our customers." - Reworded sentence: "Our continuity plans may be insufficient to mitigate the impact of disruptions to our operations, and any prolonged disruption may impede our ability to manufacture and deliver products to our customers, resulting in an adverse impact on our business and results of operations." **Prior (2024):** Our manufacturing processes are complex and require the use of expensive and technologically sophisticated equipment and materials. These processes are frequently modified to improve manufacturing yields, process stability and product quality. We 20 20 20 Table of Contents Table of Contents have, on occasion, experienced manufacturing difficulties, such as critical equipment breakdowns or the introduction of impurities in the manufacturing process. Any future difficulties could cause lower yields, make our products unmarketable and/or delay deliveries to customers. In addition, any modification to the manufacturing process of a product could require that the product be re-qualified by customers, which can increase our costs and delay our ability to sell this product to our customers. We have moved, and we may again move, the manufacture of certain products from one plant to another. If we fail to transfer and re-establish the manufacturing processes in the destination plant efficiently and effectively, we may not be able to meet customer demand, we may lose credibility with our customers and our business may be harmed. Even if we successfully move our manufacturing processes, we may not achieve the anticipated levels of cost savings or efficiencies, if any. These and other manufacturing difficulties may result in the loss of sales and exposure to warranty and product liability claims. Disruptions to our operations may be caused by factors outside of our control, including severe weather events and natural catastrophes, civil unrest, outbreaks of disease, and terrorist actions. Our continuity plans designed to mitigate the impact of disruptions to our operations may be insufficient, and any prolonged disruption may impede our ability to manufacture and deliver products to our customers, resulting in an adverse impact on our business and results of operations. **Current (2025):** Our manufacturing processes are complex and require the use of expensive and technologically sophisticated equipment and materials. We have, on occasion, experienced manufacturing difficulties, such as critical equipment breakdowns, delayed ramp up of newly constructed or expanded manufacturing facilities or the introduction of impurities in the manufacturing process. Any future difficulties could cause lower yields, make our products unmarketable and/or delay deliveries to customers. In addition, any modification to the manufacturing process of a product, including changes designed to improve manufacturing yields, process stability and product quality, could require that the product be re-qualified by customers, which can increase our costs and delay or prevent our ability to sell this product to our customers. We have moved, and we may in the future move, the manufacture of certain products from one plant to another. If we fail to transfer and re-establish the manufacturing processes in the destination plant efficiently and effectively, we may not be able to meet customer demand, we may lose credibility with our customers and our business may be harmed. Even if we successfully move our manufacturing processes, we may not achieve the anticipated levels of cost savings or efficiencies, if any. These and other manufacturing difficulties may result in the loss of sales and exposure to warranty and product liability claims. Disruptions to our operations may be caused by factors outside of our control, including severe weather events and natural catastrophes, civil unrest, outbreaks of disease, and terrorist actions. Our continuity plans may be insufficient to mitigate the impact of disruptions to our operations, and any prolonged disruption may impede our ability to manufacture and deliver products to our customers, resulting in an adverse impact on our business and results of operations. --- ## Modified: Changes in taxation or adverse tax rulings could adversely affect our results of operations. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "Our results of operations could be affected by tax audits, changes in tax rates, changes in laws and regulations governing the calculation, location and taxation of earned profit, changes in laws and regulations affecting our ability to realize deferred tax assets on our balance sheet and changes in laws and regulations relating to the repatriation of cash into the U.S." - Reworded sentence: "We have undertaken, and expect to continue to undertake, complex internal reorganizations of our foreign subsidiaries in order to rationalize and streamline our foreign operations, focus our management efforts on certain local opportunities and take advantage of favorable business conditions in certain localities." - Reworded sentence: "24 24 24 Table of Contents Table of Contents Various jurisdictions in which we operate are considering changes to their tax laws." **Prior (2024):** We operate in many foreign countries and are subject to taxation at various rates and audit by multiple taxing authorities. Our results of operations could be affected by tax audits, changes in tax rates, changes in laws and regulations governing the calculation, location and taxation of earned profit, changes in laws and regulations affecting our ability to realize deferred tax assets on our balance sheet and changes in laws and regulations relating to the repatriation of cash into the United States. Each quarter, we forecast our tax liability based on our forecast of our performance for the year in each tax jurisdiction. If our performance forecast changes, our forecasted tax liability would also likely change, perhaps materially. We have undertaken and expect to continue to undertake a number of complex internal reorganizations of our foreign subsidiaries in order to rationalize and streamline our foreign operations, focus our management efforts on certain local opportunities and take advantage of favorable business conditions in certain localities. These or any future reorganizations could result in adverse tax consequences in one or more jurisdictions, which could adversely impact our profitability from foreign operations and result in a material reduction in our results of operations. Various other jurisdictions, including members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, are considering changes to their tax laws, including provisions intended to address base erosion and profit shifting by taxpayers. Any tax reform adopted in these or other countries may exacerbate the risks described above. **Current (2025):** We operate in many foreign countries and are subject to taxation at various rates and audit by multiple taxing authorities. Our results of operations could be affected by tax audits, changes in tax rates, changes in laws and regulations governing the calculation, location and taxation of earned profit, changes in laws and regulations affecting our ability to realize deferred tax assets on our balance sheet and changes in laws and regulations relating to the repatriation of cash into the U.S. Each quarter, we forecast our tax liability based on our forecast of our performance for the year in each tax jurisdiction. If our performance forecast changes, our forecasted tax liability would also likely change, perhaps materially. We have undertaken, and expect to continue to undertake, complex internal reorganizations of our foreign subsidiaries in order to rationalize and streamline our foreign operations, focus our management efforts on certain local opportunities and take advantage of favorable business conditions in certain localities. These or any future reorganizations could result in adverse tax consequences in one or more jurisdictions, which could adversely impact our profitability from foreign operations and result in a material reduction in our results of operations. 24 24 24 Table of Contents Table of Contents Various jurisdictions in which we operate are considering changes to their tax laws. For example, the OECD introduced the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting 2.0 project that seeks to impose a global minimum income tax rate of 15%. Any tax reform adopted in any foreign jurisdiction may exacerbate the risks described above. --- ## Modified: Because a significant amount of our sales and manufacturing activity occurs outside the U.S., we are exposed to risks inherent in operating a global business. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "accounted for approximately 79%, 75% and 76% of our net sales in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively." - Reworded sentence: "We also develop and manufacture a significant portion of our products outside the U.S." - Reworded sentence: "We intend to continue to maintain extensive sales, product development and manufacturing operations internationally, which are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and potential costs that could adversely affect our revenue, profitability and reputation, including: •changes and uncertainties with respect to trade and export regulations (including new and changing regulations for exports of certain technologies to China), trade policies and sanctions, tariffs, international trade disputes and any retaliatory measures, which impact countries in which we conduct significant business, which could (1) impose 18 18 18 Table of Contents Table of Contents additional costs on our operations, (2) limit our ability to operate our business and (3) adversely impact us, our customers or our suppliers; •positions taken by governments or governmental agencies regarding national, commercial and/or security issues posed by the development, sale or export of certain raw materials, products and technologies; •geopolitical tensions or conflicts, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and increasing tensions between China and Taiwan and between China and the U.S., and other political and economic instability and uncertainty; •cybersecurity incidents; •challenges in hiring and integrating workers in different countries; •challenges in managing a diverse workforce with different experience levels, languages, cultures, customs, business practices and worker expectations, along with differing employment practices and labor issues; •challenges of maintaining appropriate business processes, procedures and internal controls and complying with legal, environmental, health and safety, anti-bribery, anti-corruption, trade compliance, data privacy, cybersecurity and other regulatory requirements that vary by jurisdiction; •challenges in developing relationships with local customers, suppliers and governments; •fluctuating pricing and availability of raw materials and supply chain interruptions or slowdowns, including as a result of difficulties, financial or otherwise, faced by segments of the transportation industry; •public health crises; •expense and complexity of complying with U.S." - Reworded sentence: "dollar against foreign currencies that are important to our business; •liability for foreign taxes assessed at rates higher than those applicable to our domestic operations; •imposition of a global minimum tax rate, including by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD"); •challenges and costs associated with the protection of our intellectual property throughout the world; •challenges associated with managing global and regional third-party service providers, including certain engineering, software development, manufacturing, IT and other functions; •customer or government efforts to encourage operations and sourcing in a particular country, such as Korea or China, including efforts to develop and grow local competitors, require local manufacturing, and provide special incentives to government-backed local customers to buy from local competitors; and •impacts of natural disasters and extreme and chronic weather events on our operations and those of our customers and suppliers, which may be exacerbated by climate change." **Prior (2024):** Sales to customers outside the U.S. accounted for approximately 75%, 76% and 77% of our net sales in 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. We anticipate that international sales will continue to account for a majority of our net sales. In addition, a number of our key domestic customers derive a significant portion of their revenues from sales in international markets. We also manufacture a significant portion of our products outside the U.S. and depend on international suppliers for many of our parts and raw materials. We intend to continue to pursue opportunities in both sales and manufacturing internationally. Our international operations are subject to a number of risks and potential costs that could adversely affect our revenue and profitability, including: •changes and uncertainties with respect to trade and export regulations (including new and changing regulations for exports of certain technologies to China), trade policies and sanctions, tariffs, international trade disputes and any retaliatory measures, which impact countries in which we conduct significant business could (1) impose additional costs on our operations, (2) limit our ability to operate our business and (3) adversely impact us, our customers or our suppliers; •positions taken by governmental agencies regarding possible national, commercial and/or security issues posed by the development, sale or export of certain raw materials, products and technologies; •geopolitical tensions or conflicts, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas, the current conflict in the Red Sea and increasing tensions with China, and other political and economic instability and uncertainty, which may result in severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, rating downgrades of sovereign debt, declining valuation of certain investments, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, volatility in unemployment rates, increased logistics costs and delays and uncertainty about economic stability; •challenges in hiring and integrating workers in different countries; •challenges in managing a diverse workforce with different experience levels, languages, cultures, customs, business practices and worker expectations, along with differing employment practices and labor issues; •challenges of maintaining appropriate business processes, procedures and internal controls and complying with legal, environmental, health and safety, anti-bribery, anti-corruption, data privacy, cybersecurity and other regulatory requirements that vary by jurisdiction; •challenges in developing relationships with local customers, suppliers and governments; •fluctuating pricing and availability of raw materials and supply chain interruptions or slowdowns, including as a result of difficulties, financial or otherwise, faced by segments of the transportation industry; •public health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and related implications thereof; 18 18 18 Table of Contents Table of Contents •expense and complexity of complying with U.S. and foreign import and export regulations, including the ability to obtain and renew required import and export licenses; •fluctuations in interest rates and currency exchange rates, including the relative strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies that are important to our business, including the Japanese yen, euro, Taiwanese dollar, Korean won, Chinese renminbi, Singapore dollar, Malaysian ringgit, Canadian dollar or Israeli shekel, which could cause our sales and profitability to decline; •liability for foreign taxes assessed at rates higher than those applicable to our domestic operations; •imposition of a global minimum tax rate, including by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD"); •challenges and costs associated with the protection of our intellectual property throughout the world; •challenges associated with managing global and regional third-party service providers, including certain engineering, software development, manufacturing, IT and other functions; and •customer or government efforts to encourage operations and sourcing in a particular country, such as Korea or China, including efforts to develop and grow local competitors, require local manufacturing, and provide special incentives to government-backed local customers to buy from local competitors. In the past, these factors have disrupted our operations and increased our costs, and we expect that these factors will continue to do so in the future. Furthermore, there is inherent risk, based on the complex relationships among China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S., that political, diplomatic and national security influences could lead to trade disputes, impacts and/or disruptions, in particular those affecting the semiconductor industry. This can adversely affect our business with China, Japan, Korea, and/or Taiwan and potentially the entire Asia Pacific region or global economy. A significant trade dispute, impact and/or disruption in any area where we do business could have a materially adverse impact on our future revenue and profits. **Current (2025):** Sales to customers outside the U.S. accounted for approximately 79%, 75% and 76% of our net sales in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We anticipate that international sales will continue to account for a majority of our net sales. In addition, a number of our key domestic customers derive a significant portion of their revenues from sales in international markets. We also develop and manufacture a significant portion of our products outside the U.S. and depend on international suppliers for many of our parts and raw materials. We intend to continue to maintain extensive sales, product development and manufacturing operations internationally, which are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and potential costs that could adversely affect our revenue, profitability and reputation, including: •changes and uncertainties with respect to trade and export regulations (including new and changing regulations for exports of certain technologies to China), trade policies and sanctions, tariffs, international trade disputes and any retaliatory measures, which impact countries in which we conduct significant business, which could (1) impose 18 18 18 Table of Contents Table of Contents additional costs on our operations, (2) limit our ability to operate our business and (3) adversely impact us, our customers or our suppliers; •positions taken by governments or governmental agencies regarding national, commercial and/or security issues posed by the development, sale or export of certain raw materials, products and technologies; •geopolitical tensions or conflicts, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and increasing tensions between China and Taiwan and between China and the U.S., and other political and economic instability and uncertainty; •cybersecurity incidents; •challenges in hiring and integrating workers in different countries; •challenges in managing a diverse workforce with different experience levels, languages, cultures, customs, business practices and worker expectations, along with differing employment practices and labor issues; •challenges of maintaining appropriate business processes, procedures and internal controls and complying with legal, environmental, health and safety, anti-bribery, anti-corruption, trade compliance, data privacy, cybersecurity and other regulatory requirements that vary by jurisdiction; •challenges in developing relationships with local customers, suppliers and governments; •fluctuating pricing and availability of raw materials and supply chain interruptions or slowdowns, including as a result of difficulties, financial or otherwise, faced by segments of the transportation industry; •public health crises; •expense and complexity of complying with U.S. and foreign import and export regulations, including the ability to obtain and renew required import and export licenses; •fluctuations in interest rates and currency exchange rates, including the relative strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies that are important to our business; •liability for foreign taxes assessed at rates higher than those applicable to our domestic operations; •imposition of a global minimum tax rate, including by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD"); •challenges and costs associated with the protection of our intellectual property throughout the world; •challenges associated with managing global and regional third-party service providers, including certain engineering, software development, manufacturing, IT and other functions; •customer or government efforts to encourage operations and sourcing in a particular country, such as Korea or China, including efforts to develop and grow local competitors, require local manufacturing, and provide special incentives to government-backed local customers to buy from local competitors; and •impacts of natural disasters and extreme and chronic weather events on our operations and those of our customers and suppliers, which may be exacerbated by climate change. In the past, these factors have disrupted our operations and increased our costs, and we expect that these factors will continue to do so in the future. Furthermore, there is inherent risk, based on the complex relationships among China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S., that political, diplomatic and national security influences could lead to trade disputes, impacts and/or disruptions, in particular those affecting the semiconductor industry. This can adversely affect our business with China, Japan, Korea, and/or Taiwan and potentially the entire Asia Pacific region or global economy. A significant trade dispute, impact and/or disruption in any area where we do business could have a materially adverse impact on our future revenue and profits. --- ## Modified: We are subject to a variety of rapidly evolving environmental laws and regulations that could cause us to incur significant liabilities and expenses. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "regulatory requirements relating to the design, manufacture, sale, shipping, import, export and use of our products, as well as the release, use, storage, treatment, transportation, discharge, disposal and remediation of, and human exposure to, hazardous chemicals, could result in future liabilities, remediation efforts or the suspension of production or shipment." **Prior (2024):** The wide variety of federal, state, local and non-U.S. regulatory requirements relating to the release, use, storage, treatment, transportation, discharge, disposal and remediation of, and human exposure to, hazardous chemicals could result in future 23 23 23 Table of Contents Table of Contents liabilities, remediation efforts or the suspension of production or shipment. These requirements are dynamic and have become more strict over time. These laws and regulations, among others, increase the complexity and costs of transporting our products from the country in which they are manufactured to our customers. Further changes to or our failure to comply with these and similar regulations could (1) restrict our ability to expand, build or acquire new facilities, (2) require us to acquire costly control equipment, (3) cause us to incur expenses associated with remediation of contamination, (4) cause us to modify our manufacturing or shipping processes or (5) otherwise increase our cost of doing business, which may have a negative impact on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, the potential adoption of new laws, rules or regulations related to climate change and the use or sale of PFAS-containing products poses risks, including subjecting us to future costs and liabilities, that could harm our results of operations or affect the way we conduct our businesses. For example, new or modified regulations could require us to make substantial expenditures to enhance our environmental compliance efforts. **Current (2025):** The wide variety of federal, state, local and non-U.S. regulatory requirements relating to the design, manufacture, sale, shipping, import, export and use of our products, as well as the release, use, storage, treatment, transportation, discharge, disposal and remediation of, and human exposure to, hazardous chemicals, could result in future liabilities, remediation efforts or the suspension of production or shipment. These requirements are dynamic and have become stricter over time. These laws and regulations, among others, increase the complexity and costs of operating our facilities and manufacturing and transporting our products. Further changes to or our failure to comply with these and similar regulations could (1) restrict our ability to expand, build or acquire new facilities, (2) require us to acquire costly control equipment, (3) cause us to incur expenses associated with remediation of contamination, (4) cause us to modify our product design, operations or manufacturing or shipping processes or (5) otherwise increase our cost of doing business, which may have a negative impact on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, the potential adoption of new laws, rules or regulations related to climate change and the use or sale of PFAS-containing products poses risks, including subjecting us to future costs and liabilities, that could harm our results of operations or affect the way we conduct our businesses. For example, new or modified regulations could require us to make substantial expenditures to enhance our environmental compliance efforts. --- ## Modified: Implementation of, and reporting on, our environmental, social and governance commitments could result in additional costs, and our inability to achieve these commitments could have an adverse impact on our reputation and performance. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "From time to time we communicate our strategies, commitments and targets related to sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions, the sustainability of our products, human rights, and other environmental, social and governance matters." - Reworded sentence: "Changing customer sustainability requirements, including increasing customer demand for sustainable products, as well as actions taken to achieve our sustainability targets, could cause us from time to time to alter our manufacturing, operations or products, and incur substantial additional expense." - Reworded sentence: "In addition, standards and processes for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other sustainability metrics may change over time, increase our costs and result in inconsistent data or significant revisions to our strategies, commitments and targets, and our ability to achieve them." **Prior (2024):** From time to time we communicate our strategies, commitments and targets related to sustainability, carbon emissions, diversity and inclusion, human rights, and other environmental, social and governance matters. These strategies, commitments and targets reflect our current plans and aspirations, and we may be unable to achieve them. Changing customer sustainability requirements, as well as our sustainability targets, could cause us from time to time to alter our manufacturing, operations or products, and incur substantial additional expense to meet such requirements and targets. Any failure or perceived failure to timely meet these sustainability requirements or targets could adversely impact the demand for our products and subject us to significant costs and liabilities and reputational risks that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, standards and processes for measuring and reporting carbon emissions and other sustainability metrics may change over time and result in inconsistent data or significant revisions to our strategies, commitments and targets, and our ability to achieve them. Any scrutiny of our carbon emissions or other sustainability disclosures or our failure to achieve related strategies, commitments and targets, or our failure to disclose our sustainability measures consistent with applicable laws and regulations or to the satisfaction of our stakeholders, could negatively impact our reputation or performance. **Current (2025):** From time to time we communicate our strategies, commitments and targets related to sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions, the sustainability of our products, human rights, and other environmental, social and governance matters. These strategies, commitments and targets reflect our current plans and aspirations, and we may be unable to achieve them. Changing customer sustainability requirements, including increasing customer demand for sustainable products, as well as actions taken to achieve our sustainability targets, could cause us from time to time to alter our manufacturing, operations or products, and incur substantial additional expense. Any failure or perceived failure to timely meet these sustainability requirements or targets could adversely impact the demand for our products and subject us to significant costs and liabilities and reputational risks that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, standards and processes for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other sustainability metrics may change over time, increase our costs and result in inconsistent data or significant revisions to our strategies, commitments and targets, and our ability to achieve them. We also are or may become subject to new climate and sustainability laws and regulations, such as the State of California's new climate change disclosure rules, the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the SEC's rules on climate-related risks. Compliance with such laws and regulations, as well as increased scrutiny from regulators, customers and other stakeholders in our sustainability practices, could result in additional costs and expose us to new risks, including reputational risks. Any scrutiny of our greenhouse gas emissions or other sustainability disclosures or our failure to achieve related strategies, commitments and targets, or our failure to disclose our sustainability measures consistent with applicable laws and regulations or to the satisfaction of regulators or our stakeholders, could negatively impact our reputation or performance. --- ## Modified: We are exposed to various risks from our regulatory environment, including being subject to potentially inconsistent or conflicting laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate, international trade-related disputes and compliance costs, which may adversely impact our reputation, financial condition and results of operations. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "As a public company with global operations, we are subject to the laws of multiple jurisdictions and the rules and regulations of various governing bodies, including those related to health and safety, import and export controls, financial and other disclosures, accounting standards, corporate governance, public procurement and public funding, environment (including those relating to sustainability and climate change), privacy, anti-corruption, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to governmental officials or customers, conflict minerals or other social responsibility legislation, employment practices, immigration or travel regulations and antitrust regulations, among others." - Removed sentence: "To maintain high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure, we intend to invest in appropriate resources to comply with evolving standards." **Prior (2024):** We are subject to risks related to new, different, inconsistent, or even conflicting laws, rules, and regulations that may be enacted by legislative or executive bodies and/or regulatory agencies in the countries where we operate; disagreements or disputes related to international trade; and the interpretation and application of laws, rules, and regulations. As a public company with global operations, we are subject to the laws of multiple jurisdictions and the rules and regulations of various governing bodies, including those related to health and safety, export controls, financial and other disclosures, corporate governance, privacy, anti-corruption, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to governmental officials or customers, conflict minerals or other social responsibility legislation, employment practices, immigration or travel regulations and antitrust regulations, among others. Each of these laws, rules and regulations imposes costs on our business, including financial costs and potential diversion of our management's attention, and may present risks to our business, including potential fines, restrictions on our actions and reputational damage if we do not fully comply. The volume of changes to such laws, rules and regulations may increase in the countries where we operate. To maintain high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure, we intend to invest in appropriate resources to comply with evolving standards. Changes in or ambiguous interpretations of laws, regulations and standards may create uncertainty regarding compliance matters. Efforts to comply with new and changing regulations have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, increased administrative expenses and diversion of management's time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If we are found by a court or regulatory agency not to be in compliance with laws and regulations, our reputation, business, financial condition and/or results of operations could be adversely affected, we may be disqualified or barred from participating in certain activities and we may be forced to modify our operations to achieve full compliance. **Current (2025):** We are subject to risks related to new, different, inconsistent, or even conflicting laws, rules, and regulations that may be enacted by legislative or executive bodies and/or regulatory agencies in the countries where we operate; disagreements or disputes related to international trade; and the interpretation and application of laws, rules, and regulations. As a public company with global operations, we are subject to the laws of multiple jurisdictions and the rules and regulations of various governing bodies, including those related to health and safety, import and export controls, financial and other disclosures, accounting standards, corporate governance, public procurement and public funding, environment (including those relating to sustainability and climate change), privacy, anti-corruption, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to governmental officials or customers, conflict minerals or other social responsibility legislation, employment practices, immigration or travel regulations and antitrust regulations, among others. Each of these laws, rules and regulations imposes costs on our business, including financial costs and potential diversion of our management's attention, and may present risks to our business, including potential fines, restrictions on our actions and reputational damage if we do not fully comply. The volume of changes to such laws, rules and regulations may increase in the countries where we operate. Changes in or ambiguous interpretations of laws, regulations and standards may create uncertainty regarding compliance matters. Efforts to comply with new and changing regulations have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, increased administrative expenses and diversion of management's time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If we are found by a court or regulatory agency not to be in compliance with laws and regulations, our reputation, business, financial condition and/or results of operations could be adversely affected, we may be disqualified or barred from participating in certain activities and we may be forced to modify our operations to achieve full compliance. --- ## Modified: Our revenues and operating results have fluctuated in the past and may do so in the future, which could impact our stock price. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "A lower volume of sales can have a large and disproportionate impact on our profitability." - Reworded sentence: "government restricting exports to China) or changes in the interpretation or enforcement of existing requirements; •trends in the semiconductor industry, macroeconomic and market conditions and geopolitical uncertainty, including impacts caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas, conflict and resulting political instability in the Middle East or bank failures; •customer considerations, including the size and timing of customer orders, customers' decisions to accelerate, decelerate or delay shipments, customers' decisions on how to manage their inventory, customers' rate of replacement of our consumable products or their decisions to delay expansion projects, and the consolidation of our customers, which may impact their future purchasing decisions; •procurement shortages, increased prices, the failure of suppliers to perform their obligations and additional expenses we may incur to respond promptly to mitigate any supply shortages or other supplier problems; •changes in our capital expenditure requirements, such as our new facilities in Taiwan and Colorado, and the schedule and timing, including potential delays, thereof; •unanticipated manufacturing difficulties; •changes in average selling prices, customer mix and product mix; •our ability to develop, introduce and market new, enhanced and competitive products in a timely and cost-effective manner; •our competitors' introduction of new products; •disruptions in transportation, communication, demand, information technology ("IT") or supply resulting from factors outside of our control, including strikes, acts of God, wars, terrorist activities, international conflict and natural or man-made disasters; and 17 17 17 Table of Contents Table of Contents •foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations." **Prior (2024):** Our revenues and operating results may fluctuate significantly from quarter-to-quarter or year-to-year due to a number of factors, many of which are outside our control. We manage our expenses based in part on our expectations of future revenues. Because some of our expenses are relatively fixed in the short term, a change in the timing of revenue or the amount of profit we generate from a small number of transactions can unfavorably affect operating results in a particular period. Factors that may cause our financial results to fluctuate unpredictably include: •legal, tax, accounting or regulatory changes (including changes in import/export regulations and tariffs, such as regulations imposed by the U.S. government restricting exports to China) or changes in the interpretation or enforcement of existing requirements; •trends in the semiconductor industry, macroeconomic and market conditions and geopolitical uncertainty, including impacts caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas, the current conflict in the Red Sea or bank failures; •the size and timing of customer orders; •consolidation of our customers, which could impact their purchasing decisions and negatively affect our revenues; •procurement shortages, increased prices, the failure of suppliers to perform their obligations and additional expenses to respond promptly to any supply shortages or other supplier problems; •decisions to increase or accelerate our purchasing of raw materials, components or other supplies in an effort to mitigate supply risk; •changes in our capital expenditure requirements, such as our new facilities in Taiwan and Colorado, and the schedule and timing, including potential delays, thereof; •manufacturing difficulties; •customer decisions to decelerate orders in order to draw down their inventory; •customer cancellations of or delays in shipments, installations or customer acceptances or, alternatively, acceleration of orders from customers to increase their inventory; •our customers' rate of replacement of our consumable products or decision to delay expansion projects; •changes in average selling prices, customer mix and product mix; •our ability to develop, introduce and market new, enhanced and competitive products in a timely manner; •our competitors' introduction of new products; •disruptions in transportation, communication, demand, information technology ("IT") or supply, including strikes, acts of God, wars, terrorist activities and natural or man-made disasters; •changes in our estimated tax rate; and •foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. **Current (2025):** Our revenues and operating results may fluctuate significantly from quarter-to-quarter or year-to-year due to a number of factors, many of which are outside our control. A lower volume of sales can have a large and disproportionate impact on our profitability. For example, to remain competitive in the semiconductor industry, we have in the past, and will likely in the future, maintain or increase our ER&D activity and invest in our infrastructure, even during downturns and periods of slower demand. Additionally, if we do not, or are unable to, adequately anticipate changes in our business environment, we may lack the infrastructure, manufacturing capacity and resources to scale up our business to meet customer expectations and compete successfully during a period of growth. Conversely, we may expand our capacity too rapidly, resulting in excess fixed costs and lower profitability. Because some of our expenses are fixed in the short term, a change in the timing of revenue or the amount of profit we generate from a small number of transactions can unfavorably affect operating results in a particular period. Factors that may cause our financial results to fluctuate unpredictably include: •legal, tax, accounting or regulatory changes (including changes in import/export regulations and tariffs, such as regulations imposed by the U.S. government restricting exports to China) or changes in the interpretation or enforcement of existing requirements; •trends in the semiconductor industry, macroeconomic and market conditions and geopolitical uncertainty, including impacts caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas, conflict and resulting political instability in the Middle East or bank failures; •customer considerations, including the size and timing of customer orders, customers' decisions to accelerate, decelerate or delay shipments, customers' decisions on how to manage their inventory, customers' rate of replacement of our consumable products or their decisions to delay expansion projects, and the consolidation of our customers, which may impact their future purchasing decisions; •procurement shortages, increased prices, the failure of suppliers to perform their obligations and additional expenses we may incur to respond promptly to mitigate any supply shortages or other supplier problems; •changes in our capital expenditure requirements, such as our new facilities in Taiwan and Colorado, and the schedule and timing, including potential delays, thereof; •unanticipated manufacturing difficulties; •changes in average selling prices, customer mix and product mix; •our ability to develop, introduce and market new, enhanced and competitive products in a timely and cost-effective manner; •our competitors' introduction of new products; •disruptions in transportation, communication, demand, information technology ("IT") or supply resulting from factors outside of our control, including strikes, acts of God, wars, terrorist activities, international conflict and natural or man-made disasters; and 17 17 17 Table of Contents Table of Contents •foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. --- ## Modified: If we fail to obtain, protect and enforce intellectual property rights, our business and prospects could be harmed. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "Our future success and competitive position depend in part upon our ability to obtain, maintain and enforce intellectual property rights." **Prior (2024):** 21 21 21 Table of Contents Table of Contents Our future success and competitive position depend in part upon our ability to obtain, maintain and enforce intellectual property rights. We rely on patent, trade secret and trademark laws to protect many of our major product platforms. Although we often file new applications for patents, our pending applications may not be approved. Moreover, any patents that we own or obtain may not provide us with any competitive advantage or may be designed around. These patents may also expire or be challenged, invalidated, circumvented, rendered unenforceable or otherwise compromised by third parties. In addition, any failure to obtain intellectual property protection in the international jurisdictions we serve could expose us to increased competition, which could limit our growth and future revenue. The confidentiality agreements we enter into with our employees and certain third parties to protect our proprietary information and technology may be inadequate to protect our interests, and the remedies available to us for any breach may not adequately mitigate any breach. Our confidential and proprietary information and technology may be replicated or obtained through lawful means. Additionally, we may lose trade secret protection as a result of actions or omissions by us, our employees or third parties. Furthermore, the failure to effectively implement artificial intelligence strategies may result in the loss of intellectual property and raise complex compliance, intellectual property and other issues. Infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property rights could result in uncompensated lost market and revenue opportunities, which could adversely affect our business and financial condition. Third parties may misappropriate our intellectual property rights, and disputes regarding intellectual property rights may arise. We may bring litigation in order to enforce our patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others or to defend against claims of infringement. Such litigation could (1) result in substantial costs and the diversion of resources, (2) require us to pay damages or royalties, alter our products or processes, or obtain a license to continue selling the impacted product, which we may be unable to do on commercially acceptable terms, or at all and (3) negatively affect our sales, profitability and prospects. We continue to vigorously defend and enforce our patents and rights, which will cause us to incur costs. We may initiate other costly litigation against our competitors or other third parties in order to protect our intellectual property rights. We cannot predict how any existing or future litigation will be resolved or what impact it may have on us. From time to time third parties have asserted, and may continue to assert, intellectual property claims against us and our products. Claims that our products infringe the rights of others, whether or not meritorious, can be expensive and time-consuming to defend and resolve, and may divert the efforts and attention of management and personnel. The inability to obtain rights to use third-party intellectual property on commercially reasonable terms could have an adverse impact on our business. We may face claims based on the theft, unauthorized use or disclosure of third-party trade secrets and other confidential business information. Any such incidents and claims could severely harm our business and reputation, result in significant expenses, harm our competitive position, and prevent us from selling certain products, all of which could have a material and adverse impact on our business and results of operations. **Current (2025):** Our future success and competitive position depend in part upon our ability to obtain, maintain and enforce intellectual property rights. We rely on patent, trade secret and trademark laws as well as confidentiality agreements to protect many of our major product platforms. Even if patents are issued in respect of our patent applications, these patents may nonetheless (1) expire; (2) be challenged, invalidated, circumvented, rendered unenforceable or otherwise compromised by third parties; or (3) fail to provide us with any competitive advantage. We may lose trade secret protections as a result of actions or omissions by us, our employees, or third parties. Our confidentiality agreements (including confidentiality agreements entered into between us and our employees) may be breached and the remedies for any such breach may be inadequate. Our confidential and proprietary information and technology may also be replicated or obtained through lawful means. Replication of our intellectual property or the infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property rights could result in uncompensated lost market and revenue opportunities, which could adversely affect our business and financial condition. Our failure to monitor and ensure the proper use of our data, confidential information, and intellectual property in the training and operation of generative artificial intelligence products may result in the loss of intellectual property and raise complex compliance, intellectual property and other issues. We have initiated, and may initiate in the future, litigation in order to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets, and determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. From time to time, third parties have also asserted, and may continue to assert, intellectual property claims against us and our products. In the past, intellectual property-related litigation has caused us to expend significant financial and other resources. In the future, such litigation could (1) impose substantial costs and cause the diversion of resources and the attention of management; (2) require us to pay damages or royalties; (3) require us to alter our products or processes, or obtain a license to continue selling the impacted product, which we may be unable to do on commercially acceptable terms, or at all; (4) severely harm our reputation and competitive position; and (5) negatively affect our sales, profitability and prospects. --- ## Modified: Climate change may have a long-term impact on our business, including by causing disruptions to our operations which may result in decreased revenue and cash flows. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "Changes in market dynamics, stakeholder expectations, local, national and international climate change policies, and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events on critical infrastructure in the U.S." - Reworded sentence: "Global climate change is resulting in, and may continue to result, in certain natural disasters and adverse weather events, such as drought, wildfires, severe storms, sea-level rise and flooding, occurring more frequently or with greater intensity, which could cause business disruptions and adverse impacts where we operate." **Prior (2024):** There are inherent climate-related risks wherever our business is conducted. Changes in market dynamics, stakeholder expectations, local, national and international climate change policies, and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events on critical infrastructure in the United States and abroad, all have the potential to disrupt our business and operations. Such events could result in a significant increase in our costs and expenses and harm our future revenue, cash flows and financial performance. Global climate change is resulting in, and may continue to result, in certain natural disasters and adverse weather events, such as drought, wildfires, storms, sea-level rise and flooding, occurring more frequently or with greater intensity, which could cause business disruptions and impact employees' abilities to commute or to work from home effectively. 28 28 28 Table of Contents Table of Contents **Current (2025):** There are inherent climate-related risks wherever our business is conducted. Changes in market dynamics, stakeholder expectations, local, national and international climate change policies, and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events on critical infrastructure in the U.S. and abroad, all have the potential to disrupt our business and operations. Such events could result in a significant increase in our costs and expenses and harm our future revenue, cash flows and financial performance. Global climate change is resulting in, and may continue to result, in certain natural disasters and adverse weather events, such as drought, wildfires, severe storms, sea-level rise and flooding, occurring more frequently or with greater intensity, which could cause business disruptions and adverse impacts where we operate. --- ## Modified: Our revenue is primarily dependent upon demand from the global semiconductor ecosystem and fluctuations in demand for semiconductors and the overall volume of semiconductor manufacturing may decrease demand for our products and may adversely affect our business. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "Our revenue is primarily dependent upon demand from the global semiconductor ecosystem." - Reworded sentence: "Furthermore, the semiconductor industry is subject to rapid advancements and demand for new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence." **Prior (2024):** Our revenue is primarily dependent upon demand from the semiconductor ecosystem. The semiconductor industry has historically been, and is likely to continue to be, cyclical with periodic downturns, resulting in decreased demand for our products. The semiconductor industry may be negatively impacted by factors such as decreased consumer spending, macroeconomic uncertainty and slow or negative economic growth. Each of these factors could decrease consumer spending and business investment in technologies and products that contain semiconductors. We have previously experienced a reduction in revenue and operating losses during downturns in the semiconductor industry, which can occur suddenly. During such downturns, we typically experience greater pricing pressure and shifts in product and customer mix, which can adversely affect our gross margin and net income. The semiconductor industry is also affected by seasonal shifts in demand, and as a result, we may experience short-term fluctuation in our results of operations from one period to the next. We are unable to predict the timing, duration or severity of any current or future downturns in the semiconductor industry. To remain competitive in the semiconductor industry, we may maintain or even increase our ER&D activity and invest in our infrastructure, even during downturns. As a result of such expenditures, a lower volume of sales can have a large and disproportionate impact on our profitability. The fluctuating nature of the semiconductor industry requires us to maintain flexibility to respond to changes in demand, particularly during industry downturns, which may impact our ability to effectively manage our production capacity, workforce and inventory. Additionally, we may incur unexpected or additional costs to align our operations with demand. If we do not, or are unable to, adequately anticipate changes in our business environment, we may lack the infrastructure, manufacturing capacity and resources to scale up our business to meet customer expectations and compete successfully during a period of growth. Conversely, we may expand our capacity too rapidly, resulting in excess fixed costs, and lower profitability. **Current (2025):** Our revenue is primarily dependent upon demand from the global semiconductor ecosystem. The semiconductor industry has historically been, and is likely to continue to be, cyclical with periodic downturns, resulting in decreased demand for our products, which has negatively impacted our results of operations in the past and could do so again in the future. Factors that may negatively impact the demand for our solutions include, but are not limited to, decreased consumer spending; macroeconomic uncertainty; slow or negative economic growth; customer inventory corrections; demand trends for different types of electronic devices such as logic versus memory integrated circuit devices, or digital versus analog IC devices; the various technology nodes at which those products are manufactured; customers' rate of use of our consumables products; customers' device architectures and specific manufacturing processes; the short order to delivery time for our products; quarter-to-quarter changes in customer order patterns; market share and competitive losses; and pricing changes by us and our competitors. Furthermore, our limited visibility of future customer orders makes it difficult for us to predict industry trends. During downturns in the semiconductor industry, which can occur suddenly, we typically experience greater pricing pressure and shifts in product and customer mix, which can adversely affect our gross margin and net income. The semiconductor industry is also affected by seasonal shifts in demand, and as a result, we have in the past and may experience in the future short-term fluctuation in our results of operations from one period to the next. We are unable to predict the timing, duration or severity of any current or future downturns in the semiconductor industry. Furthermore, the semiconductor industry is subject to rapid advancements and demand for new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence. If we do not have, or are unable to develop, products and solutions that are utilized to manufacture semiconductors that enable new end-user demand trends, we may not be able to grow our revenue as fast as anticipated and our results of operations may be impacted. --- ## Modified: Export controls, economic sanctions, and other similar restrictions may limit our ability to sell our products to certain customers, require us to obtain governmental licenses, put the Company at a competitive disadvantage both domestically and internationally and expose us to additional legal liability, all of which could harm our business and financial condition. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "We are subject to export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations that restrict the delivery of some of our products and services to certain countries (and nationals thereof), to certain end users, and for certain end uses." - Reworded sentence: "Compliance with these laws could significantly 19 19 19 Table of Contents Table of Contents limit our sales in the future." - Reworded sentence: "government has significantly expanded export controls on certain technologies and commodities to certain markets, particularly with respect to semiconductor and other high technology exports to China, a market which represented approximately 21% of our sales in 2024." - Reworded sentence: "Furthermore, these restrictive measures have incentivized Chinese domestic semiconductor companies to work more closely with local Chinese companies and companies headquartered outside of the United States in an effort to enable these companies to enhance the technology-level and quality of their products and, as a result, to better compete with our products." **Prior (2024):** Tariffs, additional taxes, trade barriers and other measures, particularly those arising out of relations between the U.S. and China, may increase costs of raw materials and our manufacturing costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of our products or inhibit our ability to sell products or purchase necessary equipment and supplies, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Both the U.S. and China have implemented several rounds of tariffs and countermeasures with respect to certain products imported from the other country, some of which have impacted certain raw materials we use. In addition, we are subject to export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations that restrict the delivery of some of our products and services to certain countries (and nationals thereof), to certain end users, and for certain end uses. These restrictions may prohibit the transfer of certain of our products, services and technologies, and they may require us to obtain a license from the U.S. government before delivering the controlled item or service. Obtaining export licenses may be difficult, costly and time-consuming, and we may fail to receive licenses that we apply for on a timely basis or at all. We must also comply with export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations imposed by other countries. Our export and trade control compliance program may be ineffective or circumvented, exposing us to legal liabilities. Compliance with these laws could significantly limit our sales in the future. Changes in, and responses to, U.S. trade controls could reduce the competitiveness of our products and cause our sales to decline, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Over the last several years, the U.S. government has significantly expanded export controls on certain technologies and commodities to certain markets, particularly with respect to semiconductor and other high technology exports to China. On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") announced updates to export control regulations, originally issued on October 7, 2022, regarding the sale of certain products and services related to advanced computing items, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and items that can support end uses related to the development and production of advanced-node integrated circuits and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, among others. The updated rules modify and expand restrictions on the sale of products and the provision of certain services by U.S. persons to certain companies and domestic fabs located in countries of concern, including China, without prior U.S. governmental authorization. Additionally, effective June 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce imposed new export controls on the transfer of many U.S. products and technologies, including many commercial-grade electronics, to "military end users" in China, a term which may include many Chinese commercial companies that sell products to or do business with the military. These and other regulations have reduced our ability to sell our products to customers in China and it is possible future regulation could further 19 19 19 Table of Contents Table of Contents reduce demand for our products. As a result of these restrictive measures, certain of our customers have made efforts to source products domestically in order to mitigate perceived risks to their supply chain. If these efforts are successful, are widespread amongst our customers and expand to our products and solutions broadly, overall global demand for our customers' products or for other products produced or manufactured in the United States or based on U.S. technology may be reduced, in turn reducing demand for our products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, government authorities may take retaliatory actions, impose conditions that require the use of local suppliers or partnerships with local companies, or require the license or other transfer of intellectual property, which could have a significant adverse impact on our business. Such risks may be especially exacerbated as they relate to China, a market that is important to our business, representing approximately 16% of our sales in 2023. **Current (2025):** We are subject to export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations that restrict the delivery of some of our products and services to certain countries (and nationals thereof), to certain end users, and for certain end uses. These restrictions may prohibit the sale of certain of our products, services and technologies, and they may require us to obtain a license from the U.S. government before delivering the controlled item or service. Obtaining export licenses may be difficult, costly and time-consuming, and we may fail to receive licenses that we apply for on a timely basis or at all. We must also comply with export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations imposed by other countries. Our export and trade control compliance program may be ineffective or circumvented, exposing us to legal liabilities. Compliance with these laws could significantly 19 19 19 Table of Contents Table of Contents limit our sales in the future. Changes in, and responses to, U.S. trade controls could reduce the competitiveness of our products and cause our sales to decline, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Over the last several years, the U.S. government has significantly expanded export controls on certain technologies and commodities to certain markets, particularly with respect to semiconductor and other high technology exports to China, a market which represented approximately 21% of our sales in 2024. These and other regulations have reduced our ability to sell our products to customers in China and it is possible future regulation could further reduce demand for our products. As a result of these restrictive measures, certain of our customers have made efforts to source products domestically in order to mitigate perceived risks to their supply chain. Furthermore, these restrictive measures have incentivized Chinese domestic semiconductor companies to work more closely with local Chinese companies and companies headquartered outside of the United States in an effort to enable these companies to enhance the technology-level and quality of their products and, as a result, to better compete with our products. We may be unable to continue to compete favorably against these local and foreign competitors. If these efforts are successful, are widespread amongst our customers and expand to our products and solutions broadly, overall global demand for our products may be reduced, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, government authorities may take retaliatory actions, impose conditions that require the use of local suppliers or partnerships with local companies, increase tariff and other customs costs or require the license or other transfer of intellectual property, which could have a significant adverse impact on our business. --- *Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Last updated 2026-05-10.*