RISK FACTORS, (continued)
−Removed: Risks in Connection with Acquisitions .
−Removed: The Company has grown, in part, through acquisitions, and continues to evaluate acquisition opportunities that have the potential to support and strengthen its businesses.
−Removed: There is no assurance however that future acquisition opportunities will arise, or that if they do, that they will be consummated.
−Removed: In addition, acquisitions involve inherent risks that the businesses acquired will not perform in accordance with expectations, or that synergies expected from the integration of the acquisitions will not be achieved as rapidly as expected, if at all.
−Removed: The Company's pre-acquisition diligence review may not discover or accurately quantify certain undisclosed liabilities, and the Company may not be indemnified for such liabilities which could have an adverse effect on the acquired business.
−Removed: Failure to effectively integrate acquired businesses could prevent the realization of expected rates of return on the acquisition investment, including the achievement of cost-reduction objectives, and could have a negative effect on the Company's results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: Protection of Intellectual Property.
−Removed: Certain of the Company's businesses rely on various intellectual property rights, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as confidentiality provisions and licensing arrangements, to establish proprietary rights.
−Removed: If the Company does not enforce its intellectual property rights successfully, its competitive position may suffer which could harm the Company's operating results.
−Removed: In addition, the Company's patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights may not provide a significant competitive advantage.
−Removed: The Company may need to spend significant resources monitoring its intellectual property rights and may or may not be able to detect infringement by third parties.
−Removed: The Company's competitive position may be harmed if it cannot detect infringement and enforce its intellectual property rights quickly or at all.
−Removed: In some circumstances, the Company may choose to not pursue enforcement because an infringer has a dominant intellectual property position or for other business reasons.
−Removed: In addition, competitors might avoid infringement by designing around the Company's intellectual property rights or by developing non-infringing competing technologies.
−Removed: Intellectual property rights and the Company's ability to enforce them may be unavailable or limited in some countries which could make it easier for competitors to capture market share and could result in lost revenues.
−Removed: Intellectual property infringement assertions by third parties could result in significant costs and adversely affect the Company's business, financial condition, operating results and reputation.
−Removed: The Company cannot guarantee that the operation of its business does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of third parties.
−Removed: The Company cannot predict whether other assertions of third-party intellectual property rights or claims arising from such assertions would substantially adversely affect the Company's business, financial condition and operating results.
−Removed: The defense of these claims and any future infringement claims, whether they are with or without merit or are determined in the Company's favor, may result in costly litigation and diversion of technical and management personnel.
−Removed: Further, an adverse outcome of a dispute may require the Company to pay damages, cease making, licensing, or using products or offering services that are alleged to incorporate the intellectual property of others, expend additional development resources to redesign the Company's offerings, or enter into potentially unfavorable royalty or license agreements in order to obtain the right to use necessary intellectual property, which may be unavailable on terms acceptable to the Company, or at all.
−Removed: Even if these matters do not result in litigation or are resolved in the Company's favor or without significant cash settlements, the time and resources necessary to resolve them could adversely affect the Company's business, reputation, financial condition and operating results.
−Removed: Environmental Remediation and Compliance.
−Removed: The Company is subject to the risk of environmental liability and limitations on its operations due to environmental laws and regulations.
−Removed: The Company is subject to extensive federal, state, local and foreign environmental, health and safety laws and regulations concerning matters such as air emissions, wastewater discharges, solid and hazardous waste handling and disposal and the investigation and remediation of contamination.
−Removed: The risks of potentially substantial costs and liabilities related to compliance with these laws and regulations are an inherent part of the Company's business, and future conditions may develop, arise or be discovered that create substantial environmental compliance or remediation liabilities and costs.
−Removed: Compliance with environmental, health and safety legislation and regulatory requirements may prove to be more limiting and costly than the Company anticipates, and there is no assurance that significant expenditures related to such compliance may not be required in the future.
−Removed: From time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings brought by private parties or governmental authorities with respect to environmental matters, including matters involving alleged noncompliance with or liability under environmental, health and safety laws, property damage or personal injury.
−Removed: New laws and regulations, including those which may relate to emissions of greenhouse gases, stricter enforcement of existing laws and regulations, the discovery of previously unknown contamination or the imposition of new clean-up requirements could require the Company to incur costs or become the basis for new or increased liabilities that could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: RISK FACTORS, (continued)
−Removed: Technological Factors Beyond the Company's Control.
−Removed: The Company operates in certain markets in which technological product development contributes to its ability to compete effectively.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to develop new products, that new products can be manufactured and marketed profitably, or that new products will successfully meet the expectations of customers.
Changes in Laws and Regulations Governing Data Privacy and Data Protection .
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These changes include changes in the rate of consumption or use of the Company's products due to economic downturns, volatility in currency exchange rates, and changes in raw material prices resulting from supply and/or demand conditions.
−Removed: RISK FACTORS, (continued)
Uncertainty about current global economic conditions poses a risk, as consumers and businesses may continue to postpone or cancel spending.
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These and other economic factors could have an effect on demand for the Company's products and services and negatively impact the Company's financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: RISK FACTORS, (continued)
Labor shortages, turnover and labor cost increases.
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