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This excerpt taken from the MRVL 10-Q filed Dec 11, 2008. We have made and may continue to make acquisitions
and investments, which could divert management’s attention, cause ownership dilution to
our shareholders, be difficult to integrate and adversely affect our results of operations.
We expect to continue to make acquisitions of, and investments in, businesses that offer complementary products, services and technologies, augment our market segment coverage, or enhance our technological capabilities. We may also enter into strategic alliances or joint ventures to achieve these goals. We cannot assure you that we will be able to identify suitable acquisition, investment, alliance or joint venture opportunities, or that we will be able to consummate any such transactions or relationships on terms and conditions acceptable to us, or that such transactions or relationships will be successful.
Integrating newly acquired businesses or technologies could put a strain on our resources, could be costly and time consuming, and might not be successful. Such acquisitions could divert our management’s attention from other business concerns. In addition, we might lose key employees while integrating new organizations. Acquisitions could also result in customer dissatisfaction, performance problems with an acquired company or technology, potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt, the
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assumption or incurrence of contingent liabilities, possible impairment charges related to goodwill or other intangible assets, or other unanticipated events or circumstances, any of which could harm our business. We might not be successful in integrating any acquired businesses, products or technologies, and might not achieve anticipated revenues and cost benefits.
Our ability to realize the expected benefits of our acquisition of the communications and applications processor business of Intel and to eliminate the operating losses of that business will depend in large part on our ability to arrange for or maintain more cost-effective production of that business’ products, either through the recently completed transition of the manufacturing of certain products from Intel to third party foundries or through continuing arrangements with Intel for certain legacy products, increase the gross margin of those products, and retain the business’ relationship with its principal customers.
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