Marvell Technology Group (MRVL)

Our historic stock option granting practices and the restatement of our financial statements have exposed us to greater risks associated with litigation, regulatory proceedings and government enforcement actions. We may become the subject of additional private or government actions regarding these matters in the future. We provided the results of our internal review to the SEC and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, and in that regard responded to formal and informal requests for documents and additional information. The SEC conducted first an informal and then a formal investigation of our historic stock option granting practices. On May 8, 2008, we announced that we had reached an agreement with the SEC to settle this matter. In a related agreement, Ms. Weili Dai also entered into a settlement with the SEC. The Court entered into the final judgment against Ms. Dai on June 16, 2008 and against us on July 1, 2008.  On July 8, 2008, we paid a $10 million civil penalty to the SEC in accordance with the settlement. As a result of our SEC settlement, we have forfeited for three years the ability to invoke the “safe harbor” for the forward-looking statements provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. This safe harbor provided us enhanced protection from liability related to forward-looking statements if the forward-looking statements were either accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements or were made without actual knowledge that they were false or misleading. Without the statutory safe harbor, it may be more difficult for us to defend against any such claims. Although this settlement concluded the SEC’s formal investigation of us with respect to our historic stock option granting practices, we cannot be certain regarding the outcome of any other unresolved litigation, regulatory proceedings and government enforcement actions relating to our historic stock option granting practices. The resolution of these matters has been and will be time consuming and expensive, and may require the time and attention of our management. Subject to certain limitations, we are obligated to indemnify our current and former directors, officers and employees in connection with the shareholder litigation, as well as the government investigations of our historic stock option granting practices and any subsequent litigation. Further, we could be required to pay damages or additional penalties or have other remedies imposed against us, our directors, executive officers or other officers, or employees, which could harm our reputation, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Moreover, our settlement with the SEC, the tentatively settled shareholder derivative actions and the pending class action litigation could have a negative impact on our relationships with customers, suppliers and business partners, our ability to generate revenue, our ability to obtain director and officer insurance coverage, our ability to attract and retain employees, officers and directors, our ability to access debt and equity markets, customer and investor confidence in our board and management, and our revenue, net income, expenses, results of operations, profitability, earnings-per-share and cash flows.