Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) Risk Factor Changes

Although historically we have announced regular cash dividend payments and a share repurchase program, we are under no obligation to pay cash dividends to our shareholders in the future at historical levels or at all…

Our future performance depends to a significant degree upon the continued service of key members of management as well as marketing, sales and product development personnel.

We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, proprietary know-how, copyright and trade secret laws, confidentiality agreements, security measures and licensing arrangements to protect our intellectual property rig…

In particular, potential uncertainty of changes to global tax laws, including global initiatives put forth by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) and tax laws in any jurisdiction in whi…

In addition, evolving trade policies may lead to abrupt or unpredictable changes in tariffs, quotas, duties or trade agreements, potentially disrupting our supply chain and/or leading to an increase in costs.

Geopolitical uncertainty, political unrest, terrorism, instability or war, such as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and conflicts in the Middle East, including the Iran conflict, natural disasters, public healt…

Pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the 2028 Notes, if one or more holders elect to exchange their 2028 Notes, we would be required to settle the principal portion of our exchange obligation in cash, and…

•our debt service obligations could limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business, our industry and market conditions, and could limit our ability to borrow additional funds on satisfa…

Macroeconomic developments including new and increased tariffs, trade disputes, sanctions, adverse economic conditions worldwide, government efforts to stimulate or stabilize economies, geopolitical instability and in…

Changes in macroeconomic conditions may affect consumer and enterprise spending, and as a result, our customers may postpone or cancel spending in response to volatility in credit and equity markets, negative financia…

The deterioration of demand for disk drives in these consumer and client-centric markets has accelerated, and we believe this deterioration may continue and may further accelerate, which has caused and could further c…

Our sales to consumer and client-centric markets remain an important part of our business, and these markets have been, and we expect them to continue to be, adversely affected by:

•variability in demand across our data center and Edge IoT markets due to changing customer investment priorities, fluctuations in adoption rates of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, shifts in cus…

Our manufacturing process requires us to make significant product-specific investments in inventory for production at least three to six months in advance.

Our results of operations are highly dependent on cloud, enterprise and consumer spending and the resulting demand for our products.

A limited number of our key customers, including OEMs, large hyperscale data center companies and CSPs, account for a significant portion of our revenue.

A limited number of our key customers account for a significant portion of our revenue, and we have been, and may in the future be, adversely affected by reduced, delayed, loss of or canceled purchases by one or more…

Our industry has experienced consolidation and may continue to consolidate.

We also experience competition from other companies that produce alternative storage technologies such as flash memory.

•achieve acceptable manufacturing yields, quality and margins for our products.

•manufacture products in adequate volume;

•consistently maintain our time-to-market performance with our products;

•A limited number of our key customers account for a significant portion of our revenue, and we have been, and may in the future be, adversely affected by reduced, delayed, loss of or canceled purchases by one or more…

The implementation and maintenance of our global enterprise resource planning system (“ERP”) has required and will continue to require significant investment of human and financial resources.

We have invested and will continue to invest in and implement modifications and upgrades to our IT systems and procedures, including making changes to legacy systems or acquiring new systems with new functionality, an…

We must maintain and upgrade our global enterprise resource planning system and other information technology (“IT”) systems, and our failure to do so could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial…

There can be no assurance that our cybersecurity management program and processes, including our policies, controls or procedures, will be implemented consistently, complied with or effective in protecting our systems…

Additionally, defending against claims, litigation or regulatory inquiries or proceedings relating to any actual or potential security breach or other security incident, regardless of merit, could be costly and divert…

We and our vendors may be unable to anticipate or prevent these attacks and other threats, react in a timely manner, or implement adequate preventive measures, and we and they may face delays in detection or remediati…

Despite the measures we and our vendors put in place designed to protect our computer equipment, data and systems, our customers, suppliers, employees or other third parties have been and may continue to be vulnerable…

Our operations are dependent upon our ability to protect our digital infrastructure and data.

We could suffer a loss of revenue and increased costs, exposure to significant liability including legal and regulatory consequences, reputational harm and other serious negative consequences in the event of cyber-att…

RISKS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DATA AND INFORMATION SECURITY

We are dependent on our long-term investments to manufacture adequate products.

•We must maintain and upgrade our global enterprise resource planning system and other information technology (“IT”) systems, and our failure to do so could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financia…

•We could suffer a loss of revenue and increased costs, exposure to significant liability including legal and regulatory consequences, reputational harm and other serious negative consequences in the event of cyber-at…

Risks Related to Information Technology, Data and Information Security

In addition, our operations are conducted at a limited number of facilities, and those of many of our direct and indirect suppliers, manufacturing vendors and customers are similarly concentrated in a limited number o…

Armed conflicts and geopolitical tensions may also result in sanctions, export restrictions, tariffs or other trade restrictions, limit or restrict our ability to access certain markets and disrupt key logistics netwo…

We have implemented security measures designed to prevent, detect, and respond to cybersecurity threats, but these measures may not be effective against all threats or prevent every incident.

We rely extensively on information technology systems, networks, and cloud-based platforms, including those operated by vendors, suppliers, and other third parties, to support our business operations.

Cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and other security events affecting our systems, products, or data, or those of our vendors, suppliers, customers, or other third parties, could have a material adverse effect o…

•Cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and other security events affecting our systems, products, or data, or those of our vendors, suppliers, customers, or other third parties, could have a material adverse effect…