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Item 1A. Risk Factors
Except as set forth below, there were no material changes to the risk factors discussed in Item 1A. Risk Factors of Part I in our Annual Report. In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider those risk factors, which could materially affect our business, financial condition and future operating results. Those risk factors are not the only risks facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.
Regulatory Risks
The U.S. Government is reportedly consideringwill implement an outbound investment review mechanism in early 2025, which may prevent us from taking advantage of investment opportunities outside the United States that could otherwise be advantageous to our stockholders
On June 21October 28, 2024, the Office of Investment Security of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a proposedfinal rule to implement President Bidens August 2023 Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern (the EO). The EO provided for
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the establishment of a new and targeted national security regulatory framework directed at controlling outbound investment from the United States in certain sensitive industry sectors in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau (collectively, China). This rule is scheduled to be effective January 2, 2025.
As implemented by the proposedfinal rule, the new framework would impose notification requirements and prohibitions on specified investments by U.S. persons in the semiconductor and microelectronics sector, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
Within the semiconductor and microelectronics sector, prohibited investments wouldill include certain covered investments in electronic design automation software; certain fabrication and advanced packaging tools; the design, fabrication, or packaging of certain advanced integrated circuits, and supercomputers. Notifiable investments wouldill include any covered investments related to the design, fabrication, or packaging of integrated circuits not otherwise covered by the prohibition.
If the outbound investment regime is implemented as set out in t
Given the proposed rule, given the breadth of the notification requirement as applicable within the semiconductor industry, we will likely be subject to increased regulatory burden to engage in certain investments in the PRC. Such a mechanism could negatively impact our ability to realize value from certain existing and future investments, including by limiting exit opportunities or causing us to favor buyers that may avoid complex notification requirements, even in circumstances where other buyers may offer better terms or more consideration. There can be no assurances that we will be able to maintain or proceed with investments on terms acceptable to us. Furthermore, while the requirements are still in proposed form, the range or extent of possible effects that could flow from such a measure cannot be determined with any degree of certainty at this time. It is possible that the outbound investment reporting requirements and prohibitions could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and operating results.