Company: AOSL
Filing Date: 2025-08-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-041297
Chunk: 96

Company: ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-08-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 96
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 the timeliness and accuracy of shipment forecasts and resale reports from our distributors;

•management of relationships with distributors, which can deteriorate as a result of conflicts with efforts to sell directly to our end customers; and

•our agreements with distributors which are generally terminable by either party on short notice.

    If any significant distributor becomes unable or unwilling to promote and sell our products, or if we are not able to renew our contracts with the distributors on acceptable terms, we may not be able to find a replacement distributor on reasonable terms or at all and our business could be harmed.

We have made and may continue to make strategic acquisitions of other companies, assets or businesses or form joint ventures with partners to advance our business objectives.  These acquisitions and joint ventures involve significant risks and uncertainties. 

In order to position ourselves to take advantage of growth opportunities, we have made, and may continue to make, strategic acquisitions, mergers, partnership, joint ventures and alliances that involve significant risks and uncertainties.  Successful acquisitions and alliances in the semiconductor industry are difficult to accomplish because they require, among other factors, efficient integration and aligning of product offerings and manufacturing operations and coordination of sales, marketing and research and development efforts.  We may also seek to establish partnerships, joint ventures and acquisition of assets in various foreign jurisdictions where we may not have significant operating experience.  In addition, we may encounter unanticipated challenges and difficulties, including regulatory and compliance issues, lack of local support and geopolitical tensions. The difficulties of integration and alignment may be increased by the necessity of coordinating geographically separated organizations, the complexity of the technologies being integrated and aligned and the necessity of integrating personnel with dissimilar business backgrounds.  Furthermore, there is no guarantee that we will be able to identify viable targets for strategic acquisition.  Also we may incur significant costs in efforts that may not result in a successful acquisitions.  

In addition, we may also issue equity securities to pay for future acquisitions or alliances, which could be dilutive to existing shareholders.  We may also incur debt or assume contingent liabilities in connection with acquisitions and alliances, which could impose restrictions on our business operations and harm our operating results.

If we are unable to obtain raw materials in a timely manner or if the price of raw materials increases significantly, production time and product costs could increase, which may adversely affect our business.

Our fabrication and packaging processes depend on raw materials such as silicon wafers, gold, copper, molding compound, petroleum and plastic materials and various chemicals and gases.  From time to time, suppliers