Company: AMKR
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001047127-25-000168
Chunk: 239

Company: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 239
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 as national security, licensing requirements for exports, tariffs, customs and duties, including the export rules and regulations applicable to U.S. companies that sell certain semiconductor and chipmaking equipment products to customers in China;

•international trade disputes, geopolitical tensions, increasing protectionism and economic nationalism leading to increasing export restrictions, trade barriers, tariffs, and other changes in trade policy;

•laws, rules, regulations and policies within China and other countries that may favor domestic companies over non-domestic companies, including customer- or government-supported efforts to promote the development and growth of local competitors;

•health and safety concerns, including widespread outbreak of infectious diseases and governmental responses thereto;

•changes in consumer demand resulting from current or expected inflation or other variations in local economies;

•laws, rules, regulations and policies imposed by U.S. or foreign governments in areas such as data privacy, cybersecurity, antitrust and competition, tax, currency and banking, labor, environmental, and health and safety;

•the payment of dividends and other payments by non-U.S. subsidiaries may be subject to prohibitions, limitations or taxes in local jurisdictions;

•fluctuations in currency exchange rates, particularly the U.S. dollar to Japanese yen exchange rate for our operations in Japan;

•political and social conditions, and the potential for civil unrest, terrorism or other hostilities (such as the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Israel);

•disruptions or delays in shipments caused by customs brokers or government agencies;

•difficulties in attracting and retaining qualified personnel and managing foreign operations, including foreign labor disruptions;

•difficulty in enforcing contractual rights and protecting our intellectual property rights;

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•potentially adverse tax consequences resulting from tax laws in the United States and in other jurisdictions; and

•local business and cultural factors that differ from our normal standards and practices, including business practices that we are prohibited from engaging in by the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption laws and regulations.

Many of these factors and risks are present and may be heightened within our business operations in China.  For example, changes in U.S.-China relations, the political environment or international trade policies could result in further revisions to laws or regulations or their interpretation and enforcement, increased taxation, trade sanctions, the imposition of import or export duties and tariffs, restrictions on imports or exports, currency revaluations or retaliatory actions, which have had and may continue to have an adverse effect on our business plans and operating results.  Additionally, the BIS Regulations place limitations on the