Company: AMKR
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001047127-25-000087
Chunk: 76

Company: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part II, Item 1A
Chunk 76
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 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;

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

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•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 ability of companies to export certain advanced computing semiconductor chips, as well as chipmaking equipment, by requiring companies to obtain licenses to export such products and equipment into China or other designated countries.  These expanded export restrictions limit our ability to sell to certain Chinese companies and to third parties that do business with those companies.  Certain of the Company’s competitors may be exempt from the BIS Regulations by virtue of being non-U.S. manufacturers.  To the extent required, Amkor would evaluate pursuing export licenses and authorizations, but there can be no assurances that Amkor would obtain such licenses or authorizations on a timely or cost-effective basis or at all, or that our customers will not reroute business that would have otherwise been given to Amkor to one or more of our competitors as