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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

                              CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this Form 10-K/A constitute "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of Brightpoint, Inc. to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These risk factors include, without limitation,
uncertainties relating to customer plans and commitments, including, without
limitation, (i) loss of significant customers or a reduction in prices we charge
these customers; (ii) possible adverse effect on demand for our products
resulting from consolidation of mobile operator customers; (iii) dependence upon
principal suppliers and availability and price of wireless products; (iv)
factors that could affect forward-looking statements relating to the resolution
of the material weakness with respect to internal controls discussed in Item 9A
of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, including, among other
things, the Company's ability to design and maintain policies and procedures
which enable the Company to avoid any recurrence of the matters which gave rise
to the material weakness; (v) possible adverse effects of future medical claims
regarding the use of wireless handsets; (vi) possible difficulties collecting
our accounts receivable; (vi) our ability to absorb, through revenue growth, the
increasing operating costs that we have incurred and continue to incur in
connection with our activities; (viii) lack of demand for our products and
services in certain markets and our inability to maintain margins; (ix) our
ability to expand geographically on a satisfactory basis, through acquisition or
otherwise; (x) potential future losses and capital required in connection with
our India business; (xi) uncertainty whether wireless equipment manufacturers
and wireless network operators will continue to outsource aspects of their
business to us; (xii) our reliance upon third parties to manufacture products
which we distribute and reliance upon their quality control procedures; (xiii)
our operations may be materially affected by fluctuations in regional demand and
economic factors; (xiv) ability to respond to rapid technological changes in the
wireless communications and data industry; (xv) access to or the cost of
increasing amounts of capital, trade credit or other financing; (xvi) reliance
on a third party to manage significant operations in our Asia-Pacific division;
(xvii) investment in sophisticated information systems technologies and our
reliance upon the proper functioning of such systems (xviii) ability to manage
and sustain future growth at our historical or industry rates and our ability to
meet intense industry competition; (xix) effect of hostilities or terrorist
attacks on our operations; (xx) our history of significant losses in previous
periods; (xxi) the impact that seasonality may have on our business and results;
(xxii) risks of foreign operations, including currency, trade restrictions and
political risks in our foreign markets; (xxiii) ability to attract and retain
qualified management and other personnel and cost of complying with labor
agreements; (xxiv) ability to protect our proprietary information; (xxv) high
rate of personnel turnover; (xxvi) our significant payment obligations under
certain lease and other contractual arrangements; (xxvii) the potential issuance
of additional equity, including our common shares, which could result in
dilution of existing shareholders and may have an adverse impact on the price of
our common shares; (xxviii) uncertainties regarding the outcome of pending
litigation; (xxix) ability to maintain adequate insurance at a reasonable cost
and (xxx) existence of anti-takeover measures. Because of the aforementioned
uncertainties affecting our
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future operating results, past performance should not be considered to be a
reliable indicator of future performance, and investors should not use
historical trends to anticipate future results or trends. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date these statements were made. The words "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate," "intend," and "plan" and similar expressions identify
forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
any of these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date that
such statement was made. We undertake no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement.