# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001122904
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-201463
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
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**0001193125-26-201463.hdr.sgml**: 20260501

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-201463

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 10-Q

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 85

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260329

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260501

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260501

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NETGEAR, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001122904
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 770419172
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 10-Q
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-50350
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26932749

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3553 N. FIRST STREET
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95134
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4089078000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3553 N. FIRST STREET
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95134

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NETGEAR, INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20060828

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NETGEAR INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000828

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**Form** 10-Q

☒ **QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.** 

**For the quarterly period ended** **March 29,** 2026

**or**

☐ **TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.**

**For the transition period from to**

**Commission file number:** 000-50350

NETGEAR, Inc.

***(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)***

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| Delaware | Delaware | 77-0419172 |
| ***(State or other jurisdiction of***<br>***incorporation or organization)*** | ***(State or other jurisdiction of***<br>***incorporation or organization)*** | ***(IRS Employer***<br>***Identification No.)*** |
| 3553 North First Street**,** | 3553 North First Street**,** |  |
| San Jose**,** | California | 95134 |
| ***(Address of principal executive offices)*** | ***(Address of principal executive offices)*** | ***(Zip Code)*** |

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|:---|:---|
| (408) | 907-8000 |
| ***(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)*** | ***(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)*** |

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** | **Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** | **Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** |
| **Title of each class** | **Trading symbol(s):** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value | NTGR | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definition of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company", and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large Accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
| Non-Accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
|  |  | Emerging growth company | ☐ |
| If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ | If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ | If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ | If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The number of outstanding shares of the registrant's Common Stock, $0.001 par value, was 26,839,903 as of April 24, 2026.

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**TABLE OF** **CONTENTS**

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| [**<u>PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION</u>**](#part_i_financial_information) | [**<u>PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION</u>**](#part_i_financial_information) | [**<u>PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION</u>**](#part_i_financial_information) |
| Item 1. | [<u>Financial Statements</u>](#financial_statements) | 3 |
|  | [<u>Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets</u>](#unaudited_condensed_consolidated_balance) | 3 |
|  | [<u>Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations</u>](#stmt_operation) | 4 |
|  | [<u>Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)</u>](#stmt_income) | 5 |
|  | [<u>Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity</u>](#equity) | 6 |
|  | [<u>Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows</u>](#unaudited_condensed_consolidated_stateme) | 7 |
|  | [<u>Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</u>](#notes_to_unaudited_condensed_consolidate) | 8 |
| Item 2. | [<u>Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations</u>](#item_2_managements_discussion_analysis_f) | 24 |
| Item 3. | [<u>Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk</u>](#quantitative_qualitative_disclosures_abo) | 35 |
| Item 4. | [<u>Controls and Procedures</u>](#controls_procedures) | 35 |
| [**<u>PART II: OTHER INFORMATION</u>**](#part_ii_or_information) | [**<u>PART II: OTHER INFORMATION</u>**](#part_ii_or_information) | [**<u>PART II: OTHER INFORMATION</u>**](#part_ii_or_information) |
| Item 1. | [<u>Legal Proceedings</u>](#legal_proceedings) | 36 |
| Item 1A. | [<u>Risk Factors</u>](#risk_factors) | 36 |
| Item 2. | [<u>Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds</u>](#unregistered_sales_equity_securities_use) | 68 |
| Item 3. | [<u>Defaults Upon Senior Securities</u>](#defaults_upon_senior_securities) | 68 |
| Item 4. | [<u>Mine Safety Disclosures</u>](#mine_safety_disclosures) | 68 |
| Item 5. | [<u>Other Information</u>](#or_information) | 69 |
| Item 6. | [<u>Exhibits</u>](#exhibits) | 70 |
| [<u>Signatures</u>](#signatures) |  | 71 |

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**PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION**

**Item 1. *Financial Statements***

**NETGEAR, INC.**

**UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS**

**(In thousands)**

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **March 29, 2026** | **December 31, 2025** |
| **ASSETS** |  |  |
| Current assets: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash and cash equivalents | $183476 | $209904 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Short-term investments | 113033 | 113132 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $461 and $466 as of March 29, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively | 142155 | 142045 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inventories | 169305 | 176456 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 34849 | 31745 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total current assets | 642818 | 673282 |
| Property and equipment, net | 26182 | 26001 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 34308 | 36715 |
| Intangible assets, net | 37061 | 38480 |
| Goodwill | 45022 | 45022 |
| Other non-current assets | 16540 | 16771 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total assets | $801931 | $836271 |
| **LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY** |  |  |
| Current liabilities: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts payable | $43367 | $43749 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accrued employee compensation | 38260 | 34731 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other accrued liabilities | 139080 | 144028 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deferred revenue | 26199 | 26904 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Income taxes payable | 1816 | 809 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total current liabilities | 248722 | 250221 |
| Non-current income taxes payable | 6702 | 7176 |
| Non-current operating lease liabilities | 38113 | 41016 |
| Other non-current liabilities | 37239 | 40035 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total liabilities | 330776 | 338448 |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 9) |  |  |
| Stockholders' equity: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Common stock | 27 | 28 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional paid-in capital | 1047305 | 1036545 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (28) | 196 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accumulated deficit | (576149) | (538946) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total stockholders' equity | 471155 | 497823 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $801931 | $836271 |

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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**NETGEAR, INC.**

**UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS**

**(In thousands, except per share data)**

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
|  | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Net revenue | 158819 | 162060 |
| Cost of revenue | 94517 | 105734 |
| Gross profit | 64302 | 56326 |
| Operating expenses: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Research and development | 21665 | 18309 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales and marketing | 31670 | 28041 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General and administrative | 19183 | 18070 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Litigation reserves, net | 500 | (37) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restructuring and other charges | 4876 | 4742 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total operating expenses | 77894 | 69125 |
| Loss from operations | (13592) | (12799) |
| Other income, net | 1581 | 8171 |
| Loss before income taxes | (12011) | (4628) |
| Provision for income taxes | 1029 | 1406 |
| Net loss | $(13040) | $(6034) |
| Net loss per share |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Basic | $(0.47) | $(0.21) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Diluted | $(0.47) | $(0.21) |
| Weighted average shares used to compute net loss per share: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Basic | 27977 | 28717 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Diluted | 27977 | 28717 |

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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**NETGEAR, INC.**

**UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)**

**(In thousands)**

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
|  | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Net income (loss) | $(13040) | $(6034) |
| Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Change in unrealized gains and losses on derivatives | (35) | (280) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Change in unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments | (195) | (78) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax | (230) | (358) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tax benefit related to derivatives | 6 | 35 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other comprehensive loss, net of tax | (224) | (323) |
| Comprehensive loss | $(13264) | $(6357) |

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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**NETGEAR, INC.**

**UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY**

**(In thousands)**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** |  |  |  |  |
|  | **Shares** | **Amount** | **Additional<br>Paid-In<br>Capital** | **Accumulated<br>Other<br>Comprehensive<br>Income (Loss)** | **Accumulated<br>Deficit** | **Total<br>Stockholder's<br>Equity** |
| **Balance as of December 31, 2025** | 27943 | $28 | $1036545 | $196 | $(538946) | $497823 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Change in unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments, net of tax |  |  |  | (195) |  | (195) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Change in unrealized gains and losses on derivatives, net of tax |  |  |  | (29) |  | (29) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net loss |  |  |  |  | (13040) | (13040) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stock-based compensation |  |  | 8205 |  |  | 8205 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Repurchase of common stock, including exercise tax | (929) | (1) |  |  | (20135) | (20136) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restricted stock unit withholdings | (193) |  |  |  | (4028) | (4028) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of common stock under stock-based compensation plans | 522 |  | 2555 |  |  | 2555 |
| **Balance as of March 29, 2026** | 27343 | $27 | $1047305 | $(28) | $(576149) | $471155 |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** |  |  |  |  |
|  | **Shares** | **Amount** | **Additional<br>Paid-In<br>Capital** | **Accumulated<br>Other<br>Comprehensive<br>Income (Loss)** | **Accumulated<br>Deficit** | **Total<br>Stockholder's<br>Equity** |
| **Balance as of December 31, 2024** | 28500 | $29 | $997912 | $241 | $(457116) | $541066 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Change in unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments, net of tax |  |  |  | (78) |  | (78) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Change in unrealized gains and losses on derivatives, net of tax |  |  |  | (245) |  | (245) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net loss |  |  |  |  | (6034) | (6034) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stock-based compensation |  |  | 5496 |  |  | 5496 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Repurchase of common stock, including exercise tax | (254) |  |  |  | (7500) | (7500) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restricted stock unit withholdings | (186) |  |  |  | (5141) | (5141) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of common stock under stock-based compensation plans | 722 |  | 6679 |  |  | 6679 |
| **Balance as of March 30, 2025** | 28782 | $29 | $1010087 | $(82) | $(475791) | $534243 |

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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**NETGEAR, INC.**

**UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS**

**(In thousands)**

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
|  | **March 29,<br>2026** | **March 30,<br>2025** |
| **Cash flows from operating activities:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net loss | $(13040) | $(6034) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Depreciation and amortization | 3624 | 1684 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stock-based compensation | 8205 | 5496 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accretion of discounts and imputed interests, net | 644 | (476) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deferred income taxes | (67) | (136) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provision for excess and obsolete inventory | 1900 | 1435 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other | (22) | 9 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Changes in assets and liabilities: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts receivable, net | (110) | 13504 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inventories | 5251 | 3206 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prepaid expenses and other assets | (2770) | (615) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts payable | (207) | (3603) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accrued employee compensation | 3530 | (4313) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other accrued liabilities | (4940) | (19102) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deferred revenue | (886) | (164) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Income taxes payable | 532 | 365 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 1644 | (8744) |
| **Cash flows from investing activities:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchases of short-term investments | (30152) | (29759) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments | 30000 | 30000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchases of property and equipment | (3822) | (1396) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchases of long-term investments |  | (105) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net cash used in investing activities | (3974) | (1260) |
| **Cash flows from financing activities:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Repurchases of common stock, including exercise tax | (20152) | (8162) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restricted stock unit withholdings | (4028) | (5141) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from exercise of stock options |  | 4590 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan | 2555 | 2089 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Principal payments on deferred purchase price of intangible asset acquisition | (2475) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net cash used in financing activities | (24100) | (6624) |
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | (26430) | (16628) |
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, at beginning of period | 212006 | 288551 |
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, at end of period | $185576 | $271923 |
| Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash to the condensed consolidated balance sheets |  |  |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $183476 | $269811 |
| Restricted cash included within other non-current assets at end of period | 2100 | 2112 |
| Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows | $185576 | $271923 |
| **Non-cash investing and financing activities:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unpaid property and equipment | $687 | $1364 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intangible assets acquired with deferred consideration | $41446 | $— |

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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**NETGEAR, INC.**

**NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**

**Note 1. The Company and Basis of Presentation**

NETGEAR, Inc. ("NETGEAR" or the "Company") was incorporated in Delaware in January 1996. The Company is a global provider of networking technologies for businesses, homes, and service providers. The Company delivers a wide range of networking hardware, software, and services designed to enable reliable connectivity and security. Its connected solutions range from switching and wireless products that support audio and video ("AV") over Ethernet for Pro AV applications and business networks to WiFi networking solutions, security and support services for enterprise and home networks. Additionally, the Company continually invests in research and development to create new technologies and services and to address technological trends such as AV over Ethernet, multi-Gigabit connectivity, WiFi 7, eSIM and future technologies. Its product line enables the creation and extension of wired and wireless networks and includes services that complement and enhance our hardware offerings. These products are available in multiple configurations to address the changing needs of our customers across geographic regions.

The Company sells networking products through multiple sales channels worldwide, including traditional retailers, online retailers, wholesale distributors, direct market resellers ("DMRs"), managed service providers ("MSPs"), broadband service providers and its direct online store at *www.netgear.com*.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NETGEAR, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. They have been prepared in accordance with established guidelines for interim financial reporting and the instructions of Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The balance sheet dated December 31, 2025, has been derived from audited financial statements at such date. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes typically found in the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary to fairly state the Company's financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income (loss), stockholder's equity and cash flows for the periods indicated. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (the "Annual Report").

The Company's fiscal year begins on January 1 of the year stated and ends on December 31 of the same year. The Company reports its results on a fiscal quarter basis rather than on a calendar quarter basis. Under the fiscal quarter basis, each of the first three fiscal quarters ends on the Sunday closest to the calendar quarter end, with the fourth quarter ending on December 31.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, (ii) the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and (iii) the reported amounts of net revenue and expenses during the reported period. The Company bases these estimates on historical and anticipated results, trends and various other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances. As of the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company is not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require it to update its estimates, judgments or revise the carrying value of its assets or liabilities. These estimates may change, as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and are recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements as soon as they become known. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates and operating results for the three months ended March 29, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026, or any future period.

***Segments***

The Company has two reportable segments: Enterprise and Consumer. During 2025, the Company realigned its reportable segments twice. Effective the first quarter of 2025, the Company separated the former Connected Home segment into Home Networking and Mobile, resulting in three reportable segments during the first three fiscal quarters of 2025: NETGEAR for Business, Home Networking, and Mobile. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company combined Home Networking and Mobile into a single Consumer segment and renamed NETGEAR for Business as Enterprise, resulting in the current two reportable segments. These realignments did not affect previously reported consolidated net revenue, income

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**NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**

(loss) from operations, net income (loss) per share, total assets, or stockholders' equity. Prior-period segment information has been recast to conform to the current presentation. Refer to Note 12, *Segment Information* for additional information.

**Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies**

No material changes have been made to the Company's significant accounting policies disclosed in Note 1, *The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies*, in Part II, Item 8 "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" in its Annual Report.

***Recent Accounting Pronouncements***

*Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted*

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets", which introduces a practical expedient permitting entities to assume that current economic conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change over the remaining life of current accounts receivable and contract assets arising from transactions within the scope of ASC 606, including assets acquired in a business combination. The Company adopted ASU 2025-05 effective January 1, 2026 on a prospective basis. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

*Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective*

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, "Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses", which expands the disclosure requirements for specific costs and expenses. ASU 2024-03 is effective for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2027 and early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, the guidance should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company does not expect that the guidance will have material impacts on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows. The Company is evaluating the impact that the updated standard will have on its financial statement disclosures.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software", which eliminates project stages and requires capitalizing costs when management has committed to funding the project and it is probable of completion. ASU 2025-06 is effective for the Company for its fiscal year and all interim periods beginning January 1, 2028 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact that the updated standard will have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flow.

In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09, "Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Hedge Accounting Improvements", which amends existing hedge accounting guidance to better align financial reporting with the economics of an entity's risk management activities. ASU 2025-09 is effective for the Company for its fiscal year and all interim periods beginning January 1, 2027 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact that the updated standard will have on its financial statement disclosures.

With the exception of the new standards discussed above, there have been no other new accounting pronouncements that have significance, or potential significance, to the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

**Note 3. Business Acquisition**

On June 16, 2025, the Company acquired Exium Inc. ("Exium"), a cybersecurity company focused on Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platforms, for total purchase consideration of $12.6 million. The acquisition was accounted for using the acquisition method, with $8.7 million allocated to goodwill (within the Enterprise segment) and $4.3 million to intangible assets, of which $4.2 million related to developed technology.

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**Note 4. Revenue**

Revenue from contracts with customers is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.

***Transaction Price Allocated to the Remaining Performance Obligations***

Remaining performance obligations represent the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period. Unsatisfied and partially unsatisfied performance obligations consist of contract liabilities, in-transit orders with destination terms, and non-cancellable backlog. Non-cancellable backlog includes goods for which customer purchase orders have been accepted, that are scheduled or in the process of being scheduled for shipment, and that are not yet invoiced.

The following table summarizes estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that were unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) as of March 29, 2026:

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| **(In thousands)** | **Less than** 1 **year** | **Less than** 1 **year** | 1 **to 2 years** | 1 **to 2 years** | **Beyond** 2 years | **Beyond** 2 years | **Total** | **Total** |
| Performance obligations | $— | 59073 | $— | 2308 | $— | 1755 | $— | 63136 |

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***Contract Balances***

The Company records accounts receivable when it has an unconditional right to consideration. Contract liabilities are recorded when cash payments are received or due in advance of performance. Contract liabilities consist of advance payments and deferred revenue, where the Company has unsatisfied performance obligations. Contract liabilities are classified as Deferred revenue (current portion) and Other non-current liabilities (non-current portion) on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Payment terms vary by customer. The time between invoicing and when payment is due is not significant. For certain products or services and customer types, payment is required before the products or services are delivered to the customer.

The following table reflects the contract balances:

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| **(In thousands)** | **Balance Sheet Location** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** |
| Accounts receivable, net | Accounts receivable, net | $— | 142155 | $— | 142045 |
| Contract liabilities – current | Deferred revenue | $— | 26199 | $— | 26904 |
| Contract liabilities – non-current | Other non-current liabilities | $— | 4025 | $— | 4206 |

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The difference in the balances of the Company's contract assets and liabilities as of March 29, 2026 and December 31, 2025, primarily results from the timing difference between the Company's performance and the customer's payment. During the three months ended March 29, 2026, $11.3 million of revenue was deferred primarily due to unsatisfied performance obligations for service contracts, $12.2 million of revenue was recognized for the satisfaction of performance obligations and $10.6 million of this recognized revenue was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period. During the three months ended March 30, 2025, $12.1 million of revenue was deferred primarily due to unsatisfied performance obligations for service contracts, $12.2 million of revenue was recognized for the satisfaction of performance obligations and $10.8 million of this recognized revenue was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period.

There were no significant changes in estimates during the period that would affect the contract balances.

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***Disaggregation of Revenue***

In the following tables, net revenue is disaggregated by geographic region and by product category, distinguishing the Company's service provider and related products from its other products. The Company conducts business across three geographic regions: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA"); and Asia Pacific ("APAC"). The tables also include reconciliations of the disaggregated revenue by reportable segment. As disclosed above, effective in the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company operates and reports in two segments: Enterprise (formerly NETGEAR for Business), and Consumer (comprising the former Home Networking and Mobile segments). Prior-period segment information has been recast to conform to the current presentation. Sales and usage-based taxes are excluded from net revenue.

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|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
|  | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** | **March 30, 2025** | **March 30, 2025** |
| **(In thousands)** | **Enterprise** | **Consumer** | **Total** | **Enterprise** | **Consumer** | **Total** |
| Geographic regions <sup>(1)</sup> : |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Americas | 44738 | 61125 | 105863 | 40481 | 67280 | 107761 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EMEA | 25113 | 8362 | 33475 | 24339 | 7790 | 32129 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;APAC | 13951 | 5530 | 19481 | 14371 | 7799 | 22170 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $83802 | $75017 | $158819 | $79191 | $82869 | $162060 |
| Product categories: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Service provider and related products <sup>(2)</sup> | 191 | 20232 | 20423 | 270 | 29707 | 29977 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-service provider | 83611 | 54785 | 138396 | 78921 | 53162 | 132083 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $83802 | $75017 | $158819 | $79191 | $82869 | $162060 |

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<sup>(1)</sup> No individual foreign country represented more than 10% of the Company's total net revenue in the periods presented.

<sup>(2)</sup> Service provider and related products net revenue in Consumer Segment included cable net revenue sold through retail. Prior-period amounts have been recast to conform to the current-period presentation.

**Note 5. Balance Sheet Components**

***Available-for-sale investments***

Amortized cost and estimated fair market value of investments classified as available-for-sale, excluding cash equivalents, as of March 29, 2026 and December 31, 2025, were as follows:

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| **(In thousands)** | **Amortized Cost** | **Unrealized<br>Gains** | **Unrealized<br>Losses** | **Estimated<br>Fair Value** |
| U.S. treasury securities | 110200 | - | (33) | 110167 |
| Total | $110200 | $- | $(33) | $110167 |

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|  | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** |
| **(In thousands)** | **Amortized Cost** | **Unrealized<br>Gains** | **Unrealized<br>Losses** | **Estimated<br>Fair Value** |
| U.S. treasury securities | 110048 | 162 |  | 110210 |
| Total | $110048 | $162 | $— | $110210 |

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The contractual maturities on the U.S. treasury securities as of March 29, 2026 are all due within one year. Accrued interest receivable as of March 29, 2026 was $1.4 million and was recorded within Prepaid expenses and other current assets on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

There were no investments classified as available-for-sale in a continuous unrealized loss position for which an allowance for credit losses was not recorded as of March 29, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

In the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, no unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities were recognized in income. The Company does not intend to sell, and it is unlikely that it will be required to sell the investments in

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an unrealized loss position prior to their anticipated recovery. There were no other-than-temporary impairments for these securities during the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025. Refer to Note 13, *Fair Value Measurements,* for detailed disclosures regarding fair value measurements.

***Inventories***

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| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **December 31, 2025** |
| Raw materials | 7770 | 8828 |
| Finished goods | 161535 | 167628 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $169305 | $176456 |

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The Company records provisions for excess and obsolete inventory based on assumptions about future demand and market conditions and the amounts incurred were $1.9 million and $1.4 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, respectively. While management believes the estimates and assumptions underlying its current forecasts are reasonable, there is a risk that additional charges may be necessary if current forecasts are greater than actual demand.

***Property and equipment, net*** 

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| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **December 31, 2025** |
| Machinery and equipment | 55233 | 54007 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 3525 | 3482 |
| Leasehold improvements | 21842 | 21475 |
| Software | 21828 | 21642 |
| Computer equipment | 3640 | 3370 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total property and equipment, gross | 106068 | 103976 |
| Accumulated depreciation | (79886) | (77975) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $26182 | $26001 |

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***Intangible Assets, net***

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|  | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** |
| **(In thousands)** | **Gross** | **Accumulated<br>Amortization** | **Accumulated Impairment** | **Net** | **Gross** | **Accumulated<br>Amortization** | **Accumulated Impairment** | **Net** |
| Technology | 39594 | (2581) |  | 37013 | 39594 | (1166) |  | 38428 |
| Other | 60 | (12) |  | 48 | 60 | (8) |  | 52 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $39654 | $(2593) | $— | $37061 | $39654 | $(1174) | $— | $38480 |

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In the fourth fiscal quarter of 2025, the Company acquired a perpetual software license related to its managed switch products, which is included within Technology intangible assets. The license is accounted for as a finite-lived intangible asset and is amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of seven years. The gross carrying amount of the software license intangible asset of $35.4 million includes the present value of fixed deferred payments, the present value of contingent consideration when probable and reasonably estimable, and amount recognized upon the extinguishments of an accrued liability. Increases in intangible assets not related to the aforementioned software license pertain to the Exium business acquisition. Refer to Note 3, *Business Acquisition*, for additional details.

Amortization of the intangible assets for the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025 was $1.4 million and zero, respectively. The weighted remaining useful life for the intangible assets was approximately 6.6 years as of March

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29, 2026.

***Other non-current assets***

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| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **December 31, 2025** |
| Non-current deferred income taxes | 2459 | 2386 |
| Long-term investments | 8754 | 8732 |
| Restricted cash | 2100 | 2102 |
| Other | 3227 | 3551 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $16540 | $16771 |

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***Long-term investments***

The Company's long-term investments are primarily comprised of equity investments without readily determinable fair values and investments in limited partnership funds. The carrying value of the equity investments without readily determinable fair values was $6.1 million as of March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, respectively. For such equity investments without readily determinable fair value still held at March 29, 2026, there were no cumulative downward adjustments for price changes or impairment, and the cumulative upward adjustments for price changes was $0.3 million. Investments in limited partnership funds amounted to $2.7 million as of March 29, 2026, $2.4 million as of March 30, 2025, and $2.6 million and $2.3 million as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

***Other current accrued liabilities***

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| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **December 31, 2025** |
| Current operating lease liabilities | 9977 | 9933 |
| Sales and marketing | 58778 | 61144 |
| Warranty obligations | 5797 | 5928 |
| Sales returns<sup>(1)</sup> | 21375 | 24435 |
| Freight and duty | 3940 | 4518 |
| Current deferred consideration<sup>(2)</sup> | 9014 | 8355 |
| Other | 30199 | 29715 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $139080 | $144028 |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Inventory expected to be received from future sales returns amounted to $9.3 million and $10.8 million as of March 29, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. Provisions to write down expected returned inventory to net realizable value amounted to $7.1 million and $7.9 million as of March 29, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

<sup>(2)</sup> The balance represented current deferred consideration related to the acquisition of a perpetual software license. Refer to "Intangible Assets, net" above for additional information.

***Other non-current accrued liabilities***

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| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **December 31, 2025** |
| Non-current deferred consideration<sup>(1)</sup> | 32431 | 34921 |
| Non-current deferred revenue | 4025 | 4206 |
| Other | 783 | 908 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $37239 | $40035 |

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<sup>(1)</sup> The balance represented non-current deferred consideration related to the acquisition of a perpetual software license. Refer to "Intangible Assets, net" above for additional information.

**Note 6. Derivative Financial Instruments**

The Company's subsidiaries have material future cash flows related to revenue and expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the Company's functional currency worldwide. The Company executes currency forward contracts that typically mature in less than six months to mitigate its currency risk, in currencies including Australian dollars, British

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pounds, euros, Canadian dollars, and Japanese yen. The Company does not enter into derivatives transactions for trading or speculative purposes. The Company's foreign currency forward contracts do not contain any credit-risk-related contingent features. The Company enters into derivative contracts with high-quality financial institutions and limits the amount of credit exposure to any individual counterparty.

The Company typically executes ten cash flow hedges per quarter with maturities under six months and with an average USD notional amount of approximately $4.4 million that are designated as cash flow hedges.

The Company enters into non-designated hedges that are generally expected to offset the changes in value of its net non-functional currency asset and liability position resulting from foreign exchange rate fluctuations. The Company adjusts its non-designated hedges monthly and typically executes about twelve non-designated forwards per quarter with maturities less than three months and an average USD notional amount of approximately $2.9 million.

***Fair Value of Derivative Instruments*** 

The fair values of the Company's derivative instruments and the line items on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets to which they were recorded were summarized as follows:

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| **(In thousands)** | **Location** | **March 29,<br>2026** | **December 31,<br>2025** | **Location** | **March 29,<br>2026** | **December 31,<br>2025** |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 366 | 315 | Other accrued liabilities | 81 | 699 |
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 15 |  | Other accrued liabilities | 1 | 30 |
| Total |  | $381 | $315 |  | $82 | $729 |

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Refer to Note 13, *Fair Value Measurements* for detailed disclosures regarding fair value measurements. Refer to Note 10, *Stockholders*' *Equity*, for details on the accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) activity related to derivatives and refer to Note 12, *Segment Information*, for details on gain/(loss), net pertaining to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments that were recognized in Other income (expenses), net.

**Note 7. Net Income (Loss) Per Share**

Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially dilutive common stock outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive common shares include common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options, vesting of Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") and performance shares, and issuances of shares under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"), which are reflected in diluted net income (loss) per share by application of the treasury stock method. Potentially dilutive common shares are excluded from the computation of diluted net income (loss) per share when their effect is anti-dilutive.

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| **(In thousands, except per share data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Numerator: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net loss | (13040) | (6034) |
| Denominator: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Weighted average common shares – basic | 27977 | 28717 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Potentially dilutive common share equivalent |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Weighted average common shares – dilutive | 27977 | 28717 |
| Basic net loss per share | $(0.47) | $(0.21) |
| Diluted net loss per share | $(0.47) | $(0.21) |
| Anti-dilutive employee stock-based awards, excluded | 905 | 258 |

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**Note 8. Income Taxes** 

The income tax provision for the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, was $1.0 million, or an effective tax rate of (8.6)%, and $1.4 million, or an effective tax rate of (30.4)%, respectively. The year-over-year change was primarily driven by increased losses in the United States and lower income in foreign jurisdictions during the first quarter of 2026 relative to the prior-year period.

The Company is under examination in various U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. Due to the uncertain nature of ongoing tax audits, the Company has recorded its liability for uncertain tax positions as a long-term liability, as payments cannot be anticipated over the next twelve months. The possible reduction in liabilities for uncertain tax positions in multiple jurisdictions in the next twelve months is approximately $1.4 million excluding the interest, penalties and the effect of any related deferred tax assets or liabilities.

The Company maintains a full valuation allowance on its U.S. federal and state net deferred tax assets, initially established in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. Based on an evaluation of current results as of March 29, 2026 and expectations for the remainder of the year, the Company determined that it continues to not be more likely than not that these deferred tax assets would be realized. Accordingly, no benefit has been recorded for the forecasted U.S. tax loss for the three months ended March 29, 2026. The Company will continue to assess the realizability of its deferred tax assets each reporting period and will adjust the valuation allowance as warranted.

**Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies**

***Purchase Obligations***

The Company has entered into various inventory-related purchase agreements with suppliers. Generally, under these agreements, 50% of orders are cancelable by giving notice 46 to 60 days prior to the expected shipment date and 25% of orders are cancelable by giving notice 31 to 45 days prior to the expected shipment date. The Company is exposed to lengthening lead times and increasing costs on various components, certain of which are non-cancelable regardless of lead time, and as a result the Company has issued purchase orders to supply chain partners beyond contractual termination periods. As of March 29, 2026, the Company had approximately $62.9 million, as compared to $55.3 million as of December 31, 2025, in short-term non-cancelable purchase commitments with suppliers or where the suppliers had procured unique materials and components upon receipts of the Company's purchase orders. As of March 29, 2026, $224.7 million of purchase orders beyond contractual termination periods remained outstanding. Consequently, the Company may incur expenses for materials and components, such as chipsets purchased by the supplier to fulfill the purchase order if the purchase order is cancelled. Expenses incurred in respect of cancelled purchase orders have historically not been significant relative to the original order value. For those orders not governed by master purchase agreements, the commitments are governed by the commercial terms on the Company's purchase

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orders subject to acknowledgment from its suppliers. The Company establishes a loss liability for all products it does not expect to sell or orders it anticipates canceling for which it has committed purchases from suppliers. Such loss liability, which was not material as of March 29, 2026 and December 31, 2025, is included in Other accrued liabilities on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Losses incurred in relation to purchase commitments, including unique materials and components, were not material for the three months ended March 29, 2026 or March 30, 2025.

***Non-Trade Commitments***

As of March 29, 2026, the Company had non-cancellable purchase commitments of $9.4 million pertaining to non-trade activities.

***Warranty Obligations***

Changes in the Company's warranty obligations, which is included in Other accrued liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, were as follows:

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| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Balance as of beginning of the period | 5928 | 5192 |
| Provision for warranty liability made | 1170 | 1254 |
| Settlements made | (1301) | (1139) |
| Balance as of the end of the period | $5797 | $5307 |

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***Litigation and Other Legal Matters***

From time to time, the Company is involved in disputes, litigation, and other legal actions. In all cases, at each reporting period, the Company evaluates whether or not a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable under the provisions of the authoritative guidance that addresses accounting for contingencies. In such cases, the Company accrues for the amount, or if a range, the Company accrues the low end of the range, only if there is not a better estimate than any other amount within the range, as a component of legal expense within litigation reserves, net. The Company monitors developments in these legal matters that could affect the estimate the Company had previously accrued. In relation to such matters, the Company currently believes that there are no existing claims or proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on its financial position within the next twelve months, or the outcome of these matters is currently not determinable. There are many uncertainties associated with any litigation, and these actions or other third-party claims against the Company may cause the Company to incur costly litigation and/or substantial settlement charges. In addition, the resolution of any intellectual property litigation may require the Company to make royalty payments, which could have an adverse effect in future periods. If any of those events were to occur, the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows could be adversely affected. The actual liability in any such matters may be materially different from the Company's estimates, which could result in the need to adjust the liability and record additional expenses.

The Company does not believe that it will incur a material loss for any of its pending litigation matters at this time, and consequently has not established any material loss provisions.

**Note 10. Stockholders' Equity**

***Stock Repurchases***

From time to time, the Company's Board of Directors has authorized programs under which the Company may repurchase shares of its common stock, depending on market conditions, in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. Under the authorizations, the timing and actual number of shares subject to repurchase are at the discretion of management and are contingent on a number of factors, such as levels of cash generation from operations, cash requirements for acquisitions and the price of the Company's common stock. During the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, the Company repurchased, retired and reported, based on trade date, approximately 0.9 million and 0.3 million shares of common stock, at a cost of approximately $20.0 million and $7.5 million, respectively. As of March 29, 2026, approximately 559,000 shares remained authorized for repurchase under the repurchase program. On April 22, 2026, the Company's Board of Directors authorized an incremental $75.0 million for repurchases of the Company's common stock under the existing repurchase program.

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The Company's policy related to repurchases of its common stock is to charge the excess of cost over par value to retained earnings. All repurchases were made in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

***Restricted Stock Unit Withholdings***

The Company withholds shares of its common stock to facilitate the administrative process of withholding and remitting personal income and payroll taxes for individuals receiving RSUs. The Company withheld and reported, based on trade date, approximately 193,000 shares and 186,000 shares of common stock, at a cost of approximately $4.0 million and $5.1 million, during the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, respectively.

***Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)***

The following tables set forth the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ("AOCI") by component:

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| **(In thousands)** | **Unrealized gains (losses) <br>on available<br>-for-sale<br>investments** | **Unrealized<br>gains (losses)<br>on derivatives** | **Estimated tax benefit (provision)** | **Total** |
|  | **(In thousands)** | **(In thousands)** | **(In thousands)** | **(In thousands)** |
| Balance as of December 31, 2025 | $160 | $39 | $(3) | $196 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (195) | (115) | 23 | (287) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Less: Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |  | (80) | 17 | (63) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) | (195) | (35) | 6 | (224) |
| Balance as of March 29, 2026 | $(35) | $4 | $3 | $(28) |

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| **(In thousands)** | **Unrealized gains (losses) <br>on available<br>-for-sale<br>investments** | **Unrealized<br>gains (losses)<br>on derivatives** | **Estimated tax<br>benefit (provision)** | **Total** |
| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $169 | $79 | $(7) | $241 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (78) | (662) | 115 | (625) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Less: Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |  | (382) | 80 | (302) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) | (78) | (280) | 35 | (323) |
| Balance as of March 30, 2025 | $91 | $(201) | $28 | $(82) |

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The following table provides details about significant amounts reclassified out of each component of AOCI:

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|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** |
| **Amount Reclassified from AOCI** |  |  |
| Gains (losses) on cash flow hedge: | Gains (losses) on cash flow hedge: | Gains (losses) on cash flow hedge: |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign currency forward contracts |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Affected line item in the statement of operations |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net revenue | (130) | (522) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cost of revenue | 1 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Research and development | 14 | 32 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales and marketing | 24 | 79 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General and administrative | 11 | 29 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total before tax | (80) | (382) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tax impact | 17 | 80 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total, net of tax | $(63) | $(302) |

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**Note 11. Employee Benefit Plans**

*2025 Equity Incentive Plan*

The 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2025 Plan"), adopted by the Board of Directors in April 2025 and approved by stockholders on May 29, 2025, provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, stock appreciation rights, performance units and performance shares to eligible directors, employees and consultants. The maximum aggregate number of shares issuable under the 2025 Plan is 750,000, plus shares that remained available under the 2016 Plan at the 2025 Plan's effective date and shares subject to 2016 Plan awards that subsequently expire, are forfeited, or are repurchased by the Company. As of March 29, 2026, approximately 2.4 million shares were reserved and available for future grants under the 2025 Plan.

Time-based RSUs granted generally vest over three years with the first tranche at the end of twelve months from the vest start date and the remaining vesting quarterly over the remaining two years. RSUs do not have an expiration date. Performance-based RSUs granted generally vest at the end of a three-year period if performance conditions are met.

Any shares that are tendered by a participant or retained by the Company as full or partial payment for the purchase of an award or to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with an award granted under the 2025 Plan, or under the 2016 Plan after the 2025 Plan became effective, shall again be made available for issuance under the 2025 Plan.

*2016 Equity Incentive Plan*

Upon effectiveness of the 2025 Plan in May 2025, the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2016 Plan") was superseded with respect to new equity award grants. Outstanding awards under the 2016 Plan remain outstanding and continue to be governed by its terms.

*2024 Inducement Plan*

In February 2024, the Company's Board of Directors approved 2024 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the "2024 Inducement Plan"), under which options, restricted stock awards, RSUs, stock appreciation rights, performance units, performance shares, and other stock or cash awards can be granted to personnel for positions of substantial responsibility. As of March 29, 2026, approximately 0.2 million shares were reserved for future grants under the 2024 Inducement Plan.

*Employee Stock Purchase Plan*

The Company sponsors an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"). The terms of the plan include a look-back feature that enables employees to purchase stock semi-annually at a price equal to 85% of the lesser of the fair market value at the beginning of the offering period or the purchase date. The duration of each offering period is generally six months. As of March 29, 2026, approximately 1.6 million shares were available for issuance under the ESPP.

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***Option Activity***

Stock option activity was as follows:

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| **(In thousands, except per share amounts)** | **Number of<br>Shares** | **Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share** | **Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share** | **Weighted<br>Average<br>Remaining<br>Contractual<br>Term** |
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 | 101 | $— | 33.24 |  |
| Exercised |  | $— |  |  |
| Expired |  | $— |  |  |
| Outstanding as of March 29, 2026 | 101 | $— | 33.24 | 2.70 |

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***Time-Based RSU Activity***

Time-based RSU activity was as follows:

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| **(In thousands, except per share amounts)** | **Number<br>of Shares** | **Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share** | **Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share** |
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 | 2294 | $— | 22.27 |
| Granted | 57 | $— | 21.76 |
| Vested | (227) | $— | 16.47 |
| Cancelled | (43) | $— | 22.00 |
| Outstanding as of March 29, 2026 | 2081 | $— | 22.90 |

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***Performance-Based RSU Activity***

The Company granted performance-based restricted stock units ("PSUs") under the 2016 Plan, 2024 Inducement Plan and 2025 Plan to its newly-hired employees or executives with vesting generally occurring at the end of a three-year period if performance conditions are met. The number of PSUs earned and eligible to vest are determined based on achievement of the pre-determined performance or market conditions and the recipients' continued service with the Company. The number of PSUs to vest could range from 0% to up to 200% of the target shares granted. For PSUs with a performance condition, at the end of each reporting period, the Company evaluates the probability of achieving the performance conditions and records the related stock-based compensation expense based on performance to date over the service period. The stock-based compensation expense relating to PSUs with a market condition is recognized ratably from the service inception date to the vesting date.

PSU activity was as follows:

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| **(In thousands, except per share amounts)** | **Number<br>of Shares** | **Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share** | **Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share** |
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 | 805 | $— | 33.64 |
| Granted | 6 | $— | 20.71 |
| Vested | (157) | $— | 20.71 |
| Cancelled |  | $— |  |
| Outstanding as of March 29, 2026 | 654 | $— | 36.65 |

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***Valuation and Expense Information***

The following table sets forth the stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock options, RSUs (time-based and performance-based) and the ESPP included in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations:

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|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Cost of revenue | 501 | 422 |
| Research and development | 1103 | 592 |
| Sales and marketing | 2265 | 1313 |
| General and administrative | 4336 | 3169 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $8205 | $5496 |

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As of March 29, 2026, $50.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested RSUs (time-based and performance-based) expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.7 years.

**Note 12. Segment Information**

Operating segments are components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and is evaluated quarterly by management, namely the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") of an organization, in order to determine operating and resource allocation decisions. By this definition, the Company has identified its CEO as the CODM. The Company operates and reports in two segments: Enterprise and Consumer. As previously disclosed, during 2025, the Company realigned its reportable segments twice. Effective the first quarter of 2025, the Company separated the former Connected Home segment into Home Networking and Mobile, resulting in three reportable segments during the first three fiscal quarters of 2025: NETGEAR for Business, Home Networking, and Mobile. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company combined Home Networking and Mobile into a single Consumer segment and renamed NETGEAR for Business as Enterprise, resulting in the current two reportable segments. The prior-year segment financial information has been recast to conform to the current-year presentation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Enterprise: focuses on small and medium enterprises and provides solutions for audio and video over Ethernet for AV applications, enterprise networking solutions, including wireless local area network ("LAN") and cloud-managed networking capabilities, software platforms for deployment and remote management, and security offerings, including firewall and SASE functionality, designed to address the networking, security, and manageability requirements of organizations seeking reliable and cost-effective connectivity solutions; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Consumer: focuses on consumers and provides high-performance, dependable and easy-to-use WiFi internet networking solutions such as multi-band WiFi 7 mesh systems and routers, subscription services offering performance, security, privacy and support, and 4G/5G mobile products, including WiFi 7 and WiFi 6/6E-enabled portable mobile hotspots and mobile routers, designed to address the demand for reliable, high-speed connectivity at home and on the go.

The Company believes that this structure reflects its current operational and financial management, with Enterprise and Consumer operating as distinct business units with integrated product development and go-to-market capabilities. The leadership teams of each segment are responsible for sales, marketing, product management, engineering, and customer support activities tailored to their respective markets.

The results of the reportable segments are derived directly from the Company's management reporting system. The results are based on the Company's method of internal reporting and are not necessarily in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Management measures the performance of each segment based on several metrics, including segment gross profit and segment contribution income (loss). Segment gross profit consists of segment net revenue less the related segment cost of revenue, where segment cost of revenue excludes stock-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets, each of which is managed at the corporate level and reported within unallocated indirect costs below. Segment contribution income (loss) consists of segment net revenue less the related segment cost of revenue, research and development and sales and marketing costs, in each case excluding the corporate-level items described below. Segment contribution income (loss) is used, in part, to evaluate the performance of, and allocate resources to, each of the segments. Certain operating expenses are not allocated to segments because they are separately managed at the corporate level.

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These unallocated indirect costs include corporate costs, such as corporate research and development, corporate marketing and general and administrative expenses, amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, acquisition related expenses, restructuring and other charges, litigation reserves, net, and other income (expenses), net.

Financial information for each reportable segment and a reconciliation of segment contribution income to income (loss) before income taxes is as follows:

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|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
|  | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** | **March 30, 2025** | **March 30, 2025** | **March 30, 2025** | **March 30, 2025** |
| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **Enterprise** | **Enterprise** | **Consumer** | **Consumer** | **Total** | **Enterprise** | **Enterprise** | **Consumer** | **Consumer** | **Total** |
| Net revenue | $— | 83802 | $— | 75017 | 158819 | $— | 79191 | $— | 82869 | 162060 |
| Segment cost of revenue |  | 39658 |  | 52940 | 92598 |  | 42530 |  | 62782 | 105312 |
| Segment Gross profit |  | 44144 |  | 22077 | 66221 |  | 36661 |  | 20087 | 56748 |
| *Segment Gross margin* |  | *52.7%* |  | *29.4%* |  |  | *46.3%* |  | *24.2%* |  |
| Segment operating expenses |  | 24087 |  | 22203 | 46290 |  | 19026 |  | 21552 | 40578 |
| Contribution income (loss) |  | 20057 |  | (126) | 19931 |  | 17635 |  | (1465) | 16170 |
| *Contribution margin* |  | *23.9%* |  | *(0.2*<br>*)%* |  |  | *22.3%* |  | *(1.8*<br>*)%* |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Corporate and unallocated costs |  |  |  |  | (18279) |  |  |  |  | (18768) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amortization of intangible assets |  |  |  |  | (1419) |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stock-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  | (8205) |  |  |  |  | (5496) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Acquisition related expenses |  |  |  |  | (244) |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restructuring and other charges |  |  |  |  | (4876) |  |  |  |  | (4742) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Litigation reserves, net |  |  |  |  | (500) |  |  |  |  | 37 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other income, net <sup>(1)</sup> |  |  |  |  | 1581 |  |  |  |  | 8171 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Income (loss) before income taxes |  |  |  |  | $(12011) |  |  |  |  | $(4628) |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Amounts included interest income of $2.0 million and $3.3 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, respectively. Amounts also included gain/(loss), net from derivatives not designated as hedging instruments of $0.4 million and $(1.0) million for the three months ended March 29, 2026, and March 30, 2025, respectively. For the three months ended March 29, 2026, the amount also included $0.6 million of imputed interest expense related to an intangible asset acquisition. For the three months ended March 30, 2025, the amount also included proceeds of $4.7 million from a sale of patents and gain/(loss), net from foreign currency transactions of $1.4 million.

The CODM does not evaluate operating segments using discrete asset information.

***Operations by Geographic Region***

For reporting purposes, revenue is generally attributed to each geographic region based on the location of the customer.

The following table shows net revenue by geography:

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|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** |
| United States (U.S.) | 102579 | 104039 |
| Americas (excluding U.S.) | 3284 | 3722 |
| EMEA <sup>(1)</sup> | 33475 | 32129 |
| APAC <sup>(1)</sup> | 19481 | 22170 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total net revenue | $158819 | $162060 |

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***Long-lived assets by Geographic Region***

The following table presents the Company's long-lived assets located in geographic areas, which consist of property and equipment, net, and operating lease right-of-use assets:

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| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **December 31, 2025** |
| United States (U.S.) | 40549 | 42836 |
| Americas (excluding U.S.) | 4383 | 4594 |
| EMEA | 2563 | 2345 |
| APAC<sup>(1)</sup> | 12995 | 12941 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | $60490 | $62716 |

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<sup>(1)</sup> No individual country represented more than 10% of the Company's total long-lived assets in the periods presented.

**Note 13. Fair Value Measurements**

The following tables summarize assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

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|  | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** |
| **(In thousands)** | **Total** | **Quoted market<br>prices in active<br>markets<br>(Level 1)** | **Significant<br>other<br>observable<br>inputs<br>(Level 2)** |
| Assets: |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash equivalents: money-market funds | 83625 | 83625 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Available-for-sale investments: U.S. treasury securities<sup>(1)</sup> | 110167 |  | 110167 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trading securities: mutual funds<sup>(1)</sup> | 2866 | 2866 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign currency forward contracts<sup>(2)</sup> | 381 |  | 381 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total assets measured at fair value | $197039 | $86491 | $110548 |
| Liabilities: |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign currency forward contracts<sup>(3)</sup> | 82 |  | 82 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total liabilities measured at fair value | $82 | $— | $82 |

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|  | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** |
| **(In thousands)** | **Total** | **Quoted market<br>prices in active<br>markets<br>(Level 1)** | **Significant<br>other<br>observable<br>inputs<br>(Level 2)** |
| Assets: |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash equivalents: money-market funds | 107070 | 107070 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Available-for-sale investments: U.S. treasury securities<sup>(1)</sup> | 110210 |  | 110210 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trading securities: mutual funds<sup>(1)</sup> | 2922 | 2922 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign currency forward contracts<sup>(2)</sup> | 315 |  | 315 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total assets measured at fair value | $220517 | $109992 | $110525 |
| Liabilities: |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign currency forward contracts<sup>(3)</sup> | 729 |  | 729 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total liabilities measured at fair value | $729 | $— | $729 |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Included in Short-term investments on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

<sup>(2)</sup> Included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

<sup>(3)</sup> Included in Other accrued liabilities on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The Company's investments in money-market funds and mutual funds are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued based on quoted market prices in active markets. The Company's investments in U.S. treasury

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securities are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued based on readily available pricing sources for comparable or identical instruments in less active markets. The Company's foreign currency forward contracts are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as they are valued using pricing models that consider the contract terms as well as currency rates and counterparty credit rates. The Company verifies the reasonableness of these pricing models using observable market data for related inputs into such models. The Company enters into foreign currency forward contracts with only those counterparties that have long-term credit ratings of A-/A3 or higher. The carrying value of non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis, including accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate fair value due to their short maturities.

**Note 14. Restructuring and Other Charges**

The Company accounts for its restructuring plans under the authoritative guidance for exit or disposal activities. Accrued restructuring and other charges are classified within Accrued employee compensation and Other accrued liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Restructuring and other charges recognized in the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025 were primarily for severance and other costs in relation to the reorganization of the business. Charges in the current quarter primarily reflected a new restructuring action initiated in the first quarter of 2026, with the resulting savings intended to be reinvested in the Company's strategic priorities to support its ongoing transformation. This action consists of severance and related costs incurred in connection with the Company's efforts to align its cost structure and organizational design, and does not represent a single, defined exit plan with a pre-established total cost. Accordingly, the Company evaluates the total expected costs and cumulative costs incurred to date on an aggregate basis. These costs are managed at the corporate level and are not allocated to, or evaluated by, reportable segment. Restructuring and other charges are presented as a separate line item within operating expenses in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. Additional costs to be incurred under this first quarter of 2026 action subsequent to March 29, 2026 are not expected to be material. The vast majority of the liabilities as of March 29, 2026 are expected to be settled by the third fiscal quarter of 2026.

The following table provides a summary of the activity related to accrued restructuring and other charges:

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| **(In thousands)** | **Accrued Restructuring and Other Charges at December 31, 2025** | **Additions** | **Cash Payments** | **Adjustments** | **Accrued Restructuring and Other Charges at March 29, 2026** |
| Restructuring |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Employee termination charges | $1385 | $4890 | $(3095) | $(15) | $3165 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lease contract termination and other charges | 169 | (14) |  |  | $155 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Restructuring and other charges | $1554 | $4876 | $(3095) | $(15) | $3320 |

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| **(In thousands)** | **Accrued Restructuring and Other Charges at December 31, 2024** | **Additions** | **Cash Payments** | **Adjustments** | **Accrued Restructuring and Other Charges at March 30, 2025** |
| Restructuring |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Employee termination charges | $664 | $4698 | $(4259) | $(7) | $1096 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lease contract termination and other charges |  | 44 | (8) | (15) | 21 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Restructuring and other charges | $664 | $4742 | $(4267) | $(22) | $1117 |

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**Item 2. *Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations***

**Forward-looking Statements**

*This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. For example, the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "intends," "could," "may," "will," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements represent NETGEAR's expectations or beliefs concerning future events based on information available at the time such statements were made and include statements regarding: NETGEAR's future operating performance and financial condition, including expectations regarding growth, revenue, expenses, operating margin, gross margin, continued profitability and cash generation; NETGEAR's reporting structure; NETGEAR's belief of the principal competitive factors in the business, consumer, and service provider markets for networking products; expectations regarding transportation costs; expectations regarding product costs; NETGEAR's ability to continue launching new consumer router models, providing software updates to existing products, and maintain conditional approval from the Federal Communications Commission in connection with its Covered List designation of foreign-produced routers and additional costs incurred in connection with complying with applicable regulations; NETGEAR's strategy of capitalizing on technological inflection points, developing products that serve a broader segment and simplifying and developing service offerings that build recurring service revenue streams; expectations regarding paid revenue from paid subscription service plans; expectations regarding product mix and market demand for NETGEAR's products and services, including Enterprise and Consumer products and subscription services and NETGEAR's ability to respond to this demand; expectations regarding competition, competitive factors, consumer price sensitivity and demand for NETGEAR's products and services; expectations regarding sales channels, direct online store and in-app offerings; expectations regarding macroeconomic conditions and impacts to NETGEAR's operational and financial performance and business strategies; expectations regarding the consumer retail networking market; expectations regarding existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments and anticipated cash requirements; expectations regarding inventory levels, inventory management and inventory costs; expectations regarding research and development expenses, sales and marketing expenses and general and administration expenses; expectations regarding expected tax rates or tax expenses and changes in legislation related to the taxation of business entities; expectations regarding the impact of acquisitions; expectations regarding our product portfolio, and expectations regarding NETGEAR's subscription services and service revenue. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those described in "Part II—Item 1A—Risk Factors" and "Liquidity and Capital Resources" below and in our other SEC filings, including our Annual Report. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Therefore, our actual results and the timing of certain events may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this document are based on information available to us as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements except as required by law. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes contained in this quarterly report. Unless expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, the terms "we," "our," "us" and "NETGEAR" refer to NETGEAR, Inc. and its subsidiaries.*

**Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures**

*In the following discussion and analysis, we present certain non-GAAP financial measures, including segment gross profit, segment gross margin, segment operating expenses (consisting of segment research and development, and sales and marketing), segment contribution income (loss) and segment contribution margin. These segment measures exclude amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, acquisition related expenses, restructuring and other charges, litigation reserves, net, and other corporate-level items that are managed at the corporate level and not allocated to our segments, as further described in Note 12, Segment Information, in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.*

*Our Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") uses these non-GAAP segment measures to evaluate the operating performance of each segment, in connection with operating and resource allocation decisions, for comparison with forecasts and strategic plans, and in determining management incentive compensation. We believe these measures, when read together with our GAAP results, provide useful information to investors by facilitating period-to-period comparisons of our ongoing segment results and offering insight into how management measures segment performance.*

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*These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. They have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Investors should evaluate these measures only in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures and the reconciliation of segment contribution income (loss) to income (loss) before income taxes included in Note 12, Segment Information, in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.*

**Business and Executive Overview**

We are a global provider of networking technologies for businesses, homes, and service providers. We deliver a wide range of networking hardware, software, and services designed to enable reliable connectivity and security. Our mission is to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We are executing a multi-phase transformation to strengthen execution, reinforce our core businesses, and support long-term growth and margin expansion, while exercising strong operational discipline. Our products and services are delivered through integrated platforms that combine hardware, software, and services. Our connected solutions range from switching and wireless products that support audio and video ("AV") over Ethernet for Pro AV applications and business networks to WiFi networking solutions, security and support services for enterprise and home networks. We continually invest in research and development to create new technologies and services and to address technological trends such as AV over Ethernet, multi-Gigabit connectivity, WiFi 7, eSIM and future technologies. Our product line enables the creation and extension of wired and wireless networks and includes services that complement and enhance our hardware offerings. These products are available in multiple configurations to address the changing needs of our customers across geographic regions.

We operate and report in two segments: Enterprise (formerly NETGEAR for Business, renamed in the fourth quarter of 2025) and Consumer. The leadership team of each segment focuses on serving the unique needs of its customers through product and service development, while also managing the sales and marketing functions that support the business. During 2025, we realigned our reportable segments, first separating the former Connected Home segment into Home Networking and Mobile effective in the first quarter of 2025, and then combining Home Networking and Mobile into a single Consumer segment beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025. Prior-year segment information has been recast to conform to the current two-segment presentation. For additional information regarding the segment realignments, refer to Note 12, *Segment Information*, in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Enterprise segment focuses on small and medium enterprises and provides solutions for audio and video over Ethernet for AV applications, enterprise networking solutions, including wireless local area network ("LAN") and cloud-managed networking capabilities, software platforms for deployment and remote management, and security offerings, including firewall and secure access service edge ("SASE") functionality, designed to address the networking, security, and manageability requirements of organizations seeking reliable and cost-effective connectivity. The Consumer segment focuses on consumers and provides high-performance, dependable and easy-to-use WiFi internet networking solutions such as WiFi 6, WiFi 6E and WiFi 7 multi-band mesh systems, routers and subscription services that provide consumers a range of value-added services focused on performance, security, privacy and premium support, together with high-performance Mobile (4G/5G) products, including WiFi 7, WiFi 6/6E-enabled portable mobile hotspots and mobile routers designed to meet the growing demand for on-the-go, high-speed and reliable internet connectivity with advanced security features.

We conduct business across three geographic regions: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA"); and Asia Pacific ("APAC").

**Business Overview**

The enterprise, consumer, and service provider markets are intensely competitive and subject to rapid technological change. We expect competition to continue to intensify. We believe that the principal competitive factors in the business, consumer, and service provider markets for networking products include product breadth, price points, brand name, security and privacy, performance, features, functionality and reliability, product availability, timeliness of new product introductions, size and scope of the sales channel, ease-of-installation, maintenance and use, and customer service and support. We seek to differentiate our offerings through integrated hardware and software solutions, partner relationships, centralized management capabilities, and services. To remain competitive, we focus on investing in differentiated connectivity solutions across a range of performance tiers, complemented by subscription-based services, expanding and supporting our sales channels, strengthening engagement with customers and partners, and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. Our investments

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align with our strategic priorities, including investments in enterprise and Pro AV initiatives and selective acquisitions intended to enhance software and security capabilities.

We sell our products through multiple sales channels worldwide, including traditional and online retailers, wholesale distributors, direct market resellers ("DMRs"), managed service providers ("MSPs"), broadband service providers, and through our direct online store at www.netgear.com. Our main wholesale distributors include Ingram Micro, TD Synnex, and D&H Distribution Company. Our retail channel includes traditional and online retail locations both domestically and internationally, such as Amazon.com (worldwide), Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Staples, Office Depot, Target, Electra (Sweden), Fnac Darty (Europe), JB HiFi (Australia), Elkjop (Norway), and Boulanger (France). Our DMRs include CDW Corporation, Insight Corporation, and PC Connection in domestic markets. In addition, we also sell products directly to broadband service providers in the United States and internationally providing WiFi, cable and 4G/5G mobile broadband products. Some of these retailers and broadband service providers purchase directly from us, while others are fulfilled through wholesale distributors around the world. A substantial portion of our net revenue is derived from a limited number of wholesale distributors, service providers and retailers. While we expect these channels to continue to be a significant part of our sales strategy, increasingly, customers are choosing to purchase products and services directly from us. Within our consumer business, we expect revenue through our direct online store and in-app offerings to continue to increase as a percentage of consumer revenue for the foreseeable future.

**Financial Overview**

During the three months ended March 29, 2026, our net revenue decreased by $3.2 million, or 2.0%, compared to the prior year period, driven by a $7.8 million, or 9.5%, decrease in our Consumer segment, partially offset by a $4.6 million, or 5.8%, increase in our Enterprise segment. The decrease in Consumer net revenue reflected a 31.9% decline in sales of our service provider and related products, consistent with our strategy of harvesting this business. It also reflected continued softness in the broader home networking retail market, attributable in part to electronics pricing pressures from rising memory costs. In light of these conditions, we have been prioritizing gross profit over revenue growth in our Consumer business. These declines were partially offset by growth in our core consumer business, led by our premium WiFi 7 portfolio. The increase in Enterprise net revenue was mainly attributable to continued strong demand for our Pro AV product line of managed switches, which experienced double-digit end-market sales growth in the Americas and EMEA regions, benefiting from higher average selling prices and increased unit volumes. Gross margin improved by 570 basis points year-over-year to 40.5%, primarily driven by margin expansion in both segments, a higher revenue mix from our higher-margin Enterprise segment and lower sales returns within our consumer business. We recorded an operating loss of $13.6 million, compared to an operating loss of $12.8 million in the prior year period, as the gross margin improvement was partially offset by higher operating expenses, mainly driven by higher headcount and related investments as we continue to focus on and shift resources toward growing our Enterprise business.

Geographically, net revenue from our Enterprise segment increased in Americas and EMEA and slightly decreased in APAC, while net revenue from our Consumer segment declined in Americas and APAC and slightly increased in EMEA, during the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period.

**Global Events Affecting our Business and Operations** 

Macroeconomic and geopolitical trends have continued to create uncertainty in the global economic environment. Contributing factors include persistent inflation, elevated interest rates, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, particularly involving the U.S. dollar, and ongoing trade policy shifts, including tariffs related to the U.S. and key international countries as well as U.S. tariffs and intensified trade actions. Trade policy uncertainty, including recently announced and proposed U.S. tariff actions and the potential for further expanded or modified tariff regimes, continues to affect global commerce and supply chain planning, and could increase our product costs. Geopolitical tensions and episodic maritime security incidents, to the extent that they disrupt global shipping routes, along with evolving supply chain disruptions and volatile ocean freight spot rates, have added complexity to the global operating environment. We are exposed to lengthening lead times and increasing costs on various components, driven in part by industry demand related to AI data center deployments, which have created additional pressures within our supply chain. In light of this environment, we continue to invest in cybersecurity, product security, and sourcing to enhance the security of our products as well as our regulatory compliance readiness. The extent of impacts from these macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and from our ongoing investment and go-to-market initiatives on our operational and financial performance, including our ability to execute our business strategies in the expected time frame, will depend on future developments. In addition, in March 2026, the Federal Communications Commission issued regulations adding foreign-produced routers to its Covered List, and in April 2026 we were granted conditional approval allowing us to continue to launch new consumer router models and provide software updates to existing products while the designation is maintained. The broader implications of the macroeconomic uncertainty, the evolving regulatory environment affecting our

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products, and any related disruptions to channel partners and freight remain unpredictable. Refer to Item 1A, Risk Factors of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for various risks and uncertainties associated with the macroeconomic trends and uncertainty.

Looking forward, we expect end-user demand for our Pro AV product line of managed switches within the Enterprise segment to remain strong, and we have secured sufficient memory supply for substantially all of our 2026 production plans for this segment. We expect the impact of rising memory costs on our Enterprise business to be nominal, given the relatively higher average selling prices and gross margins of these products and our ability to adjust pricing consistent with broader market trends. In our Consumer segment, while our broader product portfolio continues to address market needs, we expect rising memory costs to continue to build throughout 2026 and, accordingly, we intend to prioritize gross profit over revenue in this segment as we manage through the current memory supply environment. For our service provider and related products, we remain focused on harvesting this business and expect revenue to decline compared to the prior year period. We expect the greater benefit of our memory cost mitigation efforts to accrue to our Enterprise business. We are continuing to ramp our planned investments, with a focus on expanding our insourced software development capabilities and enhancing our go-to-market efforts, particularly in support of our Enterprise business. These investments support our strategy of differentiating our portfolio through software, services, and security offerings. Within our Consumer business, we are addressing key technology transitions, including WiFi 7, WiFi 6E, WiFi 6, and 5G, through a good, better, best product strategy. We are also continuing to expand service offerings, strengthen direct-to-consumer capabilities, and introduce new products, including the planned launch of our eSIM-enabled M7 mobile hotspot, to support the expansion of recurring non-device revenue streams over time.

**Critical Accounting Estimates**

In preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements, we make assumptions, judgments and estimates that can have a significant impact on our revenue, operating income, and net income, as well as on the value of certain assets and liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. We base these estimates on historical and anticipated results, trends and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. As of the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements, we are not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require us to update our estimates, judgments or revise the carrying value of our assets or liabilities. These estimates may change, as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and are recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements as soon as they become known. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates under different assumptions and conditions.

For a complete description of what we believe to be the critical accounting estimates used in the preparation of our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, refer to Part II, Item 7 "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report.

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**Results of Operations**

The following table sets forth the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented.

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Net revenue | $158819 | 100.0% | $162060 | 100.0% |
| Cost of revenue | 94517 | 59.5% | 105734 | 65.2% |
| Gross profit | 64302 | 40.5% | 56326 | 34.8% |
| Operating expenses: |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Research and development | 21665 | 13.6% | 18309 | 11.3% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales and marketing | 31670 | 20.0% | 28041 | 17.3% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General and administrative | 19183 | 12.1% | 18070 | 11.2% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Litigation reserves, net | 500 | 0.3% | (37) | (0.0)% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restructuring and other charges | 4876 | 3.1% | 4742 | 2.9% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total operating expenses | 77894 | 49.1% | 69125 | 42.7% |
| Loss from operations | (13592) | (8.6)% | (12799) | (7.9)% |
| Other income, net | 1581 | 1.0% | 8171 | 5.0% |
| Loss before income taxes | (12011) | (7.6)% | (4628) | (2.9)% |
| Provision for income taxes | 1029 | 0.6% | 1406 | 0.8% |
| Net loss | $(13040) | (8.2)% | $(6034) | (3.7)% |

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**Net Revenue by Geographic Region**

Our net revenue consists of gross product shipments and service revenue, less allowances for estimated sales returns, price protection, end-user customer rebates and other channel sales incentives deemed to be a reduction of revenue per the authoritative guidance for revenue recognition, and net changes in deferred revenue.

For reporting purposes, revenue is generally attributed to each geographic region based upon the location of the customer.

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Americas | $105863 | (1.8)% | $107761 |
| *Percentage of net revenue* | *66.6 %* |  | *66.5 %* |
| EMEA | $33475 | 4.2% | $32129 |
| *Percentage of net revenue* | *21.1 %* |  | *19.8 %* |
| APAC | $19481 | (12.1)% | $22170 |
| *Percentage of net revenue* | *12.3 %* |  | *13.7 %* |
| Total net revenue | $158819 | (2.0)% | $162060 |

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***Americas***

Net revenue in Americas decreased in the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily driven by a $6.2 million, or 9.1%, decline in Consumer segment net revenue, mainly attributable to reduced sales of our service provider and related products, consistent with our strategy of harvesting this business. This decline was partially offset by a $4.3 million, or 10.5%, increase in Enterprise segment net revenue, driven by continued strong demand for our Pro AV product line of managed switches.

***EMEA***

Net revenue in EMEA increased in the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily driven by growth in both the Enterprise and Consumer segments. The increase in Enterprise revenue was primarily attributable to continued strong demand for our Pro AV product line of managed switches, while the increase in Consumer revenue was primarily driven by higher sales of our mobile hotspot products.

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***APAC***

Net revenue in APAC decreased in the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily attributable to a 29.1% decline in Consumer segment net revenue, driven by lower sales in the service provider channel, and a slight decrease in Enterprise segment net revenue.

For further discussions specific to our Enterprise and Consumer segments, refer to the "*Segment Information*" section below.

**Cost of Revenue and Gross Margin**

Cost of revenue consists primarily of the following: the cost of finished products from our third party manufacturers; overhead costs, including purchasing, product planning, inventory control, warehousing and distribution logistics; third-party software licensing fees; inbound freight; import duties/tariffs; warranty costs associated with returned goods; write-downs for excess and obsolete inventory; amortization of certain acquired intangible assets and software development costs; and costs attributable to the provision of service offerings.

We outsource our manufacturing, warehousing and distribution logistics. We believe this outsourcing strategy allows us to better manage our product costs and gross margin. Our gross margin can be affected by a number of factors, including fluctuation in foreign exchange rates, sales returns, changes in average selling prices, end-user customer rebates and other channel sales incentives, changes in our cost of goods sold due to fluctuations and increases in prices paid for components, net of vendor rebates, royalty and licensing fees, warranty and overhead costs, inbound freight and duty/tariffs, conversion costs, charges for excess or obsolete inventory, amortization of acquired intangible assets and capitalized software development costs. The following table presents costs of revenue and gross margin, for the periods indicated:

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Cost of revenue | $94517 | (10.6)% | $105734 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*Gross margin percentage* | *40.5%* |  | *34.8%* |

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Our gross margin increased for the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily driven by margin expansion in both segments, a higher revenue mix from our higher-margin Enterprise segment, and lower sales returns within our Consumer business.

We expect our gross margin in the second fiscal quarter of 2026 to be in line with or slightly below the first fiscal quarter of 2026, reflecting our expectation that mitigation efforts will largely offset the impact of rising memory costs, with the greater benefit accruing to our Enterprise business. Forecasting gross margin percentages is difficult, and there are a number of risks related to our ability to maintain or improve our current gross margin levels. Our cost of revenue as a percentage of net revenue can vary significantly based upon factors such as: uncertainties surrounding revenue levels, broad-based inflationary pressures and the uncertain macroeconomic environment, future pricing and/or potential discounts as a result of the economy or in response to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar in our international markets, competition, the timing of sales, and related production level variances; import customs duties and imposed tariffs; changes in technology; changes in product mix; expenses associated with writing off excessive or obsolete inventory; variability of stock-based compensation costs; royalties to third parties; fluctuations in freight costs; manufacturing and purchase price variances; changes in prices on commodity components; and warranty costs. We expect that revenue derived from paid subscription service plans will continue to increase in the future, which may have a positive impact on our gross margin. However, we will continue to experience fluctuations in our gross margin due to the factors discussed above.

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**Operating Expenses**

***Research and Development***

Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel expenses, payments to suppliers for design services, safety and regulatory testing, product certification expenditures to qualify our products for sale into specific markets, prototypes, IT and facility allocations, and other consulting fees. Research and development expenses are recognized as they are incurred. Our research and development organization is focused on enhancing our ability to introduce innovative and easy-to-use products and services. The following table presents research and development expenses, for the periods indicated:

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Research and development | $21665 | 18.3% | $18309 |

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Research and development expenses increased for the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily driven by higher personnel-related expenditures of $2.1 million, mainly due to higher headcount in support of our Enterprise business, with an emphasis on insourcing software development, and higher IT and facility allocations of $0.9 million.

We believe that innovation and technological leadership is critical to our future success, and we are committed to continuing a significant level of research and development to develop new technologies, products and services. We expect research and development expenses in absolute dollar amount in the second fiscal quarter of 2026 to be in line with or slightly above the first fiscal quarter of 2026 level. We continually invest in research and development to create new technologies and services and to address technological trends such as AV over Ethernet, multi-Gigabit connectivity, WiFi 7, eSIM and future technologies. We anticipate that our research and development efforts will increasingly focus on software, security, and capabilities that support subscription-based services and margin improvement. We also expect that our Enterprise segment will receive most of our incremental investments for 2026 with a focus on in-sourcing our software capabilities, building on our acquisitions of VAAG Systems and Exium completed in the prior year, and expanding our product portfolio to grow our share in the sizable AV and enterprise WiFi markets. Research and development expenses may fluctuate depending on the timing and number of development activities and could vary significantly as a percentage of net revenue, depending on actual revenues achieved in any given quarter.

***Sales and Marketing***

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of advertising, trade shows, corporate communications and other marketing expenses, product marketing expenses, outbound freight costs, amortization of certain intangible assets, personnel expenses for sales and marketing staff, technical support expenses, and IT and facility allocations. The following table presents sales and marketing expenses, for the periods indicated:

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Sales and marketing | $31670 | 12.9% | $28041 |

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Sales and marketing expenses increased for the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily driven by higher personnel-related expenditures of $2.9 million, mainly due to higher headcount, reflecting investments to expand our go-to-market capabilities in support of our Enterprise business, and higher outside professional service fees of $0.7 million.

We expect sales and marketing expenses in absolute dollar amount in the second fiscal quarter of 2026 to be in line with the first fiscal quarter of 2026 level. We expect most of our incremental investments in sales and marketing in 2026 will be related to go-to-market capabilities of our product offerings in the Enterprise segment, partially offset by efficiencies in marketing on the Consumer side. Expenses may fluctuate depending on revenue levels achieved as certain expenses, such as commissions, are determined based upon the revenues achieved. Forecasting sales and marketing expenses is highly dependent on expected revenue levels and could vary significantly depending on actual revenue achieved in any given quarter. Marketing expenses may also fluctuate depending upon the timing, extent and nature of marketing programs. Marketing expenditure committed with a customer is generally recorded as a reduction of revenue per authoritative guidance.

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***General and Administrative***

General and administrative expenses consist of salaries and related expenses for executives, finance and accounting, human resources, information technology, professional fees, including legal costs associated with defending claims against us and business acquisition related expenses, allowance for doubtful accounts, IT and facility allocations, and other general corporate expenses. The following table presents general and administrative expenses, for the periods indicated:

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** |
| General and administrative | $19183 | 6.2% | $18070 |

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General and administrative expenses increased for the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily due to higher personnel-related expenditures of $1.2 million, mainly driven by stock-based compensation expense from our executive transition.

We expect general and administrative expenses in absolute dollar amount in the second fiscal quarter of 2026 to be in line with the first fiscal quarter of 2026 level. General and administrative expenses could fluctuate depending on a number of factors, including the level and timing of expenditures associated with litigation defense costs in connection with the litigation matters described in Note 9, *Commitments and Contingencies,* in Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Future increases or decreases in general and administrative expenses are difficult to predict in absolute dollars due to the lack of visibility of certain costs, including legal costs associated with defending claims against us, asserting and enforcing our intellectual property portfolio, acquisition related activities, and other factors.

***Restructuring and Other Charges***

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Restructuring and other charges | $4876 | 2.8% | $4742 |

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Restructuring and other charges for the three months ended March 29, 2026 were essentially flat compared to the prior year period. Charges in the current year primarily reflect a new restructuring action initiated in the first quarter of 2026, with the resulting savings intended to be reinvested in our strategic priorities to support our ongoing transformation. For a detailed discussion of restructuring and other charges, refer to Note 14, *Restructuring and Other Charges*, in Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

***Other Income, Net***

Other income, net consists of interest income, which represents amounts earned and incurred on our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, and other income and expenses, which primarily represents gains and losses on transactions denominated in foreign currencies, gains and losses on investments, and other non-operating income and expenses. The following table presents other income, net for the periods indicated:

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Other income, net | $1581 | (80.7)% | $8171 |

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The decrease in other income, net for the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, was primarily due to $4.7 million of proceeds from the sale of patents recognized in the prior year period with no comparable amount in the current year, $1.3 million of lower interest income resulting from lower average cash and short-term investment balances, and $0.6 million of imputed interest expense recognized in the current year period related to an intangible asset acquisition.

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***Provision for Income Taxes***

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Provision for income taxes | $1029 | (26.8%) | $1406 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*Effective tax rate* | *(8.6)%* |  | *(30.4)%* |

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The year-over-year change was primarily driven by increased losses in the United States and lower income in foreign jurisdictions during the first quarter of 2026 relative to the prior-year period.

We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Our future foreign tax rate could be affected by changes in the composition in earnings in countries with tax rates differing from the U.S. federal rate. We are under examination in various U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.

**Segment Information**

As disclosed above, during 2025 we realigned our reportable segments, first separating the former Connected Home segment into Home Networking and Mobile effective in the first quarter of 2025, and then combining Home Networking and Mobile into a single Consumer segment and renaming our NETGEAR for Business segment to Enterprise beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025. As a result, we now operate and report in two segments: Enterprise and Consumer. Prior-period segment financial information has been recast to conform to the current presentation. Additional information on the realignment, a description of our products and services, as well as segment financial data, for each segment and a reconciliation of segment contribution income (loss) to income (loss) before income taxes can be found in Note 12, *Segment Information*, and information on net revenue by product category can be found in *Disaggregation of Revenue* in Note 4, *Revenue*, in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

***Enterprise Segment***

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|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Net revenue | $83802 | 5.8% | $79191 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*Percentage of net revenue* | *52.8%* |  | *48.9%* |
| Contribution income | $20057 | 13.7% | $17635 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*Contribution margin* | *23.9%* |  | *22.3%* |

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Enterprise segment net revenue increased in the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily driven by continued strong demand for our Pro AV product line of managed switches, which experienced double-digit end-market sales growth in the Americas and EMEA regions, benefiting from higher average selling prices and increased unit volumes. Geographically, net revenue from our Enterprise segment increased in Americas and EMEA and slightly decreased in APAC.

Enterprise segment contribution income increased in the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily due to higher net revenue and higher gross margins, mainly driven by a higher mix of our Pro AV product line of managed switches, together with a continuing benefit from a perpetual software license acquired in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025. These increases were partially offset by higher operating expenses, primarily driven by increased headcount and related investments as we continue to focus on and shift resources toward growing our Enterprise business.

***Consumer Segment***

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| **(In thousands, except percentage data)** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 29, 2026** | **% Change** | **March 30, 2025** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Net revenue | $— | 75017 | (9.5)% | $— | 82869 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*Percentage of net revenue* |  | *47.2%* |  |  | *51.2%* |
| Contribution loss | $— | (126) | \*\* | $— | (1465) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*Contribution margin* |  | *(0.2*<br>*)%* |  |  | *(1.8*<br>*)%* |

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\*\* Percentage change not meaningful.

Consumer segment net revenue decreased in the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period. The decrease in Consumer net revenue reflected a 31.9% decline in sales of our service provider and related products, consistent with our strategy of harvesting this business. It also reflected continued softness in the broader home networking retail market, attributable in part to electronics pricing pressures from rising memory costs. These declines were partially offset by growth in our core consumer business, including our premium WiFi 7 portfolio. Geographically, Consumer segment net revenue declined in Americas and APAC and slightly increased in EMEA. Given the rising cost of memory and related components, we are prioritizing gross profit over revenue growth in our Consumer business.

Consumer segment contribution loss decreased in the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period. The improvement was primarily driven by higher gross margins, which benefited from a more favorable product mix of WiFi 7 products, and lower sales returns.

**Liquidity and Capital Resources**

Our principal sources of liquidity are cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and cash generated from operations. As of March 29, 2026, we had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $296.5 million, a decrease of $26.5 million from December 31, 2025.

As of March 29, 2026, approximately 30% of our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were outside of the U.S., which are subject to fluctuation based on the settlement of intercompany balances. As we repatriate these funds in accordance with our designation of funds not permanently reinvested outside of the U.S., we will be required to pay income taxes in certain U.S. states and applicable foreign withholding taxes during the period when such repatriation occurs. We have recorded deferred taxes for the tax effect of repatriating the funds to the U.S.

**Cash Flows**

The following table presents our cash flows for the periods presented.

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|  | **Three Months Ended** | **Three Months Ended** |
| **(In thousands)** | **March 29, 2026** | **March 30, 2025** |
| Cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $1644 | $(8744) |
| Cash used in investing activities | (3974) | (1260) |
| Cash used in financing activities | (24100) | (6624) |
| Net cash decrease | $(26430) | $(16628) |

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*Operating activities*

Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.6 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to $8.7 million used in the prior year period, primarily reflecting favorable working capital movements in the current period. Accounts receivable increased slightly from $142.0 million as of December 31, 2025 to $142.2 million as of March 29, 2026. Our inventory decreased from $176.5 million as of December 31, 2025 to $169.3 million as of March 29, 2026, mainly due to the timing of purchases. Accounts payable (excluding payables related to property and equipment) increased from $41.6 million as of December 31, 2025 to $42.7 million as of March 29, 2026, primarily due to the timing of inventory receipts and supplier payments.

*Investing activities*

Net cash used in investing activities increased by $2.7 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily due to higher payments for property and equipment.

*Financing activities*

Net cash used in financing activities increased by $17.5 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily due to $12.0 million of higher repurchases of our common stock, the absence of $4.6 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options that were received in the prior year period, and $2.5 million of principal payments

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on the deferred purchase price of an intangible asset acquisition in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2025, partially offset by $1.1 million of lower payments for restricted stock unit tax withholdings.

Based on our current plans and market conditions, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, together with cash generated from operations, will be sufficient to satisfy our anticipated cash requirements in the short-term and long-term. However, we may require or desire additional funds to support our operating expenses and capital requirements or for other purposes, such as acquisitions, and may seek to raise such additional funds through public or private equity financing or from other sources. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available at all or that, if available, such financing would be obtainable on terms favorable to us and would not be dilutive. Our future liquidity and cash requirements will depend on numerous factors, including the introduction of new products and potential acquisitions of related businesses or technology.

**Stock Repurchases and Restricted Stock Unit Withholdings**

From time to time, our Board of Directors has authorized programs under which we may repurchase shares of our common stock. Under the authorizations, the timing and actual number of shares subject to repurchase are at the discretion of management and are contingent on a number of factors, such as levels of cash generation from operations, cash requirements for acquisitions and the price of our common stock. As of March 29, 2026, approximately 559,000 shares remained authorized for repurchase under the repurchase program. On April 22, 2026, our Board of Directors authorized an incremental $75.0 million for repurchases of our common stock under the existing repurchase program. We repurchased, retired and reported, based on trade date, approximately 0.9 million and 0.3 million shares of common stock, at a cost of approximately $20.0 million and $7.5 million under the repurchase authorization during the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, respectively. We also withheld and reported, based on trade date, approximately 193,000 shares and 186,000 shares of common stock, at a cost of approximately $4.0 million and $5.1 million during the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, respectively, to facilitate the administrative process of withholding and remitting personal income and payroll taxes for individuals receiving Restricted Stock Units. For a detailed discussion of our common stock repurchases, refer to Note 10, *Stockholders' Equity*, in Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

**Contractual and Other Obligations**

Except as follows, there were no material changes outside of the ordinary course of business in our contractual obligations as of March 29, 2026, from those as of December 31, 2025, disclosed in Part II, Item 7 "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report.

We are exposed to lengthening lead times and increasing costs on various components, certain of which are non-cancelable regardless of lead time, and as a result the Company has issued purchase orders to supply chain partners beyond contractual termination periods. As of March 29, 2026, we had $62.9 million of purchase obligations which represented short-term non-cancellable inventory-related purchase agreements with suppliers, as compared to $55.3 million as of December 31, 2025. As of March 29, 2026, $224.7 million of purchase orders beyond contractual termination periods remained outstanding. These purchase orders may be cancelled by either party, however we may incur expenses for materials and components, such as chipsets purchased by the supplier to fulfill the purchase order, in the event of cancellation. Expenses incurred in respect of cancelled purchase orders have historically not been significant relative to the original order value.

For a detailed discussion, refer to Note 9, *Commitments and Contingencies*, in Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

**Recent Accounting Pronouncements**

Information with respect to this item may be found in Note 2, *Summary of Significant Accounting Policies*, in Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which are hereby incorporated by reference.

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**Item 3. *Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk***

During the three months ended March 29, 2026, there were no material changes to our market risk disclosures as set forth in Part II, Item 7A "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" in our Annual Report.

**Item 4. *Controls and Procedures***

**Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures**

Based on an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management (including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer), our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

**Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting**

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially effect, our internal control over financial reporting. It should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance, and not absolute assurance, that the objectives of the system are met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals in all future circumstances.

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**PART II: OTHER INFORMATION**

**Item 1. *Legal Proceedings***

The information set forth under Note 9, *Commitments and Contingencies*, in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is incorporated herein by reference. For an additional discussion of certain risks associated with legal proceedings, see the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

**Item 1A. *Risk Factors*** 

**Risk Factors Summary**

*The following is a summary of some of the risks and uncertainties as of the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, some of which either have occurred or may occur in the future, that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. You should read this summary together with the more detailed description of each risk factor contained below.*

*Risks Related to our Business, Industry and Operations*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We obtain several key components from limited or sole sources and if these sources fail to satisfy our supply requirements or we are unable to properly manage our supply requirements with our third-party manufacturers, we may lose sales and experience increased component costs.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Optimizing our channel partners' inventory levels and product mix within the current environment is challenging, and we have, and may in the future, incur costs associated with excess inventory, or lose sales from having too few products.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•To remain competitive and stimulate consumer and business demand, generally and in compliance with newly proposed or future regulations, we must successfully manage new product introductions and transitions of products and services.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Changes in trade policy and regulation in the United States and other countries, including but not limited to the potential imposition of tariffs, may adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Investment in new business strategies could disrupt our ongoing business, present risks not originally contemplated and materially adversely affect our business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Some of our competitors have substantially greater resources than we do, and to be competitive we may be required to lower our prices or increase our sales and marketing expenses, which could result in reduced margins or loss of market share and revenue.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We depend substantially on our sales channels and certain significant customers and loss of and/or failure to maintain and expand our customer sales volume and/or sales channels would result in lower sales and reduced net revenue.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We depend on a limited number of third-party manufacturers for substantially all of our manufacturing needs. If these third-party manufacturers experience any delay, disruption or quality control problems in their operations, we could lose revenue and our brand may suffer.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•The average selling prices of our products typically decrease rapidly over the sales cycle of the product, which may negatively affect our net revenue and gross margins.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We expect our operating results to fluctuate on a quarterly and annual basis, which could cause our stock price to fluctuate or decline.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•If disruptions in our transportation network continue to occur or our shipping costs substantially increase again in the future, we may be unable to sell or timely deliver our products, and our net revenue and gross margin could decrease.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Expansion of our operations and infrastructure may strain our operations and increase our operating expenses.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•As part of growing our business, we have made and expect to continue to make acquisitions. If we fail to successfully select, execute or integrate our acquisitions, then our business and operating results could be harmed and our stock price could decline.

*Risks Related to Our Products, Technology, Intellectual Property and Data*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We rely upon third parties for certain technology that is critical to our products, and if we are unable to continue to use this technology and future technology, our ability to develop, sell, maintain and support technologically innovative products would be limited.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Product security vulnerabilities, system security risks, data breaches, cyber-attacks, improper use of artificial intelligence ("AI") tools, and other threats and risks, could disrupt or otherwise compromise our products, services, internal operations or information technology systems, or those of third parties with whom we work. Actual or perceived non-compliance with our privacy and security obligations could lead to regulatory investigations or actions, litigation, fines and penalties, business operation disruption, reputational harm, loss of revenue or profits, loss of customers or sales, and other adverse business consequences.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•If we are unable to successfully leverage AI technology to automate and drive efficiencies in our operations and products and services, our business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition could be harmed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•If our products contain defects or errors, we could incur significant unexpected expenses, experience product returns and lost sales, experience product recalls, suffer damage to our brand and reputation, and be subject to product liability or other claims.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•If we are unable to secure and protect our intellectual property rights, our ability to compete could be harmed.

*Financial, Legal, Regulatory and Tax Compliance Risks*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We are currently involved in several litigation matters in the ordinary course and may in the future become involved in additional litigation which could be costly and subject us to significant liability.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We have been exposed to and may in the future be exposed to adverse currency exchange rate fluctuations in jurisdictions where we transact in local currency, which could harm our financial results and cash flows.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We are exposed to the credit risk of some of our customers and to credit exposures, including bank failures, in weakened markets, which could result in material losses.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Changes in applicable direct or indirect tax laws, and failure to comply with the same, or exposure to additional income tax liabilities, could result in liability and/or affect our future profitability.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We are subject to, and must remain in compliance with numerous new, existing and changing laws and regulations worldwide concerning our business. Some of our customers also require that we comply with their own unique requirements relating to these matters. Any failure to comply with such laws, regulations and requirements, and any associated unanticipated costs, may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

*General Risk Factors*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•If we lose the services of our key personnel, we may not be able to execute our business strategy effectively.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Global economic and geopolitical conditions could materially adversely affect our revenue and results of operations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Our stock price has experienced recent volatility and may be volatile in the future and your investment in our common stock could suffer a decline in value.

*Additional factors that could affect our businesses, results of operations and financial condition are discussed in Forward-Looking Statements in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. However, other factors not discussed below or elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q could also adversely affect* 

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*our businesses, results of operations and financial condition. Therefore, the risk factors below should not be considered a complete list of potential risks that we may face.*

*Any risk factor described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or in any of our other SEC filings could by itself, or together with other factors, materially adversely affect our liquidity, competitive position, business, reputation, results of operations, capital position or financial condition, including by materially increasing our expenses or decreasing our revenues, which could result in material losses.*

*Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. The risks described below are not exhaustive of the risks that might affect our business. Other risks, including those we currently deem immaterial, may also impact our business. Any of the following risks could materially adversely affect our business operations, results of operations and financial condition and could result in a significant decline in our stock price. Before deciding to purchase, hold or sell our common stock, you should carefully consider the risks described in this section. This section should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto, and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.*

*We have marked with an asterisk (\*) those risks described below that reflect substantive changes from the risks described under Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2026.* 

**Risks Related to our Business, Industry and Operations**

***We obtain several key components from limited or sole sources, and if these sources fail to satisfy our supply requirements or we are unable to properly manage our supply requirements with our third-party manufacturers, we may lose sales and experience increased component costs.*** 

Shortages or delay in the supply of key product components, or sudden, unforeseen price increases for such components, such as current uncertainty regarding memory semiconductors and related components, could harm our ability to meet product deliveries as scheduled or as budgeted. Many of the semiconductors used in our products are obtained from sole source suppliers on a purchase order basis. In addition, some components that are used in all our products are obtained from limited sources. We also obtain switching fabric semiconductors, which are used in our Ethernet switches and Internet gateway products, and WiFi chipsets, which are used in all of our wireless products, from a limited number of suppliers. We also use Cable Modem chipsets and Mobile chipsets in our cable and mobile products. Semiconductor suppliers have experienced and continue to experience component shortages themselves, such as with lead-frames and substrates used in manufacturing chipsets, which in turn adversely impact our ability to procure semiconductors from them in sufficient quantities and in a timely manner. For example, we had previously experienced certain chipset shortages for some of our switching products from two of our semiconductor suppliers who did not have enough wafer capacity to satisfy our demand, and this shortage continued for several quarters. Our third-party manufacturers generally purchase these components on our behalf on a purchase order basis, and we do not have any guaranteed supply arrangements with our suppliers. If demand for a specific component increases, we may not be able to obtain an adequate number of that component in a timely manner, and prices to obtain such components may increase. In addition, if worldwide demand for the components increases significantly, the availability of these components could be limited and prices for such components may increase. For example, as the demand for Artificial Intelligence chips increases, semiconductor production capacity may be shifted to these specific components thereby constraining supply of or increasing cost on chips used in our products. Further, dependence on a sole source for certain key components of our products may allow such sole source suppliers to command increased leverage in negotiating prices and other terms of sale, which could adversely affect our profitability. As a result, we may be left with little choice but to accept such higher prices or other fees for key components in order to ensure continuity of supply. This could affect our profitability or if we choose to push back against more onerous terms, could lead to inadequate supply, which could materially adversely affect our business. Our suppliers may also experience financial or other difficulties as a result of uncertain and weak worldwide economic, geopolitical conditions, trade disputes or public health issues. Other factors which may affect our suppliers' ability or willingness to supply components to us include internal management product allocation decisions or reorganizational issues, such as roll-out of new equipment or disruptions to information infrastructure or power transmission or navigation miscalculations which may delay or disrupt supply of previously forecasted components, or industry consolidation and divestitures, which may result in changed business and product priorities among certain suppliers. It could be difficult, costly and time consuming to obtain alternative sources for components we currently procure, or to change product designs to make use of alternative components. In addition, difficulties

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in transitioning from an existing supplier to a new supplier could create delays in component availability that would have a significant impact on our ability to fulfill orders for our products.

We provide our third-party manufacturers with a rolling forecast of demand and purchase orders, which they use to determine our material and component requirements. Lead times for ordering materials and components vary significantly and depend on various factors, such as the specific supplier, contract terms and demand and supply for a component at a given time. Some of our components have long lead times, such as WiFi chipsets, switching fabric chips, physical layer transceivers, and logic, power, analog and RF chipsets. If our forecasts are not timely provided or are less than our actual requirements, our third-party manufacturers may be unable to manufacture products in a timely manner. If our forecasts are too high, our third-party manufacturers will be unable to use the components they have purchased on our behalf. Historically, the cost of the components used in our products tends to drop rapidly as volumes increase and the technologies mature. Therefore, if our third-party manufacturers are unable to promptly use components purchased on our behalf, our cost of producing products may be higher than our competitors due to an oversupply of higher-priced components. Moreover, if they are unable to use components ordered at our direction, we will need to reimburse them for any losses they incur, which could be material.

If we are unable to obtain a sufficient supply of components due to factors including but not limited to increased demand due to trade policy or regulatory requirements, or if we experience any interruption in the supply of components, our product shipments could be reduced or delayed or our cost of obtaining these components may increase. Component shortages and delays affect our ability to meet scheduled product deliveries, damage our brand and reputation in the market, and cause us to lose sales and market share. At times we have elected to purchase components on the spot market or to use more expensive transportation methods, such as air freight, to make up for manufacturing delays caused by component shortages, which reduces our margins.

***Optimizing our channel partners' inventory levels and product mix within the current environment is challenging, and we have, and may in the future, incur costs associated with excess inventory, or lose sales from having too few products.*** 

If we are unable to properly monitor and optimize our channel partners' inventory levels and maintain an appropriate level and mix of products with our retail partners and wholesale distributors and within our sales channels, we may incur increased and unexpected costs associated with this inventory. In 2022 and the first half of 2023, many of our retail and service provider partners began significantly reducing their target inventory levels which adversely affected our results of operations. While we believe our channel partners' current inventory targets are at reasonable levels, the uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical environment and high inflation and interest rates could change our partners' desired inventory targets. In the past, we have experienced lower revenue as a result of our channel partners lowering their inventory levels and higher cost of carrying excess channel inventory. On the other hand, low channel inventory levels increase the likelihood that our sales channel customers may not be able to fulfill end user demand, leading to delayed or lost sales, unhappy customers and potential impacts to our brand and reputation. Inadequate stock levels could also hinder our ability to fulfill large orders or take advantage of unexpected demand spikes, thereby limiting revenue growth opportunities. Moreover, reductions in target inventory levels put pressure on our ability to accurately forecast customer demand and inventory requirements and increases the likelihood that the accuracy of such forecasts would be lower. We determine production levels based on our forecasts of demand for our products. Actual demand for our products depends on many factors, which makes it difficult to forecast. We have experienced differences between our actual and our forecasted demand in the past and expect differences to arise in the future. If we improperly forecast demand for our products and channel inventory levels, we could end up with too many products and be unable to sell the excess inventory in a timely manner, if at all, or, alternatively we could end up with too few products and not be able to satisfy demand. This problem is exacerbated because we attempt to closely match inventory levels with product demand leaving limited margin for error. Also, during the transition from an existing product to a new replacement product, we must accurately predict the demand for the existing and the new product. If we improperly forecast demand for our products and channel inventory levels, we could incur increased expenses associated with writing off excessive or obsolete inventory, lose sales, incur penalties for late delivery or have to ship products by air freight to meet immediate demand incurring incremental freight costs above the sea freight costs and suffering a corresponding decline in gross margins. For example, when demand for our products turns out to be lower than we previously forecasted, it results in our revenue for our products to come in lower than expected, as our channel partners in the U.S. replenish inventory slower than they sell through to end users to right size their inventory carrying position based on the lower demand levels than previously expected. In addition, we generally allow wholesale distributors and traditional retailers to return a limited amount of our products in exchange for other products. Under our price protection policy, if we reduce the list price of a product, we are often required to issue a credit in an amount equal to the reduction for each of the products held in inventory by our wholesale distributors and retailers. If our wholesale distributors and retailers are unable to sell their inventory in a timely manner, we might lower the price of the products, or these parties may exchange the products

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for newer products or decrease their purchases of our products in subsequent periods, which would adversely affect our revenue and results of operations.

***To remain competitive and stimulate consumer and business demand, generally and in compliance with newly proposed or future regulations, we must successfully manage new product introductions and transitions of products and services, including with increasing investments in security features and sourcing of critical components from sources to enhance the security features of our products as well as regulatory compliance readiness.*** 

We operate in a highly competitive, quickly changing environment, and our future success depends on our ability to develop or acquire and introduce new products and services, enhance existing products and services, effectively stimulate customer and business demand for new and upgraded products and services, and successfully manage the transition to these new and upgraded products and services. Our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to identify demand trends in the consumer, business and service provider markets, and to quickly develop or acquire, manufacture and market and sell products and services that satisfy these demands in a cost-effective manner. In order to differentiate our products from our competitors' products, we must continue to increase our focus and capital investment in research and development and marketing and sales, including software development for our products and complementary services and applications. For example, we previously made a strategic shift to focus on premium, higher margin products and have committed a substantial amount of resources to the development, manufacture, branding, marketing and sale of our Nighthawk mobile hotspot products, Orbi WiFi systems and Pro AV managed switches, and to introducing additional and improved models and services in these lines. In the third quarter of 2023, we launched our first WiFi 7 products, namely the Orbi 97X mesh system and the Nighthawk RS700 router, and will continue to invest in a strong pipeline of WiFi 7 introductions in 2024 across all our major product lines. To get ahead of the rapidly evolving regulatory compliance landscape, and given the critical importance of cyber security in the networking space, we have also invested in cybersecurity, security features and procuring internet-connected components from sources outside of nations deemed foreign adversaries by the US government, which enhance the Company's compliance and cyber security posture, but also comes at greater cost. The success of new products and services depends on a number of factors, including timely and successful development either through rapid innovation or acquisition, market acceptance, our ability to manage the risks and costs, such as investment costs and marketing costs, associated with development and introduction of new products and services, the effective management of purchase commitments and channel inventory levels in line with anticipated product demand, availability of products in appropriate quantities and at expected costs to meet anticipated demand, the risk that new products and services may have delays, quality or other defects or deficiencies and our ability to effectively manage marketing and reviews of our products and services.

In addition, we have acquired companies and technologies in the past and as a result, have introduced new product lines in new markets. We may not be able to successfully manage integration of the new product lines with our existing products. Selling new product lines in new markets will require our management to learn different strategies in order to be successful. We may be unsuccessful in launching a newly acquired product line in new markets which requires management of new suppliers, potential new customers and new business models. Our management may not have the experience of selling in these new markets and we may not be able to grow our business as planned. If we are unable to effectively and successfully further develop these new product lines, we may not be able to increase or maintain our sales and our gross margins may be adversely affected.

Accordingly, if we cannot properly drive customer and business demand, manage future introductions and transitions of products and services, this could result in:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•loss of or delay in revenue and loss of market share;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•negative publicity and damage to our reputation and brand;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•a decline in the average selling price of our products;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•adverse reactions in our sales channels, such as reduced shelf space, reduced channel inventory levels, reduced online product visibility, or loss of sales channels; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•increased levels of product returns.

In addition, if we are unable to successfully introduce or acquire new products with higher gross margins, or enhance and improve our services and subscription offerings for customer retention or service revenue growth, or if we are unable to improve the margins on our previously introduced and rapidly growing product and services lines, our net revenue and overall gross margin would likely decline.

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***\*Changes in trade policy and regulation in the United States and other countries, including but not limited to the imposition of tariffs, may adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.***

International trade disputes, geopolitical tensions, and military conflicts have led, and continue to lead, to new and increasing export restrictions, import restrictions, trade barriers, tariffs, and other trade measures that can increase our manufacturing and transportation costs, limit our ability to sell to certain customers or markets, limit our ability to procure, or increase our costs for, components or raw materials, impede or slow the movement of our goods across borders, or otherwise restrict our ability to conduct operations. Increasing protectionism, economic nationalism, and national security concerns may also lead to further changes in trade policy. For example, when the U.S. government engaged in extended trade negotiations with China, which resulted in the implementation of tariffs on a significant number of products manufactured in China and imported into the United States, we worked closely with our manufacturing partners to implement ways to mitigate the impact of these tariffs on our supply chain as promptly and reasonably as practicable, ultimately leading to the successful shift of our manufacturing entirely outside of China.

Additionally, the U.S. has announced substantial new tariffs affecting a wide range of products and jurisdictions and has indicated an intention to continue developing new trade policies. In response, certain foreign governments have announced or implemented retaliatory tariffs and other protectionist measures. These developments have created a dynamic and unpredictable trade landscape. Retaliatory trade policies or anti-U.S. sentiment in certain regions whether driven by trade tensions, political disagreements, or regulatory concerns may make customers, governments and investors more hesitant to engage with, purchase from or invest in U.S. firms. This may lead to increased preference for local competitors, changes to government procurement policies, heightened regulatory scrutiny, decreased intellectual property protections, delays in regulatory approvals or other retaliatory regulatory non-tariff policies, which may result in heightened international legal and operational risks and difficulties in attracting and retaining non-U.S. customers, suppliers, employees, partners and investors. While the tariffs as currently implemented do not have a material impact on our business, future tariff policy changes could adversely impact our business. For example, we manufacture our products overseas in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan. If additional tariffs are announced or otherwise implemented in a manner that apply to our products imported to the United States from those countries, our margins could be adversely affected. However, given the volatility and uncertainty regarding the scope and duration of such tariffs and other aspects of U.S. and foreign government trade policies, the ultimate impact on our operations and financial results remains uncertain but could be significant. The complexity of announced or future tariffs and potential additional trade policy and regulation may also increase the risk that we or our customers or suppliers may be subject to enforcement actions in the U.S. or foreign jurisdictions related to compliance with trade regulations. The evolving trade environment may also exacerbate broader macroeconomic and financial market weakness, including decreased consumer spending, inflationary pressures affecting interest rates, exchange rate volatility, and financing challenges due to market instability, which may result in decreased customer demand, delayed purchases, limited expansion opportunities with customers, increased operational costs, and difficulties attracting capital. Ongoing tariff, trade policy and regulations and macroeconomic uncertainty may also contribute to volatility in the price of our common stock.

In March 2026, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission issued regulations adding foreign-produced consumer routers to its Covered List, and in April 2026 we were granted conditional approval allowing us to continue to launch new consumer router models and provide software updates to existing products while the designation is maintained. Such conditional approval requires us to comply with applicable regulations, and such compliance may impose additional costs which could impact our profitability.

We cannot predict what further actions may be taken with respect to export regulations, import regulations, tariffs or other trade regulations between the United States and other countries, what products or companies may be subject to such actions, or what actions may be taken by other countries in retaliation. In addition, actions to mitigate the effect of new regulations could be disruptive to our operations, may not be completely successful and may result in higher long-term manufacturing costs. Moreover, there is no certainty that countries to which we have shifted our manufacturing operations will not be subject to similar tariffs in the future. As a result, the potential exists that we may need to raise our prices on certain products, which could result in the loss of customers and harm to our revenue, market share, competitive position and operating performance.

Additionally, the imposition of tariffs is dependent upon the classification of items under the Harmonized Tariff System ("HTS") and the country of origin of the item. Determination of the HTS and the origin of the item is a technical matter that can be subjective in nature. Accordingly, although we believe our classifications of both HTS and origin are appropriate, there is no certainty that the U.S. government will agree with us. If the U.S. government does not agree with our determinations, we could be required to pay additional amounts, including potential penalties, and our profitability would be adversely impacted.

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While we continue to monitor trade developments, the ultimate impact of these risks remains uncertain and any prolonged economic downturn, escalation in trade tensions, or deterioration in international perception of U.S.-based companies could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects. In addition, tariffs and other trade developments have and may continue to heighten the risks related to the other risk factors described elsewhere in this report.

***Investment in new business strategies could disrupt our ongoing business, present risks not originally contemplated and materially adversely affect our business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition.***

We have invested, and in the future may invest, in new business strategies and adjust existing business strategies, including but not limited to investments in cybersecurity, security features and the procurement of internet-connected components from sources to ensure the security of our products and regulatory readiness. Such endeavors may involve significant risks and uncertainties, including distraction of management from current operations, greater-than-expected liabilities and expenses, economic, legal and regulatory challenges, inadequate return on capital, potential impairment of tangible and intangible assets, and significant write-offs. Changes in business strategies are inherently risky and may not be successful. The failure of any significant investment could materially adversely affect our business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition. For example, as mentioned in the risk factor above "*To remain competitive and stimulate consumer and business demand, we must successfully manage new product introductions and transitions of products and services*", we previously made a strategic shift to focus on premium, higher margin products and services and we continue to make changes in our business strategies, including pursuing new, adjacent markets. Changes in business strategy would require us to hire in key areas and make certain investments, including marketing; however, such investments may not prove to be successful. Additionally, a significant part of our business strategy and culture is to focus on long-term growth and as a result, our profitability may be lower than it would be if our strategy were to maximize short-term financial results. If we are ultimately unable to improve profitability at the level or during the time frame anticipated by securities or industry analysts and our stockholders, the trading price of our common stock may decline. If we fail to develop and successfully execute on our business strategies, our business, financial condition, results of operations and reputation could be materially adversely affected.

***We rely on a limited number of traditional and online retailers, wholesale distributors and service provider customers for a substantial portion of our sales, and our net revenue could decline if they refuse to pay our requested prices or reduce their level of purchases, if there are unforeseen disruptions in their businesses, or if there is significant consolidation in our customer base that results in fewer customers for our products.*** 

We sell a substantial portion of our products through traditional and online retailers, including Best Buy Co., Inc., Amazon.com, Inc. and their affiliates, wholesale distributors, including Ingram Micro, Inc. and TD Synnex, and service providers, such as AT&T. We expect that a significant portion of our net revenue will continue to come from sales to a small number of customers for the foreseeable future. In addition, because our accounts receivable are often concentrated with a small group of purchasers, the failure of any of them to pay on a timely basis, or at all, would reduce our cash flow. We are also exposed to increased credit risk if any one of these limited numbers of customers fails or becomes insolvent. We generally have no minimum purchase commitments or long-term contracts with any of these customers. These purchasers could decide at any time to discontinue, decrease or delay their purchases of our products. If our customers increase the size of their product orders without sufficient lead-time for us to process the order, our ability to fulfill product demands would be compromised. These customers have a variety of suppliers to choose from and therefore can make substantial demands on us, including demands on product pricing and on contractual terms, which often results in the allocation of risk to us as the supplier. Accordingly, the prices that they pay for our products are subject to negotiation and could change at any time. For example, as mentioned below in the risk factors "*If disruptions in our transportation network continue to occur or our shipping costs substantially increase again in the future, we may be unable to sell or timely deliver our products, and net revenue and our gross margin could decrease*" and "*We obtain several key components from limited or sole sources, and if these sources fail to satisfy our supply requirements or we are unable to properly manage our supply requirements with our third-party manufacturers, we may lose sales and experience increased component costs,*" we had previously experienced high freight costs and component costs and had issued price increases to our customers. Our ability to maintain strong relationships with our principal customers is essential to our future performance. If any of our major customers reduce their level of purchases or refuse to pay the prices that we set for our products, our net revenue and operating results could be harmed.

Furthermore, some of our customers are also our competitors in certain product categories, which could negatively influence their purchasing decisions. For example, Amazon owns Eero, one of our competitors in the mesh WiFi systems product category. Our traditional retail customers have faced increased and significant competition from online retailers, and some of

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these traditional retail customers have increasingly become a smaller portion of our business. If key retail customers continue to reduce their level of purchases, our business could be harmed. Similarly, we sell products and services directly to consumers from our own e-commerce platforms and expect these revenues to grow proportionate to overall revenue. Some of our customers, such as Amazon and Best Buy, may consider this to be competitive with their own businesses, which could negatively influence their purchasing decisions with respect to our products. Furthermore, we have experienced a shift towards products being bought and sold online. If we are unable to adjust to this shift and effectively manage our business and inventory requirements amongst our online customers and traditional retail customers, this may lead to lower market share and lower revenues for us, and our net revenue and operating results could be harmed.

In addition, adverse changes in economic conditions or unforeseen disruptions in the businesses of any of our key customers could adversely impact the sale of our products to end users and the quantity of products our customers decide to purchase from us. For example, as mentioned above in the risk factor "*Optimizing our channel partners' inventory levels and product mix within the current environment is challenging, and we have, and may in the future, incur costs associated with excess inventory, or lose sales from having too few products,*" many of our retail and service provider customers have reduced and continue to reduce their target inventory levels. This shift may have a longer-term impact on the inventory levels our customers choose to carry.

Additionally, concentration and consolidation among our customer base may allow certain customers to command increased leverage in negotiating prices and other terms of sale, which could adversely affect our profitability. If, as a result of increased leverage, customer pressures require us to reduce our pricing such that our gross margins are diminished, we could decide not to sell our products to a particular customer, which could result in a decrease in our revenue. Consolidation among our customer base may also lead to reduced demand for our products, elimination of sales opportunities, replacement of our products with those of our competitors and cancellations of orders, each of which would harm our operating results. Consolidation among our service provider customers worldwide may also make it more difficult to grow our service provider business, given the fierce competition for the already limited number of service providers worldwide and the long sales cycles to close deals. If consolidation among our customer base becomes more prevalent, our operating results may be harmed.

***Some of our competitors have substantially greater resources than we do, and to be competitive we may be required to lower our prices or increase our sales and marketing expenses, which could result in reduced margins or loss of market share and revenue.***

We compete in a rapidly evolving and fiercely competitive market, and we expect competition to continue to be intense, including price competition. Our principal competitors in the consumer market include ARRIS, ASUS, D-Link, Eero (owned by Amazon), and TP-Link. Our principal competitors in the business market include Arista, Cisco Systems, D-Link, Extreme Networks, Fortinet, Haiwei, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Ruckus Networks, TP-Link, and Ubiquiti. Our principal competitors in the service provider market include Compal, Franklin, Huawei, Inseego, Nokia, Orbic, Sonim, TP-Link, and ZTE. Other competitors include numerous local vendors such as Xiaomi in China, AVM in Germany and Buffalo in Japan. In addition, these local vendors may target markets outside of their local regions and may increasingly compete with us in other regions worldwide. Our potential competitors also include other consumer electronics vendors, including Apple, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba and Vizio, who could integrate networking and streaming capabilities into their line of products, such as televisions, set top boxes and gaming consoles, and our channel customers who may decide to offer self-branded networking products. We also face competition from service providers who may bundle a free networking device with their broadband service offering, which would reduce our sales if we were not the supplier of choice to those service providers. In the service provider space, we also face significant and increased competition from original design manufacturers, or ODMs, and contract manufacturers who sell and attempt to sell their products directly to service providers around the world.

Many of our existing and potential competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition and substantially greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources. These competitors may, among other things, undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies, obtain more favorable pricing from suppliers and manufacturers, and exert more influence on sales channels than we can. Certain of our significant competitors also serve as key sales and marketing channels for our products, potentially giving these competitors a marketplace advantage based on their knowledge of our business activities and/or their ability to negatively influence our sales opportunities. For example, Amazon provides an important sales channel for our products, but it also competes with us in the mesh WiFi systems product category through its subsidiary Eero. In addition, certain competitors may have different business models, such as integrated manufacturing capabilities, that may allow them to achieve cost savings and to compete on the basis of price. Other competitors may have fewer resources but may be more nimble in developing new or disruptive technology or in entering new markets. We anticipate that current and potential competitors will also intensify their efforts to penetrate our target markets. For example,

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in the past certain network security companies such as Symantec have introduced security routers for the home consumer market to compete with us and we believe that other network security companies may also seek to do the same. Also, due to our recent success in the audio visual over IP market, some of our competitors may seek to enter this market as well. Price competition is intense in our industry in certain geographical regions and product categories. Many of our competitors in the service provider and retail spaces price their products significantly below our product costs in order to gain market share. Certain substantial competitors have business models that are more focused on customer acquisition and access to customer data rather than on financial return from product sales, and these competitors have the ability to provide sustained price competition to many of our products in the market. Average sales prices have declined in the past and may again decline in the future. These competitors may have more advanced technology, more extensive distribution channels, stronger brand names, greater access to shelf space in retail locations, bigger promotional budgets and larger customer bases than we do. In addition, many of these competitors leverage a broader product portfolio and offer lower pricing as part of a more comprehensive end-to-end solution which we may not have. These companies could devote more capital resources to develop, manufacture and market competing products than we could. Our competitors may acquire other companies in the market and leverage combined resources to gain market share. In some instances, our competitors may be acquired by larger companies with additional formidable resources, such as the purchase of ARRIS by CommScope and Eero by Amazon. Additionally, in the case of Linksys, Foxconn is one of our main third-party manufacturing partners, which presents an additional risk if Foxconn decides to prioritize its interest in Linksys over its relationship with us. If any of these companies are successful in competing against us, our sales could decline, our margins could be negatively impacted and we could lose market share, any of which could seriously harm our business and results of operations.

***We depend substantially on our sales channels and certain significant customers and loss of and/or failure to maintain and expand our customer sales volume and/or sales channels would result in lower sales and reduced net revenue.*** 

To maintain and grow our market share, net revenue and brand, we must maintain and expand our sales channels. Our sales channels consist of traditional retailers, online retailers, DMRs, MSPs, and broadband service providers. Some of these entities purchase our products through our wholesale distributor customers. We generally have no minimum purchase commitments or long-term contracts with any of these third parties.

Traditional retailers have limited shelf space and promotional budgets, and competition is intense for these resources. If the networking sector does not experience sufficient growth, retailers may choose to allocate more shelf space to other consumer product sectors and may choose to reduce their inventory levels. A competitor with more extensive product lines and stronger brand identity may have greater bargaining power with these retailers. Any reduction in available shelf space or inventory levels or increased competition for such shelf space would require us to increase our marketing expenditures simply to maintain current levels of retail shelf space and inventory levels, which would harm our operating margin. In addition, reduction in inventory levels puts pressure on our ability to accurately forecast customer demand. A failure to accurately predict high demand for a product could result in lost sales or higher product costs if we meet demand by paying higher costs for materials, production and delivery. We could also frustrate our customers and lose further shelf space and market share. A failure to predict low demand for a product could result in excess inventory, further reductions in target inventory levels, lower cash flows and lower margins if we are required to reduce product prices in order to reduce inventories.

Our traditional retail customers have faced increased and significant competition from online retailers. Further, we have experienced the shift to a greater percentage of purchases taking place online versus traditional retail customers. If we cannot effectively manage our business and inventory requirements amongst our online customers and traditional retail customers, our business would be harmed. The recent trend in the consolidation of online retailers and DMR channels has resulted in intensified competition for preferred product placement, such as product placement on an online retailer's Internet home page. Expanding our presence in the MSP channel may be difficult and expensive. We compete with established companies that have longer operating histories and longstanding relationships with MSPs that we would find highly desirable as sales channel partners. In addition, our efforts to realign or consolidate our sales channels may cause temporary disruptions in our product sales and revenue, and these changes may not result in the expected longer-term benefits. We also sell products and services directly to consumers from our own e-commerce platforms. This requires material investment in capital, time and resources and carries the risk that it may not achieve the expected return on investment that we are expecting, and that it may adversely affect our relationships with our existing channel partners, which ultimately may materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

We also sell products to broadband service providers. Competition for selling to broadband service providers is fierce and intense. Penetrating service provider accounts typically involves a long sales cycle and the challenge of displacing incumbent suppliers with established relationships and field-deployed products. If we are unable to maintain and expand our sales channels, our growth would be limited and our business would be harmed.

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We must also continuously monitor and evaluate emerging sales channels. If we fail to establish a presence in an important developing sales channel, such as sales directly to consumers from our own e-commerce platforms, our business could be harmed.

***We depend on a limited number of third-party manufacturers for substantially all of our manufacturing needs. If these third-party manufacturers experience any delay, disruption or quality control problems in their operations, we could lose revenue and our brand may suffer.*** 

All of our products are manufactured, assembled, tested and generally packaged by a limited number of third-party manufacturers, including original design manufacturers, or ODMs, as well as their sub-contract manufacturers. In most cases, we rely on these manufacturers to procure approved components and, in some cases, subcontract engineering work. Some of our products are manufactured by a single manufacturer. We do not have any long-term contracts with any of our third-party manufacturers. Some of these third-party manufacturers produce products for our competitors or are themselves competitors in certain product categories. Due to uncertain and changing economic and geopolitical conditions, the viability of some of these third-party manufacturers may be at risk. The loss of the services of any of our primary third-party manufacturers could cause a significant disruption in operations and delays in product shipments. Qualifying a new manufacturer and commencing volume production is expensive and time consuming. Ensuring that a manufacturer is qualified to manufacture our products to our standards is time consuming. In addition, there is no assurance that a manufacturer can produce our products at the appropriate volumes and in the quality that we require. In addition, as we recently have transitioned a substantial portion of our manufacturing facilities to different regions, we are subject to additional significant challenges in ensuring that quality, processes and costs, among other issues, are consistent with our expectations. For example, while we expect our manufacturers to be responsible for penalties assessed on us because of excessive failures of the products, there is no assurance that we will be able to collect such reimbursements from these manufacturers, which causes us to take on additional risk for potential failures of our products.

Our reliance on third-party manufacturers also exposes us to the following risks over which we have limited control:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•unexpected increases in manufacturing and repair costs;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•inability to control the quality and reliability of finished products;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•inability to control delivery schedules;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•potential liability for expenses incurred by third-party manufacturers in reliance on our forecasts that later prove to be inaccurate, including the cost of components purchased by third-party manufacturers on our behalf, which may be material;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•potential lack of adequate capacity to manufacture all or a part of the products we require; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•potential labor unrest affecting the ability of the third-party manufacturers to produce our products.

All of our products must satisfy safety and regulatory standards and some of our products must also receive government certifications. Our third-party manufacturers are primarily responsible for conducting the tests that support our applications for most regulatory approvals for our products. If our third-party manufacturers fail to timely and accurately conduct these tests, we would be unable to obtain the necessary domestic or foreign regulatory approvals or certificates to sell our products in certain jurisdictions. As a result, we would be unable to sell our products and our sales and profitability could be reduced, our relationships with our sales channel could be harmed, and our reputation and brand would suffer.

Specifically, substantially all of our manufacturing and assembly occurs in the Asia Pacific region, and any disruptions due to natural disasters, climate change, health epidemics and political, social and economic instability in the region would affect the ability of our third-party manufacturers to manufacture our products. Furthermore, if the cost of production charged by our third-party manufacturers increases, it may affect our margins and ability to lower prices for our products to stay competitive. Labor or geopolitical unrest in locations where components and our products are manufactured may also affect our third-party manufacturers as workers may strike and cause production delays. If our third-party manufacturers fail to maintain good relations with their employees or contractors, and production and manufacturing of our products is affected, then we may be subject to shortages of products and quality of products delivered may be affected. Further, if our manufacturers or warehousing facilities are disrupted or destroyed, we would have no other readily available alternatives for manufacturing and assembling our products and our business would be significantly harmed.

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In our typical ODM arrangement, our ODMs are generally responsible for sourcing the components of the products and warranting that the products will work against a product's specification, including any software specifications. If we needed to move to a contract manufacturing arrangement, we would take on much more, if not all, of the responsibility around these areas, including increased costs and personnel expertise. If we are unable to properly manage these risks, our products may be more susceptible to defects and our business would be harmed.

***Our sales and operations in international markets have exposed us to and may in the future expose us to operational, financial and regulatory risks.***

International sales comprise a significant amount of our overall net revenue. International sales were approximately 35% of overall net revenue in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2026 and 34% of overall net revenue in fiscal 2025. We continue to be committed to growing our international sales, and while we have committed resources to expanding our international operations and sales channels, these efforts may not be successful. For example, in fiscal 2022 we experienced the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which had a meaningful negative impact on our international revenue and our profitability.

International operations are subject to a number of other risks, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•exchange rate fluctuations and inflation;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•tariffs, the threat of new or increased tariffs, and escalating trade tensions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•geopolitical and economic tensions and international terrorism and anti-American sentiment, particularly in emerging markets;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•potential for violations of anti-corruption laws and regulations, such as those related to bribery and fraud;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•preference for locally branded products, and laws and business practices favoring local competition;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•changes in local tax and customs duty laws or changes in the enforcement, application or interpretation of such laws (including potential responses to the higher U.S. tariffs on certain imported products implemented by the U.S.);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•increased difficulty in managing inventory and reduced inventory level targets;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•delayed revenue recognition;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•unpredictable judicial systems, which may unfairly favor domestic plaintiffs over foreign corporations, or which may more easily impose harsher penalties such as import injunctions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•less effective protection of intellectual property;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•stringent consumer protection and product compliance regulations, including but not limited to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive and the European Ecodesign directive, or EuP, that are costly to comply with and may vary from country to country;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•difficulties and costs of staffing and managing foreign operations; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•business difficulties, including potential bankruptcy or liquidation, of any of our worldwide third-party logistics providers.

While we believe we generally have good relations with our employees, employees in certain jurisdictions have rights which give them certain collective rights. If management must expend significant resources and effort to address and comply with these rights, our business may be harmed. We are also required to comply with local environmental legislation and our customers rely on this compliance in order to sell our products. If our customers do not agree with our interpretations and requirements of new legislation, they may cease to order our products and our revenue would be harmed.

***We depend on large, recurring purchases from certain significant customers, and a loss, cancellation or delay in purchases by these customers could negatively affect our revenue.***

The loss of recurring orders from any of our more significant customers could cause our revenue and profitability to suffer. Our ability to attract new customers will depend on a variety of factors, including the cost-effectiveness, reliability, scalability, breadth and depth of our products. In addition, a change in the mix of our customers, or a change in the mix of direct and indirect sales, could adversely affect our revenue and gross margins.

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Although our financial performance may depend on large, recurring orders from certain customers and resellers, we do not generally have binding commitments from them. For example:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our reseller agreements generally do not require substantial minimum purchases;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our customers can stop purchasing and our resellers can stop marketing our products at any time; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our reseller agreements generally are not exclusive.

Further, our revenue may be impacted by significant one-time purchases which are not contemplated to be repeatable. While such purchases are reflected in our financial statements, we do not rely on and do not forecast for continued significant one-time purchases. As a result, lack of repeatable one-time purchases will adversely affect our revenue.

Because our expenses are based on our revenue forecasts, a substantial reduction or delay in sales of our products to, or unexpected returns from, customers and resellers, or the loss of any significant customer or reseller, could harm or otherwise have a negative impact to our operating results. Although our largest customers may vary from period to period, we anticipate that our operating results for any given period will continue to depend on large orders from a small number of customers. This customer concentration increases the risk of quarterly fluctuations in our operating results and our sensitivity to any material, adverse developments experienced by our customers.

***The average selling prices of our products typically decrease rapidly over the sales cycle of the product, which may negatively affect our net revenue and gross margins.***

Our products typically experience price erosion, a fairly rapid reduction in the average unit selling prices over their respective sales cycles. In order to sell products that have a falling average unit selling price and maintain margins at the same time, we need to continually reduce product and manufacturing costs. To manage manufacturing costs, we must collaborate with our third-party manufacturers to engineer the most cost-effective design for our products. In addition, we must carefully manage the price paid for components used in our products. We must also successfully manage our freight and inventory costs to reduce overall product costs. We also need to continually introduce new products with higher sales prices and gross margins in order to maintain our overall gross margins. If we are unable to manage the cost of older products or successfully introduce new products with higher gross margins, our net revenue and overall gross margin would likely decline.

***If we fail to overcome the challenges associated with managing our broadband service provider sales channel, our net revenue and gross profit will be negatively impacted.***

We sell a significant number of products through broadband service providers worldwide. However, the service provider sales channel is challenging and exceptionally competitive. Difficulties and challenges in selling to service providers include a longer sales cycle, more stringent product testing and validation requirements, a higher level of customization demands, requirements that suppliers take on a larger share of the risk with respect to contractual business terms, competition from established suppliers, pricing pressure resulting in lower gross margins, and irregular and unpredictable ordering habits. For example, rigorous service provider certification processes may delay our sale of new products, or our products ultimately may fail these tests. In either event, we may lose some or all of the amounts we expended in trying to obtain business from the service provider, as well as lose the business opportunity altogether. In addition, even if we have a product which a service provider customer may wish to purchase, we may choose not to supply products to the potential service provider customer if the contract requirements, such as service level requirements, penalties, and liability provisions, are too onerous. Accordingly, our business may be harmed and our revenues may be reduced. We have, in exceptional limited circumstances, while still in contract negotiations, shipped products in advance of and subject to agreement on a definitive contract. We do not record revenue from these shipments until a definitive contract exists. There is risk that we do not ultimately close and sign a definitive contract. If this occurs, the timing of revenue recognition is uncertain and our business would be harmed. In addition, we often commence building custom-made products prior to execution of a contract in order to meet the customer's contemplated launch dates and requirements. Service provider products are generally custom-made for a specific customer and may not be scalable to other customers or in other channels. If we have pre-built custom-made products but do not come to agreement on a definitive contract, we may be forced to scrap the custom-made products or re-work them at substantial cost and our business would be harmed.

Further, successful engagements with service provider customers requires a constant analysis of technology trends. If we are unable to anticipate technology trends and service provider customer product needs, and to allocate research and

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development resources to the right projects, we may not be successful in continuing to sell products to service provider customers. In addition, because our service provider customers command significant resources, including for software support, and demand extremely competitive pricing, certain ODMs have declined to develop service provider products on an ODM basis. Accordingly, as our ODMs increasingly limit development of our service provider products, our service provider business will be harmed if we cannot replace this capability with alternative ODMs or in-house development.

Orders from service providers generally tend to be large but sporadic, which causes our revenues from them to fluctuate and challenges our ability to accurately forecast demand from them. In particular, managing inventory, inventory levels and production of our products for our service provider customers is a challenge and may be further exacerbated by current macroeconomic uncertainties and geopolitical instability. Many of our service provider customers have irregular purchasing requirements. These customers may decide to cancel orders for customized products specific to that customer, and we may not be able to reconfigure and sell those products in other channels. These cancellations could lead to substantial write-offs. In addition, these customers may issue unforecasted orders for products which we may not be able to produce in a timely manner and as such, we may not be able to accept and deliver on such unforecasted orders. In certain cases, we may commit to fixed-price, long term purchase orders, with such orders priced in foreign currencies which could lose value over time in the event of adverse changes in foreign exchange rates. Even if we are selected as a supplier, typically a service provider will also designate a second source supplier, which over time will reduce the aggregate orders that we receive from that service provider. Further, as the technology underlying our products deployed by broadband service providers matures and more competitors offer alternative products with similar technology, we anticipate competing in an extremely price sensitive market and our margins may be affected. If we are unable to introduce new products with sufficiently advanced technology to attract service provider interest in a timely manner, our service provider customers may then require us to lower our prices, or they may choose to purchase products from our competitors. If this occurs, our business would be harmed and our revenues would be reduced.

If we were to lose a service provider customer for any reason, we may experience a material and immediate reduction in forecasted revenue that may cause us to be below our net revenue and operating margin expectations for a particular period of time and therefore adversely affect our stock price. For example, many of our competitors in the service provider space aggressively price their products in order to gain market share. We may not be able to match the lower prices offered by our competitors, and we may choose to forgo lower-margin business opportunities. Many of the service provider customers will seek to purchase from the lowest cost provider, notwithstanding that our products may be higher quality or that our products were previously validated for use on their proprietary network. Accordingly, we may lose customers who have lower, more aggressive pricing, and our revenues may be reduced. In addition, service providers may choose to prioritize the implementation of other technologies or the roll out of other services than home networking. Weakness in orders from this industry could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial condition. We have seen slowdowns in capital expenditures by certain of our service provider customers in the past and believe there may be potential for similar slowdowns in the future. Any slowdown in the general economy, over supply, consolidation among service providers, regulatory developments and constraint on capital expenditures could result in reduced demand from service providers and therefore adversely affect our sales to them. If we do not successfully overcome these challenges, we will not be able to profitably manage our service provider sales channel and our financial results will be harmed.

***We expect our operating results to fluctuate on a quarterly and annual basis, which could cause our stock price to fluctuate or decline.*** 

Our operating results are difficult to predict and may fluctuate substantially from quarter-to-quarter or year-to-year for a variety of reasons, many of which are beyond our control. If our actual results were to fall below our estimates or the expectations of public market analysts or investors, our quarterly and annual results would be negatively impacted and the price of our stock could decline. Other factors that could affect our quarterly and annual operating results include those listed in the risk factors section of this report and others such as:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•operational disruptions, such as transportation delays or failure of our order processing system, particularly if they occur at the end of a fiscal quarter;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•component supply constraints, including specialized WiFi 7 or WiFi 6 chipsets, or sudden, unforeseen price increases from our manufacturers, suppliers and vendors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•unanticipated increases in costs, including air and ocean freight, associated with shipping and delivery of our products;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•the inability to maintain stable operations by our suppliers, distribution centers and other parties with which we have commercial relationships;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•seasonal shifts in end market demand for our products, particularly in our Consumer segment;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our inability to accurately forecast product demand or optimal product mix such as the proportion of lower-priced products versus premium products resulting in increased inventory exposure and/or lost sales;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•unfavorable or compressed level of inventory and turns;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•changes in or consolidation of our sales channels and wholesale distributor relationships or failure to manage our sales channel inventory and warehousing requirements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•unanticipated decreases, reduced inventory targets or delays in purchases of our products by our significant traditional and online retail customers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•shift in overall product mix sales from higher to lower gross margin products, from lower-priced products to premium products, or from one business segment to another, that would adversely impact our revenue and gross margins;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•an increase in price protection claims, redemptions of marketing rebates, product warranty and stock rotation returns or allowance for doubtful accounts;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•delay or failure to fulfill orders for our products on a timely basis;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•changes in the pricing policies of or the introduction of new products by us or our competitors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•unexpected challenges or delays in our ability to further develop services and applications that complement our products and result in meaningful subscriber growth and future recurring revenue;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•discovery or exploitation of security vulnerabilities in our products, services or systems, leading to negative publicity, decreased demand or potential liability, including potential breach of our customers' data privacy or disruption of the continuous operation of our cloud infrastructure and our products;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•introductions of new technologies and changes in consumer preferences that result in either unanticipated or unexpectedly rapid product category shifts;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•slow or negative growth in the networking product, personal computer, Internet infrastructure, smart home, home electronics and related technology markets;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•delays in the introduction of new products by us or market acceptance of these products;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•delays in regulatory approvals or consumer adoption of WiFi 7 or WiFi 6E technology in various regions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•increases in expenses related to the development, introduction and marketing of new products that adversely impact our margins;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•increases in expenses related to the development and marketing related to the Company's direct online sales channels that adversely impact our margins;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•changes in tax rates or adverse changes in tax laws that expose us to additional income tax liabilities;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•changes in U.S. and international trade policy and/or regulations that adversely affect our operations or supply chain, customs, tax or duty rates as well as tariffs, the threat of new or increased tariffs, and escalating trade tensions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations in the jurisdictions where we transact sales and expenditures in local currency;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•unanticipated increases in expenses related to periodic restructuring measures undertaken to achieve profitability and other business goals, including the reallocation or relocation of resources;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•delay or failure of our service provider customers to purchase at their historic volumes or at the volumes that they or we forecast;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•litigation involving alleged patent infringement, consumer class actions, securities class actions or other claims that could negatively impact our reputation, brand, business and financial condition;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•disruptions or delays related to our financial and enterprise resource planning systems;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•allowance for doubtful accounts exposure with our existing retailers, distributors and other channel partners and new retailers, distributors and other channel partners, particularly as we expand into new international markets;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•geopolitical disruption, including sudden changes in immigration policies and economic sanctions, leading to disruption in our workforce or delay or even stoppage of our operations in manufacturing, transportation, technical support and research and development;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•terms of our contracts with customers or suppliers that cause us to incur additional expenses or assume additional liabilities;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•epidemic or widespread product and/or component failure, performance problems or unanticipated safety issues in one or more of our products that could negatively impact our reputation, brand and business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•any changes in accounting rules;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•challenges associated with integrating acquisitions that we make, or with realizing value from our strategic investments in other companies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•failure to effectively manage our third-party customer support partners, which may result in customer complaints and/or harm to our brand;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our inability to monitor and ensure compliance with our code of ethics, our anti-corruption compliance program and domestic and international anti-corruption laws and regulations, whether in relation to our employees or with our suppliers or customers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•labor unrest at facilities managed by our third-party manufacturers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•workplace or human rights violations in certain countries in which our third-party manufacturers or suppliers operate, which may require quarantine of affected products, affect our brand and negatively affect our products' acceptance by consumers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•overall performance of the equity markets and the economy as a whole;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•unanticipated shifts or declines in profit by geographical region that would adversely impact our tax rate; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our failure to implement and maintain the appropriate internal controls over financial reporting which may result in restatements of our financial statements.

As a result, period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be meaningful, and you should not rely on them as an indication of our future performance.

***If disruptions in our transportation network continue to occur or our shipping costs substantially increase again in the future, we may be unable to sell or timely deliver our products, and our net revenue and gross margin could decrease.*** 

The transportation network is subject to disruption or congestion from a variety of causes, including labor disputes or port strikes, acts of war, terrorism or other geopolitical conflicts, like the Middle East conflict, natural disasters, effects of climate change, pandemics like COVID-19 and congestion resulting from higher shipping volumes. We are highly dependent upon the transportation systems we use to ship our products, including surface and air freight. Our attempts to closely match our inventory levels to our product demand intensify the need for our transportation systems to function effectively and without delay. On a quarterly basis, our shipping volume also tends to steadily increase as the quarter progresses, which means that any disruption in our transportation network in the latter half of a quarter will likely have a more material effect on our business than at the beginning of a quarter. For example, at times during the COVID-19 pandemic, we experienced significant limitations on the availability of key transportation resources and significant increases to the cost of air and ocean freight. When these occur, it has negatively impacted our profitability as we seek to transport an increased number of products from manufacturing locations in Asia to other markets around the world as quickly as possible. Moreover, feeder vessels that move containers to key trans-Pacific terminal locations can be subject to similar impacts due to the timing of container transfers and vessel departure dates. In addition, the global effects of climate change can result in increased frequency and severity of natural

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disasters that could also disrupt our transportation network. Furthermore, labor disputes among freight carriers and at ports of entry are common. A port worker strike, work slow-down or other transportation disruption in the ports of Singapore, Rotterdam, Los Angeles or Long Beach, California, where we have significant distribution centers, or East coast or Gulf coast of United States due to the volume of imports coming to the U.S. via ports there, could significantly disrupt our business. For example, at times, during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had experienced disruptions at the ports, due to multiple factors, such as supply and demand imbalance, a shortage of warehouse workers, truck drivers, and transport equipment (tractors and trailers), and other causes, and had suffered from heightened congestion, bottleneck and gridlock, leading to abnormally high transportation delays. In addition, as mentioned above in the risk factor "*Optimizing our channel partners' inventory levels and product mix within the current environment is challenging, and we have, and may in the future, incur costs associated with excess inventory, or lose sales from having too few products,*" many of our retail and service provider customers have and continue to reduce their target inventory levels to more closely match with product demand. This further intensifies the need for our transportation systems to function effectively and without delay. Significant disruptions to the transportation network could lead to significant disruptions in our business, delays in shipments, increased shipping costs, and revenue and profitability shortfalls which could materially and adversely affect our business and financial results, especially if they were to take place within the last few weeks of any quarter.

Our international freight is regularly subjected to inspection by governmental entities. If our delivery times increase unexpectedly for these or any other reasons, our ability to deliver products on time would be materially adversely affected and would result in delayed or lost revenue as well as customer-imposed penalties. Similarly, transportation network disruptions such as those described in the preceding paragraph, have in the past and may in the future lead to an increase in transportation costs. For example, the cost of shipping our products by ocean freight had previously increased to at least eight times historical levels and had a corresponding impact upon our profitability. Moreover, the cost of shipping our products by air freight is greater than other methods. From time to time in the past, we have shipped products using extensive air freight to meet unexpected spikes in demand, shifts in demand between product categories, to bring new product introductions to market quickly and to timely ship products previously ordered. If we rely more heavily upon air freight to deliver our products, our overall shipping costs will increase. Just as ocean freight costs had previously increased due to the aforementioned supply chain and transportation disruptions, the cost of air freight had previously increased, as well, up to five times historical levels. While transportation costs have recently decreased, if the cost of ocean and air freight were to significantly increase again, it would severely disrupt our business and harm our operating results, and in particular, our profitability.

***Expansion of our operations and infrastructure may strain our operations and increase our operating expenses.***

We have expanded our operations and are pursuing market opportunities both domestically and internationally in order to grow our sales. This expansion has required enhancements to our existing management information systems, and operational and financial controls. In addition, if we continue to grow, our expenditures would likely be significantly higher than our historical costs. We may not be able to install adequate controls in an efficient and timely manner as our business grows, and our current systems may not be adequate to support our future operations. The difficulties associated with installing and implementing new systems, procedures and controls may place a significant burden on our management, operational and financial resources. In addition, if we grow internationally, we will have to expand and enhance our communications infrastructure. If we fail to continue to improve our management information systems, procedures and financial controls or encounter unexpected difficulties during expansion and reorganization, our business could be harmed.

For example, we have invested, and will continue to invest, significant capital and human resources in the design and enhancement of our financial and enterprise resource planning systems, which may be disruptive to our underlying business. We depend on these systems in order to timely and accurately process and report key components of our results of operations, financial position and cash flows. If the systems fail to operate appropriately or we experience any disruptions or delays in enhancing their functionality to meet current business requirements, our ability to fulfill customer orders, bill and track our customers, fulfill contractual obligations, accurately report our financials and otherwise run our business could be adversely affected. Even if we do not encounter these adverse effects, the enhancement of systems may be much more costly than we anticipated. If we are unable to continue to enhance our information technology systems as planned, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows could be negatively impacted.

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***As part of growing our business, we have made and expect to continue to make acquisitions. If we fail to successfully select, execute or integrate our acquisitions, then our business and operating results could be harmed and our stock price could decline.***

From time to time, we will undertake acquisitions to add new product lines and technologies, gain new sales channels or enter into new sales territories. Acquisitions involve numerous risks and challenges, including but not limited to the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•integrating the companies, assets, systems, products, sales channels and personnel that we acquire;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•higher than anticipated acquisition and integration costs and expenses;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•reliance on third parties to provide transition services for a period of time after closing to ensure an orderly transition of the business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•growing or maintaining revenues to justify the purchase price and the increased expenses associated with acquisitions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•entering into territories or markets with which we have limited or no prior experience;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•establishing or maintaining business relationships with customers, vendors and suppliers who may be new to us;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•overcoming the employee, customer, vendor and supplier turnover that may occur as a result of the acquisition;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•disruption of, and demands on, our ongoing business as a result of integration activities including diversion of management's time and attention from running the day-to-day operations of our business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•inability to implement uniform standards, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over financial reporting and other procedures and policies in a timely manner;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•inability to realize the anticipated benefits of or successfully integrate with our existing business the businesses, products, technologies or personnel that we acquire; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•potential post-closing disputes.

As part of undertaking an acquisition, we may also significantly revise our capital structure or operational budget, such as issuing common stock that would dilute the ownership percentage of our stockholders, assuming liabilities or debt, utilizing a substantial portion of our cash resources to pay for the acquisition or significantly increasing operating expenses. Our acquisitions have resulted and may in the future result in charges being taken in an individual quarter as well as future periods, which results in variability in our quarterly earnings. In addition, our effective tax rate in any particular quarter may also be impacted by acquisitions. Following the closing of an acquisition, we may also have disputes with the seller regarding contractual requirements and covenants. Any such disputes may be time consuming and distract management from other aspects of our business. In addition, if we increase the pace or size of acquisitions, we will have to expend significant management time and effort into the transactions and the integrations and we may not have the proper human resources bandwidth to ensure successful integrations and accordingly, our business could be harmed.

As part of the terms of acquisition, we may commit to pay additional contingent consideration if certain revenue or other performance milestones are met. We are required to evaluate the fair value of such commitments at each reporting date and adjust the amount recorded if there are changes to the fair value. Additionally, future or past business transactions (such as acquisitions or integrations) could also expose us to additional cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities, as our systems or products could be negatively affected by vulnerabilities present in acquired or integrated entities' systems and technologies and our diligence may not have discovered such security issues.

We cannot ensure that we will be successful in selecting, executing and integrating acquisitions. Failure to manage and successfully integrate acquisitions could materially harm our business and operating results. In addition, if stock market analysts or our stockholders do not support or believe in the value of the acquisitions that we choose to undertake, our stock price may decline.

***We invest in companies primarily for strategic reasons but may not realize a return on our investments.***

We have made investments in companies around the world to further our strategic objectives and support our key business initiatives. These investments have included equity or debt instruments of public or private companies, and may be non-marketable at the time of our initial investment. If any company in which we invest fails, we could lose all or part of our

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investment in that company. If we determine that an other-than-temporary decline in the fair value exists for an equity or debt investment in a public or private company in which we have invested, we will have to write down the investment to its fair value and recognize the related write-down as an investment loss. The performance of any of these investments could result in significant impairment charges and gains (losses) on investments. We must also analyze accounting and legal issues when making these investments. If we do not structure these investments properly, we may be subject to certain adverse accounting issues, such as potential consolidation of financial results.

Furthermore, if the strategic objectives of an investment have been achieved, or if the investment or business diverges from our strategic objectives, we may seek to dispose of the investment. Our non-marketable equity investments in private companies are not liquid, and we may not be able to dispose of these investments on favorable terms or at all. The occurrence of any of these events could harm our results. Gains or losses from equity securities could vary from expectations depending on gains or losses realized on the sale or exchange of securities and impairment charges related to debt instruments as well as equity and other investments.

**Risks Related to Our Products, Technology, Intellectual Property and Data**

***We rely upon third parties for certain technology that is critical to our products, and if we are unable to continue to use this technology and future technology, our ability to develop, sell, maintain and support technologically innovative products would be limited.***

We rely on third parties to obtain non-exclusive patented hardware and software license rights in technologies that are incorporated into and necessary for the operation and functionality of most of our products. In these cases, because the intellectual property we license is available from third parties, barriers to entry into certain markets may be lower for potential or existing competitors than if we owned exclusive rights to the technology that we license and use. Moreover, if a competitor or potential competitor enters into an exclusive arrangement with any of our key third-party technology providers, or if any of these providers unilaterally decide not to do business with us for any reason, our ability to develop and sell products containing that technology would be severely limited. If we are shipping products that contain third-party technology that we subsequently lose the right to license, then we will not be able to continue to offer or support those products. In addition, these licenses often require royalty payments or other consideration to the third-party licensor. Our success will depend, in part, on our continued ability to access these technologies, and we do not know whether these third-party technologies will continue to be licensed to us on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to license the necessary technology, we may be forced to acquire or develop alternative technology of lower quality or performance standards, which would limit and delay our ability to offer new or competitive products and increase our costs of production. As a result, our revenue, margins, market share, and operating results could be significantly harmed.

We also utilize third-party software development companies to develop, customize, maintain and support software that is incorporated into our products. For example, we license software from Bitdefender for our NETGEAR Armor cybersecurity services offering and we license software from Circle Media Labs, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aura, for our parental controls service offering. If these companies fail to timely deliver or continuously maintain and support the software, as we require of them, we may experience delays in releasing new products or difficulties with supporting existing products and customers. In addition, if these third-party licensors fail or experience instability, then we may be unable to continue to sell products that incorporate the licensed technologies in addition to being unable to continue to maintain and support these products. We do require escrow arrangements with respect to certain third-party software which entitle us to certain limited rights to the source code, in the event of certain failures by the third party, in order to maintain and support such software. However, there is no guarantee that we would be able to fully understand and use the source code, as we may not have the expertise to do so. We are increasingly exposed to these risks as we continue to develop and market more products and services containing third-party software, such as our subscription service offerings related to network security and smart parental controls. If we are unable to license the necessary technology, we may be forced to acquire or develop alternative technology, which could be of lower quality or performance standards. The acquisition or development of alternative technology may limit and delay our ability to offer new or competitive products and services and increase our costs of production. As a result, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

***Product security vulnerabilities, system security risks, data breaches, cyber-attacks, improper use of artificial intelligence ("AI") tools, and other threats and risks, could disrupt or otherwise compromise our products, services, internal operations or information technology systems, or those of third parties with whom we work. Actual or perceived non-compliance with our privacy and security obligations could lead to regulatory investigations or actions, litigation, fines and penalties,*** 

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***business operation disruption, reputational harm, loss of revenue or profits, loss of customers or sales, and other adverse business consequences.***

We and the third parties with whom we work process personal data and other sensitive information, and we disclose certain such sensitive information to relevant third parties as reasonably necessary to operate our business while maintaining measures designed to protect such information. Among other products and services, we offer comprehensive online cloud management services paired with a number of our products. Our products and services could be compromised due to a variety of evolving threats and security vulnerabilities. We have in the past experienced, and expect to continue to be the target of, cyber attacks (including by highly sophisticated nation-state actors) or other sources of compromise, and given the increasingly sophisticated and evolving threat landscape, we could experience a cyber incident that would materially affect our business operations. We devote considerable time and resources to uncovering and remedying these threats and vulnerabilities, using both internal and external resources, but the threats to network and data security are increasingly diverse and sophisticated and we continue to implement additional protections and increase our monitoring and threat intelligence. Despite our efforts and processes to prevent breaches, our systems and products are vulnerable to cybersecurity risks, including cyber-attacks such as viruses and worms, vulnerabilities such as command injection, cross site scripting, credential stuffing attacks, authentication and session management, and stack-based buffer overflow, social-engineering attacks (including through deep fakes, which may be increasingly difficult to identify as fake and phishing attacks), supply-chain attacks, malware (including as a result of advanced persistent threat intrusions), and other sophisticated attacks or exploits. These threats can come from a variety of sources, including traditional computer "hackers," threat actors, "hacktivists," organized criminal threat actors, personnel (such as through error or malfeasance), sophisticated nation states, and nation-state-supported actors. Additionally, our systems and products may be disrupted for reasons other than a cyberattack, such as software bugs, server malfunctions, software or hardware failures, loss of data or other information technology assets, adware, telecommunications failures, earthquakes, fires, and floods. Threat actors may also gain access to other networks and systems after a compromise of our networks and systems. For example, threat actors may use an initial compromise of one part of our environment to gain access to other parts of our environment, or leverage a compromise of our networks or systems to gain access to the networks or systems of third parties with whom we work, such as through phishing or supply chain attacks. It is also possible that an attacker could compromise our internal code repository or those of our partners and insert a 'backdoor' that would give them easy access to any of our devices using this code. Severe ransomware attacks are also becoming increasingly prevalent and can lead to significant interruptions in our operations, ability to provide our products or services, loss of sensitive data and income, reputational harm, and diversion of funds. Further, most of our major offices worldwide operate under a hybrid work model, allowing personnel the flexibility to work remotely and at the workplace. Remote work arrangements present additional cybersecurity risks, including potential increases in malware and phishing attacks, greater challenges to secure relevant data, and potential service degradation or disruption to key internal business applications and third-party services. Although we have taken measures to address these risks, they present challenges that could impact business operations and could cause recovery times to increase.

We have not in the past and may not in the future successfully discover, get ahead of and/or protect against these threats and vulnerabilities, and if unable to remedy compromises of our products, services or data in a timely manner, or at all, it may impact our brand and reputation and otherwise harm our business. For example, with respect to our making available patches or information for vulnerabilities in our products or services, our customers may be unwilling or unable to deploy such patches and use such information effectively and in a timely manner. In the past, we have experienced attempted exploitation of such vulnerabilities and anticipate continuing to experience similar attempts in the future. Such attacks against and other compromises of us, our customers or third parties with whom we work could lead to material interruptions, delays or loss of data, unauthorized access to data, and loss of consumer confidence. Successful attacks or compromises of us, our customers or third parties with whom we work could materially adversely affect our business, be expensive to remedy, damage our reputation, result in negative publicity, adversely affect our brand, decrease demand for our products and services, and otherwise materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition. Applicable data privacy and security obligations may require us, or we may voluntarily choose to, notify relevant stakeholders, including affected individuals, customers, regulators, investors and others of security breaches. Such disclosures and related actions can be costly and the disclosure or the failure to comply with such applicable requirements could lead to adverse consequences. Further, under certain circumstances, we may need to prioritize fixing vulnerabilities or responding to security breaches over new product development, which may impact our revenues and adversely affect our business.

With respect to certain of our products and services, we employ a shared responsibility model where our customers are responsible for using, configuring and otherwise implementing security measures related to our products and services in a manner that addresses their information security risks. As part of this shared responsibility security model, we make certain security features available to our customers that can be implemented at our customers' discretion or identify security areas or measures for which our customers are responsible. For example, customers may choose not to enable two-factor authentication

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for their NETGEAR account (which would likely increase the risk of compromise) or they could choose to disable automatic updates (which would likely delay or prevent entirely, important security updates). In certain cases, where our customers choose not to implement or incorrectly implement such or similar features or measures, misuse our products or services, continue to use deprecated NETGEAR equipment no longer receiving security updates or otherwise experience their own vulnerabilities or other compromises, even if we are not the cause of a resulting customer security issue or incident, our customer relationships, reputation and revenue could be adversely impacted. If our products or services are compromised, a significant number or, in some instances, all of our customers could be simultaneously affected. The potential liability and associated consequences we could suffer as a result of such a large-scale event could result in irreparable harm.

We rely on third-party providers for a number of critical aspects of our cloud services, e-commerce site, software development, manufacturing and customer support, including web hosting services, billing and payment processing, and consequently we do not maintain direct control over the security or stability of the associated systems. Our reliance on third parties exposes us to cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities if such third parties or their partners are targeted by cyber attack or other sources of compromise.

Maintaining the security of our information systems, communication systems and data is a critical issue for us and our customers. Malicious actors may develop and deploy malware that is designed to manipulate our products and systems, including our internal network, or those of our vendors or customers. Additionally, outside parties may attempt to fraudulently induce our personnel to disclose sensitive information in order to gain access to our information systems, our data or our customers' data. We have established a crisis management plan, business continuity program, information security incident response plan and Generative AI policy. While we test and update these plans, policies and programs, there can be no assurance that the plans, policies and programs can withstand an actual or serious disruption in our business, including a data protection breach or cyber-attack. For example, much of our order fulfillment process is automated and the order information is stored on our servers. A significant business interruption could result in losses or damages and harm our business. If our information systems become unavailable, our ability to recognize revenue may be delayed until we are able to utilize back-up systems and continue to process and ship our orders, which could cause our stock price to decline significantly.

We devote considerable internal and external resources to network security, data encryption and other security measures to protect our information systems and data (including customer data), but our efforts cannot provide an absolute guarantee of security. In addition, U.S. and foreign regulators have increased their focus on cybersecurity (including imposing specific security measures related to the products and services we sell) and data protection and many states, countries and other jurisdictions have laws and regulations that may impose significant penalties and fines for failure to comply with these requirements. Compliance with laws, regulations, industry standards, contracts, policies and other obligations concerning artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity, data governance and data protection is a rigorous and time-intensive process, that continuously evolves and develops, and we have in the past and may in the future be required to put in place additional mechanisms ensuring compliance with such obligations and incur substantial expenditures. Many of these laws are new, in the nascent stages of applicability, untested in terms of scope by applicable courts, regulators and/or administrative bodies, and technically complex. As such, their interpretation remains inherently uncertain. If we fail to properly interpret or otherwise comply with any such obligations, we may face significant fines and penalties that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, obligations (including laws and regulations) are not consistent (and may not be interpreted in a consistent manner) and compliance remains costly.

Actual and potential breaches of our security measures as well as the loss, disclosure, dissemination or other compromise of proprietary information or sensitive or confidential data about us, our personnel or our customers, including the potential loss or disclosure of such information or data as a result of improper use of AI tools, personnel error or other personnel actions, hacking, fraud, social engineering or other forms of deception, could expose us, our customers or the individuals affected to a risk of loss or misuse of this information, result in litigation and potential liability for us, subject us to significant governmental fines and penalties (as well as other enforcement and remediation actions), damage our brand and reputation, or otherwise harm our business. Security incidents and attendant material consequences may prevent or cause customers to stop using our products and services, deter new customers from using our products and services, and otherwise negatively impact our ability to grow and operate our business. In particular, because our product and service offerings involve protecting the information or systems of our customers, a security incident could heighten the impact of these material adverse consequences because of the nature of our business and our customers' expectations. It may be difficult and/or costly to detect, investigate, mitigate, contain and remediate security breaches and our efforts to do so may not be successful. Actions taken by us or third parties with whom we work to detect, investigate, mitigate, contain and remediate a security breach could result in outages, data losses, disruptions to our business and otherwise harm our business. Unauthorized parties may also gain access to other networks, systems and products after a compromise of our networks, systems, and products. For example, threat actors (including those sponsored by

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nation states) have, in the past, attacked or otherwise sought to compromise our products and other hardware nearing end of life and/or running on outdated firmware without the latest security updates.

Limitations of liability in our contracts and our insurance coverage may be inadequate to address losses or other expenditures arising out of or related to non-compliance with our obligations or security incidents. A large claim against our insurance coverage may exceed our coverage and otherwise impact our ability to obtain coverage in the future. Our management has spent increasing amounts of time, effort and expense in this area, and in the event of the discovery of significant product or system security vulnerability, or improper use of AI tools or other cybersecurity incidents, we could incur additional substantial expenses and our business and reputation could be harmed. If we or our third-party providers are unable to successfully prevent breaches of security relating to our products, services, systems or customer private information, including customer personal data, or if these third-party systems failed for other reasons, it could result in litigation and potential liability for us, damage our brand and reputation, or otherwise harm our business.

In the United States, federal, state, and local governments have enacted numerous data privacy and security laws, including data breach notification laws, personal data privacy laws, consumer protection laws and other similar laws (such as wiretapping laws). Certain US states have enacted comprehensive consumer privacy laws that impose significant and costly obligations on covered businesses, including providing specific disclosures in privacy notices and affording residents with certain rights concerning their personal data. As applicable, such rights may include the right to access, correct, or delete certain personal data, and to opt-out of certain data processing activities, such as targeted advertising, profiling, and automated decision-making. The exercise of these rights may impact our business and ability to provide our products and services. Certain states also impose stricter requirements for processing certain personal data, including sensitive information, such as conducting data privacy impact assessments. These state laws allow for statutory fines for noncompliance. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") applies to personal data of consumers, business representatives, and employees who are California residents, and requires businesses subject to the law to provide specific disclosures in privacy notices and respond to requests of such individuals to exercise certain privacy rights. The CCPA provides for fines and allows private litigants affected by certain data breaches to recover significant statutory damages. Outside the United States, an increasing number of laws, regulations and industry standards govern data privacy and security. For example, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("EU GDPR") and the United Kingdom's GDPR ("UK GDPR") (collectively, "GDPR"), Australia's Privacy Act, and Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA") (as well as various related provincial laws) impose strict requirements for processing personal data. For example, under the GDPR, companies may face temporary or definitive bans on data processing and other corrective actions; fines of up to 20 million Euros under the EU GDPR, 17.5 million pounds sterling under the UK GDPR or, in each case, 4% of annual global revenue, whichever is greater; or private litigation related to processing of personal data brought by classes of data subjects or consumer protection organizations authorized at law to represent their interests. In Europe, the Network and Information Security Directive ("NIS2") regulates resilience and incident response capabilities of entities operating in a number of sectors. Non-compliance with NIS2 may lead up to administrative fines of a maximum of 10 million Euros or up to 2% of the total worldwide revenue of the preceding fiscal year.

We may also become subject to new laws that regulate non-personal data. For example, the European Union's Data Act imposes certain data and cloud service interoperability and switching obligations to enable users to switch between cloud service providers without undue delay or cost, as well as certain requirements concerning cross-border international transfers of, and governmental access to, non-personal data outside the EEA. Depending on how this Act and any similar laws are implemented and interpreted, we may have to adapt our business practices, contractual arrangements, and products and services to comply with such obligations.

In the ordinary course of business, we transfer personal data from Europe and other jurisdictions to the United States and other countries. Europe and other jurisdictions have enacted laws requiring data to be localized or limiting the transfer of personal data to other countries. These data localization and cross-border data transfer laws have led to additional compliance efforts and non-compliance with such obligations could lead to adverse consequences such as interruption of our operations, increased exposure to regulatory actions, and difficulty transferring data to partners, vendors and other third parties with whom we work.

Additionally, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a rule entitled the Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons, which places additional restriction on certain data transactions involving countries of concern (e.g., China, Russia, Iran) and "covered persons" (as defined by the rule) that impacts certain business activities such as vendor engagements, the sale or sharing of data, employment of certain individuals, and investor agreements. Violations of the rule could lead to significant civil and criminal fines and penalties.

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We are also subject to industry standards and bound by contractual obligations in each case related to data privacy and security, and our efforts to comply with such obligations may not be successful. We also publish privacy policies, marketing materials, and other statements, such as statements concerning data privacy, and security and AI. Regulators are increasingly scrutinizing these statements, and if these policies, materials or statements are found to be deficient, lacking in transparency, deceptive, unfair, misleading, or misrepresentative of our practices, we may be subject to investigations and enforcement actions by regulators and experience other adverse consequences.

Preparing for and complying with our data privacy and security obligations requires us to devote significant resources which has in the past and may in the future necessitate changes to our products and services, information systems and practices. At times, we have in the past and may in the future fail in our efforts to comply with our data privacy and security obligations. If we or the third parties with whom we work fail (or are perceived to have failed) to comply with applicable data privacy or security obligations, we could face significant consequences including but not limited to: government enforcement actions (e.g., investigations, fines, penalties, audits, inspections, and similar); litigation (including class action claims and mass arbitration demands); additional reporting requirements and/or oversight; bans or restrictions on processing personal data; or orders to destroy or not use personal data. For example, from time to time we have received and may in the future receive inquiries from government officials regarding data protection efforts, our security measures, cyber threats, and the cyber risk environment. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business or financial condition, including but not limited to: loss of customers; interruptions or stoppages in our business operations; inability to process personal data or operate in certain jurisdictions; limited ability to develop or commercialize our products and services; expenditure of time and resources to defend against claims or inquiries; adverse publicity; or changes to our business model or operations.

***If we are unable to successfully leverage AI technology to automate and drive efficiencies in our operations and products and services, our business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition could be harmed.***

We have embarked on an AI transformation effort to take full advantage of automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other technologies to drive efficiencies and improve productivity within our Company and to develop and improve our products, services and customer experiences. As we increase our investment in technology, software and systems to support this transformation effort, such investments may not increase productivity, result in more efficient operations or deliver better products, services and customer experiences. In addition, the evolution of these technologies may create unforeseen competitive pressures or cause disruption or delays to our operations, which may harm our business. Our competitors may incorporate AI technologies into their products and services more quickly or more successfully than us and could impair our ability to compete effectively and adversely affect our results of operations. Further, the rapid evolution of AI may require the dedication of significant resources to develop, test and maintain AI technologies. If our incorporation of AI technologies does not increase our operational efficiency in accordance with our expectations, or if competition increases for the technology and services provided by third parties, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be harmed. While we have established an AI transformation leadership team to coordinate and oversee our approach to AI adoption, the legal and regulatory landscape surrounding generative AI technologies is rapidly evolving and uncertain, including in the areas of intellectual property, discrimination, cybersecurity, privacy and data protection. Compliance with existing, new, and changing laws, regulations, and industry standards relating to AI may limit some uses of AI, impose significant operational costs, and limit our ability to develop, deploy, or use AI technologies. Further, the continued integration of any AI technologies into our products and services may result in new or enhanced governmental or regulatory scrutiny. Failure to appropriately respond to this evolving landscape may result in legal liability, regulatory action, or brand and reputational harm.

Any sensitive information (including confidential, competitive, proprietary, or personal data) that we input into a third-party generative AI platform could be leaked or disclosed to others or otherwise result in an information- or cyber-security incident, including if sensitive information is used to train the third parties' AI model. Additionally, where an AI model ingests personal data and makes connections using such data, those technologies may reveal other personal or sensitive information generated by the model. Moreover, AI models may create flawed, incomplete, or inaccurate outputs, some of which may appear correct. This may happen if the inputs that the model relied on were inaccurate, incomplete or flawed (including if a bad actor "poisons" the AI with bad inputs or logic), or if the logic of the AI is flawed (a so-called "hallucination"). We may use AI outputs to make certain decisions. Due to these potential inaccuracies or flaws, the model could be biased and could lead us to make decisions that could bias certain individuals (or classes of individuals), and adversely impact their rights, employment, and ability to obtain certain pricing, products, services, or benefits.

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Several jurisdictions around the globe, including Europe and certain U.S. states, have proposed, enacted, or are considering laws governing the development and use of AI technologies, such as the EU's AI Act, the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act, California Bot Disclosure Law, the Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act, and the CCPA regulations on automated decision-making technology. For example, the EU AI Act sets out a risk-based framework, subjecting certain AI technologies to numerous compliance obligations, including transparency, conformity and risk assessment, monitoring and human oversight requirements. Under the EU AI Act, non-compliant companies may be subject to administrative fines of up to 35 million Euros or 7% of a company's total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is the higher. We expect other jurisdictions will adopt similar laws. Additionally, certain privacy laws extend rights to consumers (such as the right to delete certain personal data) and regulate automated decision making, which may be incompatible with our use of AI technologies. These obligations have in the past and may in the future make it harder for us to conduct our business using AI technologies, lead to regulatory fines or penalties, require us to change our business practices, retrain our AI technologies, or prevent or limit our use of AI technologies. For example, the FTC has required other companies to turn over (or disgorge) valuable insights or trainings generated through the use of AI technologies where it has alleged that a non-compliant company has violated relevant laws. If we cannot use AI technologies or that use is restricted, our business may be less efficient, or we may be at a competitive disadvantage.

***We make substantial investments in software research and development and unsuccessful investments could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.*** 

We continue to evolve our historically hardware-centric business model towards a model that includes more sophisticated software offerings, including subscription services and applications that complement our products and are intended to drive subscriber growth and future recurring revenue. As such, we have evolved the focus of our organization towards the delivery of more integrated hardware and software solutions for our customers, as well as related services, and we have and will continue to expend additional resources in this area in the future, including key new hires. Such endeavors may involve significant risks and uncertainties, including distraction of management from current operations and insufficient revenue to offset expenses associated with this strategy. Software development is inherently risky for a company such as ours with a historically hardware-centric business model, and accordingly, our efforts in software development may not be successful and could materially adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

If we cannot proportionately decrease our cost structure in response to competitive price pressures, our gross margin and, therefore, our profitability could be adversely affected. In addition, if our software solutions, services, applications, pricing and other factors are not sufficiently competitive, or if there is an adverse reaction to our product and services decisions, we may lose market share in certain areas, which could adversely affect our revenue, profitability and prospects.

Software research and development is complex. We must make long-term investments, develop or obtain appropriate intellectual property and commit significant resources before knowing whether our output from these investments will successfully result in meaningful customer demand and retention for our products and services. We must accurately forecast mixes of software solutions and configurations that meet customer requirements, and we may not succeed at doing so within a given product's life cycle or at all. Any delay in the development, production or marketing of a new software solution could result in us not being among the first to market, which could further harm our competitive position. In addition, our regular testing and quality control efforts may not be effective in controlling or detecting all quality issues and defects. We may be unable to determine the cause, find an appropriate solution or offer a temporary fix to address defects. Finding solutions to quality issues or defects can be expensive and may result in additional warranty, replacement and other costs, adversely affecting our profits. If new or existing customers have difficulty with our software solutions or are dissatisfied with our services, our operating margins could be adversely affected, and we could face possible claims if we fail to meet our customers' expectations. In addition, quality issues can impair our relationships with new or existing customers and adversely affect our brand and reputation, which could adversely affect our operating results.

***If our products contain defects or errors, we could incur significant unexpected expenses, experience product returns and lost sales, experience product recalls, suffer damage to our brand and reputation, and be subject to product liability or other claims.***

Our products are complex and may contain defects, errors or failures, particularly when first introduced or when new versions are released. The industry standards upon which many of our products are based are also complex, experience change over time and may be interpreted in different manners. Some errors and defects may be discovered only after a product has been installed and used by the end-user. As also noted in the risk factor "*We make substantial investments in software research* 

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*and development and unsuccessful investments could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations*" above, we devote considerable time and resources on testing and quality control efforts to detect quality issues and defects, and any reallocation of resources to fix such quality issues and defects could lead to delays in product introductions, which could further harm our competitive position. Additionally, certain software components in our product and corporate systems can be directly updated by our third-party partners. Defects, errors or failures in such updates could impact our customer's experience or cause business interruptions.

In addition, epidemic failure clauses are found in certain of our customer contracts, especially contracts with service providers. If invoked, these clauses may entitle the customer to return for replacement or obtain credits for products and inventory, as well as assess liquidated damage penalties and terminate an existing contract and cancel future or then current purchase orders. In such instances, we may also be obligated to cover significant costs incurred by the customer associated with the consequences of such epidemic failure, including freight and transportation required for product replacement and out-of-pocket costs for truck rolls to end user sites to collect the defective products. Costs or payments we make in connection with an epidemic failure may materially adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. If our products contain defects or errors, or are found to be noncompliant with industry standards, we could experience decreased sales and increased product returns, loss of customers and market share, and increased service, warranty and insurance costs. In addition, defects in, or misuse of, certain of our products could cause safety concerns, including the risk of property damage or personal injury. If any of these events occurred, our reputation and brand could be damaged, and we could face product liability or other claims regarding our products, resulting in unexpected expenses and adversely impacting our operating results. For instance, if a third party were able to successfully overcome the security measures in our products, such a person or entity could misappropriate customer data, third party data stored by our customers and other information, including intellectual property and personal information. In addition, the operations of our end-user customers may be interrupted. If that happens, affected end-users or others may file actions against us alleging product liability, tort, or breach of warranty claims.

***Our user growth, engagement, and monetization of our subscription services on mobile devices depend upon effective operation with mobile operating systems, networks, technologies, products, and standards that we do not control.***

The substantial majority of our revenue from our subscription services is generated from use of such services on mobile devices. We are dependent on the interoperability of Armor and our parental controls services and our other products and services with popular mobile operating systems, networks, technologies, products, and standards that we do not control, such as the Android and iOS operating systems and mobile browsers. Any changes, bugs, or technical issues in such systems, or changes in our relationships with mobile operating system partners, handset manufacturers, browser developers, or mobile carriers, or in their terms of service or policies that degrade our products' functionality, reduce or eliminate our ability to update or distribute our products or services, give preferential treatment to competitive products, or charge fees related to the distribution of our products could adversely affect the usage of our subscription services products or our other products and services on mobile devices. We may not be successful in maintaining or developing relationships with key participants in the mobile ecosystem or in developing products and services that operate effectively with these technologies, products, systems, networks, or standards. In the event that it is more difficult for our users to access and use our subscription services products or our other products on their mobile devices, or if our users choose not to access or use our subscription services products or our other products on their mobile devices, our user growth and user engagement and our business could be harmed.

***If we are unable to secure and protect our intellectual property rights, our ability to compete could be harmed.***

We rely upon third parties for a substantial portion of the intellectual property that we use in our products. At the same time, we rely on a combination of copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws, nondisclosure agreements with employees, consultants and suppliers and other contractual provisions to establish, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights and technology. Despite efforts to protect our intellectual property, unauthorized third parties may attempt to design around, copy aspects of our product design or obtain and use technology or other intellectual property associated with our products. For example, one of our primary intellectual property assets is the NETGEAR name, trademark and logo. We may be unable to stop third parties from adopting similar names, trademarks and logos, particularly in those international markets where our intellectual property rights may be less protected. Furthermore, our competitors may independently develop similar technology or design around our intellectual property. In addition, we manufacture and sell our products in many international jurisdictions that offer reduced levels of protection and recourse from intellectual property misuse or theft, as compared to the United States. Our inability to secure and protect our intellectual property rights could significantly harm our brand and business, operating results and financial condition.

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**Financial, Legal, Regulatory and Tax Compliance Risks**

***We are currently involved in several litigation matters in the ordinary course and may in the future become involved in additional litigation which could be costly and subject us to significant liability.***

The networking industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent claims and related litigation regarding infringement of patents, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights. In particular, leading companies in the data communications markets, some of which are our competitors, have extensive patent portfolios with respect to networking technology. From time to time, third parties, including these leading companies, have asserted and may continue to assert exclusive patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights against us demanding license or royalty payments or seeking payment for damages, injunctive relief and other available legal remedies through litigation. These also include third-party non-practicing entities who claim to own patents or other intellectual property that cover industry standards that our products comply with. If we are unable to resolve these matters or obtain licenses on acceptable or commercially reasonable terms, we could be sued or we may be forced to initiate litigation to protect our rights. The cost of any necessary licenses or cost to defend litigation could significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition. We may also choose to join defensive patent aggregation services in order to prevent or settle litigation and avoid the associated significant costs and uncertainties of litigation. These patent aggregation services may obtain, or have previously obtained, licenses for the alleged patent infringement claims against us and other patent assets that could be used offensively against us. The costs of such defensive patent aggregation services, while potentially lower than the costs of litigation, may be significant as well. At any time, any of these non-practicing entities, or any other third-party could initiate litigation against us, or we may be forced to initiate litigation against them, which could divert management attention, be costly to defend or prosecute, prevent us from using or selling the challenged technology, require us to design around the challenged technology and cause the price of our stock to decline. For example, in the past, various third parties have initiated litigation against us in Europe, China and the United States that carried the threat of an injunction on the importation of our products into certain territories, as well as a significant increase in time and resources to defend against. In addition, third parties, some of whom are potential competitors, have initiated and may continue to initiate litigation against us, our manufacturers, suppliers, members of our sales channels or our service provider customers or even end user customers, alleging infringement of their proprietary rights with respect to existing or future products. In the event successful claims of infringement are brought by third parties, and we are unable to obtain licenses or independently develop alternative technology on a timely basis, we may be subject to indemnification obligations, be unable to offer competitive products, or be subject to increased expenses. Consumer class-action lawsuits related to the marketing and performance of our home networking products have been asserted and may in the future be asserted against us. Finally, we have been sued in securities class action lawsuits, and may in the future be named in other similar lawsuits. For additional information regarding certain of the lawsuits in which we are involved, see the information set forth in Note 9, *Commitments and Contingencies*, in Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. If we do not resolve these claims on a favorable basis, our business, operating results and financial condition could be significantly harmed.

***We have been exposed to and may in the future be exposed to adverse currency exchange rate fluctuations in jurisdictions where we transact in local currency, which could harm our financial results and cash flows.***

Because a significant portion of our business is conducted outside the United States, we face exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. These exposures may change over time as business practices evolve, and they could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial position and cash flows. Although a portion of our international sales are currently invoiced in United States dollars, we have implemented and continue to implement for certain countries and customers both invoicing and payment in foreign currencies. Our primary exposure to movements in foreign currency exchange rates relates to non-U.S. dollar denominated sales in Europe, Japan and Australia as well as our global operations, and non-U.S. dollar denominated operating expenses and certain assets and liabilities. In addition, weaknesses in foreign currencies for U.S. dollar denominated sales could adversely affect demand for our products. For example, the volatility and strengthening of the U.S. dollar in 2022 had a meaningful negative impact on our international revenue and our profitability. Conversely, a strengthening in foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar could increase foreign currency denominated costs. As a result, we may attempt to renegotiate pricing of existing contracts or request payment to be made in U.S. dollars. We cannot be sure that our customers would agree to renegotiate along these lines. This could result in customers eventually terminating contracts with us or in our decision to terminate certain contracts, which would adversely affect our sales.

We hedge our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates as a response to the risk of changes in the value of foreign currency-denominated assets and liabilities. We may enter into foreign currency forward contracts or other instruments, the majority of which mature within approximately five months. Our foreign currency forward contracts reduce,

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but do not eliminate, the impact of currency exchange rate movements. For example, we do not execute forward contracts in all currencies in which we conduct business. In addition, we hedge to reduce the impact of volatile exchange rates on net revenue, gross profit and operating profit for limited periods of time. However, the use of these hedging activities may only offset a portion of the adverse financial effect resulting from unfavorable movements in foreign exchange rates.

***We are exposed to the credit risk of some of our customers and to credit exposures, including bank failures, in weakened markets, which could result in material losses.***

A substantial portion of our sales are on an open credit basis, with typical payment terms of 30 to 60 days in the United States and, because of local customs or conditions, longer in some markets outside the United States. We monitor individual customer financial viability in granting such open credit arrangements, seek to limit such open credit to amounts we believe the customers can pay, and maintain reserves we believe are adequate to cover exposure for doubtful accounts.

In the past, there have been bankruptcies amongst our customer base, and certain of our customers' businesses face financial challenges that put them at risk of future bankruptcies. Although losses resulting from customer bankruptcies have not been material to date, any future bankruptcies could harm our business and have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. In addition, recent banking sector troubles and liquidity concerns in the financial services industry have impacted certain of our suppliers. Although such impacts have not resulted in material losses to date, any future bank sector disruptions could harm our business and have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. Furthermore, to the degree that turmoil in the credit markets makes it more difficult for some customers to obtain financing, our customers' ability to pay could be adversely impacted, which in turn could have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results, and financial condition.

***\*Changes in applicable direct or indirect tax laws, and failure to comply with the same, or exposure to additional income tax liabilities, could result in liability and/or affect our future profitability.***

Factors that could materially affect our future effective tax rates include but are not limited to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•changes in tax laws or the regulatory environment;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•changes in accounting and tax standards or practices;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•changes in the composition of operating income by tax jurisdiction; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our operating results before taxes.

We are subject to income taxes in the United States and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate has fluctuated in the past and may fluctuate in the future. Future effective tax rates could be affected by changes in the composition of earnings in countries with differing tax rates, changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities, or changes in tax laws. Foreign jurisdictions have increased the volume of tax audits of multinational corporations. Further, many countries continue to consider changes in their tax laws by implementing new taxes such as the digital service tax and initiatives such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Pillar II global minimum tax. More than 140 countries agreed to enact the Pillar II global minimum tax. While the OECD issued a framework model, many countries have enacted their own laws to incorporate Pillar II while certain countries, most notably the United States have not incorporated Pillar II into law. While Pillar II is a global model, the country by country enactment of different laws to incorporate the framework is complex and there is uncertainty as to how the enactment of these laws will impact the Company. These changes could increase our total tax burden in the future. In addition, the acceleration of employee mobility as a result of the pandemic potentially increases the jurisdictional tax risk of our workforce. Changes in tax laws could affect the distribution of our earnings, result in double taxation and adversely affect our results.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 included provisions effective for the 2022 tax year that eliminate the option to deduct research and development (R&D) expenditures immediately in the year incurred and required taxpayers to amortize such expenditures over five years for domestic payments and 15 years for payments to foreign parties. These provisions were recently modified under The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OB3A") which was enacted into law on July 4, 2025. Under OB3A U.S. domestic R&D expenses are retroactively deductible as of January 1, 2025. Under prior law, in years where we are profitable, these provisions had a material impact on our cash taxes. While changes to the treatment of domestic R&D expenses is favorable, there is continuing risk that foreign R&D expenses that are still required to be capitalized could have adverse consequences on both cash taxes and tax expense since the company has a full valuation allowance on its US deferred tax assets.

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We have been audited by the Italy Tax Authority ("ITA") for the 2004 through 2012 tax years. The ITA examination included an audit of income, gross receipts and value-added taxes. We have been in litigation with the ITA for the 2004 through 2012 years. This litigation was appealed by the ITA to the Italian Supreme Court. Our hearing on all years at the Italian Supreme Court was held on March 6, 2024. Decisions were issued in the Company's favor for the 2007 through 2012 tax years. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Italian Tax Court upheld the Company's appeal with respect to the 2004 through 2006 tax years and annulled the related ITA tax assessments. On March 24, 2026, the Italian Revenue Agency filed an appeal before the Italian Supreme Court challenging the favorable decisions issued by the Second Level Tax Court of Milan with respect to the 2004, 2005, and 2006 tax years. If we are unsuccessful in defending our tax positions for the remaining years, our profitability will be reduced.

We are also subject to examination by other tax authorities, including state revenue agencies and other foreign governments. The Company was recently notified that the Internal Revenue Service has commenced an examination of the 2023 tax year. The examination is in its preliminary stages, and the Company is unable to predict the outcome or estimate the range of any potential adjustment at this time. While we regularly assess the likelihood of favorable or unfavorable outcomes resulting from examinations by the IRS and other tax authorities to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes, there can be no assurance that the actual outcome resulting from these examinations will not materially adversely affect our financial condition and operating results. Additionally, the IRS and several foreign tax authorities have increasingly focused attention on intercompany transfer pricing with respect to sales of products and services and the use of intangible assets. Tax authorities could disagree with our intercompany charges, cross-jurisdictional transfer pricing or other matters and assess additional taxes. If we do not prevail in any such disagreements, our profitability may be affected.

Historically the computation of our tax provision assumes that we will have sufficient profitability in the respective jurisdictions to continue to record deferred tax assets without a valuation allowance. As of the period ended October 1, 2023, we determined that it was no longer more likely than not that we would have sufficient profitability to realize the U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets. Accordingly, we recorded a full valuation allowance to impair U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets. Future benefit of these deferred tax assets will be realized in the period they are utilized.

***We are subject to, and must remain in compliance with numerous new, existing and changing laws and regulations worldwide concerning our business. Some of our customers also require that we comply with their own unique requirements relating to these matters. Any failure to comply with such laws, regulations and requirements, and any associated unanticipated costs, may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.***

We are a global company subject to numerous U.S. and foreign laws and regulations. Many of these laws and regulations are continuously evolving and developing, and the interpretations, application or impact of these laws and regulations on us are uncertain and could be interpreted in ways that harm our business. For example, we manufacture and sell products which contain electronic components, and such components may contain materials that are subject to government regulation in both the locations that we manufacture and assemble our products, as well as the locations where we sell our products. Certain regulations also limit the use of lead in electronic components. To our knowledge, we maintain compliance with all applicable current government regulations concerning the materials utilized in our products, for all the locations in which we operate. Since we operate on a global basis, this is a complex process which requires continual monitoring of regulations and an ongoing compliance process to ensure that we and our suppliers are in compliance with all existing regulations. There are areas where new regulations have been enacted which could increase our cost of the components that we utilize or require us to expend additional resources to ensure compliance. For example, the SEC's "conflict minerals" rules apply to our business, and we expended significant resources to ensure compliance. The implementation of these requirements by government regulators and our partners and/or customers could adversely affect the sourcing, availability, and pricing of minerals used in the manufacture of certain components used in our products. In addition, the supply-chain due diligence investigation required by the conflict minerals rules require expenditures of resources and management attention regardless of the results of the investigation. Additionally, beginning August 1, 2025, products sold in Europe must comply with the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) (Directive 2014/53/EU). If our products do not fully comply with RED requirements on a timely basis, including as a result of the directive being interpreted by authorities in unforeseen or unanticipated ways, our ability to sell our products in the Europe will be impacted, which may negatively impact our international revenue and our profitability. If there is an unanticipated new regulation or new interpretations or applications of existing laws and regulations which significantly impacts our use of various components or requires more expensive components, that regulation would have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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One area which has a large number of evolving and developing regulations is environmental compliance. Management of environmental pollution, climate change and other ESG considerations has produced significant legislative and regulatory efforts on a global basis, and we believe this will continue both in scope and the number of countries participating. These changes could directly increase the cost of energy which may have an impact on the way we manufacture products or utilize energy to produce our products. In addition, any new regulations or laws in the environmental area might increase the cost of raw materials we use in our products. Environmental regulations require us to reduce product energy usage, monitor and exclude an expanding list of restricted substances and to participate in required recover and recycling of our products. While future changes in regulations are certain, we are currently unable to predict how any such changes will impact us and if such impacts will be material to our business. If there is a new law or regulation, or a new interpretation and application of existing laws, that significantly increases our costs of manufacturing or causes us to significantly alter the way that we manufacture our products, this would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our selling and distribution practices are also regulated in large part by U.S. federal and state as well as foreign antitrust and competition laws and regulations. In general, the objective of these laws is to promote and maintain free competition by prohibiting certain forms of conduct that tend to restrict production, raise prices, or otherwise control the market for goods or services to the detriment of consumers of those goods and services. Potentially prohibited activities under these laws may include unilateral conduct, or conduct undertaken as the result of an agreement with one or more of our suppliers, competitors, or customers. The potential for liability under these laws can be difficult to predict as it often depends on a finding that the challenged conduct resulted in harm to competition, such as higher prices, restricted supply, or a reduction in the quality or variety of products available to consumers. We utilize a number of different distribution channels to deliver our products to the end consumer, and regularly enter agreements with resellers of our products at various levels in the distribution chain that could be subject to scrutiny under these laws in the event of private litigation or an investigation by a governmental competition authority. In addition, many of our products are sold to consumers via the Internet. Many of the competition-related laws that govern these Internet sales were adopted prior to the advent of the Internet, and, as a result, do not contemplate or address the unique issues raised by online sales. New interpretations or applications of existing laws and regulations, whether by courts or by the state, federal or foreign governmental authorities charged with the enforcement of those laws and regulations, may also impact our business in ways we are currently unable to predict. Any failure on our part or on the part of our employees, agents, distributors or other business partners to comply with the laws and regulations governing competition can result in negative publicity and diversion of management time and effort and may subject us to significant litigation liabilities and other penalties.

In addition to government regulations, many of our customers require us to comply with their own requirements regarding manufacturing, health and safety matters, corporate social responsibility, employee treatment, anti-corruption, use of materials, environmental concerns and other ESG considerations. Some customers may require us to periodically report on compliance with their unique requirements, and some customers reserve the right to audit our business for compliance. We are increasingly subject to requests for compliance with these customer requirements. For example, there has been significant focus from our customers as well as the press regarding corporate social responsibility policies and other ESG considerations. We regularly audit our manufacturers; however, any deficiencies in compliance by our manufacturers may harm our business and our brand. In addition, we may not have the resources to maintain compliance with these customer requirements and failure to comply may result in decreased sales to these customers, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

***We must comply with indirect tax laws in multiple jurisdictions, as well as complex customs duty regimes worldwide. Audits of our compliance with these rules may result in additional liabilities for taxes, duties, interest and penalties related to our international operations which would reduce our profitability.***

Our operations are routinely subject to audit by tax authorities in various countries. Many countries have indirect tax systems where the sale and purchase of goods and services are subject to tax based on the transaction value. These taxes are commonly referred to as sales and/or use tax, value-added tax ("VAT") or goods and services tax ("GST"). In addition, the distribution of our products subjects us to numerous complex customs regulations, which frequently change over time. Failure to comply with these systems and regulations can result in the assessment of additional taxes, duties, interest and penalties. While we believe we are in compliance with local laws, we cannot assure that tax and customs authorities would agree with our reporting positions and upon audit may assess us additional taxes, duties, interest and penalties.

Additionally, some of our products are subject to U.S. export controls, including the Export Administration Regulations and economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. We also incorporate encryption technology into certain of our solutions. These encryption solutions and underlying technology may be exported outside of the United States

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only with the required export authorizations or exceptions, including by license, a license exception, appropriate classification notification requirement and encryption authorization.

Furthermore, our activities are subject to U.S. economic sanctions laws and regulations that prohibit the shipment of certain products and services without the required export authorizations, including to countries, governments and persons targeted by U.S. embargoes or sanctions. Additionally, the current U.S. administration has been critical of existing trade agreements and may impose more stringent export and import controls. Obtaining the necessary export license or other authorization for a particular sale may be time consuming and may result in delay or loss of sales opportunities even if the export license ultimately is granted. While we take precautions to prevent our solutions from being exported in violation of these laws, including using authorizations or exceptions for our encryption products and implementing IP address blocking and screenings against U.S. government and international lists of restricted and prohibited persons and countries, we have not been able to guarantee, and cannot guarantee that the precautions we take will prevent all violations of export control and sanctions laws, including if purchasers of our products bring our products and services into sanctioned countries without our knowledge. Violations of U.S. sanctions or export control laws can result in significant fines or penalties and incarceration could be imposed on employees and managers for criminal violations of these laws.

Also, various countries, in addition to the United States, regulate the import and export of certain encryption and other technology, including import and export licensing requirements, and have enacted laws that could limit our ability to distribute our products and services or our end-users' ability to utilize our solutions in their countries. Changes in our products and services or changes in import and export regulations may create delays in the introduction of our products in international markets.

Adverse action by any government agencies related to indirect tax laws could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

***We are exposed to credit risk and fluctuations in the market values of our investment portfolio.***

Although we have not recognized any material losses on our cash equivalents and short-term investments, future declines in their market values could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results. Given the global nature of our business, we have investments with both domestic and international financial institutions. Accordingly, we face exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, which may limit our investment income. If these financial institutions default on their obligations or their credit ratings are negatively impacted by liquidity issues, credit deterioration or losses, financial results, or other factors, the value of our cash equivalents and short-term investments could decline and result in a material impairment, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.

***Governmental regulations of imports or exports affecting Internet security could affect our net revenue.***

Any additional governmental regulation of imports or exports or failure to obtain required export approval of our encryption technologies could adversely affect our international and domestic sales. The United States and various foreign governments have imposed controls, export license requirements, and restrictions on the import or export of some technologies, particularly encryption technology. In addition, from time to time, governmental agencies have proposed additional regulation of encryption technology, such as requiring the escrow and governmental recovery of private encryption keys. In response to terrorist activity, governments could enact additional regulation or restriction on the use, import, or export of encryption technology. This additional regulation of encryption technology could delay or prevent the acceptance and use of encryption products and public networks for secure communications, resulting in decreased demand for our products and services. In addition, some foreign competitors are subject to less stringent controls on exporting their encryption technologies. As a result, they may be able to compete more effectively than we can in the United States and the international Internet security market.

***If our goodwill becomes impaired, as occurred in 2022, we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings.***

Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment at least annually. Factors that may be considered when determining if the carrying value of our goodwill may not be recoverable include a significant decline in our expected future cash flows or a sustained, significant decline in our stock price and market capitalization.

As a result of our acquisitions, we have significant goodwill recorded on our balance sheets. In addition, significant negative industry or economic trends, such as those that have occurred as a result of the recent economic downturn, including reduced estimates of future cash flows or disruptions to our business could indicate that goodwill might be impaired. If, in any period

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our stock price decreases to the point where our market capitalization is less than our book value, this too could indicate a potential impairment and we may be required to record an impairment charge in that period. Our valuation methodology for assessing impairment requires management to make judgments and assumptions based on projections of future operating performance. The estimates used to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit change from year to year based on operating results and market conditions. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and goodwill impairment for each reporting unit. For example, in 2022, the market price of our common stock and market capitalization declined and the U.S. WiFi market contracted, which had a significant negative impact on our then-Consumer business. As a result, we recognized a goodwill impairment charge in the first quarter of 2022. We have not recognized any impairment charge on our Enterprise reporting unit. However, we operate in highly competitive environments and projections of future operating results and cash flows may vary significantly from actual results. As a result, we may incur substantial impairment charges to earnings in our financial statements should an impairment of our goodwill be determined on our Enterprise reporting unit, resulting in an adverse impact on our results of operations.

**General Risk Factors**

***If we lose the services of our key personnel, we may not be able to execute our business strategy effectively.***

Changes in our management team may disrupt our business, strategic and employee relationships, which may delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives. During the transition periods, there may be uncertainty among investors, employees and others concerning our future direction and performance. For example, we appointed a new Chief Executive Officer in January 2024 and have made other leadership changes and hires. The failure to successfully transition could adversely affect our results of operations. We do not maintain any key person life insurance policies. Our business model requires extremely skilled and experienced senior management who are able to withstand the rigorous requirements and expectations of our business. Our success depends on senior management being able to execute at a very high level. The loss of our senior management or other key engineering, research, development, sales or marketing personnel, particularly if lost to competitors, could harm our ability to implement our business strategy and respond to the rapidly changing needs of our business. Our future success also depends on our ability to hire for key functions. The market for talent in the technology industry, especially in the areas of software and subscription services is competitive, and we may not have the resources to compete at the same level as larger companies who are able to offer more compelling compensation packages. Therefore, our ability to recruit new talent and retain existing talent may be adversely affected, and as a result our business as a whole may suffer. While we believe that we have mitigated some of the business execution and business continuity risk with our organization into two business segments with separate leadership teams, the loss of any key personnel would still be disruptive and harm our business, especially given that our business is leanly staffed and relies on the expertise and high performance of our key personnel.

***Global economic and geopolitical conditions could materially adversely affect our revenue and results of operations.***

Our business has been and may continue to be affected by a number of factors that are beyond our control, such as general geopolitical, economic and business conditions, conditions in the financial markets, and changes in the overall demand for Pro AV, networking and smart home products. A severe and/or prolonged economic downturn could adversely affect our customers' financial condition and the levels of business activity of our customers. Weakness in, and uncertainty about, global economic conditions may cause businesses to postpone spending in response to tighter credit, negative financial news and/or declines in income or asset values, which could have a material negative effect on the demand for networking products. Adverse changes in economic conditions, including inflation, slower growth or recession, new or increased tariffs and other barriers to trade, changes to fiscal and monetary policy, tighter credit, higher interest rates, high unemployment and currency fluctuations could adversely impact the demand and sale of our products to end users and the quantity of products our customers decide to purchase from us (or change the mix of products demanded) and make it more challenging to forecast our operating results and make business decisions.

The uncertainty in global and regional economic conditions have also affected the financial markets and financial institutions on which we rely and have resulted in a number of adverse effects including a low level of liquidity in many financial markets, banking sector disruptions, extreme volatility in credit, equity, currency and fixed income markets, instability in the stock market, high inflation and high unemployment. Macroeconomic weakness and uncertainty also make it more difficult for us to accurately forecast revenue, gross margin and expenses. If we are unable to successfully anticipate changing economic, geopolitical and financial conditions, we may be unable to effectively plan for and respond to those changes which could further disrupt our business or limit our ability to access certain assets and materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.

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In addition, availability of our products from third-party manufacturers and our ability to distribute our products into the United States and non-U.S. jurisdictions may be impacted by factors such as an increase in duties, tariffs or other restrictions on trade; raw material shortages or price increases, work stoppages, strikes and political unrest; uncertain economic conditions; economic crises and international disputes or conflicts; changes in leadership and the political climate in countries from which we import products; and failure of the United States to maintain normal trade relations with countries around the world. Any of these occurrences could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

Furthermore, uncertainty about, or worsening of economic conditions could adversely affect consumer sentiment and demand for our products and services. Consumer confidence and spending could be adversely affected by financial market volatility, negative financial news, conditions in the real estate, mortgage and technology markets, declines in income or asset values, changes to fuel and other energy costs, labor reductions, labor and healthcare costs and other economic factors. This could also impact the quantity of products our customers decide to purchase from us and may have a longer-term impact on the inventory levels these customers choose to carry. Lower demands could also impact manufacturing capacity utilization and contribute to further increased component costs. These and other economic factors could materially and adversely affect our revenue and results of operations.

***Political events, war, terrorism, public health issues, climate changes, natural disasters, sudden changes in trade and immigration policies, and other circumstances could materially adversely affect us.***

Our corporate headquarters are located in Northern California and one of our warehouses is located in Southern California. Substantially all of our critical enterprise-wide information technology systems, including our main servers, are currently housed in colocation facilities in Arizona and different geographic regions in the United States. The majority of our manufacturing occurs in Southeast Asia. These regions are known for or susceptible to seismic activity and other natural disasters, such as drought, wildfires, storms, sea-level rise, and flooding. Future extreme weather events could cause physical damage or disrupt operations. If our manufacturers or warehousing facilities are disrupted or destroyed, we would be unable to distribute our products on a timely basis, which could harm our business. This could also lead to increased costs and decreased revenues.

In addition, health epidemics, war, terrorism, geopolitical uncertainties, social and economic instability, public health issues, sudden changes in trade and immigration policies, and other business interruptions have caused and could cause damage or disruption to international commerce and the global economy, and thus could have a strong negative effect on us, our suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing vendors and customers. Our business operations are subject to interruption by natural disasters, fire, power shortages, geopolitical disputes or conflicts, terrorist attacks and other hostile acts, labor disputes, public health issues, and other events beyond our control. In addition, in the past, labor disputes at third-party manufacturing facilities have led to workers going on strike, and labor unrest could materially affect our third-party manufacturers' abilities to manufacture our products.

Such events could decrease demand for our products, make it difficult, more expensive or impossible for us to make and deliver products to our customers or to receive components from our direct or indirect suppliers, and create delays and inefficiencies in our supply chain. Wars or geopolitical conflicts, major public health issues, including pandemics such as COVID-19, could negatively affect us through more stringent employee travel restrictions, additional limitations in freight services or increase in freight costs, governmental actions limiting the movement of products between regions, delays in production ramps of new products, and disruptions in the operations of our manufacturing vendors and component suppliers.

***Our stock price has experienced recent volatility and may be volatile in the future and your investment in our common stock could suffer a decline in value.***

There has been significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of companies in the technology industry and the stock market as a whole, which may be unrelated to the financial performance of these companies. These broad market fluctuations may negatively affect the market price of our common stock.

Some specific factors that may have a significant effect on our common stock market price include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results or our competitors' operating results;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•actual or anticipated changes in the growth rate of the general networking sector, our growth rates or our competitors' growth rates;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•conditions in the financial markets in general or changes in general economic, political and market conditions, including government efforts to mitigate economic downturns or control inflation;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•actual or anticipated changes in governmental regulation, including taxation and tariff policies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•interest rate or currency exchange rate fluctuations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our ability to forecast or report accurate financial results; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•changes in stock market analyst recommendations regarding our common stock, other comparable companies or our industry generally.

***We are required to evaluate our internal controls under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and any adverse results from such evaluation, including restatements of our issued financial statements, could impact investor confidence in the reliability of our internal controls over financial reporting.***

Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we are required to furnish a report by our management on our internal control over financial reporting. Such report must contain among other matters, an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of our fiscal year, including a statement as to whether or not our internal control over financial reporting is effective. This assessment must include disclosure of any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified by management. From time to time, we conduct internal investigations as a result of whistleblower complaints. In some instances, the whistleblower complaint may implicate potential areas of weakness in our internal controls. Although all known material weaknesses have been remediated, we cannot be certain that the measures we have taken ensure that restatements will not occur in the future. Execution of restatements create a significant strain on our internal resources and could cause delays in our filing of quarterly or annual financial results, increase our costs and cause management distraction. Restatements may also significantly affect our stock price in an adverse manner.

Continued performance of the system and process documentation and evaluation needed to comply with Section 404 is both costly and challenging. During this process, if our management identifies one or more material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we will be unable to assert such internal control is effective. If we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective as of the end of a fiscal year or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which may have an adverse effect on our stock price.

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**Item 2. *Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds***

(c) Repurchase of Equity Securities by the Company

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| **Period** | **Total Number of Shares Purchased** | **Average Price Paid per Share** | **Average Price Paid per Share** | **Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs** <sup>(1)</sup> | **Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs** |
| January 1, 2026 - January 25, 2026 |  | $— |  |  | 1487879 |
| January 26, 2026 - February 22, 2026 |  | $— |  |  | 1487879 |
| February 23, 2026 - March 29, 2026 | 928778 | $— | 21.53 | 928778 | 559101 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total | 928778 | $— | 21.53 | 928778 |  |

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<sup>(1)</sup> From time to time, our Board of Directors has authorized programs under which we may repurchase shares of our common stock, depending on market conditions, in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. On April 22, 2026, our Board of Directors authorized an incremental $75.0 million for repurchases of our common stock under the existing repurchase program.

**Item 3. *Defaults Upon Senior Securities***

None.

**Item 4. *Mine Safety Disclosures***

Not applicable.

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**Item 5. *Other Information***

*Insider Trading Arrangements*

During the three months ended March 29, 2026, our Board of Directors and officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f)) under the Exchange Act adopted or terminated the contracts, instructions or written plans for the purchase or sale of the Company's securities set forth in the table below.

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|  |  |  | **Type of Trading Arrangement** | **Type of Trading Arrangement** |  |  |  |
| **Name and Title** | **Action** | **Adoption Date** | **Rule 10b5-1\*** | Non-Rule **10b5-1\*\*** | **Total Shares of Common Stock to be Sold\*\*\*** | **Total Shares of Common Stock to be Purchased** | Expiration **Date** |
| Laura Durr, Director | Adopted | 2/11/2026 | Yes |  | The lesser of a) a total of 3,000 shares (across both batches) or b) 100% of the net shares resulting from the vesting of 6,761 (gross) restricted stock units. | N/A | 6/30/2026 |
| \* Contract, instruction or written plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. | \* Contract, instruction or written plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. | \* Contract, instruction or written plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. | \* Contract, instruction or written plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. | \* Contract, instruction or written plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. | \* Contract, instruction or written plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. | \* Contract, instruction or written plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. | \* Contract, instruction or written plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. |
| \*\* "Non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. | \*\* "Non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. | \*\* "Non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. | \*\* "Non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. | \*\* "Non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. | \*\* "Non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. | \*\* "Non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. | \*\* "Non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. |
| \*\*\* Net shares issued with shares withheld to administratively facilitate the withholding and subsequent remittance of personal income and payroll taxes for the vesting of RSUs. | \*\*\* Net shares issued with shares withheld to administratively facilitate the withholding and subsequent remittance of personal income and payroll taxes for the vesting of RSUs. | \*\*\* Net shares issued with shares withheld to administratively facilitate the withholding and subsequent remittance of personal income and payroll taxes for the vesting of RSUs. | \*\*\* Net shares issued with shares withheld to administratively facilitate the withholding and subsequent remittance of personal income and payroll taxes for the vesting of RSUs. | \*\*\* Net shares issued with shares withheld to administratively facilitate the withholding and subsequent remittance of personal income and payroll taxes for the vesting of RSUs. | \*\*\* Net shares issued with shares withheld to administratively facilitate the withholding and subsequent remittance of personal income and payroll taxes for the vesting of RSUs. | \*\*\* Net shares issued with shares withheld to administratively facilitate the withholding and subsequent remittance of personal income and payroll taxes for the vesting of RSUs. | \*\*\* Net shares issued with shares withheld to administratively facilitate the withholding and subsequent remittance of personal income and payroll taxes for the vesting of RSUs. |

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**Item 6. *Exhibits***

**Exhibit Index**

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| | | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** | |
| <br>**Exhibit Number** | <br>**Exhibit Description** | **Form** | **Date** | **Number** | <br>**Filed Herewith** |
| 3.1 | [<u>Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000112290417000280/ntgr-ex31_20170702x10q.htm) | 10-Q | 8/4/2017 | 3.1 |  |
| 3.2 | [<u>Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000112290418000115/ntgr20180420ex_32.htm) | 8-K | 4/20/2018 | 3.2 |  |
| 4.1 | [<u>Form of registrant's common stock certificate</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000089161803003552/f88882a4exv4w1.txt) | S-1/A | 7/14/2003 | 4.1 |  |
| 31.1 | [<u>Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer</u>](ntgr-ex31_1.htm) |  |  |  | X |
| 31.2 | [<u>Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer</u>](ntgr-ex31_2.htm) |  |  |  | X |
| 32.1# | [<u>Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer</u>](ntgr-ex32_1.htm) |  |  |  | X |
| 32.2# | [<u>Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer</u>](ntgr-ex32_2.htm) |  |  |  | X |
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File as its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |  |  |  | X |
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With Embedded Linkbase Documents |  |  |  | X |
| 104\* | Cover page formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101 |  |  |  | X |
| # | This certification is deemed to accompany this Form 10-Q and will not be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This certification will not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. |  |  |  |  |
| \* | Included in Interactive Data File covered by Exhibit 101. |  |  |  |  |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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| NETGEAR, INC. |
| Registrant |
| /s/ BRYAN D. MURRAY |
| **Bryan D. Murray** |
| **Chief Financial Officer** |
| **(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)** |

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Date: May 1, 2026

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## Exhibit 31.1

**EXHIBIT 31.1**

**CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION**

I, Charles (CJ) Prober, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NETGEAR, Inc. (the "Registrant");

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d.Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 1, 2026

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| /s/ CHARLES (CJ) PROBER |
| Charles (CJ) Prober |
| Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| NETGEAR, Inc. |

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## Exhibit 31.2

**EXHIBIT 31.2**

**CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION**

I, Bryan D. Murray, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NETGEAR, Inc. (the "Registrant");

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d.Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 1, 2026

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|:---|
| /s/ BRYAN D. MURRAY |
| Bryan D. Murray |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| NETGEAR, Inc. |

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## Exhibit 32.1

**EXHIBIT 32.1**

**CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

**PURSUANT TO**

**18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

In connection with the Quarterly Report of NETGEAR, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 29, 2026, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Charles (CJ) Prober, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 1, 2026

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|:---|:---|
| By: | /s/ CHARLES (CJ) PROBER |
|  | Charles (CJ) Prober |
|  | Chief Executive Officer and Director |
|  | NETGEAR, Inc. |

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*This certification accompanies the Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.*

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## Exhibit 32.2

**EXHIBIT 32.2**

**CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER**

**PURSUANT TO**

**18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

In connection with the Quarterly Report of NETGEAR, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 29, 2026, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Bryan D. Murray, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 1, 2026

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|:---|:---|
| By: | /s/ BRYAN D. MURRAY |
|  | Bryan D. Murray |
|  | Chief Financial Officer |
|  | NETGEAR, Inc. |

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*This certification accompanies the Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.*

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