Skyworks Announces New $2 Billion Stock Repurchase Program
The timing and amount of any shares of the Company’s common stock that are repurchased under the new repurchase program will be determined by the Company’s management based on its evaluation of market conditions and other factors. The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Any repurchased shares will be available for use in connection with the Company’s stock plans and for other corporate purposes.
The Company currently expects to fund the repurchase program using the
Company's working capital. As of
About Skyworks
Skyworks is a global company with engineering, marketing, operations,
sales and support facilities located throughout
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This news release includes "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include without limitation information relating to the amount and timing of repurchases and our expectations with respect to the use of repurchased shares. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "forecasts," "intends," "believes," "plans," "may," "will," or "continue," and similar expressions and variations or negatives of these words. All such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those projected, and may affect our future operating results, financial position and cash flows.
These risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, but are
not limited to: the susceptibility of the semiconductor industry and the
markets addressed by our, and our customers', products to economic
downturns; our reliance on several key customers for a large percentage
of our sales; the volatility of our stock price; declining selling
prices, decreased gross margins, and loss of market share as a result of
increased competition; our ability to obtain design wins from customers;
economic, social, military and geo-political conditions in the countries
in which we, our customers or our suppliers operate, including security
and health risks, imposition of trade protection measures (e.g., tariffs
or taxes), increased import/export restrictions and controls, and
possible disruptions in transportation networks and fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates; changes in laws, regulations and/or
policies that could adversely affect our operations and financial
results, the economy and our customers' demand for our products, or the
financial markets and our ability to raise capital; fluctuations in our
manufacturing yields due to our complex and specialized manufacturing
processes; our ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative
products, avoid product obsolescence, reduce costs in a timely manner,
transition our products to smaller geometry process technologies, and
achieve higher levels of design integration; the quality of our products
and any defect remediation costs; the availability and pricing of
third-party semiconductor foundry, assembly and test capacity, raw
materials and supplier components; our ability to retain, recruit and
hire key executives, technical personnel and other employees in the
positions and numbers, with the experience and capabilities, and at the
compensation levels needed to implement our business and product plans;
the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders
and our ability, as well as the ability of our customers, to manage
inventory; our ability to prevent theft of our intellectual property,
disclosure of confidential information, or breaches of our information
technology systems; uncertainties of litigation, including potential
disputes over intellectual property infringement and rights, as well as
payments related to the licensing and/or sale of such rights; our
ability to continue to grow and maintain an intellectual property
portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties; our ability to
make certain investments and acquisitions, integrate companies we
acquire, and/or enter into strategic alliances; and other risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those detailed from time
to time in our filings with the
The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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