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This release contains forward-looking
statements that are based on management’s current beliefs and expectations
about future events, as well as on assumptions made by and information
available to management. The Company considers such statements to
be made under the safe harbor created by the federal securities
laws to which it is subject, and assumes no obligation to update
or supplement such statements. Forward-looking statements reflect
and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from expectations. Risk factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations
include, but are not limited to, the following: changes in the level
of consumer or commercial acceptance of the Company’s existing products
and new products as introduced; increased competition from existing
and new products for floor space in casinos; acceleration and/or
deceleration of various product development, promotion and distribution
schedules; product performance issues; higher than expected manufacturing,
service, selling, legal, administrative, product development, promotion
and/or distribution costs; changes in the Company’s business systems
or in technologies affecting the Company’s products or operations;
reliance on strategic relationships with distributors and technology
and manufacturing vendors; current and/or future litigation, claims
and costs or an adverse judicial finding; tax matters including
changes in tax legislation or assessments by taxing authorities;
acquisitions or divestitures by the Company or its competitors of
various product lines or businesses and, in particular, integration
of businesses that the Company may acquire; changes to the Company’s
intellectual property portfolio, such as the issuance of new patents,
new intellectual property licenses, loss of licenses, claims of
infringement or invalidity of patents; regulatory and jurisdictional
issues (e.g., technical requirements and changes, delays in obtaining
necessary approvals, or changes in a jurisdiction’s regulatory scheme
or approach, etc.) involving the Company and its products specifically
or the gaming industry in general; general and casino industry economic
conditions; the financial health of the Company’s casino and distributor
customers, suppliers and distributors, both nationally and internationally;
the Company’s ability to meet its debt service obligations, including
the Company’s senior convertible notes and its senior secured revolving
credit facility, which will depend on its future performance and
other conditions or events and will be subject to many factors that
are beyond the Company’s control; various risks related to the Company’s
customers’ operations in countries outside the United States, including
currency fluctuation risks, which could increase the volatility
of the Company’s results from such operations; and the Company’s
ability to successfully and economically integrate the operations
of any acquired companies, such as Stargames. Additional information
on these and other risk factors that could potentially affect the
Company’s financial results may be found in documents filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
Company’s current reports on Form 8-K, quarterly reports on Form
10-Q and annual report on Form 10-K.
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