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You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to current or historic facts. Examples of forward-looking statements include information concerning Samsung's outlook and guidance, as well as any other statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "forecasts," "expects," "intends," "plans," “aims to”, “goals,” “trying to,” "anticipates," "projects," "outlook," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "continue," "preliminary," “Strategy,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give you no assurance these expectations will prove to have been correct. These statements are being provided for the purposes of assisting readers in understanding our approach to key ESG topics, strategies and initiatives, and in obtaining a better understanding of our anticipated operating environment. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes.
Forward-looking statements in this document may include, but are not limited to: statements regarding Samsung’s greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, water consumption, and other environmental targets, external ESG commitments and operational strategies. Many risks, contingencies and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from Samsung’s forward-looking statements.
Such factors may include, but is not limited to, the following : statements related to the expected effects on our business of COVID-19, geopolitical events, global economic conditions, increasing price and product competition by our competitors, fluctuations in cost and availability of raw materials, the ability to achieve selling price increases, the ability to recover margins, customer inventory levels, our ability to maintain favorable supplier relationships and arrangements, the timing of and the realization of anticipated cost savings from restructuring initiatives, the ability to identify additional cost savings opportunities, the timing and expected benefits of our acquisitions, difficulties in integrating acquired businesses and achieving expected synergies therefrom, economic and political conditions in the markets we serve, the ability to penetrate existing, developing and emerging foreign and domestic markets, foreign exchange rates and fluctuations in such rates, fluctuations in tax rates, the impact of future legislation, the impact of environmental regulations, unexpected business disruptions, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, the results of governmental investigations, and the unpredictability of existing and possible future litigation. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward-looking statements.
This Website also includes forward-looking statements regarding our sustainability; safety and health; cybersecurity; culture; diversity, equity and inclusion; community engagement; and related goals, commitments and strategies.
Our actual future results, including the achievement of our targets, goals or commitments, could differ materially from our projected results as the result of changes in circumstances, assumptions not being realized, or other risks, uncertainties and factors.
Although Samsung believes that the forward-looking statements in this Web site is based on information, assumptions and beliefs that are current and reasonable, such forward-looking statements (and the underlying information, assumptions and beliefs) are necessarily subject to a number of factors, risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from management's expectations and plans as set forth in such forward-looking statements.
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