849502--2/27/2008--RAMTRON_INTERNATIONAL

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{customer, product, revenue}

{product, market, service}

{cost, regulation, environmental}

{stock, price, share}

{product, liability, claim}

{property, intellectual, protect}

{operation, natural, condition}

{competitive, industry, competition}

{control, financial, internal}

{provision, law, control}

{personnel, key, retain}

{operation, international, foreign}

WE HAVE HAD LOSSES FROM OPERATIONS IN PRIOR YEARS AND OUR ACHIEVEMENT OF SUSTAINED PROFITABILITY IS UNCERTAIN. IF WE FAIL TO VIGOROUSLY PROTECT OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OUR COMPETITIVE POSITION MAY SUFFER. EARTHQUAKES, OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS AND POWER SHORTAGES OR INTERRUPTIONS MAY DAMAGE OUR BUSINESS. OUR FUTURE SUCCESS DEPENDS IN PART ON THE CONTINUED SERVICE OF A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF KEY DESIGN ENGINEERS, SALES, MARKETING AND EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL, AND IF WE WERE UNABLE TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AS NEEDED OR RETAIN OUR KEY PERSONNEL, OUR BUSINESS WILL SUFFER. OUR PRODUCTS ARE COMPLEX AND MAY CONTAIN DEFECTS THAT COULD RESULT IN PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS, AN INCREASE IN OUR COSTS OR A REDUCTION IN OUR REVENUE. WE DEPEND ON A SMALL NUMBER OF SUPPLIERS FOR THE SUPPLY OF OUR PRODUCTS AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR BUSINESS MAY BE DEPENDENT ON OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOUNDRIES AND OTHER SUPPLIERS. WE ARE A RELATIVELY SMALL COMPANY WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR CURRENT AND POTENTIAL COMPETITORS, AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY AND INCREASE OUR MARKET SHARE. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND STANDARDS MAY POSE A THREAT TO THE COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR PRODUCTS. OUR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS, AND ANY DELAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT, OR THE ABANDONMENT, OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES OR PRODUCTS BY INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS, OR THEIR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE MARKET ACCEPTANCE, COULD COMPROMISE OUR COMPETITIVE POSITION. OUR REVENUE MAY DECLINE. WHICH MAY REDUCE OUR PRODUCT SALES. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE OUR EXPECTED REVENUE FROM SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS, WHICH COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS. WE EXPECT THAT INTERNATIONAL SALES WILL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR PRODUCT SALES IN THE FUTURE. AS A RESULT OF THE LARGE FOREIGN COMPONENT OF OUR REVENUE, WE ARE SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF RISKS RESULTING FROM SUCH OPERATIONS. WE ARE SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND MAY RESTRICT THE MARKETABILITY OF CERTAIN OF OUR PRODUCTS, WHICH COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT OUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OR EXPOSE US TO FUTURE LIABILITIES. OUR BUSINESS IS SUBJECT TO STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND LEGAL UNCERTAINTIES, WHICH COULD IMPOSE UNANTICIPATED REQUIREMENTS ON OUR BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE AND SUBJECT US TO LIABILITIES. OUR STOCK PRICE IS EXTREMELY VOLATILE AND YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RESELL YOUR SHARES AT OR ABOVE THE PRICE YOU PAID. CONCENTRATED OWNERSHIP AND ANY RELATED SALES OF SHARES COULD AFFECT THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK. PROVISIONS IN OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND PREFERRED SHARES RIGHTS AGREEMENT MAY HAVE ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECTS AND COULD AFFECT THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK.

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