IMPINJ INC
For the period ended Sep 30, 2026. Filed Oct 28, 2026.
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Sep 30, 2026 · Filed Oct 28, 2026
What changed in Risk Factors?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2026-06-30; filed 2026-07-29.
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Risk FactorsUnregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of ProceedsDefaults Upon Senior SecuritiesMine Safety DisclosuresCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2026-09-30; filed 2026-10-28.
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Risk FactorsUnregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of ProceedsDefaults Upon Senior SecuritiesMine Safety DisclosuresThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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the need to identify and substitute components used in our products and requalify those products if the original components have significant price increases, have extended lead times or become unavailable;
Current report
None except as previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 10, 2026.
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Though less common, we have also increased prices from time to time, especially during times of increasing wafer and/or post-processing costs. Recently, and significantly due to increasing worldwide semiconductor demand, many of our vendors and subcontractors have either increased prices, signaled future price increases or both. In response, we have notified our customers of modest, impending product price increases. We may be required to raise prices again if economic conditions, including inflation, or other causes, such as geopolitical instability, create additional upward pressure on our product costs. Higher prices could reduce our market share and/or dampen adoption and market growth.
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Though less common, we have also increased prices from time to time, especially during times of increasing wafer and/or post-processing costs. In 2026, significantly due to increasing worldwide semiconductor demand, many of our vendors and subcontractors either increased prices, signaled future price increases or both. In response, we introduced modest price increases. We may be required to raise prices again if economic conditions, such as inflation, or other causes, such as geopolitical instability, create additional upward pressure on our product costs. Higher prices could reduce our market share and/or dampen adoption and market growth.
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A wide range of Lower 900 MHz Band users, industry groups and companies, including us and other RAIN providers registered opposition to NextNav’s petition and asked the FCC to reject it. In early 2025, the FCC launched a Notice of Inquiry to explore ways in which the FCC could support alternative PNT technologies and solutions. Comments and reply comments were due in April and May 2025, respectively.
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A wide range of Lower 900 MHz Band users, industry groups and companies, including us and other RAIN providers registered opposition to NextNav’s petition and asked the FCC to reject it. In early 2025, the FCC launched a Notice of Inquiry to explore ways in which the FCC could support alternative PNT technologies and solutions. Comments and reply comments were due in April and May 2025, respectively. In September 2026, a coalition of prominent industry groups including the RAIN Alliance, National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association formed the SpecTech Alliance to oppose NextNav’s petition.
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NextNav has actively lobbied various federal government branches and units to support its proposal but the FCC has not yet acted on NextNav’s petition or on the PNT Notice of Inquiry and the fate of NextNav’s petition remains uncertain. If NextNav’s petition is approved as proposed, the consequent ISM band reconfiguration could negatively impact us and our industry. If the FCC were to take material steps toward considering, or ultimately adopting, NextNav’s proposal, our business could be negatively affected.
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NextNav has actively lobbied various federal government branches and units to support its proposal but the FCC has not yet acted on NextNav’s petition or on the PNT Notice of Inquiry. The fate of NextNav’s petition remains uncertain. If NextNav’s petition were to be approved as proposed, the consequent ISM band reconfiguration could negatively impact us and our industry. If the FCC were to take material steps toward considering, or ultimately adopting, NextNav’s proposal, our business could be negatively affected.
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Some of our partners promote certain of our products and services while competing with our other products and services. For example, some of our OEM partners use our reader ICs to build and sell readers and gateways that compete with our readers and gateways. Similarly, some of our partners use our readers to build and sell gateways that compete with our gateways. If we fail to manage such conflicts successfully, then our business and operating results could be negatively affected.
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Some of our partners promote certain of our products and services while competing with our other products and services. For example, some of our OEM partners use our reader ICs to build and sell readers and gateways that compete with our readers and gateways. Similarly, some of our partners use our readers to build and sell gateways that compete with our gateways, or offer solutions that may compete with solutions we are developing. If we fail to manage such conflicts successfully, then our business and operating results could be negatively affected.
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In February 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, did not authorize the tariffs the U.S. administration had implemented in 2025. Following that decision, the administration rescinded the tariffs imposed under IEEPA effective February 24, 2026, and in its place imposed a surcharge on U.S. imports under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. The Section 122 surcharge expired effective July 24, 2026, after which the U.S. administration imposed tariffs of 10% or 12.5% on the largest U.S. trading partners under authorities provided in Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, following determinations that those U.S. trading partners insufficiently enforce forced labor laws. Under separate authority, the U.S. also imposed tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum and copper; on certain semiconductor products including higher tariffs on Chinese-origin semiconductors; and on certain additional items under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Based on trade actions undertaken and/or threatened by the U.S. since 2025, significant trade partners such as Mexico, Canada, China and the European Union have at times imposed, or announced plans to impose, retaliatory tariffs.
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In February 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, did not authorize the tariffs the U.S. administration had implemented in 2025. Following that decision, the administration rescinded the tariffs imposed under IEEPA effective February 24, 2026, and in its place imposed a surcharge on U.S. imports under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. The Section 122 surcharge expired effective July 24, 2026, after which the U.S. administration imposed tariffs of 10% or 12.5% on the largest U.S. trading partners under authorities provided in Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, following determinations that those U.S. trading partners insufficiently enforce forced labor laws. Under separate authority, the U.S. also imposed tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum and copper; on certain semiconductor products including higher tariffs on Chinese-origin semiconductors; and on certain additional items under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Based on trade actions undertaken and/or threatened by the U.S. since 2025, significant trade partners such as Mexico, China and the European Union have at times imposed, or announced plans to impose, retaliatory tariffs. In August 2026, the U.S. administration invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose 50% tariffs on a range of imports from Canada, resulting in retaliatory trade actions by Canada effective September 2026 and still further escalation of U.S. measures in response to Canada’s actions.
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Given this dynamic environment, it is not possible to know with any degree of certainty what the negative direct and indirect consequences of tariffs and other trade restrictions could be on our business and financial results. We believe the direct impact of U.S. tariffs on our endpoint IC business is likely to be manageable because we import only a small portion of our wafers into the United States. However, the indirect impact of U.S. tariffs on products containing our endpoint ICs could be significant. China remains a key producer of the goods our endpoint ICs connect, and a key producer of readers using our reader ICs, so high U.S. tariffs on imports from China could significantly and negatively affect our business and financial results.
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Given this dynamic environment, it is not possible to know with any degree of certainty what the negative direct and indirect consequences of tariffs and other trade restrictions could be on our business and financial results. We believe the direct impact of U.S. tariffs on our endpoint IC business is likely to be manageable because we import only a small portion of our wafers into the United States. However, the indirect impact of U.S. tariffs on products containing our endpoint ICs could be significant. For example, China remains a key producer of the goods our endpoint ICs connect, and a key producer of readers using our reader ICs, so high U.S. tariffs on imports from China could significantly and negatively affect our business and financial results.
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Deterioration in the political, social, business or economic conditions in any jurisdictions in which we have significant suppliers, distributors or end users—including as a result of natural disasters, labor strikes, public health crises, geopolitical events, military conflicts, blockades or other developments—could slow or halt product shipments or disrupt our ability to procure, manufacture or post-process our products, as well as our ability to effectively and timely execute on end-user deployments. Consequent shortages of energy, jet fuel, purified water, raw materials as diverse as polymers or helium and other items that underpin the global economy can likewise disrupt our ability to procure, manufacture or post-process and ship our products.
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Deterioration in the political, social, business or economic conditions in any jurisdictions in which we have significant suppliers, distributors or end users—including as a result of natural disasters, labor strikes, public health crises, geopolitical events, military conflicts, blockades or other developments—could slow or halt product shipments or disrupt our ability to procure, manufacture or post-process our products, as well as our ability to effectively and timely execute on end-user deployments. Consequent shortages of energy, jet fuel, purified water, raw materials as diverse as polymers or helium and other items that underpin the global economy can likewise disrupt our ability to procure, manufacture or post-process and ship our products or dampen market demand.
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Investors, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, partners and end users monitor our environmental, social and governance, or ESG, practices. Our failure, or perceived failure, to adequately respond to concerns raised about our ESG practices could harm our business and reputation, and increased costs related to our ongoing or enhanced ESG practices and to reporting and disclosure requirements could negatively affect our operating results and stock price. We are also subject to disclosure and reporting requirements for companies that use “conflict” minerals mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries in their products even if these products are manufactured by third parties. These requirements could affect the sourcing and availability of minerals used in manufacturing our products, and we could face reputational challenges if we are unable to sufficiently verify the origins of all minerals we use in our products. We may also face challenges with government regulators and our customers and suppliers if we are unable to sufficiently verify that the metals used in our products are conflict free.
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Investors, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, partners and end users monitor our environmental, social and governance, or ESG, practices. Our failure, or perceived failure, to adequately respond to concerns raised about our ESG practices could harm our business and reputation, and increased costs related to our ongoing or enhanced ESG practices and to reporting and disclosure requirements could negatively affect our operating results and stock price. We are also subject to disclosure and reporting requirements for companies that use “conflict” minerals mined from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries in their products even if these products are manufactured by third parties. These requirements could affect the sourcing and availability of minerals used in manufacturing our products, and we could face reputational challenges if we are unable to sufficiently verify the origins of all minerals we use in our products. We may also face challenges with government regulators and our customers and suppliers if we are unable to sufficiently verify that the metals used in our products are conflict free.
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We rely on third-party services to store and process data on our behalf, and on third-party security systems in a variety of applications. Our platform operates in conjunction with, and depends on, third-party products, services and components for security. The cybersecurity threat environment continues evolving, especially with heightened activity by state-sponsored actors.AI technologies, including AI tools used to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities, may also increase security risks. If we, our platform, or any of the third parties on which we rely suffers or is believed to have suffered a security breach or other security incident, vulnerability, error, outage, ransomware or malicious event, then we could face increased costs, claims, liability, reduced revenue and harm to our reputation.
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AI technologies, including AI tools used to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities, may also increase security risks. If we, our platform, or any of the third parties on which we rely suffers or is believed to have suffered a security breach or other security incident, vulnerability, error, outage, ransomware or malicious event, then we could face increased costs, claims, liability, reduced revenue and harm to our reputation.
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Transactions relating to the 2021 or the 2025 Notes may affect our stock’s value.
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Transactions relating to the 2025 Notes may affect our stock’s value.
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If the 2021 Notes or the 2025 Notes are converted by holders, then we are required to deliver cash, stock or any combination of cash or stock, at our election. If we elect to deliver stock, the ownership interests of our existing stockholders will be diluted, and public market sales of stock issued upon a conversion could decrease our stock price. Anticipated future conversions of the 2021 Notes or the 2025 Notes into stock could also decrease our stock price, as could short selling by holders of the 2021 Notes or the 2025 Notes to hedge their positions.
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If the 2025 Notes are converted by holders, then we are required to deliver cash, stock or any combination of cash or stock, at our election. If we elect to deliver stock, the ownership interests of our existing stockholders will be diluted, and public market sales of stock issued upon a conversion could decrease our stock price. Anticipated future conversions of the 2025 Notes into stock could also decrease our stock price, as could short selling by holders of the 2025 Notes to hedge their positions.
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For more information on the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2025 Notes and the capped call transactions, see Note 7 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report.
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For more information on the Notes and the capped call transactions, see Note 7 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report.
Previous wording
As of June 30, 2026, our executive officers, directors and principal stockholders, together with their respective affiliates, beneficially owned approximately 38.2% of our stock. As a result, our executive officers, directors and principal stockholders may be able to significantly influence, in their capacity as stockholders, matters requiring approval by our stockholders, including electing directors and approving mergers, acquisitions or other transactions. They may have interests that differ from yours and may vote in a way with which you disagree and which may be adverse to your interests. This ownership concentration could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in our control or otherwise discouraging a potential acquirer from attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our stock price. This ownership concentration could also prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our board of directors or management.
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As of September 30, 2026, our executive officers, directors and principal stockholders, together with their respective affiliates, beneficially owned approximately 43.2% of our stock. As a result, our executive officers, directors and principal stockholders may be able to significantly influence, in their capacity as stockholders, matters requiring approval by our stockholders, including electing directors and approving mergers, acquisitions or other transactions. They may have interests that differ from yours and may vote in a way with which you disagree and which may be adverse to your interests. This ownership concentration could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in our control or otherwise discouraging a potential acquirer from attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our stock price. This ownership concentration could also prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our board of directors or management.
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We may not have sufficient cash flow or access to cash necessary to satisfy our obligations under the 2021 Notes and the 2025 Notes, and our current and future indebtedness may restrict our business.
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We may not have sufficient cash flow or access to cash necessary to satisfy our obligations under the 2025 Notes, and our current and future indebtedness may restrict our business.
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Our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal of, to pay interest on or to refinance any current or future indebtedness, including the 2021 Notes and the 2025 Notes, or to make cash payments in connection with any conversion of the 2021 Notes or the 2025 Notes or upon any fundamental change if holders require us to repurchase their 2021 Notes or 2025 Notes for cash, depends on our future performance, which is subject to economic, financial, competitive and other factors beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to service our debt and make necessary operating and capital expenditures, then we may be required to pursue other alternatives, such as selling assets, restructuring indebtedness or obtaining additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive. Our ability to refinance any of our indebtedness, including the 2021 Notes and the 2025 Notes, will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at that time. We may not be able to pursue these alternatives on favorable terms or at all, which could result in us defaulting on our debt obligations.
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Our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal of, to pay interest on or to refinance any current or future indebtedness, including the 2025 Notes, or to make cash payments in connection with any conversion of the 2025 Notes or upon any fundamental change if holders require us to repurchase their 2025 Notes for cash, depends on our future performance, which is subject to economic, financial, competitive and other factors beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to service our debt and make necessary operating and capital expenditures, then we may be required to pursue other alternatives, such as selling assets, restructuring indebtedness or obtaining additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive. Our ability to refinance any of our indebtedness, including the 2025 Notes, will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at that time. We may not be able to pursue these alternatives on favorable terms or at all, which could result in us defaulting on our debt obligations.
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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our debt obligations, including the 2021 Notes and the 2025 Notes;
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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our debt obligations, including the 2025 Notes;
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Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
We rely on third-party services to store and process data on our behalf, and on third-party security systems in a variety of applications. Our platform operates in conjunction with, and depends on, third-party products, services and components for security. The cybersecurity threat environment continues evolving, especially with heightened activity by state-sponsored actors.