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0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 414 | Legal Proceedings
The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims that have not been fully resolved and that have arisen in the ordinary course of business. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 415 | In the opinion of management, there was not at least a reasonable possibility the Company may have incurred a material loss, or a material loss in excess of a recorded accrual, with respect to loss contingencies for asserted legal and other claims. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 416 | However, the outcome of legal proceedings and claims brought against the Company is subject to significant uncertainty. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 417 | Therefore, although management considers the likelihood of such an outcome to be remote, if one or more of these legal matters were resolved against the Company in a reporting period for amounts in excess of management’s expectations, the Company’s consolidated financial statements for that reporting period could be ma... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 418 | See the risk factor “The Company could be impacted by unfavorable results of legal proceedings, such as being found to have infringed on intellectual property rights” in Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q under the heading “Risk Factors.” The Company settled certain matters during the third quarter of 2016 that did not... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 419 | Item 1A. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 420 | Risk Factors
The following description of risk factors includes any material changes to, and supersedes the description of, risk factors associated with the Company’s business previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of the 2015 Form 10-K and in Part II, Item 1A of the Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December 26, 2015 ... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 421 | Any of these factors, in whole or in part, could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, operating results and stock price. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 422 | The following discussion of risk factors contains forward-looking statements. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 423 | These risk factors may be important to understanding other statements in this Form 10-Q. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 424 | The following information should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” and Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Form 10-Q. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 425 | Because of the following factors, as well as other factors affecting the Company’s financial condition and operating results, past financial performance should not be considered to be a reliable indicator of future performance, and investors should not use historical trends to anticipate results or trends in future per... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 426 | Global and regional economic conditions could materially adversely affect the Company. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 427 | The Company’s operations and performance depend significantly on global and regional economic conditions. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 428 | Uncertainty about global and regional economic conditions poses a risk as consumers and businesses may postpone spending in response to tighter credit, higher unemployment, financial market volatility, government austerity programs, negative financial news, declines in income or asset values and/or other factors. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 429 | These worldwide and regional economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on demand for the Company’s products and services. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 430 | Demand also could differ materially from the Company’s expectations as a result of currency fluctuations because the Company generally raises prices on goods and services sold outside the U.S. to correspond with the effect of a strengthening of the U.S. dollar. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 431 | Other factors that could influence worldwide or regional demand include changes in fuel and other energy costs, conditions in the real estate and mortgage markets, unemployment, labor and healthcare costs, access to credit, consumer confidence and other macroeconomic factors affecting consumer spending behavior. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 432 | These and other economic factors could materially adversely affect demand for the Company’s products and services. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 433 | In the event of financial turmoil affecting the banking system and financial markets, additional consolidation of the financial services industry, or significant financial service institution failures, there could be tightening in the credit markets, low liquidity and extreme volatility in fixed income, credit, currenc... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 434 | This could have a number of effects on the Company’s business, including the insolvency or financial instability of outsourcing partners or suppliers or their inability to obtain credit to finance development and/or manufacture products resulting in product delays; inability of customers, including channel partners, to... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 435 | Other income and expense also could vary materially from expectations depending on gains or losses realized on the sale or exchange of financial instruments; impairment charges resulting from revaluations of debt and equity securities and other investments; changes in interest rates; increases or decreases in cash bala... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 436 | Increased volatility in the financial markets and overall economic uncertainty would increase the risk of the actual amounts realized in the future on the Company’s financial instruments differing significantly from the fair values currently assigned to them. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 437 | Global markets for the Company’s products and services are highly competitive and subject to rapid technological change, and the Company may be unable to compete effectively in these markets. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 438 | The Company’s products and services compete in highly competitive global markets characterized by aggressive price cutting and resulting downward pressure on gross margins, frequent introduction of new products, short product life cycles, evolving industry standards, continual improvement in product price/performance c... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 439 | The Company’s ability to compete successfully depends heavily on its ability to ensure a continuing and timely introduction of innovative new products, services and technologies to the marketplace. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 440 | The Company believes it is unique in that it designs and develops nearly the entire solution for its products, including the hardware, operating system, numerous software applications and related services. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 441 | As a result, the Company must make significant investments in R&D. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 442 | The Company currently holds a significant number of patents and copyrights and has registered and/or has applied to register numerous patents, trademarks and service marks. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 443 | In contrast, many of the Company’s competitors seek to compete primarily through aggressive pricing and very low cost structures, and emulating the Company's products and infringing on its intellectual property. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 444 | If the Company is unable to continue to develop and sell innovative new products with attractive margins or if competitors infringe on the Company’s intellectual property, the Company’s ability to maintain a competitive advantage could be adversely affected. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 445 | The Company markets certain mobile communication and media devices based on the iOS mobile operating system and also markets related third-party digital content and applications. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 446 | The Company faces substantial competition in these markets from companies that have significant technical, marketing, distribution and other resources, as well as established hardware, software and digital content supplier relationships; and the Company has a minority market share in the global smartphone market. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 447 | Additionally, the Company faces significant price competition as competitors reduce their selling prices and attempt to imitate the Company’s product features and applications within their own products or, alternatively, collaborate with each other to offer solutions that are more competitive than those they currently ... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 448 | The Company competes with business models that provide content to users for free. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 449 | The Company also competes with illegitimate means to obtain third-party digital content and applications. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 450 | Some of the Company’s competitors have greater experience, product breadth and distribution channels than the Company. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 451 | Because some current and potential competitors have substantial resources and/or experience and a lower cost structure, they may be able to provide products and services at little or no profit or even at a loss. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 452 | The Company also expects competition to intensify as competitors attempt to imitate the Company’s approach to providing components seamlessly within their individual offerings or work collaboratively to offer integrated solutions. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 453 | The Company’s financial condition and operating results depend substantially on the Company’s ability to continually improve iOS and iOS devices in order to maintain their functional and design advantages. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 454 | The Company is the only authorized maker of hardware using macOS, which has a minority market share in the personal computer market. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 455 | This market has been contracting and is dominated by computer makers using competing operating systems, most notably Windows. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 456 | In the market for personal computers and accessories, the Company faces a significant number of competitors, many of which have broader product lines, lower priced products and a larger installed customer base. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 457 | Historically, consolidation in this market has resulted in larger competitors. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 458 | Price competition has been particularly intense as competitors selling Windows-based personal computers have aggressively cut prices and lowered product margins. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 459 | An increasing number of internet-enabled devices that include software applications and are smaller and simpler than traditional personal computers compete for market share with the Company’s existing products. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 460 | The Company’s financial condition and operating results also depend on its ability to continually improve the Mac platform to maintain its functional and design advantages. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 461 | There can be no assurance the Company will be able to continue to provide products and services that compete effectively. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 462 | To remain competitive and stimulate customer demand, the Company must successfully manage frequent product introductions and transitions. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 463 | Due to the highly volatile and competitive nature of the industries in which the Company competes, the Company must continually introduce new products, services and technologies, enhance existing products and services, effectively stimulate customer demand for new and upgraded products and successfully manage the trans... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 464 | The success of new product introductions depends on a number of factors including, but not limited to, timely and successful product development, market acceptance, the Company’s ability to manage the risks associated with new product production ramp-up issues, the availability of application software for new products,... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 465 | Accordingly, the Company cannot determine in advance the ultimate effect of new product introductions and transitions. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 466 | The Company depends on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 467 | The Company distributes its products through cellular network carriers, wholesalers, national and regional retailers and value-added resellers, many of whom distribute products from competing manufacturers. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 468 | The Company also sells its products and third-party products in most of its major markets directly to education, enterprise and government customers and consumers and small and mid-sized businesses through its online and retail stores. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 469 | Some carriers providing cellular network service for iPhone subsidize users’ purchases of the device. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 470 | There is no assurance that such subsidies will be continued at all or in the same amounts upon renewal of the Company’s agreements with these carriers or in agreements the Company enters into with new carriers. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 471 | Many resellers have narrow operating margins and have been adversely affected in the past by weak economic conditions. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 472 | Some resellers have perceived the expansion of the Company’s direct sales as conflicting with their business interests as distributors and resellers of the Company’s products. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 473 | Such a perception could discourage resellers from investing resources in the distribution and sale of the Company’s products or lead them to limit or cease distribution of those products. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 474 | The Company has invested and will continue to invest in programs to enhance reseller sales, including staffing selected resellers’ stores with Company employees and contractors, and improving product placement displays. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 475 | These programs could require a substantial investment while providing no assurance of return or incremental revenue. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 476 | The financial condition of these resellers could weaken, these resellers could stop distributing the Company’s products, or uncertainty regarding demand for some or all of the Company’s products could cause resellers to reduce their ordering and marketing of the Company’s products. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 477 | The Company faces substantial inventory and other asset risk in addition to purchase commitment cancellation risk. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 478 | The Company records a write-down for product and component inventories that have become obsolete or exceed anticipated demand or net realizable value and accrues necessary cancellation fee reserves for orders of excess products and components. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 479 | The Company also reviews its long-lived assets, including capital assets held at its suppliers’ facilities and inventory prepayments, for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 480 | If the Company determines that impairment has occurred, it records a write-down equal to the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceeds its fair value. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 481 | Although the Company believes its provisions related to inventory, capital assets, inventory prepayments and other assets and purchase commitments are currently adequate, no assurance can be given that the Company will not incur additional related charges given the rapid and unpredictable pace of product obsolescence i... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 482 | The Company must order components for its products and build inventory in advance of product announcements and shipments. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 483 | Consistent with industry practice, components are normally acquired through a combination of purchase orders, supplier contracts and open orders, in each case based on projected demand. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 484 | Where appropriate, the purchases are applied to inventory component prepayments that are outstanding with the respective supplier. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 485 | Purchase commitments typically cover forecasted component and manufacturing requirements for periods up to 150 days. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 486 | Because the Company’s markets are volatile, competitive and subject to rapid technology and price changes, there is a risk the Company will forecast incorrectly and order or produce excess or insufficient amounts of components or products, or not fully utilize firm purchase commitments. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 487 | Future operating results depend upon the Company’s ability to obtain components in sufficient quantities. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 488 | Because the Company currently obtains components from single or limited sources, the Company is subject to significant supply and pricing risks. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 489 | Many components, including those that are available from multiple sources, are at times subject to industry-wide shortages and significant commodity pricing fluctuations. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 490 | While the Company has entered into agreements for the supply of many components, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to extend or renew these agreements on similar terms, or at all. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 491 | A number of suppliers of components may suffer from poor financial conditions, which can lead to business failure for the supplier or consolidation within a particular industry, further limiting the Company’s ability to obtain sufficient quantities of components. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 492 | The effects of global or regional economic conditions on the Company’s suppliers, described in “Global and regional economic conditions could materially adversely affect the Company” above, also could affect the Company’s ability to obtain components. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 493 | Therefore, the Company remains subject to significant risks of supply shortages and price increases. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 494 | The Company and other participants in the markets for mobile communication and media devices and personal computers also compete for various components with other industries that have experienced increased demand for their products. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 495 | The Company uses some custom components that are not common to the rest of these industries. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 496 | The Company’s new products often utilize custom components available from only one source. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 497 | When a component or product uses new technologies, initial capacity constraints may exist until the suppliers’ yields have matured or manufacturing capacity has increased. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 498 | Continued availability of these components at acceptable prices, or at all, may be affected for any number of reasons, including if those suppliers decide to concentrate on the production of common components instead of components customized to meet the Company’s requirements. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 499 | The supply of components for a new or existing product could be delayed or constrained, or a key manufacturing vendor could delay shipments of completed products to the Company. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 500 | The Company depends on component and product manufacturing and logistical services provided by outsourcing partners, many of which are located outside of the U.S. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 501 | Substantially all of the Company’s manufacturing is performed in whole or in part by a few outsourcing partners located primarily in Asia. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 502 | The Company has also outsourced much of its transportation and logistics management. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 503 | While these arrangements may lower operating costs, they also reduce the Company’s direct control over production and distribution. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 504 | It is uncertain what effect such diminished control will have on the quality or quantity of products or services, or the Company’s flexibility to respond to changing conditions. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 505 | Although arrangements with these partners may contain provisions for warranty expense reimbursement, the Company may remain responsible to the consumer for warranty service in the event of product defects and could experience an unanticipated product defect or warranty liability. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 506 | While the Company relies on its partners to adhere to its supplier code of conduct, material violations of the supplier code of conduct could occur. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 507 | The Company relies on sole-sourced outsourcing partners in the U.S., Asia and Europe to supply and manufacture many critical components, and on outsourcing partners primarily located in Asia, for final assembly of substantially all of the Company’s hardware products. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 508 | Any failure of these partners to perform may have a negative impact on the Company’s cost or supply of components or finished goods. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 509 | In addition, manufacturing or logistics in these locations or transit to final destinations may be disrupted for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, natural and man-made disasters, information technology system failures, commercial disputes, military actions or economic, business, labor, environmental, ... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 510 | The Company has invested in manufacturing process equipment, much of which is held at certain of its outsourcing partners, and has made prepayments to certain of its suppliers associated with long-term supply agreements. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 511 | While these arrangements help ensure the supply of components and finished goods, if these outsourcing partners or suppliers experience severe financial problems or other disruptions in their business, such continued supply could be reduced or terminated and the net realizable value of these assets could be negatively ... | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 512 | The Company’s products and services may experience quality problems from time to time that can result in decreased sales and operating margin and harm to the Company’s reputation. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20160727 | 10-Q | 513 | The Company sells complex hardware and software products and services that can contain design and manufacturing defects. | 0001628280-16-017809/full-submission.txt |
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