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Liquidity and Capital Resources The following tables present selected financial information and statistics as of March 28, 2015 and September 27, 2014 and during the first six months of 2015 and 2014 (in millions): The Company believes its existing balances of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be su...
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The Company currently anticipates the cash used for future dividends, the share repurchase program and debt repayments will come from its current domestic cash, cash generated from on-going U.S. operating activities and from borrowings.
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As of March 28, 2015 and September 27, 2014, the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities held by foreign subsidiaries were $171.3 billion and $137.1 billion, respectively, and are generally based in U.S. dollar-denominated holdings.
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Amounts held by foreign subsidiaries are generally subject to U.S. income taxation on repatriation to the U.S.
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The Company’s marketable securities investment portfolio is invested primarily in highly-rated securities and its investment policy generally limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer.
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The policy requires investments generally to be investment grade with the objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss.
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During the six months ended March 28, 2015, cash generated from operating activities of $52.8 billion was a result of $31.6 billion of net income, non-cash adjustments to net income of $8.7 billion and an increase in the net change in operating assets and liabilities of $12.5 billion.
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Cash used in investing activities of $43.5 billion during the six months ended March 28, 2015 consisted primarily of cash used for purchases of marketable securities, net of sales and maturities, of $37.7 billion and cash used to acquire property, plant and equipment of $5.6 billion.
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Cash used in financing activities of $8.7 billion during the six months ended March 28, 2015 consisted primarily of cash used to repurchase common stock of $12.0 billion, cash used to pay dividends and dividend equivalents of $5.5 billion and cash used for repayments of commercial paper, net of $2.5 billion, partially ...
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During the six months ended March 29, 2014, cash generated from operating activities of $36.2 billion was a result of $23.3 billion of net income, non-cash adjustments to net income of $7.5 billion and an increase in net change in operating assets and liabilities of $5.4 billion.
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Cash used in investing activities of $3.4 billion during the six months ended March 29, 2014 consisted primarily of cash used to acquire property, plant and equipment of $3.4 billion.
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Cash used in financing activities of $28.2 billion during the six months ended March 29, 2014 consisted primarily of cash used to repurchase common stock of $23.0 billion and cash used to pay dividends and dividend equivalents of $5.4 billion.
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Capital Assets The Company’s capital expenditures were $4.1 billion during the first six months of 2015.
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The Company anticipates utilizing approximately $13.0 billion for capital expenditures during 2015, which includes product tooling and manufacturing process equipment; data centers; corporate facilities and infrastructure, including information systems hardware, software and enhancements; and retail store facilities.
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Debt In 2014, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to issue unsecured short-term promissory notes (“Commercial Paper”) pursuant to a commercial paper program.
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The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the commercial paper program for general corporate purposes, including dividends and share repurchases.
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As of March 28, 2015, the Company had $3.8 billion of Commercial Paper outstanding, with a weighted-average interest rate of 0.10% and maturities generally less than nine months.
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As of March 28, 2015, the Company has outstanding floating- and fixed-rate notes with varying maturities for an aggregate principal amount of $39.9 billion (collectively the “Notes”).
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The Company has entered, and in the future may enter, into interest rate swaps to manage interest rate risk on the Notes.
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Interest rate swaps allow the Company to effectively convert fixed-rate payments into floating-rate payments or floating-rate payments into fixed-rate payments.
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In addition, the Company has entered, and in the future may enter, into currency swaps to manage foreign currency risk on the Notes.
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During the first six months of 2015, the Company issued €2.8 billion of Euro-denominated notes, $6.5 billion of U.S. dollar-denominated notes and SFr1.3 billion of Swiss Franc-denominated notes.
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To manage foreign currency risk associated with the Euro-denominated notes, the Company entered into currency swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $3.5 billion, which effectively converted the Euro-denominated notes to U.S. dollar-denominated notes.
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To manage interest rate risk on the U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-rate notes maturing in 2020 and 2022, the Company entered into interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $2.5 billion, which effectively converted the fixed interest rates on these notes to a floating interest rate.
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Capital Return Program In 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the share repurchase program authorization from $60 billion to $90 billion of the Company’s common stock, which resulted in a total capital return program of over $130 billion.
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As of March 28, 2015, $80.0 billion of the share repurchase program has been utilized.
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The Company’s share repurchase program does not obligate it to acquire any specific number of shares.
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Under the program, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act.
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The following table presents the Company’s dividends, dividend equivalents, share repurchases and net share settlement activity from the start of the capital return program in August 2012 through March 28, 2015 (in millions): On April 27, 2015, the Company announced that the Board of Directors raised the cash dividend ...
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The Company plans to increase its dividend on an annual basis subject to declaration by the Board of Directors.
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Additionally, the Company announced on April 27, 2015 that the Board of Directors increased the share repurchase authorization from $90 billion to $140 billion, increasing the total capital return program from $130 billion to $200 billion, which the Company expects to execute by the end of March 2017 by paying dividend...
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To assist in funding its capital return program, the Company expects to continue to access the debt markets, both domestically and internationally.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations The Company has not entered into any transactions with unconsolidated entities whereby the Company has financial guarantees, subordinated retained interests, derivative instruments, or other contingent arrangements that expose the Company to material continuing...
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Operating Leases The Company’s major facility leases are typically for terms not exceeding 10 years and generally contain multi-year renewal options.
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As of March 28, 2015, the Company had a total of 453 retail stores.
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Leases for retail space are for terms ranging from five to 20 years, the majority of which are for 10 years, and often contain multi-year renewal options.
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As of March 28, 2015, the Company’s total future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases were $5.1 billion, of which $3.4 billion related to leases for retail space.
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Purchase Commitments The Company utilizes several outsourcing partners to manufacture sub-assemblies for the Company’s products and to perform final assembly and testing of finished products.
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These outsourcing partners acquire components and build product based on demand information supplied by the Company, which typically covers periods up to 150 days.
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The Company also obtains individual components for its products from a wide variety of individual suppliers.
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Consistent with industry practice, the Company acquires components through a combination of purchase orders, supplier contracts, and open orders based on projected demand information.
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Where appropriate, the purchases are applied to inventory component prepayments that are outstanding with the respective supplier.
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As of March 28, 2015, the Company had outstanding off-balance sheet third-party manufacturing commitments and component purchase commitments of $19.0 billion.
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Other Obligations In addition to the commitments mentioned above, the Company had other off-balance sheet obligations of $4.1 billion as of March 28, 2015, that were comprised of commitments to acquire capital assets, including product tooling and manufacturing process equipment, and commitments related to advertising,...
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The Company’s other non-current liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets consist primarily of deferred tax liabilities, gross unrecognized tax benefits and the related gross interest and penalties.
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As of March 28, 2015, the Company had non-current deferred tax liabilities of $23.8 billion.
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Additionally, as of March 28, 2015, the Company had gross unrecognized tax benefits of $4.6 billion and an additional $844 million for gross interest and penalties classified as non-current liabilities.
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At this time, the Company is unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of the timing of payments due to uncertainties in the timing of tax audit outcomes.
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Indemnification The Company generally does not indemnify end-users of its operating system and application software against legal claims that the software infringes third-party intellectual property rights.
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Other agreements entered into by the Company sometimes include indemnification provisions under which the Company could be subject to costs and/or damages in the event of an infringement claim against the Company or an indemnified third-party.
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However, the Company has not been required to make any significant payments resulting from such an infringement claim asserted against it or an indemnified third-party.
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In the opinion of management, there was not at least a reasonable possibility the Company may have incurred a material loss with respect to indemnification of end-users of its operating system or application software for infringement of third-party intellectual property rights.
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The Company did not record a liability for infringement costs related to indemnification as of March 28, 2015 or September 27, 2014.
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The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers.
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Under these agreements, the Company has agreed to indemnify such individuals to the fullest extent permitted by law against liabilities that arise by reason of their status as directors or officers and to advance expenses incurred by such individuals in connection with related legal proceedings.
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It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount of payments the Company could be required to make under these agreements due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each claim.
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However, the Company maintains directors and officers liability insurance coverage to reduce its exposure to such obligations, and payments made under these agreements historically have not been material.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the Company’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and operating results require the Company’s management to make judgmen...
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Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q and in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of the 2014 Form 10-K, as updated by the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 28, 2015, describes the significant accounting policies and method...
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Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities.
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Actual results may differ from these estimates and such differences may be material.
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Management believes the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates are those related to revenue recognition, valuation and impairment of marketable securities, inventory valuation and valuation of manufacturing-related assets and estimated purchase commitment cancellation fees, warranty costs, income taxes, a...
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Management considers these policies critical because they are both important to the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and operating results, and they require management to make judgments and estimates about inherently uncertain matters.
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The Company’s senior management has reviewed these critical accounting policies and related disclosures with the Audit and Finance Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
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Revenue Recognition Net sales consist primarily of revenue from the sale of hardware, software, digital content and applications, accessories, and service and support contracts.
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The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collection is probable.
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Product is considered delivered to the customer once it has been shipped and title, risk of loss and rewards of ownership have been transferred.
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For most of the Company’s product sales, these criteria are met at the time the product is shipped.
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For online sales to individuals, for some sales to education customers in the U.S., and for certain other sales, the Company defers revenue until the customer receives the product because the Company retains a portion of the risk of loss on these sales during transit.
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For payment terms in excess of the Company’s standard payment terms, revenue is recognized as payments become due unless the Company has positive evidence that the sales price is fixed or determinable, such as a successful history of collection, without concession, on comparable arrangements.
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The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of hardware products, software bundled with hardware that is essential to the functionality of the hardware and third-party digital content sold on the iTunes Store in accordance with general revenue recognition accounting guidance.
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The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with industry specific software accounting guidance for the following types of sales transactions: (i) standalone sales of software products, (ii) sales of software upgrades and (iii) sales of software bundled with hardware not essential to the functionality of the hardware.
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For multi-element arrangements that include hardware products containing software essential to the hardware product’s functionality, undelivered software elements that relate to the hardware product’s essential software and/or undelivered non-software services, the Company allocates revenue to all deliverables based on...
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In such circumstances, the Company uses a hierarchy to determine the selling price to be used for allocating revenue to deliverables: (i) vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value (“VSOE”), (ii) third-party evidence of selling price (“TPE”) and (iii) best estimate of selling price (“ESP”).
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VSOE generally exists only when the Company sells the deliverable separately and is the price actually charged by the Company for that deliverable.
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ESPs reflect the Company’s best estimates of what the selling prices of elements would be if they were sold regularly on a stand-alone basis.
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For sales of qualifying versions of iOS devices, Mac and Apple TV, the Company has indicated it may from time to time provide future unspecified software upgrades and features free of charge to customers.
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The Company also provides various non-software services to owners of qualifying versions of iOS devices and Mac.
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Because the Company has neither VSOE nor TPE for the unspecified software upgrade rights or the non-software services, revenue is allocated to these rights and services based on the Company’s ESPs.
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Revenue allocated to the unspecified software upgrade rights and non-software services based on the Company’s ESPs is deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated period the software upgrades and non-software services are expected to be provided for each of these devices, which ranges from two to...
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The Company’s process for determining ESPs involves management’s judgment and considers multiple factors that may vary over time depending upon the unique facts and circumstances related to each deliverable.
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Should future facts and circumstances change, the Company’s ESPs and the future rate of related amortization for software upgrades and non-software services related to future sales of these devices could change.
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Factors subject to change include the unspecified software upgrade rights offered, the estimated value of unspecified software upgrade rights, the estimated or actual costs incurred to provide non-software services and the estimated period software upgrades and non-software services are expected to be provided.
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The Company records reductions to revenue for estimated commitments related to price protection and other customer incentive programs.
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For transactions involving price protection, the Company recognizes revenue net of the estimated amount to be refunded, provided the refund amount can be reasonably and reliably estimated and the other conditions for revenue recognition have been met.
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The Company’s policy requires that, if refunds cannot be reliably estimated, revenue is not recognized until reliable estimates can be made or the price protection lapses.
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For the Company’s other customer incentive programs, the estimated cost is recognized at the later of the date at which the Company has sold the product or the date at which the program is offered.
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The Company also records reductions to revenue for expected future product returns based on the Company’s historical experience.
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Future market conditions and product transitions may require the Company to increase customer incentive programs that could result in reductions to future revenue.
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Additionally, certain customer incentive programs require management to estimate the number of customers who will actually redeem the incentive.
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Management’s estimates are based on historical experience and the specific terms and conditions of particular incentive programs.
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If a greater than estimated proportion of customers redeems such incentives, the Company would be required to record additional reductions to revenue, which would have an adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations.
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Valuation and Impairment of Marketable Securities The Company’s investments in available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value.
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Unrealized gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of securities are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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Changes in the fair value of available-for-sale securities impact the Company’s net income only when such securities are sold or an other-than-temporary impairment is recognized.
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Realized gains and losses on the sale of securities are determined by specific identification of each security’s cost basis.
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The Company regularly reviews its investment portfolio to determine if any security is other-than-temporarily impaired, which would require the Company to record an impairment charge in the period any such determination is made.
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In making this judgment, the Company evaluates, among other things, the duration and extent to which the fair value of a security is less than its cost; the financial condition of the issuer and any changes thereto; and the Company’s intent to sell, or whether it will more likely than not be required to sell, the secur...
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The Company’s assessment on whether a security is other-than-temporarily impaired could change in the future due to new developments or changes in assumptions related to any particular security.
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Inventory Valuation and Valuation of Manufacturing-Related Assets and Estimated Purchase Commitment Cancellation Fees The Company must order components for its products and build inventory in advance of product shipments and has invested in manufacturing process equipment, including capital assets held at its suppliers...
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