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0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 41 | Apple Watch is the Company’s line of smart watches based on its watchOS® operating system. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 42 | In September 2021, the Company announced Apple Watch Series 7, which was available starting in October 2021. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 43 | Apple Inc. | 2021 Form 10-K | 1
Services
Advertising
The Company’s advertising services include various third-party licensing arrangements and the Company’s own advertising platforms. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 44 | AppleCare
The Company offers a portfolio of fee-based service and support products under the AppleCare® brand. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 45 | The offerings provide priority access to Apple technical support, access to the global Apple authorized service network for repair and replacement services, and in many cases additional coverage for instances of accidental damage and/or theft and loss, depending on the country and type of product. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 46 | Cloud Services
The Company’s cloud services store and keep customers’ content up-to-date and available across multiple Apple devices and Windows personal computers. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 47 | Digital Content
The Company operates various platforms, including the App Store®, that allow customers to discover and download applications and digital content, such as books, music, video, games and podcasts. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 48 | The Company also offers digital content through subscription-based services, including Apple Arcade®, a game subscription service; Apple Music®, which offers users a curated listening experience with on-demand radio stations; Apple News+®, a subscription news and magazine service; and Apple TV+SM, which offers exclusiv... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 49 | During 2021, the Company released Apple Fitness+SM, a personalized fitness service. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 50 | Payment Services
The Company offers payment services, including Apple Card®, a co-branded credit card, and Apple Pay®, a cashless payment service. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 51 | Markets and Distribution
The Company’s customers are primarily in the consumer, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise and government markets. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 52 | The Company sells its products and resells third-party products in most of its major markets directly to consumers, small and mid-sized businesses, and education, enterprise and government customers through its retail and online stores and its direct sales force. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 53 | The Company also employs a variety of indirect distribution channels, such as third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers and resellers. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 54 | During 2021, the Company’s net sales through its direct and indirect distribution channels accounted for 36% and 64%, respectively, of total net sales. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 55 | Competition
The markets for the Company’s products and services are highly competitive, and are characterized by aggressive price competition and resulting downward pressure on gross margins, frequent introduction of new products and services, short product life cycles, evolving industry standards, continual improvemen... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 56 | Many of the Company’s competitors seek to compete primarily through aggressive pricing and very low cost structures, and by imitating the Company’s products and infringing on its intellectual property. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 57 | The Company’s ability to compete successfully depends heavily on ensuring the continuing and timely introduction of innovative new products, services and technologies to the marketplace. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 58 | The Company designs and develops nearly the entire solution for its products, including the hardware, operating system, numerous software applications and related services. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 59 | Principal competitive factors important to the Company include price, product and service features (including security features), relative price and performance, product and service quality and reliability, design innovation, a strong third-party software and accessories ecosystem, marketing and distribution capability... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 60 | Apple Inc. | 2021 Form 10-K | 2
The Company is focused on expanding its market opportunities related to smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories, and services. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 61 | 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 service offerings with large customer bases. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 62 | In addition, some of the Company’s competitors have broader product lines, lower-priced products and a larger installed base of active devices. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 63 | Competition has been particularly intense as competitors have aggressively cut prices and lowered product margins. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 64 | Certain competitors have the resources, experience or cost structures to provide products at little or no profit or even at a loss. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 65 | The Company’s services compete with business models that provide content to users for free and use illegitimate means to obtain third-party digital content and applications. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 66 | The Company faces significant competition as competitors imitate the Company’s product features and applications within their products, or collaborate to offer integrated solutions that are more competitive than those they currently offer. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 67 | Supply of Components
Although most components essential to the Company’s business are generally available from multiple sources, certain components are currently obtained from single or limited sources. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 68 | The Company also competes for various components with other participants in the markets for smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 69 | Therefore, many components used by the Company, including those that are available from multiple sources, are at times subject to industry-wide shortage and significant commodity pricing fluctuations. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 70 | The Company uses some custom components that are not commonly used by its competitors, and new products introduced by the Company often utilize custom components available from only one source. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 71 | When a component or product uses new technologies, initial capacity constraints may exist until the suppliers’ yields have matured or their manufacturing capacities have increased. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 72 | The continued availability of these components at acceptable prices, or at all, may be affected if suppliers decide to concentrate on the production of common components instead of components customized to meet the Company’s requirements. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 73 | The Company has entered into agreements for the supply of many components; however, there can be no guarantee that the Company will be able to extend or renew these agreements on similar terms, or at all. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 74 | Substantially all of the Company’s hardware products are manufactured by outsourcing partners that are located primarily in Asia, with some Mac computers manufactured in the U.S. and Ireland. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 75 | Research and Development
Because the industries in which the Company competes are characterized by rapid technological advances, the Company’s ability to compete successfully depends heavily upon its ability to ensure a continual and timely flow of competitive products, services and technologies to the marketplace. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 76 | The Company continues to develop new technologies to enhance existing products and services, and to expand the range of its offerings through research and development (“R&D”), licensing of intellectual property and acquisition of third-party businesses and technology. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 77 | Intellectual Property
The Company currently holds a broad collection of intellectual property rights relating to certain aspects of its hardware devices, accessories, software and services. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 78 | This includes patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress and other forms of intellectual property rights in the U.S. and various foreign countries. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 79 | Although the Company believes the ownership of such intellectual property rights is an important factor in its business and that its success does depend in part on such ownership, the Company relies primarily on the innovative skills, technical competence and marketing abilities of its personnel. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 80 | The Company regularly files patent applications to protect innovations arising from its research, development and design, and is currently pursuing thousands of patent applications around the world. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 81 | Over time, the Company has accumulated a large portfolio of issued patents, including utility patents, design patents and others. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 82 | The Company also holds copyrights relating to certain aspects of its products and services. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 83 | No single intellectual property right is solely responsible for protecting the Company’s products. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 84 | The Company believes the duration of its intellectual property rights is adequate relative to the expected lives of its products. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 85 | In addition to Company-owned intellectual property, many of the Company’s products and services are designed to include intellectual property owned by third parties. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 86 | It may be necessary in the future to seek or renew licenses relating to various aspects of the Company’s products, processes and services. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 87 | While the Company has generally been able to obtain such licenses on commercially reasonable terms in the past, there is no guarantee that such licenses could be obtained in the future on reasonable terms or at all. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 88 | Apple Inc. | 2021 Form 10-K | 3
Business Seasonality and Product Introductions
The Company has historically experienced higher net sales in its first quarter compared to other quarters in its fiscal year due in part to seasonal holiday demand. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 89 | Additionally, new product and service introductions can significantly impact net sales, cost of sales and operating expenses. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 90 | The timing of product introductions can also impact the Company’s net sales to its indirect distribution channels as these channels are filled with new inventory following a product launch, and channel inventory of an older product often declines as the launch of a newer product approaches. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 91 | Net sales can also be affected when consumers and distributors anticipate a product introduction. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 92 | Human Capital
The Company believes it has a talented, motivated, and dedicated team, and is committed to supporting the development of all of its team members and to continuously building on its strong culture. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 93 | As of September 25, 2021, the Company had approximately 154,000 full-time equivalent employees. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 94 | Workplace Practices and Policies
The Company is committed to providing a workplace free of harassment or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, caste or other legally protected characteristic. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 95 | The Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 96 | Compensation and Benefits
The Company believes that compensation should not only be competitive; it should be equitable and should enable employees to share in the Company’s success as shareholders of the Company. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 97 | The Company recognizes its people are most likely to thrive when they have the resources to meet their needs and the time and support to succeed in their professional and personal lives. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 98 | In support of this, the Company offers a wide variety of benefits to employees around the world. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 99 | Growth and Development
The Company invests in tools and resources that support employees’ individual growth and development. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 100 | The Company also provides classes and seminars to foster understanding and critical thinking about the Company’s culture, organization and values. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 101 | Inclusion and Diversity
The Company is committed to hiring inclusively, providing training and development opportunities, fostering an inclusive culture, and ensuring equitable pay for employees, and is continuing to focus on increasing diverse representation at every level of the Company. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 102 | The Company has initiatives in place to implement its commitment to increase diverse representation, including creating diverse interview panels and candidate slates, focusing on robust diversity recruiting efforts, and expanding diversity outreach efforts through organizations that serve and engage talent from underre... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 103 | The Company also offers team members access to ongoing inclusion and diversity education, and support throughout their career journey and helps them find community and connection through employee groups that create spaces for belonging, learning, and growing inclusivity, diversity and equity efforts. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 104 | Engagement
The Company believes that open and honest communication among team members, managers and leadership fosters an open, collaborative work environment where everyone can participate, develop and thrive. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 105 | Team members are encouraged to come to their managers with questions, feedback or concerns, and the Company regularly conducts surveys that gauge employee sentiment in areas like career development, manager performance and inclusivity. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 106 | Health and Safety
The Company is committed to protecting its employees everywhere it operates. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 107 | The Company identifies potential risks associated with workplace activities in order to develop measures to mitigate possible hazards. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 108 | The Company supports employees with general safety training and puts specific programs in place for those working in potentially high-hazard environments, including chemical management, laser safety, equipment and machinery safety, hazardous materials management and electrical safety. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 109 | The Company has taken additional measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, including providing information resources, testing, face masks and personal protective equipment, and case support. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 110 | The Company also offers special sick leave for employees with possible COVID-19 symptoms, as well as comprehensive health coverage. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 111 | Apple Inc. | 2021 Form 10-K | 4
Available Information
The Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are filed with the U... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 112 | Such reports and other information filed by the Company with the SEC are available free of charge at investor.apple.com/investor-relations/sec-filings/default.aspx when such reports are available on the SEC’s website. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 113 | The Company periodically provides other information for investors on its corporate website, www.apple.com, and its investor relations website, investor.apple.com. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 114 | This includes press releases and other information about financial performance, information on environmental, social and corporate governance and details related to the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 115 | The information contained on the websites referenced in this Form 10-K is not incorporated by reference into this filing. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 116 | Further, the Company’s references to website URLs are intended to be inactive textual references only. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 117 | Apple Inc. | 2021 Form 10-K | 5
Item 1A. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 118 | Risk Factors
The Company’s business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition, as well as the price of the Company’s stock, can be affected by a number of factors, whether currently known or unknown, including those described below. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 119 | When any one or more of these risks materialize from time to time, the Company’s business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition, as well as the price of the Company’s stock, can be materially and adversely affected. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 120 | Because of the following factors, as well as other factors affecting the Company’s results of operations and financial condition, 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... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 121 | This discussion of risk factors contains forward-looking statements. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 122 | This section should be read in conjunction with Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
Risks Related to ... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 123 | COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, a significant impact around the world, prompting governments and businesses to take unprecedented measures in response. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 124 | Such measures have included restrictions on travel and business operations, temporary closures of businesses, and quarantine and shelter-in-place orders. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 125 | The COVID-19 pandemic has at times significantly curtailed global economic activity and caused significant volatility and disruption in global financial markets. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 126 | The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by many countries in response have adversely affected and could in the future materially adversely impact the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition, as well as the price of the Company’s stock. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 127 | During the course of the pandemic, certain of the Company’s component suppliers and manufacturing and logistical service providers have experienced disruptions, resulting in supply shortages that affected sales worldwide, and similar disruptions could occur in the future. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 128 | The Company’s retail stores, as well as channel partner points of sale, have been temporarily closed at various times. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 129 | In many cases, as stores and points of sale have reopened, they are subject to operating restrictions to protect public health and the health and safety of employees and customers. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 130 | The Company has at times required substantially all of its employees to work remotely. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 131 | The Company continues to monitor the situation and take appropriate actions in accordance with the recommendations and requirements of relevant authorities. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 132 | The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may impact the Company’s operational and financial performance remains uncertain and will depend on many factors outside the Company’s control, including the timing, extent, trajectory and duration of the pandemic, the emergence of new variants, the development, availability, d... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 133 | Additional future impacts on the Company may include, but are not limited to, material adverse effects on demand for the Company’s products and services, the Company’s supply chain and sales and distribution channels, the Company’s ability to execute its strategic plans, and the Company’s profitability and cost structu... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 134 | To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition and stock price, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this Part I, Item 1A of this Form 10-K. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 135 | Macroeconomic and Industry Risks
The Company’s operations and performance depend significantly on global and regional economic conditions and adverse economic conditions can materially adversely affect the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 136 | The Company has international operations with sales outside the U.S. representing a majority of the Company’s total net sales. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 137 | In addition, the Company’s global supply chain is large and complex and a majority of the Company’s supplier facilities, including manufacturing and assembly sites, are located outside the U.S. As a result, the Company’s operations and performance depend significantly on global and regional economic conditions. | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 138 | Adverse macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, slower growth or recession, new or increased tariffs and other barriers to trade, changes to fiscal and monetary policy, tighter credit, higher interest rates, high unemployment and currency fluctuations can materially adversely affect demand for the Company’s prod... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 139 | In addition, consumer confidence and spending can be adversely affected in response to financial market volatility, negative financial news, conditions in the real estate and mortgage markets, declines in income or asset values, changes to fuel and other energy costs, labor and healthcare costs and other economic facto... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20211029 | 10-K | 140 | Apple Inc. | 2021 Form 10-K | 6
In addition to an adverse impact on demand for the Company’s products, uncertainty about, or a decline in, global or regional economic conditions can have a significant impact on the Company’s suppliers, contract manufacturers, logistics providers, distributors, cellular network carriers... | 0000320193-21-000105/full-submission.txt |
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