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20100125
10-K/A
509
These contracts typically include extended phone support, repair services, web-based support resources, diagnostic tools, and extend the service coverage offered under the Company’s standard limited warranty.
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10-K/A
510
The Company sells software and peripheral products obtained from other companies.
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20100125
10-K/A
511
The Company generally establishes its own pricing and retains related inventory risk, is the primary obligor in sales transactions with its customers, and assumes the credit risk for amounts billed to its customers.
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20100125
10-K/A
512
Accordingly, the Company generally recognizes revenue for the sale of products obtained from other companies based on the gross amount billed.
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
513
The Company records reductions to revenue for estimated commitments related to price protection and for customer incentive programs, including reseller and end-user rebates, and other sales programs and volume-based incentives.
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20100125
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514
The estimated cost of these programs is accrued as a reduction to revenue in the period the Company has sold the product and committed to a plan.
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20100125
10-K/A
515
The Company also records reductions to revenue for expected future product returns based on the Company’s historical experience.
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20100125
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516
Revenue is recorded net of taxes collected from customers that are remitted to governmental authorities, with the collected taxes recorded as current liabilities until remitted to the relevant government authority.
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10-K/A
517
Revenue Recognition for Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables For multi-element arrangements that include tangible products that contain software that is essential to the tangible product’s functionality and undelivered software elements that relate to the tangible product’s essential software, the Company allocates ...
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
518
In such circumstances, the new accounting principles establish a hierarchy to determine the selling price to be used for allocating revenue to deliverables as follows: (i) vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value (“VSOE”), (ii) third-party evidence of selling price (“TPE”), and (iii) best estimate of the sellin...
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20100125
10-K/A
519
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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20100125
10-K/A
520
For both iPhone 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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20100125
10-K/A
521
The Company has identified two deliverables generally contained in arrangements involving the sale of iPhone and Apple TV.
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20100125
10-K/A
522
The first deliverable is the hardware and software essential to the functionality of the hardware device delivered at the time of sale, and the second deliverable is the right included with the purchase of iPhone and Apple TV to receive on a when-and-if-available basis future unspecified software upgrades and features ...
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523
The Company has allocated revenue between these two deliverables using the relative selling price method.
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524
Because the Company has neither VSOE nor TPE for the two deliverables the allocation of revenue has been based on the Company’s ESPs.
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20100125
10-K/A
525
Amounts allocated to the delivered hardware and the related essential software are recognized at the time of sale provided the other conditions for revenue recognition have been met.
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10-K/A
526
Amounts allocated to the unspecified software upgrade rights are deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the 24-month estimated life of the related hardware.
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20100125
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527
All product cost of sales, including estimated warranty costs, are generally recognized at the time of sale.
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20100125
10-K/A
528
Costs for engineering and sales and marketing are expensed as incurred.
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10-K/A
529
For all periods presented, the Company’s ESP for the software upgrade right included with each iPhone and Apple TV sold is $25 and $10, respectively.
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20100125
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530
The Company’s process for determining its ESP for deliverables without VSOE or TPE considers multiple factors that may vary depending upon the unique facts and circumstances related to each deliverable.
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531
The Company believes its customers, particularly consumers, would be reluctant to buy unspecified software upgrade rights related to iPhone and Apple TV.
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532
This view is primarily based on the fact that upgrade rights do not obligate the Company to provide upgrades at a particular time or at all, and do not specify to customers which upgrades or features will be delivered in the future.
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20100125
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533
Therefore, the Company has concluded that if it were to sell upgrade rights on a standalone basis, such as those included with iPhone and Apple TV, the selling price would be relatively low.
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534
Key factors considered by the Company in developing the ESPs for iPhone and Apple TV upgrade rights include prices charged by the Company for similar offerings, the Company’s historical pricing practices, the nature of the upgrade rights (e.g., unspecified and when-and-if-available), and the relative ESP of the upgrade...
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
535
In addition, when developing ESPs for products other than iPhone and Apple TV, the Company may consider other factors as appropriate including the pricing of competitive alternatives if they exist, and product-specific business objectives.
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10-K/A
536
The Company accounts for multiple element arrangements that consist only of software or software-related products, including the sale of upgrades to previously sold software, in accordance with industry specific accounting guidance for software and software-related transactions.
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
537
For such transactions, revenue on arrangements that include multiple elements is allocated to each element based on the relative fair value of each element, and fair value is generally determined by VSOE.
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538
If the Company cannot objectively determine the fair value of any undelivered element included in such multiple-element arrangements, the Company defers revenue until all elements are delivered and services have been performed, or until fair value can objectively be determined for any remaining undelivered elements.
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
539
When the fair value of a delivered element has not been established, but fair value exists for the undelivered elements, the Company uses the residual method to recognize revenue if the fair value of all undelivered elements is determinable.
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10-K/A
540
Under the residual method, the fair value of the undelivered elements is deferred and the remaining portion of the arrangement fee is allocated to the delivered elements and is recognized as revenue.
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
541
Except as described for iPhone and Apple TV, the Company generally does not offer specified or unspecified upgrade rights to its customers in connection with software sales or the sale of extended warranty and support contracts.
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
542
A limited number of the Company’s software products are available with maintenance agreements that grant customers rights to unspecified future upgrades over the maintenance term on a when and if available basis.
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20100125
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543
Revenue associated with such maintenance is recognized ratably over the maintenance term.
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0000320193
20100125
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544
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts The Company records its allowance for doubtful accounts based upon its assessment of various factors.
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20100125
10-K/A
545
The Company considers historical experience, the age of the accounts receivable balances, credit quality of the Company’s customers, current economic conditions, and other factors that may affect customers’ ability to pay.
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
546
Shipping Costs For all periods presented, amounts billed to customers related to shipping and handling are classified as revenue, and the Company’s shipping and handling costs are included in cost of sales.
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0000320193
20100125
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547
Warranty Expense The Company generally provides for the estimated cost of hardware and software warranties at the time the related revenue is recognized.
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20100125
10-K/A
548
The Company assesses the adequacy of its preexisting warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary based on actual experience and changes in future estimates.
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20100125
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549
Software Development Costs Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
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20100125
10-K/A
550
Development costs of computer software to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed are subject to capitalization beginning when a product’s technological feasibility has been established and ending when a product is available for general release to customers.
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
551
In most instances, the Company’s products are released soon after technological feasibility has been established.
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20100125
10-K/A
552
Therefore, costs incurred subsequent to achievement of technological feasibility are usually not significant, and generally most software development costs have been expensed.
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
553
In 2009 and 2008, the Company capitalized $71 million and $11 million, respectively, of costs associated with the development of Mac OS X Version 10.6 Snow Leopard (“Mac OS X Snow Leopard”), which was released during the fourth quarter of 2009.
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20100125
10-K/A
554
During 2007, the Company capitalized $75 million of costs associated with the development of Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard (“Mac OS X Leopard”) and iPhone software.
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20100125
10-K/A
555
The capitalized costs are being amortized to cost of sales on a straight-line basis over a three year estimated useful life of the underlying technology.
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20100125
10-K/A
556
Total amortization related to capitalized software development costs was $25 million, $27 million and $13 million in 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
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20100125
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557
Advertising Costs Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.
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20100125
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558
Advertising expense was $501 million, $486 million and $467 million for 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
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20100125
10-K/A
559
Stock-Based Compensation The Company accounts for stock-based payment transactions in which the Company receives employee services in exchange for (a) equity instruments of the enterprise or (b) liabilities that are based on the fair value of the enterprise’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of...
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20100125
10-K/A
560
Stock-based compensation cost for restricted stock units (“RSUs”) is measured based on the closing fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
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20100125
10-K/A
561
Stock-based compensation cost for stock options is estimated at the grant date based on each option’s fair-value as calculated by the Black-Scholes-Merton (“BSM”) option-pricing model.
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0000320193
20100125
10-K/A
562
The Company recognizes stock-based compensation cost as expense ratably on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
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20100125
10-K/A
563
The Company will recognize a benefit from stock-based compensation in equity if an incremental tax benefit is realized by following the ordering provisions of the tax law.
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20100125
10-K/A
564
In addition, the Company accounts for the indirect effects of stock-based compensation on the research tax credit, the foreign tax credit and the domestic manufacturing deduction through the income statement.
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20100125
10-K/A
565
Further information regarding stock-based compensation can be found in Note 8, “Shareholders’ Equity and Stock-Based Compensation” of this Form 10-K. Income Taxes The provision for income taxes is computed using the asset and liability method, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expec...
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20100125
10-K/A
566
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates that apply to taxable income in effect for the years in which those tax assets are expected to be realized or settled.
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20100125
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567
The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized.
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20100125
10-K/A
568
During 2008, the Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, Income Taxes (formerly referenced as FASB Financial Interpretation No.
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20100125
10-K/A
569
48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No.
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20100125
10-K/A
570
109), which changed the framework for accounting for uncertainty in income taxes.
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20100125
10-K/A
571
The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position.
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20100125
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572
The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such positions are then measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon settlement.
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20100125
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573
See Note 7, “Income Taxes” of this Form 10-K for additional information, including the effects of adoption on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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20100125
10-K/A
574
Earnings Per Common Share Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.
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20100125
10-K/A
575
Diluted earnings per common share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period increased to include the number of additional shares of common stock that would have been outstanding if the potentially dilutive secur...
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10-K/A
576
Potentially dilutive securities include outstanding stock options, shares to be purchased under the employee stock purchase plan and unvested RSUs.
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20100125
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577
The dilutive effect of potentially dilutive securities is reflected in diluted earnings per common share by application of the treasury stock method.
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20100125
10-K/A
578
Under the treasury stock method, an increase in the fair market value of the Company’s common stock can result in a greater dilutive effect from potentially dilutive securities.
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20100125
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579
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the three years ended September 26, 2009 (in thousands, except net income in millions and per share amounts): Potentially dilutive securities representing 12.6 million, 10.3 million and 13.7 million shares of common stock ...
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580
Comprehensive Income Comprehensive income consists of two components, net income and other comprehensive income.
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581
Other comprehensive income refers to revenue, expenses, gains and losses that under GAAP are recorded as an element of shareholders’ equity but are excluded from net income.
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582
The Company’s other comprehensive income consists of foreign currency translation adjustments from those subsidiaries not using the U.S. dollar as their functional currency, unrealized gains and losses on marketable securities categorized as available-for-sale, and net deferred gains and losses on certain derivative in...
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20100125
10-K/A
583
Segment Information The Company reports segment information based on the “management” approach.
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584
The management approach designates the internal reporting used by management for making decisions and assessing performance as the source of the Company’s reportable segments.
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20100125
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585
Information about the Company’s products, major customers and geographic areas on a company-wide basis is also disclosed.
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20100125
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586
Note 2 - Retrospective Adoption of New Accounting Principles In September 2009, the FASB amended the accounting standards related to revenue recognition for arrangements with multiple deliverables and arrangements that include software elements.
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587
In the first quarter of 2010, the Company adopted the new accounting principles on a retrospective basis.
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588
The Company believes retrospective adoption provides the most comparable and useful financial information for financial statement users, is more consistent with the information the Company’s management uses to evaluate its business, and better reflects the underlying economic performance of the Company.
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20100125
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589
The financial statements and notes to the financial statements presented herein have been adjusted to reflect the retrospective adoption of the new accounting principles.
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590
Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” under the subheadings “Basis of Presentation and Preparation” and “Revenue Recognition” of this Form 10-K provides additional information on the Company’s change in accounting resulting from the adoption of the new accounting principles and the Company’s revenue reco...
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20100125
10-K/A
591
The following tables present the effects of the retrospective adoption of the new accounting principles to the Company’s previously reported Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 26, 2009 and September 27, 2008 (in millions, except share amounts): The following tables present the effects of the retrospective adop...
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20100125
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592
As a result, prior year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.
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20100125
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593
The Company classifies its marketable securities as either short-term or long-term based on each instrument’s underlying contractual maturity date, while its prior classifications were based on the nature of the securities and their availability for use in current operations.
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20100125
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594
As a result of this change, marketable securities with maturities of less than 12 months are classified as short-term and marketable securities with maturities greater than 12 months are classified as long-term.
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595
The Company’s long-term marketable securities’ maturities range from one year to five years.
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The Company believes this new presentation is preferable as it more closely reflects the Company’s assessment of the timing of when such securities will be converted to cash.
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597
Accordingly, certain fixed-income investments totaling $2.4 billion have been reclassified from short-term marketable securities to long-term marketable securities in the September 27, 2008 Consolidated Balance Sheet to conform to the current year’s financial statement presentation.
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598
There have been no changes in the Company’s investment policies or practices associated with this change in accounting presentation.
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599
The following tables summarize the Company’s available-for-sale securities’ adjusted cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses and fair value by significant investment category as of September 26, 2009 and September 27, 2008 (in millions): The Company had net unrealized gains on its investment portfolio of ...
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600
The net unrealized gains as of September 26, 2009 and the net unrealized losses as of September 27, 2008 related primarily to long-term marketable securities.
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601
The Company may sell certain of its marketable securities prior to their stated maturities for strategic purposes, in anticipation of credit deterioration, or for duration management.
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602
The Company recognized no material net gains or losses during 2009, 2008 and 2007 related to such sales.
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603
The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value for investments in an unrealized loss position as of September 26, 2009 and September 27, 2008, aggregated by investment category and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position (in millions): The Company cons...
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604
The unrealized losses on the Company’s marketable securities were caused primarily by changes in market interest rates, specifically, widening credit spreads.
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605
The Company typically invests in highly-rated securities, and its policy generally limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer.
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606
The Company’s investment policy requires investments to be investment grade, primarily rated single-A or better, with the objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss.
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607
Fair values were determined for each individual security in the investment portfolio.
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608
When evaluating the investments for other-than-temporary impairment, the Company reviews factors such as the length of time and extent to which fair value has been below cost basis, the financial condition of the issuer and any changes thereto, and the Company’s intent to sell, or whether it is more likely than not it ...
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