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Netgear, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/28/15 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 7/31/15, at 4:07pm ET   ·   For:  6/28/15   ·   Accession #:  1122904-15-57   ·   File #:  0-50350

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 7/31/15  Netgear, Inc.                     10-Q        6/28/15   79:9.1M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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                Certificate of Incorporation                                     
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                Principal Executive Officer                                      
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                Principal Financial Officer                                      
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                Officer                                                          
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                Operations                                                       
56: R4          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of       HTML     51K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
73: R5          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements Of      HTML    114K 
                Cash Flows                                                       
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51: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     33K 
38: R8          Balance Sheet Components                            HTML    143K 
29: R9          Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    276K 
74: R10         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     66K 
58: R11         Income Taxes                                        HTML     34K 
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65: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    106K 
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69: R21         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     64K 
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                Non-Current Assets (Details)                                     
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                Accrued Liabilities) (Details)                                   
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Values Of The Company's Derivative Instruments And               
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                Offsetting of Derivative Assets (Details)                        
72: R41         Derivative Financial Instruments Schedule of        HTML     61K 
                Offsetting of Derivate Liabilities (Details)                     
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                Company's Derivative Instruments On Other                        
                Comprehensive Income And The Consolidated                        
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                Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments)               
                (Details)                                                        
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                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income by                        
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                Reclassifications Out Of Accumulated Other                       
                Comprehensive Income) (Details)                                  
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15: R54         Employee Benefit Plans (Schedule Of Valuation And   HTML     38K 
                Expense Information) (Details)                                   
18: R55         Employee Benefit Plans (Schedule Of Total           HTML     40K 
                Stock-Based Compensation Expense Resulting From                  
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                Area(Narrative) (Details)                                        
21: R57         Segment Information and Operations By Geographic    HTML     69K 
                Area (Schedule Of Reportable Segment And                         
                Reconciliation Of Segment Contribution Income To                 
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                Area (Schedule Of Net Revenue By Geography                       
                Periods) (Details)                                               
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                Area (Schedule Of Long-Lived Asset By Geographic                 
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