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Garmin Ltd – ‘10-K’ for 12/30/17 – ‘XML’

On:  Wednesday, 2/21/18, at 7:02am ET   ·   For:  12/30/17   ·   Accession #:  1615774-18-1344   ·   File #:  0-31983

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/21/18  Garmin Ltd                        10-K       12/30/17   90:8.5M                                   S2 Filings LLC/FA

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

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38: R22         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
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                (Details 4)                                                      
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                (Details 5)                                                      
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                (Details Narrative)                                              
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