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Garmin Ltd – ‘10-Q’ for 9/24/16 – ‘XML’

On:  Wednesday, 10/26/16, at 5:06pm ET   ·   For:  9/24/16   ·   Accession #:  1615774-16-7773   ·   File #:  0-31983

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

10/26/16  Garmin Ltd                        10-Q        9/24/16   70:5.3M                                   S2 Filings LLC/FA

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

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12: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML     71K 
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63: R39         Marketable Securities (Details 3)                   HTML     51K 
64: R40         Marketable Securities (Details Narrative)           HTML     25K 
65: R41         Share Repurchase Plan (Details Narrative)           HTML     31K 
66: R42         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details)    HTML     82K 
67: R43         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details 1)  HTML     30K 
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