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Ambarella Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 10/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Friday, 12/6/19, at 1:03pm ET   ·   For:  10/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1564590-19-45444   ·   File #:  1-35667

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

12/06/19  Ambarella Inc                     10-Q       10/31/19   83:12M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     44K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
59: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     80K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
70: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     42K 
                Loss (Unaudited)                                                 
40: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders'  HTML    101K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
11: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    113K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
62: R8          Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    114K 
                Policies                                                         
67: R9          Financial Instruments and Fair Value                HTML    278K 
77: R10         Inventories                                         HTML     44K 
50: R11         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     62K 
24: R12         Intangible Assets, Net                              HTML     90K 
33: R13         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities               HTML     53K 
78: R14         Leases                                              HTML    128K 
51: R15         Other Long-Term Liabilities                         HTML     50K 
26: R16         Capital Stock                                       HTML     44K 
34: R17         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML    284K 
76: R18         Net Loss Per Ordinary Share                         HTML    125K 
52: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     59K 
18: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     30K 
47: R21         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     80K 
73: R22         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    159K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
63: R23         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     61K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
19: R24         Financial Instruments and Fair Value (Tables)       HTML    281K 
48: R25         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     45K 
74: R26         Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)                HTML     61K 
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80: R33         Net Loss Per Ordinary Share (Tables)                HTML    128K 
30: R34         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     53K 
22: R35         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     76K 
53: R36         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     36K 
                Policies - Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and                
                Restricted Cash (Detail)                                         
79: R37         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     43K 
                Policies - Additional Information (Detail)                       
32: R38         Financial Instruments and Fair Value - Schedule of  HTML     55K 
                Available-for-Sale Securities at Fair Value                      
                (Detail)                                                         
21: R39         Financial Instruments and Fair Value - Schedule of  HTML     33K 
                Cash Equivalents and Marketable Debt Securities                  
                (Detail)                                                         
44: R40         Financial Instruments and Fair Value - Summary of   HTML     32K 
                Contractual Maturities of Investments (Detail)                   
17: R41         Financial Instruments and Fair Value - Schedule of  HTML     70K 
                Fair Value of Financial Instruments Measured on                  
                Recurring Basis (Detail)                                         
58: R42         Inventories - Schedule of Inventory (Detail)        HTML     34K 
66: R43         Property and Equipment, Net - Additional            HTML     28K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
43: R44         Property and Equipment, Net - Schedule of Property  HTML     46K 
                and Equipment (Detail)                                           
16: R45         Intangible Assets, Net - Additional Information     HTML     53K 
                (Detail)                                                         
57: R46         Intangible Assets, Net - Summary of Carrying        HTML     38K 
                Amounts of Intangible Assets (Detail)                            
65: R47         Intangible Assets, Net - Summary of Estimated       HTML     44K 
                Future Amortization Expense of Software Licenses                 
                (Detail)                                                         
45: R48         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities - Schedule    HTML     38K 
                of Accrued and Other Current Liabilities (Detail)                
15: R49         Leases - Additional Information (Detail)            HTML     73K 
27: R50         Leases - Schedule of Cumulative Effect of Changes   HTML     44K 
                to Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet for                      
                Adoption of ASC 842 (Detail)                                     
37: R51         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow         HTML     32K 
                Information Related to Leases (Detail)                           
81: R52         Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments  HTML     44K 
                for Lease Liabilities Excluding Additional Space                 
                for U.S. Office and Parma Lease (Detail)                         
55: R53         Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum Undiscounted    HTML     45K 
                Lease Payments (Detail)                                          
28: R54         Other Long-Term Liabilities - Schedule of Other     HTML     37K 
                Long-Term Liabilities (Detail)                                   
38: R55         Capital Stock - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     81K 
82: R56         Capital Stock - Schedule of Ordinary Shares         HTML     31K 
                Reserved for Future Issuance under EIP and ESPP                  
                (Detail)                                                         
56: R57         Stock-based Compensation - Classification of        HTML     35K 
                Stock-based Compensation (Detail)                                
29: R58         Stock-based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     52K 
                (Detail)                                                         
35: R59         Stock-based Compensation - Weighted-Average         HTML     42K 
                Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value (Detail)                 
69: R60         Stock-based Compensation - Stock Option Activities  HTML     71K 
                (Detail)                                                         
60: R61         Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock and     HTML     48K 
                Restricted Stock Units Activities (Detail)                       
12: R62         Net Loss Per Ordinary Share - Computation of Basic  HTML     52K 
                and Diluted Loss Per Ordinary Share (Detail)                     
39: R63         Net Loss Per Ordinary Share - Weighted-Average      HTML     36K 
                Potentially Dilutive Securities Excluded from                    
                Computation of Diluted Loss Per Ordinary Share                   
                (Detail)                                                         
72: R64         Income Taxes - Summary of Income Taxes (Detail)     HTML     36K 
61: R65         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     39K 
13: R66         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     36K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
42: R67         Segment Reporting - Additional Information          HTML     58K 
                (Detail)                                                         
68: R68         Segment Reporting - Company's Revenue by            HTML     40K 
                Geographic Region Based on Bill-to Location                      
                (Detail)                                                         
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