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Zebra Technologies Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 2/13/20, at 4:03pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  877212-20-6   ·   File #:  0-19406

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 2/13/20  Zebra Technologies Corp           10-K       12/31/19  127:14M

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

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                Liabilities (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Information (Details)                                            
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                Awards Authorized and Available for Future Grant                 
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                Outstanding (Details)                                            
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                Assumptions Used for Grants of Stock Options and                 
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Plan (Details)                                                   
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                Benefits (Detail)                                                
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
79: R102        Segment Information and Geographic Data -           HTML     64K 
                Financial Information by Segment (Detail)                        
120: R103        Segment Information and Geographic Data - Net       HTML     55K  
                Sales to Significant Customers as a Percent of                   
                Total Net Sales (Detail)                                         
43: R104        Segment Information and Geographic Data - Net       HTML     63K 
                Sales by Country (Detail)                                        
27: R105        Segment Information and Geographic Data -           HTML     45K 
                Information Regarding Operations by Geographic                   
                Area (Detail)                                                    
78: R106        Supplementary Financial Information - Accrued       HTML     59K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
119: R107        Supplementary Financial Information - Summary of    HTML     60K  
                Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)                      
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