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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> |
<ownershipDocument> |
| <schemaVersion> X0306 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 4 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2021-03-31 </periodOfReport> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0001121788 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> GARMIN LTD </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> GRMN </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001533581 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> Straub Philip </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> 1200 E. 151ST ST. </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> OLATHE </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> KS </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 66062 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isOfficer> 1 </isOfficer> |
| | | <officerTitle> EVP, Man. Director - Aviation </officerTitle> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
| <nonDerivativeTable> |
| | <nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Registered Shares </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2021-03-31 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <transactionCoding> |
| <transactionFormType> 5 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> G </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
| </transactionCoding> |
| | | <transactionTimeliness> |
| <value> E </value> |
| </transactionTimeliness> |
| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 890 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 0 </value> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| </transactionAmounts> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 78569.5 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F2"/> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | </nonDerivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> On March 31, 2021, the reporting person gifted 890 shares to a charitable organization. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Includes 20,867 unvested shares acquired pursuant to previously granted restricted stock unit awards. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Andrew R. Etkind, Attorney-in-Fact </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2021-04-01 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |