Edgar Filing: QUALCOMM INC/DE

QCOM 3.29.15 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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(Mark one)



x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 29, 2015



o	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to .

Commission File Number 0-19528

QUALCOMM Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		95-3685934 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

5775 Morehouse Dr., San Diego, California (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		92121-1714 (Zip Code)

(858) 587-1121

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):



Large accelerated filer x	Accelerated filer o	Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the close of business on April 20, 2015, was as follows:



Class		Number of Shares
Common Stock, $0.0001 per share par value		1,629,569,117

INDEX



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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	6
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	43
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	43

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	43
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	43
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	44
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	44
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	44
Item 5.	Other Information	44
Item 6.	Exhibits	45

SIGNATURES		46

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

QUALCOMM Incorporated

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)



	March 29, 2015			September 28, 2014
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5,492		$	7,907
Marketable securities	10,063			9,658
Accounts receivable, net	2,058			2,412
Inventories	1,861			1,458
Deferred tax assets	533			577
Other current assets	733			401
Total current assets	20,740			22,413
Marketable securities	14,055			14,457
Deferred tax assets	1,049			1,174
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,523			2,487
Goodwill	4,388			4,488
Other intangible assets, net	2,482			2,580
Other assets	1,936			975
Total assets	$	47,173		$	48,574

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	$	1,683		$	2,183
Payroll and other benefits related liabilities	744			802
Unearned revenues	778			785
Short-term debt	1,096			—
Other current liabilities	1,868			2,243
Total current liabilities	6,169			6,013
Unearned revenues	2,667			2,967
Other liabilities	503			428
Total liabilities	9,339			9,408

Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)

Stockholders’ equity:
Qualcomm stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 8 shares authorized; none outstanding	—			—
Common stock and paid-in capital, $0.0001 par value; 6,000 shares authorized; 1,633 and 1,669 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	4,956			7,736
Retained earnings	32,411			30,799
Accumulated other comprehensive income	472			634
Total Qualcomm stockholders’ equity	37,839			39,169
Noncontrolling interests	(5		)	(3		)
Total stockholders’ equity	37,834			39,166
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	47,173		$	48,574

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

QUALCOMM Incorporated

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014
Revenues:
Equipment and services	$	4,403		$	4,229		$	9,619		$	8,881
Licensing	2,491			2,138			4,374			4,108
Total revenues	6,894			6,367			13,993			12,989
Costs and expenses:
Cost of equipment and services revenues	2,628			2,482			5,676			5,189
Research and development	1,375			1,356			2,726			2,683
Selling, general and administrative	545			539			1,112			1,162
Other	1,010			—			1,079			472
Total costs and expenses	5,558			4,377			10,593			9,506
Operating income	1,336			1,990			3,400			3,483
Investment income, net (Note 3)	203			282			437			546
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	1,539			2,272			3,837			4,029
Income tax expense	(487		)	(314		)	(814		)	(626		)
Income from continuing operations	1,052			1,958			3,023			3,403
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes (Note 10)	—			—			—			430
Net income	1,052			1,958			3,023			3,833
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	1			1			2			2
Net income attributable to Qualcomm	$	1,053		$	1,959		$	3,025		$	3,835

Basic earnings per share attributable to Qualcomm:
Continuing operations	$	0.64		$	1.16		$	1.83		$	2.02
Discontinued operations	—			—			—			0.25
Net income	$	0.64		$	1.16		$	1.83		$	2.27
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Qualcomm:
Continuing operations	$	0.63		$	1.14		$	1.80		$	1.98
Discontinued operations	—			—			—			0.25
Net income	$	0.63		$	1.14		$	1.80		$	2.23
Shares used in per share calculations:
Basic	1,645			1,688			1,653			1,688
Diluted	1,667			1,719			1,677			1,721

Dividends per share announced	$	0.42		$	0.35		$	0.84		$	0.70

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

QUALCOMM Incorporated

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In millions)

(Unaudited)



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014
Net income	$	1,052		$	1,958		$	3,023		$	3,833
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes:
Foreign currency translation (losses) gains	(10		)	—			(31		)	6
Reclassification of foreign currency translation losses included in net income	—			—			—			1
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses and subsequent changes in fair value related to certain available-for-sale debt securities	(1		)	1			(10		)	1
Reclassification of other-than-temporary losses on available-for-sale securities included in net income	19			72			60			92
Net unrealized gains (losses) on other available-for-sale marketable securities	98			102			(6		)	179
Reclassification of net realized gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income	(64		)	(144		)	(175		)	(217		)
Net unrealized gains on derivative instruments	2			1			—			8
Reclassification of net realized gains on derivative instruments included in net income	—			(7		)	—			(13		)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	44			25			(162		)	57
Total comprehensive income	1,096			1,983			2,861			3,890
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	1			1			2			2
Comprehensive income attributable to Qualcomm	$	1,097		$	1,984		$	2,863		$	3,892

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

QUALCOMM Incorporated

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In millions)

(Unaudited)



	Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014
Operating Activities:
Net income	$	3,023		$	3,833
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization expense	591			561
Gain on sale of discontinued operations	—			(665		)
Long-lived asset and goodwill impairment charges	138			479
Income tax provision in excess of income tax payments	73			268
Non-cash portion of share-based compensation expense	522			532
Incremental tax benefits from share-based compensation	(78		)	(169		)
Net realized gains on marketable securities and other investments	(277		)	(388		)
Impairment losses on marketable securities and other investments	106			159
Other items, net	(30		)	(20		)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net	338			(96		)
Inventories	(403		)	153
Other assets	(1,138		)	127
Trade accounts payable	(508		)	35
Payroll, benefits and other liabilities	(405		)	(102		)
Unearned revenues	(246		)	(112		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	1,706			4,595
Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(449		)	(797		)
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	(8,758		)	(7,827		)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities	8,631			5,684
Purchases of trading securities	(695		)	(1,814		)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of trading securities	710			1,793
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations, net of cash sold	—			788
Acquisitions and other investments, net of cash acquired	(178		)	(347		)
Other items, net	49			62
Net cash used by investing activities	(690		)	(2,458		)
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	417			953
Repurchases and retirements of common stock	(3,611		)	(2,004		)
Dividends paid	(1,385		)	(1,179		)
Proceeds from short-term debt	1,095			—
Incremental tax benefits from share-based compensation	78			169
Change in obligations under securities lending	(2		)	123
Other items, net	(8		)	(3		)
Net cash used by financing activities	(3,416		)	(1,941		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(15		)	(1		)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(2,415		)	195
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	7,907			6,142
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	5,492		$	6,337

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

QUALCOMM Incorporated

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1 — Basis of Presentation

Financial Statement Preparation. These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by QUALCOMM Incorporated (collectively with its subsidiaries, the Company or Qualcomm) in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information and the instructions to Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the interim financial information includes all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. These condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2014. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of operating results for an entire fiscal year. The Company operates and reports using a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the last Sunday in September. Each of the three-month and six-month periods ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014 included 13 weeks and 26 weeks, respectively.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and the disclosure of contingent amounts in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Earnings Per Common Share. Basic earnings per common share are computed by dividing net income attributable to Qualcomm by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per common share are computed by dividing net income attributable to Qualcomm by the combination of dilutive common share equivalents, comprised of shares issuable under the Company’s share-based compensation plans and shares subject to written put options, if any, and the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Dilutive common share equivalents include the dilutive effect of in-the-money share equivalents, which are calculated based on the average share price for each period using the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, the exercise price of an award, if any, the amount of compensation cost for future service that the Company has not yet recognized, if any, and the estimated tax benefits that would be recorded in paid-in capital when an award is settled, if any, are assumed to be used to repurchase shares in the current period. The dilutive common share equivalents, calculated using the treasury stock method, for the three and six months ended March 29, 2015 were 21,588,000 and 23,295,000, respectively. The dilutive common share equivalents, calculated using the treasury stock method, for the three and six months ended March 30, 2014 were 30,989,000 and 32,656,000, respectively. Shares of common stock equivalents outstanding that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share because the effect would be anti-dilutive or certain performance conditions were not satisfied at the end of the period were 18,000 and 744,000 during the three and six months ended March 29, 2015, respectively, and 12,000 and 413,000 during the three and six months ended March 30, 2014, respectively.

Share-Based Compensation. Total share-based compensation expense, related to all of the Company’s share-based awards, was comprised as follows (in millions):



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014
Cost of equipment and services revenues	$	11		$	13		$	23		$	25
Research and development	158			163			333			336
Selling, general and administrative	80			75			166			171
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	249			251			522			532
Related income tax benefit	(43		)	(53		)	(86		)	(109		)
	$	206		$	198		$	436		$	423

The Company recorded $81 million and $82 million in share-based compensation expense during the six months ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014, respectively, related to share-based awards granted during those periods. At March 29, 2015, total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested restricted stock units granted prior to that date was $1.3 billion, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years. During the six months ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014, net share-based awards granted, after forfeitures and

QUALCOMM Incorporated

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

cancelations, represented 0.4% of outstanding shares as of the beginning of each fiscal period, and total share-based awards granted represented 0.5% of outstanding shares as of the end of each fiscal period.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” which outlines a comprehensive revenue recognition model and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance. The new standard requires a company to recognize revenue upon transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the expected consideration to be received in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five-step approach for recognizing revenue, which may require a company to use more judgment and make more estimates than under the current guidance. The ASU as currently issued will be effective for the Company starting in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. On April 1, 2015, the FASB voted to propose a one-year deferral to the effective date, but to permit entities to adopt one year earlier if they choose (i.e., the original effective date). The proposal will be subject to the FASB’s due process requirement, which includes a period for public comments. The new standard allows for two methods of adoption: (a) full retrospective adoption, meaning the standard is applied to all periods presented, or (b) modified retrospective adoption, meaning the cumulative effect of applying the new standard is recognized as an adjustment to the opening retained earnings balance. The Company is in the process of determining the adoption method as well as the effects the adoption will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Note 2 — Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items



Accounts Receivable (in millions)
	March 29, 2015		September 28, 2014
Trade, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $5 and $5, respectively	$	2,040	$	2,362
Long-term contracts	11		17
Other	7		33
	$	2,058	$	2,412



Inventories (in millions)
	March 29, 2015		September 28, 2014
Raw materials	$	1	$	1
Work-in-process	903		656
Finished goods	957		801
	$	1,861	$	1,458



Other Current Liabilities (in millions)
	March 29, 2015		September 28, 2014
Customer incentives and other customer-related liabilities	$	1,452	$	1,777
Other	416		466
	$	1,868	$	2,243

QUALCOMM Incorporated

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(Unaudited)

Note 3 — Investment Income, Net (in millions)



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014
Interest and dividend income	$	138		$	167		$	272		$	322
Interest expense	(1		)	(3		)	(2		)	(5		)
Net realized gains on marketable securities	108			243			264			371
Net realized gains on other investments	3			—			13			17
Impairment losses on marketable securities	(27		)	(112		)	(89		)	(141		)
Impairment losses on other investments	(14		)	(11		)	(17		)	(18		)
Net gains on derivative instruments	2			—			6			4
Equity in net losses of investees	(9		)	(4		)	(13		)	(5		)
Net gains on deconsolidation of subsidiaries	3			2			3			1
	$	203		$	282		$	437		$	546

Note 4 — Income Taxes

The Company estimates its annual effective income tax rate for continuing operations to be approximately 21% for fiscal 2015, which is greater than its 14% effective income tax rate for fiscal 2014. Tax benefits from foreign income taxed at rates lower than rates in the United States are expected to be approximately 17% in fiscal 2015, compared to 20% in fiscal 2014.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2015, the China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) imposed a $975 million fine on the Company (Note 7). The fine is not deductible for tax purposes. Given the significant unusual nature of the fine, it was accounted for discretely in the second quarter of fiscal 2015. Also, during the second quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company recorded a $61 million tax benefit as a result of a favorable tax audit settlement with the Internal Revenue Service related to Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.’s pre-acquisition 2010 and 2011 tax returns.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the United States government reinstated the federal research and development tax credit retroactively to January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. As a result of the reinstatement, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $101 million related to fiscal 2014 in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. Additionally, the estimated annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2015 reflects the United States federal research and development tax credit generated through December 31, 2014, the date on which the credit expired. The annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2014 reflected the tax benefit from the credit generated through December 31, 2013, the date on which the credit previously expired.

Note 5 — Stockholders’ Equity

Changes in stockholders’ equity for the six months ended March 29, 2015 were as follows (in millions):

QUALCOMM Incorporated

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)



	Qualcomm Stockholders’ Equity			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Stockholders’ Equity
Balance at September 28, 2014	$	39,169		$	(3	)	$	39,166
Net income (loss)	3,025			(2		)	3,023
Other comprehensive loss	(162		)	—			(162		)
Common stock issued under employee benefit plans and related tax benefits	476			—			476
Share-based compensation	548			—			548
Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units	(193		)	—			(193		)
Dividends	(1,412		)	—			(1,412		)
Stock repurchases	(3,611		)	—			(3,611		)
Other	(1		)	—			(1		)
Balance at March 29, 2015	$	37,839		$	(5	)	$	37,834

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. Changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of income taxes, in Qualcomm stockholders’ equity during the six months ended March 29, 2015 were as follows (in millions):



	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Noncredit Other-than-Temporary Impairment Losses and Subsequent Changes in Fair Value for Certain Available-for-Sale Debt Securities			Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Other Available-for-Sale Securities			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance at September 28, 2014	$	(113	)	$	24		$	723		$	634
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications	(31		)	(7		)	(6		)	(44		)
Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			4			(122		)	(118		)
Other comprehensive loss	(31		)	(3		)	(128		)	(162		)
Balance at March 29, 2015	$	(144	)	$	21		$	595		$	472

Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income related to available-for-sale securities and foreign currency translation adjustment of $47 million and $118 million for the three and six months ended March 29, 2015, respectively, and $71 million and $124 million for the three and six months ended March 30, 2014, respectively, were recorded in investment income, net (Note 3). Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income related to derivative instruments of $7 million and $13 million for the three and six months ended March 30, 2014, respectively, were recorded in revenues, cost of equipment and services revenues, research and development expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses.

Stock Repurchase Program. On March 9, 2015, the Company announced a stock repurchase program authorizing it to repurchase up to $15 billion of the Company’s common stock. The stock repurchase program has no expiration date. The $15 billion stock repurchase program replaced a $7.8 billion stock repurchase program announced on March 4, 2014, of which $2.1 billion remained authorized for repurchase. During the six months ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014, the Company repurchased and retired 50,699,000 and 27,586,000 shares of common stock, respectively, for $3.6 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, before commissions. At March 29, 2015, approximately $14.5 billion remained authorized for repurchase under the Company’s stock repurchase program. Since March 29, 2015, the Company repurchased and retired 5,061,000 shares of common stock for $345 million.

Dividends. On March 9, 2015, the Company announced a 14% increase in its quarterly cash dividend per share of common stock from $0.42 to $0.48, which is effective for dividends payable after March 25, 2015. On April 8, 2015, the Company announced a cash dividend of $0.48 per share on the Company’s common stock, payable on June 24, 2015 to

QUALCOMM Incorporated

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 3, 2015. During the six months ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014, dividends charged to retained earnings were as follows (in millions, except per share data):



	2015				2014
	Per Share		Total		Per Share		Total
First quarter	$	0.42	$	710	$	0.35	$	599
Second quarter	0.42		702		0.35		599
	$	0.84	$	1,412	$	0.70	$	1,198

Note 6 — Debt

In February 2015, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit Facility that provides for unsecured revolving facility loans, swing line loans and letters of credit in an aggregate amount of up to $4.0 billion, expiring in February 2020. Proceeds from the Revolving Credit Facility will be used for general corporate purposes. Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest, at the option of the Company, at either LIBOR (determined in accordance with the Revolving Credit Facility) plus a margin of 0.7% per annum or the Base Rate (determined in accordance with the Revolving Credit Facility), plus an initial margin of 0% per annum. The Revolving Credit Facility has a facility fee, which initially accrues at a rate of 0.05% per annum. The Revolving Credit Facility requires that the Company comply with certain covenants, including one financial covenant to maintain a ratio of consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to consolidated interest expense, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility, of not less than three to one at the end of each fiscal quarter. At March 29, 2015, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenant, and the Company had not borrowed any funds under the Revolving Credit Facility.

In March 2015, the Company began an unsecured commercial paper program, which provides for the issuance of up to $4.0 billion of commercial paper. Net proceeds from this program are used for general corporate purposes. Maturities of commercial paper can range from 1 day to up to 397 days. At March 29, 2015, the Company had $1.1 billion of outstanding commercial paper recorded as short-term debt with a weighted-average interest rate of 0.14%, which included fees paid to the commercial paper dealers, and weighted-average remaining days to maturity of 58 days. The carrying value of the outstanding commercial paper approximated its estimated fair value at March 29, 2015.

Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings. ParkerVision, Inc. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated: On July 20, 2011, ParkerVision filed a complaint against the Company in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleging that certain of the Company’s products infringe seven of its patents alleged to cover direct down-conversion receivers. ParkerVision’s complaint sought damages and injunctive and other relief. Subsequently, ParkerVision narrowed its allegations to assert only four patents. On October 17, 2013, the jury returned a verdict finding all asserted claims of the four at-issue patents to be infringed and finding that none of the asserted claims are invalid. On October 24, 2013, the jury returned a separate verdict assessing total past damages of approximately $173 million and finding that the Company’s infringement was not willful. The Company recorded the verdict amount in fiscal 2013 as a charge in other expenses. Post-verdict motions, including the Company’s motions for judgment as a matter of law and a new trial on invalidity and non-infringement and ParkerVision’s motions for injunctive relief and ongoing royalties, were filed by January 24, 2014. A hearing on these motions was held on May 1, 2014. On June 20, 2014, the court granted the Company’s motion to overturn the infringement verdict, denied the Company’s motion to overturn the invalidity verdict, and denied the remaining motions as moot. The court then entered judgment in the Company’s favor. As a result of the court’s judgment, the Company is not liable for any damages to ParkerVision, and therefore, the Company reversed all recorded amounts related to the damages verdict in fiscal 2014. On June 25, 2014, ParkerVision filed a notice of appeal with the court. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear the appeal on May 8, 2015 and issue a decision sometime thereafter. On May 1, 2014, ParkerVision filed another complaint against the Company in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleging patent infringement. On August 21, 2014, ParkerVision amended the compliant, now captioned ParkerVision, Inc. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, broadening the allegations. ParkerVision now alleges that the Company infringes 11 additional patents and seeks damages and injunctive and other relief. The Company was served with the complaint in this

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second action on August 28, 2014 and answered on November 17, 2014. The judge’s schedule sets the claim construction hearing for August 12, 2015, the close of discovery for January 2016 and the trial for August 2016.

Nvidia Corporation v. Qualcomm Incorporated: On September 4, 2014, Nvidia filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and also with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) pursuant to Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 against the Company, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and other Samsung entities, alleging infringement of seven patents related to graphics processing. In the ITC complaint, Nvidia seeks an exclusion order barring the importation of certain consumer electronics and display device products, including some that incorporate the Company’s chip products, that infringe, induce infringement and/or contribute to the infringement of at least one of the seven asserted graphics processing patents as well as a cease and desist order preventing the Company from carrying out commercial activities within the United States related to such products. In the District of Delaware complaint, Nvidia is seeking an award of damages for the infringement of the asserted patents, a finding that such infringement is willful and treble damages for such willful infringement, and an order permanently enjoining the Company from infringing the asserted patents. The ITC instituted an investigation into Nvidia’s allegations on October 6, 2014. On April 2, 2015, the Administrative Law Judge in the ITC investigation issued a claim construction order construing seven claim terms from five of the seven asserted patents. The evidentiary hearing for the investigation is set for June 22 to June 26, 2015. The Initial Determination of the Administrative Law Judge is due October 9, 2015, and the target date for completion of the investigation by the ITC is set for February 10, 2016. The district court case was stayed on October 23, 2014 pending completion of the ITC investigation including appeals.

Icera Complaint to the European Commission (Commission): On June 7, 2010, the Commission notified and provided the Company with a redacted copy of a complaint filed with the Commission by Icera, Inc. (subsequently acquired by Nvidia Corporation) alleging that the Company has engaged in anticompetitive activity. The Company was asked by the Commission to submit a preliminary response to the portions of the complaint disclosed to it, and the Company submitted its response in July 2010. Subsequently, the Company has provided and continues to provide additional documents and information as requested by the Commission. The Company continues to cooperate with the Commission’s preliminary investigation.

Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) Complaint: On January 4, 2010, the KFTC issued a written decision finding that the Company had violated South Korean law by offering certain discounts and rebates for purchases of its CDMA chips and for including in certain agreements language requiring the continued payment of royalties after all licensed patents have expired. The KFTC levied a fine, which the Company paid and recorded as an expense in fiscal 2010. The Company appealed to the Seoul High Court, and on June 19, 2013, the Seoul High Court affirmed the KFTC’s decision. On July 4, 2013, the Company filed an appeal with the Korea Supreme Court. There have been no material developments during fiscal 2015 with respect to this matter.

Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Complaint: The JFTC received unspecified complaints alleging that the Company’s business practices are, in some way, a violation of Japanese law. On September 29, 2009, the JFTC issued a cease and desist order concluding that the Company’s Japanese licensees were forced to cross-license patents to the Company on a royalty-free basis and were forced to accept a provision under which they agreed not to assert their essential patents against the Company’s other licensees who made a similar commitment in their license agreements with the Company. The cease and desist order seeks to require the Company to modify its existing license agreements with Japanese companies to eliminate these provisions while preserving the license of the Company’s patents to those companies. The Company disagrees with the conclusions that it forced its Japanese licensees to agree to any provision in the parties’ agreements and that those provisions violate the Japanese Antimonopoly Act. The Company has invoked its right under Japanese law to an administrative hearing before the JFTC. In February 2010, the Tokyo High Court granted the Company’s motion and issued a stay of the cease and desist order pending the administrative hearing before the JFTC. The JFTC has held hearings on 26 different dates, with the next hearing scheduled for May 25, 2015.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Formal Order of Private Investigation and Department of Justice Investigation: On September 8, 2010, the Company was notified by the SEC’s Los Angeles Regional office of a formal order of private investigation. The Company understands that the investigation arose from a “whistleblower’s” allegations made in December 2009 to the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and to the SEC. In 2010, the audit committee completed an internal review of the allegations with the assistance of independent counsel and independent forensic accountants. This internal review into the whistleblower’s allegations and related accounting practices did not identify any errors in the Company’s financial statements. On January 27, 2012, the Company learned that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California/Department of Justice (collectively, DOJ) had

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begun an investigation regarding the Company’s compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). As discussed below, FCPA compliance is also the focus of the SEC investigation. The audit committee conducted an internal review of the Company’s compliance with the FCPA and its related policies and procedures with the assistance of independent counsel and independent forensic accountants. The audit committee has completed this comprehensive review, made findings consistent with the Company’s findings described below and suggested enhancements to the Company’s overall FCPA compliance program. In part as a result of the audit committee’s review, the Company has made and continues to make enhancements to its FCPA compliance program, including implementation of the audit committee’s recommendations.

As previously disclosed, the Company discovered, and as a part of its cooperation with these investigations informed the SEC and the DOJ of, instances in which special hiring consideration, gifts or other benefits (collectively, benefits) were provided to several individuals associated with Chinese state-owned companies or agencies. Based on the facts currently known, the Company believes the aggregate monetary value of the benefits in question to be less than $250,000, excluding employment compensation.

On March 13, 2014, the Company received a Wells Notice from the SEC’s Los Angeles Regional Office indicating that the staff has made a preliminary determination to recommend that the SEC file an enforcement action against the Company for violations of the anti-bribery, books and records and internal control provisions of the FCPA. The bribery allegations relate to benefits offered or provided to individuals associated with Chinese state-owned companies or agencies. The Wells Notice indicated that the recommendation could involve a civil injunctive action and could seek remedies that include disgorgement of profits, the retention of an independent compliance monitor to review the Company’s FCPA policies and procedures, an injunction, civil monetary penalties and prejudgment interest.

A Wells Notice is not a formal allegation or finding by the SEC of wrongdoing or violation of law. Rather, the purpose of a Wells Notice is to give the recipient an opportunity to make a “Wells submission” setting forth reasons why the proposed enforcement action should not be filed and/or bringing additional facts to the SEC’s attention before any decision is made by the SEC as to whether to commence a proceeding. On April 4, 2014 and May 29, 2014, the Company made Wells submissions to the staff of the Los Angeles Regional Office explaining why the Company believes it has not violated the FCPA and therefore enforcement action is not warranted.

The Company is continuing to cooperate with the SEC and the DOJ, but is unable to predict the outcome of their investigations or any actions that the SEC or DOJ may decide to file.

China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Investigation: In November 2013, the NDRC notified the Company that it had commenced an investigation of the Company relating to China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML). The investigation concerned primarily the Company’s licensing business and certain interactions between the Company’s licensing business and its chipset business. On February 9, 2015, the Company announced that it had reached a resolution with the NDRC regarding the investigation. The NDRC issued an Administrative Sanction Decision finding that the Company had violated the AML, and the Company agreed to implement a rectification plan that modifies certain of its business practices in China. The NDRC has reviewed that plan and stated that it satisfies their decision. The Company will not pursue further legal proceedings contesting the NDRC’s findings.

The key terms of the rectification plan provide that the Company will offer licenses for devices under its current 3G and 4G essential Chinese patents separately from licenses to its other patents and will provide patent lists during the negotiation process. If the Company seeks a cross license from a Chinese licensee as part of such offer, it will negotiate with the licensee in good faith and provide fair consideration for such rights. For licenses of the Company’s 3G and 4G essential Chinese patents for branded devices sold for use in China starting on January 1, 2015, the Company will charge running royalties of 5% for 3G CDMA or WCDMA devices (including multimode 3G/4G devices) and 3.5% for 4G devices that do not implement CDMA or WCDMA (including 3-mode LTE-TDD devices), in each case using a royalty base of 65% of the net selling price of the device. Consistent with the plan, the Company has offered its existing licensees the revised terms for sales of devices for use in China. The plan also provides that the Company will not condition the sale of baseband chipsets on the chipset customer signing a license agreement with terms that the NDRC found to be unreasonable or on the chipset customer not challenging unreasonable terms in its license agreement. The rectification plan does not require the Company to sell chipsets to any entity that is not a patent licensee of the Company.

In addition, the NDRC imposed a fine on the Company of 6.088 billion Chinese Yuan Renminbi (approximately $975 million), which the Company has paid. The Company recorded the amount of the fine in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 as a charge in other expenses.

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Investigation: On September 17, 2014, the FTC notified the Company that it is conducting an investigation of the Company relating to Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. The FTC has notified the Company that it is investigating conduct related to standard essential patents and pricing and contracting practices with respect to baseband processors and related products. If a violation of Section 5 is found, a broad range of remedies is potentially available to the FTC, including imposing a fine or requiring modifications to the Company’s business practices. At this stage of the investigation, it is difficult to predict the outcome of this matter or what remedies, if any, may be imposed by the FTC. The Company continues to cooperate with the FTC as it conducts its investigation.

European Commission (Commission) Investigation: On October 15, 2014, the Commission notified the Company that it is conducting an investigation of the Company relating to Article 101 and/or 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and Article 53 and/or 54 of the Agreement for the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement). The Company understands that the investigation concerns the sale and/or marketing of the Company’s baseband chipsets, including alleged conditions relating to the provision by the Company of rebates and/or other financial incentives. If a violation is found, a broad range of remedies is potentially available to the Commission, including imposing a fine and/or injunctive relief prohibiting or restricting certain business practices. Given that this investigation is in its early stages, it is difficult to predict the outcome or what remedies, if any, may be imposed by the Commission. The Company continues to cooperate with the Commission as it conducts its investigation.

Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) Investigation: On March 17, 2015, the KFTC notified the Company that it is conducting an investigation of the Company relating to the Korean Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (MRFTA). The Company understands that this investigation concerns primarily its licensing business. If a violation of the MRFTA is found, a broad range of remedies is potentially available to the KFTC, including imposing a fine or requiring modifications to the Company’s licensing practices. Given that this investigation is in its early stages, it is difficult to predict the outcome of this matter or what remedies, if any, may be imposed by the KFTC. The Company continues to cooperate with the KFTC as it conducts its investigation.

With the exception of the NDRC matter, which has been resolved, the Company will continue to vigorously defend itself in the foregoing matters. However, litigation and investigations are inherently uncertain. Accordingly, the Company cannot predict the outcome of these matters. The Company has not recorded any accrual at March 29, 2015 for contingent losses associated with these matters based on its belief that losses, while possible, are not probable. Further, any possible range of loss cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. The unfavorable resolution of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. The Company is engaged in numerous other legal actions not described above arising in the ordinary course of its business and, while there can be no assurance, believes that the ultimate outcome of these other legal actions will not have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

Indemnifications. The Company generally does not indemnify its customers and licensees for losses sustained from infringement of third-party intellectual property rights. However, the Company is contingently liable under certain product sales, services, license and other agreements to indemnify certain customers against certain types of liability and/or damages arising from qualifying claims of patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret infringement by products or services sold or provided by the Company. The Company’s obligations under these agreements may be limited in terms of time and/or amount, and in some instances, the Company may have recourse against third parties for certain payments made by the Company. Through March 29, 2015, the Company has received a number of claims from its direct and indirect customers and other third parties for indemnification under such agreements with respect to alleged infringement of third-party intellectual property rights by its products.

These indemnification arrangements are not initially measured and recognized at fair value because they are deemed to be similar to product warranties in that they relate to claims and/or other actions that could impair the ability of the Company’s direct or indirect customers to use the Company’s products or services. Accordingly, the Company records liabilities resulting from the arrangements when they are probable and can be reasonably estimated. Reimbursements under indemnification arrangements have not been material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company has not recorded any accrual for contingent liabilities at March 29, 2015 associated with these indemnification arrangements, other than insignificant amounts, based on the Company’s belief that additional liabilities, while possible, are not probable. Further, any possible range of loss cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Purchase Obligations. The Company has agreements with suppliers and other parties to purchase inventory, other goods and services and long-lived assets. Obligations under these agreements at March 29, 2015 for the remainder of fiscal 2015 and for each of the subsequent four years from fiscal 2016 through 2019 were approximately $3.2 billion,

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$1.2 billion, $941 million, $797 million and $733 million, respectively, and $208 million thereafter. Of these amounts, for the remainder of fiscal 2015 and for each of the subsequent four years from fiscal 2016 through 2019, commitments to purchase integrated circuit product inventories comprised $2.5 billion, $994 million, $794 million, $715 million and $665 million, respectively, and $185 million thereafter. Integrated circuit product inventory obligations represent purchase commitments for wafers, die, finished goods and manufacturing services, such as wafer bump, probe, assembly and final test. Under the Company’s manufacturing relationships with its foundry suppliers and assembly and test service providers, cancelation of outstanding purchase commitments is generally allowed but requires payment of costs incurred through the date of cancelation, and in some cases, incremental fees related to capacity underutilization.

Operating Leases. The Company leases certain of its land, facilities and equipment under noncancelable operating leases, with terms ranging from less than one year to 20 years and with provisions in certain leases for cost-of-living increases. Future minimum lease payments for the remainder of fiscal 2015 and for each of the subsequent four years from fiscal 2016 through 2019 are $45 million, $80 million, $61 million, $33 million and $21 million, respectively, and $21 million thereafter.

Note 8 — Segment Information

The Company is organized on the basis of products and services. The Company conducts business primarily through two reportable segments: QCT (Qualcomm CDMA Technologies) and QTL (Qualcomm Technology Licensing), and its QSI (Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives) reportable segment makes strategic investments. The Company also has nonreportable segments, including its QMT (Qualcomm MEMS Technologies), Pixtronix and Small Cells divisions and other wireless technology and service initiatives.

The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based on earnings (loss) before income taxes (EBT) from continuing operations. Segment EBT includes the allocation of certain corporate expenses to the segments, including depreciation and amortization expense related to unallocated corporate assets. Certain income and charges are not allocated to segments in the Company’s management reports because they are not considered in evaluating the segments’ operating performance. Unallocated income and charges include certain net investment income; certain share-based compensation; and certain research and development expenses, selling, general and administrative expenses and other expenses or income that were deemed to be not directly related to the businesses of the segments. Additionally, unallocated charges include recognition of the step-up of inventories to fair value, amortization and impairment of certain intangible assets and certain other acquisition-related charges, and beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, third-party acquisition and integration services costs and certain other items, which may include major restructuring and restructuring-related costs, goodwill and long-lived asset impairment charges and litigation settlements and/or damages. The table below presents revenues and EBT for reportable segments (in millions):

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	QCT		QTL		QSI			Reconciling Items			Total
For the three months ended
March 29, 2015
Revenues	$	4,434	$	2,414	$	—		$	46		$	6,894
EBT	750		2,162		(32		)	(1,341		)	1,539
March 30, 2014
Revenues	$	4,243	$	2,071	$	—		$	53		$	6,367
EBT	740		1,834		(39		)	(263		)	2,272

For the six months ended
March 29, 2015
Revenues	$	9,676	$	4,230	$	—		$	87		$	13,993
EBT	1,896		3,741		(33		)	(1,767		)	3,837
March 30, 2014
Revenues	$	8,859	$	3,971	$	—		$	159		$	12,989
EBT	1,646		3,504		(35		)	(1,086		)	4,029

Intersegment revenues included in QCT revenues were negligible in all periods presented. All other revenues for reportable segments were from external customers for all periods presented.

Reconciling items in the previous table were as follows (in millions):



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014
Revenues
Nonreportable segments	$	47		$	53		$	90		$	162
Intersegment eliminations	(1		)	—			(3		)	(3		)
	$	46		$	53		$	87		$	159
EBT
Unallocated cost of equipment and services revenues	$	(74	)	$	(75	)	$	(152	)	$	(148	)
Unallocated research and development expenses	(226		)	(217		)	(437		)	(434		)
Unallocated selling, general and administrative expenses	(100		)	(85		)	(249		)	(210		)
Unallocated other expense	(1,010		)	—			(1,079		)	(12		)
Unallocated investment income, net	232			314			462			571
Nonreportable segments	(163		)	(200		)	(311		)	(853		)
Intersegment eliminations	—			—			(1		)	—
	$	(1,341	)	$	(263	)	$	(1,767	)	$	(1,086	)

Unallocated other expense for the six months ended March 29, 2015 included a $975 million charge related to the resolution reached with the NDRC (Note 7) and $104 million in goodwill impairment charges related to two of the Company’s nonreportable segments (Note 11). Nonreportable segments EBT for the six months ended March 30, 2014 included $444 million in impairment charges related to property, plant and equipment (Note 11).

Unallocated acquisition-related expenses were comprised as follows (in millions):

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	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014		March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014
Cost of equipment and services revenues	$	63	$	62	$	129	$	123
Research and development expenses	3		22		8		23
Selling, general and administrative expenses	13		6		25		13

Segment assets are comprised of accounts receivable and inventories for all reportable segments other than QSI. QSI segment assets include certain marketable securities, notes receivable, wireless spectrum, other investments and all assets of consolidated subsidiaries included in QSI. Total segment assets differ from total assets on a consolidated basis as a result of unallocated corporate assets primarily comprised of certain cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, property, plant and equipment, deferred tax assets, goodwill, other intangible assets and assets of nonreportable segments. Segment assets and reconciling items were as follows (in millions):



	March 29, 2015		September 28, 2014
QCT	$	3,412	$	3,639
QTL	475		161
QSI	614		484
Reconciling items	42,672		44,290
Total consolidated assets	$	47,173	$	48,574

Note 9 — Acquisitions

In October 2014, the Company announced that it had reached agreement with CSR plc on the terms of a recommended cash offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of CSR for £9.00 per ordinary share, which values the entire issued and to be issued share capital of CSR at approximately £1.6 billion (approximately $2.3 billion based upon an exchange rate of USD: GBP 1.4929). CSR is an innovator in the development of multifunction semiconductor platforms and technologies for the automotive, consumer and voice and music market categories. The acquisition complements the Company’s current offerings by adding products, channels and customers in the growth categories of the Internet of Everything and automotive infotainment, accelerating the Company’s presence and path to leadership. The acquisition has received approval of CSR’s shareholders, and every required regulatory agency has either provided approval or declined to exercise jurisdiction, except for the Ministry of Commerce in China. The completion of the acquisition remains subject to satisfaction of additional conditions. Subject to the satisfaction of these conditions, the acquisition is expected to close by the end of the summer of 2015. In connection with the pending acquisition, the Company agreed to set aside certain cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (Note 12).

Note 10 — Discontinued Operations

On November 25, 2013, the Company completed its sale of the North and Latin America operations of its Omnitracs division to a U.S.-based private equity firm for cash consideration of $788 million (net of cash sold). As a result, the Company recorded a gain in discontinued operations of $665 million ($430 million net of income tax expense) during fiscal 2014. The revenues and operating results of the North and Latin America operations of the Omnitracs division, which comprised substantially all of the Omnitracs division, were not presented as discontinued operations in any fiscal period because they were immaterial.

Note 11 — Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 29, 2015 (in millions):

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	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Cash equivalents	$	2,453	$	2,751	$	—	$	5,204
Marketable securities (a)
U.S. Treasury securities and government-related securities	252		1,209		—		1,461
Corporate bonds and notes	—		15,440		—		15,440
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities	—		1,355		181		1,536
Auction rate securities	—		—		47		47
Common and preferred stock	676		715		—		1,391
Equity funds	646		—		—		646
Debt funds	—		3,597		—		3,597
Total marketable securities	1,574		22,316		228		24,118
Derivative instruments	1		6		—		7
Other investments (a)	318		—		—		318
Total assets measured at fair value	$	4,346	$	25,073	$	228	$	29,647
Liabilities
Derivative instruments	$	2	$	4	$	—	$	6
Other liabilities	294		—		—		294
Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	296	$	4	$	—	$	300

(a) Included amounts that are restricted (Note 12).

Activity between Levels of the Fair Value Hierarchy. There were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the six months ended March 29, 2015 or March 30, 2014. When a determination is made to classify an asset or liability within Level 3, the determination is based upon the significance of the unobservable inputs to the overall fair value measurement. The following table includes the activity for marketable securities classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy (in millions):



	Six Months Ended March 29, 2015						Six Months Ended March 30, 2014
	Auction Rate Securities			Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities			Auction Rate Securities		Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities
Beginning balance of Level 3	$	83		$	186		$	83	$	239
Total realized and unrealized gains or losses:
Included in investment income, net	—			3			—		3
Included in other comprehensive income	—			(4		)	—		1
Purchases	—			50			—		49
Sales	—			(41		)	—		(18		)
Settlements	(36		)	(13		)	—		(22		)
Transfers out of Level 3	—			—			—		(2		)
Ending balance of Level 3	$	47		$	181		$	83	$	250

The Company recognizes transfers into and out of levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the fiscal month in which the actual event or change in circumstances that caused the transfer occurs. There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the six months ended March 29, 2015. Transfers out of Level 3 during the six months ended March 30, 2014 primarily consisted of debt securities with significant upgrades in credit ratings.

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements. The Company measures certain assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. These assets include cost and equity method investments when they are deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired, assets acquired and liabilities assumed in an acquisition or in a nonmonetary exchange, and property, plant and

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equipment and intangible assets that are written down to fair value when they are held for sale or determined to be impaired. During the six months ended March 29, 2015, the Company updated the business plans and related internal forecasts related to the Company’s push-to-talk services business and its display businesses, resulting in impairment charges of $104 million related to goodwill and $27 million related to in-process research and development (IPR&D). During the six months ended March 30, 2014, the Company recorded impairment charges of $444 million to write down certain property, plant and equipment related to one of the Company’s display businesses and $16 million related to goodwill in its former QRS division. The IPR&D impairment charge was recorded in research and development expenses, and the other impairment charges were recorded in other operating expenses. The Company determined the fair values using cost, income and market approaches. The estimation of fair value and cash flows used in the fair value measurements required the use of significant unobservable inputs, and as a result, the fair value measurements were classified as Level 3. During the six months ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014, the Company did not have any other significant assets or liabilities that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in periods subsequent to initial recognition.

Note 12 — Marketable Securities

Marketable securities were comprised as follows (in millions):



	Current				Noncurrent
	March 29, 2015		September 28, 2014		March 29, 2015		September 28, 2014
Trading:
U.S. Treasury securities and government-related securities	$	338	$	320	$	23	$	38
Corporate bonds and notes	177		191		345		367
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities	—		—		240		237
Total trading	515		511		608		642
Available-for-sale:
U.S. Treasury securities and government-related securities	385		805		715		392
Corporate bonds and notes	7,250		6,274		7,668		7,649
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities	1,091		1,063		205		195
Auction rate securities	—		—		47		83
Common and preferred stock	572		192		819		1,605
Equity funds	—		—		646		541
Debt funds	250		813		2,559		2,560
Total available-for-sale	9,548		9,147		12,659		13,025
Fair value option:
Debt fund	—		—		788		790
Total marketable securities	$	10,063	$	9,658	$	14,055	$	14,457

In connection with the pending acquisition of CSR (Note 9), the Company agreed to set aside certain cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities to be held for purposes of satisfying payment of the consideration to effect the acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of the summer of 2015. At March 29, 2015, the fair values of the marketable securities that were set aside were $2.9 billion of corporate bonds and notes, $717 million of mortgage- and asset-backed securities and $140 million in U.S. Treasury securities and government-related securities. Additionally, $24 million in cash equivalents, which were recorded as other current assets, were set aside. If the combined fair values fall below approximately £1.9 billion (approximately $2.8 billion using an exchange rate of 1.4929), the Company may be required to set aside additional amounts. Additionally, if certain conditions are met, such as a reduction in the liquidity of any of the securities that are set aside, the Company may be required to liquidate the securities and transfer the cash to a third party until the acquisition closes.

The Company holds an investment in a debt fund for which the Company elected the fair value option because the Company is able to redeem its shares at net asset value, which is determined daily. The investment would have otherwise

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(Unaudited)

been recorded using the equity method. The debt fund has no single maturity date. At March 29, 2015, the Company had an effective ownership interest in the debt fund of 27%. Changes in fair value associated with this investment are recognized in net investment income. During the three and six months ended March 29, 2015, the changes in fair value associated with this investment were negligible. During the three and six months ended March 30, 2014, net increases in fair value associated with this investment were $12 million and $18 million, respectively.

The Company classifies certain portfolios of debt securities that utilize derivative instruments to acquire or reduce foreign exchange, interest rate and/or equity, prepayment and credit risks as trading. Net gains recognized on debt securities classified as trading held at March 29, 2015 were $14 million and negligible for the three and six months ended March 29, 2015, respectively. Net gains recognized on debt securities classified as trading held at March 30, 2014 were negligible for both the three and six months ended March 30, 2014.

At March 29, 2015, the contractual maturities of available-for-sale debt securities were as follows (in millions):



Years to Maturity
Less Than One Year		One to Five Years		Five to Ten Years		Greater Than Ten Years		No Single Maturity Date		Total
$	2,818	$	11,245	$	1,363	$	592	$	4,152	$	20,170

Debt securities with no single maturity date included debt funds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, auction rate securities and corporate bonds and notes.

The Company recorded realized gains and losses on sales of available-for-sale securities as follows (in millions):



	Gross Realized Gains		Gross Realized Losses			Net Realized Gains
For the three months ended
March 29, 2015	$	128	$	(30	)	$	98
March 30, 2014	227		(5		)	222

For the six months ended
March 29, 2015	$	308	$	(37	)	$	271
March 30, 2014	343		(8		)	335

Available-for-sale securities were comprised as follows (in millions):



	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
March 29, 2015
Equity securities	$	1,654	$	383	$	—		$	2,037
Debt securities (including debt funds)	19,940		311		(81		)	20,170
	$	21,594	$	694	$	(81	)	$	22,207
September 28, 2014
Equity securities	$	1,769	$	575	$	(6	)	$	2,338
Debt securities (including debt funds)	19,582		312		(60		)	19,834
	$	21,351	$	887	$	(66	)	$	22,172

The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair values of the Company’s investments in individual securities that are classified as available-for-sale and have been in a continuous unrealized loss position deemed to be temporary for less than 12 months and for more than 12 months, aggregated by investment category (in millions):

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(Unaudited)



	March 29, 2015
	Less than 12 months					More than 12 months
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
U.S. Treasury securities and government-related securities	$	395	$	(3	)	$	—	$	—
Corporate bonds and notes	4,211		(58		)	201		(10		)
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities	535		(1		)	26		—
Auction rate securities	—		—			47		(1		)
Common and preferred stock	13		—			12		—
Debt funds	784		(7		)	38		(1		)
	$	5,938	$	(69	)	$	324	$	(12	)



	September 28, 2014
	Less than 12 months					More than 12 months
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
U.S. Treasury securities and government-related securities	$	279	$	(2	)	$	—	$	—
Corporate bonds and notes	4,924		(31		)	104		(4		)
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities	484		(1		)	52		(1		)
Auction rate securities	—		—			83		(1		)
Common and preferred stock	86		(3		)	52		(3		)
Debt funds	133		(1		)	384		(19		)
	$	5,906	$	(38	)	$	675	$	(28	)

At March 29, 2015, the Company concluded that the unrealized losses on its available-for-sale securities were temporary. Further, for common stock and for equity and debt funds with unrealized losses, the Company has the ability and the intent to hold such securities until they recover, which is expected to be within a reasonable period of time. For debt securities and preferred stock with unrealized losses, the Company does not have the intent to sell, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell, such securities before recovery or maturity.

The ending balance of the credit loss portion of other-than-temporary impairments on debt securities held by the Company was negligible at March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This information should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report and with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the year ended September 28, 2014 contained in our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

This Quarterly Report (including, but not limited to, this section regarding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations) contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding our future business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Additionally, statements concerning other future matters, such as the development of new products, enhancements of technologies, industry or regional trends, consumer demand, sales or price levels, challenges to our business and/or business model, capital expenditures, investments in research and development, strategic investments and acquisitions and other statements regarding matters that are not historical, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report.

Although forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report reflect our good faith judgment, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in or anticipated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences in results and outcomes include without limitation those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” below, as well as those discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this Quarterly Report. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in this Quarterly Report, which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Recent Developments

Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 were $6.9 billion, with net income attributable to Qualcomm of $1.1 billion, which primarily resulted from the following key items:


•	We shipped approximately 233 million Mobile Station Modem (MSM) integrated circuits for CDMA- and OFDMA-based wireless devices, an increase of approximately 24%, compared to approximately 188 million MSM integrated circuits in the year ago quarter.


•	Total reported device sales were approximately $75.8 billion, an increase of approximately 14%, compared to approximately $66.5 billion in the year ago quarter.⁽¹⁾

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On February 9, 2015, we announced that we had reached a resolution with the China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) regarding its investigation of us relating to China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML). The NDRC issued an Administrative Sanction Decision finding that we had violated the AML, and we agreed to implement a rectification plan that modifies certain of our business practices in China. In addition, the NDRC imposed a fine on us of 6.088 billion Chinese Yuan Renminbi (approximately $975 million), which was recorded in other expenses and was paid, primarily with cash held by foreign entities, in the second quarter of fiscal 2015.

Against this backdrop, the following recent developments occurred during the second quarter of fiscal 2015 with respect to key elements of our business or our industry:


•	Worldwide cellular connections grew sequentially by approximately 2% to reach approximately 7.2 billion.⁽²⁾


•	Worldwide 3G/4G connections (CDMA-based, OFDMA-based and CDMA/OFDMA multimode) grew sequentially by approximately 5% to approximately 3.1 billion, which was approximately 43% of total cellular connections.⁽²⁾


(1)	Total reported device sales is the sum of all reported sales in U.S. dollars (as reported to us by our licensees) of all licensed CDMA-based, OFDMA-based and CDMA/OFDMA multimode subscriber devices (including handsets, modules, modem cards and other subscriber devices) by our licensees during a particular period (collectively, 3G/4G devices). Not all licensees report

sales the same way (e.g., some licensees report sales net of permitted deductions, including transportation, insurance, packing costs and other items, while other licensees report sales and then identify the amount of permitted deductions in their reports), and the way in which licensees report such information may change from time to time. In addition, certain licensees may not report (in the quarter in which they are contractually obligated to report) their sales of certain types of subscriber units, which (as a result of audits, legal actions or for other reasons) may be reported in a subsequent quarter. Accordingly, total reported device sales for a particular period may include prior period activity that was not reported by the licensee until such particular period.


(2)	According to GSMA Intelligence estimates as of April 20, 2015 for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

Our Business and Operating Segments

We design, manufacture, have manufactured on our behalf and market digital communications products and services based on CDMA, OFDMA and other technologies. We derive revenues principally from sales of integrated circuit products and licensing our intellectual property, including patents, software and other rights.

We have three reportable segments. We conduct business primarily through two reportable segments: QCT (Qualcomm CDMA Technologies) and QTL (Qualcomm Technology Licensing), and our QSI (Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives) reportable segment makes strategic investments. Our reportable segments are operated by QUALCOMM Incorporated and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. Substantially all of our products and services businesses, including QCT, and substantially all of our engineering, research and development functions, are operated by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of QUALCOMM Incorporated, and QTI’s subsidiaries. QTL is operated by QUALCOMM Incorporated, which owns the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Neither QTI nor any of its subsidiaries has any right, power or authority to grant any licenses or other rights under or to any patents owned by QUALCOMM Incorporated.

QCT is a leading developer and supplier of integrated circuits and system software based on CDMA, OFDMA and other technologies for use in voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia and global positioning system products. QCT’s integrated circuit products and system software are sold to or licensed to manufacturers that use our products in wireless devices, particularly mobile phones, tablets, laptops, data modules, handheld wireless computers and gaming devices, access points and routers, data cards and infrastructure equipment, and in wired devices, particularly broadband gateway equipment, desktop computers and streaming media players. Our MSM integrated circuits, which include the Mobile Data Modem, Qualcomm Single Chip and Qualcomm Snapdragon processors and LTE modems, perform the core baseband modem functionality in wireless devices providing voice and data communications, as well as multimedia applications and global positioning functions. In addition, our Snapdragon processors provide advanced application and graphics processing capabilities. QCT’s system software enables the other device components to interface with the integrated circuit products and is the foundation software enabling manufacturers to develop devices utilizing the functionality within the integrated circuits. QCT revenues comprised 64% and 67% of total consolidated revenues in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively, and 69% and 68% of total consolidated revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively.

QCT utilizes a fabless production business model, which means that we do not own or operate foundries for the production of silicon wafers from which our integrated circuits are made. Integrated circuits are die cut from silicon wafers that have completed the package assembly and test manufacturing processes. We rely on independent third-party suppliers to perform the manufacturing and assembly, and most of the testing, of our integrated circuits based primarily on our proprietary designs and test programs. Our suppliers are also responsible for the procurement of most of the raw materials used in the production of our integrated circuits. We employ both turnkey and two-stage manufacturing models to purchase our integrated circuits. Turnkey is when our foundry suppliers are responsible for delivering fully assembled and tested integrated circuits. Under the two-stage manufacturing model, we purchase die or wafers from semiconductor manufacturing foundries and contract with separate third-party suppliers for manufacturing services, such as wafer bump, probe, assembly and final test.

QTL grants licenses or otherwise provides rights to use portions of our intellectual property portfolio, which, among other rights, includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products, including, without limitation, products implementing CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD (including TD-SCDMA), GSM/GPRS/EDGE and/or OFDMA standards and their derivatives. QTL licensing revenues are comprised of license fees as well as royalties based on sales by licensees of products incorporating or using our intellectual property. License fees are fixed amounts paid in one or more installments. Royalties are generally based upon a percentage of the wholesale selling price of complete licensed products, net of certain permissible deductions (including transportation, insurance, packing costs and other items). QTL recognizes royalty revenues based on royalties reported by licensees during the quarter and when other revenue recognition criteria are met. Licensees, however, do not report and pay royalties owed for sales in any given quarter until after the conclusion of that quarter. QTL revenues comprised 35% and

33% of total consolidated revenues in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively, and 30% and 31% of total consolidated revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively. The vast majority of such revenues were generated through our licensees’ sales of CDMA2000- and WCDMA-based products, such as feature phones and smartphones.

QSI makes strategic investments that are focused on opening new or expanding opportunities for our technologies and supporting the design and introduction of new products and services (or enhancing existing products or services) for voice and data communications. Many of these strategic investments are in early-stage companies in a variety of industries, including, but not limited to, digital media, e-commerce, energy, healthcare and wearable devices. Investments primarily include non-marketable equity instruments, which generally are recorded using the cost method or the equity method, and convertible debt instruments, which are recorded at fair value. QSI also holds wireless spectrum, which at March 29, 2015, consisted of L-Band spectrum in the United Kingdom. As part of our strategic investment activities, we intend to pursue various exit strategies for each of our QSI investments in the foreseeable future.

Nonreportable segments include our QMT (Qualcomm MEMS Technologies), Pixtronix and Small Cells divisions and other wireless technology and service initiatives.

Seasonality. Many of our products or intellectual property are incorporated into consumer wireless devices, which are subject to seasonality and other fluctuations in demand. As a result, QCT has tended historically to have stronger sales toward the end of the calendar year as manufacturers prepare for major holiday selling seasons; and because QTL recognizes royalty revenues when royalties are reported by licensees, QTL has tended to record higher royalty revenues in the first calendar quarter when licensees report their sales made during the fourth calendar quarter. We have also experienced fluctuations in revenues due to the timing of conversions and expansions of 3G and 3G/4G networks by wireless operators and the timing of launches of flagship wireless devices that incorporate our products and/or intellectual property.

Looking Forward

We expect continued growth in the coming years in consumer demand for 3G, 3G/4G multimode and 4G products and services around the world, driven primarily by smartphones. We also expect growth in new device categories and industries, driven by the expanding adoption of certain technologies that are already commonly used in smartphones. As we look forward to the next several months, we expect our business to be impacted by the following key items:


•	Further expansion of 3G and 3G/4G multimode in emerging regions, particularly in China. We expect that the increased availability of low-tier 3G/4G smartphone products will help enable such expansion.

•

We expect that 3G/4G device prices will continue to vary broadly due to the increased penetration of smartphones combined with competition throughout the world at all price tiers. Additionally, varying rates of economic growth by region, and stronger growth of device shipments in emerging regions as compared to developed regions, are expected to continue to impact the average and range of selling prices of 3G/4G devices.

•

China continues to present significant opportunities for us, particularly with the rollout of 3G/4G LTE multimode. We expect the rollout of 4G services in China will encourage competition and growth, bring the benefits of 3G/4G LTE multimode to consumers, encourage consumers to replace 2G (GSM) and 3G devices and enable new opportunities (e.g., machine-to-machine) for the industry. However, our success in China is in part dependent upon the rate of commercialization of products based on 4G LTE (an OFDMA-based standard) in China.

•

We reached a resolution with the NDRC regarding its investigation and agreed to implement a rectification plan that modifies certain of our business practices in China. The rectification plan provides, among other things, that for licenses of only our 3G and 4G essential Chinese patents for branded devices sold for use in China starting on January 1, 2015 (and reported to us in the third quarter of fiscal 2015), we will charge running royalties at royalty rates of 5% for 3G CDMA or WCDMA devices (including multimode 3G/4G devices) and 3.5% for 4G devices that do not implement CDMA or WCDMA (including 3-mode LTE-TDD devices), in each case using a royalty base of 65% of the net selling price.

•

Despite the resolution of the NDRC investigation, China continues to present significant challenges for us. We continue to believe that certain licensees in China are not fully complying with their contractual obligations to report their sales of licensed products to us (which includes 3G/4G units that we believe are not being reported by certain licensees). Additionally, we expect it will take some time for licensees to decide whether to accept the new China terms or retain the terms of their existing agreements and for unlicensed companies that had delayed execution of new licenses pending resolution of the investigation to execute new licenses. We believe that the

conclusion of the NDRC investigation will accelerate the resolution of these issues. However, litigation and/or other actions may be necessary to compel these licensees to report and pay the required royalties for such sales and unlicensed companies to execute new licenses.

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We anticipate that our results of operations for our semiconductor business, QCT, will be adversely impacted in the second half of fiscal 2015, and continuing into next fiscal year, by the effects of: an increased shift in share among our customers within the premium tier, which will reduce our sales of our integrated Snapdragon processors and skew our product mix towards more modem chipsets in this tier; a decline in share at a large customer; and the continuing competitive environment in China. Based on our current customer engagements and our future product roadmap, we do not believe these factors reflect a long-term change to QCT’s competitive positioning.


•	In addition to our ongoing expense management initiatives, we have initiated a comprehensive review of our cost structure to identify opportunities to improve operating margins while at the same time extending our technology and product leadership positions.

•

We continue to invest significant resources toward advancements in 3G, 3G/4G multimode and 4G LTE technologies, audio and video codecs, wireless baseband chips, our converged computing/communications (Snapdragon) chips, graphics, connectivity, multimedia products, software and services. We are also investing across a broad spectrum of opportunities that leverage our existing technical and business expertise to deploy new business models and enter into new industry segments, such as products designed for implementation of small cells and addressing the challenge of meeting the increased demand for data; products for the connected home and the Internet of Things; automotive; very high speed connectivity; new display technology; data centers; mobile health; wireless charging; and machine learning, including robotics.

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In October 2014, we announced that we had reached agreement with CSR plc on the terms of a recommended cash offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of CSR for £9.00 per ordinary share, which values the entire issued and to be issued share capital of CSR at approximately £1.6 billion (approximately $2.3 billion based upon an exchange rate of USD: GBP 1.4929). CSR is an innovator in the development of multifunction semiconductor platforms and technologies for the automotive, consumer and voice and music market categories. The acquisition complements our current offerings by adding products, channels and customers in the growth categories of the Internet of Everything and automotive infotainment, accelerating our presence and path to leadership. The acquisition has received approval of CSR’s shareholders, and every required regulatory agency has either provided approval or declined to exercise jurisdiction, except for the Ministry of Commerce in China. The completion of the acquisition remains subject to the satisfaction of additional conditions. Subject to the satisfaction of these conditions, the acquisition is expected to close by the end of the summer of 2015.

In addition to the foregoing business and market-based matters, we continue to devote resources to working with and educating participants in the wireless value chain and governments as to the benefits of our business model and our extensive technology investments in promoting a highly competitive and innovative wireless industry. However, we expect that certain companies may continue to be dissatisfied with the need to pay reasonable royalties for the use of our technology and not welcome the success of our business model in enabling new, highly cost-effective competitors to their products. We expect that such companies and/or governments or regulators will continue to challenge our business model in various forums throughout the world.

Further discussion of risks related to our business is presented in the Risk Factors included in this Quarterly Report.

Results of Operations



Revenues (in millions)
	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014		Change		March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014		Change
Equipment and services	$	4,403	$	4,229	$	174	$	9,619	$	8,881	$	738
Licensing	2,491		2,138		353		4,374		4,108		266
	$	6,894	$	6,367	$	527	$	13,993	$	12,989	$	1,004

The increases in equipment and services revenues in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were primarily due to increases in QCT revenues of $175 million and $798 million, respectively. The increase for the first six

months of fiscal 2015 was partially offset by a decrease of $59 million as a result of the sale of the North and Latin America operations of our Omnitracs division during fiscal 2014. The increases in licensing revenues in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were primarily due to increases in QTL revenues of $343 million and $259 million, respectively.



Costs and Expenses (in millions)
	Three Months Ended								Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			Change		March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			Change
Cost of equipment and services (E&S) revenues	$	2,628		$	2,482		$	146	$	5,676		$	5,189		$	487
Cost as % of E&S revenues	60		%	59		%			59		%	58		%

The decreases in margin percentage for the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were driven primarily by decreases in QCT margin percentage. Our margin percentage may fluctuate in future periods depending on the mix of products sold and services provided, competitive pricing, new product introduction costs and other factors.



	Three Months Ended								Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			Change		March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			Change
Research and development	$	1,375		$	1,356		$	19	$	2,726		$	2,683		$	43
% of revenues	20		%	21		%			19		%	21		%
Selling, general, and administrative	$	545		$	539		$	6	$	1,112		$	1,162		$	(50	)
% of revenues	8		%	8		%			8		%	9		%
Other	$	1,010		$	—		$	1,010	$	1,079		$	472		$	607

The dollar increases in research and development expenses in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were primarily attributable to increases of $45 million and $85 million, respectively, in costs related to the development of CDMA-based 3G, OFDMA-based 4G LTE and other technologies for integrated circuit and related software products, including small cells and data center products, and to expand our intellectual property portfolio, partially offset by decreases of $20 million and $30 million, respectively, related to the development costs of display technologies.

The dollar decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses in the first six months of fiscal 2015 was primarily attributable to a $16 million gain related to the sale of certain assets of one of our display businesses, the effect of which is a decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses, and a decrease of $16 million in patent-related expenses.

Other expenses in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 were primarily attributable to a $975 million charge resulting from the resolution reached with the NDRC. Other expenses in the first six months of fiscal 2015 also included $104 million in goodwill impairment charges related to our push-to-talk services business and one of our display businesses. Other expenses in the first six months of fiscal 2014 were comprised of a $444 million impairment charge related to one of our display businesses, a $16 million goodwill impairment charge related to our former QRS division and a $12 million charge related to the ParkerVision verdict.



Net Investment Income (in millions)
	Three Months Ended									Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			Change			March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			Change
Interest and dividend income	$	138		$	167		$	(29	)	$	272		$	322		$	(50	)
Interest expense	(1		)	(3		)	2			(2		)	(5		)	3
Net realized gains on marketable securities	108			243			(135		)	264			371			(107		)
Net realized gains on other investments	3			—			3			13			17			(4		)
Impairment losses on marketable securities and other investments	(41		)	(123		)	82			(106		)	(159		)	53
Net gains on derivative instruments	2			—			2			6			4			2
Equity in net losses of investees	(9		)	(4		)	(5		)	(13		)	(5		)	(8		)
Net gains on deconsolidation of subsidiaries	3			2			1			3			1			2
	$	203		$	282		$	(79	)	$	437		$	546		$	(109	)

The decreases in interest and dividend income in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were primarily due to lower interest rates earned on lower cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balances held. The decreases in net realized gains on marketable securities in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were primarily due to the decreased impact of portfolio rebalancing in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015. The decreases in impairment losses on marketable securities and other investments in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were primarily due to decreases in our recognition of unrealized losses on debt funds that are not expected to recover over a reasonable period of time.



Income Tax Expense (in millions)
	Three Months Ended									Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			Change			March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014			Change
Income tax expense	$	487		$	314		$	173		$	814		$	626		$	188
Effective tax rate	32		%	14		%	18		%	21		%	16		%	5		%

The following table summarizes the primary factors that caused our effective tax rates for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2015 and 2014 to be less than the United States federal statutory rate:



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014		March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014
Expected income tax provision at federal statutory tax rate	35	%	35	%	35	%	35	%
Benefits from foreign income taxed at other than U.S. rates	(22	%)	(20	%)	(18	%)	(18	%)
Benefits related to the research and development tax credit	(1	%)	(1	%)	(3	%)	(1	%)
Tax impact of NDRC fine	22	%	—		9	%	—
Tax audit impacts, net	(4	%)	—		(2	%)	—
Other	2	%	—		—		—
Effective tax rate	32	%	14	%	21	%	16	%

The effective tax rate of 32% for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was greater than the estimated annual effective tax rate of 21% primarily as a result of the NDRC fine, partially offset by the favorable tax audit settlement. The fine is not deductible for tax purposes and was accounted for discretely in the second quarter of fiscal 2015. We recorded a $61 million tax benefit during the second quarter of fiscal 2015 as a result of a favorable tax audit settlement with the Internal Revenue Service related to Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.’s pre-acquisition 2010 and 2011 tax returns.

Segment Results

The following should be read in conjunction with the second quarter and first six months financial results of fiscal 2015 for each reportable segment. See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 8 - Segment Information.”



(in millions)	QCT			QTL			QSI
Three Months Ended March 29, 2015
Revenues	$	4,434		$	2,414		$	—
EBT ⁽¹⁾	750			2,162			(32		)
EBT as a % of revenues	17		%	90		%
Three Months Ended March 30, 2014
Revenues	$	4,243		$	2,071		$	—
EBT ⁽¹⁾	740			1,834			(39		)
EBT as a % of revenues	17		%	89		%
Six Months Ended March 29, 2015
Revenues	$	9,676		$	4,230		$	—
EBT ⁽¹⁾	1,896			3,741			(33		)
EBT as a % of revenues	20		%	88		%
Six Months Ended March 30, 2014
Revenues	$	8,859		$	3,971		$	—
EBT ⁽¹⁾	1,646			3,504			(35		)
EBT as a % of revenues	19		%	88		%


(1)	Earnings (loss) before taxes.

QCT Segment. The increases in QCT revenues in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 of $191 million and $817 million, respectively, were primarily due to increases in equipment and services revenues. Equipment and services revenues, mostly related to sales of MSM and accompanying Radio Frequency (RF) and Power Management (PM) integrated circuits, were $4.37 billion and $4.19 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $9.56 billion and $8.76 billion in the first six months of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increases in equipment and services revenues in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 resulted primarily from increases of $843 million and $1.84 billion, respectively, related to higher MSM and accompanying RF and PM unit shipments, partially offset by net decreases of $727 million and $1.16 billion, respectively, resulting from lower-priced product mix and lower average selling prices. Approximately 233 million and 188 million MSM integrated circuits were sold during the second quarter of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively, and approximately 503 million and 400 million MSM integrated circuits were sold during the first six months of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively.

QCT EBT as a percentage of revenues in the first six months of fiscal 2015 increased primarily due to an increase of 9% in QCT revenues relative to an increase of 3% in research and development expenses, partially offset by a decrease in gross margin percentage. The decrease in QCT gross margin percentage in the first six months of fiscal 2015 primarily

resulted from lower average selling prices, lower-margin product mix and higher excess inventory charges, partially offset by lower average unit costs.

QCT inventories increased by 5% in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 from $1.76 billion to $1.86 billion, primarily due to an increase in work-in-process wafer inventories related to the timing of inventory receipts and stages of completion, partially offset by lower average unit costs.

QTL Segment. The increases in QTL revenues in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 of $343 million and $259 million, respectively, were primarily due to increases in sales of CDMA-based products, including multimode products that also implement OFDMA, reported by licensees, partially offset by decreases in revenues per reported units. The increase in QTL EBT as a percentage of revenues in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was primarily due to an increase of 17% in QTL revenues relative to an increase of 6% in costs and expenses. QTL revenues and EBT for the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were impacted negatively by units that we believe are not being reported by certain licensees and sales of certain unlicensed products in China. We expect it will take some time for those certain licensees to fully comply with the reporting requirements of their license agreements and for unlicensed companies that had delayed execution of new licenses pending resolution of the NDRC investigation to execute new licenses. We believe that QTL revenues and EBT for the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were also impacted negatively by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We expect this trend will continue into the second half of fiscal 2015.

QSI Segment. The improvements in QSI EBT in the second quarter and the first six months of fiscal 2015 were primarily due to decreases in impairment losses on our strategic investments.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal sources of liquidity are our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, cash generated from operations, cash available from our debt programs and proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our stock option and employee stock purchase plans. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $29.6 billion at March 29, 2015, a decrease of $2.4 billion from September 28, 2014. While we do not anticipate using our non-current marketable securities in operations in the foreseeable future, the securities could be liquidated within a short period of time if required. Our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at March 29, 2015 consisted of $3.4 billion held by United States-based entities and $26.2 billion held by foreign entities. Most of our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities held by foreign entities is indefinitely reinvested and would be subject to material tax effects if repatriated. However, we believe that our United States sources of cash and liquidity are sufficient to meet our business needs in the United States and do not expect that we will need to repatriate the funds. Total cash provided by operating activities decreased to $1.7 billion during the first six months of fiscal 2015, compared to $4.6 billion during the first six months of fiscal 2014 primarily due to payment of $975 million resulting from the fine imposed by the NDRC and the prepayment of $950 million to secure long-term capacity commitments at a supplier of our integrated circuit products.

Accounts receivable decreased 8% during the second quarter of fiscal 2015. Days sales outstanding, on a consolidated basis, were 27 days at March 29, 2015, compared to 28 days at December 28, 2014. The decrease in accounts receivable was primarily due to the effects of decreased revenues related to integrated circuits. The decrease in days sales outstanding was primarily due to the net effects of the timing of cash payments for licensing relative to the increase in licensing revenues.

In February 2015, we entered into a Revolving Credit Facility that provides for unsecured revolving facility loans, swing line loans and letters of credit in an aggregate amount of up to $4.0 billion, expiring in February 2020. At March 29, 2015, no amounts were outstanding.

In March 2015, we began an unsecured commercial paper program, which provides for the issuance of up to $4.0 billion of commercial paper. Net proceeds from this program are used for general corporate purposes. At March 29, 2015, we had $1.1 billion of commercial paper outstanding with weighted-average interest rates of 0.14%, which included fees paid to the commercial paper dealers, and weighted-average remaining days to maturity of 58 days.

We paid cash dividends totaling $689 million, or $0.42 per share, on March 25, 2015. On April 8, 2015, we announced a cash dividend of $0.48 per share on our common stock, payable on June 24, 2015 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 3, 2015. We intend to continue to use cash dividends as a means of returning capital to stockholders, subject to capital availability and our view that cash dividends are in the best interests of our stockholders.

During the first six months of fiscal 2015, we repurchased and retired 50,699,000 shares of our common stock for $3.6 billion, before commissions. On March 9, 2015, we announced that we had been authorized to repurchase up to $15

billion of our common stock. The $15 billion stock repurchase program replaced a $7.8 billion stock repurchase program announced on March 4, 2014, of which $2.1 billion remained authorized for repurchase. At March 29, 2015, approximately $14.5 billion remained authorized for repurchase under our new stock repurchase program. Since March 29, 2015, we repurchased and retired 5,061,000 shares of common stock for $345 million. We intend to return a minimum of 75% of our free cash flow to stockholders through stock repurchases and dividends over the foreseeable future, where free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. Additionally, we intend to repurchase $10 billion of stock within approximately 12 months. To meet this goal, we expect to use existing cash and marketable securities held by, and cash flow generated from, United States-based entities and to issue additional debt, including accessing the public debt markets in the third quarter of fiscal 2015. The amount and timing of additional borrowings will be subject to a number of factors, including the cash flow generated by United States-based entities, acquisitions and strategic investments, acceptable interest rates and changes in corporate income tax law, among other factors. We periodically evaluate repurchases as a means of returning capital to stockholders to determine when and if repurchases are in the best interests of our stockholders.

Subject to the foregoing paragraph, we believe our current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities and our expected cash flow generated from operations and expected financing activities will satisfy our working and other capital requirements for at least the next 12 months based on our current business plans. Recent and expected working and other capital requirements also include:


•	Our research and development expenditures were $2.7 billion during the first six months of fiscal 2015 and $5.5 billion in fiscal 2014, and we expect to continue to invest heavily in research and development for new technologies, applications and services for voice and data communications, primarily in the wireless industry.


•	Cash outflows for capital expenditures were $449 million during the first six months of fiscal 2015 and $1.2 billion in fiscal 2014. We expect to continue to incur capital expenditures in the future to support our business, including research and development activities. Future capital expenditures may be impacted by transactions that are currently not forecasted.


•	Our purchase obligations for the remainder of fiscal 2015 and for fiscal 2016, some of which relate to research and development activities and capital expenditures, totaled $3.2 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively, at March 29, 2015.

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In October 2014, we announced that we had reached agreement with CSR plc on the terms of a recommended cash offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of CSR for £9.00 per ordinary share, which values the entire issued and to be issued share capital of CSR at approximately £1.6 billion (approximately $2.3 billion based upon an exchange rate of USD: GBP 1.4929). We expect to use existing cash resources to fund the acquisition. The acquisition has received approval from CSR’s shareholders, and every required regulatory agency has either provided approval or declined to exercise jurisdiction, except for the Ministry of Commerce in China. The completion of the acquisition remains subject to the satisfaction of additional conditions. Subject to the satisfaction of these conditions, the acquisition is expected to close by the end of the summer of 2015.


•	We expect to continue making strategic investments and acquisitions, the amounts of which could vary significantly, to open new opportunities for our technologies, obtain development resources, grow our patent portfolio or pursue new businesses.

In connection with the pending acquisition of CSR, we agreed to set aside certain cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities to be held for purposes of satisfying payment of the consideration to effect the acquisition. At March 29, 2015, the fair value of the marketable securities that were set aside was $3.8 billion. Additionally, $24 million of cash equivalents, which were recorded as other current assets, were set aside. If the combined fair values falls below approximately £1.9 billion (approximately $2.8 billion using an exchange rate of 1.4929), we may be required to set aside additional securities. Additionally, if certain conditions are met, such as a reduction in the liquidity of any of the securities that are set aside, we may be required to liquidate the securities and transfer the cash to a third party until the acquisition closes.

Contractual Obligations/Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no significant contractual obligations not fully recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets or fully disclosed in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements. We have no material off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Regulation S-K 303(a)(4)(ii).

Additional information regarding our financial commitments at March 29, 2015 is provided in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements. See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 4 — Income Taxes,” “Note 6 — Debt” and “Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies.”

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” which outlines a comprehensive revenue recognition model and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance. The new standard requires a company to recognize revenue upon transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the expected consideration to be received in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five-step approach for recognizing revenue, which may require a company to use more judgment and make more estimates than under the current guidance. The ASU as currently issued will be effective for us starting in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. On April 1, 2015, the FASB voted to propose a one-year deferral to the effective date, but to permit entities to adopt one year earlier if they choose (i.e., the original effective date). The proposal will be subject to the FASB’s due process requirement, which includes a period for public comments. The new standard allows for two methods of adoption: (a) full retrospective adoption, meaning the standard is applied to all periods presented, or (b) modified retrospective adoption, meaning the cumulative effect of applying the new standard is recognized as an adjustment to the opening retained earnings balance. We are in the process of determining the adoption method as well as the effects the adoption will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Risk Factors

You should consider each of the following factors as well as the other information in this Quarterly Report in evaluating our business and our prospects. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial may also impair our business operations. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business and financial results could be harmed. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline. You should also refer to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2014, including our financial statements and the related notes.

Risks Related to Our Businesses

Our revenues depend on commercial network deployments, expansions and upgrades of CDMA, OFDMA and other communications technologies, our customers’ and licensees’ sales of products and services based on these technologies and our ability to drive our customers’ demand for our products and services.

We develop, patent and commercialize technology and products based on CDMA, OFDMA and other communications technologies, which are primarily wireless. We depend on our customers, our licensees and operators of wireless networks to use these technologies in their adoption of our products and services into their devices and networks and on the timing of their deployments of new products and services. We also depend on our customers and licensees to develop products and services with value-added features to drive consumer demand for new 3G, 3G/4G multimode and 4G devices, as well as the selling prices for such devices. Further, our rate of revenue growth may depend on third parties incorporating our technology, products and/or services into new device types used in industries beyond traditional cellular communications. Our revenues and/or growth in revenues could be negatively impacted, our business may be harmed and our substantial investments in these technologies may not provide us an adequate return, if:


•	wireless operators and industries beyond traditional cellular communications deploy alternative technologies;


•	wireless operators delay 3G and 3G/4G multimode network deployments, expansions or upgrades and/or delay moving 2G customers to 3G, 3G/4G multimode or 4G wireless devices;


•	LTE, an OFDMA-based 4G wireless technology, is not more widely deployed or further commercial deployment is delayed;


•	government regulators delay making sufficient spectrum available for 3G and/or 3G/4G networks, thereby restricting the expansion of 3G/4G wireless connectivity to keep pace with consumer demand;


•	wireless operators are unable to drive improvements in 3G or 3G/4G multimode network performance and/or capacity;


•	our customers’ and licensees’ revenues and sales of products, particularly premium-tier products, and services using these technologies, do not grow or do not grow as quickly as anticipated, due to, for example, the maturity of smartphone penetration in developed regions (where premium-tier products are common); and/or


•	we are unable to drive the adoption of our products and services into networks and devices based on CDMA, OFDMA and other communications technologies.

Our industry is subject to competition in an environment of rapid technological change that could result in decreased demand and/or declining average selling prices for our products and those of our customers and/or licensees and/or result in placing new specifications or requirements on our products, each of which could negatively affect our revenues and operating results.

Our products, services and technologies face significant competition, and the revenues they generate and/or the timing of such revenues, which depend on deployments and/or actions by others, may not meet expectations. We expect competition to increase as our current competitors expand their product offerings and as new opportunities develop, putting continued pressure on the pricing of our products and services. Competition in wireless communications is affected by various factors that include, among others: device manufacturer concentrations; growth in emerging geographic regions; government intervention; evolving industry standards and business models; evolving methods of transmission of voice and data communications; increasing data traffic and densification of wireless networks; convergence of transmission platforms (including Wi-Fi and small cell infrastructures), which is also described as the consolidation of access points at the edge of the Internet; networking and connectivity trends (including cloud services); evolving nature of computing (including demand for always on, always connected capabilities); the speed of technological change (including the transition to smaller geometry process technologies); value-added features that drive selling prices as well as consumer demand for new 3G, 3G/4G multimode and 4G devices; turnkey, integrated products that incorporate hardware, software, user interface, applications and reference designs; rapid growth in mobile data consumption; scalability; and the ability of the system technology to meet customers’ immediate and future network requirements. We anticipate that additional competitors will introduce products as a result of growth opportunities in wireless communications, the trend toward global expansion by foreign and domestic competitors, technological and public policy changes and relatively low barriers to entry in certain segments of the industry.

Our future success will depend on, among other factors, our ability to:


•	develop innovative, differentiated integrated circuit products and technologies across multiple products and features (e.g., modem, radio frequency front end, central, graphics and/or other processors and connectivity) and with smaller geometry process technologies;


•	develop and offer integrated circuit products at competitive cost and price points to effectively cover both emerging and developed geographic regions and all device tiers;


•	continue to drive the adoption of our integrated circuit products into the most popular device models and across a broad spectrum of devices, such as smartphones, tablets and other connected devices, and infrastructure products;

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maintain and/or accelerate demand for our integrated circuit products at the premium device tier, while increasing the adoption of our products in mid- and low-tier devices and in the turnkey product channel, in part by strengthening our integrated circuit product roadmap for, and developing channel relationships in, emerging geographic regions, such as China and India, and by providing turnkey products, which incorporate our integrated circuits, for low- and mid-tier smartphones and tablets;


•	continue to be a leader in 4G technology evolution, including expansion of our OFDMA-based single mode licensing program, and continue to innovate and introduce 4G turnkey, integrated products and services that differentiate us from our competition;


•	be a leader serving original equipment manufacturers, high level operating systems (HLOS) providers, operators and other industry participants as competitors, new industry entrants and other factors continue to affect the industry landscape;


•	be a preferred partner (and sustain preferred relationships) providing integrated circuit products that support multiple operating system and infrastructure platforms to industry participants that effectively commercialize new devices using these platforms;


•	increase and/or accelerate demand for our wired and wireless connectivity products, including networking products for consumers, carriers and enterprise equipment and connected devices;


•	become a leading supplier of small cell modems (which enable inexpensive cell sites deployed by users to connect to traditional cellular networks through wired internet connections) and products that enable Wi-Fi access to support significant network capacity expansion that will be needed to meet anticipated growth in mobile data traffic;


•	identify potential acquisition targets that will grow or sustain our business or address strategic needs, reach agreement on terms acceptable to us and effectively integrate these new businesses and/or technologies;

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create stand-alone value and/or contribute to the success of our existing businesses through acquisitions and other investments (and/or by developing customer, licensee and/or vendor relationships) in new industry segments and/or disruptive technologies, products and/or services (such as the connected home and the Internet of Things, automotive products, new display technology, mobile health, machine learning, including robotics and wireless charging, among others); and/or


•	continue to develop brand recognition to effectively compete against better known companies in mobile computing and other consumer driven segments and to deepen our presence in significant emerging geographic regions.

Competition in any or all product tiers, customer concentration and/or growth in sales of mid- and low-tier products, particularly relative to premium-tier products, may reduce average selling prices for our chipset products and the products of our customers and licensees. Certain of these dynamics are particularly pronounced in emerging geographic regions (e.g., China). Reductions in the average selling prices of our chipset products, without a corresponding increase in volumes, would negatively impact our revenues, and without corresponding decreases in average unit costs, would negatively impact our margins. In addition, reductions in the average selling prices of our licensees’ products, unless offset by an increase in volumes, would generally decrease total royalties payable to us, negatively impacting our licensing revenues.

Companies that promote standards that are neither CDMA- nor OFDMA-based (e.g., GSM, Wi-Fi) as well as companies that design integrated circuits based on CDMA, OFDMA or their derivatives are generally competitors or potential competitors. Examples (some of which are strategic partners of ours in other areas) include Broadcom, Ericsson, HiSilicon Technologies, Intel, Lantiq, Marvell Technology, Maxim Integrated Products, MediaTek, Nvidia, Realtek Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics, Spreadtrum Communications (which is controlled by Tsinghua Unigroup), Texas Instruments and VIA Telecom. Some of these current and potential competitors have advantages over us that include, among others: lower cost structures; better known brand names; ownership and control of manufacturing facilities and greater expertise in manufacturing processes; motivation by our customers in certain circumstances to find alternate suppliers or choose alternative technologies; foreign government support of other technologies or competitors; more extensive relationships with local distribution companies and original equipment manufacturers in emerging geographic regions (such as China); and/or a more established presence in certain device markets.

Certain of our software and our suppliers’ software may contain or may be derived from “open source” software, and we have seen, and believe we will continue to see, an increase in customers requesting that we develop products, including software associated with our integrated circuit products, that incorporate open source software elements and operate in an open source environment, which, under certain open source licenses, may offer accessibility to a portion of a product’s source code and may expose related intellectual property to adverse licensing conditions. Licensing of such software may impose certain obligations on us if we were to distribute derivative works of the open source software. For example, these obligations may require us to make source code for the derivative works available to our customers in a manner that allows them to make such source code available to their customers, or license such derivative works under a particular type of license that is different than what we customarily use to license our software. Developing open source products, while adequately protecting the intellectual property rights upon which our licensing business depends, may prove burdensome and time-consuming under certain circumstances, thereby placing us at a competitive disadvantage. Also, our use and our customers’ use of open source software may subject our products and our customers’ products to governmental scrutiny and delays in product certification, which could cause customers to view our products as less desirable than our competitors’ products. While we believe we have taken appropriate steps and employ adequate controls to protect our intellectual property rights, our use of open source software presents risks that could have an adverse effect on these rights and on our business.

We derive a significant portion of our consolidated revenues from a small number of customers and licensees. If revenues derived from these customers or licensees decrease or the timing of such revenues fluctuates, our operating results could be negatively affected.

Our QCT segment derives a significant portion of revenues from a small number of customers, and we expect this trend to continue in the foreseeable future. Our industry is experiencing and may continue to experience an increasing concentration of device share among a few companies, contributing to this trend. In addition, certain of our largest integrated circuit customers are part of conglomerates that include certain of our integrated circuit competitors. The loss of any one of our significant customers, a reduction in the purchases of our products by such customers or cancelation of significant purchases from any of these customers would reduce our revenues and could harm our ability to achieve or sustain expected operating results, and a delay of significant purchases, even if only temporary, would reduce our revenues in the period of the delay. Further, concentration of device share among a few companies, and the corresponding purchasing power of these companies, may result in lower prices for our products which, if not accompanied by a sufficient increase in the volume of purchases of our products, could have an adverse effect on our revenues and margins. In addition, the timing and size of purchases by our significant customers may be impacted by the timing of such customers’ new or next generation product introductions, over which we have little or no control, and the timing of such introductions may cause our operating results to fluctuate. Accordingly, if current industry dynamics and concentrations continue, our QCT segment’s revenues will continue to depend largely upon, and be impacted by, future purchases and the timing and size of any such future purchases by these significant customers.

Further, companies that develop HLOS for devices, including leading technology companies, have entered the device market. If we fail to effectively partner or continue partnering with these companies, or with their partners or customers, they may decide not to purchase (either directly or through their contract manufacturers), or to reduce or discontinue their purchases of, our integrated circuit products.

In addition, there has been and continues to be litigation among certain of our customers and other industry participants, and the potential outcomes of such litigation, including but not limited to injunctions against devices that incorporate our products and/or intellectual property or rulings on certain patent law or patent licensing issues that create new legal precedent, could impact our business, particularly if such action impacts one of our larger customers.

Although we have more than 265 CDMA-based licensees, our QTL segment derives a significant portion of licensing revenues from a limited number of licensees. In the event that one or more of our significant licensees fail to meet their reporting and/or payment requirements or we are unable to renew one or more of such license agreements, our revenues, operating results and cash flows would be adversely impacted. Moreover, the future growth and success of our core licensing business will depend in part on the ability of our licensees to develop, introduce and deliver high-volume products that achieve and sustain customer acceptance. We have little or no control over the product development, sales efforts or pricing of products by our licensees, and our licensees might not be successful. Reductions in the average selling prices of wireless devices sold by our major licensees, without a sufficient increase in the volumes of such devices sold, would generally have an adverse effect on our licensing revenues.

The continued and future success of our licensing programs can be impacted by the deployment of other technologies in place of technologies based on CDMA, OFDMA and their derivatives; the need to extend certain existing license agreements that are expiring and/or to cover additional later patents; and/or the success of our licensing programs for 4G single mode products and emerging industry segments.

Although we own a very strong portfolio of issued and pending patents related to GSM, GPRS, EDGE, OFDM, OFDMA, WLAN, MIMO and other technologies, our patent portfolio licensing program in these areas is less established and might not be as successful in generating licensing revenues as our CDMA licensing program. Many wireless operators are investigating, have selected or have deployed OFDMA-based LTE as their next-generation 4G technology in existing (or future if not yet deployed) wireless spectrum bands as complementary to their existing CDMA-based networks. While 3G/4G multimode products are generally covered by our existing 3G licensing agreements, products that implement 4G but do not also implement 3G are generally not covered by these agreements. Although we believe that our patented technology is essential and useful to implementation of the LTE industry standards and have granted royalty-bearing licenses to more than 125 companies (including Huawei, LG, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony Mobile and ZTE) that have realized that they need a license under our patents to make and sell products implementing 4G standards but not implementing 3G standards, it may be difficult to agree on material terms and/or conditions of new license agreements that are acceptable to us with companies that are currently unlicensed, particularly in China. Further, the royalty rates for single mode 4G products are generally lower than our royalty rates for 3G and 3G/4G multimode products, and therefore, we might not achieve the same licensing revenues on such LTE products as on 3G and 3G/4G multimode products. In addition, new connectivity and other services are emerging that rely on devices that may or may

not be used on traditional cellular networks, such as devices used in the connected home or the Internet of Things. We also seek to diversify and broaden our technology licensing programs to new industry segments in which we can leverage our technology leadership, such as wireless charging, display and other technologies. Standards, even de facto standards, that develop as these technologies mature, in particular those that do not include a base level of interoperability, may impact our ability to obtain royalties that are equivalent to those that we receive for 3G and 3G/4G multimode products used in cellular communications. Although we believe that our patented technology is essential and useful to the commercialization of such services, the royalties we receive may be lower than those we receive from our current licensing program.

Over the long-term, we need to continue to evolve our patent portfolio. If we do not maintain a strong portfolio that is applicable to current and/or future products and/or services, our future licensing revenues could be negatively impacted.

The licenses granted to and from us under a number of our license agreements include only patents that are either filed or issued prior to a certain date and, in a small number of agreements, royalties are payable on those patents for a specified time period. As a result, there are agreements with some licensees where later patents are not licensed by or to us and/or royalties are not owed to us under such license agreements after the specified time period. In order to license or to obtain a license to such later patents, or to receive royalties after the specified time period, we will need to extend or modify such license agreements or enter into new license agreements with such licensees. We might not be able to modify those license agreements, or enter into new license agreements, in the future without affecting the material terms and conditions of our license agreements with such licensees, and such modifications or new agreements may negatively impact our revenues. If there is a delay in renewing a license agreement prior to its expiration, there would be a delay in our ability to recognize revenues related to that licensee’s product sales. Further, if we are unable to reach agreement on such modifications or new agreements, it could result in patent infringement litigation with such companies.

Efforts by some communications equipment manufacturers or their customers to avoid paying fair and reasonable royalties for the use of our intellectual property may require the investment of substantial management time and financial resources and may result in legal decisions and/or actions by governments, courts, regulators or agencies, Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) or other industry organizations that harm our business.

From time to time, companies initiate various strategies to attempt to renegotiate, mitigate and/or eliminate their need to pay royalties to us for the use of our intellectual property. These strategies have included: (i) litigation, often alleging infringement of patents held by such companies, patent misuse, patent exhaustion, patent invalidity and/or unenforceability of our patents and/or licenses, or some form of unfair competition; (ii) taking positions contrary to our understanding of their contracts with us; (iii) appeals to governmental authorities; (iv) collective action, including working with wireless operators, standards bodies, other like-minded companies and other organizations, on both formal and informal bases, to adopt intellectual property policies and practices that could have the effect of limiting returns on intellectual property innovations; (v) lobbying governmental regulators and elected officials for the purpose of seeking the imposition of some form of compulsory licensing and/or to weaken a patent holder’s ability to enforce its rights or obtain a fair return for such rights; and (vi) licensees using various strategies in attempts to shift their royalty obligation to their suppliers. In addition, particularly in China, certain licensees have disputed or underreported royalties owed to us under their license agreements with us, and certain companies have yet to enter into or delayed entering into license agreements with us for their use of our intellectual property, and such licensees and/or companies may continue to do so in the future.

We are currently subject to various litigation and governmental investigations and/or proceedings, some of which may arise out of the strategies described above. Certain legal matters are described more fully in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements. See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 7 - Commitments and Contingencies.” The unfavorable resolution of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows. Depending on the type of matter, various remedies that could result from an unfavorable resolution include, among others, injunctions, monetary damages or fines or other orders to pay money and the issuance of orders to cease certain conduct and/or modify our business practices.

In addition, in connection with our participation in SDOs, we, like other patent owners, generally have made contractual commitments to such organizations to license those of our patents that would necessarily be infringed by standard-compliant products (standard-essential patents) on terms that are fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (FRAND). Some manufacturers and users of standard-compliant products advance interpretations of these FRAND commitments that are adverse to our licensing business, including interpretations that would limit the amount of royalties that we could collect on the licensing of our patent portfolio.

Further, some companies or entities have proposed significant changes to existing intellectual property policies for implementation by SDOs and other industry organizations with the goal of significantly devaluing standard-essential patents. For example, some have put forth proposals which would require a maximum aggregate intellectual property royalty rate for the use of all standard-essential patents owned by all of the member companies to be applied to the selling price of any product implementing the relevant standard. They have further proposed that such maximum aggregate royalty rate be apportioned to each member company with standard-essential patents based upon the number of standard-essential patents held by such company. Others have proposed that injunctions not be an available remedy for infringement of standard-essential patents and/or have made proposals that could severely limit damage awards and other remedies by courts for patent infringement (e.g., by severely limiting the base upon which the royalty percentage may be applied). A number of these strategies are purportedly based on interpretations of the policies of certain SDOs concerning the licensing of patents that are or may be essential to industry standards and on our (and/or other companies’) alleged failure to abide by these policies.

Some courts and governmental agencies have adopted and may in the future adopt some or all of these interpretations or proposals in a manner adverse to our interests, and SDOs may adopt such interpretations or proposals as so-called clarifications or amendments to their intellectual property policies.

We expect that such proposals, interpretations and strategies will continue in the future, and if successful, our business model would be harmed, either by limiting or eliminating our ability to collect royalties on all or a portion of our patent portfolio, limiting our return on investment with respect to new technologies, limiting our ability to seek injunctions against infringers of our standard-essential patents, constraining our ability to make licensing commitments when submitting our technology for inclusion in future standards (which could make our technology less likely to be included in such standards) or forcing us to work outside of SDOs or other industry groups to promote our new technologies, and our results of operations could be negatively impacted. In addition, the legal and other costs associated with asserting or defending our positions have been and continue to be significant. We assume that such challenges, regardless of their merits, will continue into the foreseeable future and may require the investment of substantial management time and financial resources.

The enforcement and protection of our intellectual property rights may be expensive, could fail to prevent misappropriation or unauthorized use of our proprietary intellectual property rights, could result in the loss of our ability to enforce one or more patents, or could be adversely affected by changes in patent laws, by laws in certain foreign jurisdictions that may not effectively protect our intellectual property rights or by ineffective enforcement of laws in such jurisdictions.

We rely primarily on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements, international treaties and other methods, to protect our proprietary information, technologies and processes, including our patent portfolio. Policing unauthorized use of our products, technologies and proprietary information is difficult and time consuming. We cannot be certain that the steps we have taken, or may take in the future, will prevent the misappropriation or unauthorized use of our proprietary information and technologies, particularly in foreign countries where the laws may not protect our proprietary intellectual property rights as fully or as readily as United States laws or where the enforcement of such laws may be lacking or ineffective. Some industry participants who have a vested interest in devaluing patents in general, or standard-essential patents in particular, have mounted attacks on certain patent systems, increasing the likelihood of changes to established patent laws. In the United States, there is continued discussion regarding potential patent law changes. The laws in certain foreign countries in which our products are or may be manufactured or sold, including certain countries in Asia, may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws in the United States. We expect that in the next few years the European Union will adopt a unitary patent system that may broadly impact that region’s patent regime. We cannot predict with certainty the long-term effects of any potential changes. In addition, we cannot be certain that the laws and policies of any country or the practices of any standards bodies, foreign or domestic, with respect to intellectual property enforcement or licensing or the adoption of standards, will not be changed in the future in a way detrimental to our licensing program or to the sale or use of our products or technology.

We have had and may in the future have difficulty in certain circumstances in protecting or enforcing our intellectual property rights and/or contracts, including collecting royalties for use of our patent portfolio in particular foreign jurisdictions due to, among others: policies of foreign governments; challenges to our licensing practices under such jurisdictions’ competition laws; adoption of mandatory licensing provisions by foreign jurisdictions (either with controlled/regulated royalties or royalty free); failure of foreign courts to recognize and enforce judgments of contract breach and damages issued by courts in the United States; and/or challenges pending before foreign competition agencies to the pricing and integration of additional features and functionality into our chipset products. Although our license

agreements provide us with the right to audit the books and records of licensees, audits can be expensive, time consuming, incomplete and subject to dispute. Particularly in China, certain licensees have disputed or underreported royalties owed to us under their license agreements with us, and certain companies have yet to enter into or delayed entering into license agreements for their use of our intellectual property, and such licensees and/or companies may continue to do so in the future.

We may need to litigate in the United States or elsewhere in the world to enforce our contract and/or intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets or determine the validity and scope of proprietary rights of others. As a result of any such litigation, we could lose our ability to enforce one or more patents, portions of our license agreements could be determined to be invalid or unenforceable and/or we could incur substantial unexpected operating costs. Any action we take to enforce our contract or intellectual property rights could be costly and could absorb significant management time and attention, which, in turn, could negatively impact our operating results. Further, even a positive resolution to our enforcement efforts may take time to conclude, which may reduce our revenues in the period prior to conclusion.

We are subject to government regulations and policies. Our business may suffer as a result of new or changed laws, regulations or policies, our failure or inability to comply with laws, regulations or policies or adverse rulings in enforcement or other proceedings.

Our business, products and services, and those of our customers and licensees, are subject to various laws and regulations globally, as well as government policies and the specifications of international, national and regional communications standards bodies. The adoption of new laws, regulations or policies, changes in the interpretation of existing laws, regulations or policies, changes in the regulation of our activities by a government or standards body and/or adverse rulings in court, regulatory, administrative or other proceedings relating to such laws, regulations or policies, including, among others, those affecting licensing practices, competitive business practices, the use of our technology or products, protection of intellectual property, trade, foreign investments or loans, spectrum availability and license issuance, adoption of standards, the provision of device subsidies by wireless operators to their customers, taxation, environmental protection or employment, could have an adverse effect on our business.

We are currently subject to various governmental investigations and/or proceedings, and certain matters are described more fully in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements. See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 7 - Commitments and Contingencies.” The unfavorable resolution of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows. Depending on the type of matter, various remedies that could result from an unfavorable resolution include, among others, injunctions, monetary damages or fines or other orders to pay money, and the issuance of orders to cease certain conduct and/or modify our business practices.

Delays in government approvals or other governmental activities that could result from, among others, a decrease in or a lack of funding for certain agencies or branches of the government and/or political changes, could result in our incurring higher costs, could negatively impact our ability to timely consummate strategic transactions and/or could have other negative impacts on our business and the businesses of our customers and licensees.

National, state and local environmental laws and regulations affect our operations around the world. These laws may make it more expensive to manufacture, have manufactured and sell products, and our costs could increase if our vendors (e.g., third-party manufacturers or utility companies) pass on their costs to us.

Regulations in the United States require that we determine whether certain materials used in our products, referred to as conflict minerals, originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, or were from recycled or scrap sources. The verification and reporting requirements, in addition to customer demands for conflict free sourcing, impose additional costs on us and on our suppliers, and may limit the sources or increase the prices of materials used in our products. Further, if we are unable to determine that our products are “conflict free,” we may face challenges with our customers that place us at a competitive disadvantage, and our reputation may be harmed.

Laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance, business conduct, public disclosure and health care are complex and changing and may create uncertainty regarding compliance. Laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations in many cases, and their application in practice may evolve over time. As a result, our efforts to comply may fail, particularly if there is ambiguity as to how they should be applied in practice. New laws, regulations and standards or evolving interpretations of legal requirements may cause us to incur higher costs as we revise current practices, policies and/or procedures and may divert management time and attention to compliance activities.

Our research, development and other investments in new technologies, products and services may not generate operating income or contribute to future operating results that meet our expectations.

Our industry is subject to rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and frequent new product introductions, and we must make substantial research, development and other investments, such as acquisitions, in new products, services and technologies to compete successfully. Technological innovations generally require significant research and development efforts before they are commercially viable. We intend to continue to make substantial investments in developing new products, services and technologies that we believe can create stand-alone value and/or contribute to the success of our existing businesses. However, it is possible that these initiatives will not be successful and/or will not result in meaningful revenues or generate operating income that meets expectations. While we continue to focus our development efforts primarily in support of 3G CDMA- and 4G OFDMA-based technologies, we innovate across a broad spectrum of opportunities to deploy new business models and enter into new industry segments by leveraging our existing technical and business expertise and/or through acquisitions. Our recent investment initiatives relate to, among others, networking, mobile computing, small cell technology and addressing the challenge of meeting the increased demand for data; products for the connected home and the Internet of Things; automotive; very high speed connectivity; new display technology; data centers; mobile health; wireless charging; and machine learning, including robotics.

Our research, development and other investments in new technologies, products or services may not succeed due to, among others: improvements in alternate technologies in ways that reduce the advantages we anticipate from our investments; competitors’ products or services being more cost effective, having more capabilities or fewer limitations or being brought to market faster than our new products and services; and competitors having longer operating histories in industry segments that are new to us. We may also underestimate the costs of or overestimate the future operating income and/or margins that could result from these investments; and these investments may not, or may take many years to, generate material returns. If our new technologies, products or services are not successful, or are not successful in the time frame we anticipate, we may incur significant costs and/or asset impairments, our business may not grow as anticipated, our revenues and/or margins may be negatively impacted and/or our reputation may be harmed.

Claims by other companies that we infringe their intellectual property could adversely affect our business.

From time to time, companies have asserted, and may again assert, patent, copyright and other intellectual property rights against our products or products using our technologies or other technologies used in our industry. These claims have resulted and may again result in our involvement in litigation. We may not prevail in such litigation given, among other factors, the complex technical issues and inherent uncertainties in intellectual property litigation. If any of our products or services were found to infringe on another company’s intellectual property rights, we could be subject to an injunction or be required to redesign our products or services, which could be costly, or to license such rights and/or pay damages or other compensation to such other company. If we are unable to redesign our products or services, license such intellectual property rights used in our products or services or otherwise distribute our products through a licensed supplier, we could be prohibited from making and selling such products or providing such services. In any potential dispute involving other companies’ patents or other intellectual property, our chipset foundries, semiconductor assembly and test providers and customers could also become the targets of litigation. We are contingently liable under certain product sales, services, license and other agreements to indemnify certain customers against certain types of liability and/or damages arising from qualifying claims of patent infringement by products or services sold or provided by us. Reimbursements under indemnification arrangements could have an adverse effect on our results of operations. Furthermore, any such litigation could severely disrupt the supply of our products and the businesses of our chipset customers and their customers, which in turn could hurt our relationships with them and could result in a decline in our chipset sales and/or reductions in our licensees’ sales, causing a corresponding decline in our chipset and/or licensing revenues. Any claims, regardless of their merit, could be time consuming to address, result in costly litigation, divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel or cause product release or shipment delays, any of which could have an adverse effect on our operating results.

We expect that we may continue to be involved in litigation and may have to appear in front of administrative bodies (such as the United States International Trade Commission) to defend against patent assertions against our products by companies, some of whom are attempting to gain competitive advantage or leverage in licensing negotiations. We may not be successful in such proceedings, and if we are not, the range of possible outcomes is very broad and may include, for example, monetary damages, royalty payments and/or an injunction on the sale of certain of our integrated circuit products (and on the sale of our customers’ devices using such products). A negative outcome in any such proceeding could severely disrupt the business of our chipset customers and their wireless operator customers, which in turn could

harm our relationships with them and could result in a decline in our share of worldwide chipset sales and/or a reduction in our licensees’ sales to wireless operators, causing corresponding declines in our chipset and/or licensing revenues.

A number of other companies have claimed to own patents applicable to products implementing various CDMA standards, GSM standards and OFDMA standards. In addition, existing standards continue to evolve, and new standards, including those applicable to new industry segments, continue to be developed. If future standards diminish, or fail to include, a base level of interoperability, our business may be harmed, and our investments in these new segments may not succeed.

We may engage in acquisitions or strategic transactions or make strategic investments that could adversely affect our financial results or fail to enhance stockholder value.

We engage in acquisitions and strategic transactions and make strategic investments, which are important to our business strategy, with the goal of maximizing stockholder value. We acquire businesses and other assets, including patents, technology, wireless spectrum and other intangible assets, enter into joint ventures or other strategic transactions and purchase minority equity interests in or make loans to companies that may be private and early-stage. Our strategic activities are generally focused on opening new or expanding opportunities for our technologies and supporting the design and introduction of new products and services (or enhancing existing products or services) for voice and data communications. Many of our acquisitions or strategic investments entail a high degree of risk and require the use of domestic and/or foreign capital, and investments may not become liquid for several years after the date of the investment, if at all. Our acquisitions or strategic investments may not generate financial returns or result in increased adoption or continued use of our technologies, products or services. In some cases, we may be required to consolidate or record our share of the earnings or losses of companies in which we have acquired ownership interests. In addition, we may record impairment charges related to our acquisitions or strategic investments. Any losses or impairment charges that we incur related to strategic investments or other transactions will have a negative impact on our financial results, and we may continue to incur new or additional losses related to strategic assets or investments that we have not fully impaired or exited.

Achieving the anticipated benefits of business acquisitions depends in part upon our ability to integrate the acquired businesses in an efficient and effective manner. The integration of companies that have previously operated independently may result in significant challenges, including, among others: retaining key employees; successfully integrating new employees, business systems and technology; retaining customers and suppliers of the acquired business; consolidating research and development and/or supply operations; minimizing the diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business matters; and consolidating corporate and administrative infrastructures. We may not derive any commercial value from acquired technologies or products or from future technologies or products based on the acquired technologies, and we may be subject to liabilities that are not covered by indemnification protection that we may obtain, or we may become subject to litigation. Additionally, we may not be successful in expanding into geographic regions and/or categories of products served by or adjacent to an acquired business or in addressing potential new opportunities that may arise out of the combination. In part due to our inexperience with technologies and/or products of and/or geographic regions served by acquired businesses, we may underestimate the costs and/or overestimate the benefits, including product and other synergies and growth opportunities that we expect to realize, and we may not achieve them. If we do not achieve the anticipated benefits of business acquisitions, our results of operations may be adversely affected, and we may not enhance stockholder value by engaging in these transactions.

We depend on a limited number of third-party suppliers for the procurement, manufacture and testing of our products. If we fail to execute supply strategies that provide supply assurance, technology leadership and low cost, our operating results and our business may be harmed.

Our QCT segment purchases wafers, die and fully-assembled and tested integrated circuits from third-party semiconductor manufacturing foundries, primarily located in Asia. We also contract with third-party suppliers for assembly, test and other services related to the manufacture of our products. The following could have an adverse effect on our ability to meet customer demands and/or negatively impact our revenues, business operations, profitability and/or cash flows:


•	a reduction, interruption, delay or limitation in our product supply sources;


•	a failure by our suppliers to procure raw materials or to provide or allocate adequate manufacturing or test capacity for our products;


•	our suppliers’ inability to react to shifts in product demand or an increase in raw material or component prices;


•	the loss of a supplier or the inability of a supplier to meet performance or quality specifications or delivery schedules; and/or


•	additional expense and/or production delays as a result of qualifying a new supplier and commencing volume production or testing in the event of a loss of or a decision to add or change a supplier.

While we have established alternate suppliers for certain technologies, we rely on sole- or limited-source suppliers for some products, subjecting us to significant risks, including: possible shortages of raw materials or manufacturing capacity; poor product performance; and reduced control over delivery schedules, manufacturing capability and yields, quality assurance, quantity and costs. To the extent we have established alternate suppliers, these suppliers may require significant levels of support to bring complex technologies to production. As a result, we may invest a significant amount of effort and resources and incur higher costs to support and maintain such alternate suppliers. Further, any future consolidation of foundry suppliers could increase our vulnerability to sole- or limited-source arrangements. Our arrangements with our suppliers may obligate us to incur costs to manufacture and test our products that do not decrease at the same rate as decreases in pricing to our customers. Our ability, and that of our suppliers, to develop or maintain leading process technologies, including transitions to smaller geometry process technologies, and to effectively compete with the manufacturing processes and performance of our competitors, could impact our ability to introduce new products and meet customer demand, could increase our costs (possibly decreasing our margins) and could subject us to the risk of excess inventories. Our inability to meet customer demand due to sole- or limited-sourcing and/or the additional costs that we incur because of these or other supply constraints or because of the need to support alternate suppliers could negatively impact our business, our revenues and our results of operations.

Although we have long-term contracts with our suppliers, many of these contracts do not provide for long-term capacity commitments. To the extent that we do not have firm commitments from our suppliers over a specific time period, or for any specific quantity, our suppliers may allocate, and in the past have allocated, capacity to the production and testing of products for their other customers while reducing or limiting capacity to manufacture or test our products. Accordingly, capacity for our products may not be available when we need it or at reasonable prices. To the extent we do obtain long-term capacity commitments, we may incur additional costs related to those commitments and/or make non-refundable payments for capacity commitments that are not used.

One or more of our suppliers or potential alternate suppliers may manufacture CDMA- or OFDMA-based integrated circuits that compete with our products. In this event, the supplier could elect to allocate raw materials and manufacturing capacity to their own products and reduce or limit deliveries to us to our detriment. In addition, we may not receive reasonable pricing, manufacturing or delivery terms. We cannot guarantee that the actions of our suppliers will not cause disruptions in our operations that could harm our ability to meet our delivery obligations to our customers or increase our cost of sales.

Our stock price and earnings are subject to substantial quarterly and annual fluctuations and to market downturns.

Our stock price and earnings have fluctuated in the past and are likely to fluctuate in the future. Factors that may have a significant impact on the market price of our stock and/or earnings include those identified throughout this “Risk Factors” section, volatility of the stock market in general and technology-based companies in particular, announcements concerning us, our suppliers, our competitors or our customers and variations between our actual results or guidance and expectations of securities analysts, among others. Further, increased volatility in the financial markets and/or overall economic conditions may reduce the amounts that we realize in the future on our cash equivalents and/or marketable securities and may reduce our earnings as a result of any impairment charges that we record to reduce recorded values of marketable securities to their fair values.

In the past, securities class action litigation often has been brought against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. Due to changes in our stock price, we may be the target of securities litigation in the future. Securities litigation could result in substantial uninsured costs and divert management’s attention and our resources.

There are risks associated with our indebtedness.

Our outstanding indebtedness and any additional indebtedness we incur may have negative consequences, including, among others:


•	requiring us to use cash to pay the principal of and interest on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the amount of cash flow available for other purposes;


•	limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, stock repurchases, dividends or other general corporate and other purposes;


•	limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry; and/or


•	increasing our vulnerability to interest rate fluctuations to the extent a portion of our debt has variable interest rates.

Our ability to make payments of principal of and interest on our indebtedness depends upon our future performance, which is subject to general economic conditions, industry cycles and financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operations in the future to service our debt, we may be required to, among other things: repatriate funds to the United States at substantial tax cost; refinance or restructure all or a portion of our indebtedness; reduce or delay planned capital or operating expenditures; or sell selected assets. Such measures might not be sufficient to enable us to service our debt. In addition, any such financing, refinancing or sale of assets might not be available on economically favorable terms or at all, and if prevailing interest rates at the time of any such financing and/or refinancing are higher than our current rates, interest expense related to such financing and/or refinancing would increase. If there are adverse changes in the ratings assigned to our debt securities by credit rating agencies, our borrowing costs, our ability to access debt in the future and/or the terms of the financing could be adversely affected.

We may not be able to attract and retain qualified employees.

Our future success depends largely upon the continued service of our executive officers and other key management and technical personnel and on our ability to continue to identify, attract, retain and motivate them. Implementing our business strategy requires specialized engineering and other talent, as our revenues are highly dependent on technological and product innovations. The market for employees in our industry is extremely competitive. Further, existing immigration laws make it more difficult for us to recruit and retain highly skilled foreign national graduates of universities in the United States, making the pool of available talent even smaller. We continue to anticipate increases in human resource needs, particularly in engineering. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified employees, our business may be harmed.

Global economic conditions that impact the mobile communications industry could negatively affect the demand for our products and services and our customers’ or licensees’ products and services, which may negatively affect our revenues.

A decline in global economic conditions or a slow-down in economic growth, particularly in geographic regions with high concentrations of wireless voice and data users, could have adverse, wide-ranging effects on demand for our products and for the products and services of our customers or licensees, particularly equipment manufacturers or others in the wireless communications industry who buy their products, such as wireless operators. Any prolonged economic downturn may result in a decrease in demand for our products or technologies; the insolvency of key suppliers; delays in reporting and/or payments from our licensees and/or customers; failures by counterparties; and negative effects on wireless device inventories. In addition, our customers’ ability to purchase or pay for our products and services and network operators’ ability to upgrade their wireless networks could be adversely affected by economic conditions, leading to a reduction, cancelation or delay of orders for our products or services.

Currency fluctuations could negatively affect future product sales or royalty revenues, harm our ability to collect receivables or increase the U.S. dollar cost of our products or the activities of our foreign subsidiaries and strategic investments.

Our customers sell their products throughout the world in various currencies. Our consolidated revenues from international customers as a percentage of our total revenues were greater than 90% during each of the last three fiscal years. Adverse movements in currency exchange rates may negatively affect our business and our operating results due to a number of factors, including, among others:


•	Our products and those of our customers and licensees that are sold outside the United States may become less price-competitive, which may result in reduced demand for those products and/or downward pressure on average selling prices;


•	Certain of our revenues, such as royalties, that are derived from licensee or customer sales denominated in foreign currencies could decrease;


•	Our foreign suppliers may raise their prices if they are impacted by currency fluctuations, resulting in higher than expected costs and lower margins; and/or

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Foreign exchange hedging transactions that we engage in to reduce the impact of currency fluctuations may require the payment of structuring fees, limit the U.S. dollar value of royalties from licensees’ sales that are denominated in foreign currencies, cause earnings volatility if the hedges do not qualify for hedge accounting and expose us to counterparty risk if the counterparty fails to perform.

Failures in our products or services or in the products or services of our customers or licensees, including those resulting from security vulnerabilities, defects or errors, could harm our business.

The use of devices containing our products to access untrusted content creates a risk of exposing the system software in those devices to viral or malicious attacks. While we continue to focus on this issue and are taking measures to safeguard our products from cybersecurity threats, device capabilities continue to evolve, enabling more data and processes, such as mobile computing, and increasing the risk of security failures. Further, our products are inherently complex and may contain defects or errors that are detected only when the products are in use. As our chipset product complexities increase, we are required to migrate to integrated circuit technologies with smaller geometric feature sizes. The design process interface in new domains of technology is complex and adds risk to manufacturing yields and reliability. Further, manufacturing, testing, marketing and use of our products and those of our customers and licensees entail the risk of product liability. Because our products and services are responsible for critical functions in our customers’ products and/or networks, security failures, defects or errors in our products and services could have an adverse impact on us, on our customers and on the end users of our customers’ products. Such adverse impact could include product liability claims or recalls, write-offs of our inventories and/or intangible assets; unfavorable purchase commitments; a shift of business to our competitors; a decrease in demand for connected devices and wireless services, damage to our reputation and to our customer relationships and other financial liability or harm to our business.

Our business and operations could suffer in the event of security breaches.

Attempts by others to gain unauthorized access to our information technology systems are increasingly more sophisticated. These attempts, which might be related to industrial or other espionage, include covertly introducing malware to our computers and networks and impersonating authorized users, among others. We seek to detect and investigate all security incidents and to prevent their recurrence, but in some cases, we might be unaware of an incident or its magnitude and effects. While we have identified several incidents of unauthorized access, to date none have caused material damage to our business. The theft, unauthorized use or publication of our intellectual property and/or confidential business information could harm our competitive position, reduce the value of our investment in research and development and other strategic initiatives and/or otherwise adversely affect our business. To the extent that any security breach results in inappropriate disclosure of our customers’ or licensees’ confidential information, we may incur liability. We expect to continue to devote additional resources to the security of our information technology systems.

Potential tax liabilities could adversely affect our results of operations.

We are subject to income taxes in the United States and numerous foreign jurisdictions, including Singapore where our QCT segment’s non-United States headquarters is located. Significant judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes. Although we believe that our tax estimates are reasonable, the final determination of tax audits and any related litigation could materially differ from amounts reflected in our historical income tax provisions and accruals. In such case, our income tax provision and results of operations in the period or periods in which that determination is made could be negatively affected.

We have tax incentives in Singapore provided that we meet specified employment and other criteria, and as a result of expiration of these incentives, our Singapore tax rate is expected to increase in fiscal 2017 and again in fiscal 2027. If we do not meet the criteria required to retain such incentives, our Singapore tax rate could increase prior to those dates, and our results of operations could be adversely affected.

Tax rules may change in a manner that adversely affects our future reported financial results or the way we conduct our business. For example, we consider the operating earnings of certain non-United States subsidiaries to be indefinitely reinvested outside the United States based on our current needs for those earnings to be reinvested offshore as well as estimates that future domestic cash generated from operations and/or borrowings will be sufficient to meet future domestic cash needs for the foreseeable future. No provision has been made for United States federal, state or foreign taxes that may result from future remittances of the undistributed earnings of these foreign subsidiaries. Our future financial results and liquidity may be adversely affected if tax rules regarding unrepatriated earnings change, if domestic cash needs require us to repatriate foreign earnings, if the shares of these foreign subsidiaries were sold or otherwise transferred or if the United States international tax rules change as part of comprehensive tax reform or other tax legislation. If our effective tax rates were to increase, particularly in the United States or Singapore, our operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition could be adversely affected.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Financial market risks related to interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and equity prices are described in our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K. At March 29, 2015, there have been no material changes to the financial market risks described at September 28, 2014. In the second quarter of fiscal 2015, we began a commercial paper program which provides for the issuance of up to $4.0 billion of commercial paper. At March 29, 2015, we had $1.1 billion of commercial paper outstanding, with maturities of less than 4 months. Changes in interest rates could affect the amounts of interest that we pay if we refinance the current debt outstanding with new debt. We also expect to access public debt markets in the third quarter of fiscal 2015. We do not currently anticipate any other near-term changes in the nature of our financial market risk exposures or in management’s objectives and strategies with respect to managing such exposures.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the second quarter of fiscal 2015 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

A review of our material pending legal proceedings is disclosed in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements. See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies,” in Part I, Item 1. We are also engaged in numerous other legal actions arising in the ordinary course of our business and, while there can be no assurance, we believe that the ultimate outcome of these other legal actions will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

We have provided updated Risk Factors in the section labeled “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The “Risk Factors” section provides updated information in certain areas. With the exception of the new risk factor labeled “There are risks associated with our indebtedness,” we do not believe those updates have materially changed the type or magnitude of the risks we face in comparison to the disclosure provided in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer purchases of equity securities during the second quarter of fiscal 2015 were:



	Total Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid Per Share (1)		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)
	(In thousands)			(In thousands)	(In millions)
December 29, 2014 to January 25, 2015	5,650	$	73.74	5,650	$	3,175
January 26, 2015 to February 22, 2015	10,677	67.77		10,677	2,452
February 23, 2015 to March 29, 2015	11,432	70.54		11,432	14,543
Total	27,759	70.13		27,759


(1)	Average Price Paid Per Share excludes cash paid for commissions.

(2)

On March 9, 2015, we announced a new repurchase program authorizing us to repurchase up to $15 billion of our common stock. At March 29, 2015, approximately $14.5 billion remained authorized for repurchase. The stock repurchase program has no expiration date. The $15 billion stock repurchase program replaced a $7.8 billion stock repurchase program announced on March 4, 2014, of which $2.1 billion remained authorized for repurchase. Since March 29, 2015, we repurchased and retired 5,061,000 shares of common stock for $345 million.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS



Exhibit Number		Description
3.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. (1)
3.4		Amended and Restated Bylaws. (2)
4.1		Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of September 26, 2005 between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor Rights Agent to Computershare Investor Services LLC. (3)
4.2		Amendment dated as of December 7, 2006 to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of September 26, 2005 between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor Rights Agent to Computershare Investor Services LLC. (4)
10.128		Amended and Restated QUALCOMM Incorporated 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (5)
10.129		Revolving Credit Agreement among Qualcomm Incorporated, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, dated as of February 18, 2015. (6)
31.1		Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Steven M. Mollenkopf.
31.2		Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for George S. Davis.
32.1		Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, for Steven M. Mollenkopf.
32.2		Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, for George S. Davis.
101.INS		XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.
101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase.
101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.
101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.

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(1)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 25, 2012.


(2)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 11, 2012.


(3)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-19528) filed on September 30, 2005.


(4)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-19528) filed on December 12, 2006.


(5)	Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be identified pursuant to Item 15(a).


(6)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-19528) filed on February 18, 2015.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



	QUALCOMM Incorporated
	/s/ George S. Davis
	George S. Davis
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: April 22, 2015