UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 2, 2018

 

GARMIN LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Switzerland	0-31983	98-0229227
(State or other	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction	File Number)	Identification No.)
of incorporation)

 

Mühlentalstrasse 2

8200 Schaffhausen

Switzerland

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +41 52 630 1600

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On May 2, 2018, Garmin Ltd. (“the Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal first quarter ended March 31, 2018. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information in Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of or otherwise subject to the liabilities under Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Unless expressly incorporated into a filing of Garmin Ltd. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act made after the date hereof, the information contained in Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished herewith.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated May 2, 2018

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

	GARMIN LTD.
May 2, 2018	/s/ Andrew R. Etkind
	Andrew R. Etkind
	Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated May 2, 2018