Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 27, 2020

GARMIN LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

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):

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

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Registered Shares		GRMN		The Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01. Other Events

On July 27, 2020, Garmin Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding a recent cyber attack. A copy of the full press release is attached hereto as Exhibit No. 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in Item 8.01 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 8.01 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

	(a)	Not applicable.

	(b)	Not applicable.

	(c)	Not applicable.

	(d)	Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished herewith:

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated July 27, 2020 (furnished pursuant to Item 8.01)

104		The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101)

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.

Date: July 27, 2020	/s/ Andrew R. Etkind
	Andrew R. Etkind
	Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated July 27, 2020 (furnished pursuant to Item 8.01)

104		The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101)