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: December 23, 1998
Date of earliest
event reported: December 23, 1998
Apple Computer, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California 0-10030 94-2404110
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Number) Identification No.)
1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California 95014
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 996-1010
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT
Items 1 through 7 not applicable.
Item 8. Change in Fiscal Year.
The Company's By-laws provide that each fiscal quarter of the
Corporation shall be comprised of 13 weeks each of which shall end at midnight
on Friday of such week, and the fiscal months in any one calendar quarter
shall be comprised of at least four consecutive calendar weeks with one week
to be added, at management's discretion, to any one month during such fiscal
year. On December 15, 1998 the Company amended its By-laws to provide that
each fiscal quarter shall end at midnight Saturday of such week, rather than
Friday. For the current year, the Company's fiscal year end will be
September 25, 1999. Accordingly, the first quarter of fiscal 1999 will end
on December 26, 1998; the second quarter will end on March 27, 1999; and, the
third quarter will end on June 26, 1999. The Company is making this change
in order to improve the coordination and efficiency of period-end shipping and
billing activities and does not anticipate that this change will have any
effect on the amount of revenue recognized in the first quarter of fiscal
1999. This change is not deemed a change in fiscal year end for the purpose
of reporting subject to Rule 13a-10 or 15d-10, therefore, a transition report
is not required to be filed.
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
By: /S/ Fred D. Anderson
Fred D. Anderson,
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Date: December 23, 1998
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