<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001014108-24-000041.txt : 20240911
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001014108-24-000041
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240910
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240911
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240911

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BURRELL JONATHAN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001134084
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-41118
		FILM NUMBER:		241292936

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6300 WEST 143RD STREET
		CITY:			OVERLAND PARK
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			66223

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GARMIN LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001121788
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL SYS [3812]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		IRS NUMBER:				980229227
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			V8
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MUHLENTALSTRASSE 2
		CITY:			SCHAFFHAUSEN
		STATE:			V8
		ZIP:			CH-8200
		BUSINESS PHONE:		41 52 630 1600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MUHLENTALSTRASSE 2
		CITY:			SCHAFFHAUSEN
		STATE:			V8
		ZIP:			CH-8200
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        <footnote id="F1">Consists of (a) 7,676 Registered Shares, and (b) unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) awarded to the reporting person under the Garmin Ltd. Non-Employee Directors' Equity Incentive Plan that can be settled only in Registered Shares, which RSUs vest as to 1,090 shares on June 7, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On September 10, 2024, the reporting person's revocable trust (Revocable Trust) withdrew 16,500 Registered Shares from a grantor annuity trust (GRAT). The reporting person has sole voting and dispositive power over each of the Revocable Trust and the GRAT. In exchange for the Registered Shares, the Revocable Trust contributed to the GRAT assets of equal value. This transfer of Registered Shares from the GRAT to the Revocable Trust resulted in a decrease in the number of Registered Shares the reporting person beneficially owns indirectly through the GRAT and a corresponding increase in the number of Registered Shares the reporting person beneficially owns indirectly through the Revocable Trust. The reporting person believes that this transfer of Registered Shares from the GRAT to the Revocable Trust constitutes a change in form of beneficial ownership of the shares, exempted by Rule 16a-13 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting person is a co-trustee of multiple grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) established by him, and his children hold the remainder interests therein. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The reporting person is a co-trustee of several grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) established by his mother, and he holds a remainder interest therein. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The reporting person is a co-trustee of several charitable lead annuity trusts (CLATs) and holds a remainder interest therein. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The reporting person is the manager of several limited liability companies that are wholly-owned by a GRAT remainder trust established for the reporting person's benefit.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The reporting person is a co-trustee of his mother's revocable trust and is his mother's attorney-in-fact, and also holds a remainder interest in the securities held in such trust. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">The reporting person is a co-trustee of a GRAT remainder trust established for his benefit.</footnote>
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        <signatureDate>2024-09-11</signatureDate>
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