VMware 2015 Annual Report Download - page 50
Download and view the complete annual report
Please find page 50 of the 2015 VMware annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.TableofContents
Thissensitivityanalysisassumesaparallelshiftofallinterestrates;however,interestratesdonotalwaysmoveinsuchamannerandactualresultsmaydiffer
materially.Wemonitorourinterestrateandcreditrisk,includingourcreditexposurestospecificratingcategoriesandtoindividualissuers.Theseinstrumentsare
notleveragedandwedonotintendtousethemforspeculativepurposes.RefertoNotesEandFtotheconsolidatedfinancialstatementsinPartII,Item8ofthis
AnnualReportonForm10-Kforfurtherinformation.
Equity Price Risk
Strategic Investments
Ourstrategicinvestmentsincludeprivatelyheldcompanieswhichareconsideredtobeinthestart-upordevelopmentstagesandareinherentlyrisky.The
technologiesorproductsthesecompanieshaveunderdevelopmentaretypicallyintheearlystagesandmaynevermaterialize,whichcouldresultinalossofa
substantialpartofourinitialinvestmentinthesecompanies.Thecarryingvaluesofourstrategicinvestmentswereaccountedforunderthecostmethod.We
evaluatethestrategicinvestmentsinourportfoliotoassesswhethertheyareother-than-temporarilyimpaired.Theevaluationisbasedoninformationprovidedby
thesecompanies,whichisnotsubjecttothesamedisclosureregulationsasU.S.publiclytradedcompanies,andassuch,thebasisfortheseevaluationsissubjectto
thetimingandaccuracyofthedataprovided.
Marketable Equity Securities
WehaveminimalexposuretoequitypriceriskonourportfolioofmarketableequitysecuritiesasitwasinsignificantasofDecember31,2015.Asof
December31,2015,ourtotalequityholdingsinpubliclytradedcompanieswas$18million.AsofDecember31,2014,wehadnoequityholdingsinpublicly
tradedcompanies.
49