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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
ýQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20132014
OR
¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from             to             
Commission file number: 000-50726001-36380

Google Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware77-0493581
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 253-0000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
   
Large accelerated filer  ý
  
Accelerated filer  ¨
   
Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  ¨             Smaller reporting company  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  ý
At October 17, 2013,16, 2014, there were 276,721,703284,816,184 shares of Google’s Class A common stock outstanding, and 57,365,70654,210,195 shares of Google’s Class B common stock outstanding and 339,339,275 Class C capital stock outstanding.




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Google Inc.
Form 10-Q
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 20132014
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NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, among other things, statements regarding:

the growth of our business and revenues and our expectations about the factors that influence our success and trends in our business;
our plans to continue to invest in new businesses, products and technologies, systems, facilities, and infrastructure, to continue to hire aggressively and provide competitive compensation programs, as well as to continue to invest in acquisitions;
seasonal fluctuations in internet usage and advertiser expenditures, traditional retail seasonality and macroeconomic conditions, which are likely to cause fluctuations in our quarterly results;
our plans to continue to invest in new businesses, products and technologies, systems, facilities, and infrastructure, to increase our hiring and provide competitive compensation programs, as well as to continue our current pace of acquisitions;
the potential for declines in our revenue growth rate;
our expectation that growth in advertising revenues from our websites will continue to exceed that from our Google Network Members’ websites, which will have a positive impact on our operating margins;
our expectation that we will continue to pay most of the fees we receive from advertisers on our Google Network Members’ websites to our Google Network Members;
our expectation that we will continue to take steps to improve the relevance of the ads we deliver and to reduce the number of accidental clicks;
fluctuations in aggregate paid clicks and average cost-per-click;
our belief that our foreign exchange risk management program will not fully offset our net exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;
the expected increase of costs related to hedging activities under our foreign exchange risk management program;
our expectation that our cost of revenues, research and development expenses, sales and marketing expenses, and general and administrative expenses will increase in dollars and may increase as a percentage of revenues;
our potential exposure in connection with pending investigations, proceedings, and other contingencies;
our expectation about our board of directors’ intention to declare a dividend of shares of the new Class C capital stock, as well as the timing of that dividend, if declared and paid;
our expectation that our traffic acquisition costs will fluctuate in the future;
our continued investments in international markets;
estimates of our future compensation expenses;
fluctuations in our effective tax rate;
the sufficiency of our sources of funding;
our payment terms to certain advertisers, which may increase our working capital requirements; and
fluctuations in our capital expenditures;
our expectations regarding the trading price of our Class A common stock and Class C capital stock; and
our expectations about the disposition of the Motorola Mobile business;
as well as other statements regarding our future operations, financial condition and prospects, and business strategies. Forward-looking statements may appear throughout this report, including without limitation, the following sections: Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” “projects,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and in particular, the risks discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this report and those discussed in other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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As used herein, “Google,” “we,” “our,” and similar terms include Google Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
“Google” and other trademarks of ours appearing in this report are our property. This report contains additional trade names and trademarks of other companies. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply an endorsement or sponsorship of us by such companies, or any relationship with any of these companies.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Google Inc.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions, except share and par value amounts which are reflected in thousands
and par value per share amounts)
As of
December 31,
2012
 As of
September 30,
2013
As of
December 31,
2013
 As of
September 30,
2014
  (unaudited)  (unaudited)
Assets      
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents$14,778
 $15,242
$18,898
 $15,605
Marketable securities33,310
 41,281
39,819
 46,552
Total cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities (including securities loaned of $3,160 and $5,103)48,088
 56,523
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $581 and $4867,885
 7,921
Total cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities (including securities loaned of $5,059 and $4,219)58,717
 62,157
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $631 and $2308,882
 8,237
Inventories505
 235
426
 279
Receivable under reverse repurchase agreements700
 100
100
 825
Deferred income taxes, net1,144
 1,154
1,526
 1,372
Income taxes receivable, net0
 571
408
 957
Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets2,132
 2,354
2,827
 2,700
Assets held for sale0
 3,588
Total current assets60,454
 68,858
72,886
 80,115
Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, non-current2,011
 1,784
1,976
 2,010
Non-marketable equity investments1,469
 1,843
1,976
 2,470
Property and equipment, net11,854
 14,867
16,524
 20,981
Intangible assets, net7,473
 6,290
6,066
 4,744
Goodwill10,537
 11,426
11,492
 15,461
Total assets$93,798
 $105,068
$110,920
 $125,781
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity      
Current liabilities:      
Accounts payable$2,012
 $2,124
$2,453
 $1,368
Short-term debt2,549
 3,009
3,009
 2,009
Accrued compensation and benefits2,239
 1,999
2,502
 2,428
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities3,258
 3,071
3,755
 3,933
Accrued revenue share1,471
 1,472
1,729
 1,761
Securities lending payable1,673
 1,893
1,374
 3,402
Deferred revenue895
 907
1,062
 820
Income taxes payable, net240
 0
24
 0
Liabilities held for sale0
 2,199
Total current liabilities14,337
 14,475
15,908
 17,920
Long-term debt2,988
 2,238
2,236
 3,230
Deferred revenue, non-current100
 125
139
 154
Income taxes payable, non-current2,046
 2,434
2,638
 3,117
Deferred income taxes, net, non-current1,872
 2,097
1,947
 1,554
Other long-term liabilities740
 710
743
 991
Stockholders’ equity:      
Convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, 100,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding0
 0
0
 0
Class A and Class B common stock and additional paid-in capital, $0.001 par value per share: 12,000,000 shares authorized (Class A 9,000,000, Class B 3,000,000); 329,979 (Class A 267,448, Class B 62,531) and par value of $330 (Class A $267, Class B $63) and 334,157 (Class A 276,681, Class B 57,476) and par value of $334 (Class A $277, Class B $57) shares issued and outstanding22,835
 25,004
Class C capital stock, $0.001 par value per share: 3,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding0
 0
Accumulated other comprehensive income538
 99
Class A and Class B common stock, and Class C capital stock and additional paid-in capital, $0.001 par value per share: 15,000,000 shares authorized (Class A 9,000,000, Class B 3,000,000, Class C 3,000,000); 671,664 (Class A 279,325, Class B 56,507, Class C 335,832) and par value of $672 (Class A $279, Class B $57, Class C $336) and 678,277 (Class A 284,674, Class B 54,321, Class C 339,282) and par value of $678 (Class A $285, Class B $54, Class C $339) shares issued and outstanding25,922
 27,948
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)125
 (82)
Retained earnings48,342
 57,886
61,262
 70,949
Total stockholders’ equity71,715
 82,989
87,309
 98,815
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$93,798
 $105,068
$110,920
 $125,781
See accompanying notes.

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Google Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In millions, except share amounts which are reflected in thousands and per share amounts)
Three Months Ended Nine Months EndedThree Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,September 30, September 30,
2012 2013 2012 20132013 2014 2013 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Revenues:       
Google (advertising and other)$11,526
 $13,754
 $33,135
 $39,812
Motorola Mobile (hardware and other)1,778
 1,139
 2,621
 3,155
Total revenues13,304
 14,893
 35,756
 42,967
Revenues$13,754
 $16,523
 $39,812
 $47,898
Costs and expenses:              
Cost of revenues - Google (advertising and other) (1)
4,440
 5,409
 12,213
 15,740
Cost of revenues - Motorola Mobile (hardware and other) (1)
1,515
 1,004
 2,208
 2,680
Cost of revenues (1)
5,409
 6,695
 15,740
 18,770
Research and development (1)
1,879
 2,017
 4,858
 5,841
1,821
 2,655
 5,204
 7,019
Sales and marketing (1)
1,710
 1,806
 4,392
 5,127
1,628
 2,084
 4,646
 5,754
General and administrative (1)
1,020
 1,213
 2,719
 3,535
1,135
 1,365
 3,248
 4,258
Total costs and expenses10,564
 11,449
 26,390
 32,923
9,993
 12,799
 28,838
 35,801
Income from operations2,740
 3,444
 9,366
 10,044
3,761
 3,724
 10,974
 12,097
Interest and other income, net65
 24
 474
 405
14
 133
 384
 635
Income from continuing operations before income taxes2,805
 3,468
 9,840
 10,449
3,775
 3,857
 11,358
 12,732
Provision for income taxes647
 513
 1,959
 1,616
612
 859
 1,893
 2,594
Net income from continuing operations2,158
 2,955
 7,881
 8,833
3,163
 2,998
 9,465
 10,138
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations18
 15
 (30) 711
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations (1)
(193) (185) 79
 (451)
Net income$2,176
 $2,970
 $7,851
 $9,544
$2,970
 $2,813
 $9,544
 $9,687
Net income (loss) per share of Class A and Class B common stock - basic:       
Net income (loss) per share -- basic:       
Continuing operations$6.59
 $8.86
 $24.14
 $26.59
$4.74
 $4.42
 $14.25
 $15.02
Discontinued operations0.05
 0.04
 (0.09) 2.14
(0.29) (0.27) 0.12
 (0.67)
Net income (loss) per share of Class A and Class B common stock - basic$6.64
 $8.90
 $24.05
 $28.73
Net income (loss) per share of Class A and Class B common stock - diluted:       
Net income per share - basic$4.45
 $4.15
 $14.37
 $14.35
Net income (loss) per share -- diluted:
       
Continuing operations$6.48
 $8.71
 $23.78
 $26.13
$4.66
 $4.36
 $14.00
 $14.77
Discontinued operations0.05
 0.04
 (0.09) 2.10
(0.28) (0.27) 0.12
 (0.66)
Net income (loss) per share of Class A and Class B common stock - diluted$6.53
 $8.75
 $23.69
 $28.23
Net income per share - diluted$4.38
 $4.09
 $14.12
 $14.11
              
Shares used in per share calculation - basic327,785
 333,616
 326,452
 332,183
667,232
 677,097
 664,366
 674,933
Shares used in per share calculation - diluted333,314
 339,235
 331,414
 338,078
678,470
 688,215
 676,156
 686,597
______________________              
(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
              
Cost of revenues - Google (advertising and other)$103
 $133
 $259
 $342
Cost of revenues - Motorola Mobile (hardware and other)6
 4
 10
 14
Cost of revenues$133
 $169
 $342
 $364
Research and development373
 453
 961
 1,235
436
 666
 1,175
 1,569
Sales and marketing152
 160
 367
 419
155
 197
 398
 502
General and administrative116
 136
 344
 356
132
 223
 339
 539
$750
 $886
 $1,941
 $2,366
Discontinued operations30
 35
 187
 118
Total stock-based compensation expense$886
 $1,290
 $2,441
 $3,092
See accompanying notes.

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Google Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In millions)
 
Three Months Ended Nine Months EndedThree Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,September 30, September 30,
2012 2013 2012 20132013 2014 2013 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Net income$2,176
 $2,970
 $7,851
 $9,544
$2,970
 $2,813
 $9,544
 $9,687
Other comprehensive income (loss):              
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment220
 261
 (98) 57
261
 (677) 57
 (623)
Available-for-sale investments:              
Change in net unrealized gains (losses)198
 257
 408
 (402)257
 (195) (402) 250
Reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses included in net income(21) 21
 (169) (133)
Net change (net of tax effect of $73, $31, $83, and $208)177
 278
 239
 (535)
Less: reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses included in net income21
 (15) (133) (122)
Net change (net of tax effect of $31, $66, $208 and $38)278
 (210) (535) 128
Cash flow hedges:              
Change in net unrealized gains (losses)(74) (28) 65
 97
(28) 310
 97
 304
Less: reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses included in net income(39) (14) (114) (58)
Net change (net of tax effect of $67, $24, $29, and $23)(113) (42) (49) 39
Less: reclassification adjustment for net gains included in net income(14) (7) (58) (16)
Net change (net of tax effect of $24, $122, $23 and $113)(42) 303
 39
 288
Other comprehensive income (loss)284
 497
 92
 (439)497
 (584) (439) (207)
Comprehensive income$2,460
 $3,467
 $7,943
 $9,105
$3,467
 $2,229
 $9,105
 $9,480
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Google Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
Nine Months EndedNine Months Ended
September 30,September 30,
2012 20132013 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Operating activities      
Net income$7,851
 $9,544
$9,544
 $9,687
Adjustments:      
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment1,358
 2,024
Amortization of intangible and other assets651
 879
Depreciation expense and loss on disposal of property and equipment2,024
 2,513
Amortization and impairment of intangibles and other assets879
 1,199
Stock-based compensation expense1,976
 2,441
2,441
 3,092
Excess tax benefits from stock-based award activities(113) (302)(302) (467)
Deferred income taxes23
 125
125
 (498)
Gain on divestiture of businesses(188) (705)(705) 0
Gain on equity interest0
 (126)
Gain on sale of non-marketable equity investments0
 (139)
Other(24) 44
44
 45
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:      
Accounts receivable(228) (454)(454) (490)
Income taxes, net1,336
 (79)(79) 351
Inventories188
 (46)(46) 46
Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets(1,215) (149)(149) 460
Accounts payable(274) 285
285
 (113)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities484
 (270)(270) 416
Accrued revenue share(57) 8
8
 36
Deferred revenue182
 76
76
 0
Net cash provided by operating activities11,950
 13,421
13,421
 16,012
Investing activities      
Purchases of property and equipment(2,253) (5,103)(5,103) (7,408)
Purchases of marketable securities(24,246) (31,746)(31,746) (43,192)
Maturities and sales of marketable securities29,800
 23,241
23,241
 36,650
Investments in non-marketable equity investments(246) (471)(471) (536)
Cash collateral related to securities lending(321) 220
220
 2,029
Investments in reverse repurchase agreements195
 600
600
 (725)
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses201
 2,525
2,525
 0
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and purchases of intangibles and other assets(10,672) (1,328)(1,328) (4,632)
Net cash used in investing activities(7,542) (12,062)(12,062) (17,814)
Financing activities      
Net payments related to stock-based award activities(189) (637)(637) (1,548)
Excess tax benefits from stock-based award activities113
 302
302
 467
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of costs12,125
 8,350
8,350
 9,167
Repayments of debt(10,128) (8,904)(8,904) (9,181)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities1,921
 (889)
Net cash used in financing activities(889) (1,095)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(52) (6)(6) (236)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents6,277
 464
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents464
 (3,133)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period9,983
 14,778
14,778
 18,898
Reclassification to assets held for sale0
 (160)
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$16,260
 $15,242
$15,242
 $15,605
      
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information      
Cash paid for taxes$1,684
 $1,304
$1,304
 $2,382
Cash paid for interest$38
 $36
$36
 $56
Non-cash investing and financing activities:      
Receipt of Arris shares in connection with divestiture of Motorola Home$0
 $175
$175
 $0
Fair value of stock-based awards assumed in connection with acquisition of Motorola$41
 $0
Property under capital lease
$0
 $258
$258
 $0
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Google Inc.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1. Google Inc. and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
We were incorporated in California in September 1998 and re-incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 2003. We generate revenues primarily by delivering relevant, cost-effective online advertising in our Google segment. To a lesser extent,advertising.
On January 29, 2014, we generate revenues primarily from salesentered into an agreement with Lenovo Group Limited (Lenovo) providing for the disposition of mobile devices in ourthe Motorola Mobile segment.business. As such, the financial results of Motorola Mobile are presented as "Net income (loss) from discontinued operations" on the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014; and assets and liabilities of Motorola Mobile to be disposed of are presented as "Assets held for sale" and "Liabilities held for sale" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014, respectively.
InOn April 2013,2, 2014, we completed a two-for-one stock split effected in the saleform of our Motorola Home segmenta stock dividend (the Stock Split). All references made to Arris Group, Inc. (Arris)share or per share amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and certain other persons.applicable disclosures have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Stock Split. See Note 8Notes 11 and 12 for further discussion ofadditional information about the sale of Motorola Home.Stock Split.
Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Google Inc. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Unaudited Interim Financial Information
The accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 20132014, the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20122013 and 20132014, the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20122013 and 20132014, and the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 20122013 and 20132014 are unaudited. These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). In our opinion, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for the fair presentation of our financial position as of September 30, 20132014, our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20122013 and 20132014, and our cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 20122013 and 20132014. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20132014 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 20132014.
These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20122013, filed with the SEC on January 29, 2013.February 12, 2014.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to the accounts receivable and sales allowances, fair values of financial instruments, intangible assets and goodwill, useful lives of intangible assets and property and equipment, fair values of stock-based awards, inventory valuations, income taxes, and contingent liabilities, among others. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities.
Recent Accounting Pronouncement
In April 2014, the second quarterFinancial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08 (ASU 2014-08) “Presentation of 2013, we revisedFinancial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity." ASU 2014-08 raises the estimated useful livesthreshold for a disposal to qualify as a discontinued operation and requires new disclosures of both

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discontinued operations and certain typesother disposals that do not meet the definition of propertya discontinued operation. It is effective for annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014. Early adoption is permitted but only for disposals that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued. We do not expect the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-08 to be material to our consolidated financial statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 (ASU 2014-09) "Revenue from Contracts with Customers." ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605)”, and equipment which resultedrequires entities to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an additional depreciation expenseamount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is not permitted. We are currently in the process of $48 millionevaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements.
In June 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-10 (ASU 2014-10) "Development Stage Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting Requirements, Including an Amendment to Variable Interest Entities Guidance in Topic 810, Consolidation". ASU 2014-10 removes the definition of a development stage entity from the Master Glossary of the ASC thereby removing the financial reporting distinction between development stage entities and $169 million duringother reporting entities. The amendment eliminating the threeexception to the sufficiency-of-equity-at-risk criterion for development stage entities should be applied retrospectively for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and nine months ended September 30, 2013.interim periods therein. Early application of these amendments is permitted. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-10 on our consolidated financial statements.
Prior Period Reclassifications
Certain reclassificationsReclassifications of prior period amounts related to discontinued operations as a result of the expected Motorola Mobile disposition, and share and per share amounts due to the Stock Split have been made to conform to the current period presentation.
Note 2. Net Income Per Share of Class A and Class B Common Stock
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share of Class A and Class B common stock (in millions, except share amounts which are reflected in thousands and per share amounts):

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 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
 Class A Class B Class A Class B Class A Class B Class A Class B
Basic net income (loss) per share:               
Numerator               
Allocation of undistributed earnings - continuing operations$1,732
 $426
 $2,438
 $517
 $6,293
 $1,588
 $7,237
 $1,596
Allocation of undistributed earnings - discontinued operations14
 4
 12
 3
 (24) (6) 582
 129
Total$1,746
 $430
 $2,450
 $520
 $6,269
 $1,582
 $7,819
 $1,725
Denominator               
Number of shares used in per share computation263,086
 64,699
 275,237
 58,379
 260,666
 65,786
 272,150
 60,033
Basic net income (loss) per share:               
Continuing operations$6.59
 $6.59
 $8.86
 $8.86
 $24.14
 $24.14
 $26.59
 $26.59
Discontinued operations0.05
 0.05
 0.04
 0.04
 (0.09) (0.09) 2.14
 2.14
Basic net income per share$6.64
 $6.64
 $8.90
 $8.90
 $24.05
 $24.05
 $28.73
 $28.73
Diluted net income (loss) per share:               
Numerator               
Allocation of undistributed earnings for basic computation - continuing operations$1,732
 $426
 $2,438
 $517
 $6,293
 $1,588
 $7,237
 $1,596
Reallocation of undistributed earnings as a result of conversion of Class B to Class A shares426
 0
 517
 0
 1,588
 0
 1,596
 0
Reallocation of undistributed earnings to Class B shares0
 (7) 0
 (8) 0
 (23) 0
 (27)
Allocation of undistributed earnings - continuing operations$2,158
 $419
 $2,955
 $509
 $7,881
 $1,565
 $8,833
 $1,569
Allocation of undistributed earnings for basic computation - discontinued operations$14
 $4
 $12
 $3
 $(24) $(6) $582
 $129
Reallocation of undistributed earnings as a result of conversion of Class B to Class A shares4
 0
 3
 0
 (6) 0
 129
 0
Reallocation of undistributed earnings to Class B shares0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 (3)
Allocation of undistributed earnings - discontinued operations$18
 $4
 $15
 $3
 $(30) $(6) $711
 $126
Denominator               
Number of shares used in basic computation263,086
 64,699
 275,237
 58,379
 260,666
 65,786
 272,150
 60,033
Weighted-average effect of dilutive securities               
Add:               
Conversion of Class B to Class A common shares outstanding64,699
 0
 58,379
 0
 65,786
 0
 60,033
 0
Employee stock options, including warrants issued under Transferable Stock Option program3,015
 36
 2,607
 1
 2,943
 39
 2,800
 5
Restricted stock units2,514
 0
 3,012
 0
 2,019
 0
 3,095
 0
Number of shares used in per share computation333,314
 64,735
 339,235
 58,380
 331,414
 65,825
 338,078
 60,038
Diluted net income (loss) per share:               
Continuing operations$6.48
 $6.48
 $8.71
 $8.71
 $23.78
 $23.78
 $26.13
 $26.13
Discontinued operations0.05
 0.05
 0.04
 0.04
 (0.09) (0.09) 2.10
 2.10
Diluted net income per share$6.53
 $6.53
 $8.75
 $8.75
 $23.69
 $23.69
 $28.23
 $28.23
The net income per share amounts are the same for Class A and Class B common stock because the holders of each class are legally entitled to equal per share distributions whether through dividends or in liquidation.

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Note 3.2. Financial Instruments

Fair Value Measurements
We measure our cash equivalents, marketable securities, and foreign currency and interest rate derivative contracts at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. AAssets and liabilities recorded at fair value are measured and classified in accordance with a three-tier fair value hierarchy is established as a basis for considering such assumptions and forbased on the observability of the inputs usedavailable in the valuation methodologies in measuringmarket used to measure fair value:
Level 1—1 - Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2—Include other inputs2 - Inputs that are based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant inputs are observable in the market or can be derived from observable market data. Where applicable, these models project future cash flows and discount the future amounts to a present value using market-based observable inputs including interest rate curves, foreign exchange rates, and credit ratings.
Level 3—3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activities.
The fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.
Based on the fair value hierarchy, weWe classify our cash equivalents and marketable securities within Level 1 or Level 2. This is2 because we value our cash equivalents and marketable securities usinguse quoted market prices or alternative pricing sources and models utilizing market observable inputs.inputs to determine their fair value. We classify our foreign currency and interest rate derivative contracts primarily within Level 2 as the valuation inputs are based on quoted prices and market observable data of similar instruments.


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Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities
 The following tables summarize our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities by significant investment categories as of December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014 (in millions):
  As of December 31, 2013
  
Adjusted
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 Fair
Value
 
Cash and
Cash
Equivalents
 Marketable
Securities
Cash $9,909
 $0
 $0
 $9,909
 $9,909
 $0
Level 1:            
Money market and other funds 4,428
 0
 0
 4,428
 4,428
 0
U.S. government notes 18,276
 23
 (37) 18,262
 2,501
 15,761
Marketable equity securities 197
 167
 0
 364
 0
 364
  22,901
 190
 (37) 23,054
 6,929
 16,125
Level 2:            
Time deposits(1)
 1,207
 0
 0
 1,207
 790
 417
Money market and other funds(2)
 1,270
 0
 0
 1,270
 1,270
 0
U.S. government agencies 4,575
 3
 (3) 4,575
 0
 4,575
Foreign government bonds 1,502
 5
 (26) 1,481
 0
 1,481
Municipal securities 2,904
 9
 (36) 2,877
 0
 2,877
Corporate debt securities 7,300
 162
 (67) 7,395
 0
 7,395
Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 5,969
 27
 (187) 5,809
 0
 5,809
Asset-backed securities 1,142
 0
 (2) 1,140
 0
 1,140
  25,869
 206
 (321) 25,754
 2,060
 23,694
Total $58,679
 $396
 $(358) $58,717
 $18,898
 $39,819
  As of September 30, 2014
  
Adjusted
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 Fair
Value
 
Cash and
Cash
Equivalents
 Marketable
Securities
 (unaudited)
Cash $9,311
 $0
 $0
 $9,311
 $9,311
 $0
Level 1:            
Money market and other funds 2,992
 0
 0
 2,992
 2,992
 0
U.S. government notes 14,226
 28
 (8) 14,246
 2
 14,244
Marketable equity securities 186
 154
 0
 340
 0
 340
  17,404
 182
 (8) 17,578
 2,994
 14,584
Level 2:            
Time deposits(1)
 2,199
 0
 0
 2,199
 1,191
 1,008
Money market and other funds(2)
 2,099
 0
 0
 2,099
 2,099
 0
Fixed-income bond funds(3)
 385
 0
 (19) 366
 0
 366
U.S. government agencies 4,246
 3
 (4) 4,245
 0
 4,245
Foreign government bonds 1,706
 12
 (11) 1,707
 0
 1,707
Municipal securities 2,893
 31
 (4) 2,920
 10
 2,910
Corporate debt securities 10,561
 119
 (74) 10,606
 0
 10,606
Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 8,008
 63
 (88) 7,983
 0
 7,983
Asset-backed securities 3,145
 1
 (3) 3,143
 0
 3,143
  35,242
 229
 (203) 35,268
 3,300
 31,968
Total $61,957
 $411
 $(211) $62,157
 $15,605
 $46,552

(1)
The majority of our time deposits are foreign deposits.


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  As of December 31, 2012
  
Adjusted
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 Fair
Value
 Cash and
Cash
Equivalents
 Marketable
Securities
Cash $8,066
 $0
 $0
 $8,066
 $8,066
 $0
Level 1:            
Money market and other funds 5,221
 0
 0
 5,221
 5,221
 0
U.S. government notes 10,853
 77
 (1) 10,929
 0
 10,929
Marketable equity securities 12
 88
 0
 100
 0
 100
  16,086
 165
 (1) 16,250
 5,221
 11,029
Level 2:            
Time deposits 984
 0
 0
 984
 562
 422
Money market and other funds (1)
 929
 0
 0
 929
 929
 0
U.S. government agencies 1,882
 20
 0
 1,902
 0
 1,902
Foreign government bonds 1,996
 81
 (3) 2,074
 0
 2,074
Municipal securities 2,249
 23
 (6) 2,266
 0
 2,266
Corporate debt securities 7,200
 414
 (14) 7,600
 0
 7,600
Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 7,039
 136
 (6) 7,169
 0
 7,169
Asset-backed securities 847
 1
 0
 848
 0
 848
  23,126
 675
 (29) 23,772
 1,491
 22,281
Total $47,278
 $840
 $(30) $48,088
 $14,778
 $33,310
  As of September 30, 2013
  
Adjusted
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 Fair
Value
 
Cash and
Cash
Equivalents
 Marketable
Securities
 (unaudited)
Cash $7,822
 $0
 $0
 $7,822
 $7,822
 $0
Level 1:            
Money market and other funds 3,940
 0
 0
 3,940
 3,940
 0
U.S. government notes 13,567
 38
 (30) 13,575
 402
 13,173
Marketable equity securities 241
 173
 0
 414
 0
 414
  17,748
 211
 (30) 17,929
 4,342
 13,587
Level 2:            
Time deposits 1,753
 0
 0
 1,753
 1,294
 459
Money market and other funds(1)
 1,784
 0
 0
 1,784
 1,784
 0
U.S. government agencies 2,330
 5
 (3) 2,332
 0
 2,332
Foreign government bonds 2,408
 13
 (49) 2,372
 0
 2,372
Municipal securities 3,579
 13
 (48) 3,544
 0
 3,544
Corporate debt securities 9,323
 163
 (140) 9,346
 0
 9,346
Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 8,597
 80
 (152) 8,525
 0
 8,525
Asset-backed securities 1,118
 0
 (2) 1,116
 0
 1,116
  30,892
 274
 (394) 30,772
 3,078
 27,694
Total $56,462
 $485
 $(424) $56,523
 $15,242
 $41,281

(1)
(2)
The balances at December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014 were related to cash collateral received in connection with our securities lending program, which was invested in reverse repurchase agreements maturing within three months. See section titled "Securities Lending Program" below for further discussion of this program.

(3)
Fixed-income bond funds consist of mutual funds that primarily invest in corporate and government bonds.



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TableCash, cash equivalents and marketable securities to be disposed of Contentsas a result of the Motorola Mobile disposition were included in "Assets held for sale" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014, and accordingly, are not included in this table.

During the second quarter of 2013, we received approximately $175 million in Arris'Arris Group, Inc. (Arris) common stock (10.6 million shares) in connection with the sale of the Motorola Home segmentbusiness (see details in Note 8). These shares are accounted for as available-for saleavailable-for-sale marketable equity securities.
We determine realized gains or losses on the sale of marketable securities on a specific identification method. We recognized gross realized gains of $82 million and $290 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and $35 million and $295252 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. and $33 million and $189 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. We recognized gross realized losses of$46 million and $79 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and $61 million and $117 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. and $15 million and $49 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. We reflect these gains and losses as a component of interest"Interest and other income, net,net" in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income.
The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of our investments in marketable debt securities, excluding marketable equity securities, designatedaccounted for as available-for-sale securities and classified by the contractual maturity date of the securities (in millions):
As of
September 30,
2013
As of September 30, 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Due in 1 year$4,809
$8,854
Due in 1 year through 5 years18,819
22,010
Due in 5 years through 10 years8,375
6,790
Due after 10 years8,864
8,192
Total$40,867
$45,846
The following tables present gross unrealized losses and fair values for those investments that were in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014, aggregated by investment category and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position (in millions):
  As of December 31, 2012
  Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total
  Fair Value Unrealized
Loss
 Fair Value Unrealized
Loss
 Fair Value Unrealized
Loss
U.S. government notes $842
 $(1) $0
 $0
 $842
 $(1)
Foreign government bonds 509
 (2) 12
 (1) 521
 (3)
Municipal securities 686
 (6) 9
 0
 695
 (6)
Corporate debt securities 820
 (10) 81
 (4) 901
 (14)
Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 1,300
 (6) 0
 0
 1,300
 (6)
Total $4,157
 $(25) $102
 $(5) $4,259
 $(30)
 As of September 30, 2013
 Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total As of December 31, 2013
 Fair Value 
Unrealized
Loss
 Fair Value 
Unrealized
Loss
 Fair Value Unrealized
Loss
 Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total
     (unaudited)     Fair Value 
Unrealized
Loss
 Fair Value 
Unrealized
Loss
 Fair Value Unrealized
Loss
U.S. government notes $4,329
 $(30) $0
 $0
 $4,329
 $(30) $4,404
 $(37) $0
 $0
 $4,404
 $(37)
U.S. government agencies 849
 (3) 0
 0
 849
 (3) 496
 (3) 0
 0
 496
 (3)
Foreign government bonds 1,563
 (47) 38
 (2) 1,601
 (49) 899
 (23) 83
 (3) 982
 (26)
Municipal securities 1,845
 (47) 9
 (1) 1,854
 (48) 1,210
 (32) 99
 (4) 1,309
 (36)
Corporate debt securities 4,667
 (136) 48
 (4) 4,715
 (140) 2,583
 (62) 69
 (5) 2,652
 (67)
Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 4,974
 (149) 224
 (3) 5,198
 (152) 4,065
 (167) 468
 (20) 4,533
 (187)
Asset-backed securities 734
 (2) 0
 0
 734
 (2) 643
 (2) 0
 0
 643
 (2)
Total $18,961
 $(414) $319
 $(10) $19,280
 $(424) $14,300
 $(326) $719
 $(32) $15,019
 $(358)

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  As of September 30, 2014
  Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total
  Fair Value 
Unrealized
Loss
 Fair Value 
Unrealized
Loss
 Fair Value Unrealized
Loss
      (unaudited)    
U.S. government notes $3,623
 $(4) $296
 $(4) $3,919
 $(8)
U.S. government agencies 1,457
 (4) 0
 0
 1,457
 (4)
Foreign government bonds 480
 (6) 208
 (5) 688
 (11)
Municipal securities 268
 (1) 198
 (3) 466
 (4)
Corporate debt securities 4,901
 (62) 294
 (12) 5,195
 (74)
Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 1,763
 (5) 2,518
 (83) 4,281
 (88)
Asset-backed securities 1,454
 (2) 189
 (1) 1,643
 (3)
Fixed-income bond funds 366
 (19) 0
 0
 366
 (19)
Total $14,312
 $(103) $3,703
 $(108) $18,015
 $(211)
We periodically review our marketable debt and equity securities for other-than-temporary impairment. We consider factors such as the duration, severity and the reason for the decline in value, the potential recovery period and our intent to sell. For marketable debt securities, we also consider whether (i) it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the debt securities before recovery of their amortized cost basis, and (ii) the amortized cost basis cannot be recovered as a result of credit losses. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, and 2014, we did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairment loss.

Securities Lending Program
From time to time, we enter into securities lending agreements with financial institutions to enhance investment income. We loan selected securities which are collateralized in the form of cash or securities. Cash collateral is invested in reverse repurchase agreements which are collateralized in the form of securities.
We classify loaned securities as cash equivalents or marketable securities and record the cash collateral as an asset with a corresponding liability in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. We classify reverse repurchase agreements maturing within three months as cash equivalents and those longer than three months as receivable under reverse repurchase agreements in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. For security collateral received, we do not record an asset or liability except in the event of counterparty default.
Derivative Financial Instruments
We recognize derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. We record changes in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of the derivatives in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income as interest"Interest and other income, net,net", as part of revenues, or as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, as discussed below.
We enter into foreign currency contracts with financial institutions to reduce the risk that our cash flows and earnings will be adversely affected by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. We use certain interest rate derivative contracts to hedge interest rate exposures on our fixed income securities and our anticipated debt issuance. Our program is not used for trading or speculative purposes.
We enter into master netting arrangements, which reduce credit risk by permitting net settlement of transactions with the same counterparty. To further reduce credit risk, we enter into collateral security arrangements under which the counterparty is required to provide collateral when the net fair value of certain financial instruments fluctuates from contractually established thresholds. We can take possession of the collateral in the event of counterparty default. As of December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014, we received cash collateral related to the derivative instruments under our collateral security arrangements of $4335 million and $12 million.$199 million.
Cash Flow Hedges
We use options designated as cash flow hedges to hedge certain forecasted revenue transactions denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The notional principal of these contracts was approximately $9.510.0 billion and

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$7.013.6 billion as of December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014. These foreign exchange contracts have maturities of 36 months or less.
In 2012, we entered into forward-starting interest rate swaps, with a total notional amount of $1.0 billion and terms calling for us to receive interest at a variable rate and to pay interest at a fixed rate, that effectively locked in an interest rate on our anticipated debt issuance of $1.0 billion in 2014. The total notional amount of these forward-starting interest swaps wasWe issued $1.0 billion as of December 31, 2012 and unsecured senior notes in February 2014 (See details in Note 3). As a result, we terminated the forward-starting interest rate swaps upon the debt issuance. The gain associated with the termination is reported within operating activities in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 20132014, consistent with terms calling for us to receive interest at a variable rate and to pay interest at a fixed rate.the impact of the hedged item.
We initially report any gainreflect gains or losslosses on the effective portion of a cash flow hedge as a component of AOCI and subsequently reclassify cumulative gains and losses to revenues or interest expense when the hedged transactions are recorded. If the hedged transactions become probable of not occurring, the corresponding amounts in AOCI would be immediately reclassified to interest"Interest and other income, net.net". Further, we exclude the change in the time value of the options from our assessment of hedge effectiveness. We record the premium paid or time value of an option on the date of purchase as an asset. Thereafter, we recognize any changechanges to this time value in interest"Interest and other income, net.net".
As of September 30, 20132014, the effective portion of our cash flow hedges before tax effect was $73$495 million,, of which $7$339 million is expected to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings within the next 12 months.


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Fair Value Hedges
We use forward contracts designated as fair value hedges to hedge foreign currency risks for our investments denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Gains and losses on these contracts are recognized in interest and other income, net, along with the offsetting losses and gains of the related hedged items. We exclude changes in the time value for these forward contracts from the assessment of hedge effectiveness. The notional principal of these contracts was $1.1$1.2 billion and $1.6$1.4 billion as of December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014.
Starting in the quarter ended September 30, 2014, we used interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges to hedge interest rate risk for certain fixed rate securities. The notional principal of these contracts was $0 million and $30 million as of December 31, 2013 and September 30, 2014.
Gains and losses on these forward contracts and interest rate swaps are recognized in "Interest and other income, net" along with the offsetting losses and gains of the related hedged items.
Other Derivatives
Other derivatives not designated as hedging instruments consist of forward and option contracts that we use to hedge intercompany transactions and other monetary assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local currency of a subsidiary. We recognize gains and losses on these contracts, as well as the related costs in interest"Interest and other income, net,net" along with the foreign currency gains and losses on monetary assets and liabilities. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts outstanding was $6.69.4 billion and $6.1$6.1 billion at December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014.
We also use exchange-traded interest rate futures contracts and “To Be Announced” (TBA) forward purchase commitments of mortgage-backed assets to hedge interest rate risks on certain fixed income securities. The TBA contracts meet the definition of derivative instruments in cases where physical delivery of the assets is not taken at the earliest available delivery date. Our interest rate futures and TBA contracts (together interest rate contracts) are not designated as hedging instruments. We recognize gains and losses on these contracts, as well as the related costs, in interest"Interest and other income, net.net". The gains and losses are generally economically offset by unrealized gains and losses in the underlying available-for-sale securities, which are recorded as a component of AOCI until the securities are sold or other-than-temporarily impaired, at which time the amounts are moved from AOCI into interest"Interest and other income, net.net". The total notional amounts of interest rate contracts outstanding were $2513 million at December 31, 20122013 and $75$125 million at September 30, 20132014.

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The fair values of our outstanding derivative instruments were as follows (in millions):
    As of December 31, 2013
  
 Balance Sheet Location 
Fair Value of
Derivatives
Designated as
Hedging Instruments
 
Fair Value of
Derivatives Not
Designated as
Hedging Instruments
 
Total Fair
Value
Derivative Assets:        
Level 2:        
Foreign exchange contracts Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, current and non-current $133
 $12
 $145
Interest rate contracts Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, current and non-current 87
 0
 87
Total   $220
 $12
 $232
Derivative Liabilities:        
Level 2:        
Foreign exchange contracts Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $0
 $4
 $4
    $0
 $4
 $4

   As of September 30, 2014
   As of December 31, 2012 Balance Sheet Location 
Fair Value of
Derivatives
Designated as
Hedging Instruments
 
Fair Value of
Derivatives Not
Designated as
Hedging Instruments
 
Total Fair
Value
 Balance Sheet Location 
Fair Value of
Derivatives
Designated as
Hedging Instruments
 
Fair Value of
Derivatives Not
Designated as
Hedging Instruments
 
Total Fair
Value
 (unaudited)
Derivative Assets:            
Level 2:            
Foreign exchange contracts Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, current and non-current $164
 $13
 $177
 Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, current and non-current and assets held for sale $571
 $2
 $573
Interest rate contracts Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, current and non-current 1
 0
 1
Total $165
 $13
 $178
 $571
 $2
 $573
Derivative Liabilities:            
Level 2:            
Foreign exchange contracts Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $3
 $4
 $7
 Accrued expenses, and other current liabilities and liabilities held for sale $0
 $3
 $3
Total $0
 $3
 $3

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    As of September 30, 2013
  
 Balance Sheet Location 
Fair Value of
Derivatives
Designated as
Hedging Instruments
 
Fair Value of
Derivatives Not
Designated as
Hedging Instruments
 
Total Fair
Value
    (unaudited)
Derivative Assets:        
Level 2:        
Foreign exchange contracts Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, current and non-current $67
 $3
 $70
Interest rate contracts Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, current and non-current 68
 0
 68
Total   $135
 $3
 $138
         
Derivative Liabilities:        
Level 2:        
Foreign exchange contracts Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $15
 $0
 $15
Total   $15
 $0
 $15
The effect of derivative instruments in cash flow hedging relationships on income and other comprehensive income (OCI) is summarized below (in millions):
 
Gains (Losses) Recognized in OCI
on Derivatives Before Tax Effect (Effective Portion)
Gains (Losses) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives Before Tax Effect (Effective Portion)
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship 2012 2013 2012 20132013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited)(unaudited)
Foreign exchange contracts $(110) $(43) $110
 $87
$(43) $436
 $87
 $458
Interest rate contracts (8) (1) (8) 67
(1) 0
 67
 (31)
Total $(118) $(44) $102
 $154
$(44) $436
 $154
 $427
 
 Gains Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion)Gains Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion)
   Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship Location 2012 2013 2012 2013Income Statement Location 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited) (unaudited)
Foreign exchange contracts Revenues $62
 $22
 $180
 $92
Revenues $22
 $10
 $92
 $24
Interest rate contractsInterest and other income,net 0
 1
 0
 2
Total $22
 $11
 $92
 $26
 

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Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Amount
Excluded from  Effectiveness Testing and Ineffective Portion) (1)
Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Amount
Excluded from  Effectiveness Testing and Ineffective Portion) (1)
   Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship Location 2012 2013 2012 2013Income Statement Location 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited) (unaudited)
Foreign exchange contracts 
Interest and
other income, net
 $(124) $(135) $(370) $(224)
Interest and
other income, net
 $(135) $(52) $(224) $(186)
Interest rate contractsInterest and other income, net 0
 0
 0
 4
Total $(135) $(52) $(224) $(182)
 
(1) 
Gains (losses) related to the ineffective portion of the hedges were not material in all periods presented.
The effect of derivative instruments in fair value hedging relationships on income is summarized below (in millions):
 
 
Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income on Derivatives(2)
Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income on Derivatives(2)
   Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
Derivatives in Fair Value Hedging Relationship Location 2012 2013 2012 2013Income Statement Location 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited) (unaudited)
Foreign exchange contracts 
Interest and
other income, net
 $(38) $(49) $(22) $13
Interest and
other income, net
 $(49) $73
 $13
 $52
Hedged item 
Interest and
other income, net
 36
 46
 15
 (19)
Interest and
other income, net
 46
 (75) (19) (58)
Total $(2) $(3) $(7) $(6) $(3) $(2) $(6) $(6)
 

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(2) 
Losses related to the amount excluded from effectiveness testing of the hedges were $2 million and $7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and $3 million and $6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. and $2 million and $6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.
The effect of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on income is summarized below (in millions):
 Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income on DerivativesGains (Losses) Recognized in Income on Derivatives
   Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments Location 2012 2013 2012 2013Income Statement Location 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited) (unaudited)
Foreign exchange contracts 
Interest and
other income, net
 $(82) $(55) $(107) $102
Interest and
other income, net, and net income (loss) from discontinued operations
 $(55) $172
 $102
 $59
Interest rate contracts 
Interest and
other income, net
 0
 2
 (5) 2
Interest and
other income, net
 2
 2
 2
 2
Total $(82) $(53) $(112) $104
 $(53) $174
 $104
 $61


Offsetting of Derivatives, Securities Lending and Reverse Repurchase Agreements

We present our derivatives, securities lending and reverse repurchase agreements at gross fair values in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. However, our master netting and other similar arrangements allow net settlements under certain conditions. As of December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 2013,2014, information related to these offsetting arrangements was as follows (in millions, unaudited)millions):

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Offsetting of Assets                            
 As of December 31, 2012 As of December 31, 2013
       Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, but Have Legal Rights to Offset         Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, but Have Legal Rights to Offset  
Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Net Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Financial Instruments  Cash Collateral Received Non-Cash Collateral Received Net Assets Exposed Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Net Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Financial Instruments  Cash Collateral Received Non-Cash Collateral Received Net Assets Exposed
Derivatives $178
 $0
 $178
 $(4)
(1) 
$(40) $(12) $122
 $232
 $0
 $232
 $(2)
(1) 
$(35) $(52) $143
Reverse repurchase agreements 1,629
 0
 1,629
(2) 
0
 0
 (1,629) 0
 1,370
 0
 1,370
(2) 
0
 0
 (1,370) 0
Total $1,807
 $0
 $1,807
 $(4) $(40) $(1,641) $122
 $1,602
 $0
 $1,602
 $(2) $(35) $(1,422) $143
                            
                            
 As of September 30, 2013 As of September 30, 2014
       Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, but Have Legal Rights to Offset         Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, but Have Legal Rights to Offset  
Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Net Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Received Non-Cash Collateral Received Net Assets Exposed Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Net Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Received Non-Cash Collateral Received Net Assets Exposed
 (unaudited)
Derivatives $138
 $0
 $138
 $0
(1) 
$(8) $(31) $99
 $573
 $0
 $573
 $(1)
(1) 
$(180) $(269) $123
Reverse repurchase agreements 1,884
 0
 1,884
(2) 
0
 0
 (1,884) 0
 2,924
 0
 2,924
(2) 
0
 0
 (2,924) 0
Total $2,022
 $0
 $2,022
 $0
 $(8) $(1,915) $99
 $3,497
 $0
 $3,497
 $(1) $(180) $(3,193) $123
                            
                            

(1) The balances at December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014 were related to derivative liabilities which are allowed to be net settled against derivative assets in accordance with our master netting agreements.

(2) The balances at December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014 included $9291,270 million and $1,7842,099 million recorded in cash and cash equivalents, respectively, and $700100 million and $100825 million recorded in receivable under reverse repurchase agreements, respectively.



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Offsetting of Liabilities                            
 As of December 31, 2012 As of December 31, 2013
       Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, but Have Legal Rights to Offset         Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, but Have Legal Rights to Offset  
Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Net Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Financial Instruments  Cash Collateral Pledged Non-Cash Collateral Pledged Net Liabilities Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Net Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Financial Instruments  Cash Collateral Pledged Non-Cash Collateral Pledged Net Liabilities
Derivatives $7
 $0
 $7
 $(4)
(3) 
$0
 $0
 $3
 $4
 $0
 $4
 $(2)
(3) 
$0
 $0
 $2
Securities lending agreements 1,673
 0
 1,673
 0
 0
 (1,673) 0
 1,374
 0
 1,374
 0
 0
 (1,357) 17
Total $1,680
 $0
 $1,680
 $(4) $0
 $(1,673) $3
 $1,378
 $0
 $1,378
 $(2) $0
 $(1,357) $19
                            
 As of September 30, 2013 As of September 30, 2014
       Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, but Have Legal Rights to Offset        Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, but Have Legal Rights to Offset 
Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Net Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Financial Instruments  Cash Collateral Pledged Non-Cash Collateral Pledged Net Liabilities Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Net Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Financial Instruments  Cash Collateral Pledged Non-Cash Collateral Pledged Net Liabilities
 (unaudited)
Derivatives $15
 $0
 $15
 $0
(3) 
$0
 $0
 $15
 $3
 $0
 $3
 $(1)
(3) 
$0
 $0
 $2
Securities lending agreements 1,893
 0
 1,893
 0
 0
 (1,877) 16
 3,402
 0
 3,402
 0
 0
 (3,347) 55
Total $1,908
 $0
 $1,908
 $0
 $0
 $(1,877) $31
 $3,405
 $0
 $3,405
 $(1) $0
 $(3,347) $57
              

(3) The balancebalances at December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014 were related to derivative assets which are allowed to be net settled against derivative liabilities in accordance with our master netting agreements.
Note 4.3. Debt
Short-Term Debt
We have a debt financing program of up to $3.0 billion through the issuance of commercial paper. Net proceeds from this program are used for general corporate purposes. At December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 20132014, we had $2.5$2.0 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, of outstanding commercial paper recorded as short-term debt with weighted-average interest rates of 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively.. In conjunction with this program, we have a $3.0 billion revolving credit facility expiring in July 2016. The interest rate for the credit facility is determined based on a formula using certain market rates. At December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 2013,2014, we were in compliance with the financial covenant in the credit facility, and no amounts were outstanding under the credit facility at December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 2013.2014. The estimated fair value of the commercial paper approximated its carrying value at December 31, 2013 and September 30, 20132014.
Our short-term debt balance also includes the short-term portion of certain long-term debt, as described in the section below.
Long-Term Debt
In May 2011, weWe issued $1.0 billion of unsecured senior notes (the "2014 Notes") in February 2014 and $3.0 billion of unsecured senior notes in three tranches (collectively, the Notes) and"2011 Notes") in August 2013,May 2011. On May 19, 2014, we repaid $1.0 billion on the first tranche of our 2011 Notes upon their maturity. Additionally, we entered into a capital lease obligation.obligation in August 2013. The details of these financing arrangements are described in the table below (in millions):

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As of
September 30,
2013
As of December 31, 2013 As of September 30, 2014
(unaudited)  (unaudited)
Short-Term Portion of Long-Term Debt    
1.25% Notes due on May 19, 2014$1,000
$1,000
 $0
Capital Lease Obligation9
9
 9
Total$1,009
$1,009
 $9
    
Long-Term Debt    
2.125% Notes due on May 19, 2016$1,000
$1,000
 $1,000
3.625% Notes due on May 19, 20211,000
1,000
 1,000
3.375% Notes due on February 25, 20240
 1,000
Unamortized discount for the Notes above(10)(10) (8)
Subtotal1,990
1,990
 2,992
Capital Lease Obligation248
246
 238
Total$2,238
$2,236
 $3,230

The effective interest yields of the 2014,Notes due in 2016, 2021, and 2021 Notes2024 were 1.258%2.241%, 2.241%3.734% and 3.734%3.377%, respectively. Interest on the 2011 and 2014 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 19semi-annually. The 2011 and November 192014 Notes rank equally with each other and with all of each year.our other senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding. We may redeem the 2011 and 2014 Notes at any time in whole or in part at specified redemption prices. We are not subject to any financial covenants under the 2011 Notes or the 2014 Notes. We used the net proceeds from the issuance of the 2011 Notes to repay a portion of our outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. We used the net proceeds from the issuance of the 2014 Notes for the repayment of the portion of the principal amount of our 2011 Notes which matured on May 19, 2014 and for general corporate purposes. The total estimated fair value of the 2011 and 2014 Notes was approximately $3.1 billion at both $3.1 billionDecember 31, 2013 atand September 30, 20132014. The fair value of the outstanding 2011 and 2014 Notes was determined based on observable market prices of identical instruments in less active markets and is categorized accordingly as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
In August 2013, we entered into a capital lease obligation on certain property expiring in 2028 with an option to purchase the property in 2016. The effective rate of the capital lease obligation approximates the market rate. AtThe estimated fair value of the capital lease obligation approximated its carrying value at December 31, 2013 and September 30, 20132014, the carrying value of the assets approximated the carrying value of the borrowings..
Note 5.4. Balance Sheet Components
Inventories
Inventories consisted of the following (in millions): 
As of December 31, 2012 As of
September 30,
2013
As of December 31, 2013 As of September 30, 2014
  (unaudited)  (unaudited)
Raw materials and work in process$77
 $64
$115
 $0
Finished goods428
 171
311
 279
Inventories$505
 $235
$426
 $279

Inventories to be disposed of as a result of the Motorola Mobile disposition were included in "Assets held for sale" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014, and accordingly, are not included in this table.

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Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consisted of the following (in millions): 

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As of December 31, 2012 As of
September 30,
2013
As of December 31, 2013 As of September 30, 2014
  (unaudited)  (unaudited)
Information technology assets$7,717
 $8,371
$9,094
 $10,177
Land and buildings6,257
 6,462
7,488
 11,616
Construction in progress2,240
 5,257
5,602
 5,743
Leasehold improvements1,409
 1,553
1,576
 1,677
Furniture and fixtures74
 79
77
 79
Total17,697
 21,722
23,837
 29,292
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization5,843
 6,855
7,313
 8,311
Property and equipment, net$11,854
 $14,867
$16,524
 $20,981
Property under capital lease with a cost basis of $258 million was included in land and buildings and construction in progress as of September 30, 2013.2014. In October 2014, we completed a purchase of land and office buildings, for total cash consideration of $585 million. We are currently in the process of valuing the assets and evaluating the impact of the purchase on our consolidated financial statements.

Property and equipment to be disposed of as a result of the Motorola Mobile disposition were included in "Assets held for sale" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014, and accordingly, are not included in this table.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The components of AOCI, net of tax, were as follows (in millions, unaudited):
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Investments Unrealized Gains on Cash Flow Hedges TotalForeign Currency Translation Adjustments Unrealized Gains on Available-for-Sale Investments Unrealized Gains on Cash Flow Hedges Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012$(73) $604
 $7
 $538
Balance as of December 31, 2013$16
 $50
 $59
 $125
              
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications57
 (402) 97
 (248)(623) 250
 304
 (69)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI0
 (133) (58) (191)0
 (122) (16) (138)
Other comprehensive income (loss)57
 (535) 39
 (439)(623) 128
 288
 (207)
Balance as of September 30, 2013$(16) $69
 $46
 $99
Balance as of September 30, 2014$(607) $178
 $347
 $(82)


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The effects on net income of amounts reclassified from AOCI for the nine months ended September 30, 2013were as follows (in millions, unaudited):
 Gains (Losses) Reclassified from AOCI to the Consolidated Statement of Income
   Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
AOCI Components Location Gains (Losses) Reclassified from AOCI to the Consolidated Statement of Income Location 2013 2014 2013 2014
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale investments Interest and other income, net $178
        
 Provision for income taxes (45) Interest and other income, net $(26) $18
 $135
 $140
 Net of tax $133
 Net Income (loss) from discontinued operations 0
 0
 43
 0
   Benefit from (provision for) income taxes 5
 (3) (45) (18)
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges for foreign exchange contracts Revenue $92
 Net of tax $(21) $15
 $133
 $122
        
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts Revenue $22
 $10
 $92
 $24
Interest rate contracts Interest and other income, net 0
 1
 0
 2
 Provision for income taxes (34) Provision for income taxes (8) (4) (34) (10)
 Net of tax $58
 Net of tax $14
 $7
 $58
 $16
   
 
 
 
Total amount reclassified, net of tax $191
 $(7) $22
 $191
 $138



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Note 6.5. Acquisitions

Nest
In June 2013,February 2014, we completed ourthe acquisition of Waze Limited (Waze)Nest Labs, Inc. (Nest), a provider of a mobile map application which provides turn-by-turn navigationcompany whose mission is to reinvent devices in the home such as thermostats and real-time traffic updates powered by incidents and route information submitted by a community of users, for a total cash consideration ofsmoke alarms. Prior to this transaction, we had an approximately $969 million12%. ownership interest in Nest. The acquisition is expected to enhance Google's suite of products and services and allow Nest to continue to innovate upon devices in the home, making them more useful, intuitive, and thoughtful, and to reach more users in more countries.
Of the total $2.5 billion purchase price and the fair value of our customers' user experiencepreviously held equity interest of $152 million, $51 million was cash acquired, $430 million was attributed to intangible assets, $2.32 billion was attributed to goodwill, and $129 million was attributed to net liabilities assumed. The goodwill of $2.32 billion is primarily attributable to the synergies expected to arise after the acquisition. Goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
This transaction is considered a “step acquisition” under GAAP whereby our ownership interest in Nest held before the acquisition was remeasured to fair value at the date of the acquisition. Such fair value was estimated by offering real time traffic informationusing discounted cash flow valuation methodologies. Inputs used in the methodologies primarily included projected future cash flows, discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved. The gain of $103 million as a result of remeasurement is included in “Interest and other income, net” on our Consolidated Statement of Income for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

Dropcam
In July 2014, Nest completed the acquisition of Dropcam, Inc. (Dropcam), a company that enables consumers and businesses to meet users' daily navigation needs.monitor their homes and offices via video, for approximately $517 million in cash. With Dropcam on board, Nest expects to continue to reinvent products that will help shape the future of the connected home. The fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed was based onupon a preliminary valuation and our estimates and assumptions are subject to change within the measurement period. The primary areas of the purchase price that are

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not yet finalized are related to income taxes and residual goodwill. Of the total purchase price of $517 million, $11 million was cash acquired, $55 million was attributed to intangible assets, $470 million was attributed to goodwill, and $19 million was attributed to net liabilities assumed. The goodwill of $470 million is primarily attributable to the synergies expected to arise after the acquisition. Goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

Skybox
In August 2014, we completed the acquisition of Skybox Imaging, Inc. (Skybox), a satellite imaging company, for approximately $478 million in cash. We expect the acquisition to keep Google Maps accurate with up-to-date imagery and, over time, improve internet access and disaster relief. The fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed was based upon a preliminary valuation and our estimates and assumptions are subject to change within the measurement period. The primary areas of the purchase price that are not yet finalized are related to certain income taxes and residual goodwill. Of the total purchase price $841of $478 million, $6 million was cash acquired, $69 million was attributed to intangible assets, $401 million was attributed to goodwill, and $193$2 million was attributed to intangiblenet assets offset by $65 million of other net liabilities assumed.acquired. The goodwill of $841$401 million is primarily attributable to the synergies expected to arise after the acquisition. Goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

Other acquisitions
During the nine months ended September 30, 20132014, we completed20 other acquisitions and purchases of intangible assets for a total cash consideration of approximately $3691.1 billion.Of the total $1.1 billion purchase price and the fair value of our previously held equity interest of $33 million,, of which $64 million was cash acquired, $214281 million was attributed to intangible assets,$162879 million was attributed to goodwill, and $777 million was attributed to net liabilities assumed. These acquisitions generally enhance the breadth and depth of our expertise in engineering and other functional areas, our technologies, and our product offerings. The amount of goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes is approximately $36 million.$53 million.
Pro forma results of operations for these acquisitions have not been presented because they are not material to the consolidated results of operations, either individually or in aggregate.

For all acquisitions completed during the nine months ended September 30, 2013,2014, patents and developed technology have a weighted-average useful life of 5.35.1 years, customer relationships have a weighted-average useful life of 5.84.6 years, and trade names and other have a weighted-average useful life of 4.27.0 years.
Note 6. Collaboration Agreement
On September 18, 2013, we announced the formation of Calico, a life science company with a mission to harness advanced technologies to increase our understanding of the biology that controls lifespan. Calico's results of operations and statement of financial position are included in our consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2014, Google has contributed $240 million to Calico in exchange for Calico convertible preferred units.
In September 2014, AbbVie Inc. (AbbVie) and Calico announced a research and development collaboration intended to help both companies discover, develop and bring to market new therapies for patients with age-related diseases, including for neurodegeneration and cancer. As of September 30, 2014, AbbVie and Calico have each committed up to $250 million to fund the collaboration pursuant to the agreement. Calico will use its scientific expertise to establish a world-class research and development facility, with a focus on drug discovery and early drug development; and AbbVie will provide scientific and clinical development support and its commercial expertise to bring new discoveries to market. Both companies will share costs and profits equally. AbbVie's $250 million contribution has been recorded as a liability on Calico's financial statements, which is reduced and reflected as a reduction to research and development expense as eligible research and development costs are incurred by Calico over the next few years.

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Note 7. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 20132014 were as follows (in millions, unaudited):
Balance as of December 31, 2012$10,537
Goodwill acquired1,003
Goodwill disposed(64)
Goodwill adjustment(50)
Balance as of September 30, 2013$11,426
As of September 30, 2013, the amount of goodwill related to the Motorola Mobile segment was not material. See Note 14 for further discussion of segment information.
Balance as of December 31, 2013$11,492
Goodwill acquired4,072
Goodwill reclassified to assets held for sale(71)
Goodwill adjustment(32)
Balance as of September 30, 2014$15,461
Information regarding our acquisition-related intangible assets was as follows (in millions):
As of December 31, 2012As of December 31, 2013
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Carrying
Value
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Carrying
Value
Patents and developed technology$7,310
 $1,323
 $5,987
$7,282
 $2,102
 $5,180
Customer relationships2,061
 847
 1,214
1,770
 1,067
 703
Trade names and other576
 304
 272
534
 351
 183
Total$9,947
 $2,474
 $7,473
$9,586
 $3,520
 $6,066
          
As of September 30, 2013As of September 30, 2014
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Carrying
Value
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Carrying
Value
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Patents and developed technology$7,211
 $1,894
 $5,317
$6,515
 $2,337
 $4,178
Customer relationships1,766
 1,007
 759
1,405
 1,127
 278
Trade names and other551
 337
 214
648
 360
 288
Total$9,528
 $3,238
 $6,290
$8,568
 $3,824
 $4,744

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TableGoodwill and intangible assets to be disposed of Contentsas a result of our Motorola Mobile disposition were included in "Assets held for sale" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014 and accordingly, are not included in the table above. Amortization of these intangible assets was stopped as of the date they were deemed to be held for sale.

Amortization expense relating to acquisition-related intangible assets was $287244 million and $594 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and $281 million and $879769 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and $285 million and $821 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. Such amounts do not include amortization expenses related to the intangible assets to be disposed of, which were included in "Net income (loss) from discontinued operations".
Additionally, in the third quarter of 2014, we recorded an impairment charge in "Cost of revenues" of $378 million related to a patent licensing royalty asset acquired in connection with the Motorola acquisition, which Google will retain subsequent to the disposal of Motorola Mobile. The asset was determined to be impaired due to prolonged decreased royalty payments and unpaid interest owed and was written down to its fair value during the quarter. Fair value was determined based on a discounted cash flow method and reflects a reduction in estimated future cash flows associated with the patent licensing royalty asset and falls within level 3 in fair value hierarchy. 

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As of September 30, 20132014, expected amortization expense relating to acquisition-related intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter was as follows (in millions, unaudited):
Remainder of 2013$275
20141,072
Remainder of 2014$244
2015914
852
2016827
764
2017770
686
2018726
621
Thereafter1,706
1,577
$6,290
$4,744
Note 8.    Discontinued Operations
Motorola Mobile
On April 17, 2013,January 29, 2014, we completedentered into an agreement with Lenovo providing for the saledisposition of the Motorola Home segment to Arris and certain other personsMobile business for considerationa total purchase price of approximately $2,412$2.9 billion (subject to certain adjustments), including $1.4 billion to be paid at close, comprised of $660 million in cash including cash of $2,238and $750 million received at the date of close in Lenovo ordinary shares (subject to a share cap and certain post-close adjustments of $174 million receivedfloor). The remaining $1.5 billion will be paid in the third quarterform of 2013, and approximately $175 million in Arris' common stock of 10.6 million shares. Subsequent to the transaction, we own approximately 7.8%an interest-free, three-year prepayable promissory note.
We will maintain ownership of the outstanding sharesvast majority of Arris.the Motorola Mobile patent portfolio, including current patent applications and invention disclosures, which will be licensed back to Motorola Mobile for its continued operations. Additionally, in connection with the sale, we agreed towill indemnify ArrisLenovo for certain potential liability from certain intellectual property infringement litigation, for which we recorded an indemnification liabilityliabilities of $175 million, the majority of which was settled subsequentMotorola Mobile business. The transaction is subject to the sale.satisfaction of regulatory requirements, customary closing conditions and any other needed approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014.
The sale resulted in a net gainFinancial results of $762 million, which wasMotorola Mobile are presented as part of net"Net income (loss) from discontinued operations inoperations" on the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.2013 and 2014; and assets and liabilities of Motorola Mobile to be disposed of are presented as "Assets held for sale" and "Liabilities held for sale" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014, respectively.
The following table presents financial results of the Motorola Mobile business included in "Net income (loss) from discontinued operations" for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014 (in millions, unaudited):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
Revenues$1,139
 $1,718
 $3,155
 $4,901
        
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes(307) (217) (909) (590)
Benefits from income taxes99
 32
 277
 139
Net loss from discontinued operations$(208) $(185) $(632) $(451)
The following table presents the aggregate carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities related to the Motorola Mobile business to be disposed of as of September 30, 2014 (in millions, unaudited):

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Assets: 
Cash and cash equivalents$160
Accounts receivable1,086
Inventories123
Prepaid expenses and other current assets424
Prepaid expenses and other assets, non-current254
Property and equipment, net523
Intangible assets, net947
Goodwill71
Total assets$3,588
  
Liabilities: 
Accounts payable$1,005
Accrued compensation and benefits117
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities593
Deferred revenue, current190
Other long-term liabilities294
Total liabilities$2,199

Motorola Home
In December 2012, we entered into an agreement with Arris and certain other persons providing for the disposition of the Motorola Home business. The transaction closed on April 17, 2013 (the date of divestiture). As such, financial results of Motorola Home through the date of divestiture were included in "Net income (loss) from discontinued operations" for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.
The following table presents financial results of the Motorola Home segmentbusiness included in net"Net income (loss) from discontinued operationsoperations" for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2013 (in millions, unaudited):
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2012 2013 2012 
2013 (1)
2013 
2013 (1)
Revenues$797
 $0
 $1,204
 $804
$0
 $804
          
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes(6) 0
 (39) (67)0
 (67)
Benefits from income taxes24
 0
 9
 16
0
 16
Gain on disposal0
 15
 0
 762
15
 762
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations$18
 $15
 $(30) $711
Net income from discontinued operations$15
 $711
(1)The operating results of Motorola Home were included in our Consolidated Statements of Income from January 1, 2013 through the date of divestiture.
The following table presents the aggregate carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities divested (in millions, unaudited):

Assets: 
Accounts receivable$424
Inventories228
Deferred income taxes, net144
Prepaid and other current assets152
Property and equipment, net282
Intangible assets, net701
Other assets, non-current182
Total assets$2,113
Liabilities: 
Accounts payable$169
Accrued expenses and other liabilities294
Total liabilities$463

Note 9. Restructuring Charges
Subsequent to our acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (Motorola) in May 2012, we initiated a restructuring plan for Motorola, primarily in our Motorola Mobile segment, to reduce workforce, reorganize management structure, close or consolidate certain facilities, as well as simplify our mobile product portfolio. These changes are designed to return the Motorola Mobile segment to profitability. Pursuant to this restructuring plan, we have incurred cumulative charges of approximately $850 million.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, changes to restructuring accruals were as follows (in millions, unaudited):
  
Severance and
Related
 
Other
Charges
 Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012 $238
 $15
 $253
Charges 166
 53
 219
Cash payments (234) (29) (263)
Non-cash items(1)
 (84) (14) (98)
Balance as of September 30, 2013 $86
 $25
 $111

(1)
Non-cash items were primarily related to restricted stock units (RSUs) and stock options.

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For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, restructuring charges were as follows (in millions, unaudited):
 Three Months Ended September 30,
 2012 2013
 
Severance and
Related
 
Other
Charges
 Total 
Severance and
Related
 
Other
Charges
 Total
Cost of revenues - Motorola Mobile$49
 $3
 $52
 $0
 $0
 $0
Research and development101
 0
 101
 8
 (2) 6
Sales and marketing88
 6
 94
 1
 1
 2
General and administrative19
 0
 19
 2
 1
 3
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations31
 0
 31
 0
 0
 0
Total charges$288
 $9
 $297
 $11
 $0
 $11
 Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2012 2013
 
Severance and
Related
 
Other
Charges
 Total 
Severance and
Related
 
Other
Charges
 Total
Cost of revenues - Motorola Mobile$57
 $3
 $60
 $26
 $13
 $39
Research and development112
 0
 112
 33
 21
 54
Sales and marketing116
 6
 122
 16
 13
 29
General and administrative109
 0
 109
 28
 2
 30
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations51
 0
 51
 63
 4
 67
Total charges$445
 $9
 $454
 $166
 $53
 $219
We continue to evaluate our plans and further restructuring actions may occur which may cause us to incur additional restructuring charges, some of which may be significant.
Note 10.9. Interest and Other Income, Net
The components of interest"Interest and other income, net,net", were as follows (in millions, unaudited):
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2012 2013 2012 20132013 2014 2013 2014
  
Interest income$172
 $201
 $534
 $570
$196
 $187
 $558
 $524
Interest expense(21) (22) (63) (62)(19) (25) (59) (76)
Realized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net36
 (26) 211
 178
(26) 18
 135
 140
Foreign currency exchange gains (losses), net(147) (153) (439) (271)
Gain (loss) on divestiture of businesses0
 0
 188
 (57)
Other25
 24
 43
 47
Foreign currency exchange losses, net(159) (67) (268) (269)
Realized gain on equity interest0
 0
 0
 126
Realized gain on non-marketable equity investments0
 1
 0
 139
Other income, net22
 19
 18
 51
Interest and other income, net$65
 $24
 $474
 $405
$14
 $133
 $384
 $635
Note 11.10. Contingencies

Legal Matters

Antitrust Investigations

On November 30, 2010, the European Commission's (EC) Directorate General for Competition opened an investigation into various antitrust-related complaints against us. We believe we have adequately responded to all of

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the allegations made against us. We continue to cooperate with the EC and are pursuing a potential resolution that would avoid a finding of infringement and a fine. The EC has also opened an investigation into Motorola's licensing practices for standards essential patents and use

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The Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia in Argentina, the Competition Commission of India, the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission, and Brazil's Council for Economic Defense and the Canadian Competition Bureau have also opened investigations into certain of our business practices.
State attorneys general from the states of Texas, Ohio and Mississippi have also issued Civil Investigative Demands relating to our business practices. We are cooperatingremain willing to cooperate with the state attorneys general and are responding to theirthem if they have any further information requests on an ongoing basis.requests.

Patent and Intellectual Property Claims

We have had patent, copyright, and trademark infringement lawsuits filed against us claiming that certain of our products, services, and technologies, including Android, Google Search, Google AdWords, Google AdSense, Google Books, Google News, Google Image Search, Google Chrome, Google Talk, Google Voice, Motorola devices and YouTube, infringe the intellectual property rights of others. Adverse results in these lawsuits may include awards of substantial monetary damages, costly royalty or licensing agreements, or orders preventing us from offering certain features, functionalities, products, or services, and may also cause us to change our business practices, and require development of non-infringing products or technologies, which could result in a loss of revenues for us and otherwise harm our business. In addition, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has increasingly become an important forum to litigate intellectual property disputes because an ultimate loss for a company or its suppliers in an ITC action could result in a prohibition on importing infringing products into the U.S. Since the U.S. is an important market, a prohibition on importation could have an adverse effect on us, including preventing us from importing many important products into the U.S. or necessitating workarounds that may limit certain features of our products.
Furthermore, many of our agreements with our customers and partners require us to indemnify them for certain intellectual property infringement claims against them, which would increase our costs as a result of defending such claims, and may require that we pay significant damages if there were an adverse ruling in any such claims. Our customers and partners may discontinue the use of our products, services, and technologies, as a result of injunctions or otherwise, which could result in loss of revenues and adversely impact our business.

Other

We are also regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings involving competition and antitrust (such as the pending investigationsinvestigation by the FTC and the EC described above), intellectual property, privacy, tax, labor and employment, commercial disputes, content generated by our users, goods and services offered by advertisers or publishers using our platforms, personal injury, consumer protection, and other matters. Such claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings could result in fines, civil or criminal penalties, or other adverse consequences.
Certain of our outstanding legal matters include speculative claims for substantial or indeterminate amounts of damages. We record a liability when we believe that it is both probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. We evaluate, on a monthly basis, developments in our legal matters that could affect the amount of liability that has been previously accrued, and make adjustments as appropriate. Significant judgment is required to determine both likelihood of there being and the estimated amount of a loss related to such matters.
With respect to our outstanding legal matters, based on our current knowledge, we believe that the amount or range of reasonably possible loss will not, either individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. However, the outcome of such legal matters is inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties.
We expense legal fees in the period in which they are incurred.
Income Taxes
We are under audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and various other tax authorities.authorities with regards to income tax and indirect tax matters. We have reserved for potential adjustments to our provision for income taxes and accrual of indirect taxes that may result from examinations by, or any negotiated

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agreements with, these tax authorities, and we believe that the final outcome of these examinations or agreements will not have a material effect on our results of operations. If events occur thatwhich indicate payment of these amounts is unnecessary, the reversal of the liabilities would result in the recognition of tax benefits in the period we determine the liabilities are no longer necessary. If our estimates of the federal, state, and foreign income tax liabilities and indirect tax liabilities are less than the ultimate assessment, it would result in a further charge to expense would result.expense.

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In March 2014, we received a tax assessment from the French tax authorities. We believe an adequate provision has been made and it is more likely than not that our tax position will be sustained. However, it is reasonably possible that resolution with the French tax authorities could result in an adjustment to our tax position.
Note 11. Net Income Per Share of Class A and Class B Common Stock and Class C Capital Stock
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share of Class A and Class B common stock and Class C capital stock (in millions, except share amounts which are reflected in thousands and per share amounts):
 Three Months Ended
 September 30,
 20132014
 (unaudited)
 Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C
Basic net income (loss) per share:           
Numerator           
Allocation of undistributed earnings - continuing operations$1,305
 $277
 $1,581
 $1,257
 $242
 $1,499
Allocation of undistributed earnings - discontinued operations(80) (17) (96) (78) (15) (92)
Total$1,225
 $260
 $1,485
 $1,179
 $227
 $1,407
Denominator           
Number of shares used in per share computation275,237
 58,379
 333,616
 283,850
 54,623
 338,624
Basic net income (loss) per share:           
Continuing operations$4.74
 $4.74
 $4.74
 $4.42
 $4.42
 $4.42
Discontinued operations(0.29) (0.29) (0.29) (0.27) (0.27) (0.27)
Basic net income per share$4.45
 $4.45
 $4.45
 $4.15
 $4.15
 $4.15
Diluted net income (loss) per share:           
Numerator           
Allocation of undistributed earnings for basic computation - continuing operations$1,305
 $277
 $1,581
 $1,257
 $242
 $1,499
Reallocation of undistributed earnings as a result of conversion of Class B to Class A shares277
 0
 0
 242
 0
 0
Reallocation of undistributed earnings0
 (5) 0
 (3) (4) 3
Allocation of undistributed earnings - continuing operations$1,582
 $272
 $1,581
 $1,496
 $238
 $1,502
Allocation of undistributed earnings for basic computation - discontinued operations$(80) $(17) $(96) $(78) $(15) $(92)
Reallocation of undistributed earnings as a result of conversion of Class B to Class A shares(17) 0
 0
 (15) 0
 0
Reallocation of undistributed earnings0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 (1)
Allocation of undistributed earnings - discontinued operations$(97) $(17) $(96) $(92) $(15) $(93)
Denominator           
Number of shares used in basic computation275,237
 58,379
 333,616
 283,850
 54,623
 338,624
Weighted-average effect of dilutive securities           
Add:           
Conversion of Class B to Class A common shares outstanding58,379
 0
 0
 54,623
 0
 0
Employee stock options, including warrants issued under Transferable Stock Option program2,607
 1
 2,607
 1,985
 0
 1,962
Restricted stock units and other contingently issuable shares3,012
 0
 3,012
 3,062
 0
 4,109
Number of shares used in per share computation339,235
 58,380
 339,235
 343,520
 54,623
 344,695
Diluted net income (loss) per share:           
Continuing operations$4.66
 $4.66
 $4.66
 $4.36
 $4.36
 $4.36
Discontinued operations(0.28) (0.28) (0.28) (0.27) (0.27) (0.27)
Diluted net income per share$4.38
 $4.38
 $4.38
 $4.09
 $4.09
 $4.09


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 Nine Months Ended
 September 30,
 20132014
 (unaudited)
 Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C
Basic net income (loss) per share:           
Numerator           
Allocation of undistributed earnings - continuing operations$3,877
 $855
 $4,733
 $4,236
 $832
 $5,070
Allocation of undistributed earnings - discontinued operations32
 7
 40
 (188) (37) (226)
Total$3,909
 $862
 $4,773
 $4,048
 $795
 $4,844
Denominator           
Number of shares used in per share computation272,150
 60,033
 332,183
 282,014
 55,357
 337,562
Basic net income (loss) per share:           
Continuing operations$14.25
 $14.25
 $14.25
 $15.02
 $15.02
 $15.02
Discontinued operations0.12
 0.12
 0.12
 (0.67) (0.67) (0.67)
Basic net income per share$14.37
 $14.37
 $14.37
 $14.35
 $14.35
 $14.35
Diluted net income (loss) per share:           
Numerator           
Allocation of undistributed earnings for basic computation - continuing operations$3,877
 $855
 $4,733
 $4,236
 $832
 $5,070
Reallocation of undistributed earnings as a result of conversion of Class B to Class A shares855
 0
 0
 832
 0
 0
Reallocation of undistributed earnings1
 (14) (1) (5) (14) 5
Allocation of undistributed earnings - continuing operations$4,733
 $841
 $4,732
 $5,063
 $818
 $5,075
Allocation of undistributed earnings for basic computation - discontinued operations$32
 $7
 $40
 $(188) $(37) $(226)
Reallocation of undistributed earnings as a result of conversion of Class B to Class A shares7
 0
 0
 (37) 0
 0
Reallocation of undistributed earnings0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Allocation of undistributed earnings - discontinued operations$39
 $7
 $40
 $(225) $(37) $(226)
Denominator           
Number of shares used in basic computation272,150
 60,033
 332,183
 282,014
 55,357
 337,562
Weighted-average effect of dilutive securities           
Add:           
Conversion of Class B to Class A common shares outstanding60,033
 0
 0
 55,357
 0
 0
Employee stock options, including warrants issued under Transferable Stock Option program2,800
 5
 2,800
 2,139
 0
 2,127
Restricted stock units and other contingently issuable shares3,095
 0
 3,095
 3,362
 0
 4,036
Number of shares used in per share computation338,078
 60,038
 338,078
 342,872
 55,357
 343,725
Diluted net income (loss) per share:           
Continuing operations$14.00
 $14.00
 $14.00
 $14.77
 $14.77
 $14.77
Discontinued operations0.12
 0.12
 0.12
 (0.66) (0.66) (0.66)
Diluted net income per share$14.12
 $14.12
 $14.12
 $14.11
 $14.11
 $14.11

The number of shares and per share amounts for the prior period presented have been retroactively restated to reflect the Stock Split.

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The net income per share amounts are the same for Class A and Class B common stock and Class C capital stock because the holders of each class are legally entitled to equal per share distributions whether through dividends or in liquidation.
Note 12. Stockholders’ Equity
Stock Split Effected In Form of Stock Dividend
In April 2012, our board of directors approved amendments to our certificate of incorporation that created a new class of non-voting capital stock (Class C capital stock). The amendments authorized 3 billion shares of Class C capital stock and also increased the authorized shares of Class A common stock from 6 billion to 9 billion. The amendments are reflected in our Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (New Charter), the adoption of which was approved by stockholders at our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 21, 2012. In January 2014, our board of directors approved a distribution of shares of the Class C capital stock as a dividend to our holders of Class A and Class B common stock (the Stock Split). The Stock Split had a record date of March 27, 2014 and a payment date of April 2, 2014. 
Share and per share amounts disclosed as of September 30, 2014 and for all other comparative periods have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effects of the Stock Split. The Class C capital stock has no voting rights, except as required by applicable law. Except as expressly provided in the New Charter, shares of Class C capital stock have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably and are identical in all other respects to the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock as to all matters including dividend and distribution rights.
In accordance with a settlement of litigation involving the authorization to distribute the Class C capital stock, we may be obligated to make a payment (the Possible Adjustment Payment) to holders of the Class C capital stock if, on a volume-weighted average basis, the Class C capital stock trades below the Class A common stock during the first 365 days following the first date the Class C shares traded on NASDAQ (the Lookback Period), payable in cash, Class A common stock, Class C capital stock, or a combination thereof, at the discretion of the board of directors. The amount of the Possible Adjustment Payment is dependent on the percentage difference that develops, if any, between the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of Class A and Class C shares during the Lookback Period, as supplied by NASDAQ Data-on-Demand. We cannot reliably predict what, if any, patterns will emerge over time with respect to the relative trading prices of Class A and Class C shares. Had we been obligated to make a payment based on the VWAP of the Class A and Class C shares from April 3, 2014 through September 30, 2014, the monetary value of the Possible Adjustment Payment would have been approximately $607 million as of September 30, 2014.
At the end of the Lookback Period, the Possible Adjustment Payment, if any, will be allocated to the numerator for calculating net income per share of Class C capital stock from net income available to shareholders and any remaining undistributed earnings will be allocated on a pro rata basis to Class A and Class B common stock and Class C capital stock based on the number of shares used in the per share computation for each class of stock. In addition, the dilutive impact of the Possible Adjustment Payment, if any, is included in the weighted-average effect of dilutive securities for Class C capital stock in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.
The par value per share of our shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock remained unchanged at $0.001 per share after the Stock Split. On the effective date of the Stock Split, a transfer between retained earnings and common stock occurred and the amount transferred was equal to the $0.001 par value of the Class C capital stock that was issued. 
Stock-Based Award Activities
The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair values of the stock options granted in the period presented:periods presented. The weighted average estimated fair value of options granted has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effects the Stock Split:

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Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2012 2013 2012 20132013 2014 2013 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited) (unaudited)
  
Risk-free interest rateN/A N/A 1.0% 0.9%N/A N/A 0.9% N/A
Expected volatilityN/A N/A 29% 29%N/A N/A 29% N/A
Expected life (in years)N/A N/A 5.3 5.8N/A N/A 5.8 N/A
Dividend yieldN/A N/A 0% 0%N/A N/A 0% N/A
Weighted-average estimated fair value of options granted during the periodN/A N/A $193.80 $214.39N/A N/A $107.20 N/A

There were no0 and 3,142 stock options (adjusted for the effects of the Stock Split) granted during the three and nine months ended September 30, 20122013. No options were granted during the three and 2013.nine months ended September 30, 2014.

The following table summarizes the activities for our stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 20132014: and has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effects of the Stock Split:
 Options Outstanding
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(in years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in millions) (1)
 (unaudited)
Balance as of December 31, 20128,551,395
 $405.98
    
Granted1,571
 $723.25
    
Exercised(2,233,984) $324.38
    
Forfeited/canceled(215,606) $598.39
    
Balance as of September 30, 20136,103,376
 $429.29
 4.9 $2,725
Exercisable as of September 30, 20134,715,082
 $383.87
 4.0 $2,320
Exercisable as of September 30, 2013 and expected to vest thereafter (2)
5,932,616
 $425.06
 4.9 $2,675
 Options Outstanding
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(in years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in millions) (1)
 (unaudited)
Balance as of December 31, 201310,065,726
 $215.50
    
Granted0
 $0.00
    
Exercised(2,009,381) $202.51
    
Forfeited/canceled(484,449) $296.55
    
Balance as of September 30, 20147,571,896
 $214.25
 4.6 $2,792
Exercisable as of September 30, 20146,403,498
 $196.89
 4.1 $2,472
Exercisable as of September 30, 2014 and expected to vest thereafter (2)
7,445,592
 $212.64
 4.6 $2,757

(1) 
The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the closing stock price of $875.91 of$588.41 and $577.36 for our Class A common stock and Class C capital stock, respectively, on September 30, 20132014.
(2) 
Options expected to vest reflect an estimated forfeiture rate.
The following table summarizes additional information regarding outstanding and vested and exercisable stock options as
As of September 30, 2013:


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  Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise
Prices
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Life
(in years)
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
      (unaudited)   
$3.75–$94.80 38,379
 1.9 $69.84
 38,379
 $69.84
$117.84–$198.41 149,902
 1.3 $179.54
 149,902
 $179.54
$205.96–$298.86 188,866
 1.7 $276.39
 188,866
 $276.39
$300.97–$399.00 2,427,221
 3.6 $309.76
 2,391,774
 $309.77
$401.78–$499.07 773,929
 5.0 $443.13
 733,740
 $441.95
$501.27–$595.35 1,614,947
 5.8 $537.96
 1,021,897
 $533.01
$601.17–$675.82 890,947
 8.0 $628.71
 186,122
 $617.70
$723.25–$762.50 19,185
 9.0 $759.29
 4,402
 $762.50
$3.75–$762.50 6,103,376
 4.9 $429.29
 4,715,082
 $383.87
The above tables include 820,714 warrants held by selected financial institutions that were options purchased from employees under our Transferable Stock Option (TSO) program, with a weighted-average exercise price of $440.21 and a weighted-average remaining life of 0.8 years.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the number of shares underlying TSOs sold to selected financial institutions under the TSO program was 541,465 at a total value of $241 million, or an average price of $445.06 per share, including an average premium of $2.80 per share. The premium is calculated as the difference between (a) the sale price of the TSO and (b) the intrinsic value of the TSO, which we define as the excess, if any, of the price of our Class A common stock at the time of the sale over the exercise price of the TSO. In August 2013, we announced that the TSO program would be discontinued as of November 29, 2013. We do not believe this will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
The total grant date fair value of stock options vested during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $112 million and $400 million. The total grant date fair value of stock options vested during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $44 million and $194 million. The aggregate intrinsic value of all stock options and warrants exercised during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $406 million and $638 million. The aggregate intrinsic value of all stock options and warrants exercised during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $189 million and $1,125 million. These amounts do not include the aggregate sales price of options sold under our TSO program.
As of September 30, 2013,2014, there was $220$74 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding Google employee stock options. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.01.3 years. To the extent the actual forfeiture rate is different from what we have estimated, stock-based compensation expense related to these awards will be different from our expectations.

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The following table summarizes the activities for our unvested RSUsrestricted stock units (RSUs) for the nine months ended September 30, 2013:2014 and has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effects of the Stock Split:
Unvested Restricted Stock UnitsUnvested Restricted Stock Units
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted-
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted-
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Unvested as of December 31, 201210,994,927
 $566.32
Unvested as of December 31, 201321,953,960
 $359.20
Granted5,186,109
 $876.30
13,948,683
 $576.56
Vested(3,828,201) $575.65
(8,022,977) $345.11
Forfeited/canceled(524,549) $611.90
(1,129,258) $369.27
Unvested as of September 30, 201311,828,286
 $697.35
Expected to vest after September 30, 2013 (1)
10,373,407
 $697.35
Unvested as of September 30, 201426,750,408
 $476.08
Expected to vest after September 30, 2014 (1)
23,858,689
 $476.08

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(1) 
RSUs expected to vest reflect an estimated forfeiture rate.

As of September 30, 20132014, there was $6.5$10.3 billion of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested Google employee RSUs. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.83.0 years. To the extent the actual forfeiture rate is different from what we have estimated, stock-based compensation expense related to these awards will be different from our expectations.
Stock Split Effected In Form of Stock Dividend
In April 2012, our board of directors approved amendments to our certificate of incorporation that would, among other things, create a new class of non-voting capital stock (Class C capital stock). The amendments authorized 3 billion shares of Class C capital stock and also increased the authorized shares of Class A common stock from 6 billion to 9 billion. The amendments are reflected in our Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (New Charter), the adoption of which was approved by stockholders at our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 21, 2012. We have announced the intention of our board of directors to consider a distribution of shares of the Class C capital stock as a stock split effected in the form of a dividend to our holders of Class A and Class B common stock (Stock Split). The Class C capital stock will have no voting rights, except as required by applicable law. Except as expressly provided in the New Charter, shares of Class C capital stock will have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all other respects to the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock as to all matters.
The par value per share of our shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will remain unchanged at $0.001 per share after the Stock Split. On the effective date of the Stock Split, there will be a transfer between retained earnings and common stock and the amount transferred will be equal to the $0.001 par value of the Class C capital stock that is issued. We will give retroactive effect to prior period share and per share amounts in our consolidated financial statements for the effect of the Stock Split, such that prior periods are comparable to current period presentation.
Note 13. Income Taxes

We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in evaluating our uncertain tax positions and determining our provision for income taxes. Our total unrecognized tax benefits were $1,933$2,571 million and $2,353$3,077 million as of December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 2013.2014. Our total unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect our effective tax rate were $1,749$2,378 million and $2,160$2,612 million as of December 31, 20122013 and September 30, 2013.2014. Our existing tax positions will continue to generate an increase in liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits.

Our provision for income taxes and effective tax rate decreasedincreased from the three months ended September 30, 20122013 to the three months ended September 30, 20132014, primarily due to changes in estimates associated with filed tax return, largely attributed to the effects in both periods, an impairment charge not deductible for tax purposes and unfavorable impact of the 2013 annual federal research and development credit, whereas this credit was not available during 2012.proportionally more earnings in higher tax rate jurisdictions. Our provision for income taxes and effective tax rate decreasedincreased from the nine months ended September 30, 20122013 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013, primarily as a result2014, largely attributed to the expiration of a discrete tax benefit related to the federal research and development credit recognized in the first quarteras of 2013. This discrete tax benefit was as a result of a retroactive extension of the 2012 federal research and development credit in accordance with the American Taxpayer Act of 2012, which was signed into law on January 2,December 31, 2013.

Our effective tax rate could fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and could be adversely affected to the extent earnings are lower than anticipated in countries that have lower statutory rates and higher than anticipated in countries that have higher statutory rates. Our effective tax rate could also fluctuate due to the net gains and losses recognized by legal entities on certain hedges and related hedged intercompany and other transactions under our foreign exchange risk management program, by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets or liabilities, or by changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. In addition, we are subject to the continuous examination of our income tax returns by the IRS and other tax authorities. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes.



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Note 14. Information about Segments and Geographic Areas
Subsequent toOn January 29, 2014, we entered into an agreement with Lenovo providing for the completion of our saledisposition of the Motorola Home segment on April 17, 2013, we operate in the following two segments:

Google - includes our advertising and other non-advertising businesses
Mobile business. Financial results of Motorola Mobile - includes our mobile devices business acquired from Motorola
Our chief operating decision maker does not evaluate operating segments using asset information.
The following table sets forth revenues and operatingare included in "Net income (loss) by operating segment (in millions, unaudited):
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
 Google Motorola Mobile 
Unallocated items (2)
 Total Google Motorola Mobile 
Elimination and unallocated items (1) (2)
 Total
Revenues$11,526
 $1,778
 $
 $13,304
 $13,772
 $1,184
 $(63) $14,893
                
Income (loss) from operations3,951
 (192) (1,019) 2,740
 4,635
 (248) (943) 3,444
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
 Google Motorola Mobile 
Unallocated items (2)
 Total Google Motorola Mobile 
Elimination and unallocated items (1) (2)
 Total
Revenues$33,135
 $2,621
 $
 $35,756
 $39,830
 $3,200
 $(63) $42,967
                
Income (loss) from operations11,884
 (241) (2,277) 9,366
 13,246
 (645) (2,557) 10,044
(1) Beginning infrom discontinued operations" for the quarterthree and nine months ended September 30, 2013 Google and 2014. Therefore, Motorola Mobile is no longer presented as a separate segment revenues are impacted by intersegment transactions that are eliminated in consolidation. Additionally, segment revenues associated with certain products were recognized in the quarter ended September 30, 2013 in our segment results, but deferred to future periods in our consolidated financial statements. This presentation is consistent with what is provided to the chief operating decision maker for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to each segment and assessing its performance.
(2) Unallocated items, including stock-based compensation expense, as well as restructuring and other charges are not allocated to each segment because we do not include this information in our measurement of the performance of our operating segments.

Revenues by geography are based on the billing addresses of our customers for the Google segment and the ship-to-addresses of our customers for the Motorola Mobile segment.customers. The following tables set forth revenues and long-lived assets by geographic area (in millions):
Three Months Ended Nine Months EndedThree Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,September 30, September 30,
2012 2013 2012 20132013 2014 2013 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Revenues:              
United States$6,473
 $6,660
 $16,746
 $19,357
$6,080
 $6,975
 $17,812
 $20,261
United Kingdom1,220
 1,390
 3,548
 4,114
1,389
 1,627
 4,097
 4,826
Rest of the world5,611
 6,843
 15,462
 19,496
6,285
 7,921
 17,903
 22,811
Total revenues$13,304
 $14,893
 $35,756
 $42,967
$13,754
 $16,523
 $39,812
 $47,898
 December 31,
2013
 As of September 30, 2014
   (unaudited)
Long-lived assets:   
United States$24,004
 $32,776
International14,030
 12,890
Total long-lived assets$38,034
 $45,666

Long-lived assets to be disposed of as a result of our Motorola Mobile disposition are included in "Assets held for sale" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014, and accordingly, are not included in this table.

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 As of December 31, 2012 As of
September 30,
2013
   (unaudited)
Long-lived assets(1):
   
United States$20,985
 $22,579
International12,359
 13,631
Total long-lived assets$33,344
 $36,210
Note 15. Subsequent Event

(1) Includes Motorola Home segment asIn October 2014, we entered into certain lease agreements for office buildings with a total obligation of December 31, 2012.approximately $1.0 billion with lease periods expiring between 2027 and 2028. We are committed to pay a portion of the related operating expenses under these lease agreements which are not included in the total obligation amount. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of these lease agreements on our consolidated financial statements. 

ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. We aspire to build products and provide services that improve the lives of billions of people globally. Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our innovations in web search and advertising have made our website a top internet property and our brand one of the most recognized in the world.  Our Google segment generates revenues primarily by delivering relevant, cost-effective online advertising. Businesses use our AdWords program and AdSense program to promote their products and services with targeted advertising. advertising on both Google-owned properties and publishers' sites across the web.
In addition,January 2014, we entered into an agreement with Lenovo Group Limited (Lenovo) providing for the third parties that comprisedisposition of the Google Network use our AdSense programMotorola Mobile business. The transaction is expected to deliver relevant ads that generate revenuesclose in the fourth quarter of 2014. Financial results of Motorola Mobile are presented as "Net income (loss) from discontinued operations" on the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and enhancenine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014; and assets and liabilities of Motorola Mobile to be disposed of are presented as "Assets held for sale" and "Liabilities held for sale" on the user experience.
OurConsolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014, respectively. The Motorola Mobile business is focused on mobile wireless devices and related products and services and generates revenues primarily by selling hardware products.
In December 2012, we entered into an agreement for the disposition of the Motorola Home business. The transaction closed on April 17, 2013. Financial results through the date of divestiture related to Motorola Home were included within "Net income (loss) from discontinued operations" on the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The Motorola Home business was focused on technologies and devices that provide video entertainment services to consumers by enabling subscribers to access a variety of interactive digital television services.
Trends in Our Businesses
Advertising transactions continue to shift from offline to online as the digital economy evolves. This has contributed to the rapid growth of our business since inception, resulting in substantially increased revenues, and we expect that our business will continue to grow. However, our revenue growth rate has generally declined over time, and it could do so in the future as a result of a number of factors, including increasing competition, our investments in new business strategies, products, services, and technologies, changes in our product mix, shifts in the geographic mix of our revenues, query growth rates and how users make queries, challenges in maintaining our growth rate as our revenues increase to higher levels, and the evolution of the online advertising market, including the increasing variety of online platforms for advertising, and other markets in which we participate.

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Our users are increasingly connected to the internet and using multiple devices to access our products and services, a trend that has increased our global search queries and changed our platform mix. We expect that our revenue growth rate will continue to be affected by evolving consumer preferences, as well as by advertising trends, the acceptance by users of our products and services as they are delivered on diverse devices, and our ability to create a seamless experience for both users and advertisers in this multi-screen environment.
The main focus of our advertising programs is to help businesses reach people in the moments that matter across all devices with smarter ads that are relevant to their intent and context, reflecting our commitment to constantly improve their overall web experience. As a result, we expect to continue to take steps to improve the relevance of the ads displayed on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites. These steps include not displaying ads that generate low click-through rates or that send users to irrelevant or otherwise low qualitylow-quality websites, updating our advertising policies and ensuring their compliance, and terminating our relationships with those Google Network Members whose websites do not meet our quality requirements. We may also continue to take steps to reduce the number of accidental clicks by our users. These steps could negatively affect the growth rate of our revenues.
Both seasonal fluctuations in internet usage and traditional retail seasonality have affected, and are likely to continue to affect, our business. Internet usage generally slows during the summer months, and commercial queries typically increase significantly in the fourth quarter of each year. These seasonal trends have caused, and will likely

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continue to cause, fluctuations in our quarterly results, including fluctuations in sequential revenues, as well as aggregate paid clicks and average cost-per-click growth rates.
The operating margin we realize on revenues generated from ads placed on our Google Network Members’ websites through our AdSense program is significantly lower than the operating margin we realize from revenues generated from ads placed on our websites because most of the advertiser fees from ads served on Google Network Members’ websites are shared with our Google Network Members. For the past five years, growth in advertising revenues from our websites has generally exceeded that from our Google Network Members’ websites. This trend has had a positive impact on our operating margins, and we expect that this will continue for the foreseeable future, although the relative rate of growth in revenues from our websites compared to the rate of growth in revenues from our Google Network Members’ websites may vary over time. Also, the margins on advertising revenues from mobile devicesphones and other newer advertising formats are generally lower than those from desktop computers and tablets. We expect this trend to continue to pressure our margins, particularly if we fail to realize the opportunities we anticipate with the transition to a dynamic multi-screen environment.
We conduct our Motorola Mobile business in highly competitive markets, facing both new and established competitors. The markets for many of our products are characterized by rapidly changing technologies, frequent new product introductions, changing consumer trends, short product life cycles, consumer loyalty and evolving industry standards. Market disruptions caused by new technologies, the entry of new competitors, consolidations among our customers and competitors, changes in regulatory requirements, changes in economic conditions, supply chain interruptions, or other factors, can introduce volatility into our businesses. Meeting all of these challenges requires consistent operational planning and execution and investment in technology, resulting in innovative products that meet the needs of our customers around the world.
From an overall business perspective, we continue to invest aggressively in areas of strategic focus, our systems, data centers, corporatereal estate and facilities, information technology infrastructure, and employees. We expect to increase our hiringcontinue to hire aggressively for the remainder of 20132014 and provide competitive compensation programs to our employees. Our full-time employee headcount was 53,546 (including 12,43346,421 (which included 4,259 headcount from Motorola Mobile and 4,995 from Motorola Home)Mobile) at September 30, 20122013, and 46,42155,030 (which includesincluded 4,2593,466 headcount from Motorola Mobile) at September 30, 20132014. Acquisitions will also remain an important component of our strategy and use of capital, and we expect our current pace of acquisitions to continue to increase.capital. We expect our cost of revenues will increase in dollars and may increase as a percentage of revenues in future periods, primarily as a result of forecasted increases in traffic acquisition costs, manufacturing and inventory-related costs, data center costs, content acquisition costs, credit card and other transaction fees, and other costs. In particular, traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of advertising revenues may increase in the future if we are unable to continue to improve the monetization or generation of revenues from traffic on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites.
As we expand our advertising programs and other products to international markets, we continue to increase our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency to U.S. dollar exchange rates. We have a foreign exchange risk management program that is designed to reduce our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. However, this program will not fully offset the effect of fluctuations on our revenues and earnings.
Other revenues consist of non-advertising revenues including licensing, hardware, and digital content revenues. We expect other revenues to continue to grow. However, our operating margin on other revenues is generally lower than that on advertising revenues.
Results of Operations

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We completed our acquisition of Motorola on May 22, 2012 (the acquisition date). In December 2012, we entered into an agreement with Arris and certain other persons providing for the disposition of the Motorola Home segment, and, consequently, the related financialbusiness. The transaction closed on April 17, 2013. Financial results are presented as netof Motorola Home were included in "Net income (loss) from discontinued operationsoperations" for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.
In January 2014, we entered into an agreement with Lenovo providing for the disposition of the Motorola Mobile business. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014. Financial results of Motorola Mobile are presented as "Net income (loss) from discontinued operations" on the Consolidated Statements of Income in all periods presented. In Aprilfor the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 we completedand 2014; and assets and liabilities of Motorola Mobile to be disposed of are presented as "Assets held for sale" and "Liabilities held for sale" on the saleConsolidated Balance Sheet as of the Motorola Home segment.September 30, 2014, respectively.

Subsequent to the acquisition in May 2012, we initiated a restructuring plan in our Motorola business. See Note 9
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The following table presents our historical operating results as a percentage of revenues for the periods indicated:presented:
Three Months Ended Nine Months EndedThree Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,September 30, September 30,
2012 2013 2012 20132013 2014 2013 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Consolidated Statements of Income Data:              
Revenues:       
Google (advertising and other)86.6% 92.4% 92.7 % 92.7%
Motorola Mobile (hardware and other)13.4
 7.6
 7.3
 7.3
Total revenues100.0
 100.0
 100.0
 100.0
Revenues100 % 100 % 100% 100 %
Costs and expenses:              
Cost of revenues—Google (advertising and other)33.4
 36.3
 34.2
 36.6
Cost of revenues—Motorola Mobile (hardware and other)11.4
 6.7
 6.2
 6.2
Cost of revenues39.3
 40.5
 39.5
 39.2
Research and development14.1
 13.5
 13.6
 13.6
13.2
 16.1
 13.1
 14.7
Sales and marketing12.9
 12.1
 12.3
 11.9
11.8
 12.6
 11.7
 12.0
General and administrative7.6
 8.3
 7.5
 8.3
8.4
 8.3
 8.1
 8.8
Total costs and expenses79.4
 76.9
 73.8
 76.6
72.7
 77.5
 72.4
 74.7
Income from operations20.6
 23.1
 26.2
 23.4
27.3
 22.5
 27.6
 25.3
Interest and other income, net0.5
 0.2
 1.3
 0.9
0.1
 0.8
 0.9
 1.3
Income from continuing operations before income taxes21.1
 23.3
 27.5
 24.3
27.4
 23.3
 28.5
 26.6
Provision for income taxes4.9
 3.4
 5.5
 3.8
4.4
 5.2
 4.7
 5.4
Net income from continuing operations16.2
 19.9
 22.0
 20.5
23.0
 18.1
 23.8
 21.2
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations0.1
 0.1
 (0.1) 1.7
(1.4) (1.1) 0.2
 (1.0)
Net income16.3% 20.0% 21.9 % 22.2%21.6 % 17.0 % 24.0% 20.2 %
Revenues by Segment
The following table presents our segment revenues, by revenue source, for the periods presented (in millions):
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited)
Advertising revenues:       
Websites$9,376
 $11,252
 $26,884
 $32,656
Network Members' websites3,148
 3,430
 9,603
 10,251
Total advertising revenues12,524
 14,682
 36,487
 42,907
Other revenues1,230
 1,841
 3,325
 4,991
Total revenues$13,754
 $16,523
 $39,812
 $47,898

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 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
Google segment       
Advertising revenues:       
Google websites$7,727
 $9,394
 $22,581
 $26,902
Google Network Members' websites3,133
 3,148
 9,029
 9,603
Total advertising revenues10,860
 12,542
 31,610
 36,505
Other revenues666
 1,230
 1,525
 3,325
Google segment revenues11,526
 13,772
 33,135
 39,830
Motorola Mobile segment       
Total Motorola Mobile revenues1,778
 1,184
 2,621
 3,200
 

 

 
 
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      Total consolidated revenues$13,304
 $14,893
 $35,756
 $42,967
(1) Beginning in the quarter ended September 30, 2013, Google and Motorola Mobile segment revenues are impacted by intersegment transactions that are eliminated in consolidation. Additionally, segment revenues associated with certain products were recognized in the quarter ended September 30, 2013 in our segment results, but deferred to future periods in our consolidated financial statements. This presentation is consistent with what is provided to the chief operating decision maker for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to each segment and assessing its performance.
The following table presents our Google segment revenues, by revenue source, as a percentage of total Google segment revenues for the periods presented:
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
Advertising revenues:       
Google websites67.0% 68.2% 68.1% 67.5%
Google Network Members' websites27.2% 22.9% 27.3% 24.1%
Total advertising revenues94.2% 91.1% 95.4% 91.6%
Google websites as % of advertising revenues71.2
 74.9
 71.4
 73.7
Google Network Members’ websites as % of advertising revenues28.8
 25.1
 28.6
 26.3
Other revenues5.8% 8.9% 4.6% 8.4%
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited)
Advertising revenues:       
Websites68.2% 68.1% 67.5% 68.2%
Network Members' websites22.9% 20.8% 24.1% 21.4%
Total advertising revenues91.1% 88.9% 91.6% 89.6%
Websites revenues as % of advertising revenues74.9% 76.6% 73.7% 76.1%
Network Members’ websites revenues as % of advertising revenues25.1% 23.4% 26.3% 23.9%
Other revenues8.9% 11.1% 8.4% 10.4%
Our Google segment revenues increased $2,246$2,769 million and $6,695$8,086 million from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The increase from to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 20132014. This increase resulted primarily from an increase in advertising revenues generated by Google websites and an increase in other revenues, driven by higher sales relatedand to digital content and hardware products. The increase from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013 resulted primarily froma lesser extent, an increase in advertising revenues generated by Google websites and Google Network Members' websites and an increase in other revenues driven by higher sales related to digital content and hardware products.websites. The increase in advertising revenues for Google websites and Google Network Members’Members' websites resulted primarily from an increase in the number of aggregate paid clicks through our advertising programs, partially offsetprograms. The increase in other revenues was mainly driven by a decreasegrowth in revenues from digital content and licensing. The number of aggregate paid clicks increased approximately 17% and 22% from the average cost-per-click paid by our advertisers.three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. The increase in the number of paid clicks generated through our advertising programs was due to an increase in aggregate traffic including mobile queries, certain monetization improvements including new and richer ad formats, an increase in aggregate traffic across all platforms, the continued global expansion of our products,

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advertisers, and user base, as well as an increase in the number of Google Network Members, partially offset by certain advertising policy changes. This impact of the increased paid clicks on our revenue growth was partially offset by a decrease in the average cost-per-click paid by our advertisers. The average cost-per-click decreased approximately 2% and 6% from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. The decrease in the average cost-per-click paid by our advertisers was driven by various factors, such as the introduction of new products and changes in property mix, platform mix, due to traffic growth in mobile devices, where the average cost-per-click is typically lower compared to desktop computers and tablets, the changes in geographical mix due to traffic growth in emerging markets, where the average cost-per-click is typically lower compared to more mature markets, and to a lesser extent, the general strengthening of the U.S. dollar compared to certain foreign currencies. These decreases were partially offset by the revenue shift mix between Google websites and Google Network Members' websites and certain advertising policy changes.currency exchange impact.
Aggregate paidPaid clicks on Google websites, which include clicks related to ads served on Google owned and Google Network Members’ websitesoperated properties across different geographies and form factors, including search, YouTube engagement ads like TrueView, and other owned and operated properties like Maps and Finance, increased approximately 26%24% and 31% from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 2013and23% from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Average to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. Paid clicks on Google Network Members' websites, which include clicks related to ads served on non-Google properties participating in our AdSense for Search, AdSense for Content, and AdMob businesses, increased approximately 2% and 7% from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. In addition, cost-per-click on Google websites decreased approximately 4% and 7% from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. Cost-per-click on Google Network Members' websites decreased approximately 4% and 10% from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively.
The rate of change in paid clicks and average cost-per-click on Google websites and Google Network Members’Members' websites, decreased approximately 8% from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 6% from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The rate of change in aggregate paid clicks and average cost-per-click, and their correlation with the rate of change in revenues, has fluctuated and may fluctuate in the future because of various factors, including the revenue growth rates on our websites compared to those of our Google Network Members, advertiser competition for keywords, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, seasonality, the fees advertisers are willing to pay based on how they manage their advertising costs, changes in advertising quality or formats, and general economic conditions. In addition, traffic growth in emerging markets compared to more mature markets and across various advertising verticals and channels also contributes to these fluctuations. Changes in aggregate paid clicks and average cost-per-click on Google websites and Google Network Members' websites may not be indicative of our performance or advertiser experiences in any specific geographic market, vertical, or industry.

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Improvements in our ability to monetize increased traffic primarily relate to enhancing the end user experience, including providing end users with ads that are more relevant to their search queries or to the content on the Google Network Members’ websites they visit. For instance, these improvements include displaying advertiser-nominated images that are relevant to the user query and creating a more engaging user shopping experience by enhancing search ads to include richer product information, such as product image, price, and merchant name.
We believe that the increase in the number of paid clicks on Google websites and Google Network Members’ websites is substantially the result of our commitment to improving the relevance and quality of both our search results and the advertisements displayed, which we believe results in a better user experience, which in turn results in more searches, advertisers, and Google Network Members, and other partners.
Our Motorola Mobile segmentOther revenues decreased $594increased $611 million and $1,666 million from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and also increased as a percentage of total revenues. The increase was primarily due to growth of our digital content, such as apps, music and movies. The increase in other revenues was also attributed to an increase in licensing revenues from the three months ended September 30, 20122013 to the three months ended September 30, 2013. The decrease is due to a more streamlined product portfolio as a result of the various restructuring activities that have occurred in our Motorola Mobile segment.
Our Motorola Mobile segment revenues increased $579 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The increase was primarily because approximately four months of results were included in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 while full period results were included in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This increase was partially offset by the impact of our restructuring activities aimed at simplifying our Motorola Mobile product portfolio.2014.
Revenues by Geography
The following table presents our Google segment domestic and international revenues as a percentage of Google segmenttotal revenues, determined based on the billing addresses of our customers for our Google segment:customers:
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
United States47% 44% 46% 45%
United Kingdom11% 10% 11% 10%
Rest of the world42% 46% 43% 45%

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The following table presents our consolidated domestic and international revenues as a percentage of consolidated revenues, determined based on the billing addresses of our customers for our Google segment, and ship-to addresses of our customers for our Motorola Mobile segment:
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited)
United States44% 42% 45% 42%
United Kingdom10% 10% 10% 10%
Rest of the world46% 48% 45% 48%
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
United States49% 45% 47% 45%
United Kingdom9% 9% 10% 10%
Rest of the world42% 46% 43% 45%
The growth in revenues from the rest of the world (other than the United Kingdom) as a percentage of the Google segment and consolidatedtotal revenues from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 resulted largely from increased acceptance of our advertising programs, and our continued progress in developing localized versions of our products for the international markets.
In addition, theForeign Exchange Impact on Revenues
The general strengtheningweakening of the U.S. dollar relative to certain foreign currencies (primarily the Japanese yenBritish pound and Euro) from the Brazilian real)three months ended September 30, 2013 to the three months ended September 30, 2014 had an unfavorablea favorable impact on our consolidated international revenues, which was partially offset by the general weakeningstrengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to other foreign currencies (primarily the Euro), from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 2013Japanese yen). Had foreign exchange rates remained constant in these periods, our revenues from the United Kingdom would have been $121 million or 7% lower and our revenues from the rest of the world would have been approximately $136$15 million or 2.0%, higher infor the three months ended September 30, 2013 and our consolidated revenues from the United Kingdom would have been $19 million, or 1.4%, higher.2014. This is before consideration of hedging gains of $5 million and $17$10 million recognized toin revenues from the rest of the world and the United Kingdom in the three months ended September 30, 2013.2014.
The general strengtheningweakening of the U.S. dollar relative to certain foreign currencies (primarily the Japanese yenBritish pound and Euro) from the Brazilian real)nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the nine months ended September 30, 2014 had an unfavorablea favorable impact on our consolidated international revenues, which was partially offset by the general weakeningstrengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to other foreign currencies (primarily the Euro), from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013Japanese yen, Australian dollar, and Brazilian real). Had foreign exchange rates remained constant in these periods, our revenues from the United Kingdom would have been $315 million or 7% lower and our revenues from the rest of the world would have been approximately $441$254 million or 2.3%,1% higher in the nine months ended September 30, 20132014 and our consolidated revenues from the United Kingdom would have been $72 million, or 1.8%, higher.. This is before consideration of hedging gains of $31 million and $61$24 million recognized toin revenues from the rest of the world and the United Kingdom in the nine months ended September 30, 20132014.

Although we expect to continue to make investments in international markets, these investments may not result in an increase in our international revenues as a percentage of total revenues in the remainder of 20132014 or thereafter. See Note 14 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information about geographic areas.

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Costs and Expenses
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues consists primarily of traffic acquisition costs. Traffic acquisition costs consist of amounts ultimately paid to our Google Network Members under AdSense arrangements and to certain other partners (our distribution partners) who distribute our toolbar and other products (collectively referred to as access points) or otherwise direct search queries to our website (collectively referred to as distribution arrangements). These amounts are primarily based on the revenue share and fixed fee arrangements with our Google Network Members and distribution partners.
Certain distribution arrangements require us to pay our partners based on a fee per access point delivered and not exclusively --- or at all --- based on revenue share. These fees are non-refundable. Further, these arrangements are terminable at will, although under the terms of certain contracts we or our distribution partners may be subject to penalties in the event of early termination. We recognize fees under these arrangements over the estimated useful lives of the access points (approximately two years) to the extent we can reasonably estimate those lives and they are longer than one year or longer, or based on any contractual revenue share, if greater. Otherwise, the fees are charged to expense as incurred. The estimated useful life of the access points is based on the historical average period of time they generate traffic and revenues.

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Cost of revenues also includes the expenses associated with the operation of our data centers, including depreciation, labor, energy, and bandwidth costs,costs; hardware inventory costs,costs; credit card and other transaction fees related to processing customer transactions,transactions; amortization and impairment of acquisition-related intangible assets, as well asassets; and content acquisition costs. We have entered into arrangements with certain content providers under which we distribute or license their video and other content. In a number of these arrangements, we display ads on the pages of our websites from which the content is viewed and share most of the fees these ads generate with the content providers. We also license content on the pages of our web siteswebsites from which the content is sold and share most of the fees these sales generate with content providers. To the extent we are obligated to make guaranteed minimum revenue share payments to our content providers, we recognize as content acquisition costs the contractual revenue share amount or the amount determined on a straight-line basis, whichever is greater, over the termsterm of the agreements.
In addition, cost of revenues includes manufacturing and inventory-related costs primarily from our Motorola Mobile segment.
The following tables present our consolidated cost of revenues and cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues, and our traffic acquisition costs and traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of advertising revenues, in the Google segment, for the periods presented (dollars in millions):
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
Cost of revenues – Google (advertising and other)$4,440
 $5,409
 $12,213
 $15,740
Cost of revenues – Motorola Mobile (hardware and other)1,515
 1,004
 2,208
 2,680
Total cost of revenues (1)
$5,955
 $6,413
 $14,421
 $18,420
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited)
Cost of revenues$5,409
 $6,695
 $15,740
 $18,770
Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues39.3% 40.5% 39.5% 39.2%
(1) Total cost of revenues includes stock-based compensation expense, as well as restructuring and other charges.

Three Months Ended Nine Months EndedThree Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,September 30, September 30,
2012 2013 2012 20132013 2014 2013 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Traffic acquisition costs related to AdSense arrangements$2,214
 $2,217
 $6,349
 $6,806
$2,217
 $2,421
 $6,806
 $7,208
Traffic acquisition costs related to distribution arrangements556
 755
 1,531
 2,141
755
 927
 2,141
 2,665
Traffic acquisition costs$2,770
 $2,972
 $7,880
 $8,947
$2,972
 $3,348
 $8,947
 $9,873
Traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of Google segment advertising revenues25.5% 23.7% 24.9% 24.5%
Traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of advertising revenues23.7% 22.8% 24.5% 23.0%
Cost of revenues from Google increased $9691,286 million and $3,527$3,030 million from the three and nine months ended September 30, 20122013 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 20132014. The increase was primarily relatedpartially due to a $767increases in traffic acquisition costs of $376 million and $2,460$926 million increase in costs attributable to data center costs, content acquisition costs, revenue share payments to mobile carriers, and hardware inventory costs from the three and nine months ended September 30, 20122013 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The remaining increase was due to increases in traffic acquisition costs of $202 million and $1,067 million from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 20132014 resulting from more advertiser fees generated through our AdSense program driven primarily by an increase in advertising revenues, as well as more distribution fees paid and more fees paid for additional traffic directed to our websites, as well as more advertiser fees generated through our AdSense program.

Costwebsites. In addition, the increase was also driven by an impairment charge of revenues from Motorola Mobile decreased $511$378 million from recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 2013. The decrease is due2014 related to a more streamlined product portfolio as a result ofpatent licensing royalty asset acquired in connection with the various restructuring activities that have occurred in our Motorola Mobile segment.

Cost of revenues from Motorola Mobile increased $472 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013.acquisition. The remaining increase was primarily due to approximately four months of results being included in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 while full period results were included in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This increase was partially offsetdriven by the impact of our restructuring activities aimed at simplifying our Motorola Mobile product portfolio.an

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increase in data center costs, content acquisition costs as a result of increased activities related to YouTube and digital content, and revenue share payments to mobile carriers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The decrease in aggregate traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of advertising revenues was primarily a result of a shift of mix between Google website revenue and Google Network Members' websites revenue.

We expect cost of revenues will increase in dollar amount and may increase as a percentage of total revenues in the remainder of 20132014 and in future periods, primarily as a result of increases in traffic acquisition costs, data center costs, hardware and inventory costs, manufacturing and inventory-related costs, content acquisition costs, credit card and other transaction fees, and other costs. Traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of advertising revenues may fluctuate in the future based on a number of factors, including the following:

The relative growth rates of revenues from our websites and from our Google Network Members’ websites.
Whether we are able to enter into more AdSense arrangements that provide for lower revenue share obligations or whether increased competition for arrangements with existing and potential Google Network Members results in less favorable revenue share arrangements.
Whether we are able to continue to improve the monetization of traffic on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites.
The relative growth rates of expenses associated with distribution arrangements and the related revenues generated, including whether we share with certain existing and new distribution partners proportionately more of the aggregate advertising fees that we earn from paid clicks derived from search queries these partners direct to our websites.
Research and Development
The following table presents our research and development expenses, and research and development expenses as a percentage of revenues, for the periods presented (dollars in millions):
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
Research and development expenses (1)
$1,879
 $2,017
 $4,858
 $5,841
(1) Total research and development expenses include stock-based compensation expense, as well as restructuring and other charges.

 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited)
Research and development expenses$1,821
 $2,655
 $5,204
 $7,019
Research and development expenses as a percentage of revenues13.2% 16.1% 13.1% 14.7%
Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for personnel responsible for the research and development activities relating to new and existing products and services, as well as depreciation and equipment-related costs. We expense research and development costs as incurred.
Research and development expenses for Google increased $281$834 million and also increased as a percentage of revenues from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 2013. to the three months ended September 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $158$357 million, largely as a result of a 19%29% increase in research and development headcount, and an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $86$230 million, an increase in depreciation and equipment-related expenses of $122 million, and an increase in professional service fees of $112 million.
Research and development expenses for Google increased $781$1,815 million and also increased as a percentage of revenues from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $405$874 million, largely as a result of an 18%a 26% increase in research and development headcount, and an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $247$394 million, an increase in depreciation and equipment-related expenses of $258 million, and an increase in professional service fees of $257 million.
Research and development expenses for Motorola Mobile decreased $143 million from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to three months ended September 30, 2013. The decrease was primarily due to the restructuring and related charges in the prior year aimed at simplifying our Motorola Mobile product portfolio.
Research and development expenses for Motorola Mobile increased $202 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The increase was primarily due to approximately four months of results included in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to full period of results included in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This increase was partially offset by the impact of our restructuring and related charges aimed at simplifying our Motorola Mobile product portfolio.
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Sales and Marketing
The following table presents our sales and marketing expenses, and sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues, for the periods presented (dollars in millions):
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
Sales and marketing expenses (1)
$1,710
 $1,806
 $4,392
 $5,127
(1) Total sales and marketing expenses include stock-based compensation expense, as well as restructuring and other charges.
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited)
Sales and marketing expenses$1,628
 $2,084
 $4,646
 $5,754
Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues11.8% 12.6% 11.7% 12.0%
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for personnel engaged in customer service, sales, and sales support functions, as well as advertising and promotional expenditures.
Sales and marketing expenses for Google increased $243$456 million and also increased slightly as a percentage of revenues from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 2013. to the three months ended September 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $190 million, largely as a result of a 15% increase in sales and marketing headcount, an increase in advertising and promotional expenses of $160 million, an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $42 million, and an increase in professional services fees of $29 million.
Sales and marketing expenses increased $1,108 million and also increased slightly as a percentage of revenues from the nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to an increase in advertising and promotional expenses of $195$464 million, as well as an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $29 million.
Sales and marketing expenses for Google increased $706 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The increase was primarily due to an increase in advertising and promotional expenses of $390 million, as well as an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $167$430 million, largely as a result of a 14%12% increase in sales and marketing headcount. In addition, there washeadcount, an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $74 million.
Sales$104 million, and marketing expenses for Motorola Mobile decreased $147 million from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to three months ended September 30, 2013. The decrease was primarily due to the restructuring and related charges in the prior year aimed at simplifying our Motorola Mobile product portfolio, partially offset by an increase in marketing expenses related to releaseprofessional services fees of new products.
Sales and marketing expenses for Motorola Mobile increased $29 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The increase was primarily due to approximately four months of results included in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to full period of results included in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This increase was partially offset by the impact of our restructuring and related charges aimed at simplifying our Motorola Mobile product portfolio.$70 million.
We expect that sales and marketing expenses will increase in dollar amount and may increase as a percentage of total revenues in the remainder of 20132014 and in future periods, as we expand our business globally, increase advertising and promotional expenditures in connection with new and existing products, and increase the level of service we provide to our advertisers, Google Network Members, and other partners.
General and Administrative
The following table presents our general and administrative expenses, and general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues, for the periods presented (dollars in millions):
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
General and administrative expenses(1)
$1,020
 $1,213
 $2,719
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(1) Total general and administrative expenses include stock-based compensation expense, as well as restructuring and other charges.

 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited)
General and administrative expenses$1,135
 $1,365
 $3,248
 $4,258
General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues8.4% 8.3% 8.1% 8.8%
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for personnel and facilities, and include costs related to our facilities, finance, human resources, information technology and legal organizations, andas well as fees for professional services. Professional services are principally comprised of outside legal, audit, information technology consulting, and outsourcing services. General and administrative expenses also include amortization of certain acquisition-related intangible assets.
General and administrative expenses for Google increased $237$230 million and remained flat as a percentage of revenues from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 2013. to the three months ended September 30, 2014. The increase in expenses was primarily due to an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $91 million, an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $86 million, largely as a result of a 25% increase in general and administrative headcount, and an increase in depreciation and amortization expense of $27 million.
General and administrative expenses increased $1,010 million and also increased as a percentage of revenues from the nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $107$324 million, largely as a result of a 16%23% increase

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in general and administrative headcount, as well as an increase in depreciationprofessional service fees and equipment-related expenselegal expenses of $59 million. In addition, there was $293 million, an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $23 million.
General$200 million, and administrative expenses for Google increased $777 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The increase was primarily due to an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $290 million, largely as a result of a 13% increase in general and administrative headcount, as well as an increase in depreciation and equipment-relatedamortization expense of $178$50 million. In addition, there was an increase of $157 million in amortization of Motorola-acquisition related intangible assets and an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $53 million.
General and administrative expenses for Motorola Mobile decreased $44 million from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 2013. The decrease was primarily due to the restructuring and related charges in the prior year aimed at simplifying our Motorola Mobile product portfolio.
General and administrative expenses for Motorola Mobile increased $39 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The increase was primarily due to approximately four months of results included in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to full period results included in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This increase was partially offset by the impact of our restructuring and related charges aimed at simplifying our Motorola Mobile product portfolio.
As we expand our business and incur additional expenses, we expect general and administrative expenses will increase in dollar amount and may increase as a percentage of total revenues in the remainder of 20132014 and in future periods.
Stock-Based Compensation
The following table presents our aggregate stock-based compensation expense reflected in our consolidated results from continuing operations for the periods presented (dollars in millions):
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2012 2013 2012 2013
 (unaudited)
Stock-based compensation (1)
$750
 $886
 $1,941
 $2,366
(1) These amounts are included in the previously discussed sections above related to cost of revenues, research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses.
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
 (unaudited)
Stock-based compensation$856
 $1,255
 $2,254
 $2,974
Stock-based compensation as a percentage of revenues6.2% 7.6% 5.7% 6.2%

Stock-based compensation increased $136$399 million and $425$720 million from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. These increases were primarily due to additional stock awards issued to existing and new employees.
We estimate stock-based compensation for Google employees to be approximately $3.3$4.2 billion in 20132014 and $5.9$9.2 billion thereafter.thereafter related to stock awards granted as of September 30, 2014. This estimate does not include expenses to be recognized related to employee stock awards that are granted after September 30, 20132014 or non-employee stock awards that have been or may be granted.. In addition, to the extent forfeiture rates are different from what we have anticipated, stock-based compensation related to these awards will be different from our expectations.

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Interest and Other Income, Net
Interest and other income, net, decreased $41increased $119 million from the three months ended September 30, 20122013 to the three months ended September 30, 20132014. This decreaseincrease was primarily driven by a $62 million decrease in realized gains on available-for-sale investments and $6 million increase in foreign currency exchange losses, partially offset by an increase in interest income of $29 million.
Interest and other income, net, decreased $69 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This decrease was primarily driven by a $245 million decrease in the gain on divestiture of businesses and a $33 million decrease in the realized gains on available-for-sale investments, partially offset by a decrease in foreign currency exchange losses of $168$92 million related to the change in time value of our foreign currency options and an increase in realized gains on available-for-sale investments of $44 million.
Interest and other income, net, increased $251 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. This increase was primarily driven by realized gains on non-marketable equity investments of $139 million and previously-held equity interests of $126 million, partially offset by a decrease in interest income of $36$34 million.
The costs of our foreign exchange hedging activities that we recognized to interest and other income, net, are primarily a function of the notional amount of the option and forward contracts and their related duration, the movement of the foreign exchange rates relative to the strike prices of the contracts, as well as the volatility of the foreign exchange rates.
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Provision for Income Taxes
The following table presents our provision for income taxes and the effective tax rate for the periods presented (dollars in millions):
Three Months Ended Nine Months EndedThree Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,September 30, September 30,
2012 2013 2012 20132013 2014 2013 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Provision for income taxes$647
 $513
 $1,959
 $1,616
$612
 $859
 $1,893
 $2,594
Effective tax rate23.1% 14.8% 19.9% 15.5%16.2% 22.3% 16.7% 20.4%
Our provision for income taxes and effective tax rate decreasedincreased from the three months ended September 30, 2012 to the three months ended September 30, 2013, largely attributed to the effectthree months ended September 30, 2014, primarily due to changes in estimates associated with filed tax returns in both periods, an impairment charge not deductible for tax purposes and unfavorable impact of the 2013 annual federal research and development credit, whereas this credit was not available during 2012.proportionally more earnings in higher tax rate jurisdictions.
Our provision for income taxes and effective tax rate decreasedincreased from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013, primarily as a result to the nine months ended September 30, 2014, largely attributed to the expiration of a discrete tax benefit related to the federal research and development credit recognized in the first quarteras of December 31, 2013.This discrete tax benefit was as a result of a retroactive extension of the 2012 federal research and development credit in accordance with the American Taxpayer Act of 2012, which was signed into law on January 2, 2013.
Our effective tax rate could fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and could be adversely affected to the extent earnings are lower than anticipated in countries that have lower statutory rates and higher than anticipated in countries that have higher statutory rates. Our effective tax rate could also fluctuate due to the net gains and losses recognized by legal entities on certain hedges and related hedged intercompany and other transactions under our foreign exchange risk management program, by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets or liabilities, or by changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. In addition, we are subject to the continuous examination of our income tax returns by the IRSInternal Revenue Service (IRS) and other tax authorities. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes.
See Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates below for additional information about our provision for income taxes.
Net Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations
Motorola Mobile
On January 29, 2014, we entered into an agreement with Lenovo providing for the disposition of the Motorola Mobile business for a total purchase price of approximately $2.9 billion (subject to certain adjustments), including $1.4 billion to be paid at close, comprised of $660 million in cash and $750 million in Lenovo ordinary shares (subject to a share cap and floor). The remaining $1.5 billion will be paid in the form of an interest-free, three-year prepayable promissory note.
We will maintain ownership of the vast majority of the Motorola Mobile patent portfolio, including current patent applications and invention disclosures, which will be licensed back to Motorola Mobile for its continued operations. Additionally, in connection with the sale, we will indemnify Lenovo for certain potential liabilities of the Motorola Mobile business. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of regulatory requirements, customary closing conditions and any other needed approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014.
As such, financial results of Motorola Mobile are presented as "Net income (loss) from discontinued operations" on the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014; and assets and liabilities of Motorola Mobile to be disposed of are presented as "Assets held for sale" and "Liabilities held for sale" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014, respectively.
The following table presents financial results of the Motorola Mobile business included in "Net income (loss) from discontinued operations" for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014 (in millions, unaudited):

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On April 17, 2013,
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2013 2014 2013 2014
Revenues$1,139
 $1,718
 $3,155
 $4,901
        
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes(307) (217) (909) (590)
Benefits from income taxes99
 32
 277
 139
Net loss from discontinued operations$(208) $(185) $(632) $(451)

Motorola Home
In December 2012, we completed the sale of the Motorola Home segment toentered into an agreement with Arris and certain other persons providing for consideration of approximately $2,412 million in cash, including cash of $2,238 million received on the closing date and certain post-closing adjustments of $174 million received in the third quarter of 2013, and approximately $175 million in Arris' common stock (10.6 million shares). Subsequent to the transaction, we own approximately 7.8%disposition of the outstanding sharesMotorola Home business. The transaction closed on April 17, 2013 (the date of Arris. Additionally,divestiture). Financial results of Motorola Home through the date of divestiture were included in connection with the sale, we agreed to indemnify Arris for potential liability from certain intellectual property infringement litigation, for which we recorded an indemnification liability of $175 million, the majority of which was settled subsequent to the sale.
The sale resulted in a net gain of $762 million, which was presented as part of net"Net income (loss) from discontinued operations inoperations" for the Consolidated Statements of Income for thethree and nine months ended September 30, 2013.
The following table presents financial results of the Motorola Home segmentbusiness included in net"Net income (loss) from discontinued operationsoperations" for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2013 (in millions, unaudited):
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2012 2013 2012 
2013 (1)
2013 
2013 (1)
Revenues$797
 $0
 $1,204
 $804
$0
 $804
          
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes(6) 0
 (39) (67)0
 (67)
Benefits from income taxes24
 0
 9
 16
0
 16
Gain on disposal0
 15
 0
 762
15
 $762
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations$18
 $15
 $(30) $711
Net income from discontinued operations$15
 $711
(1) The operating results of Motorola Home were included in our Consolidated Statements of Income from January 1, 2013 through the date of divestiture.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

AtAs of September 30, 20132014, we had $56.5$62.3 billion of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities.securities which includes $160 million of cash and cash equivalents classified as "Assets held for sale". Cash equivalents and marketable securities are comprised of time deposits, money market and other funds, including cash collateral received related to our securitysecurities lending program, fixed-income bond funds, highly liquid debt instruments of the U.S. government and its agencies, debt instruments issued by foreign governments, debt instruments issued by municipalities in the U.S. municipal bonds,, corporate debt securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and marketable equity securities.
AtAs of September 30, 20132014, $32.241.8 billion of the $56.5$62.3 billion of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities was held by our foreign subsidiaries. If these funds are needed for our operations in the U.S., we would be required to accrue and pay U.S. taxes to repatriate these funds. OurHowever, our intent is to indefinitelypermanently reinvest these funds outside of the U.S. to support our foreign operations and our current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate these fundsthem to supportfund our U.S. operations.
Our principal sources of liquidity are our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, as well as the cash flow that we generate from our operations. AtAs of September 30, 20132014, we had unused letters of credit forof approximately $165$949 million. We believe that our sources of funding will be sufficient to satisfy our currently anticipated cash requirements through at least the next 12 months. Our liquidity could be negatively affected by a decrease in demand for our products and services. In addition, we may make acquisitions or license products and technologies complementary to our business and may need to raise additional capital through future debt or equity financing to provide for greater flexibility to fund any such acquisitions and licensing activities. Additional financing may not be available at all or on terms favorable to us.

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We have a debt financing program of up to $3.0 billion through the issuance of commercial paper. Net proceeds from this program are used for general corporate purposes. As of September 30, 20132014, we had $2.0$2.0 billion of commercial paper outstanding recorded as short-term debt, with a weighted-average interest rate of 0.1% that mature at various dates through March 2014.2015. Average commercial paper borrowings during the quarter were $2.0 billion and the maximum amount outstanding during the quarter was $2.0 billion. In conjunction with this program, we have a $3.0$3.0 billion revolving credit facility expiring in July 2016. The interest rate for the credit facility is determined based on a formula using certain market rates. As of September 30, 20132014, we were in compliance with the financial covenant in the credit facility and no amounts were outstanding.

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In May 2011, we issued $3.0$3.0 billion of unsecured senior notes (2011 Notes) in three equal tranches, due in 2014, 2016, and 2021, with stated interest rates2021. In February 2014, we issued $1.0 billion of 1.25%, 2.125%, and 3.625%.unsecured senior notes (2014 Notes) due in 2024. The net proceeds from the sale of the notes2011 Notes were used to repay a portion of our outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. InOn May 2013,19, 2014, we reclassifiedrepaid $1.0 billion on the first tranche of our 2011 Notes upon maturity. We used the $1.0 billion unsecured senior notes due in Maynet proceeds from the issuance of the 2014 as short-term debt. We planNotes to issue $1.0 billion of long-term debt whenrepay this note matures in 2014. tranche and for general corporate purposes.
As of September 30, 20132014, the total carrying value and estimated fair value of these threethe 2011 and 2014 notes were $3.0 billion and $3.1$3.1 billion,. respectively. The estimated fair value was determined based on quotedobservable market prices for our publicly-traded debt as of September 30, 2013.identical instruments in less active markets. We are not subject to any financial covenants under the notes.
In August 2013, we entered into a $258 million capital lease obligation on certain property expiring in 2028 with an option to purchase in 2016. The effective rate of the capital lease obligation approximates the market rate. AtThe estimated fair value of the capital lease obligation approximated its carrying value as of September 30, 20132014, the carrying value of the assets approximated the carrying value of the borrowings..

        
In summary,For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014, our cash flows were as follows (in millions):
Nine Months EndedNine Months Ended
September 30,September 30,
2012 20132013 2014
(unaudited)(unaudited)
Net cash provided by operating activities$11,950
 $13,421
$13,421
 $16,012
Net cash used in investing activities(7,542) (12,062)(12,062) (17,814)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities1,921
 (889)
Net cash used in financing activities(889) (1,095)
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Our largest source of cash provided by operating cash flows is advertising revenues generated by Google websites and Google Network Members' websites. We also generate cash from the salesales of our hardware products, primarily in the Motorola Mobile business, and revenues from Motorola Mobile.digital content and licensing. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities include payments to our Google Network Members and distribution partners, which are based on the revenue share or fixed fee arrangements, as well as payments for manufacturing and inventory-related costs primarily for the Motorola Mobile.Mobile business, as well as content acquisition costs. In addition, uses of cash from operating activities include compensation and related costs, other general corporate expenditures, and income taxes.
Cash provided by operating activities consist ofis calculated by adjusting net income adjusted for certainto exclude non-cash items, including stock-based compensation expense, depreciation, amortization, deferred income taxes, excess tax benefits from stock-based award activities, as well as the effect of changes in working capital and other activities.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the nine months ended September 30, 2014, primarily due to increased net income adjusted for depreciation expense and loss on disposal of property and equipment, gain on divestiture of businesses,business, and stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization expense on property and equipment and amortization of intangible assets. These increases were partially offset by thedeferred income taxes, excess tax benefit from stock-based award activities, and gains on equity interest and sales of non-marketable securities. In addition, there was a net decreaseincrease in cash from changes in working capital from the nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the nine months ended September 30, 2014 primarily as a result of a decreasedue to the impact from changes in prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, income taxes, net and accrued expenses and other liabilities, offset by the impact from changes in accounts payable.
As we expand our business internationally, we have offered payment terms to certain advertisers that are standard in their locales but longer than terms we would generally offer to our domestic advertisers. This may increase our working capital requirements and may have a decrease in prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets.negative effect on cash provided by our operating activities.

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Cash Used In Investing Activities
Cash provided by or used in investing activities primarily consist of purchases, maturities, and sales of marketable securities, acquisitions of businesses and intangible assets, divestiture of businesses, and purchases of property and equipment. In addition, cash provided by or used in investing activities include our investments in reverse repurchase agreements and the cash collateral received or returned from our securities lending program.
Cash used in investing activities increased from the nine months ended September 30, 20122013 to the nine months ended September 30, 20132014, primarily attributable to an increase in purchases of marketable securities during the first nine months of 2013 comparedspend related to the first nine months of 2012,acquisitions and a decrease in maturities and salesproceeds received related to divestiture of marketable securities, and, to a lesser extent,businesses. In addition, there was an increase in capital expenditures made primarily related to our production equipment, data centers, and real estate, purchases.and production equipment. This increaseactivity was offset by lower spend related to acquisitions, an increasea net decrease in proceeds receivedmarketable securities activity and increased cash receipts from divestiture of businesses, and an increase in cash collateral received in connection with ourfrom securities lending program. See Notes 3 and 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further information about our securities lending program and acquisitions.lending.

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In order to manage expected increases in internet traffic, advertising transactions, and new products and services, and to support our overall global business expansion, we expect to make significant investments in production equipment, our systems, data centers, corporate facilities, and information technology infrastructure in 20132014 and thereafter. However, the amount of our capital expenditures has fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate on a quarterly basis.
In addition, we expect to continue to spend cash on acquisitions and other investments. These acquisitions generally enhance the breadth and depth of our expertise in engineering and other functional areas, our technologies, and our product and service offerings.
Cash Provided by (Used In)Used In Financing Activities
Cash provided by or used in financing activities consists primarily of net proceeds or payments from issuance or repayments of short-term debt under our commercial paper program and net proceeds or payments and excess tax benefits from stock-based award activities.
Cash used in financing activities increased modestly from the nine months ended September 30, 20122013 to the nine months ended September 30, 20132014, primarily driven by an increase in net cash payments related to debt and, to a lesser extent, an increase in net payments for stock-based award activities.activities offset by a decrease in net repayments of debt.
Contractual Obligations
We had long-term taxes payable of $2.4$3.1 billion as of September 30, 20132014 primarily related to tax positions for which the timing of the ultimate resolution is uncertain. At this time, we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of the timing of payments in individual years beyond 12 months due to uncertainties in the timing of tax audit outcomes.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). In doing so, we have to make estimates and assumptions that affect our reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, as well as related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. In some cases, we could reasonably have used different accounting policies and estimates. In some cases, changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from our estimates. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, our financial condition or results of operations will be affected. We base our estimates on past experience and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis. We refer to accounting estimates of this type as critical accounting policies and estimates, which we discuss further below. We have reviewed our critical accounting policies and estimates with the audit committee of our board of directors.
Income Taxes
We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in evaluating our uncertain tax positions and determining our provision for income taxes.
Although we believe we have adequately reserved for our uncertain tax positions, no assurance can be given that the final tax outcome of these matters will not be different. We adjust these reserves in light of changing facts and circumstances, such as the closing of a tax audit or the refinement of an estimate. To the extent that the final tax outcome of these matters is different than the amounts recorded, such differences will impact the provision for income

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taxes in the period in which such determination is made. The provision for income taxes includes the impact of reserve provisions and changes to reserves that are considered appropriate, as well as the related net interest and penalties.
Our effective tax rates have differed from the statutory rate primarily due to the tax impact of foreign operations, state taxes, certain benefits realized related to stock-based award activities, and research and development tax credits. The effective tax rates were 23.1%,16.2% and 14.8%22.3% for the three months ended September 30, 20122013 and 2014 and 201316.7% and 19.9% and 15.5%20.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 20122013 and 20132014., respectively. Our future effective tax rates could be adversely affected by earnings being lower than anticipated in countries that have lower statutory rates and higher than anticipated in countries that have higher statutory rates, the net gains and losses recognized by legal entities on certain hedges and related hedged intercompany and other transactions under our foreign exchange risk management program, changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets or liabilities, or changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. In addition, we are subject to the continuous examination of our income tax returns by the IRS and other tax authorities which may assert assessments against us. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations and assessments to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes.

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Loss Contingencies
We are regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings involving competition and antitrust, intellectual property, privacy, tax,indirect taxes, labor and employment, commercial disputes, content generated by our users, goods and services offered by advertisers or publishers using our platforms, and other matters. Certain of these matters include speculative claims for substantial or indeterminate amounts of damages. We record a liability when we believe that it is both probable that a loss has been incurred, and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If we determine that a loss is possible and a range of the loss can be reasonably estimated, we disclose the range of the possible loss in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. We evaluate, on a monthly basis, developments in our legal matters that could affect the amount of liability that has been previously accrued, and the matters and related ranges of possible losses disclosed, and make adjustments and changes to our disclosures as appropriate. Significant judgment is required to determine both likelihood of there being and the estimated amount of a loss related to such matters. Until the final resolution of such matters, there may be an exposure to loss in excess of the amount recorded, and such amounts could be material. Should any of our estimates and assumptions change or prove to have been incorrect, it could have a material impact on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. See Note 1110 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of
this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information regarding contingencies.
Business Combinations
We allocate the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed and intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. When determining the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, management makes significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. Critical estimates in valuing certain intangible assets include but are not limited to future expected cash flows from customer relationships and acquired patents and developed technology, and discount rates. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates. Other estimates associated with the accounting for acquisitions may change as additional information becomes available regarding the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as more fully discussed in Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q10-Q.
Goodwill
Goodwill is allocated to reporting units expected to benefit from the business combination. We test goodwill for additional information regarding contingencies.impairment at the reporting unit level at least annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances occur that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. We evaluate our reporting units on an annual basis and, if necessary, reassign goodwill using a relative fair value allocation approach. Goodwill impairment tests require judgment, including the identification of reporting units, assignment of assets and liabilities to reporting units, assignment of goodwill to reporting units, and determination of the fair value of each reporting unit. As of September 30, 2014, no impairment of goodwill has been identified.

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Impairment of Marketable and Non-Marketable Securities
We periodically review our marketable and non-marketable securities for impairment. If we conclude that any of these investments are impaired, we determine whether such impairment is other-than-temporary. Factors we consider to make such determination include the duration and severity of the impairment, the reason for the decline in value and the potential recovery period and our intent to sell. For marketable debt securities, we also consider whether (1) it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, and (2) the amortized cost basis cannot be recovered as a result of credit losses. If any impairment is considered other-than-temporary, we will write down the asset to its fair value and record the corresponding charge as interest and other income, net.
Available Information
Our website is located at www.google.com, and our investor relations website is located at http://investor.google.com. The following filings are available through our investor relations website after we file them with the SEC: Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and our Proxy Statements for our annual meetings of stockholders, for the last three years. These filingsyears, and are also available for download free of charge on our investor relations website.charge. We also provide a link to the section of the SEC's website at www.sec.gov that has all of our public filings, including Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, all amendments to those reports, our Proxy Statements, and other ownership related filings. Further, a copy of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is located at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
We webcast our earnings calls and certain events we participate in or host with members of the investment community on our investor relations website. Additionally, we announce investor information, includingprovide notifications of news and commentary aboutor announcements regarding our business and financial performance, including SEC filings, notices of investor events, and our press and earnings releases, onand blogs as part of our investor relations website andas well as on our investor relations Google+ page (https://plus.google.com/+GoogleInvestorRelations/posts). Investors and others can receive notifications of new information posted on our investor relations website in real time by signing up for email alerts and RSS feeds. Further corporate governance information, including our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, governance guidelines, board committee charters, and code of conduct, is also available on our investor relations website under the heading “Corporate Governance.” The contentscontent of our websites are not incorporated by reference into this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or in any other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references to our websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.

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ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

We transact business globally in multiple currencies. Our international revenues, as well as costs and expenses denominated in foreign currencies, expose us to the risk of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates against the US dollar. Our most significant currency exposures are the Euro, the British pound,Pound, and Japanese Yen.yen. We are a net receiver of foreign currencies and therefore benefit from a weakening of the U.S. dollar and are adversely affected by a strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the foreign currency.

We use foreign exchange option contracts to protect our forecasted U.S. dollar-equivalent earnings from adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These hedging contracts reduce, but do not entirely eliminate the impact of adverse currency exchange rate movements. We designate these option contracts as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes.  The fair value of the option contract is separated into its intrinsic and time values. Changes in the time value are recorded in interest"Interest and other income, net.net". Changes in the intrinsic value are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI)AOCI and subsequently reclassified into revenues to offset the hedged exposures as they occur.
We considered the historical trends in currency exchange rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that changes in exchange rates of 20% for our foreign currency options could be experienced in the near term. If the U.S. dollar weakened by 20%, the amount recorded in AOCI before tax effect would have been approximately $2398 million lower at September 30, 20132014, and the total amount of expense recorded as interest"Interest and other income, net,net", would have been approximately $64133 million higher at September 30, 20132014. If the U.S. dollar strengthened by 20%, the amount recorded in accumulated AOCI before tax effect would have been approximately $1.12.6 billion higher at September 30, 20132014, and the total amount of expense recorded as interest"Interest and other income, net,net", would have been approximately $64161 million higher at September 30, 20132014. The impact in AOCI would offset our hedged exposures as they occur.

In addition, we use foreign exchange forward contracts to offset the foreign exchange risk on our assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local currency of the subsidiary. These forward contracts reduce, but do not entirely eliminate the impact of currency exchange rate movements on our assets and liabilities. The foreign currency gains and losses on the assets and liabilities are recorded in interest"Interest and other income, net,net", which are offset by the gains and losses on the forward contracts.

We considered the historical trends in currency exchange rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that adverse changes in exchange rates of 20% for all currencies could be experienced in the near term. These changes would have resulted in an adverse impact on income before income taxes of approximately $8.6$3 million at September 30, 20132014. The adverse impact at September 30, 20132014 is after consideration of the offsetting effect of approximately $867 million$1.1 billion from foreign exchange contracts in place for the month of September 30, 20132014. These reasonably possible adverse changes in exchange rates of 20% were applied to total monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local currencies at the balance sheet dates to compute the adverse impact these changes would have had on our income before income taxes in the near term.

Interest Rate Risk

Our investment strategy is to achieve a return that will allow us to preserve capital and maintain liquidity requirements. We invest primarily in U.S. government and its agency securities, money market and other funds, fixed-income bond funds, corporate debt securities, mortgage-backed securities, debt instruments issued by foreign governments, municipal securities, time deposits, and asset backed securities. By policy, we limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. Our investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning securities carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate securities may have their fair market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than predicted if interest rates fall. As of September 30, 2014, unrealized losses on our marketable debt securities were primarily due to temporary interest rate fluctuations as a result of higher market interest rates compared to the fixed interest rates on our debt securities. We account for both fixed and variable rate securities at fair value with changes on gains and losses recorded in AOCI until the securities are sold. We use interest rate derivative contracts to hedge realized gains and losses on our securities. These derivative contracts are accounted for at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in Interest"Interest and other income, net.
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increase in interest rates would have resulted in a decrease in the fair values of our marketable securities and interest rate derivative contracts of approximately $1.4 billion at September 30, 2013.
We plan to issue a $1.0 billion fixed rate long-term debt when the first tranche of our outstanding unsecured senior notes matures in May 2014. To effectively lock in the interest rate on the anticipated debt issuance, we use forward-starting interest rate swaps with terms calling for us to receive interest at a variable rate and to pay interest at a fixed rate. These swaps are designated as cash flow hedges, with changes in the fair values of the swaps recorded in AOCI. The amount in AOCI will be recognized as interest expense to offset the future interest payments upon debt issuance.
We considered the historical volatility of interest rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that an adverse change of 100 basis points could be experienced in the near term. A hypothetical 1.00% (100 basis points) decreaseincrease in interest rates would have resulted in a decrease in the fair values of our forward-startingmarketable securities and interest swapsrate derivative contracts of approximately $96 million$1.2 billion at September 30, 20132014, which would offset our hedged exposure on interest rates..

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of September 30, 20132014, our disclosure controls and procedures are designed at a reasonable assurance level and are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 20132014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
In designing and evaluating ourthe disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
For a description of our material pending legal proceedings, please refer to Note 11 “Contingencies—10 “Contingencies - Legal Matters” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference.
    
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS                
Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described below, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and the trading price of our common and capital stock.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
We face intense competition. If we do not continue to innovate and provide products and services that are useful to users, we may not remain competitive, and our revenues and operating results could be adversely affected.
Our business is rapidly evolving and intensely competitive, and is subject to changing technologies, shifting user needs, and frequent introductions of new products and services. Our ability to compete successfully depends heavily on providing products and services that make using the internet a more useful and enjoyable experience for our users and delivering innovative products and technologies to the marketplace. As our business has evolved, the competitive pressure to innovate will now encompass a wider range of products and services, including products and services that may be outside of our historical core business.
We have many competitors in different industries, including general purpose search engines, vertical search engines and e-commerce sites, social networking sites, traditional media companies, wireless mobile device companies, and providers of online products and services. Our current and potential competitors range from large and established companies to emerging start-ups. Established companies have longer operating histories and more established relationships with customers and users, and they can use their experience and resources in ways that could affect our competitive position, including by making acquisitions, investing aggressively in research and development, aggressively initiating intellectual property claims (whether or not meritorious) and competing aggressively for advertisers and websites. Emerging start-ups may be able to innovate and provide products and services faster than we can.
Our competitors are constantly developing innovations in web search, online advertising, wireless mobile devices, and web-based products and services. The research and development of new, technologically advanced products is also a complex and uncertain process requiring high levels of innovation and investment, as well as the accurate anticipation of technology, market trends and consumer needs. As a result, we must continue to invest significant resources in research and development, including through acquisitions, in order to enhance our web search technology and our existing products and services, and introduce new products and services that people can easily and effectively use. If we are unable to provide quality products and services, then acceptance rates for our products and services could decline and affect consumer and advertiser perceptions of our brand. In addition, these new products and services may present new and difficult technological and legal challenges, and we may be subject to claims if users of these offerings experience service disruptions or failures or other issues. Our operating results would also suffer if our innovations are not responsive to the needs of our users, advertisers, and Google Network Members, are not appropriately timed with market opportunities, or are not effectively brought to market. As technology continues to develop, our competitors may be able to offer user experiences that are, or that are seen to be, substantially similar to or better than ours. This may force us to compete in different ways and expend significant resources in order to remain competitive. If our competitors are more successful than we are in developing compelling products or in attracting and retaining users, advertisers, and content providers, our revenues and operating results could be adversely affected.
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operations, insufficient revenues to offset liabilities assumed and expenses associated with these new investments, inadequate return of capital on our investments, and unidentified issues not discovered in our due diligence of such strategies and offerings. Because these new ventures are inherently risky, no assurance can be given that such strategies and offerings will be successful and will not adversely affect our reputation, financial condition, and operating results.
More people are using devices other than personaldesktop computers to access the internet and accessing new platformsdevices to make search queries. If manufacturers and users do not widely adopt versions of our web search technology, products, or operating systems developed for these devices, our business could be adversely affected.
The number of people who access the internet through devices other than personaldesktop computers, including mobile phones, smartphones, handheld computers such as netbooks and tablets, video game consoles, and television set-top devices, is increasing dramatically. The lower resolution, functionality, and memory associated with some alternative devices make the use of our products and services through such devices more difficult and the versions of our products and services developed for these devices may not be compelling to users, manufacturers, or distributors of alternative devices. Each manufacturer or distributor may establish unique technical standards for its devices, and our products and services may not work or be viewable on these devices as a result. Some manufacturers may also elect not to include our products on their devices. In addition, search queries are increasingly being undertaken via “apps” tailored to particular devices or social media platforms, which could affect our share of the search market over time. As new devices and platforms are continually being released, it is difficult to predict the problems we may encounter in adapting our products and services and developing competitive new products and services. We expect to continue to devote significant resources to the creation, support, and maintenance of products and services across multiple platforms.platforms and devices. If we are unable to attract and retain a substantial number of alternative device manufacturers, distributors, and users to our products and services, or if we are slow to develop products and technologies that are more compatible with alternative devices and platforms, we will fail to capture the opportunities available as consumers and advertisers transition to a dynamic, multi-screen environment.
We generate a significant portion of our revenues from advertising, and a reduction in spending by or loss of advertisers could seriously harm our business.
We generated 95%91% of Google revenues from our advertisers in 20122013 and 92% 90% in the nine months ended September 30, 2013.2014. Our advertisers can generally terminate their contracts with us at any time. Advertisers will not continue to do business with us if their investment in advertising with us does not generate sales leads, and ultimately customers, or if we do not deliver their advertisements in an appropriate and effective manner. If we are unable to remain competitive and provide value to our advertisers, they may stop placing ads with us, which would adversely affect our revenues and business.
In addition, expenditures by advertisers tend to be cyclical, reflecting overall economic conditions and budgeting and buying patterns. Adverse macroeconomic conditions can also have a material negative impact on the demand for advertising and cause our advertisers to reduce the amounts they spend on advertising, which could adversely affect our revenues and business.
Our revenue growth rate could decline over time, and we anticipate downward pressure on our operating margin in the future.
Our revenue growth rate could decline over time as a result of a number of factors, including as a result of:
increasing competition,
changes in our productproperty mix, including a significant increase in mobile search queriesplatform mix, and a deceleration in the growth of desktop queries if monetization stays at current levels, and how users make queries and act on them,geographical mix,
the challenges in maintaining our growth rate as our revenues increase to higher levels,
the evolution of the online advertising market, including the increasing variety of online platforms for advertising, and the other markets in which we participate, and
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The revenue growth rate of our Motorola Mobile segmentbusiness will also depend on a number of factors, including the success of our new products, our reliance on several large customers, the absence of long-term exclusivity arrangements with such customers, our ability to gain significant market share in the mobile devices space, our reliance on third-party distributors, representatives and retailers to sell certain of itsour products and the successful implementation of our product and operating system strategies. Furthermore, consolidation in the telecommunications industry could negatively impact our business because there would be fewer network operators and it could be more difficult to replace

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any lost customers. Any of these factors could have a negative impact on our Motorola Mobile segmentbusiness and have an adverse effect on our consolidated financial results.
We believe our operating margin will experience downward pressure as a result of increasing competition and increased expenditures for many aspects of our business, including Motorola.Motorola, and new lines of business. For instance, our operating margin will experience downward pressure if a greater percentage of our revenues comes from ads placed on our Google Network Members'Members’ websites compared to revenues generated through ads placed on our own websites or if we spend a proportionately larger amount to promote the distribution of certain products, including Google Chrome. Both the margin on revenues we generate from our Google Network Members and the margin on revenues from our Motorola business are significantly less than the margin on revenues we generate from advertising on our websites. Also, the marginsmargin on the sale of digital content and apps, advertising revenues from mobile devices and newer advertising formats are generally less than the margin on revenues we generate from advertising on our websites.websites on traditional formats. Additionally, the margin we earn on revenues generated from our Google Network Members could decrease in the future if we pay an even larger percentage of advertising fees to our Google Network Members.
We are subject to increased regulatory scrutiny that may negatively impact our business.
The growth of our company and our expansion into a variety of new fields implicate a variety of new regulatory issues, and we have experienced increased regulatory scrutiny as we have grown. We continue to cooperate with the European Commission (EC), and other international regulatory authorities and several state attorneys generalaround the world in investigations they are conducting with respect to our business and its impact on competition. Legislators and regulators including those conducting investigations in the U.S. and Europe, may make legal and regulatory changes, or interpret and apply existing laws, in ways that make our products and services less useful to our users, require us to incur substantial costs, expose us to unanticipated civil or criminal liability, or cause us to change our business practices. These changes or increased costs could negatively impact our business and results of operations in material ways.
We are regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings that may result in adverse outcomes.
We are regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings involving competition and antitrust (such as the pending investigationsinvestigation by the EC), intellectual property, privacy, consumer protection, tax, labor and employment, commercial disputes, content generated by our users, goods and services offered by advertisers or publishers using our platforms, and other matters. The sale of hardware products also exposes us to the risk of product liability and other litigation involving assertions about product defects, as well as health and safety, hazardous materials usage, and other environmental concerns. In addition, our businesses face intellectual property litigation, as further discussed later, that exposes us to the risk of exclusion and cease and desist orders, which could limit our ability to sell products and services.
Such claims, suits, government investigations, and proceedings are inherently uncertain and their results cannot be predicted with certainty. Regardless of the outcome, such legal proceedings can have an adverse impact on us because of legal costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors. Determining reserves for our pending litigation is a complex, fact-intensive process that requires significant judgment. It is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings could result in substantial fines and penalties that could adversely affect our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows in a particular period. These proceedings could also result in reputational harm, criminal sanctions, consent decrees, or orders preventing us from offering certain features, functionalities, products, or services, requiring a change in our business practices or product recalls or other field action, or requiring development of non-infringing or otherwise altered products or technologies. Any of these consequences could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Acquisitions and investments could result in operating difficulties, dilution, and other harmful consequences that may adversely impact our business and results of operations.
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operations. We also expect to continue to evaluate and enter into discussions regarding a wide array of potential strategic transactions. The process of integrating an acquired company, business, or technology has created, and will continue to create, unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures. The areas where we face risks include:
Diversion of management time and focus from operating our business to acquisition integration challenges.
Failure to successfully further develop the acquired business or technology.
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Integration of the acquired company's accounting, human resource, and other administrative systems, and coordination of product, engineering, and sales and marketing functions.
Transition of operations, users, and customers onto our existing platforms.
Failure to obtain required approvals on a timely basis, if at all, from governmental authorities, or conditions placed upon approval, under competition and antitrust laws which could, among other things, delay or prevent us from completing a transaction, or otherwise restrict our ability to realize the expected financial or strategic goals of an acquisition.
In the case of foreign acquisitions, the need to integrate operations across different cultures and languages and to address the particular economic, currency, political, and regulatory risks associated with specific countries.
Cultural challenges associated with integrating employees from the acquired company into our organization, and retention of employees from the businesses we acquire.
Liability for activities of the acquired company before the acquisition, including patent and trademark infringement claims, violations of laws, commercial disputes, tax liabilities, and other known and unknown liabilities.
Litigation or other claims in connection with the acquired company, including claims from terminated employees, customers, former stockholders, or other third parties.
Our failure to address these risks or other problems encountered in connection with our past or future acquisitions and investments could cause us to fail to realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions or investments, incur unanticipated liabilities, and harm our business generally.
Our acquisitions could also result in dilutive issuances of our equity securities, the incurrence of debt, contingent liabilities, or amortization expenses, or impairment of goodwill and purchased long-lived assets, and restructuring charges, any of which could harm our financial condition or results. Also, the anticipated benefit of many of our acquisitions may not materialize.
Our business depends on a strong brand, and failing to maintain and enhance our brand would hurt our ability to expand our base of users, advertisers, Google Network Members, and other partners.
The brand identity that we have developed has significantly contributed to the success of our business. Maintaining and enhancing the “Google” brand is critical to expanding our base of users, advertisers, Google Network Members, and other partners. We believe that the importance of brand recognition will increase due to the relatively low barriers to entry in the internet market. Our brand may be negatively impacted by a number of factors, including data protection and security issues, service outages, and product malfunctions. If we fail to maintain and enhance the “Google” brand, or if we incur excessive expenses in this effort, our business, operating results, and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected. Maintaining and enhancing our brand will depend largely on our ability to be a technology leader and continue to provide high-quality innovative products and services, which we may not do successfully.
A variety of new and existing U.S. and foreign laws could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business.
We are subject to numerous U.S. and foreign laws and regulations covering a wide variety of subject matters. New laws and regulations (or new interpretations of existing laws and regulations) may also impact our business. The costs of compliance with these laws and regulations are high and are likely to increase in the future. Any failure on our part to comply with these laws and regulations can result in negative publicity and diversion of management time and effort and may subject us to significant liabilities and other penalties.

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Furthermore, many of these laws were adopted prior to the advent of the internet and related technologies and, as a result, do not contemplate or address the unique issues of the internet and related technologies. The laws that do reference the internet are being interpreted by the courts, but their applicability and scope remain uncertain. For example, the laws relating to the liability of providers of online services are currently unsettled both within the U.S. and abroad. Claims have also been, or may be, threatened and filed against us under both U.S. and foreign laws for defamation, invasion of privacy and other tort claims, unlawful activity, patent, copyright and trademark infringement, or other theories based on the nature and content of the materials searched and the ads posted by our users, our products and services, or content generated by our users. Moreover, current and new patent laws such as U.S. patent laws and European patent laws may affect the ability of companies, including us, to protect their innovations and defend against claims of patent infringement.
In addition, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has provisions that limit, but do not necessarily eliminate, our liability for caching or hosting, or for listing or linking to, third-party websites that include materials that infringe copyrights or other rights, so long as we comply with the statutory requirements of this act. Any future legislation impacting these

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safe harbors may adversely impact us. Various U.S. and international laws restrict the distribution of materials considered harmful to children and impose additional restrictions on the ability of online services to collect information from minors. In the area of data protection, many states have passed laws requiring notification to users when there is a security breach for personal data, such as California'sCalifornia’s Information Practices Act. We face similar risks and costs as our products and services are offered in international markets and may be subject to additional regulations.
We are, and may in the future be, subject to intellectual property or other claims, which are costly to defend, could result in significant damage awards, and could limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future.
Internet, technology, media, and other companies own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets and frequently enter into litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. In addition, patent holding companies may continue to seek to monetize patents they have purchased or otherwise obtained. As we have grown, the intellectual property rights claims against us have increased and may continue to increase as we develop new products, services, and technologies.
We have had patent, copyright, and trademark infringement lawsuits filed against us claiming that certain of our products, services, and technologies, including Android, Google Search, Google AdWords, Google AdSense, Motorola products, Google Maps, Google Books, Google News, Google Image Search, Google Chrome, Google Talk, Google Voice, and YouTube, among others, infringe the intellectual property rights of others. Third parties have also sought broad injunctive relief against us by filing claims in U.S. and international courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for exclusion and cease and desist orders, which could limit our ability to sell our products or services in the U.S. or elsewhere if our products or services or those of our customers or suppliers are found to infringe the intellectual property subject to the claims. Adverse results in any of these lawsuits may include awards of substantial monetary damages, costly royalty or licensing agreements (if licenses are available at all), or orders preventing us from offering certain features, functionalities, products, or services, and may also cause us to change our business practices, and require development of non-infringing products or technologies, which could result in a loss of revenues for us and otherwise harm our business.
In addition, many of our agreements with our customers and partners, including certain suppliers, require us to indemnify them for certain intellectual property infringement claims against them, which could increase our costs as a result of defending such claims, and may require that we pay significant damages if there were an adverse ruling in any such claims. Such customers and partners may also discontinue the use of our products, services, and technologies, as a result of injunctions or otherwise, which could result in loss of revenues and adversely impact our business. Moreover, supplier provided intellectual property indemnities to us, when obtainable, may not cover all damages and losses suffered by us and our customers from covered products.
Regardless of the merits of the claims, intellectual property claims are often time consuming, expensive to litigate or settle, and cause significant diversion of management attention. To the extent such intellectual property infringement claims are successful, they may have an adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Our intellectual property rights are valuable, and any inability to protect them could reduce the value of our products, services, and brand.
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services and technologies. For example, effective intellectual property protection may not be available in every country in which our products and services are distributed or made available through the internet. Also, the efforts we have taken to protect our proprietary rights may not be sufficient or effective.
Although we seek to obtain patent protection for our innovations, it is possible we may not be able to protect some of these innovations. Moreover, because of our long-term interests in open source, we may not have adequate patent protection for certain innovations that later turn out to be important. Furthermore, there is always the possibility, despite our efforts, that the scope of the protection gained will be insufficient or that an issued patent may be deemed invalid or unenforceable.
We also seek to maintain certain intellectual property as trade secrets. The secrecy could be compromised by outside parties, or by our employees, which could cause us to lose the competitive advantage resulting from these trade secrets.

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We also face risks associated with our trademarks. For example, there is a risk that the word “Google” could become so commonly used that it becomes synonymous with the word “search.” If this happens, we could lose protection for this trademark, which could result in other people using the word “Google” to refer to their own products, thus diminishing our brand.
Any significant impairment of our intellectual property rights could harm our business and our ability to compete. Also, protecting our intellectual property rights is costly and time consuming. Any increase in the unauthorized use of our intellectual property could make it more expensive to do business and harm our operating results.
We may be subject to legal liability associated with providing online services or content.
We host and provide a wide variety of services and products that enable users to exchange information, advertise products and services, conduct business, and engage in various online activities both domestically and internationally. The law relating to the liability of providers of these online services and products for activities of their users is still somewhat unsettled both within the U.S. and internationally. Claims have been threatened and have been brought against us for defamation, negligence, breaches of contract, copyright or trademark infringement, unfair competition, unlawful activity, tort, including personal injury, fraud, or other theories based on the nature and content of information that we publish or to which we provide links or that may be posted online or generated by us or by third parties, including our users. In addition, we are and have been and may again in the future be subject to domestic or international actions alleging that certain content we have generated or third-party content that we have made available within our services violates U.S. and non-U.S. law.
We also arrange for the distribution of third-party advertisements to third-party publishers and advertising networks, and we offer third-party products, services, or content. We may be subject to claims concerning these products, services, or content by virtue of our involvement in marketing, branding, broadcasting, or providing access to them, even if we do not ourselves host, operate, provide, or provide access to these products, services, or content. Defense of any such actions could be costly and involve significant time and attention of our management and other resources, may result in monetary liabilities or penalties, and may require us to change our business in an adverse manner.
Privacy concerns relating to our technology could damage our reputation and deter current and potential users from using our products and services.
From time to time, concerns have been expressed about whether our products, services, or processes compromise the privacy of users and others. Concerns about our practices with regard to the collection, use, disclosure, or security of personal information or other privacy related matters, even if unfounded, could damage our reputation and adversely affect our operating results.
In addition, as nearly all of our products and services are web-based, the amount of data we store for our users on our servers (including personal information) has been increasing. Any systems failure or compromise of our security that results in the release of our users'users’ data could seriously limit the adoption of our products and services, as well as harm our reputation and brand and, therefore, our business. We expect to continue to expend significant resources to protect against security breaches. The risk that these types of events could seriously harm our business is likely to increase as we expand the number of web-based products and services we offer, and operate in more countries.

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Regulatory authorities around the world are considering a number of legislative and regulatory proposals concerning data protection. In addition, the interpretation and application of consumer and data protection laws in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere are often uncertain and in flux. It is possible that these laws may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our data practices. If so, in addition to the possibility of fines, this could result in an order requiring that we change our data practices, which could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations. Complying with these various laws could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices in a manner adverse to our business.
We face a number of manufacturing and supply chain risks that, if not properly managed, could adversely impact our financial results and prospects.
We face a number of risks related to manufacturing and supply chain management. For instance, the products we sell may have quality issues resulting from the design or manufacture of the product, or from the software used in the product. Sometimes, these issues may be caused by components we purchase from other manufacturers or suppliers. If the quality of our products does not meet our customers' expectations or our products are found to be defective, then our sales and operating earnings, and ultimately our reputation, could be negatively impacted.

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We rely on third parties to manufacture many of our assemblies and finished products, and we have third-party arrangements for the design of some components and parts. Our business could be negatively affected if we are not able to engage third parties with the necessary capabilities or capacity on reasonable terms, or if those we engage fail to meet their obligations (whether due to financial difficulties or other reasons), or make adverse changes in the pricing or other materialsmaterial terms of our arrangements with them.
In the past, Motorola, like many electronics manufacturers, has experienced supply shortages and price increases driven by raw material availability, manufacturing capacity, labor shortages, industry allocations, natural disasters and significant changes in the financial or business condition of its suppliers. Workaround plans to address shortages have entailed in the past, and could entail in the future, increased freight costs for expedited shipments. We cannot assure youThere is no assurance that we will not experience shortages or other supply chain disruptions in the future or that they will not negatively impact our operations. In addition, some of the components we use in our products are available only from a single source or limited sources, and we cannot assure youthere is no assurance that we would be able to find replacement vendors on favorable terms or at all in the event of a supply chain disruption.
Additionally, because many of our supply contracts have volume-based pricing or minimum purchase requirements, if the volume of our hardware sales decreases or does not reach projected targets, we could face increased materials and manufacturing costs or other financial liabilities that could make our hardware products more costly per unit to manufacture and therefore less competitive and negatively impact our financial results. Further, certain of our competitors may negotiate more favorable contractual terms based on volume and other commitments that may provide them with competitive advantages and may impact our supply.
We also require our suppliers and business partners to comply with law and company policies regarding workplace and employment practices, environmental compliance and intellectual property licensing, but we do not control them or their practices. If any of them violates laws or implements practices regarded as unethical, we could experience supply chain disruptions, canceled orders, terminations of or damage to key relationships, and damage to our reputation. If any of them fails to procure necessary license rights to third-party intellectual property, legal action could ensue that could impact the salabilitysaleability of our products and expose us to financial obligations to third parties.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includedincludes disclosure requirements regarding the use of “conflict”certain minerals mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries (DRC) and procedures regardingpertaining to a manufacturer's efforts to preventregarding the sourcingsource of such “conflict” minerals. SEC rules implementing these requirements may have the effect of reducing the pool of suppliers who can supply DRC “conflict free” components and parts, and we may not be able to obtain DRC conflict free products or supplies in sufficient quantities for our operations. Also, sinceSince our supply chain is complex, we may face reputational challenges with our customers, stockholders and other stakeholders if we are unable to sufficiently verify the origins for the conflict minerals used in our products.
If our security measures are breached, or if our services are subject to attacks that degrade or deny the ability of users to access our products and services, our products and services may be perceived as not being secure, users and customers may curtail or stop using our products and services, and we may incur significant legal and financial exposure.

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Our products and services involve the storage and transmission of users'users’ and customers'customers’ proprietary information, and security breaches expose us to a risk of loss of this information, litigation, and potential liability. We experience cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis, and as a result, unauthorized parties have obtained, and may in the future obtain, access to our data or our users'users’ or customers' data. Our security measures may also be breached due to employee error, malfeasance, or otherwise. Additionally, outside parties may attempt to fraudulently induce employees, users, or customers to disclose sensitive information in order to gain access to our data or our users'users’ or customers'customers’ data. Any such breach or unauthorized access could result in significant legal and financial exposure, damage to our reputation, and a loss of confidence in the security of our products and services that could potentially have an adverse effect on our business. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. If an actual or perceived breach of our security occurs, the market perception of the effectiveness of our security measures could be harmed and we could lose users and customers.
Web spam and content farms could decrease our search quality, which could damage our reputation and deter our current and potential users from using our products and services.
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Although English-language web spam in our search results has been significantly reduced, and web spam in most other languages is limited, we expect web spammers will continue to seek ways to improve their rankings inappropriately. We continuously combat web spam, including through indexing technology that makes it harder for spam-like, less useful web content to rank highly. We face challenges from low-quality and irrelevant content websites, including “content farms”, which are websites that generate large quantities of low-quality content to help them improve their search rankings. We are continually launching algorithmic changes focused on low-quality websites. If web spam and content farms continue to increase on Google, this could hurt our reputation for delivering relevant information or reduce user traffic to our websites. In addition, as we continue to take actions to improve our search quality and reduce low-quality content, this may in the short run reduce our AdSense revenues, since some of these websites are AdSense partners.
Interruption or failure of our information technology and communications systems could hurt our ability to effectively provide our products and services, which could damage our reputation and harm our operating results.
The availability of our products and services depends on the continuing operation of our information technology and communications systems. Our systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from earthquakes, terrorist attacks, floods, fires, power loss, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, computer denial of service attacks, or other attempts to harm our systems. Some of our data centers are located in areas with a high risk of major earthquakes. Our data centers are also subject to break-ins, sabotage, and intentional acts of vandalism, and to potential disruptions if the operators of certain of these facilities have financial difficulties. Some of our systems are not fully redundant, and our disaster recovery planning cannot account for all eventualities. The occurrence of a natural disaster, a decision to close a facility we are using without adequate notice for financial reasons, or other unanticipated problems at our data centers could result in lengthy interruptions in our service. In addition, our products and services are highly technical and complex and may contain errors or vulnerabilities. Any errors or vulnerabilities in our products and services, or damage to or failure of our systems, could result in interruptions in our services, which could reduce our revenues and profits, and damage our brand.
Our international operations expose us to additional risks that could harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our international operations are significant to our revenues and net income, and we plan to further expandcontinue to grow internationally. International revenues accounted for approximately 55%58% of our consolidated revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, and more than half of our user traffic has been coming from outside the U.S.2014. In certain international markets, we have limited operating experience and may not benefit from any first-to-market advantages or otherwise succeed.
Most of our Motorola products are manufactured outside the U.S., primarily in China, Taiwan and Brazil. If our manufacturing in these countries is disrupted, our overall capacity could be reduced and sales or profitability could be negatively impacted. We require suppliers and business partners to comply with the law and company policies regarding workplace and employment practices, environmental compliance and intellectual property licensing, but we do not

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control them or their practices. If any of them violates laws or implements practices regarded as unethical, we could experience supply chain disruptions, canceled orders, terminations of or damage to key relationships, and damage to our reputation. If any of them fails to procure necessary license rights to third-party intellectual property, legal action could ensue that could impact the salability of our products and expose us to financial obligations to third parties.
Moreover, in connection with ourMotorola Mobile’s operations in Brazil, we have had and continue to have legal disputes and controversies, including tax, labor and trade compliance controversies and other legal matters that take many years to resolve. We incur legal and other costs in managing and defending these matters and expect to continue to incur such costs. Based on our assessment of these matters, we have recorded reserves on only a small portion of the total potential exposure. It is, however, very difficult to predict the outcome of legal disputes and controversies, including litigation, in Brazil and our ultimate exposure may be greater than our current assessments and related reserves.
In addition to risks described elsewhere in this section, our international operations expose us to other risks, including the following:
Changes in local political, economic, social, and labor conditions, which may adversely harm our business.
Restrictions on foreign ownership and investments, and stringent foreign exchange controls that might prevent us from repatriating cash earned in countries outside the U.S.

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Import and export requirements, tariffs, trade disputes and barriers, and customs classifications that may prevent us from offering products or providing services to a particular market and may increase our operating costs.
Potential injunctions from importation into the U.S. of our Motorola products manufactured outside the U.S. in an ITC matter.
Longer payment cycles in some countries, increased credit risk, and higher levels of payment fraud.
Still developing foreign laws and legal systems.
Uncertainty regarding liability for services and content, including uncertainty as a result of local laws and lack of legal precedent.
Different employee/employer relationships, existence of workers' councils and labor unions, and other challenges caused by distance, language, and cultural differences, making it harder to do business in certain jurisdictions.
Natural disasters, military or political conflicts, including war and other hostilities, and public health issues and outbreaks.
In addition, compliance with complex foreign and U.S. laws and regulations that apply to our international operations increases our cost of doing business. These numerous and sometimes conflicting laws and regulations include internal control and disclosure rules, data privacy and filtering requirements, anti-corruption laws, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to governmental officials, and antitrust and competition regulations, among others. Violations of these laws and regulations could result in fines and penalties, criminal sanctions against us, our officers, or our employees, prohibitions on the conduct of our business and on our ability to offer our products and services in one or more countries, and could also materially affect our brand, our international expansion efforts, our ability to attract and retain employees, our business, and our operating results. Although we have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with these laws and regulations, there can be no assurance that our employees, contractors, or agents will not violate our policies.
Finally, since we conduct business in currencies other than U.S. dollars but report our financial results in U.S. dollars, we face exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Although we hedge a portion of our international currency exposure, significant fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may adversely affect our net income. Additionally, hedging programs are inherently risky and could expose us to additional risks that could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Our operating results may fluctuate, which makes our results difficult to predict and could cause our results to fall short of expectations.
Our operating results may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, many outside of our control. As a result, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful, and you should not rely on our past results as an indication of our future performance. Our quarterly, year-to-date, and annual expenses as a

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percentage of our revenues may differ significantly from our historical or projected rates. Our operating results in future quarters may fall below expectations. Any of these events could cause our stock price to fall. Each of the risk factors listed in this section in addition to the following factors may affect our operating results:
Our ability to continue to attract users to our websites and satisfy existing users on our websites.
Our ability to monetize (or generate revenues from) traffic on our websites and our Google Network Members' websites.
Our ability to attract advertisers to our AdWords program, and our ability to attract websites to our AdSense program.
The mix in our revenues between those generated on our websites and those generated through our Google Network and other factors, such asRevenue fluctuations caused by changes in productproperty mix, including a significant increase in mobile search queriesplatform mix, and a deceleration in the growth of desktop queries if monetization stays at current levels, and the geographic mix of our revenues that can affect revenue growth rates and margins.geographical mix.
The amount of revenues and expenses generated and incurred in currencies other than U.S. dollars, and our ability to manage the resulting risk through our foreign exchange risk management program.
The amount and timing of operating costs and expenses and capital expenditures related to the maintenance and expansion of our businesses, operations, and infrastructure.
Our focus on long-term goals over short-term results.
The results of our investments in risky projects, including new businesses, products, services, technologies and acquisitions.
Our ability to keep our websites operational at a reasonable cost and without service interruptions.
Our ability to generate significant revenues from services in which we have invested considerable time and resources.
Because our business is changing and evolving, our historical operating results may not be useful to you in predicting our future operating results. In addition, advertising spending has historically been cyclical in nature, reflecting overall economic conditions, as well as budgeting and buying patterns. Also, user traffic tends to be seasonal. Our rapid growth has tended to mask the cyclicality and seasonality of our business. As our growth rate has slowed, the cyclicality and seasonality in our business has become more pronounced and caused our operating results to fluctuate.

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If we were to lose the services of Larry, Sergey, Eric, or other key personnel, we may not be able to execute our business strategy.
Our future success depends in a large part upon the continued service of key members of our senior management team. In particular, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are critical to the overall management of Google and the development of our technology. Along with our Executive Chairman Eric E. Schmidt, they also play a key role in maintaining our culture and setting our strategic direction. All of our executive officers and key employees are at-will employees, and we do not maintain any key-person life insurance policies. The loss of key personnel could seriously harm our business.
We rely on highly skilled personnel and, if we are unable to retain or motivate key personnel, hire qualified personnel, or maintain our corporate culture, we may not be able to grow effectively.
Our performance largely depends on the talents and efforts of highly skilled individuals. Our future success depends on our continuing ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate, and retain highly skilled personnel for all areas of our organization. Competition in our industry for qualified employees is intense, and certain of our competitors have directly targeted our employees. In addition, our compensation arrangements, such as our equity award programs, may not always be successful in attracting new employees and retaining and motivating our existing employees. Our continued ability to compete effectively depends on our ability to attract new employees and to retain and motivate our existing employees.
In addition, we believe that our corporate culture fosters innovation, creativity, and teamwork. As our organization grows, and we are required to implement more complex organizational management structures, we may find it increasingly difficult to maintain the beneficial aspects of our corporate culture. This could negatively impact our future success.

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Our business depends on continued and unimpeded access to the internet by us and our users. Internet access providers may be able to block, degrade, or charge for access to certain of our products and services, which could lead to additional expenses and the loss of users and advertisers.
Our products and services depend on the ability of our users to access the internet, and certain of our products require significant bandwidth to work effectively. Currently, this access is provided by companies that have significant market power in the broadband and internet access marketplace, including incumbent telephone companies, cable companies, mobile communications companies, and government-owned service providers. Some of these providers have taken, or have stated that they may take measures, including legal actions, that could degrade, disrupt, or increase the cost of user access to certain of our products by restricting or prohibiting the use of their infrastructure to support or facilitate our offerings, or by charging increased fees to us or our users to provide our offerings. Such interference could result in a loss of existing users and advertisers, and increased costs, and could impair our ability to attract new users and advertisers, thereby harming our revenues and growth.
New technologies could block our ads, which would harm our business.
Technologies have been developed (including by us) that can block the display of our ads and that provide tools to users to opt out of our advertising products. Most of our revenues are derived from fees paid to us by advertisers in connection with the display of ads on web pages for our users. As a result, such technologies and tools could adversely affect our operating results.
We are exposed to fluctuations in the market values of our investment portfolio.
Given the global nature of our business, we have investments both domestically and internationally. Credit ratings and pricing of these investments can be negatively impacted by liquidity, credit deterioration or losses, financial results, or other factors. As a result, the value or liquidity of our cash equivalents and marketable securities could decline and result in a material impairment, which could materially adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.
We may have exposure to greater than anticipated tax liabilities.
Our future income taxes could be adversely affected by earnings being lower than anticipated in jurisdictions that have lower statutory tax rates and higher than anticipated in jurisdictions that have higher statutory tax rates, by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, as a result of gains on our foreign exchange risk management program, or changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. We are subject to regular review and audit by both domestic and foreign tax authorities. Any adverse outcome of such

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a review or audit could have a negative effect on our operating results and financial condition. In addition, the determination of our worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities requires significant judgment, and there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although we believe our estimates are reasonable, the ultimate tax outcome may differ from the amounts recorded in our financial statements and may materially affect our financial results in the period or periods for which such determination is made.
Risks Related to Ownership of Our Stock
The trading price for our Class A common stock may continue to be volatile and if the shares of the new class oftrading price for our newly distributed non-voting Class C capital stock are distributed as expected, the trading price of that class may also be volatile and may affect the trading price for the Class A common stock.volatile.
The trading price of our Class A common stock has at times experienced substantial price volatility and may continue to be volatile. For example, from October 1, 20122013 through September 30, 2013,2014, the post-split closing price of our Class A common stock ranged from $647.18$427.26 per share to $924.69$610.70 per share.
In addition, following the settlement of litigation involving the authorization to distribute our non-voting Class C capital stock, our board of directors approved a distribution of shares of Class C capital stock as a dividend to our holders of Class A and Class B common stock with a payment date of April 2, 2014, and on April 3, 2014, Class C capital stock was listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market. We expect that the market price for the shares of Class A common stock will continue to generally reflect the effect of the Stock Split. In accordance with the settlement, we may be obligated to make a payment to holders of Class C capital stock if, on average, Class C capital stock trades below Class A common stock during the first 365 days following the Class C dividend. We cannot reliably predict what, if any, patterns will emerge over time with respect to the relative trading prices of Class A common stock and Class C capital stock, and we may be obligated to make such a payment to holders of the Class C stock in cash, Class A stock, Class C stock, or a combination thereof, at the discretion of the board of directors. For further disclosure regarding this potential payment, please refer to Note 12 “Stockholders’ Equity - Stock Split Effected in Form of Stock Dividend” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The trading price of our Class A common stock and Class C capital stock may fluctuate widely in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include, among others:
Quarterly variations in our results of operations or those of our competitors.
Announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, new products, significant contracts, commercial relationships, or capital commitments.
Recommendations by securities analysts or changes in earnings estimates.
Announcements about our earnings that are not in line with analyst expectations, the risk of which is enhanced because it is our policy not to give guidance on earnings.
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Commentary by industry and market professionals about our products, strategies, and other matters affecting our business and results, regardless of its accuracy.
The volume of shares of Class A common stock and Class C capital stock available for public sale.
Sales of Class A common stock and Class C capital stock by us or by our stockholders (including sales by our directors, executive officers, and other employees).
Short sales, hedging, and other derivative transactions on shares of our Class A common stock (including derivative transactions under our Transferable Stock Option program).
In addition, we have announced the intention of our board of directors to consider a distribution of shares of our non-votingand Class C capital stock as a dividend to our holdersstock.
The perceived values of Class A and Class B common stock - effectively a two-for-one stock split. We recently entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the plaintiffs in pending litigation involving the authorization of the Class C capital stock. The MOU is intended to be the basis for a settlement of the litigation, subject to stockholder review and court approval.
Although we plan to list the Class C capital stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market, we cannot predict whether, or to what extent, a liquid trading market will develop for the Class C capital stock. If it does not or if the Class C capital stock is not attractive to targets as an acquisition currency or to our employees as an incentive, we may not achieve our objectives in creating this new class. As in the case of the Class A common stock, the trading price for the Class C capital stock may also be volatile and affected by the factors noted above, as well as by the difference in voting rights as between the Class A common stock and the Class C capital stock the volume of Class C capital stock available for public sale and sales by us and our stockholders of Class C capital stock, including by institutional investors that may be unwilling, unable or choose notrelative to hold non-voting shares they receive as part of the stock dividend, if it is declared and paid. Whether or not the Class C capital stock is included in stock indices in the future may also affect the trading prices of the Class A common stock and the Class C capital stock.one another.
In addition, the stock market in general, and the market for technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry factors may harm the market price of our Class A common stock and if issued, our Class C capital Stock,stock regardless of our actual operating performance.
The concentration of our stock ownership limits our stockholders'stockholders’ ability to influence corporate matters.
Our Class B common stock has 10 votes per share, and our Class A common stock has one vote per share.share, and our Class C capital stock has no voting rights. As of September 30, 2013,2014, Larry, Sergey, and Eric beneficially owned approximately 92.1%92.5% of our outstanding Class B common stock representingand represented approximately 62.2%60.8% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Larry, Sergey, and Eric therefore have significant influence over management and affairs and over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or our assets, for the foreseeable future. In addition, because our Class C capital stock carries no voting rights (except as required by applicable law), the issuance

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of the Class C capital stock, including in future stock-based acquisition transactions and to fund employee equity incentive programs, could prolong the duration of Larry and Sergey'sSergey’s current relative ownership of our voting power and their ability to elect all of our directors and to determine the outcome of most matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. Together with Eric, they would also continue to be able to control any required stockholder vote with respect to certain change in control transactions involving Google (including an acquisition of Google by another company).
This concentrated control limits or severely restricts our stockholders'stockholders’ ability to influence corporate matters and, as a result, we may take actions that our stockholders do not view as beneficial. As a result, the market price of our Class A common stock and if issued, our Class C capital stock could be adversely affected.
Provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable.
Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or changes in our management. These provisions include the following:
Our certificate of incorporation provides for a tri-class capital stock structure. As a result of this structure, Larry, Sergey, and Eric have significant influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or our assets. This concentrated control could discourage others from initiating any potential merger, takeover, or other change of control transaction that other stockholders may view as beneficial. As noted above, the

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issuance of the Class C capital stock could have the effect of prolonging the influence of Larry, Sergey, and Eric.
Our board of directors has the right to elect directors to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of the Boardboard of Directorsdirectors or the resignation, death, or removal of a director, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors.
Our stockholders may not act by written consent. As a result, a holder, or holders, controlling a majority of our capital stock would not be able to take certain actions without holding a stockholders' meeting.
Our certificate of incorporation prohibits cumulative voting in the election of directors. This limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates.
Stockholders must provide advance notice to nominate individuals for election to the Boardboard of Directorsdirectors or to propose matters that can be acted upon at a stockholders'stockholders’ meeting. These provisions may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer's own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.
Our board of directors may issue, without stockholder approval, shares of undesignated preferred stock. The ability to issue undesignated preferred stock makes it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to acquire us.
As a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to certain Delaware anti-takeover provisions. Under Delaware law, a corporation may not engage in a business combination with any holder of 15% or more of its outstanding voting stock unless the holder has held the stock for three years or, among other things, the Boardboard of Directorsdirectors has approved the transaction. Our board of directors could rely on Delaware law to prevent or delay an acquisition of us.

ITEM 2.UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
ResultsITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
As previously disclosed, on March 25, 2014, Google entered into a transfer restriction agreement with each of Larry Page, Google’s Transferable Stock Option (TSO) Program
Under our TSO program, eligible employees are able to sell vested stock options to participating financial institutionsChief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, and his Permitted Entities (as defined in an online auction as an alternative to exercising options using the traditional methodagreement) and then sellingSergey Brin, Google’s Co-Founder, and his Permitted Entities (as defined in the underlying shares. In August 2013, we announcedagreement) (together, the “Transfer Restriction Agreements”). Since that date, each of Larry Page’s and Sergey Brin’s Permitted Entities have complied with the TSO program would be discontinued as of November 29, 2013.
The following table provides information with respect to sales by our employees of TSOs during the three months ended September 30, 2013 (unaudited):
 Aggregate Amounts 
Weighted-Average Per Share
Amounts
Period (1)
Number of Shares
Underlying
TSOs Sold
 
Sale
Price of
TSOs Sold
 
TSO
Premium (2)
 
Exercise
Price of
TSOs Sold
 
Sale
Price of
TSOs Sold
 
TSO
Premium (2)
   (in thousands)      
July 1-3137,748
 $18,557
 $49
 $410.86
 $491.59
 $1.29
August 1-3136,269
 16,939
 66
 417.48
 467.04
 1.82
September 1-300
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Total (except weighted-average per share amounts)74,017
 $35,496
 $115
 $414.11
 $479.56
 $1.55
(1)The TSO program is generally active during regular trading hours for The Nasdaq Stock Market when our trading window is open. However, we have the right to suspend the TSO program at any time for any reason, including for maintenanceterms and other reasons.
(2)TSO premium is calculated as the difference between (a) the sale priceconditions of the TSO and (b)Transfer Restriction Agreements. On October 23, 2014, each of their Permitted Entities memorialized their entry into the intrinsic valueTransfer Restriction Agreements by executing a joinder agreement (together, the “Joinder Agreements”).
The foregoing descriptions of the TSO,Joinder Agreements are qualified in their entirety by the terms of such agreements, which we defineare filed hereto as the excess, if any,Exhibits 4.01 and 4.02 and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing descriptions of the priceTransfer Restriction Agreements are qualified in their entirety by the terms of our Class A common stock at the time of the sale over the exercise price of the TSO.
In April 2009, we amended our TSO programsuch agreements, which were filed as Exhibits 4.01 and 4.02 to allow participationGoogle’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 26, 2014, and are incorporated herein by executive officers (other than Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric E. Schmidt). The following table provides information with respect to sales by our executive officers of TSOs during the three months ended September 30, 2013 (unaudited):reference.

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 Aggregate Amounts
Executive Officer
Number of Shares
Underlying
TSOs Sold
 
Sale
Price of
TSOs Sold
 
TSO
Premium
   (in thousands)
Patrick Pichette5,025
 $1,845
 $9
Total5,025
 $1,845
 $9

ITEM 6.EXHIBITS
See the Exhibit Index following the signature page to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a list of exhibits filed or furnished with this report, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
  
GOOGLE INC.
GOOGLE INC.
Date: October 24, 201323, 2014By:/s/    PATRICK PICHETTE        
  Patrick Pichette
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description Incorporated by reference herein
 Form Date
4.01*Joinder Agreement, dated October 23, 2014, among Google Inc., Larry Page and his Permitted Entities
4.02*Joinder Agreement, dated October 23, 2014, among Google Inc., Sergey Brin and his Permitted Entities
10.01Letter Agreement, dated July 9, 2014, between Alan R. Mulally and Google Inc.Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36380)July 15, 2014
10.02*Transition Letter, dated July 18, 2014, between Nikesh Arora and Google Inc.
10.03*Separation Agreement and Release, dated August 20, 2014, between Nikesh Arora and Google Inc.
12*Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges    
31.01*Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002    
31.02*Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002    
32.01
Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
    
101.INS XBRL Instance Document    
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document    
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document    
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document    
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document    
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document    
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*Filed herewith.
Furnished herewith.

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