Annual Report Project Instructions

For this project, you will read and interpret information from the annual report of a publicly traded company. You can copy and paste the answers from the website directly into this document. The company we will focus on is Amazon. To retrieve Amazons annual report please do the following:

Go to https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html

In the Company Name box enter Amazon and click search

Go down to AMAZON COM INC (CIK: 0001018724) with SIC 5961. Click on the CIK number with the red link.

Find the 10-k filing (annual report) dated 2017-02-10 and click on Interactive Data

Notes to Financial Statements-Description of Business and Accounting Policies

Question 10: Provide at least 2 paragraphs summarizing Amazons current legal proceedings

Notes to Financial Statements-Stockholders Equity

Question 25: Based on what you learned about Amazon, would you invest in Amazons stock? Why or why not? Give a detailed explanation.