Lam Research
Annual Report 2017

Plain-text annual report

A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 1 7 Lam Research is facilitating the most fundamental technology inflections happening in our industry today. Our customers aspire to change the world, and by delivering extremely complex, differentiated technology and productivity solutions, we strive to enable them to solve their most difficult challenges. Through investing in disruptive technology, harnessing the full value of our multi-product and service portfolio, and partnering across the industry ecosystem, we’re continuing to increase the strategic relevance of the company’s products and services to the success of our customers. We believe our competitive and business strengths, our operating capabilities, and our unique values-based culture create the opportunity for Lam to deliver long- term value creation. Shipments (Billions) Revenue (Billions) $10.0 $8.0 $6.0 $4.0 $2.0 $0.0 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 R&D Spending (Millions) Earnings per Share (Non-GAAP, Diluted) $12.00 $10.00 $8.00 $6.00 $4.00 $2.00 $0.00 $10.0 $8.0 $6.0 $4.0 $2.0 $0.0 $1,200 $1,000 $800 $600 $400 $200 $0 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 A reconciliation of U.S. GAAP results to non-GAAP results can be found at www.lamresearch.com LETTER TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS Lam Research completed another fiscal year of very strong performance, highlighted by shipments and revenue of $8.6 billion and $8.0 billion, respectively; GAAP operating income of $1.9 billion; and non-GAAP operating income* of $2.1 billion. Additionally, we delivered diluted earnings per share of $9.24 on a GAAP basis and $9.98* on a non-GAAP basis. All of these metrics were milestone achievements in the history of the company. These results were made possible through the enabling partnerships with our customers, proactive investment in research and development, and strong execution of our strategy companywide. In the last decade, we built the Lam etch product offerings to an unmatched technology and market share position; we transitioned from a single-product company to a diversified, multi-product and services company; and we diversified our revenue exposure by complementing our traditional strength in memory with enhanced positions in foundry and logic. Combined, our actions over the decade have allowed us to more than double our served market to over 35% of the overall wafer fabrication equipment investment annually. Respectfully, we believe this accomplishment is illustrative of Lam’s increased strategic relevance to the customers and markets we serve. This growth comes at a critical moment in the evolution of the semiconductor industry. Powerful demand drivers in the form of cloud, mobility, and connected devices are driving transformational opportunities, but also creating new challenges. While we have a strong product portfolio for addressing today’s challenges, it is our commitment and investments in research and development along with our disciplined approach to architecting a product and services pipeline that are critical to solidifying and strengthening Lam’s competitive advantage and leadership long term, especially as revolutionary new processes such as vertical scaling redefine the business of wafer fabrication. Complementing the momentum achieved through technology innovation is the capability of Lam operations worldwide, which once again delivered record factory output for the fiscal year, supporting shipments growth of 46% year over year. Scaling an extremely complex global supply chain is an endeavor vital to our sustained performance, and while we have done good work here, we remain focused on continuing to proactively build capability and flexibility. Our competitive and business strengths, our operating capabilities, and the dynamic technology environment around us all combine to create tangible opportunities for Lam to further deliver long-term value creation. Supporting our products in the field and contributing to the profitable growth of Lam is the responsibility of our customer support organization, and it plays a vital role in building customer trust and defining our competitive differentiation. This orgaanization, which represents approximately a quarter of Lam revenues and features annuity-like attributes, is focused on our installed base, which today includes more than 45,000 semiconductor processinggg chambers. We are delivering value to our customers by optimizing the productivity and extendibility of theirrr LLLLaamam eeqquipment over the lifetime of their investment. Our objective continues to be growing the installed baseseeee bbbbususuu inesess at a pace ththhat is greater than our installed base unit growth, and we expect this organization to be anananan iiincncccreasssiningly valuable contribututututtoooro to our performance in the years ahead. *A r*A A econcilicicici ation of U.S. GAAP resulults t tst o non-GAAP rresults can be found at www.lamrem search.com We generated more than $2.0 billion in cash flows from operations in fiscal 2017, an increase of 50% compared to the prior fiscal year, and we ended the year with a healthy gross cash balance of $6.3 billion. We have continued to balance reinvesting our cash into the business with returns of capital to our stockholders. In fiscal 2017, we returned more than $960 million to stockholders, including $243 million in dividends and $718 million in share repurchases. We achieved important successes in fiscal 2017, not just financially, but also in the work we have done to greatly increase our strategic relevance. However, we cannot stand on those achievements alone. We recognize that we are entering a new phase in our evolution. Our competitive and business strengths, our operating capabilities, and the dynamic technology environment around us all combine to create tangible opportunities for Lam to further deliver long-term value creation. We have built a strong global presence, with core competencies that we believe are fundamental to creating long-term stockholder value. Even so, building a strong foundation does not guarantee success if we do not execute well and remain diligent in seeing and preparing for the inevitable challenges that lie ahead. The semiconductor and equipment industries, while exhibiting signs of more stable and consistent multi-year growth, also are characterized by increasingly intense competitive dynamics, driven by perpetually increasing technology and economic challenges. In this environment, we are focused not only on protecting and capitalizing on our competitive advantages, but also on extending them through strategic investments that leverage core competencies and enable us to participate in the next-generation drivers of global semiconductor demand. Fundamental to our continued outperformance and opportunity is our values-based corporate culture that serves as the basis for how we operate. Our Core Values shape the way we define success as we create solutions for our customers; incorporate environmental, social, and economic responsibility across our business; invest in the development of our diverse global workforce; give back to our communities; and deliver value to our stockholders. Lam’s strengths in innovation, integrity, teamwork, and achievement position us well for integrating sustainability into our business. We would like to extend our appreciation to all of the stakeholders whose contributions are essential to the success of our business: to our stockholders for your investment in us, to our customers for their ongoing collaboration and support, to our employees worldwide for their achievements and dedication, and to our trusted suppliers for their flexibility and partnership. Sincerely, Sincerely Martin B. Anstice President and Chief f Executive Officer Stephen G. Newberry Chairman of the Board September 8,8 222017 CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This Annual Report (“Report”) and Letter to Stockholders (“Letter”) contain forward-looking statements (i.e., are not historical in nature) that: (i) are subject to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act safe harbor; (ii) are intended to be identified with phrases, such as “expect,” “continuing,” “believe,” “position us,” “opportunity,” “opportunities,” “objective,” or similar variations; and (iii) relate for example to our industry, markets, competition and customers, our products, services and solutions, our worldwide operations and customer support organization, and our business plans, strategies and performance. These statements are based on current expectations as of the respective dates of the Report and Letter and are subject to risks and uncertainties (including those discussed under the “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” headings in our SEC filings such as the fiscal 2017 Form 10-K) that could cause materially different results. Readers are cautioned not to unduly rely on them. We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, or to release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements. TRADEMARK INFORMATION The Lam Research logo, Lam Research, and all Lam Research product and service names used herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Lam Research Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders. INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Ernst & Young LLP San Jose, California TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR For a response to questions regarding misplaced stock certificates, changes of address, or the consolidation of accounts, please contact the Company’s transfer agent. Computershare Investor Services P.O. BOX 505000 Louisville, Kentucky 40233-5000 1-877-265-2630 Private Couriers/Registered Mail: Computershare Investor Services 462 South 4th Street, Suite 1600 Louisville, Kentucky 40202 TDD for Hearing Impaired: 1-800-952-9245 Foreign Shareowners: 1-781-575-2879 Website Address: www.computershare.com/investor STOCK LISTING The Company’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select MarketSM under the symbol LRCX. Lam Research Corporation is a Nasdaq-100 Index® and S&P 500® company. INVESTOR RELATIONS Lam Research Corporation welcomes inquiries from its stockholders and other interested investors. For additional copies of this report or other financial information, please contact: Investor Relations Lam Research Corporation 4650 Cushing Parkway Fremont, California 94538 1-510-572-1615 investor.relations@lamresearch.com ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at the Company’s corporate headquarters. September 28, 2017 Dear Lam Research Stockholders, We cordially invite you to attend, in person or by proxy, the Lam Research Corporation 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The annual meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time in the Building CA1 Auditorium at the principal executive offices of Lam Research Corporation, which is located at 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont, California 94538. At this year’s annual meeting, stockholders will be asked to elect the ten nominees named in the attached proxy statement as directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified; to cast an advisory vote to approve our named executive officer compensation, or “Say on Pay”; to cast an advisory vote to approve the frequency of holding future stockholder advisory votes on our named executive officer compensation, or “Say on Frequency”; to ratify the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2018; and to consider, if properly presented at the annual meeting, a stockholder proposal described in the accompanying proxy statement. The board of directors recommends that you vote in favor of each director nominee, Say on Pay, annual Say on Frequency, and the ratification of the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm; and that you vote against the stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the annual meeting. Management will not provide a business update during this meeting; please refer to our latest quarterly earnings report for our current outlook. Please refer to the proxy statement for detailed information about the annual meeting and each of the proposals, as well as voting instructions. Your vote is important, and we strongly urge you to cast your vote by the internet, telephone, or mail even if you plan to attend the meeting in person. Sincerely yours, Lam Research Corporation Stephen G. Newberry Chairman of the Board [THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] Notice of 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders 4650 Cushing Parkway Fremont, California 94538 Telephone: 510-572-0200 Date and Time Wednesday, November 8, 2017 9:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Place Lam Research Corporation Building CA1 Auditorium 4650 Cushing Parkway Fremont, California 94538 Items of Business 1. Election of ten directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified 2. Advisory vote to approve our named executive officer compensation, or “Say on Pay” 3. Advisory vote to approve the frequency of holding future stockholder advisory votes on our named executive officer compensation, or “Say on Frequency” 4. Ratification of the appointment of independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2018 5. Stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the annual meeting 6. Transact such other business that may properly come before the annual meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) Record Date Only stockholders of record at the close of business on September 11, 2017, the “Record Date,” are entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting. Voting Please vote as soon as possible, even if you plan to attend the annual meeting in person. You have three options for submitting your vote before the annual meeting: by the internet, telephone, or mail. The proxy statement and the accompanying proxy card provide detailed voting instructions. Internet Availability of Proxy Materials Our Notice of 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement, and Annual Report to Stockholders are available on the Lam Research website at http://investor.lamresearch.com and at www.proxyvote.com. By Order of the Board of Directors Sarah A. O’Dowd Secretary This proxy statement is first being made available and/or mailed to our stockholders on or about September 28, 2017. [THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION Proxy Statement for 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders TABLE OF CONTENTS Proxy Statement Summary Figure 1. Proposals and Voting Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 2. Summary Information Regarding Director Nominees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 3. Corporate Governance Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 4. Executive Compensation Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stock Ownership Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 6 Governance Matters 7 7 Corporate Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Corporate Governance Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Board Nomination Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Director Independence Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Leadership Structure of the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other Governance Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Meeting Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Board Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Board’s Role and Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Director Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Compensation Matters 15 Executive Compensation and Other Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Compensation Discussion and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 I. Overview of Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 II. Executive Compensation Governance and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 III. Primary Components of Named Executive Officer Compensation; Calendar Year 2016 Compensation Payouts; Calendar Year 2017 Compensation Targets and Metrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 IV. Tax and Accounting Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Compensation Committee Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Executive Compensation Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Audit Matters 40 Audit Committee Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Relationship with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Annual Evaluation and Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Fees Billed by Ernst & Young LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Voting Proposals 43 Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 2017 Nominees for Director Proposal No. 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Our Named Executive Officer Compensation, or “Say on Pay” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Proposal No. 3: Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Holding Future Stockholder Advisory Votes on Our Named Executive Officer Compensation, or “Say on Frequency” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Proposal No. 4: Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Proposal No. 5: Stockholder Proposal, If Properly Presented at the Annual Meeting, Regarding Annual Disclosure of EEO-1 Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Other Voting Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Voting and Meeting Information 57 Information Concerning Solicitation and Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Other Meeting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 [THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] Proxy Statement Summary To assist you in reviewing the proposals to be acted upon at the annual meeting we call your attention to the following information about the proposals and voting recommendations, the Company’s director nominees and highlights of the Company’s corporate governance, and executive compensation. The following description is only a summary. For more complete information about these topics, please review the complete proxy statement. We use the terms “Lam Research,” “Lam,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” in this proxy statement to refer to Lam Research Corporation, a Delaware corporation. We also use the term “Board” to refer to the Company’s Board of Directors. Figure 1. Proposals and Voting Recommendations Voting Matters Proposal 1 – Election of Ten Nominees Named Herein as Directors Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote to Approve Our Named Executive Officer Compensation, or “Say on Pay” Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Holding Future Advisory Votes on Our Named Executive Officer Compensation, or “Say on Frequency” Proposal 4 – Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2018 Proposal 5 – Stockholder Proposal, If Properly Presented at the Annual Meeting, Regarding Annual Disclosure of EEO-1 Data Board Vote Recommendation FOR each nominee FOR ONE YEAR FOR AGAINST Figure 2. Summary Information Regarding Director Nominees You are being asked to vote on the election of the ten director nominees listed in the table below. The following table provides summary information about each director nominee as of September 11, 2017, and their biographical information is contained in the “Voting Proposals – Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors – 2017 Nominees for Director” section below. Name Martin B. Anstice Eric K. Brandt Michael R. Cannon Youssef A. El-Mansy Christine A. Heckart Young Bum (YB) Koh Catherine P. Lego Stephen G. Newberry Abhijit Y. Talwalkar Director Age Since Independent(1) 50 55 64 72 51 59 60 63 53 2012 2010 2011 2012 2011 2017 2006 2005 2011 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes (Lead Independent Director) Lih Shyng (Rick L.) Tsai 66 2016 Yes AC * C/FE M/FE M * * * Committee Membership CC NGC Other Current Public Boards M M C M C M Altaba (formerly Yahoo!), Dentsply Sirona Seagate Technology, Dialog Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor, IPG Photonics Splunk Advanced Micro Devices, TE Connectivity, iRhythm Technologies MediaTek, USI Corporation (1) Independence determined based on Nasdaq rules. AC – Audit committee CC – Compensation committee NGC – Nominating and governance committee C – Chairperson M – Member FE – Audit committee financial expert (as determined based on SEC rules) * – Qualifies as an audit committee financial expert (as determined based on SEC rules) Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 1 Figure 3. Corporate Governance Highlights Board and Other Governance Information Size of Board as Nominated Average Age of Director Nominees Average Tenure of Director Nominees Number of Independent Nominated Directors Number of Nominated Directors Who Attended ≥75% of Meetings Number of Nominated Directors on More Than Four Public Company Boards Number of Nominated Non-Employee Directors Who Are Sitting Executives on More Than Three Public Company Boards Directors Subject to Stock Ownership Guidelines Annual Election of Directors Voting Standard Plurality Voting Carveout for Contested Elections Separate Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Lead Independent Director Independent Directors Meet Without Management Present Annual Board (Including Individual Director) and Committee Self-Evaluations Annual Independent Director Evaluation of CEO Risk Oversight by Full Board and Committees Commitment to Board Refreshment and Diversity Robust Director Nomination Process Significant Board Engagement Board Orientation/Education Program Code of Ethics Applicable to Directors Stockholder Proxy Access Stockholder Ability to Act by Written Consent Poison Pill As of September 11, 2017 10 59.3 6.27 8 9(1) 0 0 Yes Yes Majority Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Publication of Corporate Social Responsibility Report on Our Website (1) For additional information regarding meeting attendance, see “Governance Matters – Corporate Governance – Meeting Attendance.” 2 Figure 4. Executive Compensation Highlights What We Do Pay for Performance (Pages 15-18, 21-27) – Our executive compensation program is designed to pay for performance with 100% of the annual incentive program tied to company financial, strategic, and operational performance metrics; 50% of the long-term incentive program tied to relative total shareholder return, or “TSR,” performance; and 50% of the long-term incentive program awarded in stock options and service- based restricted stock units, or “RSUs.” Three-Year Performance Period for Our 2017 Long-Term Incentive Program (Pages 24-27) – Our current long-term incentive program is designed to pay for performance over a period of three years. Absolute and Relative Performance Metrics (Pages 21-27) – Our annual and long-term incentive programs for executive officers include the use of absolute and relative performance factors. Balance of Annual and Long-Term Incentives – Our incentive programs provide a balance of annual and long-term incentives. Different Performance Metrics for Annual and Long-Term Incentive Programs (Pages 21-27) – Our annual and long-term incentive programs use different performance metrics. Capped Amounts (Pages 21-27) – Amounts that can be earned under the annual and long-term incentive programs are capped. Compensation Recovery/Clawback Policy (Page 18) – We have a policy pursuant to which we can recover the excess amount of cash incentive-based compensation granted and paid to our officers who are covered by section 16 of the Exchange Act. Prohibit Option Repricing – Our stock incentive plans prohibit option repricing without stockholder approval. Hedging and Pledging Policy (Page 7) – We have a policy applicable to our executive officers and directors that prohibits pledging and hedging. Stock Ownership Guidelines (Page 18) – We have stock ownership guidelines for each of our executive vice presidents and certain other senior executives; each of our named executive officers as set forth in Figure 10 has met his or her individual ownership level under the current program or has a period of time remaining under the guidelines to do so. Independent Compensation Advisor (Page 19) – The compensation committee benefits from its utilization of an independent compensation advisor retained directly by the committee that provides no other services to the Company. Stockholder Engagement – We engage with stockholders on an annual basis and stockholder advisory firms on an as needed basis to obtain feedback concerning our compensation program. What We Don’t Do Tax “Gross-Ups” for Perquisites, for Other Benefits, or upon a Change in Control (Pages 28-31, 34-36) – Our executive officers do not receive tax “gross-ups” for perquisites, for other benefits, or upon a change in control.(1) Single-Trigger Change in Control Provisions (Pages 27, 34-36) – None of our executive officers has single-trigger change in control agreements. (1) Our executive officers may receive tax gross-ups in connection with relocation benefits that are widely available to all of our employees. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 3 Stock Ownership Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management The table below sets forth the beneficial ownership of shares of Lam common stock by: (1) each person or entity who we believe based on our review of filings made with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “SEC,” beneficially owned as of September 11, 2017, more than 5% of Lam’s common stock on the date set forth below; (2) each current director of the Company; (3) each NEO identified below in the “Compensation Matters – Executive Compensation and Other Information – Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section; and (4) all current directors and current executive officers as a group. With the exception Figure 5. Beneficial Ownership Table of 5% owners, and unless otherwise noted, the information below reflects holdings as of September 11, 2017, which is the Record Date for the 2017 annual meeting and the most recent practicable date for determining ownership. For 5% owners, holdings are as of the dates of their most recent ownership reports filed with the SEC, which are the most practicable dates for determining their holdings. The percentage of the class owned is calculated using 162,496,503 as the number of shares of Lam common stock outstanding on September 11, 2017. Name of Person or Identity of Group 5% Stockholders The Vanguard Group, Inc. 100 Vanguard Boulevard Malvern, PA 19355 BlackRock Inc. 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 FMR LLC 245 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 145 Ameriprise Financial Center Minneapolis, MN 55474 Directors Martin B. Anstice (also a Named Executive Officer) Eric K. Brandt Michael R. Cannon Youssef A. El-Mansy Christine A. Heckart Young Bum (YB) Koh Catherine P. Lego Stephen G. Newberry Abhijit Y. Talwalkar Lih Shyng (Rick L.) Tsai Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”) Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd All current directors and executive officers as a group (18 people) * Less than 1% 4 Shares Beneficially Owned (#)(1) Percentage of Class 16,162,079(2) 9.9% 12,619,092(3) 7.8% 11,171,305(4) 6.9% 9,652,830(5) 5.9% 145,155 28,480 22,780 22,050 15,280 1,000 48,288 11,930 23,380 2,560 96,037 52,894 20,956 72,192 659,814 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (1) Includes shares subject to outstanding stock options that are now exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days after September 11, 2017, as well as restricted stock units, or “RSUs,” that will vest within that time period, as follows: Martin B. Anstice Eric K. Brandt Michael R. Cannon Youssef A. El-Mansy Christine A. Heckart Young Bum (YB) Koh Catherine P. Lego Stephen G. Newberry Abhijit Y. Talwalkar Lih Shyng (Rick L.) Tsai Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd All current directors and executive officers as a group (18 people) Shares 82,397 2,050 2,050 2,050 2,050 1,000 2,050 2,050 2,050 2,050 46,334 31,059 — 40,712 217,952 The terms of any outstanding stock options that are now exercisable are reflected in “Figure 31. FYE2017 Outstanding Equity Awards.” As discussed in “Governance Matters – Director Compensation” below, the non-employee directors receive an annual equity grant as part of their compensation. These grants generally vest on October 31, 2017, subject to continued service on the board as of that date, with immediate delivery of the shares upon vesting. For 2017, Drs. El-Mansy and Tsai; Messrs. Brandt, Cannon, Newberry and Talwalkar; and Mses. Heckart and Lego each received grants of 2,050 RSUs. These RSUs are included in the tables above. As of November 11, 2016, Dr. Koh had not yet been appointed to the board of the Company. In accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation program, Dr. Koh received a pro-rated equity award of 1,000 RSUs (or 75% of the $200,000 targeted grant date value, with the number of RSUs determined in the same manner as an annual equity award) on May 12, 2017, the first Friday following his first attended board meeting. (2) All information regarding The Vanguard Group, Inc., or “Vanguard,” is based solely on information disclosed in amendment number five to Schedule 13G filed by Vanguard with the SEC on July 10, 2017. According to the Schedule 13G filing, of the 16,162,079 shares of Lam common stock reported as beneficially owned by Vanguard as of June 30, 2017, Vanguard had sole voting power with respect to 245,279 shares, had shared voting power with respect to 32,331 shares, had sole dispositive power with respect to 15,887,595 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 274,484 shares of Lam common stock reported as beneficially owned by Vanguard as of that date. The 16,162,079 shares of Lam common stock reported as beneficially owned by Vanguard include 198,150 shares beneficially owned by Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vanguard, as a result of it serving as investment manager of collective trust accounts, and 122,780 shares beneficially owned by Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd., a wholly–owned subsidiary of Vanguard, as a result of it serving as investment manager of Australian investment offerings. (3) All information regarding BlackRock Inc., or “BlackRock,” is based solely on information disclosed in amendment number nine to Schedule 13G filed by BlackRock with the SEC on January 25, 2017 on behalf of BlackRock and its subsidiaries: BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A.; BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.; BlackRock (Singapore) Limited; BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited; BlackRock Advisors, LLC; BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited; BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG; BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited; BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited; BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG; BlackRock Capital Management; BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.; BlackRock Fund Advisors; BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd; BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.; BlackRock International Limited; BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited; BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC; BlackRock Japan Co Ltd; and BlackRock Life Limited. According to the Schedule 13G filing, of the 12,619,092 shares of Lam common stock reported as beneficially owned by BlackRock as of December 31, 2016, BlackRock had sole voting power with respect to 11,047,990 shares, did not have shared voting power with respect to any shares, had sole dispositive power with respect to 12,619,092 shares and did not have shared dispositive power with respect to any shares of Lam common stock reported as beneficially owned by BlackRock as of that date. (4) All information regarding FMR, LLC, or “FMR,” is based solely on information disclosed in a Schedule 13G filed by FMR with the SEC on February 14, 2017 on behalf of FMR and the following subsidiaries: Crosby Advisors LLC; FIAM LLC; Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Trust Company; Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited; Fidelity Management Trust Company; Fidelity Selectco, LLC; FMR Co., Inc.; and Strategic Advisers, Inc. According to the Schedule 13G filing, of the 11,171,305 shares of Lam common stock reported as beneficially owned by FMR as of December 31, 2016, FMR had sole voting power with respect to 1,068,792 shares, did not have shared voting power with respect to any shares, had sole dispositive power with respect to 11,171,305 shares and did not have shared dispositive power with respect to any shares of Lam common stock reported as beneficially owned by FMR as of that date. (5) All information regarding Ameriprise Financial, Inc., or “Ameriprise,” is based solely on information disclosed in amendment number four to Schedule 13G filed by Ameriprise with the SEC on February 10, 2017. According to the Schedule 13G filing, of the 9,652,830 shares of Lam common stock reported as beneficially owned by Ameriprise as of December 31, 2016, Ameriprise did not have sole voting power with respect to any shares, had shared voting power with respect to 9,557,231 shares, did not have sole dispositive power with respect to any shares and Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 5 shared dispositive power with respect to 9,652,830 shares of Lam common stock reported as beneficially owned by Ameriprise as of that date. According to the Schedule 13G filing, Ameriprise, as the parent company of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, or “Columbia,” may be deemed to have, but disclaims, beneficial ownership of the shares reported by Columbia in the Schedule 13G filing. Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers, directors, and people who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file an initial report of ownership (on a Form 3) and reports on subsequent changes in ownership (on Forms 4 or 5) with the SEC by specified due dates. Our executive officers, directors, and greater-than-10% stockholders are also required by SEC rules to furnish us with copies of all section 16(a) forms they file. We are required to disclose in this proxy statement any failure to file any of these reports on a timely basis. Based solely on our review of the copies of the forms that we received from the filers, and on written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that all of these requirements were satisfied during fiscal year 2017. 6 Governance Matters Corporate Governance Our Board and members of management are committed to responsible corporate governance to manage the Company for the long-term benefit of its stockholders. To that end, the Board and management periodically review and update, as appropriate, the Company’s corporate governance policies and practices. As part of that process, the Board and management consider the requirements of federal and state law, including rules and regulations of the SEC; the listing standards for the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or “Nasdaq;” published guidelines and recommendations of proxy advisory firms; published guidelines of some of our top stockholders; published guidelines of other selected public companies; and any feedback we receive from our stockholders. A list of key corporate governance practices is provided in the “Proxy Statement Summary” above. Corporate Governance Policies We have instituted a variety of policies and procedures to foster and maintain responsible corporate governance, including the following: Board committee charters. Each of the Board’s audit, compensation, and nominating and governance committees has a written charter adopted by the Board that establishes practices and procedures for the committee in accordance with applicable corporate governance rules and regulations. Each committee reviews its charter annually and recommends changes to the Board, as appropriate. Each committee charter is available on the Investors section of our website at http://investor.lamresearch.com/corporate-governance.cfm. The content on any website referred to in this proxy statement is not a part of or incorporated by reference in this proxy statement unless expressly noted. Also see “Board Committees” below for additional information regarding these committees. Corporate governance guidelines. We adhere to written corporate governance guidelines, adopted by the Board and reviewed annually by the nominating and governance committee and the Board. Selected provisions of the guidelines are discussed below, including in the “Board Nomination Policies and Procedures,” “Director Independence Policies,” and “Other Governance Practices” sections below. The corporate governance guidelines are available on the Investors section of our website at http://investor.lamresearch.com/corporate-governance.cfm. Corporate code of ethics. We maintain a code of ethics that applies to all employees, officers, and members of the Board. The code of ethics establishes standards reasonably necessary to promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships, and full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in the periodic reports we file with the SEC and in other public communications. We will promptly disclose to the public any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the code of ethics to the extent required by applicable laws. We intend to make this public disclosure by posting the relevant material on our website, to the extent permitted by applicable laws. A copy of the code of ethics is available on the Investors section of our website at http://investor.lamresearch.com/corporate- governance.cfm. Global standards of business conduct policy. We maintain written standards of appropriate conduct in a variety of business situations that apply to our worldwide workforce. Among other things, these global standards of business conduct address relationships with one another, relationships with Lam (including conflicts of interest, safeguarding of Company assets, and protection of confidential information), and relationships with other companies and stakeholders (including anti-corruption). Insider trading policy. Our insider trading policy restricts the trading of Company stock by our directors, officers, and employees, and includes provisions addressing insider blackout periods and prohibiting hedges and pledges of Company stock. Board Nomination Policies and Procedures Board membership criteria. Under our corporate governance guidelines, the nominating and governance committee is responsible for assessing the appropriate balance of experience, skills, and characteristics required for the Board and for recommending director nominees to the independent directors. The guidelines direct the committee to consider all factors it considers appropriate. The committee need not consider all of the same factors for every candidate. Factors to be considered may include but are not limited to: experience; business acumen; wisdom; integrity; judgment; the ability to make independent analytical inquiries; the ability to understand the Company’s business environment; the candidate’s willingness and ability to devote adequate time to board duties; specific skills, background, or experience considered necessary or desirable for board or committee service; specific experiences with other businesses or Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 7 organizations that may be relevant to the Company or its industry; diversity with respect to any attribute(s) the Board considers appropriate, including geographic, gender, age, and ethnic diversity; and the interplay of a candidate’s experiences and skills with those of other Board members. The specific skills, background, and experiences that are evaluated in connection with board service include (but are not limited to or required): • Industry knowledge: knowledge of and experience with our industry and markets, including an understanding of our customers’ markets and needs; • Technology knowledge: knowledge and understanding of semiconductor and semiconductor wafer front end technologies; • Marketing experience: extensive knowledge and experience in business-to-business marketing and sales, and/or business development, preferably in a capital equipment industry; • Business and operations leadership experience: experience as a current or former CEO, president and/or COO; • Finance experience: profit and loss (“P&L”) and financing experience as an executive responsible for financial results of a breadth and level of complexity comparable to the Company; • International business experience: experience as a current or former business executive resident outside the United States and responsible for at least one business unit outside the United States; • Mergers and acquisitions experience (“M&A”): M&A and integration experience (including buy- and sell-side and hostile M&A experience) as a public company director or officer; • Board/governance experience: experience with corporate governance requirements and practices • Public relations/investor relations/public policy experience • Cybersecurity expertise: understanding of and experience in overseeing corporate cybersecurity programs and having a history of participation in relevant cyber education The Board and the nominating and governance committee regard board refreshment as important, and strive to maintain an appropriate balance of tenure, turnover, diversity, and skills on the Board. For many years, the composition of the Board has reflected the Board’s commitment to diversity. For example, the Board has had at least two female directors since 2006, and over the last 10 years has expanded the experiences and areas of substantive expertise of the directors, as illustrated by the information provided in their biographies under “Voting Proposals – Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors – 2017 Nominees for Director” below. Most recently, the Board has increased its geographic diversity with the appointment of two directors whose careers include significant leadership 8 experience with major non-U.S. customers and who reside in Asia. Regarding tenure, the Board believes that new perspectives and ideas are important to a forward-looking and strategic board as is the ability to benefit from the valuable experience and familiarity of longer-serving directors. In line with the Board’s pursuit of board refreshment and balanced tenure, including consideration of any resignations, the Board appointed two new directors within the last fiscal year, and has appointed 12 new directors in the last 10 years. Prior to recommending the nomination of an incumbent non- employee director for reelection, the committee reviews the experiences, skills, and qualifications of the director to assess the continuing relevance of his or her experiences, skills, and qualifications to those considered necessary or desirable for the Board at that time. To be nominated, a new or incumbent candidate must provide an irrevocable conditional resignation that will be effective upon (1) the director’s failure to receive the required majority vote at an annual meeting at which the nominee faces re-election and (2) the Board’s acceptance of such resignation. In addition, no director, after having attained the age of 75 years, may be nominated for re-election or reappointment to the Board. Nomination procedure. The nominating and governance committee identifies, screens, evaluates, and recommends qualified candidates for appointment or election to the Board. The committee considers recommendations from a variety of sources, including search firms, Board members, executive officers, and stockholders. Nominations for election by the stockholders are made by the independent members of the Board. See “Voting Proposals – Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors – 2017 Nominees for Director” below for additional information regarding the 2017 candidates for election to the Board. Certain provisions of our bylaws apply to the nomination or recommendation of candidates by a stockholder. For example, in February 2017, the Board amended and restated our bylaws to provide that under certain circumstances, a stockholder, or group of up to 20 stockholders, who have maintained continuous ownership of at least three percent (3%) of our common stock for at least three years may nominate and include a specified number of director nominees in our annual meeting proxy statement that cannot exceed the greater of two or 20% of the aggregate number of directors then serving on the Board (rounded down). Information regarding the nomination procedure is provided in the “Voting and Meeting Information – Other Meeting Information – Stockholder-Initiated Proposals and Nominations for 2018 Annual Meeting” section below. Director Independence Policies Board independence requirements. Our corporate governance guidelines require that a majority of the Board members be independent. No director will qualify as “independent” unless the Board affirmatively determines that the director qualifies as independent under the Nasdaq rules and has no relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment as a director. In addition, no non-employee director may serve as a consultant or service provider to the Company without the approval of a majority of the independent directors (and any such director’s independence must be reassessed by the full Board following such approval). Board member independence. The Board has determined that all current directors, other than Messrs. Anstice and Newberry, are independent in accordance with Nasdaq criteria for director independence. Board committee independence. All members of the Board’s audit, compensation, and nominating and governance committees must be non-employee or outside directors and independent in accordance with applicable Nasdaq criteria as well as, in the case of the compensation committee, applicable rules under section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the “Code,” and Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the “Exchange Act.” See “Board Committees” below for additional information regarding these committees. Lead independent director. Our corporate governance guidelines authorize the Board to designate a lead independent director from among the independent members. Mr. Talwalkar was appointed the lead independent director, effective August 27, 2015. See “Leadership Structure of the Board” below for information regarding the responsibilities of the lead independent director. Executive sessions of independent directors. The Board and its audit, compensation, and nominating and governance committees hold meetings of the independent directors and committee members, without management present, as part of each regularly scheduled meeting and at any other time at the discretion of the Board or committee, as applicable. Board access to independent advisors. The Board as a whole, and each standing Board committee separately, has the complete authority to retain, at the Company’s expense, and terminate, in their discretion, any independent consultants, counselors, or advisors as they deem necessary or appropriate to fulfill their responsibilities. Board education program. Our corporate governance guidelines provide that directors are expected to participate in educational events sufficient to maintain their understanding of their duties as directors and to enhance their ability to fulfill their responsibilities. In addition to any external educational opportunities that the directors find useful, the Company and the board leadership are expected to facilitate such participation by arranging for appropriate educational presentations from time to time. Leadership Structure of the Board The current leadership structure of the Board consists of a chairman and a lead independent director. The chairman, Mr. Newberry, served as chief executive officer of the Company from June 2005 to January 2012. The Board believes that this is the appropriate board leadership structure at this time. Lam and its stockholders benefit from having Mr. Newberry as its chairman, as he brings to bear his experience as CEO as well as his other qualifications in carrying out his responsibilities as chairman, which include (1) preparing the agenda for the Board meetings with input from the CEO, the Board, and the committee chairs; (2) upon invitation, attending meetings of any of the Board committees on which he is not a member; (3) conveying to the CEO, together with the chair of the compensation committee, the results of the CEO’s performance evaluation; (4) reviewing proposals submitted by stockholders for action at meetings of stockholders and, depending on the subject matter, determining the appropriate body, among the Board or any of the Board committees, to evaluate each proposal and making recommendations to the Board regarding action to be taken in response to such proposal; (5) performing such other duties as the Board may reasonably request from time to time; and (6) providing reports to the Board on the chairman’s activities under his agreement. The Company and its stockholders also benefit from having a lead independent director to provide independent board leadership. The lead independent director is responsible for: (1) coordinating the activities of the independent directors; (2) consulting with the chairman regarding matters such as (a) schedules of and agendas for Board meetings, (b) the quality, quantity, and timeliness of the flow of information from management, and (c) the retention of consultants who report directly to the Board; and (3) developing the agenda for and moderating executive sessions of the Board’s independent directors. Other Governance Practices In addition to the principal policies and procedures described above, we have established a variety of other practices to enhance our corporate governance, including the following: Board and committee assessments. Every year, the Board conducts a self-evaluation of the Board, its committees, and the individual directors, overseen by the nominating and governance committee and generally led by the lead independent director and the chairman of the Board. From time to time, the evaluation is facilitated by an independent third-party consultant. The evaluation solicits the opinions of the directors regarding the effectiveness of the Board, committees, and individual directors in fulfilling its/their Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 9 obligations. Feedback on Board and committee effectiveness is provided to the full Board for discussion, and feedback regarding individual director performance is provided to each individual director. The Board and committees identify and hold themselves accountable for any action items stemming from the assessment. The results of the evaluations are also considered as part of the director nomination process. Director resignation or notification of change in executive officer status. Under our corporate governance guidelines, any director who is also an executive officer of the Company must offer to submit his or her resignation as a director to the Board if the director ceases to be an executive officer of the Company. The Board may accept or decline the offer, in its discretion. The corporate governance guidelines also require a non-employee director to notify the nominating and governance committee if the director changes or retires from his or her executive position at another company. The nominating and governance committee reviews the appropriateness of the director’s continuing Board membership under the circumstances, and the director is expected to act in accordance with the nominating and governance committee’s recommendations. Limitations on other board and committee memberships. Board members may not serve on more than four public company boards (including service on the Company’s Board). Non- employee directors who are sitting executives may not serve on more than three public company boards (including the Company’s Board). The nominating and governance committee will review the appropriateness of continued Board membership if a non-employee director who is a sitting executive serves on more than two such boards, and the director is expected to follow the recommendation of the nominating and governance committee. In addition, non-employee directors may not serve on more than three audit committees of public company boards (including the Company’s audit committee). Director and executive stock ownership. Under the corporate governance guidelines, each director is expected to own at least the lesser of five times the value of the annual cash retainer (not including any committee chair or other supplemental retainers for directors) or 5,000 shares of Lam common stock, by the fifth anniversary of his or her initial election to the Board. Guidelines for stock ownership by designated members of the executive management team are described below under “Compensation Matters – Executive Compensation and Other Information – Compensation Discussion and Analysis.” All of our directors and designated members of our executive management team were in compliance with the Company’s applicable stock ownership guidelines at the end of fiscal year 2017 or have a period of time remaining under the program to do so. Communications with Board members. Any stockholder who wishes to communicate directly with the Board, with any Board committee, or with any individual director regarding the Company may write to the Board, the committee, or the director c/o Secretary, Lam Research Corporation, 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont, California 94538. The Secretary will forward all such communications to the appropriate director(s). Any stockholder, employee, or other person may communicate any complaint regarding any accounting, internal accounting control, or audit matter to the attention of the Board’s audit committee by sending written correspondence by mail (to Lam Research Corporation, Attention: Board Audit Committee, P.O. Box 5010, Fremont, California 94537-5010) or by telephone (855-208-8578) or internet (through the Company’s third-party provider website at www.lamhelpline.ethicspoint.com). The audit committee has established procedures to ensure that employee complaints or concerns regarding audit or accounting matters will be received and treated anonymously (if the complaint or concern is submitted anonymously and permitted under applicable law). Meeting Attendance Our Board held a total of six meetings during fiscal year 2017. The number of committee meetings held is shown in Figure 6. All of the directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of Board meetings and meetings of Board committees on which they served during their tenure in fiscal year 2017, with the exception of Mr. Cannon due to medical reasons. We expect his attendance going forward to be consistent with prior years. We expect our directors to attend the annual meeting of stockholders each year unless unusual circumstances make attendance impractical. All but one of the individuals who were directors as of the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders attended that meeting. Board Committees The Board has three standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and governance committee. The purpose, membership, and charter of each are described below. Figure 6. Committee Membership Current Committee Memberships Name Audit Compensation Eric K. Brandt Chair Michael R. Cannon Youssef A. El-Mansy Christine A. Heckart Catherine P. Lego Abhijit Y. Talwalkar Total Number of Meetings Held in FY2017 x x 9 x Chair x 6 Nominating and Governance x x Chair 4 10 Audit committee. The purpose of the audit committee is to oversee the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of our financial statements, including the system of internal controls. As part of its responsibilities, the audit committee reviews and oversees the potential conflict of interest situations, transactions required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K of the SEC, and any other transaction involving an executive or Board member. A copy of the audit committee charter is available on the Investors section of our website at http://investor.lamresearch.com/corporate-governance.cfm. The Board concluded that all audit committee members are non-employee directors who are independent in accordance with the Nasdaq listing standards and SEC rules for audit committee member independence and that each audit committee member is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements as required by the Nasdaq listing standards. The Board also determined that Messrs. Brandt and Cannon (both members of the committee) are each, and Messrs. Anstice, Newberry, and Talwalkar and Ms. Lego (members of the Board) each qualify as, an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in the SEC rules. Compensation committee. The purpose of the compensation committee is to discharge certain responsibilities of the Board relating to executive compensation; to oversee incentive, equity-based plans, and other compensatory plans in which the Company’s executive officers and/or directors participate; and to produce an annual report on executive compensation for inclusion as required in the Company’s annual proxy statement. The compensation committee is authorized to perform the responsibilities of the committee referenced above and described in the charter. A copy of the compensation committee charter is available on the Investors section of our website at http://investor.lamresearch.com/corporate- governance.cfm. The Board concluded that all members of the compensation committee are non-employee directors who are independent in accordance with Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and the Nasdaq criteria for director and compensation committee member independence and who are outside directors for purposes of section 162(m) of the Code. Nominating and governance committee. The purpose of the nominating and governance committee is to identify individuals qualified to serve as members of the Board of the Company, to recommend nominees for election as directors of the Company, to oversee self-evaluations of the Board’s performance, to develop and recommend corporate governance guidelines to the Board, and to provide oversight with respect to corporate governance. A copy of the nominating and governance committee charter is available on the Investors section of our website at http://investor.lamresearch.com/corporate-governance.cfm. The Board concluded that all nominating and governance committee members are non-employee directors who are independent in accordance with the Nasdaq criteria for director independence. The nominating and governance committee will consider for nomination persons properly nominated by stockholders in accordance with the Company’s bylaws and other procedures described below under “Voting and Meeting Information – Other Meeting Information – Stockholder-Initiated Proposals and Nominations for 2018 Annual Meeting.” Subject to then- applicable law, stockholder nominations for director will be evaluated by the Company’s nominating and governance committee in accordance with the same criteria as is applied to candidates identified by the nominating and governance committee or other sources. Board’s Role and Engagement General. The Board directs and oversees the management of the business and affairs of the Company. In this oversight role, the Board serves as the ultimate decision-making body of the Company, except for those matters reserved for the stockholders. The Board and its committees have the primary responsibilities of: • discussing, reviewing, monitoring and approving the Company’s business strategies, capital allocation plans/ priorities, annual operating plan, and major corporate actions as set forth below; O A strategic plan is presented to the Board for discussion on an annual basis, and updates are presented at each quarterly Board meeting. O An operating plan is presented to the Board for discussion on an annual basis, and updates are presented at each quarterly Board meeting. O Capital allocation plans and priorities are discussed on a quarterly basis. O Major corporate actions are presented and discussed as part of strategic plan updates and as special agenda topics, as appropriate. • appointing, evaluating the performance of, and approving the compensation of the CEO; • reviewing with the CEO the performance of the Company’s executive officers and approving their compensation; • reviewing and approving CEO and top leadership succession planning; • advising and mentoring the Company’s senior management; • overseeing the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; • overseeing the Company’s ethics and compliance programs, including the Company’s code of ethics; and Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 11 • overseeing the Company’s enterprise risk management processes and programs, described in further detail below. Risk oversight. The Board is actively engaged in risk oversight. Management regularly reports to the Board on its risk assessments and risk mitigation strategies for the major risks of our business. Generally, the Board exercises its oversight responsibility directly; however, in specific cases, such responsibility has been delegated to committees of the Board. Committees that have been charged with risk oversight regularly report to the Board on those risk matters within their areas of responsibility. Risk oversight responsibility has been delegated to committees of the Board as set forth below. Director Compensation Our director compensation is designed to attract and retain high-caliber directors and to align director interests with those of stockholders. Director compensation is reviewed and determined annually by the Board (in the case of Messrs. Newberry and Anstice, by the independent members of the Board), upon recommendation from the compensation committee. Non-employee director compensation (including the compensation of Mr. Newberry, who is currently our non- employee chairman) is described below. Mr. Anstice, whose compensation as CEO is described below under “Compensation Matters – Executive Compensation and Other Information – Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” does not receive additional compensation for his service on the Board. Non-employee director compensation. Non-employee directors receive annual cash retainers and equity awards. The chairman of the Board, committee chairs, the lead independent director, and committee members receive additional cash retainers. Non-employee directors who join the Board or a committee midyear receive pro-rated cash retainers and equity awards, as applicable. Our non-employee director compensation program is based on service during the calendar year; however, SEC rules require us to report compensation in this proxy statement on a fiscal-year basis. Cash compensation paid to non-employee directors for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, together with the annual cash compensation program components in effect for calendar years 2016 and 2017, is shown in the table below. • Our audit committee oversees risks related to the Company’s accounting and financial reporting, internal controls, and the auditing of our annual financial statements. The audit committee also oversees risks related to our independent registered public accounting firm, our internal audit function, and our related party transactions. • Our compensation committee oversees risks related to the Company’s equity, and executive compensation programs and plans. • Our nominating and governance committee oversees risks related to director independence, Board and Board committee composition, and CEO succession planning. Figure 7. Director Annual Retainers Annual Retainers Non-employee Director Lead Independent Director Calendar Year 2017 ($) Calendar Year 2016 ($) Fiscal Year 2017 ($) 65,000 22,500 65,000 22,500 65,000 22,500 Chairman 160,000 280,000 220,000 Audit Committee – Chair Audit Committee – Member Compensation Committee – Chair Compensation Committee – Member Nominating and Governance Committee – Chair Nominating and Governance Committee – Member 30,000 12,500 30,000 12,500 30,000 12,500 20,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 Each non-employee director also receives an annual equity grant on the first Friday following the annual meeting with a targeted grant date value equal to $200,000 (the number of RSUs subject to the award is determined by dividing $200,000 by the closing price of a share of Company common stock as of the date of grant, rounded down to the nearest 10 shares). These grants generally vest on October 31 in the year following the grant and are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, or the “2015 Plan,” and the applicable award agreements. These grants immediately vest in full: (1) if a non-employee director dies or becomes subject to a “disability” (as determined pursuant to the 2015 Plan), (2) upon the occurrence of a “Corporate Transaction” (as defined in the 2015 Plan), or (3) on the date of the annual meeting if the annual meeting during the year in which the award was expected to vest occurs prior to the vest date and the non-employee director is not re-elected or retires or resigns effective immediately prior to the annual meeting. Non-employee directors who 12 commence service after the annual award has been granted receive on the first Friday following the first regularly scheduled, quarterly Board meeting attended a pro-rated grant based on the number of regularly scheduled, quarterly Board meetings remaining in the year as of the effective date of the director’s appointment. The pro-rated grants are subject to the same vesting schedule, terms and conditions as the annual equity awards, except that if the award is granted on the first Friday following the regularly scheduled quarterly November Board meeting, the grant vests immediately. On November 11, 2016, Dr. Tsai, who was appointed to the Board effective September 13, 2016, received a pro-rated grant of 510 RSUs for service during calendar year 2016 that vested immediately. On November 11, 2016, each director other than Mr. Anstice and Dr. Koh, who was appointed a director on May 10, 2017, received a grant of 2,050 RSUs for service during calendar year 2017. On May 12, 2017, Dr. Koh, who was appointed to the Board effective May 10, 2017, received a pro-rated grant of 1,000 RSUs for service during calendar year 2017. Unless there is an acceleration event, these RSUs granted to each current director for service during calendar year 2017 will vest in full on October 31, 2017, subject to the director’s continued service on the Board. Chairman compensation. Mr. Newberry, who served as vice-chairman from December 7, 2010 to November 1, 2012 and since such date has served as chairman, has a chairman’s agreement documenting his responsibilities, described above under “Governance Matters – Corporate Governance – Leadership Structure of the Board,” and compensation. Mr. Newberry entered into a chairman’s agreement with the Company commencing on January 1, 2017, and expiring on December 31, 2017, subject to the right of earlier termination in certain circumstances and a one-year extension upon mutual written agreement of the parties. The agreement provides that Mr. Newberry will serve as chairman (and not as an employee or officer) and in addition to his regular compensation as a non-employee director, he receives an additional cash retainer of $160,000 on the same date. Mr. Newberry was eligible to participate through 2014 in the Company’s Elective Deferred Compensation Plan that is generally applicable to executives of the Company, subject to the general terms and conditions of such plan. He continues to maintain a balance in the plan until he no longer performs service for the Company as a director but is no longer eligible to defer any compensation into the plan. The following table shows compensation for fiscal year 2017 for persons serving as directors during fiscal 2017 other than Mr. Anstice: Figure 8. FY2017 Director Compensation Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2017 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) Stock Awards ($) (1) All Other Compen- sation ($) (2) Total ($) Stephen G. Newberry 225,000(6) 197,415(3) 26,275 448,690 Eric K. Brandt 95,000(7) 197,415(3) — 292,415 Michael R. Cannon 82,500(8) 197,415(3) — 279,915 Youssef A. El-Mansy 75,000(9) 197,415(3) 26,275 298,690 Christine A. Heckart 77,500(10) 197,415(3) — 274,915 Young Bum (YB) Koh 48,750(11) 148,690(4) — 197,440 Catherine P. Lego 90,000(12) 197,415(3) 25,012 312,427 Krishna C. Saraswat(13) — — — — Abhijit Y. Talwalkar 112,500(14) 197,415(3) — 309,915 Lih Shyng (Rick L.) Tsai 81,250(15) 247,135(3),(5) — 328,385 (1) The amounts shown in this column represent the grant date fair value of unvested RSU awards granted during fiscal year 2017 in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, or “ASC 718.” However, pursuant to SEC rules, these values are not reduced by an estimate for the probability of forfeiture. The assumptions used to calculate the fair value of the RSUs in fiscal year 2017 are set forth in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017. (2) Represents the portion of medical, dental, and vision premiums paid by the Company. (3) On November 11, 2016, each non-employee director who was on the board received an annual grant of 2,050 RSUs based on the $97.49 closing price of Lam’s common stock and the target value of $200,000, rounded down to the nearest 10 shares. (4) On May 12, 2017, Dr. Koh received a prorated annual grant of 1,000 RSUs based on the $149.58 closing price of Lam’s common stock and the target value of $150,000, rounded down to the nearest 10 shares. (5) On November 11, 2016, Dr. Tsai received a prorated annual grant of 510 RSUs based on the $97.49 closing price of Lam’s common stock and the target value of $50,000, rounded down to the nearest 10 shares. (6) Mr. Newberry received $225,000, representing his $160,000 chairman retainer and $65,000 annual retainer as a director. (7) Mr. Brandt received $95,000, representing his $65,000 annual retainer and $30,000 as the chair of the audit committee. (8) Mr. Cannon received $82,500, representing his $65,000 annual retainer, $12,500 as a member of the audit committee, and $5,000 as a member of the nominating and governance committee. (9) Dr. El-Mansy received $75,000, representing his $65,000 annual retainer and $10,000 as a member of the compensation committee. (10) Ms. Heckart received $77,500, representing her $65,000 annual retainer and $12,500 as a member of the audit committee. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 13 (11) Dr. Koh received $48,750 representing his partial year annual retainer as a director. (12) Ms. Lego received $90,000, representing her $65,000 annual retainer, $20,000 as a the chair of the compensation committee, and $5,000 as a member of the nominating and governance committee. (13) Dr. Saraswat resigned from his board membership effective Figure 9. FY2017 Accumulated Post- Retirement Benefit Obligations Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2017 Accumulated Post-Retirement Benefit Obligation, as of June 25, 2017 ($) 918,000 — — 627,000 — 526,000 — — — November 7, 2016. All payments to Dr. Saraswat for the relevant fiscal year were paid in the prior fiscal year period. Name Stephen G. Newberry Eric K. Brandt Michael R. Cannon Youssef A. El-Mansy Christine A. Heckart Young Bum (YB) Koh Catherine P. Lego Krishna C. Saraswat Abhijit Y. Talwalkar Lih Shyng (Rick L.) Tsai (14) Mr. Talwalkar received $112,500, representing his $65,000 annual retainer, $22,500 as lead independent director, $10,000 as a member of the compensation committee, and $15,000 as the chair of the nominating and governance committee. (15) Dr. Tsai received $81,250 representing his $65,000 annual retainer, and $16,250 representing his partial year annual retainer for calendar year 2016. Other benefits. Any members of the Board enrolled in the Company’s health plans on or prior to December 31, 2012, can continue to participate after retirement from the Board in the Company’s Retiree Health Plans. The Board eliminated this benefit for any person who became a director after December 31, 2012. The most recent valuation of the Company’s accumulated post-retirement benefit obligation under Accounting Standards Codification 715, Compensation- Retirement Benefits, or “ASC 715,” as of June 25, 2017, for eligible former directors and the current directors who may become eligible is shown below. Factors affecting the amount of post-retirement benefit obligation include age at enrollment, age at retirement, coverage tier (e.g., single, plus spouse, plus family), interest rate, and length of service. 14 Compensation Matters Executive Compensation and Other Information Compensation Discussion and Analysis This Compensation Discussion and Analysis, or “CD&A,” describes our executive compensation program. It is organized into the following four sections: I. II. Overview of Executive Compensation (Including Our Philosophy and Program Design) Executive Compensation Governance and Procedures III. Primary Components of Named Executive Officer Compensation; Calendar Year 2016 Compensation Payouts; Calendar Year 2017 Compensation Targets and Metrics IV. Tax and Accounting Considerations Our CD&A discusses compensation earned by our fiscal year 2017 “Named Executive Officers,” or “NEOs,” who are as follows: Figure 10. FY2017 NEOs Named Executive Officer Position(s) Martin B. Anstice President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy M. Archer Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Douglas R. Bettinger Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Richard A. Gottscho Executive Vice President, Corporate Chief Technology Officer Sarah A. O’Dowd Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary I. OVERVIEW OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION To align with stockholders’ interests, our executive compensation program is designed to foster a pay-for-performance culture and achieve the executive compensation objectives set forth in “Executive Compensation Philosophy and Program Design – Executive Compensation Philosophy” below. We have structured our compensation program and payouts to reflect these goals. Our CEO’s compensation in relation to our revenue and net income is shown below. Figure 11. FY2012-FY2017 CEO Pay for Performance CEO Pay for Performance CEO Total Compensation (1)(2) Revenue Net income ) s d n a s u o h t n i ( n o i t a s n e p m o C l a t o T $14,000 $12,000 $10,000 $8,000 $6,000 $4,000 $2,000 $0 $5,572 $3,841 $11,935 $11,165 $10,556 $11,159 $9,000,000 $8,000,000 $7,000,000 $6,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 ) s d n a s u o h t n i ( e m o c n I t e N d n a e u n e v e R FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 15 materials, software, and process control enabling results on the wafer. Our products and services are designed to help our customers build smaller, faster, and better performing devices that are used in a variety of electronic products, including mobile phones, personal computers, servers, wearables, automotive devices, storage devices, and networking equipment. Semiconductor manufacturing, our customers’ business, involves the complete fabrication of multiple dies or integrated circuits on a wafer. This involves the repetition of a set of core processes and can require hundreds of individual steps. Fabricating these devices requires highly sophisticated process technologies to integrate an increasing array of new materials with precise control at the atomic scale. Along with meeting technical requirements, wafer processing equipment must deliver high productivity and be cost-effective. Demand from the Cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and other markets is driving the need for increasingly powerful and cost- efficient semiconductors. At the same time, there are growing technical challenges with traditional two-dimensional scaling. These trends are driving significant inflections in semiconductor manufacturing, such as the increasing importance of vertical scaling strategies like 3D architectures as well as multiple patterning to enable shrinks. We believe we are in a strong position with our leadership and competency in deposition, etch, and single-wafer clean to facilitate some of the most significant innovations in semiconductor device manufacturing. Several factors create opportunity for sustainable differentiation for us: our focus on research and development, with a breadth of programs across sustaining engineering, product and process development, and concept and feasibility; our ability to effectively leverage cycles of learning from our broad installed base; and our collaborative focus with ecosystem partners. Although we have a June fiscal year end, our executive compensation program is generally designed and oriented on a calendar-year basis to correspond with our calendar-year- based business planning. This CD&A generally reflects a calendar-year orientation rather than a fiscal-year orientation, as shown below. The Executive Compensation Tables at the end of this CD&A are based on our fiscal year, as required by SEC regulations. (1) “CEO Total Compensation” consists of base salary, annual incentive payments, accrued values of the cash payments under the long-term incentive program when applicable and grant date fair values of equity-based awards under the long-term incentive program, and all other compensation as reported in the “Summary Compensation Table” below. (2) The CEO Total Compensation for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 reflects awards covering a two-year performance period as compared to the three-year period in all subsequent fiscal years. In 2014, the committee granted one-time calendar year 2014 Gap Year Awards as defined below of Market-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit, or “Market-Based PRSU,” stock options and RSUs on the terms set forth in Figure 16 of the 2014 proxy statement. The one-time 2014 Gap Year Award, with a value of $3,074,271 is reflected in the “Executive Compensation Tables – Summary Compensation Table” for fiscal year 2014 is not included in fiscal year 2014 CEO Total Compensation in order to allow readers to more easily compare compensation in prior and subsequent periods and better reflect the compensation payable in any fiscal year following the transition. In 2014, our LTIP was redesigned by: (i) establishing a program entirely composed of equity, (ii) introducing a new LTIP vehicle, a Market-Based PRSU, designed to reward eligible participants based on our stock price performance relative to the Philadelphia Semiconductor Sector Index (SOX), or “SOX index,” (iii) differentiating the metric in our LTIP from the absolute operational performance metrics used for the annual incentive program, and (iv) extending the performance period for the LTIP from two to three years. This change would have left participants with a gap in long-term incentive vesting opportunity in 2016. To ensure that participants received a long-term award that vested in 2016, the committee also awarded in 2014 a one-time gap year award with a two-year performance period, or the “Gap Year Award.” The target amount awarded under the Gap Year Award was equal to 50% of the target award opportunity under the regular three-year LTIP award. While the impact on the employee from the extended performance period and the Gap Year Award was to normalize the received compensation in any year, assuming the same year after year performance and target opportunities, the impact on the Company from such normalization was a higher grant-based compensation expense in fiscal year 2014. To understand our executive compensation program fully, we believe it is important to understand: • our business, our industry environment, and our financial performance; and • our executive compensation philosophy and program design. Our Business, Our Industry Environment, and Our Financial Performance Lam Research has been an innovative supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry for more than 35 years. Our customer base includes leading semiconductor memory, foundry, and integrated device manufacturers that make products such as non-volatile memory (NVM), DRAM memory, and logic devices. We aim to increase our strategic relevance with our customers by contributing more to their continued success. Our core technical competency is integrating hardware, process, 16 Figure 12. Executive Compensation Calendar-Year Orientation Fiscal Year 2017 Relevant for executive compensation tables Calendar Year 2016 Calendar Year 2017 Relevant for compensation program design Relevant for compensation program design and orientation and orientation 1/1/2016 1/1/2017 12/31/2017 6/27/2016 6/25/2017 • align pay with business objectives while driving exceptional performance; • optimize value to employees while maintaining cost- effectiveness to the Company; • create stockholder value over the long term; • align annual program to annual performance and long- term program to longer-term performance; • recognize that a long-term, high-quality management team is a competitive differentiator for Lam, enhancing customer trust/market share and, therefore, stockholder value; and • provide rewards when results have been demonstrated. In calendar year 2016, demand for semiconductor equipment increased relative to calendar year 2015 as technology inflections led to higher investments. Against this backdrop, Lam delivered record financial performance. Highlights for calendar year 2016: Our compensation committee’s executive compensation objectives are to motivate: • performance that creates long-term stockholder value; • outstanding performance at the corporate, organization and individual levels; and • achieved record revenues of approximately $6.4 billion for • retention of a long-term, high-quality management team. Program Design Our program design uses a mix of annual and long-term components, and a mix of cash and equity components. Our executive compensation program includes base salary, an annual incentive program, or “AIP,” and a long-term incentive program, or “LTIP,” as well as stock ownership guidelines and a compensation recovery policy. As illustrated below, our program design is weighted towards performance and stockholder value. The performance-based program components include AIP cash payouts and market-based equity and stock option awards under the LTIP. For senior vice presidents and above, we also have stock ownership guidelines that foster a long-term orientation. See next paragraph for additional information. the calendar year, representing an 8% increase over calendar year 2015; • generated operating cash flow of approximately $1.5 billion, which represents approximately 23% of revenues; and • generated sufficient cash flow to support payment of approximately $191 million in dividends to stockholders, a 25% increase compared to calendar year 2015. In the first half of calendar year 2017, investments for wafer fabrication equipment spending have remained solid as customers transition to next-generation technology nodes, which are increasingly complex and more costly to produce. Lam has continued to generate solid operating income and cash generation with revenues of $4.5 billion, and cash flows from operations of $1.2 billion earned from the March and June 2017 quarters combined. Executive Compensation Philosophy and Program Design Executive Compensation Philosophy The philosophy of our compensation committee that guided this year’s awards and payout decisions is that our executive compensation program should: • provide competitive compensation to attract and retain top talent; • provide total compensation packages that are fair to employees and reward corporate, organizational, and individual performance; Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 17 Figure 13. NEO Compensation Target Pay Mix Averages(1) Calendar Year 2017 Average NEO Target Pay Mix 58% Performance-Based (2) Calendar Year 2016 Average NEO Target Pay Mix 65% Performance-Based (2) Calendar 2015 Average NEO Target Pay Mix 58% Performance-Based (2) Base Salary 12.2% Annual Cash Incentive 13.5% Stock Options 7.4% Base Salary 12.4% Annual Cash Incentive 13.7% Service- Based RSUs 22.2% Stock Options 14.8% Service- Based RSUs 29.0% Base Salary 13.0% Annual Cash Incentive 14.4% Stock Options 7.3% Service- Based RSUs 29.7% Performance- Based RSUs 37.1% Performance- Based RSUs 36.9% Performance- Based RSUs 36.3% Performance-Based Compensation (3) Non-Performance-Based Compensation (1) Data for 2017, 2016 and 2015 charts is for the then-applicable NEOs (i.e., fiscal year 2015 NEOs are represented in the 2015 chart, etc.). (2) The Company’s LTIP design provides that 50% of the target award opportunity is awarded in Market-based PRSUs and the remaining 50% in a combination of stock options and service-based RSUs with at least 10% of the award in each of these two vehicles. In 2017 and 2015, the percentage of the target award opportunity awarded in stock options and service-based RSUs was 10% and 40%, respectively. In 2016, the corresponding percentages awarded in stock options and service-based RSUs were 20% and 30%. See “III. Primary Components of Named Executive Officer Compensation; Calendar Year 2016 Compensation Payouts; Calendar Year 2017 Compensation Targets and Metrics – Long-Term Incentive Program – Design” for further information regarding the impact of such a target pay mix. (3) For purposes of this illustration, we include Market-based PRSUs and stock options as performance-based, but do not classify service-based RSUs as performance-based. Our stock ownership guidelines for our NEOs and certain other senior executives are shown below. The requirements are specified in the alternative of shares or dollars to allow for stock price volatility. Ownership levels as shown below must be achieved within five years of appointment to one of the below positions. Increased requirements due to promotions or an increase in the ownership guideline must be achieved within five years of promotion or a change in the guidelines. At the end of fiscal year 2017, all NEOs were in compliance with our stock ownership guidelines or have a period of time remaining under the guidelines to meet the required ownership level. Figure 14. Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines Position Guidelines (lesser of) Chief Executive Officer 5x base salary or 65,000 shares Executive Vice Presidents 2x base salary or 20,000 shares Senior Vice Presidents 1x base salary or 10,000 shares Compensation Recovery, or “Clawback” Policy Our executive officers covered by section 16 of the Exchange Act are subject to the Company’s compensation recovery, or “clawback,” policy. The clawback policy was adopted in August 2014 and will enable us to recover, within 36 months of the issuance of the original financial statements, the excess amount of cash incentive-based compensation issued starting in calendar year 2015 to officers covered by section 16 of the Exchange Act when a material restatement of financial results is required. A covered individual’s fraud must have materially contributed to the need to issue restated financial statements in order for the clawback policy to apply to that individual. The recovery of compensation is not the exclusive remedy available in the event that the clawback policy is triggered. Executive Compensation Highlights Highlights of our executive compensation program are listed in Figure 4. Executive Compensation Highlights. 18 II. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION GOVERNANCE AND PROCEDURES Role of the Compensation Committee Role of Committee Advisors Our Board has delegated certain responsibilities to the compensation committee, or the “committee,” through a formal charter. The committee1 oversees the compensation programs in which our chief executive officer and his direct executive and senior vice president reports participate. The independent members of our Board approve the compensation packages and payouts for our CEO. The CEO is not present for any decisions regarding his compensation packages and payouts. Committee responsibilities include but are not limited to: reviewing and approving the Company’s executive compensation philosophy, objectives, and strategies; reviewing and approving the appropriate peer group companies for purposes of evaluating the Company’s compensation competitiveness; causing the Board to perform a periodic performance evaluation of the CEO; recommending to the independent members of the Board (as determined under both Nasdaq’s listing standards and section 162(m) of the Code) corporate goals and objectives under the Company’s compensation plans, compensation packages (e.g., annual base salary level, annual cash incentive award, long-term incentive award and any employment agreement, severance arrangement, change-in-control arrangement, equity grant, or special or supplemental benefits, and any material amendment to any of the foregoing) as applicable to the CEO, and compensation payouts for the CEO; annually reviewing with the CEO the performance of the Company’s other executive officers in light of the Company’s executive compensation goals and objectives and approving the compensation packages and compensation payouts for such individuals; reviewing and recommending for appropriate Board action all cash, equity-based and other compensation packages, and compensation payouts applicable to the chairman and other members of the Board; and reviewing, and approving where appropriate, equity-based compensation plans. The committee is authorized to delegate such of its authority and responsibilities as the committee deems proper and consistent with legal requirements to members of the committee, any other committee of the Board and one or more officers of the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law. For additional information on the committee’s responsibilities and authorities, see “Governance Matters – Corporate Governance – Board Committees – Compensation Committee” above. In order to carry out these responsibilities, the committee receives and reviews information, analysis and proposals prepared by our management and by the committee’s compensation consultant (see “Role of Committee Advisors” below). The committee is authorized to engage its own independent advisors to assist in carrying out its responsibilities. The committee has engaged the services of Compensia, Inc., or “Compensia,” a national compensation consulting firm, as the committee’s compensation consultant. Compensia provides the committee with independent and objective guidance regarding the amount and types of compensation for our chairman, non-employee directors, and executive officers and how these amounts and types of compensation compare to other companies’ compensation practices, as well as guidance on market trends, evolving regulatory requirements, compensation of our independent directors, peer group composition and other matters as requested by the committee. Representatives of Compensia regularly attend committee meetings (including executive sessions without management present), communicate with the committee chair outside of meetings, and assist the committee with its consideration of performance metrics and goals. Compensia reports to the committee, not to management. At the committee’s request, Compensia meets with members of management to gather and discuss information that is relevant to advising the committee. The committee may replace Compensia or hire additional advisors at any time. Compensia has not provided any other services to the committee or to our management, and has received no compensation from us other than with respect to the services described above. The committee assessed the independence of Compensia pursuant to SEC rules and Nasdaq listing standards, including the following factors: (1) the absence of other services provided by it to the Company; (2) the fees paid to it by the Company as a percentage of its total revenue; (3) its policies and procedures to prevent conflicts of interest; (4) the absence of any business or personal relationships with committee members; (5) the fact that it does not own any Lam common stock; and (6) the absence of any business or personal relationships with our executive officers. The committee assessed this information and concluded that the work of Compensia had not raised any conflict of interest. Role of Management Our CEO, with support from our human resources and finance organizations, develops recommendations for the compensation of our other executive officers. Typically, these (1) For purposes of this CD&A, a reference to a compensation action or decision by the committee with respect to our chairman and our president and chief executive officer, means an action or decision by the independent members of our Board after considering the recommendation of the committee and, in the case of all other NEOs, an action or decision by the compensation committee. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 19 recommendations cover base salaries, annual incentive program target award opportunities, long-term incentive program target award opportunities, and the criteria upon which these award opportunities may be earned, as well as actual payout amounts under the annual and long-term incentive programs. The committee considers the CEO’s recommendations within the context of competitive compensation data, the Company’s compensation philosophy and objectives, current business conditions, the advice of Compensia, and any other factors it considers relevant. At the request of the committee, our chairman also provides input to the committee. Our CEO attends committee meetings at the request of the committee, but leaves the meeting for any deliberations related to and decisions regarding his own compensation, when the committee meets in executive session, and at any other time requested by the committee. Peer Group Practices and Survey Data In establishing the total compensation levels of our executive officers as well as the mix and weighting of individual compensation elements, the committee monitors compensation data from a group of comparably sized companies in the technology industry, or the “Peer Group,” which may differ from peer groups used by stockholder advisory firms. The committee selects the companies constituting our Peer Group based on their comparability to our lines of business and industry, annual revenue, and market capitalization, and our belief that we are likely to compete with them for executive talent. Our Peer Group is focused on U.S. based, public semiconductor, semiconductor equipment and materials companies, and similarly sized high- technology equipment and hardware companies with a global presence and a significant investment in research and development. The table below summarizes how the Peer Group companies compare to the Company: Figure 15. 2017 Peer Group Revenue and Market Capitalization Metric Revenue (last completed four quarters as of June 20, 2016) Lam Research ($M) 5,821 Market Capitalization (30-day average as of June 20, 2016) 12,722 Peer Group Median ($M) 4,492 12,203 Target for Peer Group 0.33 to 3.0 times Lam 0.33 to 3.0 times Lam Based on these criteria, the Peer Group and targets may be modified from time to time. Our Peer Group was reviewed in August 2016 for calendar year 2017 compensation decisions and based on the criteria identified above, two companies were added to the peer group (Micron Technology and Skyworks Solutions) and three companies (Avago Technologies, Freescale Semiconductor, and Marvel Technology Group Ltd.) were removed. Our Peer Group consists of the companies listed as follows. Figure 16. CY2017 Peer Group Companies Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Micron Technology Agilent Technologies, Inc. Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Analog Devices, Inc. NetApp, Inc. Applied Materials, Inc. NVIDIA Corporation Broadcom Limited ON Semiconductor Corporation Corning Incorporated SanDisk Corporation Juniper Networks, Inc. Skyworks Solutions KLA-Tencor Corporation Xilinx, Inc. We derive revenue, market capitalization, and NEO compensation data from public filings made by our Peer Group companies with the SEC and other publicly available sources. Radford Technology Survey data may be used to supplement compensation data from public filings as needed. The committee reviews compensation practices and selected data on base salary, bonus targets, total cash compensation, equity awards, and total compensation drawn from the Peer Group companies and/or the Radford Technology Survey as a reference to help ensure compensation packages are consistent with market norms. Base pay levels for each executive officer are generally set with reference to market competitive levels and in reflection of each officer’s skills, experiences, and performance. Variable pay target award opportunities and total direct compensation for each executive officer are generally designed to deliver market competitive compensation for the achievement of stretch goals with downside risk for underperforming and upside reward for success. For those executive officers who are new to their roles, compensation arrangements may be designed to deliver below market compensation for a period of time. However, the committee does not “target” pay at any specific percentile. Rather, individual pay positioning depends on a variety of factors, such as prior job performance, job scope and responsibilities, skill set, prior experience, time in position, internal comparisons of pay levels for similar skill levels or positions, our goals to attract and retain executive talent, Company performance, and general market conditions. Assessment of Compensation Risk Management, with the assistance of Compensia, the committee’s independent compensation consultant, conducted a compensation risk assessment in 2017 and concluded that the Company’s current employee compensation programs are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business. 20 2016 Say on Pay Voting Results; Company Response We evaluate our executive compensation program annually. Among other things, we consider the outcome of our most recent Say on Pay vote and input we receive from our stockholders. In 2016, our stockholders approved our 2016 advisory vote on executive compensation, with 98.32% of the votes cast in favor of the advisory proposal. We believe that our most recent Say on Pay vote signifies our stockholders’ support of our executive compensation program and practices. We did not make any material changes to our programs and practices in fiscal year 2017. III. PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION; CALENDAR YEAR 2016 COMPENSATION PAYOUTS; CALENDAR YEAR 2017 COMPENSATION TARGETS AND METRICS This section describes the components of our executive compensation program. It also describes, for each component, the payouts to our NEOs for calendar year 2016 and the forward-looking actions taken with respect to our NEOs in calendar year 2017. Base Salary We believe the purpose of base salary is to provide competitive compensation to attract and retain top talent and to provide compensation to employees, including our NEOs, with a fixed and fair amount of compensation for the jobs they perform. Accordingly, we seek to ensure that our base salary levels are competitive in reference to Peer Group practice and market survey data. Adjustments to base salary are generally considered by the committee each year in February. For calendar years 2017 and 2016, base salaries for NEOs were determined by the committee in February of each year and became effective on March 1 or the first day of the pay period that included March 1 (if earlier), based on the factors described above. The following base salary adjustments for 2017 were made to remain competitive against our Peer Group and reflect performance as follows: Mr. Archer’s base salary was increased by 5%, Mr. Anstice’s was increased by 3.1%, Mr. Bettinger’s and Ms. O’Dowd’s were increased by 3%, and Dr. Gottscho’s was increased by 2%. The base salaries of the NEOs for calendar years 2017 and 2016 are as follows: Figure 17. NEO Annual Base Salaries Annual Base Salary 2017 (1) ($) Annual Base Salary 2016 (2) ($) 990,000 668,367 584,010 567,324 462,341 960,000 636,540 567,000 556,200 448,875 Named Executive Officer Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd (1) Effective February 27, 2017 (2) Effective February 29, 2016 Annual Incentive Program Design Our annual incentive program is designed to provide annual, performance-based compensation that: (1) is based on the achievement of pre-set annual financial, strategic, and operational objectives aligned with outstanding performance, and (2) will allow us to attract and retain top talent, while maintaining cost-effectiveness to the Company. The committee establishes individual target award opportunities for each NEO as a percentage of base salary. Specific target award opportunities are determined based on job scope and responsibilities, as well as an assessment of Peer Group data. Awards have a maximum payment amount defined as a multiple of the target award opportunity. The maximum award for 2016 and 2017 was set at 2.25 times target, consistent with prior years. Annual incentive program components Annual incentive program components, each of which plays a role in determining actual payments made, include: • a Funding Factor, • a Corporate Performance Factor, and • various Individual Performance Factors. The Funding Factor is set by the committee to create a maximum payout amount from which annual incentive program payouts may be made. The committee may exercise negative (but not positive) discretion against the Funding Factor result, and generally the entire funded amount is not paid out. Achievement of a minimum level of performance against the Funding Factor goals is required to fund any program payments. In February 2016, for calendar year 2016, the committee set non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of revenue as the metric for the Funding Factor, with the following goals: • a minimum achievement of 5% non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of revenue was required to fund any program payments, and • achievement of non-GAAP operating income (as a percentage of revenue) greater than or equal to 20% resulting in the maximum payout potential of 225% of target, Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 21 • with actual funding levels interpolated between those points. The committee selected non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of revenue because it believes that operating income as a percentage of revenue is the performance metric that best reflects core operating results.2 Non-GAAP operating income is considered useful to investors for analyzing business trends and comparing performance to prior periods. By excluding certain costs and expenses that are not indicative of core results, non-GAAP results are more useful for analyzing business trends over multiple periods. As a guide for using negative discretion against the Funding Factor results and for making payout decisions, the committee primarily tracks the results of the following two components that are weighted equally in making payout decisions, and against which discretion may be applied in a positive or negative direction, provided the Funding Factor result is not exceeded: • the Corporate Performance Factor, which is based on a corporate-wide metric and goals that are designed to be stretch goals that apply to all NEOs; and • the Individual Performance Factors, which are designed to be stretch goals and are based on organization-specific metrics and individual performance that apply to each individual NEO. In addition, in assessing individual performance, the CEO considers the performance of the whole executive team. The specific metrics and goals, and their relative weightings, for the Corporate Performance Factor are determined by the committee based upon the recommendation of our CEO, and the Individual Performance Factors are determined by our CEO, or in the case of the CEO, by the committee. The metrics and goals for the Corporate and Individual Performance Factors are set annually. Goals are set depending on the business environment, ensuring that they Figure 18. Annual Incentive Program Payouts are stretch goals regardless of changes in the business environment. Accordingly, as business conditions improve, goals are set to require better performance, and as business conditions deteriorate, goals are set to require stretch performance under more difficult conditions. We believe that, over time, outstanding business results create stockholder value. Consistent with this belief, multiple performance-based metrics (non-GAAP operating income, product market share, and strategic operational, and organizational metrics) are established for our NEOs as part of the Corporate and Individual Performance Factors. We believe the metrics and goals set under this program, together with the exercise of discretion by the committee as described above, have been effective to motivate our NEOs and the organizations they lead and to achieve pay-for-performance results. (2) Non-GAAP results are designed to provide information about performance without the impact of certain non-recurring and other non-operating line items. Non-GAAP operating income is derived from GAAP results, with charges and credits in the following line items excluded from GAAP results for applicable quarters during fiscal years 2017 and 2016: restructuring charges; acquisition- related costs, including net acquisition funding interest expense; costs associated with rationalization of certain product configurations; amortization related to intangible assets acquired in the Novellus Systems, Inc. transaction; acquisition-related inventory fair value impact; costs associated with campus consolidation; litigation settlement; costs associated with business process reengineering; and gain on sale of assets, net of associated exit costs. Average NEO’s Annual Incentive Payout as % of Target Award Opportunity Business Environment 166 159 127 Strong operating performance and continued expansion of served available markets, supported by stable economic conditions. Healthy demand for semiconductor equipment driven by capacity and technology investments. Strong operating performance and expansion of served available markets, supported by stable economic conditions. Robust demand for semiconductor equipment driven by both capacity and technology investments. Strong operating performance supported by stable economic conditions and healthy demand for semiconductor equipment; Company growth in various growing industry technology inflections Calendar Year 2016 2015 2014 22 Calendar year 2016 annual incentive program parameters and payout decisions In February 2016, the committee set the calendar year 2016 target award opportunity and established the metrics and goals for the Funding Factor, the metrics and annual goals for the Corporate Performance Factor, and the metrics and goals for the Individual Performance Factors for each NEO were established. In February 2017, the committee considered the actual results under these factors and made payout decisions for the calendar year 2016 program, all as described below. 2016 Annual Incentive Program Target Award Opportunities. The annual incentive program target award opportunities for calendar year 2016 for each NEO were as set forth in Figure 19 below in accordance with the principles set forth above under “Executive Compensation Governance and Procedures – Peer Group Practices and Survey Data.” 2016 Annual Incentive Program Corporate Performance Factor. In February 2016, the committee set non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of revenue as the metric for the calendar year 2016 Corporate Performance Factor, and set: • a goal of 20% of revenue for the year, which was designed to be a stretch goal, and which would result in a Corporate Performance Factor of 1.00; • a minimum Corporate Performance Factor of 0.20 for any payout; and • a maximum Corporate Performance Factor of 1.50 for the maximum payout. These goals were designed to be stretch goals. Actual non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of revenue was 22.9% for calendar year 2016. This performance resulted in a total Corporate Performance Factor for calendar year 2016 of 1.29. 2016 Annual Incentive Program Organization/Individual Performance Factor. For 2016, the organization-specific performance metrics and goals for each NEO’s Individual Performance Factor were set on an annual basis, and were designed to be stretch goals. The Individual Performance Factor for Mr. Anstice for calendar year 2016 was based on the average of the Individual Performance Factors of all the executive and senior vice presidents reporting to him. For all other NEOs, their respective Individual Performance Factors were based on market share and/or strategic, operational, and organizational performance goals specific to the organizations they managed, as described in more detail below. The accomplishments of actual individual performance against the established goals described below during 2016 were considered. • Mr. Archer’s Individual Performance Factor for calendar year 2016 was based on the accomplishment of market share, and strategic, operational, and organizational development goals for the global sales organization, the customer support business group and global operations. • Mr. Bettinger’s Individual Performance Factor for calendar year 2016 was based on the accomplishment of strategic, operational, and organizational development goals for finance, global information systems, and investor relations. • Dr. Gottscho’s Individual Performance Factor for calendar year 2016 was based on the accomplishment of market share, and strategic, operational, and organizational development goals for the product groups – deposition, etch, and clean. • Ms. O’Dowd’s Individual Performance Factor for calendar year 2016 was based on the accomplishment of strategic, operational, and organizational development goals for the legal department. In consideration of the CEO’s assessment of each individual’s achievements and the teamwork demonstrated to deliver the overall strong company performance in 2016, the committee exercised discretion such that each NEO received an Individual Performance Factor of 1.29 (equal to the Corporate Performance Factor) for the 2016 calendar year. 2016 Annual Incentive Program Payout Decisions. In February 2017, in light of the Funding Factor results and based on the above results and decisions, the committee approved the following payouts for the calendar year 2016 annual incentive program for each NEO, which were substantially less than the maximum payout available under the Funding Factor: Figure 19. CY2016 Annual Incentive Program Payouts Named Executive Officer Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd Target Award Opportunity (% of Base Salary) Target Award Opportunity ($) (1) Maximum Payout under Funding Factor (225.0% of Target Award Opportunity) ($) (2) Actual Payouts ($) 150 110 90 90 80 1,440,000 700,194 510,300 500,580 359,100 3,240,000 2,396,304 1,575,437 1,165,193 1,148,175 849,190 1,126,305 833,015 807,975 597,578 (1) Calculated by multiplying each NEO’s annual base salary for the calendar year 2016 by his or her respective target award opportunity percentage. (2) The Funding Factor resulted in a potential payout of up to 225.0% of target award opportunity for the calendar year (based on the actual non- GAAP operating income percentage results detailed under “2016 Annual Incentive Program Corporate Performance Factor” above and the specific goals set forth in the second paragraph under “Annual incentive program components” above). Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 23 Calendar year 2017 annual incentive program parameters In February 2017, the committee set the target award opportunity for each NEO as a percentage of base salary, and consistent with prior years set a cap on payments equal to 2.25 times the target award opportunity. The target award opportunity for each NEO is shown below. Figure 20. CY2017 Annual Incentive Program Target Award Opportunities Named Executive Officer Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd Target Award Opportunity (% of Base Salary) 150 110 90 90 80 The committee also approved the annual metric for the Funding Factor and the Corporate Performance Factor as non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of revenue, and set the annual goals for the Funding Factor and the Corporate Performance Factor. Consistent with the program design, the Corporate Performance Factor goal is more difficult to achieve than the Funding Factor goal. Individual Performance Factor metrics and goals were also established for each NEO. These include strategic and operational performance goals specific to individuals and their business organization. As a result, each NEO has multiple performance metrics and goals under this program. All Corporate and Individual Performance Factor goals were designed to be stretch goals. Long-Term Incentive Program Design Our long-term incentive program, or “LTIP,” is designed to attract and retain top talent, provide competitive levels of compensation, align pay with achievement of business objectives and with stock performance over a multi-year period, reward our NEOs for outstanding Company performance, and create stockholder value over the long term. Under the current long-term incentive program, at the beginning of each multi-year performance period, target award opportunities (expressed as a U.S. dollar value) and performance metrics are established for the program. Of the total target award opportunity, 50% is awarded in Market- based PRSUs, and the remaining 50% is awarded in a combination of stock options and service-based RSUs with at least 10% of the award in each of these two vehicles. The specific percentage of service-based RSUs and stock options are reviewed annually to determine whether service-based RSUs or stock options are the more efficient form of equity for the majority of the award based on criteria such as the current business environment and the potential value to motivate and retain the executives. We consider performance-based RSUs and stock options as performance-based, but do not classify service-based RSUs as performance-based. This means that if options constitute 10% of the total target award opportunity, the long-term incentive program will be 60% performance- based. If options constitute 40% of the total target award opportunity, the long-term incentive program will be 90% performance-based. 24 Equity Vehicles The equity vehicles used in our 2017/2019 long-term incentive program are as follows: Figure 21. 2017/2019 LTIP Program Equity Vehicles Equity Vehicles Market-based PRSUs % of Target Award Opportunity 50 Terms • Awards cliff vest three years from the March 1, 2017 grant date, or “Grant Date,” subject to satisfaction of a minimum performance requirement and continued employment. Cliff, rather than annual, vesting provides for both retention and for aligning NEOs with longer-term stockholder interests. • The performance period for Market-based PRSUs is three years from the first business day in February (February 1, 2017 through January 31, 2020). • The number of shares represented by the Market-based PRSUs that can be earned over the performance period is based on our stock price performance compared to the market price performance of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Sector Index (SOX), subject to the below-referenced ceiling. The stock price performance or market price performance is measured using the closing price for the 50 trading days prior to the dates the performance period begins and ends. The target number of shares represented by the Market-based PRSUs is increased by 2% of target for each 1% that Lam’s stock price performance exceeds the market price performance of the SOX index; similarly, the target number of shares represented by the Market-based PRSUs is decreased by 2% of target for each 1% that Lam’s stock price performance trails the market price performance of the SOX index. The result of the vesting formula is rounded down to the nearest whole number. A table reflecting the potential payouts depending on various comparative results is shown in Figure 22 below. • The final award cannot exceed 150% of target (requiring a positive percentage change in the Company’s stock price performance compared to that of the market price performance of the SOX index equal to or greater than 25 percentage points) and can be as little as 0% of target (requiring a percentage change in the Company’s stock price performance compared to that of the market price performance of the SOX index equal to or lesser than negative 50 percentage points). • The number of Market-based PRSUs granted was determined by dividing 50% of the target opportunity by the 30-day average of the closing price of our common stock prior to the Grant Date, $115.81, rounded down to the nearest share. • Awards that vest at the end of the performance period are distributed in shares of our common stock. Stock Options 10 • Awards vest one-third on the first, second, and third anniversaries of the March 1, 2017 grant date, or “Grant Date,” subject to continued employment. • The number of stock options granted is determined by dividing 10% of the target opportunity by the 30-day average of the closing price of our common stock prior to the Grant Date, $115.81, rounded down to the nearest share and multiplying the result by four. The ratio of four options for every RSU is based on a Black Scholes fair value accounting analysis. • Awards are exercisable upon vesting. • Expiration is on the seventh anniversary of the Grant Date. RSUs 40 • Awards vest one-third on the first, second, and third anniversaries of the March 1, 2017 grant date, or “Grant Date,” subject to continued employment. • The number of RSUs granted is determined by dividing 40% of the target opportunity by the 30-day average of the closing price of our common stock prior to the Grant Date, $115.81, rounded down to the nearest share. • Awards are distributed in shares of our common stock upon vesting. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 25 Figure 22. Market-based PRSU Vesting Summary % Change in Lam’s Stock Price Performance Compared to % Change in SOX Index Market Price Performance Market-Based PRSUs That Can Be Earned (% of Target) (1) + 25% or more 10% 0% (equal to index) -10% -25% -50% or less 150 120 100 80 50 0 (1) As set forth in the third bullet of the first row of Figure 21, the results of the vesting formula (reflecting the number of Market- Based PRSUs that can be earned) are linearly interpolated between the stated percentages using the described formula. Target Award Opportunity Under the long-term incentive program, the committee sets a target award opportunity for each participant based on the NEO’s position and responsibilities and an assessment of competitive compensation data. The target award opportunities for each participant are expressed in a U.S. dollar value. The target amounts for each NEO under the program cycles affecting fiscal year 2017 are as follows: Figure 23. LTIP Target Award Opportunities Long- Term Incentive Program 2017/2019(1) 2016/2018(2) 2015/2017(3) 2014/2016(4) 2017/2019(1) 2016/2018(2) 2015/2017(3) 2014/2016(4) 2017/2019(1) 2016/2018(2) 2015/2017(3) 2014/2016(4) 2017/2019(1) 2016/2018(2) 2015/2017(3) 2014/2016(4) 2017/2019(1) 2016/2018(2) 2015/2017(3) 2014/2016(4) Target Award Opportunity ($) 8,000,000 7,500,000 6,750,000 6,500,000 4,500,000 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,750,000 2,750,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 3,250,000 3,250,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,300,000 1,300,000 Named Executive Officer Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd 26 (1) The three-year performance period for the 2017/2019 LTIP began on February 1, 2017 and ends on January 31, 2020. (2) The three-year performance period for the 2016/2018 LTIP began on February 1, 2016 and ends on January 31, 2019. (3) The three-year performance period for the 2015/2017 LTIP began on February 2, 2015 and ends on February 1, 2018. (4) The three-year performance period for the 2014/2016 LTIP began on February 18, 2014 and ended on February 17, 2017. The 2014 Gap Year Award (with a performance period that began on February 18, 2014 and that ended on February 17, 2016, and target award opportunities for each participant of 50% of his or her 2014/2016 LTIP target award opportunity) is not included. Calendar Year 2014/2016 LTIP Award Parameters and Payouts On February 18, 2014, the committee granted to each NEO as part of the calendar year 2014/2016 long-term incentive program, or “2014/2016 LTIP Awards,” Market-based PRSUs, and service-based RSUs and stock options with a total target award opportunity shown below. The service-based RSUs and stock options vested over three years, one-third on each anniversary of the grant date. The Market-based PRSU’s cliff vested three years from the grant date. Figure 24. 2014/2016 LTIP Awards Named Executive Officer Target Award Opportunity ($) Market- Based PRSUs Award (1) (#) Stock Options Award (#) Service- Based RSUs Award (#) Martin B. Anstice 6,500,000 62,789 37,671 50,231 Timothy M. Archer 3,000,000 28,979 17,385 23,183 Douglas R. Bettinger 2,500,000 24,149 14,487 19,319 Richard A. Gottscho 2,500,000 24,149 14,487 19,319 Sarah A. O’Dowd 1,300,000 12,557 7,533 10,046 (1) The number of Market-Based PRSUs awarded is reflected at target. The final number of shares that may have been earned is 0% to 150% of target. In February 2017, the committee determined the payouts for the calendar year 2014/2016 LTIP Awards of Market-based PRSUs. The number of shares represented by the Market- based PRSUs earned over the performance period was based on our stock price performance compared to the market price performance of the SOX index. Based on the above formula and Market-based PRSU Vesting Summary set forth in Figures 21-22, the Company’s stock price performance over the three-year performance period was equal to 110.32% and performance of the SOX index (based on market price) over the same three-year performance period was equal to 76.27%. While Lam’s stock price outperformed the SOX index by 34.05%, which would have resulted in a performance payout of 168% to target under our Market-based PRSU program, the actual number of shares paid represented by the Market-based PRSUs was limited to the maximum payout of 150% of the target number of Market-based PRSUs granted to each NEO. Based on such results, the committee made the following payouts to each NEO for the 2014/2016 LTIP Award of Market-based PRSUs. Figure 25. 2014/2016 LTIP Market-based PRSU Award Payouts Payout (equal to Maximum Payout) of Market-Based PRSUs 150% of Target Award Opportunity) (#) 94,183 43,468 36,223 36,223 18,835 Target Market- Based PRSUs (#) 62,789 28,979 24,149 24,149 12,557 Named Executive Officer Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd Calendar Year 2017 LTIP Awards Calendar year 2017 decisions for the 2017/2019 long-term incentive program. On March 1, 2017, the committee made a grant under the 2017/2019 long-term incentive program, of Market-based PRSUs, stock options, and service-based RSUs on the terms set forth in Figure 21 with a combined value equal to the NEO’s total target award opportunity, as shown in the following table. Figure 26. 2017/2019 LTIP Awards Named Executive Officer Target Award Opportunity Award ($) Market- Based PRSUs (1) (#) Stock Options Award (#) Service- Based RSUs Award (#) Martin B. Anstice 8,000,000 34,539 27,628 27,631 Timothy M. Archer 4,500,000 19,428 15,540 15,542 Douglas R. Bettinger 2,750,000 11,872 9,496 9,498 Richard A. Gottscho 3,250,000 14,031 11,224 11,225 Sarah A. O’Dowd 1,400,000 6,044 4,832 4,835 (1) The number of Market-Based PRSUs awarded is reflected at target. The final number of shares that may be earned will be 0% to 150% of target. Employment/Change in Control Arrangements The Company enters into employment/change in control agreements to help attract and retain our NEOs and believes that these agreements facilitate a smooth transaction and transition planning in connection with change in control events. Effective January 2015, the Company entered into new three-year term employment agreements with Messrs. Anstice, Archer, and Bettinger and Dr. Gottscho, and a new change in control agreement with Ms. O’Dowd. The employment agreements generally provide for designated payments in the event of an involuntary termination of employment, death or disability, as such terms are defined in the applicable agreements. The employment agreements, and also the change in control agreements, generally provide for designated payments in the case of a change in control when coupled with an involuntary termination (i.e., a double trigger is required before payment is made due to a change in control), as such terms are defined in the applicable agreements. For additional information about these arrangements and detail about post-termination payments under these arrangements, see the “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” section below. Other Benefits Not Available to All Employees Elective Deferred Compensation Plan The Company maintains an elective deferred compensation plan that allows eligible employees (including all the NEOs) to voluntarily defer receipt of all or a portion of base salary and certain incentive compensation payments until a date or dates elected by the participating employee. This allows the employee to defer taxes on designated compensation amounts. In addition, the Company provides a limited Company contribution to the plan for all eligible employees. Supplemental Health and Welfare We provide certain health and welfare benefits not generally available to other employees, including the payment of premiums for supplemental long-term disability insurance and Company-provided coverage in the amount of $1 million for both life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for all NEOs. Until January 1, 2013, the Company also provided an executive medical, dental, and vision reimbursement program that reimbursed NEOs’ cost of medical, dental, and vision expenses in excess of the regular employee plans through the end of 2012. We also provide post-retirement medical and dental insurance coverage for eligible former executive officers under our Retiree Health Plans, subject to certain eligibility requirements. The program was closed to executive officers who joined the Company or became executive officers through promotion effective on or after January 1, 2013. We have an independent actuarial valuation of post-retirement benefits for eligible NEOs conducted annually in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The most recent valuation was conducted in June 2016 and reflected the following retirement benefit obligation for the NEOs: Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 27 Figure 27. NEO Post-Retirement Benefit Obligations Named Executive Officer Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger (1) Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd As of June 25, 2017 ($) 681,000 737,000 — 697,000 558,000 (1) Mr. Bettinger was not eligible to participate because he was not an employee of the Company prior to the termination of the program. IV. TAX AND ACCOUNTING CONSIDERATIONS Deductibility of Executive Compensation Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the “Code,” imposes limitations on the deductibility for federal income tax purposes of compensation in excess of $1 million paid to our chief executive officer, and any of our three other most highly compensated executive officers (other than our chief financial officer) in a single tax year. Generally, compensation in excess of $1 million may only be deducted if it is qualified as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of the Code. The committee monitors the application of section 162(m) and the associated Treasury regulations and considers the advisability of qualifying our executive compensation for deductibility of such compensation. The committee’s policy is to qualify our executive compensation for deductibility under applicable tax laws to the extent practicable and where the committee believes it is in the best interests of the Company and the Company’s stockholders. When we design our executive compensation programs, we take into account whether a particular form of compensation will qualify as “performance-based” for purposes of section 162(m). To facilitate the deductibility of compensation payments under section 162(m): • in fiscal year 2004, we initially adopted the Executive Incentive Plan, or “EIP,” and obtained stockholder approval for the EIP at that time. We most recently received stockholder approval for the EIP at our annual stockholder meeting in 2015. • in fiscal year 2016, we initially adopted the Lam 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, or “SIP” and obtained stockholder approval for the SIP at our annual stockholder meeting in 2015. The annual program awards to our NEOs are generally administrated under the AIP and intended to qualify for deductibility under section 162(m) to the extent practicable. 28 Consistent with the EIP or SIP, and the regulations under section 162(m), compensation income realized upon the exercise of stock options generally will be deductible because the awards are granted by a committee whose members are outside directors and the other conditions of the 162(m) are satisfied. However, compensation associated with RSUs may not be deductible unless vesting is based on specific performance goals (such as with the Market-based PRSUs) and the other conditions of the EIP or SIP (as applicable) are satisfied. Therefore, compensation income realized upon the vesting of service-based RSUs or upon the vesting of equity awards not meeting the conditions required by the EIP or SIP are not deductible to the Company to the extent that the 162(m) compensation threshold is exceeded. Taxation of “Parachute” Payments Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code provide that “disqualified individuals” within the meaning of the Code (which generally includes certain officers, directors and employees of the Company) may be subject to additional tax if they receive payments or benefits in connection with a change in control of the Company that exceed certain prescribed limits. The Company or its successor may also forfeit a deduction on the amounts subject to this additional tax. We did not provide any of our executive officers, any director, or any other service provider with a “gross-up” or other reimbursement payment for any tax liability that the individual might owe as a result of the application of sections 280G or 4999 during fiscal year 2017, and we have not agreed and are not otherwise obligated to provide any individual with such a “gross-up” or other reimbursement as a result of the application of sections 280G and 4999. Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Section 409A of the Code imposes significant additional taxes on an executive officer, director, or service provider that receives non-compliant “deferred compensation” that is within the scope of section 409A. Among other things, section 409A potentially applies to the cash awards under the LTIP, the Elective Deferred Compensation Plan, certain equity awards, and severance arrangements. required by Item 402(b) of SEC Regulation S-K. Based on this review and discussion, the compensation committee has recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement and the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. To assist our employees in avoiding additional taxes under section 409A, we have structured the LTIP, the Elective Deferred Compensation Plan, and our equity awards in a manner intended to qualify them for exclusion from, or compliance with, section 409A. This Compensation Committee Report shall not be deemed “filed” with the SEC for purposes of federal securities law, and it shall not, under any circumstances, be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s past or future SEC filings. The report shall not be deemed soliciting material. Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation MEMBERS OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE We follow Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or “ASC 718,” for accounting for our stock options and other stock-based awards. ASC 718 requires companies to calculate the grant date “fair value” of their stock option grants and other equity awards using a variety of assumptions. This calculation is performed for accounting purposes. ASC 718 also requires companies to recognize the compensation cost of stock option grants and other stock-based awards in their income statements over the period that an employee is required to render service in exchange for the option or other equity award. Compensation Committee Report The compensation committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis Youssef A. El-Mansy Catherine P. Lego (Chair) Abhijit Y. Talwalkar Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation None of the compensation committee members has ever been an officer or employee of Lam Research. No interlocking relationship exists as of the date of this proxy statement or existed during fiscal year 2017 between any member of our compensation committee and any member of any other company’s board of directors or compensation committee. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 29 Executive Compensation Tables The following tables (Figures 28-33) show compensation information for our named executive officers: Figure 28. Summary Compensation Table Summary Compensation Table Name and Principal Position Fiscal Year Salary ($) Bonus ($) Stock Awards ($) (1) Options Awards ($) (2) Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) (3) All Other Compensation ($) (4) Total ($) Martin B. Anstice President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy M. Archer Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Douglas R. Bettinger Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Richard A. Gottscho Executive Vice President, Global Products Sarah A. O’Dowd Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary 2017 969,808 — 7,023,914 758,314 2,396,304(6) 10,541 11,158,881 2016 937,789 — 6,175,315 1,224,848 2,207,558(7) 10,521 10,556,031 2015 906,646 — 5,849,027 558,635 3,839,904(8) 10,527 11,164,739 2017 646,945 — 3,950,881 426,531 1,165,193(6) 11,301 6,200,851 2016 624,061 — 3,293,501 653,260 1,079,250(7) 10,689 5,660,761 2015 604,431 — 3,032,808 289,658 2,114,132(9) 10,543 6,051,572 2017 572,561 — 2,414,365 260,640 2016 548,827 — 2,264,175 449,109 849,190(6) 771,574(7) 7,983 4,104,739 8,080 4,041,765 2015 528,692 — 2,166,214 206,870 1,450,547(10) 8,017 4,360,340 2017 559,837 6,171(5) 2,853,402 362,059 2016 545,296 9,600(5) 2,675,862 606,262 833,015(6) 771,574(7) 9,307 4,623,791 9,082 4,617,676 2015 528,692 5,867(5) 2,599,550 312,531 1,482,521(11) 9,398 4,938,559 2017 453,277 — 1,229,100 155,869 2016 434,488 — 1,152,683 261,125 597,578(6) 542,959(7) 8,082 2,443,906 7,259 2,398,514 2015 418,077 — 1,126,410 135,357 956,427(12) 7,551 2,643,822 (1) The amounts shown in this column represent the value of service-based and market-based performace RSU awards, under the LTIP, granted in accordance with ASC 718. However, pursuant to SEC rules, these values are not reduced by an estimate for the probability of forfeiture. The assumptions used to calculate the fair value of the RSUs in fiscal year 2017 are set forth in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017. For additional details regarding the grants see “FY2017 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below. (2) The amounts shown in this column represent the value of the stock option awards granted, under the LTIP, in accordance with ASC 718. However, pursuant to SEC rules, these values are not reduced by an estimate for the probability of forfeiture. The assumptions used to calculate the fair value of stock options in fiscal year 2017 are set forth in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017. For additional details regarding the grants see “FY2017 Grants of Plan- Based Awards” table below. Includes the long-term cash awards, which ceased being granted in calendar year 2015 (as discussed in further detail in the “///. Primary Components of Named Executive Officer Compensation; Calendar Year 2014 Compensation Payouts; Calendar Year 2015 Compensation Targets and Metrics – Historic LTIP Design” section of the 2015 proxy statement), under the previously designed long-term incentive programs for our performance during the relevant periods. (3) (4) Please refer to “FY2017 All Other Compensation Table” which immediately follows this table, for additional information. (5) Represents patent awards. (6) Represents the amount earned by and subsequently paid under the calendar year 2016 Annual Incentive Program, or “AIP.” (7) Represents the amount earned by and subsequently paid under the calendar year 2015 Annual Incentive Program, or ’’AIP.” (8) Represents $1,708,290 earned by and subsequently paid to Mr. Anstice under the calendar year 2014 Annual Incentive Program, or “AIP,” and $2,131,614 accrued on his behalf for the performance during fiscal year 2015 under the calendar year 2013/2014 Long-Term Incentive Program, or “LTIP-Cash.” Mr. Anstice has received the amounts accrued under the calendar year 2013/2014 LTIP-Cash. (9) Represents $835,164 earned by and subsequently paid to Mr. Archer under the calendar year 2014 AIP and $1,278,968 accrued on his behalf for the performance during fiscal year 2015 under the calendar year 2013/2014 Long-Term Incentive Program, or “LTIP-Cash.” Mr. Archer has received the amount accrued under the calendar year 2013/2014 LTIP-Cash. (10) Represents $597,902 earned by and subsequently paid to Mr. Bettinger under the calendar year 2014 AIP and $852,645 accrued on his behalf for the performance during fiscal year 2015 under the calendar year 2013/2014 Long-Term Incentive Program, or “LTIP-Cash.” Mr Bettinger has received the amount accrued under the calendar year 2013/2014 LTIP-Cash program. (11) Represents $597,902 earned by and subsequently paid to Dr. Gottscho under the calendar year 2014 AIP and $884,619 accrued on his behalf for the performance during fiscal year 2015 under the calendar year 2013/2014 Long-Term Incentive Program, or “LTIP-Cash.”. Dr. Gottscho has received the amount accrued under the calendar year 2013/2014 LTIP-Cash. (12) Represents $420,113 earned by and subsequently paid to Ms. O’Dowd under the calendar year 2014 AIP and $536.314 accrued on her behalf for the performance during fiscal year 2015 under the calendar year 2013/2014 Long-Term Incentive Program, or “LTIP-Cash.” Ms. O’Dowd has received the amount accrued under the calendar year 2013/2014 LTIP-Cash. 30 Figure 29. FY2017 All Other Compensation Table All Other Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2017 Company Matching Contribution to the Company’s Section 401 (k) Plan ($) Company Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance Premiums (1) ($) Company Paid Life Insurance Premiums (2) ($) Company Contribution to the Elective Deferred Compensation Plan ($) Total ($) 8,041 8,801 7,983 8,133 5,407 — — — 1,174 — — — — — 175 2,500 10,541 2,500 11,301 — — 7,983 9,307 2,500 8,082 Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd (1) Represents the portion of supplemental long-term disability insurance premiums paid by Lam. (2) Represents the portion of life insurance premiums paid by Lam in excess of the non-discriminatory life insurance benefits provided to all Company employees. Figure 30. FY2017 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2017 Estimated Future Payouts Under Non- Equity Incentive Plan Awards Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards Name Award Type Grant Date Approved Date Target ($) (1) Maximum ($) (1) Target (#) (2) Maximum (#) (2) Annual Incentive Program N/A 2/8/17 1,485,000 3,341,250 — — LTIP-Equity Martin B. Anstice Market-based PRSUs 3/1/17 2/8/17 34,539(4) 51,808(4) Service-based RSUs 3/1/17 2/8/17 Stock Options 3/1/17 2/8/17 Annual Incentive Program N/A 2/7/17 735,204 1,654,208 LTIP-Equity — — — — — — Timothy M. Archer Market-based PRSUs 3/1/17 2/7/17 19,428(4) 29,142(4) Service-based RSUs 3/1/17 2/7/17 Stock Options 3/1/17 2/7/17 Annual Incentive Program N/A 2/7/17 525,609 1,182,620 LTIP-Equity — — — — — — Douglas R. Bettinger Market-based PRSUs 3/1/17 2/7/17 11,872(4) 17,808(4) Service-based RSUs 3/1/17 2/7/17 Stock Options 3/1/17 2/7/17 Annual Incentive Program N/A 2/7/17 510,592 1,148,831 LTIP-Equity — — — — — — Richard A. Gottscho Market-based PRSUs 3/1/17 2/7/17 14,031(4) 21,046(4) Service-based RSUs 3/1/17 2/7/17 Stock Options 3/1/17 2/7/17 — — Annual Incentive Program N/A 2/7/17 369,873 832,214 — — — — LTIP-Equity Sarah A. O’Dowd Market-based PRSUs 3/1/17 2/7/17 Service-based RSUs 3/1/17 2/7/17 Stock Options 3/1/17 2/7/17 6,044(4) 9,066(4) — — — — All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#) Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/Sh) Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards ($) (3) — — 27,631(5) — — — 15,542(5) — — — 9,498(5) — — — 11,225(5) — — — 4,835(5) — — — — — — 3,859,733 — 3,164,181 27,628(6) 119.67 758,314 — — — — — — 2,171,079 — 1,779,802 15,540(6) 119,67 426,531 — — — — — — 1,326,696 — 1,087,669 9,496(6) 119.67 260,640 — — — — — — 1,567,964 — 1,285,438 11,224(6) 119.67 362,059 — — — — — — — 675,417 553,683 — 4,832(6) 119.67 155,869 (1) The AIP target and maximum estimated future payouts reflected in this table were calculated using the base salary approved in February 2017, effective as of February 27, 2017. Awards payouts range from 0% to 225% of target. (2) The amounts reported represent the target and maximum number of Market-based PRSUs that may vest on the terms described in “Executive Compensation and Other Information – Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above. The number of shares that may be earned is equal to 0% to 150% of target. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 31 (3) The amounts reported represent the fair value of Market-based PRSU, service-based RSU and stock option awards granted during fiscal year 2017 in accordance with ASC 718. However, pursuant to SEC rules, these values are not reduced by an estimate for the probability of forfeiture. The assumptions used to calculate the fair value of awards granted during fiscal year 2017 are set forth in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017. (4) The Market-based PRSUs vest on March 1, 2020, subject to continued employment. The actual conversion of Market-based PRSUs into shares of Lam common stock following the conclusion of the three-year performance period will range from 0% to 150% of the target amount, depending upon Lam’s stock price performance compared to the market price performance of the SOX index over the applicable three-year performance period. (5) One-third of the RSUs will vest on March 1 of each of 2018, 2019 and 2020, subject to continued employment. (6) One-third of the stock options will become exercisable on March 1 of each of 2018, 2019 and 2020, subject to continued employment. Figure 31. FYE2017 Outstanding Equity Awards Outstanding Equity Awards at 2017 Fiscal Year-End Option Awards Stock Awards Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable (#) Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable (#) Option Exercise Price ($) Option Expiration Date 27,628(2) 119.67 3/1/24 Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($) (1) Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares. Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#) Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($) (1) Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#) Name Martin B. Anstice 21,701(5) 43,402(5) 75.57 3/1/23 16,748(8) 8,374(8) 80.60 2/11/22 25,114(11) 18,834(12) 51.76 51.76 15,540(2) 119.67 2/18/21 2/18/21 3/1/24 11,574(5) 23,148(5) 75.57 3/1/23 Timothy M. Archer 8,684(8) 4,342(8) 80.60 2/11/22 17,385(11) 8,691(12) 51.76 51.76 9,496(2) 119.67 2/18/21 2/18/21 3/1/24 7,957(5) 15,914(5) 75.57 3/1/23 6,202(8) 3,101(8) 80.60 2/11/22 9,658(11) 7,242(12) 51.76 51.76 2/18/21 2/18/21 Douglas R. Bettinger 32 27,631(3) 4,193,833 21,702(6) 3,293,930 11,166(9) 1,694,775 15,542(3) 2,358,965 11,574(6) 1,756,702 5,790(9) 878,806 9,498(3) 1,441,606 7,957(6) 1,207,713 4,136(9) 627,762 34,539(4) 5,242,329 54,253(7) 8,234,520 41,873(10) 6,355,484 19,428(4) 2,948,782 28,935(7) 4,391,754 21,712(10) 3,295,447 11,872(4) 1,801,932 19,892(7) 3,019,208 15,508(10) 2,353,804 Name Richard A. Gottscho Outstanding Equity Awards at 2017 Fiscal Year-End Option Awards Stock Awards Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable (#) Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable (#) Option Exercise Price ($) Option Expiration Date 11,224(2) 119.67 3/1/24 Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($) (1) Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares. Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#) Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($) (1) Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#) 18,806(5) 75.57 3/1/23 3,722(8) 80.60 2/11/22 4,832(2) 119.67 3/1/24 11,225(3) 1,703,731 9,404(6) 1,427,339 4,963(9) 753,284 4,835(3) 733,856 4,051(6) 614,861 2,151(9) 326,479 14,031(4) 2,129,625 23,509(7) 3,568,196 18,610(10) 2,824,626 6,044(4) 917,358 10,127(7) 1,537,076 8,064(10) 1,223,954 Sarah A. O’Dowd 4,050(5) 8,100(5) 75.57 3/1/23 3,224(8) 1,612(8) 80.60 2/11/22 7,533(11) 3,765(12) 22,140(13) 51.76 51.76 42.61 2/18/21 2/18/21 2/8/20 (1) Calculated by multiplying the number of unvested shares by $151.78 the closing price per share of our common stock on June 23, 2017. (2) The stock options were granted on March 1, 2017. One-third of the stock options will become exercisable on March 1 of each 2018, 2019 and 2020, subject to continued employment. (3) The RSUs were granted on March 1, 2017. One-third of the RSUs will vest on March 1 of each of 2018, 2019 and 2020, subject to continued employment. (4) The Market-based PRSUs were granted on March 1, 2017. The Market-based PRSUs will vest on March 1, 2020, subject to continued employment. The Market-based PRSUs are shown at their target amount. The actual conversion of the Market-based PRSUs into shares of Lam common stock following the conclusion of the three-year performance period will range from 0% to 150% of that target amount, depending upon Lam’s stock price performance compared to the market price performance of the SOX index over the applicable three-year performance period. (5) The stock options were granted on March 1, 2016. As of the 2017 fiscal year end, one-third of the stock options had become exercisable. One-third of the stock options will become exercisable on March 1 of each 2018 and 2019, subject to continued employment. (6) The RSUs were granted on March 1, 2016. As of the 2017 fiscal year end, one-third of the RSUs vested. One-third of the RSUs will vest on March 1 of each 2018 and 2019, subject to continued employment. (7) The Market-based PRSUs were granted on March 1, 2016. The Market-based PRSUs will vest on March 1, 2019, subject to continued employment. The Market-based PRSUs are shown at their target amount. The actual conversion of the Market-based PRSUs into shares of Lam common stock following the conclusion of the three-year performance period will range from 0% to 150% of that target amount, depending upon Lam’s stock price performance compared to the market price performance of the SOX index over the applicable three-year performance period. (8) The stock options were granted on February 11, 2015. As of the 2017 fiscal year end, two-thirds of the stock options had become exercisable. One-third of the stock options will become exercisable on February 11, 2018, subject to continued employment. (9) The RSUs were granted on February 11, 2015. As of the 2017 fiscal year end, two-thirds of the RSUs vested. One-third of the RSUs will vest on February 11, 2018, subject to continued employment. (10) The Market-based PRSUs were granted on February 11, 2015. The Market-based PRSUs will vest on February 11, 2018, subject to continued employment. The Market-based PRSUs are shown at their target amount. The actual conversion of the Market-based PRSUs into shares of Lam common stock following the conclusion of the three-year performance period will range from 0% to 150% of that target amount, depending upon Lam’s stock price performance compared to the market price performance of the SOX index over the applicable three-year performance period. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 33 (11) Stock options were granted on February 18, 2014. As of the 2017 fiscal year-end, the stock options had become exercisable. (12) Stock options were granted as part of the Gap Year Award on February 18, 2014. As of the 2017 fiscal year end, the stock options had become exercisable. (13) Stock options were granted on February 8, 2013. As of the 2017 fiscal year-end, the stock options had become exercisable. Figure 32. FY2017 Option Exercises and Stock Vested Option Exercises and Stock Vested for Fiscal Year 2017(1) Name Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd Option Awards Stock Awards Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#) Value Realized on Exercise ($) Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#) Value Realized on Vesting ($) — — 132,943 15,339,076 93,303 7,267,322 — — 75,098 4,297,581 — — 62,773 50,776 52,327 26,359 7,246,533 5,857,645 6,040,206 3,040,652 (1) The table shows all stock options exercised and the value realized upon exercise, and all stock awards vested and the value realized upon vesting, by the NEOs during fiscal year 2017, which ended on June 25, 2017. Figure 33. FY2017 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation for Fiscal Year 2017 Name Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Sarah A. O’Dowd Executive Contributions in FY 2017 ($) (1) Registrant Contributions in FY 2017 ($) (2) Aggregate Earnings in FY 2017 ($) (3) Aggregate Balance at FYE 2017 ($) (4) 446,676 452,881 14,437 — 2,500 2,500 — — 648,568 5,710,357 434,527 4,853,074 339,673 1,785,235 108,624 2,041,887 843,918 2,500 830,603 8,438,827 (1) The entire amount of each executive’s contributions in fiscal year 2017 is reported in each respective NEO’s compensation in our fiscal year 2017 “Summary Compensation Table.” (2) Represents the amount that Lam credited to the Elective Deferred Compensation Plan, the “EDCP,” which is 3% of Executive Salary Contribution during calendar year 2016, to a maximum benefit of $2,500. These amounts are included in the “Summary Compensation Table ” and “All Other Compensation Table For Fiscal Year 2017.” (3) The NEOs did not receive above-market or preferential earnings in fiscal year 2017. (4) The fiscal year-end balance includes $4,612,613 for Mr. Anstice, $3,963,166 for Mr. Archer, $1,431,125 for Mr. Bettinger, $1,933,263 for Dr. Gottscho, and $6,761,806 for Ms. O’Dowd that were previously reported in the “Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation for Fiscal Year 2016” table in our 2016 proxy statement. Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control The following is a summary of the employment agreements of our named executive officers. Executive Employment Agreements Martin B. Anstice. The Company and Mr. Anstice entered into an employment agreement, or the “agreement,” effective January 1, 2015, for a term ending on December 31, 2017, subject to the right of the Company or Mr. Anstice, under certain circumstances, to terminate the agreement prior to such time. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Anstice receives a base salary, which is reviewed annually and potentially adjusted. It was initially set at the beginning of the term of the agreement at $900,000. Mr. Anstice is also entitled to participate in any short-term or long-term variable compensation programs offered by the Company to its executive officers generally, subject to the applicable terms and conditions of those programs and the approval of the independent members of the Board, and to participate in the Company’s Elective Deferred Compensation Plan. Mr. Anstice receives other benefits, such as health insurance, paid time off (as his schedule permits), and benefits under other plans and programs generally applicable to executive officers of the Company. 34 If an Involuntary Termination (as defined in Mr. Anstice’s agreement) of Mr. Anstice’s employment occurs, other than in connection with a Change in Control (as defined in Mr. Anstice’s agreement), Mr. Anstice will be entitled to: (1) a lump-sum cash payment equal to 18 months of his then- current base salary, plus an amount equal to the average of the last five annual payments made to Mr. Anstice under the short term variable compensation program or any predecessor or successor programs (the “Short Term Program,” and such average, the “Five-Year Average Amount”), plus an amount equal to the pro-rata amount he would have earned under the Short Term Program for the calendar year in which his employment is terminated had his employment continued until the end of such calendar year, such pro-rata portion to be calculated based on the performance results achieved under the Short Term Program and the number of full months elapsed prior to the termination date; (2) payment of any amounts accrued as of the date of termination under any long- term, cash-based variable-compensation programs of the Company (the “Long Term Cash Programs”); (3) certain medical benefits; (4) a cash payment equal to a product of (x) a pro rata portion (based on time of service as of the date of termination) of the unvested Market-based PRSU/ performance-based RSU awards granted to Mr. Anstice as adjusted for the Company’s performance (calculated as set forth in the award agreements) over the time of service and (y) the closing stock price on the date of termination; and (5) vesting, as of the date of termination, of a pro rata portion of the unvested stock option or RSU awards that are not performance based granted to Mr. Anstice at least 12 months prior to the termination date. If a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in Mr. Anstice’s agreement) occurs during the period of Mr. Anstice’s employment, and if there is an Involuntary Termination of Mr. Anstice’s employment either in contemplation of or within the 18 months following the Change in Control, Mr. Anstice will be entitled to: a lump-sum cash payment equal to 24 months of Mr. Anstice’s then-current base salary, plus an amount equal to two times the Five-Year Average Amount, plus an additional amount equal to a pro rata amount (based on the number of full months worked during the calendar year during which the termination occurs) of the Five-Year Average Amount; certain medical benefits; conversion of any Market-based PRSUs/performance-based RSUs outstanding as of the Change in Control into a cash award payable at time of termination equal to the sum of: (x) a pro rata portion (based on time of service as of the date of termination) of the unvested Market-based PRSU/ performance-based RSU awards granted to Mr. Anstice as adjusted for the Company’s performance (calculated as set forth in the award agreements) over the time of service and (y) the remainder of the pro-rata portion of unvested Market- based PRSU/performance-based RSU awards at target; vesting, as of the date of termination, of the unvested stock option or RSU awards that are not performance-based granted to Mr. Anstice prior to the Change in Control; and payment of any amounts accrued as of the Change in Control under any then-existing Long Term Cash Programs, plus an amount equal to the remaining target amount under any then- existing Long Term Cash Programs. If Mr. Anstice’s employment is terminated due to disability or in the event of his death, Mr. Anstice (or his estate) will be entitled to: (1) the pro rata amount he would have earned under the Short Term Program for the calendar year in which his employment is terminated had his employment continued until the end of such calendar year, such pro rata portion to be calculated based on the performance results achieved under the Short Term Program and the number of full months elapsed prior to the termination date; (2) payment of any amounts accrued as of the date of termination under any then- existing Long Term Cash Programs; (3) certain medical benefits; (4) vesting, as of the date of termination, of 50% of the unvested stock option, and RSU awards, which are not performance based, granted to Mr. Anstice prior to the date of termination (or a pro rata amount, based on period of service, if greater than 50%); and (5) vesting, as of the date of termination, of 50% of the Market-based PRSU/performance- based RSU awards (or a pro rata amount, based on period of service, if greater than 50%) as adjusted for the Company’s performance during the service period (in either case) granted to Mr. Anstice prior to the date of termination. If Mr. Anstice voluntarily resigns, he will be entitled to no additional benefits (except as he may be eligible for under the Company’s Retiree Health Plans); stock options, RSUs and Market-based PRSUs/performance-based RSUs will cease to vest on the termination date; and stock options will be cancelled unless they are exercised within 90 days after the termination date. All RSUs and Market-based PRSUs/performance-based RSUs will be cancelled on the termination date. Mr. Anstice’s agreement also subjects Mr. Anstice to customary confidentiality and non-competition obligations during the term of the agreement, the application of the Company’s compensation recovery or clawback policy to any compensation, and non-solicitation obligations for a period of six months following the termination of his employment. The agreement also requires Mr. Anstice to execute a release in favor of the Company to receive the payments described above. Timothy M. Archer. The Company and Mr. Archer entered into an employment agreement, or the “agreement,” effective January 1, 2015, for a term ending on December 31, 2017, subject to the right of the Company or Mr. Archer, under certain circumstances, to terminate the agreement prior to such time. The terms of Mr. Archer’s agreement are substantively similar to those of Mr. Anstice’s agreement, except that Mr. Archer’s initial base salary at the beginning of the term of the agreement was set at $600,000. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 35 The severance terms of Mr. Archer’s agreement are generally similar to those of Mr. Anstice’s agreement, provided that (1) Mr. Archer will receive 12-months base salary instead of 18 months in the event of his Involuntary Termination; and (2) instead of a payment of the Five-Year Average Amount, he will receive a payment of 50% of the Five-Year Average Amount. The Change in Control terms of Mr. Archer’s agreement are generally similar to those of Mr. Anstice’s agreement, provided that Mr. Archer will receive 18-months base salary instead of 24 months in the event of his Involuntary Termination. Douglas R. Bettinger. The Company and Mr. Bettinger entered into an employment agreement, or the “agreement,” with a term commencing on January 1, 2015 and ending on December 31, 2017, subject to the right of the Company or Mr. Bettinger, under certain circumstances, to terminate the agreement prior to such time. The terms of Mr. Bettinger’s agreement are substantively similar to those of Mr. Archer’s agreement, with the following material difference: Mr. Bettinger’s initial base salary at the beginning of the term of the agreement was set at $525,000. The severance terms of Mr. Bettinger’s agreement are generally similar to those of Mr. Archer’s agreement, provided that in computing the Five-Year Average Amount any partial year short-term plan payments in any year shall be annualized, and if employed for less than five years, then computed based on such fewer number of years. The Change in Control terms of Mr. Bettinger’s agreement are generally similar to those of Mr. Archer’s agreement. Richard A. Gottscho. The Company and Dr. Gottscho entered into an employment agreement, or the “agreement,” effective January 1, 2015, for a term ending on December 31, 2017, subject to the right of the Company or Dr. Gottscho, under certain circumstances, to terminate the agreement prior to such time. The terms of Dr. Gottscho’s agreement are substantively similar to those of Mr. Archer’s agreement with the following material difference: under Dr. Gottscho’s agreement, his initial base salary at the beginning of the term of the agreement was set at $525,000. The severance and Change in Control terms of Dr. Gottscho’s agreement are also generally similar to those of Mr. Archer’s agreement. Other Executive Agreements The Company entered into a change in control agreement with Ms. O’Dowd effective January 1, 2015, or the “agreement,” for a term ending on December 31, 2017, subject to the right of the Company or Ms. O’Dowd, under certain circumstances, to terminate the agreement prior to such time. The agreement provides that if a Change in Control (as defined in Ms. O’Dowd’s agreement) of the Company occurs during the period of her employment under the agreement, and there is an Involuntary Termination (as defined in her agreement) of her employment, Ms. O’Dowd will be entitled to payments and benefits substantively similar to those contained in the change in control provisions of Mr. Archer’s agreement. The change in control agreement contains confidentiality, non- competition, and non-solicitation terms that are substantively similar to those of Mr. Anstice’s, Mr. Archer’s, Mr. Bettinger’s and Dr. Gottscho’s agreements, and require Ms. O’Dowd to execute a release in favor of the Company to receive the payments described in the previous paragraph. Equity Plans In addition to the above, certain of our stock plans provide for accelerated benefits after certain events. While the applicable triggers under each plan vary, these events generally include: (1) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity, (2) a sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets, including a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or (3) a change in the ownership of more than 50% of our outstanding securities by tender offer or similar transaction. After a designated event, the vesting of some or all of awards granted under these plans may be immediately accelerated in full, or certain awards may be assumed, substituted, replaced or settled in cash by a surviving corporation or its parent. The specific treatment of awards in a particular transaction will be determined by the Board and/or the terms of the applicable transaction documents. Potential Payments to Named Executive Officers upon Termination or Change in Control The tables below summarize the potential payments to our NEOs, assuming a change in control of the Company as of the end of fiscal year 2017. These amounts are calculated assuming that the employment termination or change in control occurs on the last day of fiscal year 2017, June 25, 2017. The closing price per share of our common stock on June 23, 2017, which was the last trading day of fiscal year 2017, was $151.78. The short-term incentive program pro-rata amounts are calculated by multiplying the applicable pro-rata percentage by the target. Actual performance will not be known until the end of calendar year 2017. 36 Figures 34 – 38. Potential Payments to NEOs upon Termination or Change in Control as of FYE2017 Potential Payments to Mr. Anstice upon Termination or Change in Control as of June 25, 2017 Compensation Severance Short-term Incentive (5-year average) Short-term Incentive (pro rata) Long-term Incentives: Stock Options (Unvested and Accelerated) Service-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) Involuntary Termination Voluntary Termination ($) Disability or Death ($) For Cause [$) Not for Cause ($) Change in Control ($) — — — — — — — 618,750 1,469,171 3,485,324 — — — — — 1,485,000 1,980,000 1,647,767 3,295,533 618,750 686,569 612,145 4,790,863 976,666 9,182,538 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) — 17,589,862 — 14,377,029 24,601,953 Benefits and Perquisites Health Benefit Continuation/COBRA Benefit Total — 21,543 — 21,543 21,543 — 23,184,650 — 19,738,900 44,558,999 Potential Payments to Mr. Archer upon Termination or Change in Control as of June 25, 2017 Compensation Severance Short-term Incentive (5-year average) Short-term Incentive (pro rata) Long-term Incentives: Stock Options (Unvested and Accelerated) Service-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) Benefits and Perquisites Health Benefit Continuation/COBRA Benefit Total Involuntary Termination Voluntary Termination ($) Disability or Death ($) For Cause ($) Not for Cause ($) Change in Control ($) — — — — — — — — — — — — 668,367 1,002,551 434,643 1,303,929 306,335 362,203 323,535 2,572,162 512,523 4,994,473 306,335 793,543 1,911,593 9,379,428 — 7,584,386 13,151,331 32,314 — 32,314 32,314 — 12,423,213 — 9,862,103 23,418,963 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 37 Potential Payments to Mr. Bettinger upon Termination or Change in Control as of June 25, 2017 Involuntary Termination Voluntary Termination ($) Disability or Death ($) For Cause ($) Not for Cause ($) Change in Control ($) Compensation Severance Short-term Incentive (5-year average) Short-term Incentive (pro rata) Long-term Incentives: Stock Options (Unvested and Accelerated) — — — — 219,004 529,236 Service-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) — 1,231,986 — — — — — 584,010 876,015 324,562 973,685 219,004 270,468 225,177 1,738,452 360,218 3,277,082 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) — 6,390,384 — 5,276,486 8,925,962 Benefits and Perquisites Health Benefit Continuation/COBRA Benefit Total — 23,071 — 23,071 23,071 — 8,393,681 — 7,012,528 16,084,735 Potential Payments to Dr. Gottscho upon Termination or Change in Control as of June 25, 2017 Compensation Severance Short-term Incentive (5-year average) Short-term Incentive (pro rata) Long-term Incentives: Stock Options (Unvested and Accelerated) Service-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) Benefits and Perquisites Involuntary Termination Voluntary Termination ($) Disability or Death ($) For Cause ($) Not for Cause ($) Change in Control ($) — — — — — — — — 212,747 626,813 1,459,795 7,603,676 — — — — — 567,324 850,986 304,451 913,352 212,747 253,709 267,461 2,058,540 429,512 3,884,354 — 6,287,212 10,608,953 Health Benefit Continuation/Retiree Health Plans 697,000 697,000 697,000 697,000 697,000 Total 697,000 10,600,031 697,000 8,765,707 19,266,894 Potential Payments to Ms. O’Dowd upon Termination or Change in Control as of June 25, 2017 Compensation Severance Short-term Incentive (5-year average) Short-term Incentive (pro rata) Long-term Incentives: Stock Options (Unvested and Accelerated) Service-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (Unvested and Accelerated) Benefits and Perquisites Involuntary Termination Voluntary Termination ($) Disability or Death ($) For Cause ($) Not for Cause ($) Change in Control ($) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 693,512 646,752 179,653 887,199 1,675,196 4,580,062 Health Benefit Continuation/Retiree Health Plans 558,000 558,000 558,000 558,000 558,000 Total 38 558,000 558,000 558,000 558,000 9,220,374 Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans The following table provides information as of June 25, 2017, regarding securities authorized for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans. The Company’s equity compensation plans include the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, and the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, each as amended and as may be amended. Since November 4, 2015, the Company has issued awards under the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. Figure 39. FYE2017 Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans Plan Category Equity compensation plans approved by security holders Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders Total (1) Does not include RSUs. Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants, and Rights (a) Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants, and Rights (1) ($) (b) Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c) 3,803,137(2) 340,983(4) 4,144,120 66.51 80.60 66.69 17,565,909(3) — 17,565,909 (2) (3) (4) Includes 1,103,979 shares issuable upon RSU vesting or stock option exercises under the Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, or the “2007 Plan,” and 2,699,158 shares issuable upon RSU vesting or stock option exercises under the Company’s 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, or the “2015 Plan.” The 2007 Plan was adopted by the board in August 2006, approved by Lam’s stockholders in November 2006, and amended by the board in November 2006 and May 2013 and was retired in November 2015 when Lam’s stockholders approved the Company’s 2015 Plan. The term of the 2007 Plan and 2015 Plan was 10 years from the last date of any approval, amendment, or restatement of the plan by the Company’s stockholders. The 2015 Plan reserves for issuance up to 18,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. Includes 11,893,338 shares available for future issuance under the 2015 Plan and 5,672,571 shares available for future issuance under the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, or the “1999 ESPP.” The 1999 ESPP was adopted by the board in September 1998, approved by Lam’s stockholders in November 1998, amended by stockholder approval in November 2003, and most recently amended by the board in November 2012. The term of the 1999 ESPP is 20 years from its effective date of September 30,1998, unless otherwise terminated or extended in accordance with its terms. Includes 340,983 shares issuable upon RSU vesting or stock option exercises under the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, or the “2011 Plan.” As part of the acquisition of Novellus Systems Inc., Lam assumed the Novellus Systems, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan. The 2011 Plan was approved by Novellus shareholders before the merger but has not been approved by a separate vote of Lam stockholders. The 2011 Plan was amended by the board in July 2012. The term of the 2011 Plan was 10 years from its effective date of May 10, 2011, unless otherwise terminated or extended in accordance with its terms, and was retired in November 2015 when the 2015 Plan was approved by stockholders. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 39 Audit Matters Audit Committee Report The Company’s management, audit committee and independent registered public accounting firm (Ernst & Young LLP) have specific but different responsibilities relating to Lam’s financial reporting. Lam’s management is responsible for the financial statements and for the system of internal control and the financial reporting process. Ernst & Young LLP, or “EY,” has the responsibility to express an opinion on the financial statements and the system of internal control over financial reporting, based on the audit they conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (U.S.). The audit committee is responsible for monitoring and overseeing these processes. In this context and in connection with the audited financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, the audit committee took the following actions: • Received and discussed the audited financial statements with Company management. • Discussed with EY the matters required to be discussed by applicable auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the “PCAOB.” • Received and discussed the written disclosures and the letter from EY as per applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and discussed with EY its independence. • Based on the foregoing reviews and discussions, recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017 for filing with the SEC. This Audit Committee Report shall not be deemed “filed” with the SEC for purposes of federal securities law, and it shall not, under any circumstances, be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s past or future SEC filings. The report shall not be deemed soliciting material. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE Eric K. Brandt (Chair) Michael R. Cannon Christine A. Heckart Relationship with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm EY has audited the Company’s consolidated financial statements since the Company’s inception. Annual Evaluation and Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The audit committee annually evaluates the performance of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, including the senior audit engagement team, and determines whether to reengage the current accounting firm or consider other audit firms. Factors considered by the audit committee in deciding whether to retain EY include: (1) EY’s global capabilities to handle the breadth and complexity of the Company’s global operations; (2) EY’s technical expertise and knowledge of the Company’s industry and global operations; (3) the quality and candor of EY’s communications with the audit committee and management; (4) EY’s independence; (5) the quality and efficiency of the services provided by EY, including input from management on EY’s performance and how effectively EY demonstrated its independent judgment, objectivity and professional skepticism; (6) the appropriateness of EY’s fees; and (7) EY’s tenure as our independent auditor, including the benefits of that tenure, and the controls and processes in place (such as rotation of key partners) that help ensure EY’s continued independence in the face of such tenure. 40 Figure 40. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Evaluation and Selection Highlights Independence Controls Audit Committee Oversight – Oversight includes regular private sessions with EY, discussions with EY about the scope of its audit and business imperatives, a comprehensive annual evaluation when determining whether to engage EY, and direct involvement by the audit committee and its chair in the selection of a new lead assurance engagement partner and new global coordinating partner in connection with the mandated rotation of these positions. Limits on Non-Audit Services – The audit committee preapproves audit and permissible non-audit services provided by EY in accordance with its pre-approval policy. EY’s Internal Independence Process – EY conducts periodic internal reviews of its audit and other work, assesses the adequacy of partners and other personnel working on the Company’s account and rotates the lead assurance engagement partner, the global coordinating partner, and other partners on the engagement consistent with independence and rotation requirements established by the PCAOB and SEC. Strong Regulatory Framework – EY, as an independent registered public accounting firm, is subject to PCAOB inspections, “Big 4” peer reviews and PCAOB and SEC oversight. Benefits of Longer Tenure Enhanced Audit Quality – EY’s significant institutional knowledge and deep expertise of the Company’s semiconductor equipment industry and global business, accounting policies and practices, and internal control over financial reporting enhances audit quality. Competitive Fees – Because of EY’s familiarity with the Company and the industry, audit and other fees are competitive with peer independent registered public accounting firms. Avoid Costs Associated with New Auditor – Bringing on a new independent registered public accounting firm would be costly and require a significant time commitment, which could lead to management distractions. Fees Billed by Ernst & Young LLP The table below shows the fees billed by EY for audit and other services provided to the Company in fiscal years 2017 and 2016. Figure 41. FY2017/2016 Fees Billed by Ernst & Young LLP Audit Fees (1) Audit-Related Fees (2) Tax Fees (3) All Other Fees TOTAL Fiscal Year 2017 ($) Fiscal Year 2016 ($) 4,176,990 4,697,837 135,684 71,673 — 373,721 265,527 — 4,384,347 5,337,085 (1) Audit Fees represent fees for professional services provided in connection with the audits of annual financial statements. Audit Fees also include reviews of quarterly financial statements, audit services related to other statutory or regulatory filings or engagements, and fees related to EY’s audit of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting pursuant to section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. (2) Audit-Related Fees represent fees for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements and are not reported above under “Audit Fees”. These fees include accounting consultations in connection with our proposed acquisition of KLA-Tencor Corporation and due diligence fees. (3) Tax Fees represent fees for professional services for tax planning, tax compliance and review services related to foreign tax compliance and assistance with tax audits and appeals. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 41 The audit committee reviewed summaries of the services provided by EY and the related fees during fiscal year 2017 and has determined that the provision of non-audit services was compatible with maintaining the independence of EY as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee approved 100% of the services and related fee amounts for services provided by EY during fiscal year 2017. Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services It is the responsibility of the audit committee to approve, in accordance with sections 10A(h) and (i) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC, all professional services, to be provided to us by our independent registered public accounting firm, provided that the audit committee shall not approve any non-audit services proscribed by section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act in the absence of an applicable exemption. It is our policy that the audit committee pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm, consistent with the criteria set forth in the audit committee charter and applicable laws and regulations. The audit committee has delegated to the chair of the audit committee the authority to pre-approve such services, provided that the chair shall report any decisions to pre-approve such services to the full audit committee at its next regular meeting. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services, and other services. Our independent registered public accounting firm and our management are required to periodically report to the audit committee regarding the extent of services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to any such pre-approval. Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions No family relationships exist as of the date of this proxy statement or existed during fiscal year 2017 among any of our directors and executive officers. There was only one related party transaction that occurred since the beginning of fiscal year 2017. The son of Stephen G. Newberry, the chairman of our Board, Ryan Newberry, is employed by the Company as a manager of security. In addition, the daughter-in-law of Stephen G. Newberry, Meghan Newberry, is employed by the Company as a manager of materials in the supply chain operations group. In fiscal year 2017, the aggregate compensation paid to Ryan Newberry and Meghan Newberry, including salary, incentive compensation, the grant date value of long-term incentive awards and the value of any other health and benefits contributed to or paid for by the Company, was less than $200,000 each. The aggregate compensation for each is similar to the aggregate compensation of other employees holding equivalent positions. 42 Voting Proposals Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors This first proposal relates to the election to our Board of ten nominees who are directors of the Company as of the date of this proxy statement. In general, the ten nominees identified in this proposal who receive the highest number of “for” votes will be elected. However, any nominee who fails to receive affirmative approval from holders of a majority of the votes cast in such nominee’s election at the annual meeting, either by proxy or in person, will not be elected to the Board, even if he or she is among the top ten nominees in total “for” votes. This requirement reflects the majority vote provisions implemented by the Company in November 2009. The term of office of each person elected as a director will be until the next annual meeting of stockholders, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Unless otherwise instructed, the Proxy Holders (as defined in “Voting and Meeting Information – Information Concerning Solicitation and Voting – Voting Instructions” below) will vote the proxies received by them for the ten nominees named below, each of whom is currently a director of the Company. The proxies cannot be voted for more than ten nominees, whether or not there are additional nominees. If any nominee of the Company should decline or be unable to serve as a director as of the time of the annual meeting, and unless otherwise instructed, the proxies will be voted for any substitute nominee designated by the present Board to fill the vacancy. The Company is not aware of any nominee who will be unable, or will decline, to serve as a director. The below nominees for election or reelection have been nominated for election to the Board in accordance with the criteria and procedures discussed above in “Governance Matters - Corporate Governance.” Appointment of new director. As part of the Board’s self- evaluation process, the Board identified the desirability of having additional representation by former executives of the Company’s major customers and from executives of global businesses, especially ones headquartered in countries where the Company conducts significant business. The Board believed that its members would be able to identify qualified candidates without the involvement of a recruiting firm. After considering a number of individuals, Young Bum (YB) Koh, Ph.D. was identified as a potential candidate by Mr. Anstice because of his leadership positions at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC, his substantial high-technology operations knowledge and expertise, his understanding of the semiconductor equipment business, his international leadership experience in research, development and manufacturing and his distinguished career. See “2017 Nominees for Director” below for additional information regarding Dr. Koh’s qualifications. Dr. Koh met with most of our directors, including our chairman, lead independent director/ nominating and governance committee chair, compensation and audit committee chairs and our CEO, as well as representatives of the Company’s executive team. Following those meetings, the nominating and governance committee recommended Dr. Koh’s appointment to the full Board. The Board discussed and approved this recommendation. Information regarding each nominee. In addition to the biographical information concerning each nominee’s specific experience, attributes, positions and qualifications and age as of September 11, 2017, we believe that each of our nominees, while serving as a director and/or officer of the Company, has devoted adequate time to the Board and performed his or her duties with critical attributes such as honesty, integrity, wisdom, and an adherence to high ethical standards. Each nominee has demonstrated strong business acumen, an ability to make independent analytical inquiries, to understand the Company’s business environment and to exercise sound judgment, as well as a commitment to the Company and its core values. We believe the nominees have an appropriate diversity and interplay of viewpoints, skills, backgrounds, and experiences that will encourage a robust decision-making process for the Board. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE TEN DIRECTOR NOMINEES SET FORTH BELOW. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 43 2017 Nominees for Director Martin B. Anstice has served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2012. Mr. Anstice joined the Company in April 2001 as Senior Director, Operations Controller; was promoted to the position of Managing Director and Corporate Controller in May 2002; and was promoted to Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in June 2004. He was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in September 2008 and President in December 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Anstice held various finance positions from 1988 to 1999 at Raychem Corporation, a global materials science company. Subsequent to the acquisition of Raychem by Tyco International, a global provider of engineered electronic components, network solutions and wireless systems, he assumed responsibilities supporting mergers and acquisition activities of Tyco Electronics. Mr. Anstice is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants in the United Kingdom. The Board has concluded that Mr. Anstice is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his knowledge of and experience in the semiconductor equipment industry including as current President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company, past President and Chief Operating Officer, and past Chief Financial Officer of the Company; his international business experience; and his strong leadership and experience as a corporate executive. Eric K. Brandt is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom Corporation, a global supplier of semiconductor devices, a position he held from March 2007 until its merger with Avago Technologies Limited in February 2016. From September 2005 to March 2007, Mr. Brandt served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. Prior to Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Brandt was Executive Vice President-Finance and Technical Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Allergan Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, where he also held a number of other senior positions following his arrival there in May 1999. Mr. Brandt has served as a member of the board of directors of: Altaba Inc. (formerly Yahoo! Inc.), a management investment company that remained and was subsequently renamed following the completion of Yahoo!’s sale of its operating businesses in June 2017, since its inception, where he has served as chairman of the board, chair of the audit committee and nominating and governance committee, and a member of the compensation committee; MC10, Inc., a privately-held medical device Internet of Things (IoT) company, since March 2016, where he has been chair of the compensation committee and governance committee; and Dentsply Sirona Inc. (formerly Dentsply International, Inc.), a manufacturer and distributor of dental product solutions, since 2004, where he has been a member of the audit and finance committee and of the committee responsible for compensation. He previously served on the board of directors of: Yahoo! Inc., a digital information discovery company, since March 2016 to June 2017, where he had been a chair of the audit and finance committee; Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, where he was chair of the audit committee, from 2002 to 2009; and Avanir Pharmaceuticals from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Brandt earned an M.B.A. degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Board has concluded that Mr. Brandt is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his financial expertise including as a former chief financial officer of a publicly traded company that is a customer of our customers; his knowledge of and experience in the semiconductor industry; his mergers and acquisitions experience; his cybersecurity expertise and his board/governance experience on other public company boards, including as an audit committee member and chair. Martin B. Anstice Director since 2012 Age 50 Eric K. Brandt Director since 2010 Age 55 Board Committees: • Audit O Chair since 2014 O Member: 2010-2014 Public company director- ships in last five years: • Altaba Inc. (formerly Yahoo! Inc.) • Dentsply Sirona Inc. • Yahoo! Inc. (former) 44 Michael R. Cannon is the General Partner of MRC & LBC Partners, LLC, a private management consulting company. From February 2007 until his retirement in January 2009, Mr. Cannon served as President of Global Operations of Dell Inc., a computer systems manufacturer and services provider; and from January 2009 to January 2011, he served as a consultant to Dell. Prior to joining Dell, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Solectron Corporation, an electronic manufacturing services company, from January 2003 to February 2007. From July 1996 to January 2003, Mr. Cannon served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Maxtor Corporation, a disk drive and storage systems manufacturer. Prior to joining Maxtor, Mr. Cannon held senior management positions at International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), a global services, software and systems company. Mr. Cannon has served as a member of the board of directors of: Seagate Technology Public Limited, a disk drive and storage solutions company, since February 2011, where he became lead independent director in October 2016 and has been a chair of the nominations and governance committee and a member of the compensation committee and was a member of the audit and finance committees; and Dialog Semiconductor, a mixed signal integrated circuits company, since February 2013, where he has been a chair of the remuneration committee and a member of the nomination committee. He previously served on the board of directors of Adobe Systems Inc., a diversified software company, from December 2003 to April 2016, where he had been a member of the audit committee and chair of the compensation committee; Elster Group SE, a precision metering and smart grid technology company, from October 2010 until the company was acquired in August 2012; Solectron Corporation, an electronic manufacturing services company, from January 2003 to January 2007; and Maxtor Corporation, a disk drive and storage solutions company, from July 1996 until Seagate acquired Maxtor in May 2006. Mr. Cannon studied mechanical engineering at Michigan State University and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Business. The Board has concluded that Mr. Cannon is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his extensive board and governance experience as a director on other public company boards, including on an audit committee, compensation or remuneration committees and nominations and governance committees; his experience in leadership roles at a public corporation that is a customer of our customers; his 20 years of international business experience; his experience with marketing, mergers and acquisitions and related transactions; and his industry knowledge. Michael R. Cannon Director since 2011 Age 64 Board Committees: • Audit O Member since 2011 • Compensation O Member: 2011-2013 • Nominating and Governance O Member since 2011 Public company director- ships in last five years: • Seagate Technology Public Limited • Dialog Semiconductor • Adobe Systems Inc. (former) Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 45 Youssef A. El-Mansy is the retired Vice President, Director of Logic Technology Development, at Intel Corporation, a leading producer of microchips, computing and communications products, where he was responsible for managing technology development, the processor design center for Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing Group and two wafer manufacturing facilities. Dr. El-Mansy joined Intel in 1979 and led microprocessor technology development at Intel for 20 years. Dr. El-Mansy previously served on the board of directors of Novellus Systems, Inc., from April 2004 until the company was acquired by Lam Research in June 2012; and Zygo Corporation, an optical system designer and manufacturer, from July 2004 to June 2009. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or “IEEE,” and has been awarded the 2004 IEEE Frederik Philips Award for leadership in developing state-of-the-art logic technologies and the 2013 IEEE Robert Noyce Medal for establishing a highly effective Research- Development-Manufacturing methodology that led to industry leadership in logic technology. Dr. El-Mansy earned a Ph.D. degree in electronics from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronics and communications from Alexandria University in Egypt. The Board has concluded that Dr. El-Mansy is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his more than 30 years of industry knowledge and experience as an executive focused on the manufacturing of technological devices and components for a major semiconductor manufacturer; his understanding of the Company’s technologies; and his past board/governance experience at other public companies as a director and member and chair of a compensation committee. Christine A. Heckart has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a networking solution company, since March 2014. Immediately prior to joining Brocade, she was the Executive Vice President, Strategy, Marketing, People and Systems since May 2013 and the Chief Marketing Officer from July 2012 until May 2013 at ServiceSource International Inc., a service revenue management company. From February 2010 to May 2012, she was the Chief Marketing Officer at NetApp, Inc., a data storage and management solutions provider. Ms. Heckart served as General Manager for the TV, video and music business of Microsoft Corporation, a developer of software, services, and hardware, from 2005 to 2010; and led global marketing at Juniper Networks, Inc., a provider of network infrastructure solutions, from 2002 to 2005. She was President at TeleChoice, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in business and marketing strategies, from 1995 to 2002. She has served as a member of the board of directors of 6Sense, a privately-held business-to-business predictive intelligence engine company, since November 2015. Ms. Heckart earned a B.A. degree in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Board has concluded that Ms. Heckart is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of her experience in leadership roles at public corporations; her knowledge of the electronics industry, including networks and big data; and her strong marketing background and experience. Youssef A. El-Mansy Director since 2012 Age 72 Board Committees: • Compensation O Member since 2012 Public company director- ships in last five years: • Novellus Systems, Inc. (former) Christine A. Heckart Director since 2011 Age 51 Board Committees: • Audit O Member since 2015 • Compensation O Member: 2011 – 2015 46 YB Koh is a former senior executive at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd in South Korea, a global electronics manufacturer. He has held multiple executive positions at Samsung Electronics. Prior to his most recent position as Advisor until December 2016, he served in various roles including from December 2011 to December 2013 as Executive Vice President, Head of the Mechatronics R&D Center; from January 2010 to July 2011 as Executive Vice President, Head of the Manufacturing Operation Center, LCD Business; and from January 2004 to June 2007 as Senior Vice President, Head of Manufacturing Technology Center, Memory Business. Dr. Koh also served as Executive Vice President and President of Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC located in Texas from August 2007 to December 2009. Dr. Koh earned a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Osaka University in Japan, an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Seoul National University in Korea. The Board has concluded that Dr. Koh is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his business and operations leadership positions at Samsung Electronics and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, his substantial high-technology operations knowledge and expertise, his understanding of the semiconductor equipment business, and his international leadership experience in research, development and manufacturing at Samsung Electronics. Young Bum (YB) Koh Director since 2017 Age 59 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 47 Catherine P. Lego is the founder of Lego Ventures LLC, a consulting services firm for early stage electronics companies, formed in 1992. From December 1999 to December 2009, she was the General Partner of The Photonics Fund, LLP, an early stage venture capital investment firm focused on investing in components, modules and systems companies for the fiber optics telecommunications market, which she founded. Ms. Lego was a general partner at Oak Investment Partners, a venture capital firm, from 1981 to 1992. Prior to Oak Investment Partners, she practiced as a Certified Public Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand, an accounting firm. Ms. Lego has served as a member of the board of directors of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., an advanced embedded solutions company for automotive and other products, since September 2017, where she is a member of the audit committee; and IPG Photonics Corporation, a high-power fiber laser and amplifier company for diverse applications, since July 2016, where she is a member of the audit committee and chair of the compensation committee. She previously served on the board of directors of the following public companies: Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc., a fabricator of power management devices, from August 2013 to September 2016, where she was a member of the compensation committee and nominating and governance committee; SanDisk Corporation, a global developer of flash memory storage solutions from 1989 to 2016, where she was the chair of the audit committee; ETEC Corporation, a producer of electron beam lithography tools, from 1991 through 1997; Uniphase Corporation (presently JDS Uniphase Corporation), a designer and manufacturer of components and modules for the fiber optic based telecommunications industry and laser- based semiconductor defect examination and analysis equipment, from 1994 until 1999, when it merged with JDS Fitel; Zitel Corporation, an information technology company, from 1995 to 2000; WJ Communications, Inc., a broadband communications company, from October 2004 to May 2008; and Micro Linear Corporation, a fabless analog semiconductor company. Ms. Lego also served as a member of the board of directors of other technology companies that are privately-held. Ms. Lego earned an M.S. degree in accounting from the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a B.A. degree in economics and biology from Williams College. The Board has concluded that Ms. Lego is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of her experience on our Board; her substantial accounting and finance expertise; her knowledge of the electronics and semiconductor industries and the perspective of companies that are customers of our customers; her experience with mergers and acquisitions; and her board and governance experience on other boards, including her service as a former chairman of an audit committee and current member of a compensation committee and nominating and governance committee. Catherine P. Lego Director since 2006 Age 60 Board Committees: • Audit O Chair: 2009 – 2014 O Member: 2006 – 2015 • Compensation O Chair since 2015 • Nominating and Governance O Member since 2014 Public company director- ships in last five years: • Cypress Semiconductor Corp. • IPG Photonics Corporation • Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (former) • SanDisk Corporation (former) 48 Stephen G. Newberry Chairman of the Board Director since 2005 Age 63 Public company director- ships in last five years: • Splunk Inc. • Nanometrics Incorporated (former) Stephen G. Newberry has served as the Chairman of the Company’s Board since November 2012. He served as the Company’s Vice Chairman from December 2010 to November 2012, Chief Executive Officer from June 2005 to January 2012 and President from July 1998 to December 2010. Mr. Newberry joined the Company in August 1997 as Executive Vice President, a role in which he served until July 1998, and Chief Operating Officer, a role in which he served until June 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Newberry held various executive positions at Applied Materials, Inc. during his 17-year tenure there, including as Group Vice President of Global Operations and Planning. Mr. Newberry has also served as a member of the board of directors of Splunk Inc., a software platform company for real-time operational intelligence, since January 2013, where he chairs the compensation committee. He previously served on the board of directors of: Nanometrics Incorporated, a provider of process control metrology and inspection systems from May 2011 to May 2015, where he served as a chair of the compensation committee and member of the nominating and governance committee; Amkor Technology, Inc., a provider of outsourced semiconductor packaging assembly and test services, from March 2009 to May 2011, where he served as a member of the compensation committee; Nextest Systems Corporation, a developer of automated test equipment systems for the semiconductor industry, from 2000 to 2008, where he served as a member of the audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees; and Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, or “SEMI,” a global semiconductor equipment trade association, from July 2004 to July 2014; where he served as a member of the executive committee. Mr. Newberry earned a B.S. degree in ocean engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated from the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Business. The Board has concluded that Mr. Newberry is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because he has more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor equipment industry; his comprehensive understanding of the Company and its products, markets, and strategies gained through his role as an executive of our Company, including as our former Chief Executive Officer; his marketing experience; his previous role, including as a director, at SEMI, our industry’s leading trade association; his public company board and governance experience, including on the audit committee, compensation committees and nominating and governance committees of other companies; and his strong business and operations leadership and expertise. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 49 Abhijit Y. Talwalkar is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of LSI Corporation, a leading provider of silicon, systems and software technologies for the storage and networking markets, a position he held from May 2005 until the completion of LSI’s merger with Avago Technologies in May 2014. From 1993 to 2005, Mr. Talwalkar was employed by Intel Corporation, a leading producer of microchips, computing and communications products. At Intel, he held a number of senior management positions, including as Corporate Vice President and Co-General Manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, which was comprised of Intel’s business client, server, storage and communications business, and as Vice President and General Manager for the Intel Enterprise Platform Group, where he focused on developing, marketing, and supporting Intel business strategies for enterprise computing. Prior to joining Intel, Mr. Talwalkar held senior engineering and marketing positions at Sequent Computer Systems, a multiprocessing computer systems design and manufacturer that later became a part of IBM; Bipolar Integrated Technology, Inc., a VLSI bipolar semiconductor company; and Lattice Semiconductor Inc., a service driven developer of programmable design solutions widely used in semiconductor components. Mr. Talwalkar has served as a member of the board of directors of: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., a developer of high performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies, since June 2017, where he serves as a member of the compensation and leadership resources committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee; TE Connectivity Ltd, a connectivity and sensor solutions company, since March 2017; iRhythm Technologies Inc., digital health care solutions company, since May 2016 where he is the chairman of the board; and Virtual Power Systems, Inc., a privately-held software company focused on providing infrastructure to manage data center power, since February 2016. He previously served as a member of the board of directors of LSI from May 2005 to May 2014 and the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association, a semiconductor industry trade association from May 2005 to May 2014. He was additionally a member of the U.S. delegation for World Semiconductor Council proceedings. Mr. Talwalkar earned a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University. The Board has concluded that Mr. Talwalkar is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his experience in the semiconductor industry, including as the former chief executive officer of a semiconductor company and his previous role in the semiconductor industry’s trade association; his business and operations leadership roles at other semiconductor companies that include a customer of ours; and his mergers and acquisitions and marketing experience. Abhijit Y. Talwalkar Lead Independent Director Director since 2011 Age 53 Board Committees: • Compensation O Chair: 2012 – 2015 O Member since 2015 • Nominating and Governance O Chair since 2015 O Member: 2015-2015 Public company director- ships in last five years: • Advanced Micro Devices Inc. • TE Connectivity Ltd. • iRhythm Technologies Inc. • LSI Corporation (former) 50 Lih Shyng (Rick L.) Tsai Director since 2016 Age 66 Public company director- ships in last five years: • MediaTek Inc. • USI Corporation • NXP Semiconductors N.V. (former) • Chunghwa Telecom Co, Ltd. (former) • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited (former) Rick L. Tsai has served as the Co-CEO of MediaTek Inc., a Taiwanese listed global fabless semiconductor company, since June 2017. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., a Taiwanese integrated telecom service provider, a position he held from January 2014 until December 2016. From August 2011 to January 2014, Dr. Tsai concurrently served as Chief Executive Officer of TSMC Solar Ltd., a provider of high- performance solar modules, and TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. (SSL), a company providing lighting solutions that combine its parent’s expertise in semiconductor manufacturing and rigorous quality control with its own integrated capabilities spanning epi-wafers, chips, emitter packaging and extensive value-added modules and light engines, both of which are wholly- owned subsidiaries of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited (TSMC). Prior to these positions, Dr. Tsai was TSMC’s President of New Businesses from June 2009 to July 2011 and President and CEO of TSMC from July 2005 to June 2009. Dr. Tsai held other key executive positions, such as COO, EVP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, and EVP of Operations since joining TSMC in 1989. Dr. Tsai served as President of TSMC’s affiliate, Vanguard International Semiconductor, from 1999 to 2000. Prior to joining TSMC, Dr. Tsai held various technical positions at Hewlett Packard, an international information technology company, from 1981 to 1989. Dr. Tsai has served as a member of the board of directors of: MediaTek Inc. since June 2017; and USI Corporation, a Taiwanese listed polyethylene manufacturer, since June 2014. He previously served on the board of directors of: NXP Semiconductors N.V., from July 2014 until June 2017; Chunghwa Telecom from January 2014 until December 2016, where he served as chairman; TSMC from 2003 to 2013; TSMC Solar and TSMC SSL from August 2011 to January 2014, where he served as their chairman; and Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) from June 2009 to March 2013, where he served as chairman. Dr. Tsai earned a Ph.D. degree in material science and engineering from Cornell University and a B.S. degree in physics from the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. The Board has concluded that Dr. Tsai is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his substantial operational and leadership experience in global businesses, particularly through his service as president, CEO and director of TSMC, a major customer of the Company; his knowledge of the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment businesses; his extensive executive and board experience for global technology companies, including NXP Semiconductor, Chunghwa Telecom and MediaTek. In making this nomination, in addition to considering the extraordinary and relevant experience that Dr. Tsai brings to Lam, the independent members of the Board also considered Dr. Tsai’s commitments as a co-CEO and director of MediaTek and as a director of USI, both Taiwanese companies, the length of his service with those companies, the fact that he does not serve on any board committees at such public companies or any private company boards, and the fact that he has an excellent attendance record at all of the boards on which he has served, and concluded that his service with other companies will not limit his ability to devote sufficient time to Lam board duties. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 51 Proposal No. 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Our Named Executive Officer Compensation, or “Say on Pay” The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the “Dodd-Frank Act,” enables the Company’s stockholders to vote to approve, on an advisory or non-binding basis, our named executive officer compensation, as disclosed in this proxy statement in accordance with SEC rules. Although the vote is advisory and is not binding on us or on our Board, our compensation committee and, as appropriate, our Board, will take into account the outcome of the vote when considering future executive compensation decisions and will evaluate whether any actions are necessary to address stockholder concerns. We believe that our compensation philosophy has allowed us to attract, retain, and motivate qualified executive officers who have contributed to our success. For more information regarding the compensation of our named executive officers, our compensation philosophy, our 2016 Say on Pay results and our response, we encourage you to read the section of this proxy statement entitled “Compensation Matters – Executive Compensation and Other Information – Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the compensation tables, and the narrative following the compensation tables for a more detailed discussion of our compensation policies and practices. We are asking for stockholder approval, on an advisory or non-binding basis, of the following resolution: ‘RESOLVED, that the stockholders of Lam Research Corporation (the Company) hereby approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of SEC Regulation S-K, including the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the compensation tables and any related narrative disclosure included in the proxy statement.’ This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our named executive officers and the policies and practices described in this proxy statement. We provide for annual advisory votes to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. Unless stockholders approve a different frequency for the advisory vote in Proposal No. 3, the next advisory vote to approve our named executive officer compensation will be at the 2018 annual meeting. Stockholder approval of Proposal No. 2 requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock having voting power present, in person or by proxy, at the annual meeting. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL, ON AN ADVISORY OR NON- BINDING BASIS, OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 52 Proposal No. 3: Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Holding Future Stockholder Advisory Votes on Our Named Executive Officer Compensation, or “Say on Frequency” The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and Section 14A of the Exchange Act enables our stockholders to indicate, at least once every six years, how frequently we should seek a non-binding advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation. By voting on this Proposal No. 3, stockholders may indicate whether they would prefer to hold a non-binding advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation once every one, two, or three years. After careful consideration, our compensation committee and Board have determined that a non-binding advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation that occurs annually is the most appropriate alternative for the Company and our stockholders, and therefore our Board recommends that you vote for a one-year interval for the non-binding advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation, or “Say on Frequency.” We believe that an annual vote will continue to allow our stockholders the ability to frequently communicate to us their position on the compensation of our named executive officers through a non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation. An annual vote further aligns to our annual cash program and the metric that guides that program as well as to our annual granting of long-term equity compensation to the NEOs. The frequency option (once every “one year”, “two years”, or “three years”) that receives the highest number of votes cast by stockholders will be the frequency for the advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation that has been selected by stockholders. However, because this vote is advisory and not binding on the Company, the compensation committee or the Board, the Board may decide that it is in the best interests of our stockholders and the Company to hold an advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation more or less frequently than the option approved by our stockholders. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL, ON AN ADVISORY OR NON- BINDING BASIS, OF HOLDING EVERY “ONE YEAR” ADVISORY VOTES ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. Proposal No. 4: Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2018 Stockholders are being asked to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, or “EY,” as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2018. Although the audit committee has the sole authority to appoint the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as a matter of good corporate governance, the Board submits its selection to our stockholders for ratification. If the stockholders should not ratify the appointment of EY, the audit committee will contemplate whether to reconsider the appointment. EY has been the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm (independent auditor) since fiscal year 1981. Each proxy received by the Proxy Holders will be voted “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of EY, unless the stockholder provides other instructions. Our audit committee meets periodically with EY to review both audit and non-audit services performed by EY, as well as the fees charged for those services. Among other things, the committee examines the effect that the performance of non- audit services, if any, may have upon the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. All professional services provided by EY, including non-audit services, if any, are subject to approval by the audit committee in accordance with applicable securities laws, rules, and regulations. For more information, see “Audit Matters – Audit Committee Report” and “Audit Matters – Relationship with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” above. A representative of EY is expected to be present at the annual meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires. The representative will also be available to respond to appropriate questions from the stockholders. Stockholder approval of Proposal No. 4 requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock having voting power present, in person or by proxy, at the annual meeting. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 53 Proposal No. 5: Stockholder Proposal, If Properly Presented at the Annual Meeting, Regarding Annual Disclosure of EEO-1 Data Representatives of the New York City Comptroller (the “Proponent”), on behalf of the New York City Pension Funds, 1 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007, have advised that the New York City Pension Funds are the beneficial owner of 263,858 shares of the Company’s common stock and that the Proponent intends to introduce a proposal for the consideration of stockholders at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the text of which reads as follows. RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of Directors adopt and enforce a policy requiring Lam Research Corporation (the “Company”) to disclose annually its EEO-1 data — a comprehensive breakdown of its workforce by race and gender according to 10 employment categories — on its website or in its corporate social responsibility report, beginning in 2017. Supporting Statement from Proponent Diversity matters. Numerous studies suggest that companies with comprehensive diversity policies and programs, and strong leadership commitment to implement and fully integrate diversity into their culture and practices, enhance long-term shareholder value. A McKinsey & Company global study (Diversity Matters, February 2015), for example, found that “companies in the top quartile for racial and ethnic diversity are 35 percent more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry median.” Workplace diversity provides competitive advantage by generating diverse, valuable perspectives, creativity, innovation and adaptation, increased productivity and morale, while eliminating the limitations of “groupthink.” It also reduces potential legal and reputational risks associated with workplace discrimination and builds corporate reputations as fair employers. The high tech industry of which the company is a part, is characterized by persistent and pervasive underrepresentation of minorities and women, particularly in senior positions. Based on 2014 EEO-1 filings, the EEOC Commission estimates that the high tech industry is over 64% male and over 68% white. Blacks, Hispanics and women are under- represented in high tech compared to their representation in all private industries. Black and Hispanic representation at the executive, managerial and professional levels is between one and five percent, and women representation at these levels is between 20% and 30%. All three groups’ representation at these levels in high tech is lower than for all private industries (https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/reports/hightech/upload/ diversity-in-high-tech-report.pdf). Lam Research provides no information on the gender and racial makeup of its total workforce. This does not allow investors to fully evaluate the company’s diversity initiatives and their impact, especially across job categories and particularly in more senior roles. Without more detailed quantitative information on a comparable basis, shareholders have no way to evaluate and benchmark the effectiveness of these efforts over time and relative to peers. Federal law requires companies with 100 or more employees to annually submit an EEO-1 Report to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The report profiles a company’s workforce by race and gender in 10 job categories, including senior management. Over two-thirds of S&P 100 companies now disclose EEO-1 data, including companies in the technology industry such as Apple, Alphabet, Salesforce and Ingram Micro. The proposal does not limit the company from providing more detailed quantitative and qualitative disclosures where appropriate. We also encourage the company to describe the steps it is taking and the challenges it faces in moving forward to achieve its diversity plans and goals. Board of Directors’ Voting Recommendation and Statement in Opposition to Stockholder Proposal The Board has considered the stockholder proposal, believes it is not in the best interests of stockholders and recommends a vote AGAINST the proposal because: • we have a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion in our workforce; and • the EEO-1 data is not reflective of our diversity, and could be misinterpreted in ways that could hinder our efforts for greater diversity and inclusion. 54 Lam Research believes that workforce diversity and inclusion contributes to the Company’s success by enhancing creativity, innovation, and speed to the right solutions and is committed to fostering and celebrating diversity and inclusion in our workforce. However, the Board has concluded that adoption of the proposal and disclosure of the EEO-1 data would not assist our stockholders in evaluating and benchmarking the effectiveness of our diversity and inclusion efforts over time and relative to our peers, or provide an appropriate platform for a meaningful discussion about diversity and inclusion. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in our workforce. Lam has been and continues to be committed to fostering diversity and inclusion, and we strive to maintain a culture and adherence to core values that attract and celebrate workforce diversity on a global basis. We believe that diversity promotes creativity, innovation, and mutual respect, which are all core to our values. We recognize that the unique viewpoints and experiences of every employee are important to achieving our mission to be a world-class provider of innovative technology and productivity solutions to the semiconductor industry. Because of this, we invest in initiatives and practices to attract, engage, retain and promote employees with diverse perspectives, talents, and experiences from all around the world. Our diversity and inclusion activities include community outreach, targeted programs, and other activities intended to increase the diverse culture and experiences of our global workforce. We are active in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for girls and women from elementary school through university level, we provide diversity-targeted scholarships, offer leadership training on diversity and inclusion, participate in sponsored presentations and programs, and offer job procurement skills training. We target the hiring and placement of veterans through our Military Hiring program. We provide opportunities for our employees to participate in cross-functional global teams, where our employees’ backgrounds and different perspectives from the global communities where we work can be reflected through the exchange and promotion of new ideas, interactions, and learnings. We also support employee- directed groups focused on diversity and inclusion and professional networking events for our employees. Recognizing that maintaining a commitment to diversity and inclusion requires continual leadership, focus, and effort, we are committed to building on our ongoing efforts to maintain and enhance our inclusive and diverse workforce. EEO-1 data is not reflective of Lam’s diversity and could be misinterpreted in ways that could hinder our efforts for greater diversity and inclusion. In our view, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) data does not fully reflect the job-role structure of a manufacturing company in the technology sector. The Form EEO-1, which is a government- mandated form filed annually with the EEOC on a confidential basis, requires a company to categorize its U.S. workforce by gender and race according to certain generic EEOC- mandated job categories, without allowing for company- or industry-specific factors or context. In certain circumstances, the format of the form has required Lam to categorize employees into the pre-defined job categories in ways that do not fully reflect our employees’ actual job roles or descriptions. As a result, the data could be misleading or vulnerable to misinterpretation. For these reasons, publication of the EEO-1 data would not meaningfully reflect Lam’s specific circumstances in context and would not be materially helpful for investors to understand our diversity relative to peers. Furthermore, the EEO-1 data does not offer any insight into our actual global initiatives and practices promoting diversity and inclusion, and therefore is not a meaningful indicator of Lam’s commitment to diversity and equal employment opportunity. Unlike the proposal’s proponents, we do not believe that disclosure of the EEO-1 data would provide an appropriate platform for a meaningful discussion about diversity and inclusion. On the contrary, disclosure of such information could hinder our efforts to attract, engage, retain and promote diverse employment candidates and employees if it is misconstrued, including by such candidates and employees. Public disclosure of the EEO-1 data also could negatively impact the Company’s interest in protecting the confidential nature of the EEOC-mandated report and data. The Board’s recommendation against the proposal. For the reasons described above, the Board believes that public disclosure of Lam’s EEO-1 data would not be in the best interests of our stockholders. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “AGAINST” THE STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL, IF PROPERLY PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, REGARDING ANNUAL DISCLOSURE OF EEO-1 DATA. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 55 Other Voting Matters We are not aware of any other matters to be submitted at the annual meeting. If any other matters properly come before the annual meeting, the Proxy Holders intend to vote the shares they represent as the Board may recommend or, if the Board does not make a recommendation, as the Proxy Holders decide in their reasonable judgment. It is important that your stock holdings be represented at the meeting, regardless of the number of shares you hold. We urge you to complete and return the accompanying proxy card in the enclosed envelope, or vote your shares by telephone or internet, as described in the materials accompanying this proxy statement. 56 Voting and Meeting Information Information Concerning Solicitation and Voting Our Board solicits your proxy for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and any adjournment or postponement of the meeting, for the purposes described in the “Notice of 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.” The sections below show important details about the annual meeting and voting. Record Date Only stockholders of record at the close of business on September 11, 2017, the “Record Date,” are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the annual meeting. Shares Outstanding As of the Record Date 162,496,503 shares of common stock were outstanding. Quorum Stockholders who hold shares representing a majority of our shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on the Record Date must be present in person or represented by proxy to constitute a quorum. A quorum is required to transact business at the annual meeting. Inspector of Elections The Company will appoint an inspector of elections to determine whether a quorum is present. The inspector will also tabulate the votes cast by proxy or at the annual meeting. Effect of Abstentions and Broker Non- Votes Shares voted “abstain” and broker non-votes (shares held by brokers that do not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares, and do not have discretionary authority to vote on a matter) will be counted as present for purposes of determining whether we have a quorum. For purposes of voting results, abstentions will not be counted with respect to the election of directors but will have the effect of “no” votes with respect to other proposals, and broker non- votes will not be counted with respect to any proposal. Voting by Proxy Voting at the Meeting Stockholders can vote in person during the meeting. Stockholders of record will be on a list held by the inspector of elections. Each beneficial owner (an owner who is not the record holder of their shares) must obtain a proxy from the beneficial owner’s brokerage firm, bank, or the stockholder of record holding such shares for the beneficial owner, and present it to the inspector of elections with a ballot. Voting in person by a stockholder as described here will replace any previous votes of that stockholder submitted by proxy. Changing Your Vote Stockholders of record may change their votes by revoking their proxies at any time before the polls close by (1) submitting a later-dated proxy by the internet, telephone or mail, or (2) submitting a vote in person at the annual meeting. Before the annual meeting, stockholders of record may also deliver voting instructions to: Lam Research Corporation, Attention: Secretary, 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont, California 94538. If a beneficial owner holds shares through a bank or brokerage firm, or another stockholder of record, the beneficial owner must contact the stockholder of record in order to revoke any prior voting instructions. Voting Instructions If a stockholder completes and submits proxy voting instructions, the people named on the proxy card as proxy holders, the “Proxy Holders,” will follow the stockholder’s instructions. If a stockholder submits proxy voting instructions but does not include voting instructions for each item, the Proxy Holders will vote as the Board recommends on each item for which the stockholder did not include an instruction. The Proxy Holders will vote on any other matters properly presented at the annual meeting in accordance with their best judgment. Voting Results We will announce preliminary results at the annual meeting. We will report final voting results at http://investor.lamresearch.com and in a Form 8-K to be filed shortly after the annual meeting. Stockholders may vote by internet, telephone, or mail, per the instructions on the accompanying proxy card. Availability of Proxy Materials Beginning on September 28, 2017, this proxy statement and the accompanying proxy card and 2017 Annual Report to Stockholders will be mailed to stockholders entitled to vote at Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 57 the annual meeting who have designated a preference for a printed copy. Stockholders who previously chose to receive proxy materials electronically were sent an email with instructions on how to access this year’s proxy materials and the proxy voting site. notice will also have instructions on how to elect to receive all future proxy materials electronically or in printed form. If you choose to receive future proxy materials electronically, you will receive an email each year with instructions on how to access the proxy materials and proxy voting site. We have also provided our stockholders access to our proxy materials over the internet in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the SEC. These materials are available on our website at http://investor.lamresearch.com and at www.proxyvote.com. We will furnish, without charge, a printed copy of these materials and our 2017 Annual Report (including exhibits) on request by telephone (510-572-1615), by mail (to Investor Relations, Lam Research Corporation, 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont, California 94538), or by email (to investor.relations@lamresearch.com). A Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials will be mailed beginning on September 28, 2017 to all stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. The notice will have instructions for stockholders on how to access our proxy materials through the internet and how to request that a printed copy of the proxy materials be mailed to them. The Proxy Solicitation Costs The Company will bear the cost of all proxy solicitation activities. Our directors, officers and other employees may solicit proxies personally or by telephone, email or other communication means, without any cost to Lam Research. In addition, we have retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. to assist in obtaining proxies by mail, facsimile or email from brokers, bank nominees and other institutions for the annual meeting. The estimated cost of such services is $12,000 plus out-of- pocket expenses. D.F. King & Co, Inc. may be contacted at 48 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. We are required to request that brokers and nominees who hold stock in their names furnish our proxy materials to the beneficial owners of the stock, and we must reimburse these brokers and nominees for the expenses of doing so in accordance with statutory fee schedules. Other Meeting Information Annual Meeting Admission All stockholders entitled to vote as of the Record Date are entitled to attend the annual meeting. Admission of stockholders will begin at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on November 8, 2017. Any stockholders interested in attending the annual meeting should be prepared to present government-issued photo identification, such as a valid driver’s license or passport, and verification of ownership of Company common stock or proxy status as of the Record Date for admittance. For stockholders of record as of the Record Date, proof of ownership as of the Record Date will be verified prior to admittance into the annual meeting. For stockholders who were not stockholders as of the Record Date but hold shares through a bank, broker or other nominee holder, proof of beneficial ownership as of the Record Date, such as an account statement or similar evidence of ownership, will be verified prior to admittance into the annual meeting. For proxy holders, proof of valid proxy status will also be verified prior to admittance into the annual meeting. Stockholders and proxy holders will be admitted to the annual meeting if they comply with these procedures. Information on how to obtain directions to attend the annual meeting and vote in person is available on our website at http:// investor.lamresearch.com. Voting on Proposals Pursuant to Proposal No. 1, Board members will be elected at the annual meeting to fill ten seats on the Board to serve until 58 the next annual meeting of stockholders, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, under a “majority vote” standard. The majority voting standard means that, even though there are ten nominees in total for the ten Board seats, a nominee will be elected only if he or she receives an affirmative “for” vote from stockholders owning, as of the Record Date, at least a majority of the shares present and voted at the meeting in such nominee’s election by proxy or in person. If an incumbent fails to receive the required majority, his or her previously submitted resignation will be promptly considered by the Board. Each stockholder may cast one vote (“for” or “withhold”), per share held, for each of the ten nominees. Stockholders may not cumulate votes in the election of directors. Each share is entitled to one vote on Proposals No. 2, 3, 4 and 5. Votes may be cast “for,” “against” or “abstain” on Proposals 2, 4 and 5. Votes may be cast for “one year”, “two years”, “three years” or “abstain” on Proposal 3. Approval of each of Proposals No. 2 – 5 requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present or represented by proxy and cast at the meeting. If a stockholder votes by means of the proxy solicited by this proxy statement and does not instruct the Proxy Holders how to vote, the Proxy Holders will vote: “FOR” all individuals nominated by the Board; “FOR” approval, on an advisory basis, of our named executive officer compensation; for “ONE YEAR” approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of holding future advisory votes on our named executive officer compensation; “FOR” the ratification of EY as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2018; and “AGAINST” the stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the annual meeting, regarding annual disclosure of EEO-1 data. If you choose to vote in person, you will have an opportunity to do so at the annual meeting. You may either bring your proxy card to the annual meeting, or if you do not bring your proxy card, the Company will pass out written ballots to anyone who was a stockholder as of the Record Date. As noted above, if you are a beneficial owner (an owner who is not the record holder of their shares), you will need to obtain a proxy from your brokerage firm, bank, or the stockholder of record holding shares on your behalf. Voting by 401(k) Plan Participants Participants in Lam’s Savings Plus Plan, Lam Research 401(k), or the “401(k) Plan,” who held Lam common stock in their personal 401(k) Plan accounts as of the Record Date will receive this proxy statement, so that each participant may vote, by proxy, his or her interest in Lam’s common stock as held by the 401(k) Plan. The 401(k) Plan trustee will aggregate and vote proxies in accordance with the instructions in the proxies of employee participants that it receives. Stockholder Accounts Sharing the Same Last Name and Address; Stockholders Holding Multiple Accounts To reduce the expense of delivering duplicate proxy materials to stockholders who may have more than one account holding Lam Research stock but who share the same address, we have adopted a procedure approved by the SEC called “householding.” Under this procedure, stockholders of record who have the same address and last name will receive only one copy of our proxy statement and annual report unless one of the stockholders notifies our investor relations department that one or more of them want to receive separate copies. This procedure reduces duplicate mailings and therefore saves printing and mailing costs, as well as natural resources. Stockholders who participate in householding will continue to have access to all proxy materials at http://investor.lamresearch.com, as well as the ability to submit separate proxy voting instructions for each account through the internet or by telephone. Stockholders holding multiple accounts of Lam common stock may request separate copies of the proxy materials by contacting us by telephone (510-572-1615), by mail (to Investor Relations, Lam Research Corporation, 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont, California 94538) or by email (to investor.relations@lamresearch.com). Stockholders may also contact us by telephone, mail or email to request consolidation of proxy materials mailed to multiple accounts at the same address. Stockholder-Initiated Proposals and Nominations for 2018 Annual Meeting Proposals submitted under SEC rules for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement. Stockholder-initiated proposals (other than director nominations) may be eligible for inclusion in our proxy statement for next year’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (in accordance with SEC Rule 14a-8) and for consideration at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders. The Company must receive a stockholder proposal no later than May 31, 2018 for the proposal to be eligible for inclusion. Any stockholder interested in submitting a proposal or nomination is advised to contact legal counsel familiar with the detailed securities law requirements for submitting proposals or nominations for inclusion in a company’s proxy statement. Proposed nominations of directors under Company bylaws for Proxy Access. Our bylaws provide for “Proxy Access.” Pursuant to the Proxy Access provisions of our bylaws, a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning at least 3% of our outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years can nominate and include in our proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of two individuals or 20% of the Board, provided that the stockholders and the nominees satisfy the requirements specified in our bylaws. If a stockholder or group of stockholders wishes to nominate one or more director candidates to be included in our proxy statement for the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders pursuant to Proxy Access, all of the information required by our bylaws must be received by the Secretary of the Company no earlier than May 1, 2018, and no later than May 31, 2018. Proposals and nominations under Company bylaws for presentation at the annual meeting but for which the proponent does not seek to include materials in our proxy statement. Stockholders may also submit proposals for consideration and nominations of director candidates for election at the annual meeting by following certain requirements set forth in our bylaws. These proposals will not be eligible for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders unless they are submitted in compliance with then applicable SEC rules or pursuant to the Proxy Access described above; however, they will be presented for consideration at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders if the requirements established by our bylaws for stockholder proposals and nominations have been satisfied. • Our bylaws establish requirements for stockholder proposals and nominations not included in our proxy statement to be considered at the annual meeting. Assuming that the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders takes place at roughly the same date next year as the 2017 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 Proxy Statement 59 annual meeting (and subject to any change in our bylaws— which would be publicly disclosed by the Company—and to any provisions of then-applicable SEC rules), A stockholder of record must submit the proposal or nomination in writing and it must be received by the Secretary of the Company no earlier than July 15, 2018, and no later than August 14, 2018; For a full description of the requirements for submitting a proposal or nomination, see the Company’s bylaws. Submissions or questions should be sent to: Secretary, Lam Research Corporation, 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont, California 94538. By Order of the Board of Directors, Sarah A. O’Dowd Secretary Fremont, California Dated: September 28, 2017 60 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) È ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017 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: 0-12933 . LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont, California (Address of principal executive offices) 94-2634797 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 94538 (Zip code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 572-0200 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of class Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share Name of exchange on which registered The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq Global Select Market) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None (Title of class) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes È No ‘ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ‘ No È 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 È 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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). 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(Check one): Large accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer È ‘ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company ‘ ‘ ‘ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ‘ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ‘ No È The aggregate market value of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value, held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, as of December 25, 2016, the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter with respect to the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K, was $12,210,431,182. Common Stock held by each officer and director and by each person who owns 5% or more of the outstanding Common Stock has been excluded from this computation in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination of such status for other purposes. As of August 10, 2017, the Registrant had 162,454,686 outstanding shares of Common Stock. Parts of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders expected to be held on or about November 8, 2017, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K. Except as expressly incorporated by reference herein, the Registrant’s proxy statement shall not be deemed to be part of this report. Documents Incorporated by Reference LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I. Item 1. Business Item 1A. Risk Factors Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments Item 2. Item 3. Item 4. Properties Legal Proceedings Mine Safety Disclosures Part II. Item 5. Item 6. Item 7. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Selected Financial Data Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Item 8. Item 9. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure Item 9A. Controls and Procedures Item 9B. Other Information Part III. Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance Item 11. Executive Compensation Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services Part IV. Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules Signatures Exhibit Index Page 3 13 23 23 23 23 24 27 28 40 44 86 86 86 87 87 87 87 87 88 89 92 2 PART I CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS With the exception of historical facts, the statements contained in this discussion are forward-looking statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain, but not all, of the forward-looking statements in this report are specifically identified as forward-looking, by use of phrases and words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “plan,” “aim,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “continue,” and other future-oriented terms. The identification of certain statements as “forward-looking” does not mean that other statements not specifically identified are not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements that relate to: trends and opportunities in the global economic environment and the semiconductor industry; the anticipated levels of, and rates of change in, future shipments, margins, market share, capital expenditures, research and development expenditures, international sales, revenue, and operating expenses generally; management’s plans and objectives for our current and future operations and business focus; volatility in our quarterly results; customer and end user requirements and our ability to satisfy those requirements; customer capital spending and their demand for our products, and the reliability of indicators of change in customer spending and demand; the effect of variability in our customers’ business plans on demand for our equipment and services; changes in demand for our products and in our market share resulting from, among other things, increases in our customers’ proportion of capital expenditure (with respect to certain technology inflections); hedging transactions; our ability to defend our market share; and to gain new market share; our ability to obtain and qualify alternative sources of supply; factors that affect our tax rates; anticipated growth in the industry and the total market for wafer fabrication equipment and our growth relative to such growth; the success of joint development and collaboration relationships with customers, suppliers, or others; outsourced activities; the role of component suppliers in our business; our leadership and competency, and their ability to facilitate innovation; our ability to continue to, including the underlying factors that, create sustainable differentiation; the resources invested to comply with evolving standards and the impact of such efforts; the estimates we make, and the accruals we record, in order to implement our critical accounting policies (including but not limited to the adequacy of prior tax payments, future tax liabilities, and the adequacy of our accruals relating to them); our access to capital markets; our intention to pay quarterly dividends and the amounts thereof, if any; our ability and intention to repurchase our shares; our ability to manage and grow our cash position; and the sufficiency of our financial resources to support future business activities (including but not limited to operations, investments, debt service requirements, and capital expenditures). Such statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and changes in condition, significance, value, and effect, including without limitation those discussed below under the heading “Risk Factors” within Item 1A and elsewhere in this report and other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), such as our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our current reports on Form 8-K. Such risks, uncertainties, and changes in condition, significance, value, and effect could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in this report and in ways not readily foreseeable. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof and are based on information currently and reasonably known to us. We do not undertake any obligation to release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence or effect of anticipated or unanticipated events. Item 1. Business Incorporated in 1980, Lam Research Corporation (“Lam Research,” “Lam,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or “the Company”) is a Delaware corporation, headquartered in Fremont, California. We maintain a network of facilities throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States in order to meet the needs of our dynamic customer base. Additional information about Lam Research is available on our website at www.lamresearch.com. The content on any website referred to in this Form 10-K is not a part of or incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K unless expressly noted. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q, Current Reports on Forms 8-K, Proxy Statements and all other filings we make with the SEC are available on our website as soon as reasonably practical after we file them with or furnish them to the SEC and are also available online at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Lam Research logo, Lam Research, and all product and service names used in this report are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Lam Research Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 3 We are a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. We have built a strong global presence with core competencies in areas like nanoscale applications enablement, chemistry, plasma and fluidics, advanced systems engineering and a broad range of operational disciplines. Our products and services are designed to help our customers build smaller, faster, and better performing devices that are used in a variety of electronic products, including mobile phones, personal computers, servers, wearables, automotive devices, storage devices, and networking equipment. Our vision is to realize full value from natural technology extensions of our company. Our customer base includes leading semiconductor memory, foundry, and integrated device manufacturers (“IDMs”) that make products such as non-volatile memory (“NVM”), DRAM memory, and logic devices. We aim to increase our strategic relevance with our customers by contributing more to their continued success. Our core technical competency is integrating hardware, process, materials, software, and process control enabling results on the wafer. Semiconductor manufacturing, our customers’ business, involves the complete fabrication of multiple dies or integrated circuits (“ICs”) on a wafer. This involves the repetition of a set of core processes and can require hundreds of individual steps. Fabricating these devices requires highly sophisticated process technologies to integrate an increasing array of new materials with precise control at the atomic scale. Along with meeting technical requirements, wafer processing equipment must deliver high productivity and be cost-effective. Demand from cloud computing (the “Cloud”), the Internet of Things (“IoT”), and other markets is driving the need for increasingly powerful and cost-efficient semiconductors. At the same time, there are growing technical challenges with traditional two-dimensional scaling. These trends are driving significant inflections in semiconductor manufacturing, such as the increasing importance of vertical scaling strategies like three-dimensional (“3D”) architectures as well as multiple patterning to enable shrinks. These demand and technology inflections have significantly expanded our addressable markets from about 26% of wafer fabrication equipment (“WFE”) spending in calendar year 2013 to about 34% in calendar year 2016. We believe we are in a strong position with our leadership and competency in deposition, etch, and single wafer clean to facilitate some of the most significant innovations in semiconductor device manufacturing. Several factors create opportunity for sustainable differentiation for us: (i) our focus on research and development, with several on-going programs relating to sustaining engineering, product and process development, and concept and feasibility; (ii) our ability to effectively leverage cycles of learning from our broad installed base; and (iii) our collaborative focus with semi-ecosystem partners. We also address processes for back-end wafer-level packaging (“WLP”), which is an alternative to traditional wire bonding and can offer a smaller form factor, increased interconnect speed and bandwidth, and lower power consumption, among other benefits. In addition, our products are well-suited for related markets that rely on semiconductor processes and require production-proven manufacturing capability, such as complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (“CMOS”) image sensors (“CIS”) and micro- electromechanical systems (“MEMS”). Our Customer Support Business Group (“CSBG”) provides products and services to maximize installed equipment performance, predictability, and operational efficiency. We offer a broad range of services to deliver value throughout the lifecycle of our equipment, including customer service, spares, upgrades, and refurbishment of our deposition, etch, and clean products. Many of the technical advances that we introduce in our newest products are also available as upgrades, which provide customers with a cost-effective strategy for extending the performance and capabilities of their existing wafer fabrication lines. Additionally, CSBG provides new and refurbished previous-generation (legacy) equipment for those applications that do not require the most advanced wafer processing capability. Products Thin Film Deposition In leading-edge semiconductor designs, metal deposition processes face significant scaling and integration challenges. For advanced copper interconnect structures, challenges for electrochemical deposition (“ECD”) include providing complete, void-free fill of high aspect ratio (“HAR”) structures with low defectivity and high productivity. Electroplating of copper and other metals is also used for through-silicon via (“TSV”) and WLP applications, such as forming conductive bumps and redistribution layers (“RDLs”). These applications require excellent within-wafer uniformity with high plating rates, minimal defects, and cost competitiveness. For tungsten chemical vapor deposition (“CVD”)/atomic layer deposition (“ALD”) processes, key requirements are minimizing contact resistance to meet lower power consumption requirements and achieving void-free fill for narrow nanoscale structures. In addition, good barrier step coverage at reduced thicknesses relative to physical vapor deposition (“PVD”)/CVD barrier films is also needed to improve contact fill and reduce resistivity. 4 In dielectric deposition, high-productivity, high-quality films are needed for a number of critical patterning and gapfill applications. For example, atomic layer deposition is required for front-end-of-line (“FEOL”) transistor structures and back-end-of-line (“BEOL”) self-aligned multiple patterning schemes to deposit highly conformal and uniform films. For NVM applications, high-quality conformal films are needed to form device isolation and ensure structural integrity. Plasma-enhanced CVD (“PECVD”) is used to deposit multiple dielectric films, including the alternating mold stack layers used in NVM memory and critical patterning layers for logic/foundry. These applications require excellent thickness uniformity, low defectivity, and stress control. For gapfill deposition, achieving defect-free fills while maintaining high throughput is essential. Preferred approaches are to use high-density plasma CVD (“HDP-CVD”) either as a complete gapfill solution or as a cap over other gapfill technologies to enhance process control and mitigate integration risks. Lastly, innovative post-deposition film treatments such as ultraviolet thermal processing (“UVTP”) are being used to improve low-k film integrity and increase strain in nitride layers for improved device performance. Copper Metal Films — SABRE® Product Family The SABRE ECD product family is the industry’s leading system for copper damascene manufacturing. Electrofill® technology is designed to provide high-throughput, void-free fill with superior defect density performance for advanced technology nodes. SABRE chemistry packages provide leading-edge fill performance for low defectivity, a wide process window, and high rates of bottom-up growth to fill the most challenging HAR features. System capabilities include deposition of copper directly on various liner materials, important for next-generation metallization schemes. The number of yielding ICs per wafer is optimized by increasing the usable die area through process edge exclusion engineering. Applications include copper deposition for both advanced logic and memory interconnect. We also offer the SABRE 3D system to address TSV and WLP applications, such as copper pillar, RDL, high-density fanout, underbump metallization, bumping, and microbumps used in post-TSV processing. Tungsten Metal Films — ALTUS® Product Family Our ALTUS systems deposit highly conformal atomic layer films for advanced tungsten metallization applications. The patented Multi-Station Sequential Deposition (“MSSD”) architecture enables a nucleation layer to be formed using Pulsed Nucleation Layer (“PNL”) technology and bulk CVD fill to be performed in the same chamber (“in situ”). PNL®, our ALD technology, is used in the deposition of tungsten nitride films to achieve high step coverage with reduced thickness relative to conventional barrier films. PNL is also used to reduce thickness and alter CVD bulk fill grain growth, lowering the overall resistivity of thin tungsten films. The advanced ExtremeFillTM CVD and LFW (low-fluorine tungsten) ALD technologies provide extendibility to fill the most challenging structures at advanced technology nodes. Applications include tungsten plug and via fill, NVM word lines, low-stress composite interconnects, and tungsten nitride barrier for via and contact metallization. PECVD Dielectric Films — VECTOR® Product Family The VECTOR family of PECVD systems delivers advanced thin film quality, wafer-to-wafer uniformity, productivity, and low cost of ownership. The MSSD architecture combines the required film performance with both sequential and parallel processing to provide flexibility for a range of applications. VECTOR products include specialized systems for logic and memory applications with multiple platform options. The Express platform offers a small footprint with four processing stations. Excel is a modular platform for advanced technology nodes where pre-and-post deposition treatments are needed. The Extreme platform accommodates up to 12 processing stations for high-throughput applications. Our Q platform accommodates up to 16 processing stations for depositing multi-stack films. Applications include deposition of oxides, nitrides, and carbides for hardmasks, multiple patterning films, anti- reflective layers, multi-layer stack films, and diffusion barriers. ALD Dielectric Films — Striker® Product Family The Striker family of ALD systems delivers highly conformal dielectric films for spacer-based patterning and liner applications in the most advanced memory and logic structures. The MSSD architecture combines the required film performance with both sequential and parallel processing modes to provide flexibility to deliver both precise control of critical dimensions and low cost of ownership. The unique capability to deliver tunable and high-quality films over a vast range of temperatures and process conditions allows the Striker family to deliver unique and high electrical quality films to support the most demanding logic, DRAM, NVM, and CIS applications. Striker products include specialized systems for logic and memory applications, with similar multiple platform options as are available for our VECTOR products. Applications include conformal deposition of dielectric films for spacers and liners. Gapfill Dielectric Films — SPEED® Product Family The SPEED HDP-CVD products are designed to provide void-free gapfill of high-quality dielectric films with superior throughput and reliability. The unique source design provides for particle performance, while the ability to customize the deposition and in situ Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 5 etching profile ensures across-wafer thickness and gapfill uniformity. Together, the chamber and plasma source designs allow large batch sizes between cleans and faster cleans to deliver superior throughput. Broad process flexibility is available on the same platform, without requiring major hardware changes. Applications include shallow trench isolation (“STI”), pre-metal dielectrics, inter-layer dielectrics, inter-metal dielectrics, and passivation layers. Film Treatment — SOLA® Product Family The SOLA UVTP product family is used for treatment of BEOL low-k dielectric films and FEOL silicon nitride strained films. The systems incorporate a proprietary treatment process that modifies the physical characteristics of a previously deposited film through exposure to ultraviolet light, gases and vapors, and heat. The Multi-Station Sequential Processing (“MSSP”) architecture allows independent control of temperature, wavelength, and intensity at each station of the wafer path. We believe this enables delivery of best-in-class film properties, within-wafer and wafer-to-wafer uniformity, and productivity. Plasma Etch As the semiconductor industry continues to improve device performance and shrink critical feature sizes, plasma etch faces multiple challenges. These include processing smaller features, new materials, new transistor structures, increasingly complex film stacks, and ever higher aspect ratio structures. For conductor etch, requirements include delivering atomic-scale control for etching FinFET/3D gate transistors, multi-film stacks for high-k/metal gate structures, and multiple patterning structures. Dielectric etch processes must be able to maintain etch profiles on increasingly HAR structures such as in NVM devices, etch new multi-layer photoresist materials and amorphous carbon hardmasks, and avoid damaging fragile low-k materials. In emerging 3D ICs, TSVs are now used to provide interconnect capability for die-to-die and wafer-to-wafer stacking. Critical factors for TSV are etching a variety of materials in situ, as well as being able to use both conventional and special techniques for deep silicon etching. For all etch processes, it is important to provide excellent profile control and across-wafer uniformity while maintaining high productivity and cost efficiency. Conductor Etch — Kiyo® Product Family, Versys® Metal Product Family The Kiyo product family is designed to deliver high-performance, high-productivity, low-risk solutions for conductor etch applications. Uniformity, uniformity control, and repeatability are enabled by a symmetrical chamber design, electrostatic chuck technology, and independent tuning features. The Kiyo products deliver high productivity with low defectivity on multi-film stacks, enabled by in situ etch capability, continuous plasma, and advanced Waferless Autoclean technology. To address technology inflections in patterning, the Kiyo family offers state-of-the-art capability with our Hydra® technology, which enables extraordinary within-wafer uniformity for FEOL/BEOL process modules in NVM, DRAM and logic devices. In addition, Kiyo systems can be configured to perform atomic layer etching (“ALE”), which delivers atomic-scale variability control to enable next-generation wafer processing. Applications include FinFET gate, fin definition, STI, high-k/metal gate, and multiple patterning. The Versys Metal product family provides a flexible platform for BEOL metal etch processes. Symmetrical chamber design and independent tuning features provide critical dimension, profile uniformity, and uniformity control for metal hardmask applications. The products’ proprietary chamber cleaning technology ensures high availability, high yield, and exceptional process repeatability for BEOL processing. Applications include metal hardmask, multiple patterning, high-density aluminum line, and aluminum pad. For both Kiyo and Versys Metal families, multiple platforms options are available to address fab productivity needs; these include the 2300e4®, 2300e5®, and 2300e6® platforms. Dielectric Etch — FlexTM Product Family The Flex product family offers differentiated technologies and application-focused capabilities for critical dielectric etch applications. Uniformity, repeatability, and tunability are enabled by a multi-frequency, small-volume, confined plasma design. The systems deliver high productivity with low defectivity, enabled by in situ multi-step etch and continuous plasma capability. Low-risk, cost- effective upgrades provide evolutionary product transitions that extend product life and maximize return on investment. Applications include low-k and ultra low-k dual damascene, mask open, and high aspect ratio applications for DRAM capacitor cell, NVM hole, trench, and contact. In addition, Flex systems can be configured to perform ALE, which delivers atomic-scale variability control to enable next-generation wafer processing for applications such as self-aligned contacts. Multiple platforms are available — including 2300e4®, 2300e5®, 2300e6® — to address fab productivity needs. TSV Etch — Syndion® Product Family Based on our production-proven conductor etch products, the Syndion family provides low-risk, flexible solutions to address multiple TSV and CIS etch applications. The Syndion products provide a low cost of ownership due to high etch rates, excellent repeatability, and in situ etching of multiple materials in the TSV stack (silicon, dielectrics, conducting films). The systems support 6 both conventional single-step etch and rapidly alternating process (“RAP”). High process flexibility, superior profile control, and excellent uniformity enable successful TSV implementation for a variety of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor 3D IC and image sensor applications. Multiple platforms are available — including 2300e4®, 2300e5®, 2300e6® — to address fab productivity needs. Single-Wafer Clean Wafer cleaning is a critical function that must be repeated many times during the semiconductor manufacturing process, from device fabrication through packaging. As device geometries shrink and new materials are introduced, the number of cleaning steps continues to grow. Furthermore, each step has different selectivity and defectivity requirements that add to manufacturing complexity. For next-generation devices, fragile structures need to be cleaned without being damaged. In addition, cleaning steps that target the bevel region can help eliminate the potential source of yield-limiting defects at the wafer’s edge, thereby increasing the number of good die at the wafer’s edge and improving yield. Wet Clean — EOS®, Da Vinci®, DV-Prime®, SP Series Single-wafer spin technology pioneered the industry transition from batch to single-wafer wet processing. These production-proven spin wet clean systems provide the productivity and flexibility needed for both high-volume manufacturing and leading-edge development across multiple technology nodes and for all device types. The products deliver process uniformity across the wafer, wafer-to-wafer, and lot-to-lot. Proprietary technologies enhance damage-free particle removal and enable wafer drying without pattern collapse or watermarks. Offering the latest in dilute chemistry and solvent systems, the products meet defectivity and material integrity requirements. Applications include particle, polymer, and residue removal; photoresist removal; wafer backside/ bevel cleaning; and film removal. Our wet clean systems are also used for multiple wet etch and clean applications for WLP, including silicon substrate thinning, wafer stress relief, underbump metallization etch, and photoresist removal. Plasma Bevel Clean — Coronus® Product Family The Coronus plasma-based bevel clean products enhance die yield by removing particles, residues and unwanted films from the wafer’s edge that can impact the device area. The system combines the ability of plasma to selectively remove a wide variety of materials with a proprietary confinement technology that protects the die area. High system uptime and throughput, excellent process repeatability, and efficient in situ removal of multi-material film stacks and residues ensure high productivity for increased wafer output. Applications include post-etch, pre- and post-deposition, pre-lithography, and metal film removal to prevent arcing during plasma etch or deposition steps. It also provides a cost-effective bevel clean process to remove carbon-rich residues and films. Legacy Products For applications that do not require the most advanced wafer processing capability, semiconductor manufacturers can benefit from the proven performance of previous-generation products to increase their production capacity at a reduced economic investment. Purchasing through an original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) like us minimizes the risks of unexpected costs and unpredictable time to production that are typically associated with the legacy equipment market. To meet semiconductor manufacturers’ needs for high-performance, maximum-predictability, and low-risk equipment, we provide new, refurbished, and legacy products to customers utilizing technology nodes at and above 28 nm. These products benefit from many of the technical advances from our newest systems, enabling extended lifetime and productivity. Our products also provide production-worthy, cost-effective solutions for MEMS, power semiconductor, radio frequency device, and light emitting diode (“LED”) markets. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 7 Products Table Market Process/Application Technology Products Thin Film Deposition Metal Films Dielectric Films ECD (Copper & Other) CVD, ALD (Tungsten) PECVD ALD Gapfill HDP-CVD Plasma Etch Conductor Etch Reactive Ion Etch Film Treatment UVTP Dielectric Etch Reactive Ion Etch TSV Etch Deep Reactive Ion Etch Single-Wafer Clean Wafer Cleaning Wet Clean Bevel Cleaning Dry Plasma Clean SABRE® family ALTUS® family VECTOR® family Striker® family SPEED® family SOLA® family Kiyo® family, Versys® Metal family FlexTM family Syndion® family EOS®, DV-Prime®, Da Vinci®, SP Series Coronus® family Fiscal Periods Presented All references to fiscal years apply to our fiscal years, which ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015. Research and Development The market for semiconductor capital equipment is characterized by rapid technological change and product innovation. Our ability to achieve and maintain our competitive advantage depends in part on our continued and timely development of new products and enhancements to existing products. Accordingly, we devote a significant portion of our personnel and financial resources to research and development (“R&D”) programs and seek to maintain close and responsive relationships with our customers and suppliers. Our R&D expenses during fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015 were $1.0 billion, $914 million, and $825 million, respectively. The majority of R&D spending over the past three years has been targeted at deposition, etch, single-wafer clean, and other semiconductor manufacturing products. We believe current challenges for customers at various points in the semiconductor manufacturing process present opportunities for us. We expect to continue to make substantial investments in R&D to meet our customers’ product needs, support our growth strategy, and enhance our competitive position. Marketing, Sales, and Service Our marketing, sales, and service efforts are focused on building long-term relationships with our customers and targeting product and service solutions designed to meet their needs. These efforts are supported by a team of product marketing and sales professionals as well as equipment and process engineers who work closely with individual customers to develop solutions for their wafer processing needs. We maintain ongoing service relationships with our customers and have an extensive network of service engineers in place throughout the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan. We believe that comprehensive support programs and close working relationships with customers are essential to maintaining high customer satisfaction and our competitiveness in the marketplace. We provide standard warranties for our systems. The warranty provides that systems will be free from defects in material and workmanship and will conform to agreed-upon specifications. The warranty is limited to repair of the defect or replacement with new or like-new equivalent goods and is valid when the buyer provides prompt notification within the warranty period of the claimed defect or non-conformity and also makes the items available for inspection and repair. We also offer extended warranty packages to our customers to purchase as desired. 8 International Sales A significant portion of our sales and operations occur outside the United States and, therefore, may be subject to certain risks, including but not limited to tariffs and other barriers; difficulties in staffing and managing non-U.S. operations; adverse tax consequences; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; changes in currency controls; compliance with U.S. and international laws and regulations, including U.S. export restrictions; and economic and political conditions. Any of these factors may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and results of operations and cash flows. For geographical reporting, revenue is attributed to the geographic location in which the customers’ facilities are located. Revenue by region was as follows: Revenue: Korea Taiwan Japan China United States Southeast Asia Europe Total revenue Long-Lived Assets Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 (in thousands) $ 2,480,329 $ 1,057,331 $ 1,406,617 2,095,669 1,485,037 1,084,239 1,041,969 983,821 1,023,195 1,039,951 629,937 401,877 340,644 495,123 605,236 219,394 623,575 661,094 890,891 278,350 314,546 $ 8,013,620 $ 5,885,893 $ 5,259,312 Refer to Note 18 of our Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Item 8 of this report, for information concerning the geographic locations of long-lived assets. Customers Our customers include all of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers. Customers continue to establish joint ventures, alliances, and licensing arrangements which have the potential to positively or negatively impact our competitive position and market opportunities. Customers accounting for greater than 10% of total revenues in fiscal year 2017 included Micron Technology, Inc.; Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.; SK hynix Inc.; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd; and Toshiba, Inc. Customers accounting for greater than 10% of total revenues in fiscal year 2016 included Micron Technology, Inc.; Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.; SK hynix Inc.; and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Customers accounting for greater than 10% of total revenues in fiscal year 2015 included Micron Technology, Inc.; Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.; and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. A material reduction in orders from our customers could adversely affect our results of operations and projected financial condition. Our business depends upon the expenditures of semiconductor manufacturers. Semiconductor manufacturers’ businesses, in turn, depend on many factors, including their economic capability, the current and anticipated market demand for ICs, and the availability of equipment capacity to support that demand. Backlog In general, we schedule production of our systems based upon our customers’ delivery requirements and forecasts. In order for a system to be included in our backlog, the following conditions must be met: (1) we have received a written customer request that has been accepted, (2) we have an agreement on prices and product specifications, and (3) there is a scheduled shipment within the next 12 months. In order for spares and services to be included in our backlog, the following conditions must be met: (1) we have received a written customer request that has been accepted and (2) delivery of products or provision of services is anticipated within the next 12 months. Where specific spare parts and customer service purchase contracts do not contain discrete delivery dates, we use volume estimates at the contract price and over the contract period, not to exceed 12 months, in calculating backlog amounts. Our policy is to revise our backlog for order cancellations and to make adjustments to reflect, among other things, changes in spares volume estimates and customer delivery date changes. As of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, our backlog Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 9 was $2.1 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively. Generally, orders for our products and services are subject to cancellation by our customers with limited penalties. Because some orders are received and shipped in the same quarter and because customers may change delivery dates and cancel orders, our backlog at any particular date is not necessarily indicative of business volumes or actual revenue levels for succeeding periods. Manufacturing Our manufacturing operations mainly consist of assembling and testing components, sub-assemblies, and modules that are then integrated into finished systems prior to shipment to or at the location of our customers. The assembly and testing of our products is conducted predominately in cleanroom environments. We have agreements with third parties to outsource certain aspects of our manufacturing, production warehousing, and logistics functions. We believe that these outsourcing contracts provide us more flexibility to scale our operations up or down in a timely and cost-effective manner, enabling us to respond quickly to any changes in our business. We believe that we have selected reputable providers and have secured their performance on terms documented in written contracts. However, it is possible that one or more of these providers could fail to perform as we expect, and such failure could have an adverse impact on our business and have a negative effect on our operating results and financial condition. Overall, we believe we have effective mechanisms to manage risks associated with our outsourcing relationships. Refer to Note 15 of our Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Item 8 of this report, for further information concerning our outsourcing commitments. Certain components and sub-assemblies that we include in our products may only be obtained from a single supplier. We believe that, in many cases, we could obtain and qualify alternative sources to supply these products. Nevertheless, any prolonged inability to obtain these components could have an adverse effect on our operating results and could unfavorably impact our customer relationships. Environmental Matters We are subject to a variety of governmental regulations related to the management of hazardous materials that we use in our business operations. We are currently not aware of any pending notices of violations, fines, lawsuits, or investigations arising from environmental matters that would have a material effect on our business. We believe that we are generally in compliance with these regulations and that we have obtained (or will obtain or are otherwise addressing) all necessary environmental permits to conduct our business. Nevertheless, the failure to comply with present or future regulations could result in fines being imposed on us, require us to suspend production or cease operations, or cause our customers to not accept our products. These regulations could require us to alter our current operations, to acquire significant additional equipment, or to incur substantial other expenses to comply with environmental regulations. Our failure to control the use, sale, transport, or disposal of hazardous substances could subject us to future liabilities. Employees As of August 10, 2017, we had approximately 9,400 regular employees globally. Although we have employment-related agreements with a number of key employees, these agreements do not guarantee continued service. Each of our employees is required to comply with our policies relating to maintaining the confidentiality of our non-public information. In the semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment industries, competition for highly skilled employees is intense. Our future success depends, to a significant extent, upon our continued ability to attract and retain qualified employees, particularly in the R&D and customer support functions. Competition The semiconductor capital equipment industry is characterized by rapid change and is highly competitive throughout the world. To compete effectively, we invest significant financial resources targeted to strengthen and enhance our product and services portfolio and to maintain customer service and support locations globally. Semiconductor manufacturers evaluate capital equipment suppliers in many areas, including but not limited to process performance, productivity, defect control, customer support, and overall cost of ownership, which can be affected by many factors such as equipment design, reliability, software advancements, and similar factors. Our ability to succeed in the marketplace depends upon our ability to maintain existing products and introduce product enhancements and new products that meet customer requirements on a timely basis. In addition, semiconductor manufacturers must make a substantial investment to qualify and integrate new capital equipment into semiconductor production lines. As a result, once a semiconductor manufacturer has selected a particular supplier’s equipment and qualified it for production, the manufacturer generally maintains that selection for that specific production application and technology node as long as the 10 supplier’s products demonstrate performance to specification in the installed base. Accordingly, we may experience difficulty in selling to a given customer if that customer has qualified a competitor’s equipment. We must also continue to meet the expectations of our installed base of customers through the delivery of high-quality and cost-efficient spare parts in the presence of competition from third-party spare parts providers. We face significant competition with all of our products and services. Our primary competitor in the tungsten CVD, PECVD, HDP-CVD, ECD, and PVD markets is Applied Materials, Inc. In the PECVD market, in addition to Applied Materials, Inc., we also compete against ASM International and Wonik IPS. In the etch market, our primary competitors are Applied Materials, Inc., Hitatchi, Ltd., and Tokyo Electron, Ltd., and Our primary competitors in the wet clean market are Screen Holding Co., Ltd.; Semes Co., Ltd.; and Tokyo Electron, Ltd. We face competition from a number of established and emerging companies in the industry. We expect our competitors to continue to improve the design and performance of their current products and processes, to introduce new products and processes with enhanced price/performance characteristics, and to provide more comprehensive offerings of products. If our competitors make acquisitions or enter into strategic relationships with leading semiconductor manufacturers, or other entities, covering products similar to those we sell, our ability to sell our products to those customers could be adversely affected. Strategic investments to encourage local semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain in China could increase competition from domestic equipment manufacturers in China. There can be no assurance that we will continue to compete successfully in the future. Patents and Licenses Our policy is to seek patents on inventions relating to new or enhanced products and processes developed as part of our ongoing research, engineering, manufacturing, and support activities. We currently hold a number of U.S. and foreign patents covering various aspects of our products and processes. We believe that the duration of our patents generally exceeds the useful life of the technologies and processes disclosed and claimed in them. Our patents, which cover material aspects of our past and present core products, have current durations ranging from approximately one to twenty years. We believe that, although the patents we own and may obtain in the future will be of value, they alone will not determine our success. Our success depends principally upon our research and development, engineering, marketing, support, and delivery skills. However, in the absence of patent protection, we may be vulnerable to competitors who attempt to imitate our products, manufacturing techniques, and processes. In addition, other companies and inventors may receive patents that contain claims applicable or similar to our products and processes. The sale of products covered by patents of others could require licenses that may not be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all. For further discussion of legal matters, see Item 3, “Legal Proceedings,” of this report. Executive Officers of the Company As of August 10, 2017, the executive officers of Lam Research were as follows: Name Martin B. Anstice Timothy M. Archer Douglas R. Bettinger Richard A. Gottscho Patrick J. Lord Sarah A. O’Dowd Vahid Vahedi Sesha Varadarajan Age 50 50 50 65 51 67 51 42 President and Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Title Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer Executive Vice President, Corporate Chief Technology Officer Group Vice President, Customer Support Business Group (“CSBG”) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary Group Vice President, Etch Business Unit Group Vice President, Deposition Business Unit Martin B. Anstice has been our president and chief executive officer since January 2012. Mr. Anstice joined us in April 2001 as senior director, operations controller, was promoted to the position of managing director and corporate controller in May 2002, and was promoted to group vice president and chief financial officer in June 2004. He was appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer in September 2008 and president in December 2010. Prior to joining us, he held various finance positions from 1988 to 1999 at Raychem Corporation, a global materials science company. Subsequent to the acquisition of Raychem by Tyco International, a global provider of engineered electronic components, network solutions, and wireless systems, he assumed responsibility for supporting mergers and acquisitions activities of Tyco Electronics. Mr. Anstice is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants in the United Kingdom. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 11 Timothy M. Archer joined us in June 2012 as our executive vice president, chief operating officer. Prior to joining us, he spent 18 years at Novellus Systems, Inc., (“Novellus”) in various technology development and business leadership roles, including most recently as chief operating officer from January 2011 to June 2012; executive vice president of Worldwide Sales, Marketing, and Customer Satisfaction from September 2009 to January 2011; and executive vice president of the PECVD and Electrofill Business Units from November 2008 to September 2009. His tenure at Novellus also included assignments as senior director of technology for Novellus Systems Japan from 1999 to 2001 and senior director of technology for the Electrofill Business Unit from April 2001 to April 2002. He started his career in 1989 at Tektronix, where he was responsible for process development for high-speed bipolar ICs. Mr. Archer completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Business and earned a B.S. degree in applied physics from the California Institute of Technology. Douglas R. Bettinger is our executive vice president, chief financial officer, and chief accounting officer with responsibility for finance, tax, treasury, information technology, and investor relations. Prior to joining the Company in 2013, Mr. Bettinger served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Avago Technologies from 2008 to 2013. From 2007 to 2008, he served as vice president of Finance and corporate controller at Xilinx, Inc., and from 2004 to 2007, he was chief financial officer at 24/7 Customer, a privately held company. Mr. Bettinger worked at Intel Corporation from 1993 to 2004, where he held several senior-level finance positions, including corporate planning and reporting controller and Malaysia site operations controller. Mr. Bettinger earned an M.B.A. degree in finance from the University of Michigan and a B.S. degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Richard A. Gottscho is our executive vice president, corporate chief technology officer, a position he has held since May 2017. Prior to that time, he had been executive vice president, Global Products Group beginning in August 2010; and group vice president and general manager, Etch Businesses beginning in March 2007. He joined us in January 1996 and has served at various director and vice president levels in support of etch products, CVD products, and corporate research. Prior to joining us, he was a member of Bell Laboratories for 15 years, where he started his career working in plasma processing. During his tenure at Bell, he headed research departments in electronics materials, electronics packaging, and flat panel displays. He is the author of numerous papers, patents, and lectures in plasma processing and process control. He is a recipient of the American Vacuum Society’s Peter Mark Memorial Award and Plasma Science and Technology Division Prize, the Gaseous Electronics Conference Foundation Lecturer, the Dry Process Symposium Nishizawa Award, and the Tegal Thinker Award. He is a fellow of the American Physical and American Vacuum Societies, has served on numerous editorial boards of refereed technical publications and program committees for major conferences in plasma science and engineering, and was vice-chair of a National Research Council study on plasma science in the 1980s. In 2016, Dr. Gottscho was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Gottscho earned Ph.D. and B.S. degrees in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University, respectively. Patrick J. Lord is our group vice president and general manager of the Customer Support Business Group, a position he has held since December 2016. Previously, Dr. Lord held the position of group vice president and deputy general manager of the Global Products Group from September 2013 to December 2016. He served as the head of the Direct Metals, GapFill, Surface Integrity Group, and Integrated Metals (“DGSI”) Business Units between June 2012 and September 2013. Prior to the acquisition of Novellus in June 2012, Dr. Lord was senior vice president and general manager of the DGSI Business Units at Novellus. Additionally, Dr. Lord held the position of senior vice president of Business Development and Strategic Planning. He joined Novellus in 2001 and held a number of other positions, including executive vice president and general manager of the CMP Business Unit, senior director of Business Development, senior director of Strategic Marketing, and acting vice president of Corporate Marketing. Before joining Novellus, Dr. Lord spent six years at KLA-Tencor Corporation (“KLA-Tencor”) in various product marketing and management roles. He earned his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sarah A. O’Dowd is our senior vice president, chief legal officer and secretary. She joined us in September 2008 as group vice president and chief legal officer, responsible for general legal matters, intellectual property and ethics, and compliance. In addition to her Legal function, in April 2009 she was appointed vice president of Human Resources and served in this dual capacity through May 2012. Prior to joining us, she was vice president and general counsel for FibroGen, Inc., from February 2007 until September 2008. Until February 2007, Ms. O’Dowd was a shareholder in the law firm of Heller Ehrman LLP for more than 20 years, practicing in the areas of corporate securities, governance, and mergers and acquisitions for a variety of clients, principally publicly traded high-technology companies. She served in a variety of leadership and management roles at Heller Ehrman, including managing partner of the Silicon Valley and San Diego offices, member of the firm’s Policy Committee, and, as head of the firm’s business practice groups, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ms. O’Dowd earned her J.D. and M.A. degrees in communications from Stanford Law School and Stanford University, respectively, and her B.A. degree in mathematics from Immaculata College. 12 Vahid Vahedi is our group vice president of the Etch Business Unit, a position he has held since March 2012. Previously, he served as vice president of Etch Business Product Management and Marketing, vice president of Dielectric Etch, vice president of Conductor and 3DIC Etch, and director of Conductor Etch Technology Development. He joined us in 1995. He earned his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley. Sesha Varadarajan is our group vice president of the Deposition Business Unit, a position he has held since September 2013. Previously, he served as the head of the PECVD/Electrofill Business Unit between June 2012 and September 2013. Prior to joining us, Mr. Varadarajan was senior vice president and general manager of Novellus’ PECVD and Electrofill Business Units. He joined Novellus in 1999 as a process engineer with the Electrofill Business Unit and held various roles in that business unit before being appointed director of technology in 2004. Between 2006 and 2008, he worked in the PECVD Business Unit, initially as director of technology, until being promoted to product general manager. In 2009, he returned to the Electrofill Business Unit as vice president and general manager. In mid-2011, he was promoted to senior vice president and general manager, where he was also responsible for the PECVD Business Unit. Mr. Varadarajan earned an M.S. degree in manufacturing engineering and material science from Boston University and a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Mysore. Item 1A. Risk Factors In addition to the other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (“2017 Form 10-K”), the following risk factors should be carefully considered in evaluating the Company and its business because such factors may significantly impact our business, operating results, and financial condition. As a result of these risk factors, as well as other risks discussed in our other SEC filings, our actual results could differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements. No priority or significance is intended, nor should be attached, to the order in which the risk factors appear. The Semiconductor Capital Equipment Industry Is Subject to Variability and Periods of Rapid Growth or Decline; We Therefore Face Risks Related to Our Strategic Resource Allocation Decisions The semiconductor capital equipment industry has historically been characterized by rapid changes in demand. The industry environment has moved toward being more characterized by variability across segments and customers accentuated by consolidation within the industry. Variability in our customers’ business plans may lead to changes in demand for our equipment and services, which could negatively impact our results. The variability in our customers’ investments during any particular period is dependent on several factors, including but not limited to electronics demand, economic conditions (both general and in the semiconductor and electronics industries), industry supply and demand, prices for semiconductors, and our customers’ ability to develop and manufacture increasingly complex and costly semiconductor devices. The changes in demand may require our management to adjust spending and other resources allocated to operating activities. During periods of rapid growth or decline in demand for our products and services, we face significant challenges in maintaining adequate financial and business controls, management processes, information systems, and procedures for training and managing our workforce, and in appropriately sizing our supply chain infrastructure and facilities, work force, and other components of our business on a timely basis. If we do not adequately meet these challenges during periods of increasing or declining demand, our gross margins and earnings may be negatively impacted. We continuously reassess our strategic resource allocation choices in response to the changing business environment. If we do not adequately adapt to the changing business environment, we may lack the infrastructure and resources to scale up our business to meet customer expectations and compete successfully during a period of growth, or we may expand our capacity too rapidly and/or beyond what is appropriate for the actual demand environment, resulting in excess fixed costs. Especially during transitional periods, resource allocation decisions can have a significant impact on our future performance, particularly if we have not accurately anticipated industry changes. Our success will depend, to a significant extent, on the ability of our executive officers and other members of our senior management to identify and respond to these challenges effectively. Future Declines in the Semiconductor Industry, and the Overall World Economic Conditions on Which It Is Significantly Dependent, Could Have a Material Adverse Impact on Our Results of Operations and Financial Condition Our business depends on the capital equipment expenditures of semiconductor manufacturers, which in turn depend on the current and anticipated market demand for integrated circuits. With the consolidation of customers within the industry, the semiconductor capital equipment market may experience rapid changes in demand driven both by changes in the market generally and the plans and requirements of particular customers. The economic, political, and business conditions occurring nationally, globally, or in any Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 13 of our key sales regions, which are often unpredictable, have historically impacted customer demand for our products and normal commercial relationships with our customers, suppliers, and creditors. Additionally, in times of economic uncertainty, our customers’ budgets for our products, or their ability to access credit to purchase them, could be adversely affected. This would limit their ability to purchase our products and services. As a result, changing business or economic conditions can cause material adverse changes to our results of operations and financial condition, including but not limited to: • • • • • • • • • • a decline in demand for our products or services; an increase in reserves on accounts receivable due to our customers’ inability to pay us; an increase in reserves on inventory balances due to excess or obsolete inventory as a result of our inability to sell such inventory; valuation allowances on deferred tax assets; restructuring charges; asset impairments including the potential impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets; a decline in the value of our investments; exposure to claims from our suppliers for payment on inventory that is ordered in anticipation of customer purchases that do not come to fruition; a decline in the value of certain facilities we lease to less than our residual value guarantee with the lessor; and challenges maintaining reliable and uninterrupted sources of supply. Fluctuating levels of investment by semiconductor manufacturers may materially affect our aggregate shipments, revenues, operating results, and earnings. Where appropriate, we will attempt to respond to these fluctuations with cost management programs aimed at aligning our expenditures with anticipated revenue streams, which sometimes result in restructuring charges. Even during periods of reduced revenues, we must continue to invest in R&D and maintain extensive ongoing worldwide customer service and support capabilities to remain competitive, which may temporarily harm our profitability and other financial results. Our Quarterly Revenues and Operating Results Are Variable Our revenues and operating results may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, not all of which are in our control. We manage our expense levels based in part on our expectations of future revenues. Because our operating expenses are based in part on anticipated future revenues, and a certain amount of those expenses are relatively fixed, a change in the timing of recognition of revenue and/or the level of gross profit from a small number of transactions can unfavorably affect operating results in a particular quarter. Factors that may cause our financial results to fluctuate unpredictably include but are not limited to: • • • • • economic conditions in the electronics and semiconductor industries in general and specifically the semiconductor equipment industry; the size and timing of orders from customers; consolidation of the customer base, which may result in the investment decisions of one customer or market having a significant effect on demand for our products or services; procurement shortages; the failure of our suppliers or outsource providers to perform their obligations in a manner consistent with our expectations; • manufacturing difficulties; • • • customer cancellations or delays in shipments, installations, and/or customer acceptances; the extent that customers continue to purchase and use our products and services in their business; our customers’ reuse of existing and installed products, to the extent that such reuse decreases their need to purchase new products or services; changes in average selling prices, customer mix, and product mix; our ability to develop, introduce, and market new, enhanced, and competitive products in a timely manner; our competitors’ introduction of new products; legal or technical challenges to our products and technologies; transportation, communication, demand, information technology, or supply disruptions based on factors outside our control, such as strikes, acts of God, wars, terrorist activities, and natural or man-made disasters; legal, tax, accounting, or regulatory changes (including but not limited to change in import/export regulations) or changes in the interpretation or enforcement of existing requirements; changes in our estimated effective tax rate; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; and the dilutive impact of our Convertible Notes (as defined below) and related warrants on our earnings per share. • • • • • • • • • 14 We May Incur Impairments to Goodwill or Long-Lived Assets We review our long-lived assets, including goodwill and other intangible assets, for impairment annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable. Negative industry or economic trends, including reduced market prices of our Common Stock, reduced estimates of future cash flows, disruptions to our business, slower growth rates, or lack of growth in our relevant business units, could lead to impairment charges against our long-lived assets, including goodwill and other intangible assets. If, in any period, our stock price decreases to the point where our fair value, as determined by our market capitalization, is less than the book value of our assets, this could also indicate a potential impairment, and we may be required to record an impairment charge in that period, which could adversely affect our result of operations. Our valuation methodology for assessing impairment requires management to make judgments and assumptions based on historical experience and to rely heavily on projections of future operating performance. We operate in a highly competitive environment and projections of future operating results and cash flows may vary significantly from actual results. Additionally, if our analysis indicates potential impairment to goodwill in one or more of our business units, we may be required to record additional charges to earnings in our financial statements, which could negatively affect our results of operations. Our Leverage and Debt Service Obligations and Potential Note Conversion or Related Hedging Activities May Adversely Affect Our Financial Condition, Results of Operations, and Earnings per Share We have $2.9 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes and convertible note instruments outstanding. Additionally, we have $750 million available to us in revolving credit arrangements, with an option for us to request an increase in the facility of up to an additional $250 million, for a potential total commitment of $1.0 billion. We may, in the future, decide to borrow amounts under the revolving credit agreement, or to enter into additional debt arrangements. In addition, we have entered, and in the future may enter, into derivative instrument arrangements to hedge against the variability of cash flows due to changes in the benchmark interest rate of fixed rate debt. We could be exposed to losses in the event of nonperformance by the counterparties to our derivative instruments. Our indebtedness could have adverse consequences, including: • • • risk associated with any inability to satisfy our obligations; a portion of our cash flows that may have to be dedicated to interest and principal payments and may not be available for operations, working capital, capital expenditures, expansion, acquisitions, or general corporate or other purposes; and impairing our ability to obtain additional financing in the future. Our ability to meet our expenses and debt obligations will depend on our future performance, which will be affected by financial, business, economic, regulatory, and other factors. Furthermore, our operations may not generate sufficient cash flows, particularly in the United States, to enable us to meet our expenses and service our debt. As a result, we may need to enter into new financing arrangements to obtain the necessary funds. If we determine it is necessary to seek additional funding for any reason, we may not be able to obtain such funding or, if funding is available, obtain it on acceptable terms. If we fail to make a payment on our debt, we could be in default on such debt, and this default could cause us to be in default on our other outstanding indebtedness. Conversion of our Convertible Notes and the exercise of the related warrants may cause dilution to our stockholders and to our earnings per share. The number of shares of our Common Stock into which the Convertible Notes are convertible and for which related warrants are exercisable for may be adjusted from time to time, including increases in such rates as a result of dividends that we pay to our stockholders. Upon conversion of any Convertible Notes, we will deliver cash in the amount of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes and, with respect to any excess conversion value greater than the principal amount of the Convertible Notes, shares of our Common Stock, which would result in dilution to our stockholders. This dilution may not be completely mitigated by the hedging transactions we entered into in connection with the sale of certain Convertible Notes or through share repurchases. Prior to the maturity of the Convertible Notes, if the price of our Common Stock exceeds the conversion price, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that we report an increase in diluted share count, which would result in lower reported earnings per share. The price of our Common Stock could also be affected by sales of our Common Stock by investors who view the Convertible Notes as a more attractive means of equity participation in our company and also by hedging activity that may develop involving our Common Stock by holders of the Convertible Notes. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 15 Our Credit Agreements Contain Covenant Restrictions That May Limit Our Ability to Operate Our Business We may be unable to respond to changes in business and economic conditions, engage in transactions that might otherwise be beneficial to us, or obtain additional financing because our debt agreements contain, and any of our other future similar agreements may contain, covenant restrictions that limit our ability to, among other things: • • • • • incur additional debt, assume obligations in connection with letters of credit, or issue guarantees; create liens; enter into transactions with our affiliates; sell certain assets; and merge or consolidate with any person. Our ability to comply with these covenants is dependent on our future performance, which will be subject to many factors, some of which are beyond our control, including prevailing economic conditions. In addition, our failure to comply with these covenants could result in a default under the Senior Notes, the Convertible Notes, or our other debt, which could permit the holders to accelerate such debt. If any of our debt is accelerated, we may not have sufficient funds available to repay such debt, which could materially and negatively affect our financial condition and results of operation. We Have a Limited Number of Key Customers Sales to a limited number of large customers constitute a significant portion of our overall revenue, shipments, cash flows, collections, and profitability. As a result, the actions of even one customer may subject us to variability in those areas that is difficult to predict. In addition, large customers may be able to negotiate requirements that result in decreased pricing, increased costs, and/or lower margins for us; compliance with specific environmental, social, and corporate governance standards; and limitations on our ability to share jointly developed technology with others. Similarly, significant portions of our credit risk may, at any given time, be concentrated among a limited number of customers so that the failure of even one of these key customers to pay its obligations to us could significantly impact our financial results. We Depend on Creating New Products and Processes and Enhancing Existing Products and Processes for Our Success. Consequently, We Are Subject to Risks Associated with Rapid Technological Change Rapid technological changes in semiconductor manufacturing processes subject us to increased pressure to develop technological advances that enable those processes. We believe that our future success depends in part upon our ability to develop and offer new products with improved capabilities and to continue to enhance our existing products. If new products or existing products have reliability, quality, design, or safety problems, our performance may be impacted by reduced orders, higher manufacturing costs, delays in acceptance of and payment for new products, and additional service and warranty expenses. We may be unable to develop and manufacture products successfully, or products that we introduce may fail in the marketplace. For more than 25 years, the primary driver of technology advancement in the semiconductor industry has been to shrink the lithography that prints the circuit design on semiconductor chips. That driver could be approaching its technological limit, leading semiconductor manufacturers to investigate more complex changes in multiple technologies in an effort to continue technology development. In the face of uncertainty on which technology solutions will become successful, we will need to focus our efforts on developing the technology changes that are ultimately successful in supporting our customer requirements. Our failure to develop and offer the correct technology solutions in a timely manner with productive and cost-effective products could adversely affect our business in a material way. Our failure to commercialize new products in a timely manner could result in loss of market share, unanticipated costs, and inventory obsolescence, which would adversely affect our financial results. In order to develop new products and processes and enhance existing products and processes, we expect to continue to make significant investments in R&D, to investigate the acquisition of new products and technologies, to invest in or acquire such business or technologies, and to pursue joint development relationships with customers, suppliers, or other members of the industry. Our investments and acquisitions may not be as successful as we may expect, particularly as we seek to invest or acquire product lines and technologies that are new to us. We may find that acquisitions are not available to us, for regulatory or other reasons, and that we must therefore limit ourselves to collaboration and joint venture development activities, which do not have the same benefits as acquisitions. Pursuing development through collaboration and/or joint development activities rather than through an acquisition poses substantial challenges for management, including those related to aligning business objectives, sharing confidential information and intellectual property, sharing value with third parties, and realizing synergies that might have been available in an acquisition but are not available through a joint development project. We must manage product transitions and joint development relationships successfully, as the introduction of new products could adversely affect our sales of existing products and certain jointly developed technologies may be subject to restrictions on our ability to share that technology with other customers, which could limit our market for products incorporating those technologies. Future technologies, processes, or product 16 developments may render our current product offerings obsolete, leaving us with non-competitive products, obsolete inventory, or both. Moreover, customers may adopt new technologies or processes to address the complex challenges associated with next- generation devices. This shift may result in a reduction in the size of our addressable markets or could increase the relative size of markets in which we either do not compete or have relatively low market share. We Are Subject to Risks Relating to Product Concentration and Lack of Product Revenue Diversification We derive a substantial percentage of our revenues from a limited number of products. Our products are priced up to approximately $10 million per system. As a result, the inability to recognize revenue on even a few systems can cause a significantly adverse impact on our revenues for a given quarter, and, in the longer term, the continued market acceptance of these products is critical to our future success. Our business, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows could therefore be adversely affected by: • • • • • • • a decline in demand for even a limited number of our products, a failure to achieve continued market acceptance of our key products, export restrictions or other regulatory or legislative actions that could limit our ability to sell those products to key customers or customers within certain markets, an improved version of products being offered by a competitor in the markets in which we participate, increased pressure from competitors that offer broader product lines, technological changes that we are unable to address with our products, or a failure to release new or enhanced versions of our products on a timely basis. In addition, the fact that we offer limited product lines creates the risk that our customers may view us as less important to their business than our competitors that offer additional products and/or product capabilities. This may impact our ability to maintain or expand our business with certain customers. Such product concentration may also subject us to additional risks associated with technology changes. Our business is affected by our customers’ use of our products in certain steps in their wafer fabrication processes. Should technologies change so that the manufacture of semiconductors requires fewer steps using our products, this could have a larger impact on our business than it would on the business of our less concentrated competitors. Strategic Alliances and Customer Consolidation May Have Negative Effects on Our Business Increasingly, semiconductor manufacturing companies are entering into strategic alliances or consolidating with one another to expedite the development of processes and other manufacturing technologies and/or achieve economies of scale. The outcomes of such an alliance can be the definition of a particular tool set for a certain function and/or the standardization of a series of process steps that use a specific set of manufacturing equipment, while the outcomes of consolidation can lead to an overall reduction in the market for semiconductor manufacturing equipment as customers’ operations achieve economies of scale and/or increased purchasing power based on their higher volumes. In certain instances, this could work to our disadvantage if a competitor’s tools or equipment become the standard equipment for such functions or processes. Additional outcomes of such consolidation may include our customers re-evaluating their future supplier relationships to consider our competitors’ products and/ or gaining additional influence over the pricing of products and the control of intellectual property. Similarly, our customers may partner with, or follow the lead of, educational or research institutions that establish processes for accomplishing various tasks or manufacturing steps. If those institutions utilize a competitor’s equipment when they establish those processes, it is likely that customers will tend to use the same equipment in setting up their own manufacturing lines. Even if they select our equipment, the institutions and the customers that follow their lead could impose conditions on acceptance of that equipment, such as adherence to standards and requirements or limitations on how we license our proprietary rights, that increase our costs or require us to take on greater risk. These actions could adversely impact our market share and financial results. We Depend on a Limited Number of Key Suppliers and Outsource Providers, and We Run the Risk That They Might Not Perform as We Expect Outsource providers and component suppliers have played and will continue to play a key role in our manufacturing operations, field installation and support, and many of our transactional and administrative functions, such as information technology, facilities management, and certain elements of our finance organization. These providers and suppliers might suffer financial setbacks, be acquired by third parties, become subject to exclusivity arrangements that preclude further business with us, or be unable to meet our requirements or expectation due to their independent business decisions or force majeure events that could interrupt or impair their continued ability to perform as we expect. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 17 Although we attempt to select reputable providers and suppliers and we attempt to secure their performance on terms documented in written contracts, it is possible that one or more of these providers or suppliers could fail to perform as we expect, or fail to secure or protect intellectual property rights, and such failure could have an adverse impact on our business. In some cases, the requirements of our business mandate that we obtain certain components and sub-assemblies included in our products from a single supplier or a limited group of suppliers. Where practical, we endeavor to establish alternative sources to mitigate the risk that the failure of any single provider or supplier will adversely affect our business, but this is not feasible in all circumstances. There is therefore a risk that a prolonged inability to obtain certain components or secure key services could impair our ability to manage operations, ship products, and generate revenues, which could adversely affect our operating results and damage our customer relationships. We Face Risks Related to the Disruption of Our Primary Manufacturing Facilities Our manufacturing facilities are concentrated in just a few locations. These locations are subject to disruption for a variety of reasons, such as natural or man-made disasters, terrorist activities, disruptions of our information technology resources, and utility interruptions. Such disruptions may cause delays in shipping our products, which could result in the loss of business or customer trust, adversely affecting our business and operating results. Once a Semiconductor Manufacturer Commits to Purchase a Competitor’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, the Manufacturer Typically Continues to Purchase That Competitor’s Equipment, Making It More Difficult for Us to Sell Our Equipment to That Customer Semiconductor manufacturers must make a substantial investment to qualify and integrate wafer processing equipment into a semiconductor production line. We believe that once a semiconductor manufacturer selects a particular supplier’s processing equipment, the manufacturer generally relies upon that equipment for that specific production line application for an extended period of time, especially for customers that are more focused on tool reuse. Accordingly, we expect it to be more difficult to sell our products to a given customer if that customer initially selects a competitor’s equipment for the same product line application. We Face a Challenging and Complex Competitive Environment We face significant competition from multiple competitors, and with increased consolidation efforts in our industry, we may face increasing competitive pressures. Other companies continue to develop systems and/or acquire businesses and products that are competitive to ours and may introduce new products and product capabilities that may affect our ability to sell our existing products. We face a greater risk if our competitors enter into strategic relationships with leading semiconductor manufacturers covering products similar to those we sell or may develop, as this could adversely affect our ability to sell products to those manufacturers. We believe that to remain competitive we must devote significant financial resources to offer products that meet our customers’ needs, to maintain customer service and support centers worldwide, and to invest in product and process R&D. Certain of our competitors, including those that are created and financially backed by foreign governments, have substantially greater financial resources and more extensive engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and customer service and support resources than we do and therefore have the potential to offer customers a more comprehensive array of products and/or product capabilities and to therefore achieve additional relative success in the semiconductor equipment industry. These competitors may deeply discount or give away products similar to those that we sell, challenging or even exceeding our ability to make similar accommodations and threatening our ability to sell those products. We also face competition from our own customers, who in some instances have established affiliated entities that manufacture equipment similar to ours. In addition, we face competition from companies that exist in a more favorable legal or regulatory environment than we do, allowing the freedom of action in ways that we may be unable to match. In many cases speed to solution is necessary for customer satisfaction and our competitors may be better positioned to achieve these objectives. For these reasons, we may fail to continue to compete successfully worldwide. In addition, our competitors may be able to develop products comparable or superior to those we offer or may adapt more quickly to new technologies or evolving customer requirements. In particular, while we continue to develop product enhancements that we believe will address future customer requirements, we may fail in a timely manner to complete the development or introduction of these additional product enhancements successfully, or these product enhancements may not achieve market acceptance or be competitive. Accordingly, competition may intensify, and we may be unable to continue to compete successfully in our markets, which could have a material adverse effect on our revenues, operating results, financial condition, and/or cash flows. Our Future Success Depends Heavily on International Sales and the Management of Global Operations Non-U.S. sales, as reflected in Part 1 Item 1. Business, accounted for approximately 92%, 92%, and 83% of total revenue in fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. We expect that international sales will continue to account for a substantial majority of our total revenue in future years. 18 We are subject to various challenges related to international sales and the management of global operations including, but not limited to: • • • • • • • • • • • trade balance issues; tariffs and other barriers; global or national economic and political conditions; changes in currency controls; differences in the enforcement of intellectual property and contract rights in varying jurisdictions; our ability to respond to customer and foreign government demands for locally sourced systems, spare parts, and services and develop the necessary relationships with local suppliers; compliance with U.S. and international laws and regulations affecting foreign operations, including U.S. and international trade restrictions and sanctions, anti-bribery, anti-corruption, environmental, tax, and labor laws; fluctuations in interest and foreign currency exchange rates; our ability to repatriate cash in a tax-efficient manner; the need for technical support resources in different locations; and our ability to secure and retain qualified people, and effectively manage people, in all necessary locations for the successful operation of our business. Certain international sales depend on our ability to obtain export licenses from the U.S. government. Our failure or inability to obtain such licenses would substantially limit our markets and severely restrict our revenues. Many of the challenges noted above are applicable in China, which is a fast developing market for the semiconductor equipment industry and therefore an area of potential significant growth for our business. As the business volume between China and the rest of the world grows, there is inherent risk, based on the complex relationships among China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States, that political and diplomatic influences might lead to trade disruptions. This would adversely affect our business with China, Japan, Korea, and/or Taiwan and perhaps the entire Asia Pacific region. A significant trade disruption in these areas could have a materially adverse impact on our future revenue and profits. In addition, there are risks that the Chinese government may, among other things, insist on the use of local suppliers; compel companies that do business in China to partner with local companies to design and supply equipment on a local basis, requiring the transfer of intellectual property rights and/or local manufacturing; and provide special incentives to government-backed local customers to buy from local competitors, even if their products are inferior to ours; all of which could adversely impact our revenues and margins. We are exposed to potentially adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. The majority of our sales and expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars. However, we are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations primarily related to revenues denominated in Japanese yen and expenses denominated in euro and Korean won. Currently, we hedge certain anticipated foreign currency cash flows, primarily anticipated revenues denominated in Japanese yen and expenses dominated in euro and Korean won. In addition, we enter into foreign currency hedge contracts to minimize the short-term impact of the foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on certain foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities, primarily third-party accounts receivables, accounts payables, and intercompany receivables and payables. We believe these are our primary exposures to currency rate fluctuation. We expect to continue to enter into hedging transactions, for the purposes outlined, for the foreseeable future. However, these hedging transactions may not achieve their desired effect because differences between the actual timing of the underlying exposures and our forecasts of those exposures may leave us either over or under hedged on any given transaction. Moreover, by hedging these foreign currency denominated revenues, expenses, monetary assets, and liabilities, we may miss favorable currency trends that would have been advantageous to us but for the hedges. Additionally, we are exposed to short-term foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on non-U.S. dollar-denominated monetary assets and liabilities (other than those currency exposures previously discussed), and currently we do not enter into foreign currency hedge contracts against these exposures. Therefore, we are subject to potential unfavorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations to the extent that we transact business (including intercompany transactions) in these currencies. The magnitude of our overseas business also affects where our cash is generated. Certain uses of cash, such as share repurchases, payment of dividends, or the repayment of our notes, can usually only be made with onshore cash balances. Since the majority of our cash is generated outside of the United States, this may impact certain business decisions and adversely affect business outcomes. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 19 Our Ability to Attract, Retain, and Motivate Key Employees Is Critical to Our Success Our ability to compete successfully depends in large part on our ability to attract, retain, and motivate key employees with the appropriate skills, experiences and competencies. This is an ongoing challenge due to intense competition for top talent, fluctuations in industry or business economic conditions, as well as increasing geographic expansion that may require cycles of hiring activity and workforce reductions. Our success in hiring depends on a variety of factors, including the attractiveness of our compensation and benefit programs, global economic or political and industry conditions, our organizational structure, global competition for talent and the availability of qualified employees, the availability of career development opportunities, the ability to obtain necessary authorizations for workers to provide services outside their home countries, and our ability to offer a challenging and rewarding work environment. We periodically evaluate our overall compensation and benefit programs and make adjustments, as appropriate, to maintain or enhance their competitiveness. If we are not able to successfully attract, retain, and motivate key employees, we may be unable to capitalize on market opportunities and our operating results may be materially and adversely affected. We Rely upon Certain Critical Information Systems for the Operation of Our Business That Are Susceptible to Cybersecurity and Other Threats or Incidents We maintain and rely upon certain critical information systems for the effective operation of our business. These information systems include, but are not limited to, telecommunications, the Internet, our corporate intranet, various computer hardware and software applications, network communications, and email. These information systems may be owned and maintained by us, our outsourced providers, or third parties such as vendors, contractors, and Cloud providers. Many of these information systems and outsourced service providers, including certain hosted software applications that we use for storage of confidential data and data processing (e.g., company-related, whether intellectual property or not; customer-related; supplier-related; and/or employee- related), employ Cloud technology for such storage and data processing (which refers to an information technology hosting and delivery system in which data is not stored or processed within the user’s physical infrastructure but instead is delivered to and consumed by the user as an Internet-based service). All of these information systems are subject to disruption, breach or failure from sources including but not limited to attacks, degradation, and failures resulting from potential sources, including viruses, malware, denial of service, destructive or inadequate code, power failures, and physical damage to computers, hard drives, communication lines, and networking equipment. Confidential and/or sensitive information stored on these information systems or transmitted to or from Cloud storage could be intentionally or unintentionally compromised, lost, and/or stolen. While we have implemented ISO 27001 compliant security procedures and virus protection software, intrusion prevention systems, access control, and emergency recovery processes to mitigate the outlined risks with respect to information systems that are under our control, they cannot be guaranteed to be fail-safe and may be breached. Our inability to use or access these information systems at critical points in time, or unauthorized releases of proprietary or confidential information, could unfavorably impact the timely and efficient operation of our business, including our results of operations, and our reputation. We have experienced cyber attacks. Although past attacks have not resulted in a material adverse effect, we may incur material losses related to cyber attacks in the future. The insurance we carry may not fully compensate us for the effects of potential losses arising from a cyber-related incident. Cyber-related incidents could result in: • • • • disruptions to our operations; misappropriation or theft of Company, customer, supplier, or other’s assets or resources, including intellectual property and confidential information, and costs associated therewith; litigation with, or claims of damages arising from, our employees, customers, suppliers, or other third parties which whom we collaborate; or adverse impact to our results of operations, as a result of associated remediation costs such as those related to responding to potential regulatory inquiries, to rebuild the effected information systems, and those associated with improving our security and internal control environment. Our Financial Results May Be Adversely Impacted by Higher than Expected Tax Rates or Exposure to Additional Tax Liabilities As a global company, our effective tax rate is highly dependent upon the geographic composition of worldwide earnings and tax regulations governing each region. We are subject to income taxes in the United States and various foreign jurisdictions, and significant judgment is required to determine worldwide tax liabilities. Our effective tax rate could be adversely affected by changes in the split of earnings between countries with differing statutory tax rates, in the valuation allowance of deferred tax assets, in tax laws, by material audit assessments, or changes in or expirations of agreements with tax authorities. These factors could affect our profitability. In particular, the carrying value of deferred tax assets, which are predominantly in the United States, is dependent on our ability to generate future taxable income in the United States. In addition, the amount of income taxes we pay is subject to ongoing audits in various jurisdictions, and a material assessment by a governing tax authority could affect our profitability. 20 A Failure to Comply with Environmental Regulations May Adversely Affect Our Operating Results We are subject to a variety of domestic and international governmental regulations related to the handling, discharge, and disposal of toxic, volatile, or otherwise hazardous chemicals. Failure to comply with present or future environmental regulations could result in fines being imposed on us, require us to suspend production, and/or cease operations, or cause our customers to not accept our products. These regulations could require us to alter our current operations, acquire significant additional equipment, incur substantial other expenses to comply with environmental regulations, or take other actions. Any failure to comply with regulations governing the use, handling, sale, transport, or disposal of hazardous substances could subject us to future liabilities that may adversely affect our operating results, financial condition, and ability to operate our business. If We Choose to Acquire or Dispose of Businesses, Product Lines, and Technologies, We May Encounter Unforeseen Costs and Difficulties That Could Impair Our Financial Performance An important element of our management strategy is to review acquisition prospects that would complement our existing products, augment our market coverage and distribution ability, or enhance our technological capabilities. As a result, we may seek to make acquisitions of complementary companies, products, or technologies, or we may reduce or dispose of certain product lines or technologies that no longer fit our long-term strategies. For regulatory or other reasons, we may not be successful in our attempts to acquire or dispose of businesses, products, or technologies, resulting in significant financial costs, reduced or lost opportunities, and diversion of management’s attention. Managing an acquired business, disposing of product technologies, or reducing personnel entails numerous operational and financial risks, including difficulties in assimilating acquired operations and new personnel or separating existing business or product groups, diversion of management’s attention away from other business concerns, amortization of acquired intangible assets, adverse customer reaction to our decision to cease support for a product, and potential loss of key employees or customers of acquired or disposed operations. There can be no assurance that we will be able to achieve and manage successfully any such integration of potential acquisitions, disposition of product lines or technologies, or reduction in personnel or that our management, personnel, or systems will be adequate to support continued operations. Any such inabilities or inadequacies could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and/or cash flows. In addition, any acquisition could result in changes such as potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities, the incurrence of debt and contingent liabilities, the amortization of related intangible assets, and goodwill impairment charges, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and/or the price of our Common Stock. The Market for Our Common Stock Is Volatile, Which May Affect Our Ability to Raise Capital or Make Acquisitions or May Subject Our Business to Additional Costs The market price for our Common Stock is volatile and has fluctuated significantly over the past years. The trading price of our Common Stock could continue to be highly volatile and fluctuate widely in response to a variety of factors, many of which are not within our control or influence. These factors include but are not limited to the following: • • • • • • • • • • • general market, semiconductor, or semiconductor equipment industry conditions; economic or political events, trends, and unexpected developments occurring nationally, globally, or in any of our key sales regions; variations in our quarterly operating results and financial condition, including our liquidity; variations in our revenues, earnings, or other business and financial metrics from forecasts by us or securities analysts or from those experienced by other companies in our industry; announcements of restructurings, reductions in force, departure of key employees, and/or consolidations of operations; government regulations; developments in, or claims relating to, patent or other proprietary rights; technological innovations and the introduction of new products by us or our competitors; commercial success or failure of our new and existing products; disruptions of relationships with key customers or suppliers; or dilutive impacts of our Convertible Notes and related warrants. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 21 In addition, the stock market experiences significant price and volume fluctuations. Historically, we have witnessed significant volatility in the price of our Common Stock due in part to the price of and markets for semiconductors. These and other factors have and may again adversely affect the price of our Common Stock, regardless of our actual operating performance. In the past, following volatile periods in the price of their stock, many companies became the object of securities class action litigation. If we are sued in a securities class action, we could incur substantial costs, and it could divert management’s attention and resources and have an unfavorable impact on our financial performance and the price for our Common Stock. Intellectual Property, Indemnity, and Other Claims Against Us Can Be Costly and We Could Lose Significant Rights That Are Necessary to Our Continued Business and Profitability Third parties may assert infringement, unfair competition, product liability, breach of contract, or other claims against us. From time to time, other persons send us notices alleging that our products infringe their patent or other intellectual property rights. In addition, law enforcement authorities may seek criminal charges relating to intellectual property or other issues. We also face risks of claims arising from commercial and other relationships. In addition, our bylaws and other indemnity obligations provide that we will indemnify officers and members of our Board of Directors against losses that they may incur in legal proceedings resulting from their service to us. From time to time, in the normal course of business, we indemnify third parties with whom we enter into contractual relationships, including customers and suppliers, with respect to certain matters. We have agreed, under certain conditions, to hold these third parties harmless against specified losses, such as those arising from a breach of representations or covenants, other third-party claims that our products when used for their intended purposes infringe the intellectual property rights of such other third parties, or other claims made against certain parties. In such cases, it is our policy either to defend the claims or to negotiate licenses or other settlements on commercially reasonable terms. However, we may be unable in the future to negotiate necessary licenses or reach agreement on other settlements on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, and any litigation resulting from these claims by other parties may materially adversely affect our business and financial results, and we may be subject to substantial damage awards and penalties. Moreover, although we have insurance to protect us from certain claims and cover certain losses to our property, such insurance may not cover us for the full amount of any losses, or at all, and may be subject to substantial exclusions and deductibles. We May Fail to Protect Our Critical Proprietary Technology Rights, Which Could Affect Our Business Our success depends in part on our proprietary technology and our ability to protect key components of that technology through patents, copyrights, and trade secret protection. Protecting our key proprietary technology helps us to achieve our goals of developing technological expertise and new products and systems that give us a competitive advantage; increasing market penetration and growth of our installed base; and providing comprehensive support and service to our customers. As part of our strategy to protect our technology, we currently hold a number of U.S. and foreign patents and pending patent applications, and we keep certain information, processes, and techniques as trade secrets. However, other parties may challenge or attempt to invalidate or circumvent any patents the U.S. or foreign governments issue to us; these governments may fail to issue patents for pending applications; or we may lose trade secret protection over valuable information due to the intentional or unintentional actions or omissions of third parties, of ours, or even of our own employees. Additionally, intellectual property litigation can be expensive and time-consuming and even when patents are issued or trade secret processes are followed, the legal systems in certain of the countries in which we do business do not enforce patents and other intellectual property rights as rigorously as the United States. The rights granted or anticipated under any of our patents, pending patent applications, or trade secrets may be narrower than we expect or, in fact, provide no competitive advantages. Moreover, because we determine the jurisdictions in which to file patents at the time of filing, we may not have adequate protection in the future based on such previous decisions. Any of these circumstances could have a material adverse impact on our business. We Are Exposed to Various Risks from Our Regulatory Environment We are subject to various risks related to (1) new, different, inconsistent, or even conflicting laws, rules, and regulations that may be enacted by legislative bodies and/or regulatory agencies in the countries that we operate; (2) disagreements or disputes between national or regional regulatory agencies related to international trade; and (3) the interpretation and application of laws, rules, and regulations. As a public company with global operations, we are subject to the laws of multiple jurisdictions and the rules and regulations of various governing bodies, including those related to financial and other disclosures, corporate governance, privacy, anti-corruption, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to governmental officials, conflict minerals or other social responsibility legislation, immigration or travel regulations, and antitrust regulations, among others. Each of these laws, rules, and regulations imposes costs on our business, including financial costs and potential diversion of our management’s attention associated with compliance, and may present risks to our business, including potential fines, restrictions on our actions, and reputational damage if we are unable to fully comply. 22 To maintain high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure, we intend to invest all reasonably necessary resources to comply with all evolving standards. Changes in or ambiguous interpretations of laws, regulations, and standards may create uncertainty regarding compliance matters. Efforts to comply with new and changing regulations have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, increased selling, general, and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If we are found by a court or regulatory agency not to be in compliance with the laws and regulations, our business, financial condition, and/or results of operations could be adversely affected. There Can Be No Assurance That We Will Continue to Declare Cash Dividends or Repurchase Our Shares at All or in Any Particular Amounts Our Board of Directors has declared quarterly dividends since April 2014. Our intent to continue to pay quarterly dividends and to repurchase our shares is subject to capital availability and, in the case of dividends, periodic determinations by our Board of Directors that cash dividends are in the best interest of our stockholders and are in compliance with all laws and agreements applicable to the declaration and payment of cash dividends by us. Future dividends and share repurchases may also be affected by, among other factors, our views on potential future capital requirements for investments in acquisitions and the funding of our research and development; legal risks; changes in federal and state income tax laws or corporate laws; contractual restrictions, such as financial or operating covenants in our debt arrangements; availability of onshore cash flow; and changes to our business model. Our dividend payments and share repurchases may change from time to time, and we cannot provide assurance that we will continue to declare dividends or repurchase shares at all or in any particular amounts. A reduction or suspension in our dividend payments could have a negative effect on the price of our Common Stock. Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments None. Item 2. Properties Our executive offices and principal operating and R&D facilities are located in Fremont and Livermore, California; Tualatin, Oregon; and Villach, Austria. The majority of the Fremont and Livermore facilities are held under operating leases expiring in 2020 and 2021. The Villach facilities are held under capital leases expiring in calendar year 2021. Our Fremont, Livermore, and Villach leases include options to renew or purchase the facilities. In addition, we lease or own properties for our service, technical support, and sales personnel throughout the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan and lease or own manufacturing facilities located in Ohio, and Korea. The Company owns two properties in Fremont, as well as the Tualatin facilities. Our facilities lease obligations are subject to periodic increases. We believe that our existing facilities are well-maintained and in good operating condition. Item 3. Legal Proceedings While we are not currently party to any legal proceedings that we believe are material, we are either a defendant or plaintiff in various actions that have arisen from time to time in the normal course of business, including intellectual property claims. We accrue for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Significant judgment is required in both the determination of probability and the determination as to whether a loss is reasonably estimable. These accruals are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the effects of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter. To the extent there is a reasonable possibility that the losses could exceed the amounts already accrued, we believe that the amount of any such additional loss would be immaterial to our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures Not applicable. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 23 PART II Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Stock Information Our Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select MarketSM under the symbol “LRCX.” As of August 10, 2017, we had 440 stockholders of record. In the second fiscal quarter of 2017 we increased our stockholders quarterly dividend to $0.45 per share; previous to that quarter of fiscal year 2017 and throughout fiscal year 2016, quarterly dividends of $0.30 per share were paid. The table below sets forth the high and low prices of our Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market, for the period indicated: First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter 2017 High Low 95.77 $ 108.60 $ 129.35 $ 167.05 $ 2016 79.15 90.56 105.30 124.91 High Low 84.13 $ 80.85 $ 81.29 $ 87.19 $ 61.20 61.65 63.10 72.00 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Repurchase of Company Shares In November 2016, the Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of our Common Stock, which included the remaining value available under our prior authorization. These repurchases can be conducted on the open market or as private purchases and may include the use of derivative contracts with large financial institutions, in all cases subject to compliance with applicable law. Repurchases may be funded using our onshore cash and onshore cash generation, or our available debt instruments. This repurchase program has no termination date and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. As part of our share repurchase program, we may from time to time enter into structured share repurchase arrangements with financial institutions using general corporate funds. On April 19, 2017, we entered into two separate accelerated share repurchase agreements (collectively, the “ASR”) with two financial institutions to repurchase a total of $500 million of our Common Stock. We took an initial delivery of approximately 2,570,000 shares, which represented 70% of the prepayment amount divided by our closing stock price on April 19, 2017. The total number of shares to be received under the ASR is based upon the average daily volume weighted average price of our Common Stock during the repurchase period, less an agreed upon discount. Following our fiscal year end, the counterparties designated June 30, 2017, as the termination date, at which time we settled the ASR. Approximately 780,000 shares were received at final settlement, which represented a weighted-average share price of approximately $149.16 for the transaction period. 24 Share repurchases, including those under the repurchase program, were as follows: Period Total Number of Shares Repurchased (1) Average Price Paid per Share (2) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs Amount Available Under Repurchase Program (in thousands, except per share data) Available balance as of June 26, 2016 Quarter ended September 25, 2016 20 $ 90.53 Board-approved increase (November 2016) Quarter ended December 25, 2016 Quarter ended March 26, 2017 March 27, 2017 - April 23, 2017 April 24, 2017 - May 21, 2017 May 22, 2017 - June 25, 2017 Total 735 $ 1,826 $ 2,682 $ 5 $ 55 $ 5,323 $ 103.43 115.12 128.27 150.58 154.92 137.39 $ — 619 1,223 2,672 — — 4,514 $ 229,094 229,094 1,000,000 934,986 795,226 282,141 282,141 282,141 282,141 (1) In addition to shares repurchased under the Board-authorized repurchase program, the Company acquired 809,427 shares at a total cost of $93.8 million which we withheld through net share settlements to cover minimum tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock unit awards granted under our equity compensation plans. The shares retained through these net share settlements are not a part of the Board-authorized repurchase program, but instead are authorized under our equity compensation plans. (2) Average price paid per share excludes effect of accelerated share repurchases, see additional disclosure above regarding our accelerated share repurchase activity during the fiscal year. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 25 Cumulative Five-Year Return The graph below compares Lam Research Corporation’s cumulative five-year total shareholder return on Common Stock with the cumulative total returns of the Nasdaq Composite index, the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 index, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Sector Index. The graph tracks the performance of a $100 investment in our Common Stock and in each of the indices (with the reinvestment of all dividends) from June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2017. COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN* Among Lam Research Corporation, the Nasdaq Composite Index, the S&P 500 Index, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index $450 $400 $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 $0 6/12 6/13 6/14 6/15 6/16 6/17 Lam Research Corporation Nasdaq Composite Index S&P 500 Index Philadelphia Semiconductor Sector Index *$100 invested on 6/30/2012 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal years ending June 30. Copyright© 2017 Standard & Poor’s, a division of S&P Global. All rights reserved. Lam Research Corporation Nasdaq Composite Index S&P 500 Index Philadelphia Semiconductor Sector Index 6/12 6/13 6/14 6/15 6/16 6/17 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 117.49 117.69 120.60 116.96 179.56 155.50 150.27 156.62 218.44 177.19 161.43 161.36 229.31 173.36 167.87 173.61 391.30 221.11 197.92 241.00 26 Item 6. Selected Financial Data OPERATIONS: Revenue Gross margin Goodwill impairment (1) Restructuring charges, net Operating income Net income Net income per share: Basic Diluted Cash dividends declared per common share BALANCE SHEET: Working capital Total assets June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 Year Ended June 28, 2015 June 29, 2014 June 30, 2013 (in thousands, except per share data) $ 8,013,620 $ 5,885,893 $ 5,259,312 $ 4,607,309 $ 3,598,916 3,603,359 2,618,922 2,284,336 2,007,481 1,403,059 — — — — 1,902,132 1,074,256 1,697,763 914,049 79,444 — 788,039 655,577 — — 677,669 632,289 $ $ $ 10.47 $ 9.24 $ 1.65 $ 5.75 $ 5.22 $ 1.20 $ 4.11 $ 3.70 $ 0.84 $ 3.84 $ 3.62 $ 0.18 $ — 1,813 118,071 113,879 0.67 0.66 — $ 6,192,383 $ 6,795,109 $ 3,639,488 $ 3,201,661 $ 2,389,354 12,122,765 12,264,315 (2) 9,358,904 (2) 7,986,998 (2) 7,241,645 (2) Long-term obligations, less current portion 2,185,338 3,744,205 (2) 1,386,536 (2) 1,191,913 (2) 1,161,378 (2) Current portion of long-term debt and capital leases 908,439 947,733 (2) 1,355,705 (2) 518,267 514,655 (1) Goodwill impairment analysis during fiscal year 2015 resulted in a non-cash impairment charge to our Single-Wafer Clean reporting unit, extinguishing the goodwill ascribed to the reporting unit. (2) Adjusted for effects of retrospective implementation of ASU 2015-3, see Notes 3 and 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Part II, Item 8. QUARTERLY FISCAL YEAR 2017: Revenue Gross margin Operating income Net income Net income per share Basic Diluted Three Months Ended (1) June 25, 2017 March 26, 2017 December 25, 2016 September 25, 2016 unaudited (in thousands, except per share data) $ 2,344,907 $ 2,153,995 $ 1,882,299 $ 1,632,419 1,068,961 607,939 526,424 971,404 538,418 574,713 846,797 439,828 332,791 716,197 315,947 263,835 $ $ 3.25 $ 2.82 $ 3.52 $ 3.10 $ 2.05 $ 1.81 $ 1.64 1.47 Number of shares used in per share calculations: Basic Diluted 162,213 186,427 163,408 185,094 162,659 183,543 160,607 180,017 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 27 QUARTERLY FISCAL YEAR 2016: Revenue Gross margin Operating income Net income Net income per share Basic Diluted Three Months Ended (1) June 26, 2016 March 27, 2016 December 27, 2015 September 27, 2015 unaudited (in thousands, except per share data) $ 1,546,261 $ 1,314,055 $ 1,425,534 $ 1,600,043 698,784 309,241 258,939 571,265 190,753 143,451 626,510 238,834 222,980 722,363 335,428 288,679 $ $ 1.62 $ 1.46 $ 0.90 $ 0.82 $ 1.41 $ 1.28 $ 1.82 1.66 Number of shares used in per share calculations: Basic Diluted 159,862 177,649 159,039 174,373 158,424 174,242 158,352 174,374 (1) Our reporting period is a 52/53-week fiscal year. The fiscal years ended June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, included 52 weeks. All quarters presented above included 13 weeks. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties, and changes in condition, significance, value, and effect. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including but not limited to those discussed in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this 2017 Form 10-K and other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (See “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in Part I of this 2017 Form 10-K.) Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) provides a description of our results of operations and should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this 2017 Form 10-K. MD&A consists of the following sections: Executive Summary provides a summary of the key highlights of our results of operations and our management’s assessment of material trends and uncertainties relevant to our business. Results of Operations provides an analysis of operating results. Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates discusses accounting policies that reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements. Liquidity and Capital Resources provides an analysis of cash flows, contractual obligations, and financial position. Executive Summary Lam Research has been an innovative supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry for more than 35 years. Our vision is to realize full value from natural technology extensions of our company. Our customer base includes leading semiconductor memory, foundry, and IDMs that make products such as NVM, DRAM memory, and logic devices. We aim to increase our strategic relevance with our customers by contributing more to their continued success. Our core technical competency is integrating hardware, process, materials, software, and process control enabling results on the wafer. Our products and services are designed to help our customers build smaller, faster, and better performing devices that are used in a variety of electronic products, including mobile phones, personal computers, servers, wearables, automotive devices, storage devices, and networking equipment. 28 Semiconductor manufacturing, our customers’ business, involves the complete fabrication of multiple dies or integrated circuits on a wafer. This involves the repetition of a set of core processes and can require hundreds of individual steps. Fabricating these devices requires highly sophisticated process technologies to integrate an increasing array of new materials with precise control at the atomic scale. Along with meeting technical requirements, wafer processing equipment must deliver high productivity and be cost-effective. Demand from the Cloud, IoT, and other markets is driving the need for increasingly powerful and cost-efficient semiconductors. At the same time, there are growing technical challenges with traditional two-dimensional scaling. These trends are driving significant inflections in semiconductor manufacturing, such as the increasing importance of vertical scaling strategies like 3D architectures as well as multiple patterning to enable shrinks. We believe we are in an strong position with our leadership and competency in deposition, etch, and single-wafer clean to facilitate some of the most significant innovations in semiconductor device manufacturing. Several factors create opportunity for sustainable differentiation for us: our focus on research and development, with a breadth of programs across sustaining engineering, product and process development, and concept and feasibility; our ability to effectively leverage cycles of learning from our broad installed base; and our collaborative focus with ecosystem partners. During the most recent fiscal year, demand for our products improved as semiconductor device manufacturers, particularly non volatile memory and foundry customers, made capacity and technology investments. Technology inflections in our industry, including NVM, multiple patterning, FinFET and advanced packaging have led to an increase in our served addressable market for our products in deposition, etch, single-wafer clean and customer service business. We believe that demand for our products and services should increase faster than overall spending on wafer fabrication equipment, as the proportion of customers’ capital expenditures rises in these technology inflection areas, and we continue to gain market share. In October 2015, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with KLA-Tencor. On October 5, 2016, we announced that the parties mutually agreed to terminate that agreement. The following summarizes certain key financial information for the periods indicated below: Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 FY17 vs. FY16 FY16 vs. FY15 (in thousands, except per share data and percentages) Revenue Gross margin $ 8,013,620 $ 5,885,893 $ 5,259,312 $2,127,727 36.1% $ 626,581 $ 3,603,359 $ 2,618,922 $ 2,284,336 $ 984,437 37.6% $ 334,586 Gross margin as a percent of total revenue 45.0% 44.5% 43.4% 0.5% 1.1% Total operating expenses $ 1,701,227 $ 1,544,666 $ 1,496,297 $ 156,561 10.1% $ 48,369 Net income Net income per diluted share $ 1,697,763 $ 9.24 $ $ 914,049 5.22 $ $ 655,577 $ 783,714 85.7% $ 258,472 3.70 $ 4.02 77.0% $ 1.52 11.9% 14.6% 3.2% 39.4% 41.1% Revenues in fiscal year 2017 increased 36% compared to fiscal year 2016, and revenues in fiscal year 2016 increased 12% compared to fiscal year 2015, reflecting a continuous increase in technology and capacity investments by our customers. The increase in gross margin as a percentage of revenue for fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016 was primarily due to higher revenue and improved factory utilization resulting from higher production volume. Fiscal year 2016 gross margin as a percentage of revenue compared to fiscal year 2015 improved primarily due to a more favorable customer and product mix. Operating expenses in fiscal year 2017 increased as compared to fiscal year 2016 primarily as a result of continued investments in research and development including the effect of increased employee headcount, partially offset by a decrease in acquisition- related costs associated with the terminated agreement with KLA-Tencor. Operating expenses in fiscal year 2016 increased as compared to fiscal year 2015 primarily as a result of continued investments in research and development and increased employee headcount. Fiscal year 2016 also included $51 million of acquisition-related costs associated with the terminated agreement with KLA-Tencor. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 29 Our cash and cash equivalents, investments, and restricted cash and investments balances totaled approximately $6.3 billion as of June 25, 2017, compared to $7.1 billion as of June 26, 2016. Cash flow provided from operating activities was $2.0 billion for fiscal year 2017 compared to $1.4 billion for fiscal year 2016. Cash flow provided from operating activities in fiscal 2017 was primarily used for $1.7 billion of principal payments on debt instruments, $812 million in treasury stock purchases, $243 million in dividends paid to our stockholders, and $157 million of capital expenditures and are partially offset by $73 million of treasury stock reissuance and Common Stock issuance resulting from our employee equity-based compensation programs. Results of Operations Shipments and Backlog Shipments for fiscal year 2017 were approximately $8.6 billion, an increase of 46% compared to fiscal year 2016. Shipments for fiscal year 2016 were approximately $5.9 billion, an increase of 8% compared to fiscal year 2015. The increase in shipments during the fiscal year 2017 as compared to the last two fiscal years is related to continued strengthening of customer demand for semiconductor equipment. Shipments (in millions) Korea Taiwan Japan China United States Southeast Asia Europe Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 $ 8,586 $ 5,901 $ 5,472 32% 24% 15% 13% 8% 4% 4% 17% 25% 16% 20% 8% 11% 3% 26% 22% 14% 12% 15% 5% 6% The percentage of total Lam semiconductor processing system shipments to each of the markets we serve were as follows for fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015. Memory Foundry Logic/integrated device manufacturing Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 67% 27% 6% 68% 23% 9% 58% 30% 12% Our shipments to memory customers during fiscal year 2017 was largely unchanged compared to fiscal year 2016. Foundry spending increased due to higher investments at leading-edge process nodes. Unshipped orders in backlog as of June 25, 2017, were approximately $2.1 billion, an increase from approximately $1.4 billion as of June 26, 2016. Our unshipped orders backlog includes orders for systems, spares, and services. Please refer to “Backlog” in Part I Item 1, “Business” of this report for a description of our policies for adding to and adjusting backlog. 30 Revenue Revenue (in millions) Korea Taiwan Japan China United States Southeast Asia Europe Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 $ 8,014 $ 5,886 $ 5,259 31% 26% 13% 13% 8% 5% 4% 18% 25% 17% 18% 8% 10% 4% 27% 21% 12% 12% 17% 5% 6% The revenue increases in fiscal year 2017 compared to the last two fiscal years and in fiscal year 2016 compared to fiscal year 2015, reflect an increase in technology and capacity investments by our customers. Our revenue levels are generally correlated to the amount of shipments and our installation and acceptance timelines. The overall Asia region continues to account for a majority of our revenues as a substantial amount of the worldwide capacity additions for semiconductor manufacturing continues to occur in this region. Our deferred revenue balance was $966 million as of June 25, 2017, compared to $566 million as of June 26, 2016. Our deferred revenue balance does not include shipments to Japanese customers, to whom title does not transfer until customer acceptance. Shipments to Japanese customers are classified as inventory at cost until the time of customer acceptance. The anticipated future revenue value from shipments to Japanese customers was approximately $397 million as of June 25, 2017, compared to $132 million as of June 26, 2016. Gross Margin Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 FY17 vs. FY16 FY16 vs. FY15 (in thousands, except percentages) Gross margin $ 3,603,359 $ 2,618,922 $ 2,284,336 $ 984,437 37.6% $ 334,586 14.6% Percent of total revenue 45.0% 44.5% 43.4% 0.5% 1.1% The increase in gross margin as a percentage of revenue for fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016 was primarily due to higher revenue and improved factory utilization resulting from higher production volume. The increase in gross margin as a percentage of revenue for fiscal year 2016 compared to fiscal year 2015 was due to a more favorable customer mix and product mix. Additionally, there was a $10 million impairment charge of a long-lived asset in fiscal year 2015. Research and Development Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 FY17 vs. FY16 FY16 vs. FY15 (in thousands, except percentages) Research & development $ 1,033,742 $ 913,712 $ 825,242 $ 120,030 13.1% $ 88,470 10.7% Percent of total revenue 12.9% 15.5% 15.7% (2.6)% (0.2)% We continued to make significant R&D investments focused on leading-edge deposition, plasma etch, single wafer clean, and other semiconductor manufacturing requirements. The increase in R&D expense during fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016 was primarily due to an $80 million increase in employee compensation and benefits related to increased headcount, a $20 million increase in depreciation and lab maintenance, a $9 million increase in outside services, and a $7 million increase in supplies. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 31 The increase in R&D expense during fiscal year 2016 compared to fiscal year 2015 was primarily due to a $36 million increase in employee compensation and benefits related to increased headcount, a $14 million increase in facility and information technology related spending, a $14 million increase in supplies, a $12 million increase in depreciation and lab maintenance, and an $8 million increase in costs associated with campus consolidation. Selling, General, and Administrative Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 FY17 vs. FY16 FY16 vs. FY15 (in thousands, except percentages) Selling, general, and administrative $ 667,485 $ 630,954 $ 591,611 $ 36,531 5.8% $ 39,343 6.7% Percent of total revenue 8.3% 10.7% 11.2% (2.4)% (0.5)% The increase in selling, general, and administrative (“SG&A”) expense during fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016 was primarily due to a $36 million increase in employee compensation and benefits from increased headcount, a $15 million gain from sale of assets in fiscal year 2016, and a $14 million increase in outside services, offset by a $41 million decrease in acquisition- related costs associated with the terminated agreement with KLA-Tencor. The increase in SG&A expense during fiscal year 2016 compared to fiscal year 2015 was primarily due to $51 million of KLA-Tencor acquisition-related costs and a $3 million increase in restructuring charges. This increase was offset by a $15 million gain on sale of assets, net of associated exit costs. Goodwill Impairment Our annual goodwill impairment analysis for fiscal year 2015 resulted in a non-cash impairment charge upon our Single-Wafer Clean reporting unit of $79 million, extinguishing the goodwill ascribed to the reporting unit. Uncertainty surrounding future revenue growth in certain products resulted in the estimated discounted cash flow falling below the carrying value of the goodwill balance. There were no impairment charges in fiscal year 2017 or 2016. Other Expense, Net Other expense, net, consisted of the following: Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 (in thousands) FY17 vs. FY16 FY16 vs. FY15 Interest income Interest expense $ 57,858 $ 29,512 $ 19,268 $ 28,346 96.0% $ 10,244 53.2% (117,734) (134,773) (73,682) $ 17,039 (12.7)% $ (61,091) 82.9% Gains (losses) on deferred compensation plan related assets, net 17,880 (3,995) 9,071 $ 21,875 (547.6)% $ (13,066) (144.0)% Loss on extinguishment of debt, net (36,252) — — $ (36,252) (100.0)% $ — —% Foreign exchange (losses) gains, net (569) 308 2,331 $ (877) (284.7)% $ (2,023) (86.8)% Other, net (11,642) (5,191) (4,177) $ (6,451) 125.7% $ (1,014) 24.3% $ (90,459) $ (114,139) $ (47,189) $ 23,680 (20.7)% $ (66,950) 141.9% Interest income increased in fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal years 2016 and 2015 primarily as a result of higher average cash and investment balances, as well as higher yield. The decrease in interest expense during fiscal year 2017 compared to fiscal year 2016 was primarily due to the retirement of the 2016 Convertible Note. The increase in interest expense during fiscal year 2016 compared to fiscal year 2015 was primarily due to the $1.0 billion Senior Note issuance in March 2015, combined with the note issuance cost amortization related to the October 2015 bridge financing arrangement. 32 The gain on deferred compensation plan related assets, in fiscal year 2017, compared to a loss in fiscal year 2016 and gain in fiscal year 2015 was driven by a rally in the fair market value of the underlying funds at year end. Loss on extinguishment of debt during fiscal year 2017 related to the special mandatory redemption of our 2023 and 2026 Notes, as well as the termination of the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement following the termination of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with KLA-Tencor. Income Tax Expense Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 FY17 vs. FY16 FY16 vs. FY15 (in thousands, except percentages) Income tax expense $ 113,910 $ 46,068 $ 85,273 $ 67,842 147.3% $ (39,205) (46.0)% Effective tax rate 6.3% 4.8% 11.5% 1.5% (6.7)% The increase in the effective tax rate in fiscal year 2017 as compared to fiscal year 2016 was primarily due to the change in the mix of income offset by the recognition of previously unrecognized tax benefits. The decrease in the effective tax rate in fiscal year 2016 as compared to fiscal year 2015 was primarily due to the tax benefit of the Altera court ruling (discussed in more detail below), higher income in lower tax jurisdictions, and an increased federal tax benefit due to a retroactive and permanent extension of federal research and development tax credit in fiscal year 2016. In July 2015, the U.S. Tax Court (the “Court”) issued an opinion favorable to Altera Corporation (“Altera”) with respect to Altera’s litigation with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). The litigation relates to the treatment of stock-based compensation expense in an intercompany cost-sharing arrangement with Altera’s foreign subsidiary. In its opinion, the Court accepted Altera’s position of excluding stock-based compensation from its intercompany cost-sharing arrangement. However, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has not withdrawn the requirement to include stock-based compensation from its regulations. We have evaluated the opinion and as a result of such evaluation have recorded a tax benefit of $88 million related to reimbursement of cost share payments for the previously shared stock-based compensation costs. We have also recorded a tax benefit of $11 million related to stock-based compensation expense. In addition, we have recorded a tax liability of $74 million for the U.S. tax cost of potential repatriation of the associated contingent foreign earnings because at this time we cannot reasonably conclude that we have the ability and the intent to indefinitely reinvest these contingent earnings. We will continue to monitor this matter and related potential impacts to our consolidated financial statements. International revenues account for a significant portion of our total revenues, such that a material portion of our pre-tax income is earned and taxed outside the United States at rates that are generally lower than in the United States. Please refer to Note 6 of our Consolidated Financial Statements. Deferred Income Taxes Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, as well as the tax effect of carryforwards. Our gross deferred tax assets were $546 million and $465 million at the end of fiscal years 2017 and 2016, respectively. These gross deferred tax assets were offset by gross deferred tax liabilities of $585 million and $429 million at the end of fiscal years 2017 and 2016, respectively, and a valuation allowance of $114 million and $102 million at the end of fiscal years 2017 and 2016, respectively. The change in the gross deferred tax assets, gross deferred tax liabilities, and valuation allowance between fiscal year 2017 and 2016 is primarily due to an increase related to allowances and reserves and an increase in deferred tax liabilities related to an accrual for future tax liabilities due to the expected repatriation of foreign earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries. As of our fiscal year end of June 25, 2017, we continue to record a valuation allowance to offset the entire California deferred tax asset balance due to the single sales factor apportionment election resulting in lower taxable income in California. We also recorded a valuation allowance on certain state tax credits and continue to record valuation allowances on certain foreign entities’ net operating losses. The valuation allowances were $114 million and $102 million at the end of fiscal years 2017 and 2016, respectively. We evaluate if the deferred tax assets are realizable on a quarterly basis and will continue to assess the need for changes in valuation allowances, if any. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 33 Uncertain Tax Positions We re-evaluate uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis. This evaluation is based on factors including, but not limited to, changes in facts or circumstances, changes in tax law, and effectively settled issues under audit. Such a change in recognition or measurement would result in the recognition of a tax benefit or an additional charge to the tax provision. Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates A critical accounting policy is defined as one that has both a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations and requires us to make difficult, complex and/or subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make certain judgments, estimates and assumptions that could affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. We base our estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other assumptions we believe to be applicable and evaluate them on an ongoing basis to ensure they remain reasonable under current conditions. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates, which could have a material impact on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Our critical accounting estimates include: • • • • • • the recognition and valuation of revenue from multiple-element arrangements, which impacts revenue; the valuation of inventory, which impacts gross margin; the valuation of warranty reserves, which impacts gross margin; the valuation of equity-based compensation expense, including forfeiture estimates, which impacts both gross margin and operating expenses; the recognition and measurement of current and deferred income taxes, including the measurement of uncertain tax positions, which impact our provision for income tax expenses; and the valuation and recoverability of long-lived assets, which impacts gross margin and operating expenses when we record asset impairments or accelerate their depreciation or amortization. We believe that the following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements regarding the critical accounting estimates indicated above. See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” of our Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our accounting policies. Revenue Recognition: We recognize revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred and title has passed or services have been rendered, the selling price is fixed or determinable, collection of the receivable is reasonably assured, and we have received customer acceptance or are otherwise released from our customer acceptance obligations. If terms of the sale provide for a lapsing customer acceptance period, we recognize revenue upon the expiration of the lapsing acceptance period or customer acceptance, whichever occurs first. If the practices of a customer do not provide for a written acceptance or the terms of sale do not include a lapsing acceptance provision, we recognize revenue when it can be reliably demonstrated that the delivered system meets all of the agreed-to customer specifications. In situations with multiple deliverables, we recognize revenue upon the delivery of the separate elements to the customer and when we receive customer acceptance or are otherwise released from our customer acceptance obligations. We allocate revenue from multiple-element arrangements among the separate elements using their relative selling prices, based on our best estimate of selling price. Our sales arrangements do not include a general right of return. The maximum revenue recognized on a delivered element is limited to the amount that is not contingent upon the delivery of additional items. We generally recognize revenue related to sales of spare parts and system upgrade kits upon shipment. We generally recognize revenue related to services upon completion of the services requested by a customer order. We recognize revenue for extended maintenance service contracts with a fixed payment amount on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract. When goods or services have been delivered to the customer, but all conditions for revenue recognition have not been met, deferred revenue and deferred costs are recorded in deferred profit on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. Inventory Valuation: Our policy is to assess the valuation of all inventories including manufacturing raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, and spare parts in each reporting period. Obsolete inventory or inventory in excess of management’s estimated usage requirement is written down to its estimated market value if less than cost. Estimates of market value include but are not limited to management’s forecasts related to our future manufacturing schedules, customer demand, technological and/or market obsolescence, general semiconductor market conditions, and possible alternative uses. If future customer demand or market conditions are less favorable than our projections, additional inventory write-downs may be required and would be reflected in cost of goods sold in the period in which we make the revision. 34 Warranty: We record a provision for estimated warranty expenses to cost of sales for each system when we recognize revenue. We periodically monitor the performance and cost of warranty activities, if actual costs incurred are different than our estimates, we may recognize adjustments to provisions in the period in which those differences arise or are identified. We do not maintain general or unspecified reserves; all warranty reserves are related to specific systems. Equity-based Compensation: Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) and Employee Stock Plans: We determine the fair value of our restricted stock units (“RSUs”), excluding market-based performance RSUs, based upon the fair market value of our Common Stock at the date of grant, discounted for dividends. We estimate the fair value of our market-based performance RSUs using a Monte Carlo simulation model at the date of the grant. We estimate the fair value of our stock options and ESPP awards using a Black-Scholes option valuation model. This model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including expected stock price volatility and the estimated life of each award. We amortize the fair value of equity-based awards over the vesting periods of the award and we have elected to use the straight-line method of amortization. We estimate expected equity award forfeitures based on historical forfeiture rate activity and expected future employee turnover. We recognize the effect of adjustments made to the forfeiture rate, if any in the period that we change the forfeiture estimate. Income Taxes: Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, as well as the tax effect of carryforwards. We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Realization of our net deferred tax assets is dependent on future taxable income. We believe it is more likely than not that such assets will be realized; however, ultimate realization could be negatively impacted by market conditions and other variables not known or anticipated at this time. In the event that we determine that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax assets, an adjustment would be charged to earnings in the period such determination is made. Likewise, if we later determine that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets would be realized, then the previously provided valuation allowance would be reversed. We recognize the benefit from a tax position only if it is more likely than not that the position would be sustained upon audit based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. Our policy is to include interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. Long-lived assets: We review goodwill at least annually for impairment. If certain events or indicators of impairment occur between annual impairment tests, we will perform an impairment test at that date. In testing for a potential impairment of goodwill, we: (1) allocate goodwill to the reporting units to which the acquired goodwill relates; (2) estimate the fair value of our reporting units; and (3) determine the carrying value (book value) of those reporting units. Prior to this allocation of the assets to the reporting units, we assess long-lived assets for impairment. Furthermore, if the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value, we must estimate the fair value of all identifiable assets and liabilities of that reporting unit, in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation for an acquired business. This can require independent valuations of certain internally generated and unrecognized intangible assets such as in-process R&D and developed technology. Only after this process is completed can the amount of goodwill impairment, if any, be determined. In our goodwill impairment process we first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative analysis. We do not calculate the fair value of a reporting unit unless we determine, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that the reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount. The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill is subjective and requires significant judgment at many points during the analysis. We determine the fair value of our reporting units by using an income approach. Under the income approach, we determine fair value based on estimated future cash flows of each reporting unit, discounted by an estimated weighted-average cost of capital, which reflects the overall level of inherent risk of a reporting unit and the rate of return an outside investor would expect to earn. In estimating the fair value of a reporting unit, we make estimates and judgments about the future cash flows of our reporting units, including estimated growth rates and assumptions about the economic environment. Although our cash flow forecasts are based on assumptions that are consistent with the plans and estimates we are using to manage the underlying businesses, there is significant judgment involved in determining the cash flows attributable to a reporting unit. In addition, we make certain judgments about allocating shared assets to the estimated balance sheets of our reporting units. Changes in judgment on these assumptions and estimates could result in a goodwill impairment charge. As a result, several factors could result in an impairment of a material amount of our goodwill balance in future periods, including but not limited to: (1) weakening of the global economy, weakness in the semiconductor equipment industry, or our failure to reach internal forecasts, which could impact our ability to achieve our forecasted levels of cash flows and reduce the estimated Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 35 discounted cash flow value of our reporting units; and (2) a decline in our Common Stock price and resulting market capitalization, to the extent we determine that the decline is sustained and indicates a reduction in the fair value of our reporting units below their carrying value. Further, the value assigned to intangible assets, other than goodwill, is based on estimates and judgments regarding expectations such as the success and lifecycle of products and technology acquired. If actual product acceptance differs significantly from the estimates, we may be required to record an impairment charge to write down the asset to its realizable value. For other long-lived assets, we routinely consider whether indicators of impairment are present. If such indicators are present, we determine whether the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows attributable to the assets is less than their carrying value. If the sum is less, we recognize an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount of the assets over their respective fair values. Fair value is determined by discounted future cash flows, appraisals or other methods. We recognize an impairment charge to the extent the present value of anticipated net cash flows attributable to the asset are less than the asset’s carrying value. The fair value of the asset then becomes the asset’s new carrying value, which we depreciate over the remaining estimated useful life of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value. Recent Accounting Pronouncements For a description of recent accounting pronouncements, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects, if any, on our consolidated financial statements, see Note 3, “Recent Accounting Pronouncements,” of our Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Item 8 of this report. Liquidity and Capital Resources Total gross cash, cash equivalents, investments, and restricted cash and investments balances were $6.3 billion at the end of fiscal year 2017 compared to $7.1 billion at the end of fiscal year 2016. This decrease was primarily due to the redemption of our Senior Notes with contractual maturities in 2023 and 2026. Approximately $4.8 billion and $3.1 billion of our total cash and investments as June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, respectively, was held outside the United States in our foreign subsidiaries, the majority of which is held in U.S. dollars, and substantially all of which would be subject to tax at U.S. rates if it were to be repatriated. Refer to Note 6 of our Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Item 8 of this report, for information concerning the potential tax impact of repatriating earnings of certain non-U.S. subsidiaries that are permanently reinvested outside the United States. Cash Flow from Operating Activities Net cash provided by operating activities of $2.0 billion during fiscal year 2017 consisted of (in millions): Net income Non-cash charges: Depreciation and amortization Equity-based compensation expense Deferred income taxes Loss on extinguishment of debt, net Amortization of note discounts and issuance costs Changes in operating asset and liability accounts Other $ 1,698 307 150 105 36 25 (311) 19 $ 2,029 Significant changes in operating asset and liability accounts, net of foreign exchange impact, included the following uses of cash: increases in accounts receivable of $411 million, inventories of $308 million, and prepaid expenses and other assets of $27 million, partially offset by the following sources of cash: increases in accounts payable of $127 million, deferred profit of $258 million, and accrued expenses and other liabilities of $50 million. Cash Flow from Investing Activities Net cash used for investing activities during fiscal year 2017 was $2.1 billion, primarily consisting of net purchases of available-for-sale securities of $1.9 billion, and capital expenditures of $157 million. 36 Cash Flow from Financing Activities Net cash used by financing activities during fiscal year 2017 was $2.6 billion, primarily consisting of $1.7 billion of cash paid for debt extinguishment, $812 million in treasury stock repurchases, and $243 million of dividends paid, partially offset by $73 million of stock issuance and treasury stock reissuances associated with our employee stock-based compensation plans. Liquidity Given that the semiconductor industry is highly competitive and has historically experienced rapid changes in demand, we believe that maintaining sufficient liquidity reserves is important to support sustaining levels of investment in R&D and capital infrastructure. Anticipated cash flows from operations based on our current business outlook, combined with our current levels of cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments as of June 25, 2017, are expected to be sufficient to support our anticipated levels of operations, investments, debt service requirements, capital expenditures, capital redistributions, and dividends through at least the next 12 months. However, uncertainty in the global economy and the semiconductor industry, as well as disruptions in credit markets, have in the past, and could in the future, impact customer demand for our products, as well as our ability to manage normal commercial relationships with our customers, suppliers, and creditors. In the longer term, liquidity will depend to a great extent on our future revenues and our ability to appropriately manage our costs based on demand for our products and services. While we have substantial cash balances in the United States and offshore, we may require additional funding and need or choose to raise the required funds through borrowings or public or private sales of debt or equity securities. We believe that, if necessary, we will be able to access the capital markets on terms and in amounts adequate to meet our objectives. However, given the possibility of changes in market conditions or other occurrences, there can be no certainty that such funding will be available in needed quantities or on terms favorable to us. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations We have certain obligations to make future payments under various contracts, some of which are recorded on our balance sheet and some of which are not. Obligations that are recorded on our balance sheet in accordance with GAAP include our long-term debt which is outlined in the following table. Our off-balance sheet arrangements are presented as operating leases and purchase obligations in the table. Our contractual obligations and commitments as of June 25, 2017, relating to these agreements and our guarantees are included in the following table based on their contractual maturity date. The amounts in the table below exclude $120 million of liabilities related to uncertain tax benefits as we are unable to reasonably estimate the ultimate amount or time of settlement. See Note 6 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion. The amounts in the table below also exclude $19 million associated with funding commitments related to non-marketable equity investments as we are unable to make a reasonable estimate regarding the timing of capital calls. Operating leases Capital leases Purchase obligations Long-term debt and interest expense (1) Other long-term liabilities (2) Total Less than 1 Year 1-3 Years 3-5 Years (in thousands) More than 5 years $ 156,845 $ 50,798 $ 60,453 $ 19,639 $ 25,955 7,201 284,804 3,518,070 280,186 744 274,574 523,401 3,487 1,457 6,942 5,000 3,061 — 227 634,822 888,114 1,471,733 2,728 10,246 263,725 Total $ 4,247,106 $ 853,004 $ 706,402 $ 926,060 $ 1,761,640 (1) The conversion period for the Convertible Notes was open as of June 25, 2017, and as such the net carrying value of the Convertible Notes is included within current liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The principal balances of the Convertible Notes are reflected in the payment period in the table above based on the contractual maturity assuming no conversion. See Note 13 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information concerning the Convertible Notes and associated conversion features. (2) Certain tax-related liabilities and post-retirement benefits classified as other non-current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet are included in the “more than five years” category due to the uncertainty in the timing and amount of future payments. Additionally, the balance excludes contractual obligations recorded in our consolidated balance sheet as current liabilities. Operating Leases We lease most of our administrative, R&D, and manufacturing facilities; regional sales/service offices; and certain equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. Certain of our facility leases for buildings located in Fremont and Livermore, California, and Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 37 certain other facility leases provide us with an option to extend the leases for additional periods or to purchase the facilities. Certain of our facility leases provide for periodic rent increases based on the general rate of inflation. In addition to amounts included in the table above, we have guaranteed residual values for certain of our Fremont and Livermore facility leases of up to $250 million. See Note 15 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion. Capital Leases Capital leases reflect building and office equipment lease obligations. The amounts in the table above include the interest portion of payment obligations. Purchase Obligations Purchase obligations consist of significant contractual obligations either on an annual basis or over multi-year periods related to our outsourcing activities or other material commitments, including vendor-consigned inventories. The contractual cash obligations and commitments table presented above contains our minimum obligations at June 25, 2017, under these arrangements and others. For obligations with cancellation provisions, the amounts included in the preceding table were limited to the non-cancelable portion of the agreement terms or the minimum cancellation fee. Actual expenditures will vary based on the volume of transactions and length of contractual service provided. Long-Term Debt In May 2011, we issued and sold $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due May 2018 (the “2018 Notes”) at par. We pay cash interest on the 2018 Notes at an annual rate of 1.25%, on a semi-annual basis. Concurrently with the issuance of the 2018 Notes, we purchased convertible note hedges and sold warrants, which were structured to reduce the potential future economic dilution associated with the conversion of the 2018 Notes. The 2018 Notes may be converted into our Common Stock, under certain circumstances, based on a conversion rate of 16.5702 shares of our Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is equal to a conversion price of approximately $60.35 per share of our Common Stock. The conversion price will be subject to adjustment for certain corporate events, including dividends on our Common Stock. In June 2012, with the acquisition of Novellus, we assumed $700 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.625% Convertible Senior Notes due May 2041 (the “2041 Notes”). We pay cash interest on the 2041 Notes at an annual rate of 2.625%, on a semi- annual basis. The 2041 Notes may be converted, under certain circumstances, into our Common Stock based on a conversion rate of 29.7371 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes, which represents a conversion price of approximately $33.63 per share of Common Stock. The conversion price will be subject to adjustment for certain events, including dividends on our Common Stock. During the quarter-ended June 25, 2017, the market value of our Common Stock was greater than or equal to 130% of the 2018 Notes and 2041 Notes conversion prices for 20 or more trading days of the 30 consecutive trading days preceding the quarter end. As a result, the 2018 Notes and the 2041 Notes are convertible at the option of the holder and are classified as current liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets for fiscal year 2017. On March 12, 2015, we completed a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due March 15, 2020 (the “2020 Notes”) and $500 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due March 15, 2025 (the “2025 Notes”). We pay interest at an annual rate of 2.75% and 3.80%, respectively, on the 2020 Notes and 2025 Notes, on a semi-annual basis on March 15 and September 15 of each year. We may redeem the 2020 Notes and 2025 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such series (“par”), plus a “make whole” premium as described in the indenture in respect to the 2020 Notes and 2025 Notes and accrued and unpaid interest before February 15, 2020, for the 2020 Notes and before December 15, 2024, for the 2025 Notes. We may redeem the 2020 Notes and 2025 Notes at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest, at any time on or after February 15, 2020, for the 2020 Notes and on or after December 24, 2024, for the 2025 Notes. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events, as described in the indenture, we will be required to make an offer to repurchase the 2020 Notes and 2025 Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the respective note, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On June 7, 2016, we completed a public offering of $800.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due June 15, 2021, (the “2021 Notes”), $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due June 15, 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due June 15, 2026 (the “2026 Notes”, together with the 2020 Notes, and 2021 Notes, the “Senior Notes”, and collectively with the Convertible Notes, the “Notes”). We pay interest at an annual rate of 2.80% on the 2021 Notes on a semi-annual basis on June 15 and December 15 of each year. 38 As a result of the October 5, 2016, termination of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with KLA-Tencor, the 2023 Notes and the 2026 Notes were redeemed on October 13, 2016, under the special mandatory redemption terms of the indenture governing these Notes. We were required to redeem all of the 2023 Notes and the 2026 Notes then outstanding, on October 13, 2016, at a special mandatory redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of initial issuance. We may redeem the 2021 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such series (“par”), plus a “make whole” premium as described in the respective indenture, and accrued and unpaid interest before May 15, 2021. We may redeem the 2021 Notes at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest at any time on or after May 15, 2021. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events, as described in the indenture, we will be required to make an offer to repurchase the 2021 Notes, at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the respective note, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On May 13, 2016, we entered into an Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement”), which amends and restates the Term Loan Agreement we entered into on November 10, 2015, with a syndicate of lenders. The Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement provides for a commitment of $1,530.0 million senior unsecured term loan facility composed of two tranches (the “Commitments”): (1) a $1,005.0 million tranche of three-year senior unsecured loans and (2) a $525.0 million tranche of five-year senior unsecured loans. The Commitments automatically terminated on October 5, 2016, upon termination of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with KLA-Tencor Corporation. During fiscal year 2017, 2016, and 2015, we made $1.7 billion, $451 million, and $2 million, respectively, in principal payments on long-term debt and capital leases. Revolving Credit Arrangements On November 10, 2015, we entered into an Amendment and Restatement Agreement (as amended on April 26, 2016, by Amendment No.1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”), which amends and restates our prior unsecured Credit Agreement, dated March 12, 2014 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated March 5, 2015). The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for an increase to our revolving unsecured credit facility, from $300 million to $750 million with a syndicate of lenders. It includes an expansion option, subject to certain requirements, for us to request an increase in the facility of up to an additional $250 million, for a potential total commitment of $1.0 billion. Proceeds from the credit facility can be used for general corporate purposes. The facility matures on November 10, 2020. Interest on amounts borrowed under the credit facility is, at our option, based on (1) a base rate, defined as the greatest of (a) prime rate, (b) Federal Funds rate plus 0.5%, or (c) one-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.0%, plus a spread of 0.0% to 0.5%, or (2) LIBOR multiplied by the statutory reserve rate, plus a spread of 0.9% to 1.5%, in each case as the applicable spread is determined based on the rating of our non-credit enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt. Principal and any accrued and unpaid interest is due and payable upon maturity. Additionally, we will pay the lenders a quarterly commitment fee that varies based on our credit rating. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains affirmative covenants, negative covenants, financial covenants, and events of default that are substantially similar to those in the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement. As of June 25, 2017, we had no borrowings outstanding under the credit facility and were in compliance with all financial covenants. Other Guarantees We have issued certain indemnifications to our lessors for taxes and general liability under some of our agreements. We have entered into certain insurance contracts that may limit our exposure to such indemnifications. As of June 25, 2017, we had not recorded any liability on our Consolidated Financial Statements in connection with these indemnifications, as we do not believe, based on information available, that it is probable that we will pay any amounts under these guarantees. Generally, we indemnify, under pre-determined conditions and limitations, our customers for infringement of third-party intellectual property rights by our products or services. We seek to limit our liability for such indemnity to an amount not to exceed the sales price of the products or services subject to our indemnification obligations. We do not believe, based on information available, that it is probable that we will pay any material amounts under these guarantees. We provide guarantees and standby letters of credit to certain parties as required for certain transactions initiated during the ordinary course of business. As of June 25, 2017, the maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under these arrangements and letters of credit was $16 million. We do not believe, based on historical experience and information currently available, that it is probable that any amounts will be required to be paid. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 39 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Investments We maintain an investment portfolio of various holdings, types, and maturities. As of June 25, 2017, our mutual funds are classified as trading securities. Investments classified as trading securities are recorded at fair value based upon quoted market prices. Any material differences between the cost and fair value of trading securities is recognized as “Other income (expense)” in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. All of our other investments are classified as available-for-sale and consequently are recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value with unrealized gains or losses reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax. Interest Rate Risk Fixed-Income Securities Our investments in various interest-earning securities carry a degree of market risk for changes in interest rates. At any time, a sharp rise in interest rates could have a material adverse impact on the fair value of our fixed-income investment portfolio. Conversely, declines in interest rates could have a material adverse impact on interest income for our investment portfolio. We target to maintain a conservative investment policy, which focuses on the safety and preservation of our capital by limiting default risk, market risk, reinvestment risk, and concentration risk. The following table presents the hypothetical fair values of fixed-income securities that would result from selected potential decreases and increases in interest rates. Market changes reflect immediate hypothetical parallel shifts in the yield curve of plus or minus 50 basis points (“BPS”), 100 BPS, and 150 BPS. The hypothetical fair values as of June 25, 2017, were as follows: Valuation of Securities Given an Interest Rate Decrease of X Basis Points Fair Value as of June 25, 2017 Valuation of Securities Given an Interest Rate Increase of X Basis Points (150 BPS) (100 BPS) (50 BPS) —% 50 BPS 100 BPS 150 BPS (in thousands) Time deposit $ 640,666 $ 640,666 $ 640,666 $ 640,666 $ 640,666 $ 640,666 $ 640,666 Municipal notes and bonds 197,037 196,890 195,918 194,876 193,834 192,792 191,751 U.S. Treasury and agencies 821,172 813,220 804,147 795,049 785,862 776,677 767,493 Government-sponsored enterprises Foreign government bonds 25,355 65,205 25,069 64,482 24,783 63,752 24,496 63,022 24,210 62,292 23,924 61,563 23,638 60,833 Bank and corporate notes 2,494,798 2,475,500 2,455,967 2,436,436 2,416,907 2,397,381 2,377,857 Mortgage backed securities - residential 105,825 104,728 103,543 102,358 101,171 Mortgage backed securities - commercial 68,710 67,719 66,729 65,739 64,750 99,984 63,761 98,797 62,773 Total $ 4,418,768 $ 4,388,274 $ 4,355,505 $ 4,322,642 $ 4,289,692 $ 4,256,748 $ 4,223,808 We mitigate default risk by investing in high credit quality securities and by positioning our portfolio to respond appropriately to a significant reduction in a credit rating of any investment issuer or guarantor. The portfolio includes only marketable securities with active secondary or resale markets to achieve portfolio liquidity and maintain a prudent amount of diversification. Long-Term Debt As of June 25, 2017, we had $2.9 billion in principal amount of fixed-rate long-term debt outstanding, with a fair value of $5.8 billion. The fair value of our Notes is subject to interest rate risk, market risk, and other factors due to the convertible feature, as applicable. Generally, the fair value of Notes will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. Additionally, the fair value of the Convertible Notes will increase as our Common Stock price increases and decrease as our Common Stock price decreases. The interest and market value changes affect the fair value of our Notes but do not impact our financial position, cash flows, or results of operations due to the fixed nature of the debt obligations. We do not carry the Notes at fair value, but present the fair value of the principal amount of our Notes for disclosure purposes. 40 Equity Price Risk Publicly Traded Securities The values of our investments in publicly traded securities, including mutual funds related to our obligations under our deferred compensation plans, are subject to market price risk. The following table presents the hypothetical fair values of our publicly traded securities that would result from potential decreases and increases in the price of each security in the portfolio. Potential fluctuations in the price of each security in the portfolio of plus or minus 10%, 15%, or 25% were selected based on potential near- term changes in those security prices. The hypothetical fair values as of June 25, 2017, were as follows: Valuation of Securities Given an X% Decrease in Stock Price Fair Value as of June 25, 2017 Valuation of Securities Given an X% Increase in Stock Price (25)% (15)% (10)% —% 10% 15% 25% (in thousands) Mutual funds $ 42,191 $ 47,816 $ 50,629 56,254 $ 61,879 $ 64,692 $ 70,318 Foreign Currency Exchange (“FX”) Risk We conduct business on a global basis in several major international currencies. As such, we are potentially exposed to adverse as well as beneficial movements in foreign currency exchange rates. The majority of our revenues and expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars. However, we are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations primarily related to revenues denominated in Japanese yen and euro-denominated and Korean won-denominated expenses. We enter into foreign currency forward contracts to minimize the short-term impact of exchange rate fluctuations on certain foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities, primarily cash, third-party accounts receivable, accounts payable, and intercompany receivables and payables. In addition, we hedge certain anticipated foreign currency cash flows, primarily on revenues denominated in Japanese yen and expenses denominated in euro and Korean won. To protect against the reduction in value of anticipated revenues denominated in Japanese yen and expenses denominated in euro and Korean won, we enter into foreign currency forward and option contracts that generally expire within 12 months and no later than 24 months. These foreign currency hedge contracts are designated as cash flow hedges and are carried on our balance sheet at fair value, with the effective portion of the contracts’ gains or losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and subsequently recognized in earnings in the same period the hedged revenue and/or expense is recognized. We also enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge the gains and losses generated by the remeasurement of certain non-U.S.- dollar denominated monetary assets and liabilities, primarily cash, third-party accounts receivable, accounts payable, and intercompany receivables and payables. The change in fair value of these balance sheet hedge contracts is recorded into earnings as a component of other income (expense), net, and offsets the change in fair value of the foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities also recorded in other income (expense), net, assuming the hedge contract fully covers the hedged items. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 41 The notional amount and unrealized gain of our outstanding forward and option contracts that are designated as cash flow hedges, as of June 25, 2017, are shown in the table below. This table also shows the change in fair value of these cash flow hedges assuming a hypothetical foreign currency exchange rate movement of plus or minus 10 percent and plus or minus 15 percent. Unrealized FX Gain/(Loss) June 25, 2017 Valuation of FX Contracts Given an X% Increase (+)/Decrease(-) in Each =+/ - (10%) =+/ - (15%) Notional Amount (in millions) Forward contracts Sell Buy Buy Option contracts Japanese yen $ 670.2 $ (1.4) $ 66.4 $ Euro Korean won 58.9 22.0 $ $ $ 2.7 — 1.3 1.0 0.2 (0.2) $ 1.0 $ 6.1 2.2 74.7 3.2 2.0 1.9 7.1 $ $ $ Buy put Japanese yen $ 36.0 $ Buy put de-designated (1) Sell put (2) Japanese yen Japanese yen 26.5 26.5 99.6 9.1 3.3 112.0 4.5 3.0 3.0 10.5 (1) Contracts were entered into and designated as cash flow hedges under ASC 815 during the fiscal year as part of our cash flow hedge program. The contracts were subsequently de-designated during the year ended June 25, 2017. Changes in fair market value subsequent to de-designation affect current earnings. (2) Contracts were entered into to offset the de-designated buy put contracts, and while not designated as a cash flow hedge they are considered to be part of our cash flow hedge program. Changes in fair market value effect current earnings. The notional amount and unrealized loss of our outstanding foreign currency forward contracts that are designated as balance sheet hedges, as of June 25, 2017, are shown in the table below. This table also shows the change in fair value of these balance sheet hedges, assuming a hypothetical foreign currency exchange rate movement of plus or minus 10 percent and plus or minus 15 percent. These changes in fair values would be offset in other income (expense), net, by corresponding change in fair values of the foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities, assuming the hedge contract fully covers the intercompany and trade receivable balances. Unrealized FX Gain/ (Loss) June 25, 2017 Notional Amount Valuation of FX Contracts Given an X% Increase (+)/Decrease(-) in Each =+ / - (10%) =+ / - (15%) (in millions) Forward contracts, balance sheet hedge Japanese yen Korean won Euro Taiwan dollar Swiss francs Chinese renminbi $ 269.5 $ — $ 26.9 $ 34.1 18.4 11.2 8.7 7.2 0.2 — — — — 3.4 1.9 1.1 0.9 0.7 $ 0.2 $ 34.9 $ 40.4 5.1 2.7 1.7 1.3 1.1 52.3 Sell Sell Buy Buy Buy Buy 42 Interest Rate Contracts Interest rate risk is present with both fixed- and floating-rate debt. Interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges are used to mitigate our exposure to changes in the fair value of fixed-rate debt resulting from fluctuations in benchmark interest rates. Accordingly, benchmark interest rate fluctuations impact the fair value of our fixed-rate debt, which are offset by corresponding changes in the fair value of the swap agreements. Interest rate swaps may also be used to adjust interest rate exposures when appropriate, based on market conditions, and for qualifying hedges, the interest differential of swaps is included in interest expense. During the fiscal year ended June 26, 2016, we entered into a series of interest rate contracts with a total notional value of $400 million where we received fixed rates and paid variable rates based on certain benchmark interest rates. Such interest rate swap arrangements were designated as fair value hedges of the fair value of the underlying debt instrument. The following table shows the change in fair value of these fair value hedges, assuming a hypothetical benchmark interest rate movement of plus or minus 10 BPS and plus or minus 15 BPS. Valuation of Fair Value Hedge Given an Interest Rate Increase of X Basis Points Fair Value as of June 25, 2017 Valuation of Fair Value Hedge Given an Interest Rate Decrease of X Basis Points 10 BPS 15 BPS —% (10 BPS) (15 BPS) (in millions) Interest Rate Contracts $ 7.3 $ 5.9 $ 10.1 $ 12.9 $ 14.3 Interest rate risk is also present on anticipated issuances of debt. We manage our interest rate exposure on anticipated issuances of debt through forward-starting interest rate swap agreements. Forward-starting interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges are used to mitigate our exposure to changes in future interest payments that results from fluctuations in benchmark interest rates prior to the issuance of the debt. Accordingly, benchmark interest rate fluctuations impact the interest cash flows of the Company’s anticipated debt issuances, which are offset by corresponding changes in the fair value of the forward-starting interest rate swap agreements. During the fiscal year ended June 26, 2016, we entered into and settled a series of forward-starting interest rate swap agreements with a total notional value of $600 million, associated with our June 2016 debt offering. Such forward-starting interest rate swap agreements were designated as hedges of the cash flows associated with benchmark interest rates underlying future interest payments on the June 2016 debt issuances. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 43 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Index to Consolidated Financial Statements Consolidated Statements of Operations — Years Ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015 Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income — Years Ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015 Consolidated Balance Sheets — June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Years Ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity — Years Ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Page 45 46 47 48 50 51 84 44 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (in thousands, except per share data) Revenue Cost of goods sold Gross margin Research and development Selling, general, and administrative Goodwill impairment Total operating expenses Operating income Other expense, net Income before income taxes Income tax expense Net income Net income per share: Basic Diluted Number of shares used in per share calculations: Basic Diluted June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 $ 8,013,620 $ 5,885,893 $ 5,259,312 4,410,261 3,266,971 2,974,976 3,603,359 2,618,922 2,284,336 1,033,742 667,485 — 913,712 630,954 — 825,242 591,611 79,444 1,701,227 1,544,666 1,496,297 1,902,132 1,074,256 788,039 (90,459) (114,139) (47,189) 1,811,673 960,117 740,850 (113,910) (46,068) (85,273) $ 1,697,763 $ 914,049 $ 655,577 $ $ 10.47 $ 5.75 $ 9.24 $ 5.22 $ 4.11 3.70 162,222 158,919 159,629 183,770 175,159 177,067 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 45 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (in thousands) Net income Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax: Foreign currency translation adjustment Cash flow hedges: Net unrealized gains (losses) during the period Net losses (gains) reclassified into earnings Available-for-sale investments: Net unrealized (losses) gains during the period Net (gains) losses reclassified into earnings Defined benefit plans, net change in unrealized component Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax Comprehensive income June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 $ 1,697,763 $ 914,049 $ 655,577 (2,843) (4,403) (22,139) 5,841 8,971 14,812 (3,789) (1) (3,790) (546) 7,633 (17,725) 4,961 (12,764) 9,028 (371) 8,657 (3,027) (11,537) 1,595 (4,388) (2,793) (5,389) 71 (5,318) 1,109 (29,141) $ 1,705,396 $ 902,512 $ 626,436 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 46 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands, except per share data) ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents Investments Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $5,103 as of June 25, 2017 and $5,155 as of June 26, 2016 Inventories Prepaid expenses and other current assets Total current assets Property and equipment, net Restricted cash and investments Goodwill Intangible assets, net Other assets Total assets LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: Trade accounts payable Accrued expenses and other current liabilities Deferred profit Current portion of convertible notes and capital leases Total current liabilities Senior notes, convertible notes, and capital leases, less current portion Income taxes payable Other long-term liabilities Total liabilities Commitments and contingencies Temporary equity, convertible notes Stockholders’ equity: Preferred stock, at par value of $0.001 per share; authorized - 5,000 shares, none outstanding Common stock, at par value of $0.001 per share; authorized - 400,000 shares; issued and outstanding 161,723 shares at June 25, 2017, and 160,201 shares at June 26, 2016 Additional paid-in capital Treasury stock, at cost, 105,569 shares at June 25, 2017, and 101,071 shares at June 26, 2016 Accumulated other comprehensive loss Retained earnings Total stockholders’ equity June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 $ 2,377,534 $ 5,039,322 3,663,628 1,788,612 $ $ 1,673,398 1,232,916 195,022 1,262,145 971,911 151,160(1) 9,142,498 9,213,150 685,595 256,205 639,608 250,421 1,385,673 1,386,276 410,995 241,799 564,921 209,939(1) 12,122,765 $ 12,264,315 464,643 $ 969,361 607,672 908,439 2,950,115 1,784,974 120,178 280,186 348,199 772,910 349,199 947,733(1) 2,418,041 3,378,129(1) 231,514 134,562 5,135,453 6,162,246 169,861 207,552 — 162 — 160 5,845,485 5,572,898 (5,216,187) (4,429,317) (61,700) (69,333) 6,249,691 6,817,451 4,820,109 5,894,517 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 12,122,765 $ 12,264,315 (1) Adjusted for effects of retrospective implementation of ASU 2015-3; see Note 3 and Note 13 for additional information. See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 47 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands) CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net income $ 1,697,763 $ 914,049 $ 655,577 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 Depreciation and amortization Deferred income taxes Impairment of long-lived assets Equity-based compensation expense Income tax benefit (expense) on equity-based compensation plans Excess tax (benefits) expense on equity-based compensation plans Loss on extinguishment of debt, net Amortization of note discounts and issuance costs Gain on sale of business Gain on sale of assets Goodwill impairment Other, net Changes in operating asset and liability accounts: Accounts receivable, net of allowance Inventories Prepaid expenses and other assets Trade accounts payable Deferred profit Accrued expenses and other liabilities 306,905 104,936 — 149,975 38,747 (38,635) 36,252 25,282 — (163) — 19,052 (411,287) (307,875) (27,269) 126,819 258,473 50,307 291,028 (49,003) — 142,348 (1,023) 1,020 — 70,522 — (15,223) — 48,788 (169,034) (66,371) (46,664) 41,645 27,129 161,066 Net cash provided by operating activities 2,029,282 1,350,277 277,920 5,551 9,821 135,354 11,316 (11,398) — 37,550 (7,431) — 79,444 12,656 (294,155) (207,462) (52,496) 76,617 86,146 (29,507) 785,503 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Capital expenditures and intangible assets Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired Purchases of available-for-sale securities (157,419) (175,330) (198,265) — — (1,137) (4,581,851) (874,998) (3,086,808) Sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities 2,697,965 1,673,826 2,137,068 Purchase of other investments Proceeds from sale of assets Proceeds from sale of business Transfer of restricted cash and investments Other, net — 1,291 — — 79,730 — (5,784) (112,381) (12,815) 1,636 (2,500) — 41,212 356 3,978 Net cash (used by) provided by investing activities (2,058,613) 592,483 (1,106,096) 48 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Principal payments on long-term debt and capital lease obligations and payments for debt issuance costs (1,688,313) (451,497) (1,515) June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 Net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt — 2,338,144 Excess tax benefits (expense) on equity-based compensation plans Treasury stock purchases Dividends paid Reissuances of treasury stock related to employee stock purchase plan Proceeds from issuance of common stock Other, net Net cash (used for) provided by financing activities Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year Cash and cash equivalents at end of year Schedule of non-cash transactions Accrued payables for stock repurchases Accrued payables for capital expenditures Dividends payable Transfers of finished goods inventory to property and equipment, net Supplemental disclosures: Cash payments for interest 38,635 (811,672) (243,495) 59,663 12,913 (125) (1,020) (158,389) (190,402) 55,992 3,405 (488) 992,225 11,398 (573,240) (116,059) 48,803 17,520 (660) $ $ $ $ (2,632,394) $ 1,595,745 $ 378,472 (63) $ (722) $ (2,661,788) 3,537,783 (9,017) 48,862 5,039,322 1,501,539 1,452,677 2,377,534 $ 5,039,322 $ 1,501,539 — $ — $ 17,285 72,738 46,855 27,953 48,052 37,822 3,255 22,436 47,659 4,547 $ 104,619 $ 58,810 $ 26,393 Cash payments for income taxes, net 28,104 39,745 114,512 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 49 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (in thousands) Balance at June 29, 2014 Sale of common stock Purchase of treasury stock Income tax benefits on equity-based compensation plans Reissuance of treasury stock Equity-based compensation expense Reclassification from temporary to permanent equity Net income Other comprehensive income Cash dividends declared ($0.84 per common share) Balance at June 28, 2015 Sale of common stock Purchase of treasury stock Income tax benefits on equity-based compensation plans Reissuance of treasury stock Equity-based compensation expense Effect of conversion of convertible notes Reclassification from temporary to permanent equity Net income Other comprehensive income Cash dividends declared ($1.20 per common share) Balance at June 26, 2016 Sale of common stock Purchase of treasury stock Income tax benefits on equity-based compensation plans Reissuance of treasury stock Equity-based compensation expense Effect of conversion of convertible notes, net of income tax benefit Exercise of warrants Reclassification to temporary from permanent equity, net Net income Other comprehensive income Cash dividends declared ($1.65 per common share) Common Stock Shares Common Stock Additional Paid-in Capital Treasury Stock Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(Loss) Retained Earnings Total 162,350 $ 162 $ 5,239,567 $ (3,757,076) $ (28,655) $ 3,575,737 $ 5,029,735 2,876 (7,638) — 943 — — — — — 4 (8) — 1 — — — — — 17,519 — — (573,096) 11,316 21,477 135,354 (58,460) — — — — 27,325 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 17,523 (573,104) 11,316 48,803 135,354 (58,460) 655,577 655,577 (29,141) — (29,141) — (134,459) (134,459) 158,531 159 5,366,773 (4,302,847) (57,796) 4,096,855 5,103,144 2,863 (2,130) — 937 — — — — — — 2 (2) — 1 — — — — — — 3,403 — — (155,132) (1,023) 27,329 142,348 (188) 34,256 — — — — 28,662 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3,405 (155,134) (1,023) 55,992 142,348 (188) 34,256 914,049 914,049 (11,537) — (11,537) — (190,795) (190,795) 160,201 160 5,572,898 (4,429,317) (69,333) 4,820,109 5,894,517 2,661 (5,322) — 825 — 1,388 1,970 — — — — 3 (5) — 1 — 1 2 — — — — 12,910 — — (811,667) 38,747 34,865 149,975 (1,596) (5) 37,691 — — — — 24,797 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 12,913 (811,672) 38,747 59,663 149,975 (1,595) (3) 37,691 1,697,763 1,697,763 7,633 — 7,633 — (268,181) (268,181) Balance at June 25, 2017 161,723 $ 162 $ 5,845,485 $ (5,216,187) $ (61,700) $ 6,249,691 $ 6,817,451 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 50 NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS June 25, 2017 Note 1: Company and Industry Information The Company designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. Semiconductor manufacturing, our customers’ business, involves the complete fabrication of multiple dies or integrated circuits on a wafer. This involves the repetition of a set of core processes and can require hundreds of individual steps. Fabricating these devices requires highly sophisticated process technologies to integrate an increasing array of new materials with precise control at the atomic scale. Along with meeting technical requirements, wafer processing equipment must deliver high productivity and be cost-effective. The Company sells its products and services primarily to companies involved in the production of semiconductors in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan. The semiconductor industry is cyclical in nature and has historically experienced periodic downturns and upturns. Today’s leading indicators of changes in customer investment patterns, such as electronics demand, memory pricing, and foundry utilization rates, may not be any more reliable than in prior years. Demand for the Company’s equipment can vary significantly from period to period as a result of various factors including, but not limited to economic conditions; supply, demand, and prices for semiconductors; customer capacity requirements; and the Company’s ability to develop and market competitive products. For these and other reasons, the Company’s results of operations for fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015 may not necessarily be indicative of future operating results. Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make judgments, estimates, and assumptions that could affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other assumptions it believes to be applicable and evaluates them on an ongoing basis to ensure they remain reasonable under current conditions. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. Revenue Recognition: The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred and title has passed or services have been rendered, the selling price is fixed or determinable, collection of the receivable is reasonably assured, and the Company has received customer acceptance or is otherwise released from its customer acceptance obligations. If terms of the sale provide for a lapsing customer acceptance period, the Company recognizes revenue upon the expiration of the lapsing acceptance period or customer acceptance, whichever occurs first. If the practices of a customer do not provide for a written acceptance or the terms of sale do not include a lapsing acceptance provision, the Company recognizes revenue when it can be reliably demonstrated that the delivered system meets all of the agreed-to customer specifications. In situations with multiple deliverables, the Company recognizes revenue upon the delivery of the separate elements to the customer and when the Company receives customer acceptance or is otherwise released from its customer acceptance obligations. The Company allocates revenue from multiple-element arrangements among the separate elements using their relative selling prices based on the Company’s best estimate of selling price. The Company’s sales arrangements do not include a general right of return. The maximum revenue recognized on a delivered element is limited to the amount that is not contingent upon the delivery of additional items. The Company generally recognizes revenue related to sales of spare parts and system upgrade kits upon shipment. The Company generally recognizes revenue related to services upon completion of the services requested by a customer order. The Company recognizes revenue for extended maintenance service contracts with a fixed payment amount on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract. When goods or services have been delivered to the customer but all conditions for revenue recognition have not been met, deferred revenue and deferred costs are recognized in deferred profit on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Inventory Valuation: Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using standard costs that approximate actual costs on a first-in, first-out basis. Finished goods are reported as inventories until the point of title transfer to the customer. Unless specified in the terms of sale, title generally transfers at the physical transfer of the products to the freight carriers. Transfer of title for shipments to Japanese customers occurs at the time of customer acceptance. Management evaluates the need to record adjustments for impairment of inventory at least quarterly. The Company’s policy is to assess the valuation of all inventories including manufacturing raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, and spare parts in each reporting period. Obsolete inventory or inventory in excess of management’s estimated usage requirement is written down to its estimated market value if less than cost. Estimates of market value include but are not limited to management’s forecasts Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 51 related to the Company’s future manufacturing schedules, customer demand, technological and/or market obsolescence, general semiconductor market conditions, and possible alternative uses. If future customer demand or market conditions are less favorable than the Company’s projections, additional inventory write-downs may be required and would be reflected in cost of goods sold in the period in which the revision is made. Warranty: Typically, the sale of semiconductor capital equipment includes providing parts and service warranties to customers as part of the overall price of the system. The Company provides standard warranties for its systems. The Company records a provision for estimated warranty expenses to cost of sales for each system when it recognizes revenue. The Company does not maintain general or unspecified reserves; all warranty reserves are related to specific systems. All actual or estimated parts and labor costs incurred in subsequent periods are charged to those established reserves on a system-by-system basis. While the Company periodically monitors the performance and cost of warranty activities, if actual costs incurred are different than its estimates, the Company may recognize adjustments to provisions in the period in which those differences arise or are identified. In addition to the provision of standard warranties, the Company offers customer-paid extended warranty services. Revenues for extended maintenance and warranty services with a fixed payment amount are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract. Related costs are recorded as incurred. Equity-Based Compensation — Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Employee Stock Plans: The Company recognizes the fair value of equity-based compensation expense. The Company determines the fair value of its RSUs, excluding market-based performance RSUs, based upon the fair market value of Company’s Common Stock at the date of grant, discounted for dividends. The Company estimates the fair value of its market-based performance RSUs using a Monte Carlo simulation model at the date of the grant. The Company estimates the fair value of its stock options and ESPP awards using a Black-Scholes option valuation model. This model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including expected stock price volatility and the estimated life of each award. The Company amortizes the fair value of equity-based awards over the vesting periods of the award, and the Company has elected to use the straight-line method of amortization. The Company makes quarterly assessments of the adequacy of its tax credit pool related to equity-based compensation to determine if there are any deficiencies that it is required to recognize in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company will only recognize a benefit from equity-based compensation in paid-in-capital if it realizes an incremental tax benefit after all other tax attributes currently available have been utilized. In addition, the Company has elected to account for the indirect benefits of equity-based compensation on the research tax credit through the income statement rather than through paid-in-capital. The Company also elected to net deferred tax assets and the associated valuation allowance related to net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards for the accumulated stock award tax benefits for income tax footnote disclosure purposes. The Company tracks these stock award attributes separately and will only recognize these attributes through paid-in-capital. Income Taxes: Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, as well as the tax effect of carryforwards. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets to the amount that is more-likely-than-not to be realized. Realization of our net deferred tax assets is dependent on future taxable income. The Company believes it is more-likely- than-not that such assets will be realized; however, ultimate realization could be negatively impacted by market conditions and other variables not known or anticipated at this time. In the event that the Company determines that it would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax assets, an adjustment would be charged to earnings in the period such determination is made. Likewise, if the Company later determines that it is more-likely-than-not that the deferred tax assets would be realized, then the previously provided valuation allowance would be reversed. The Company recognizes the benefit from a tax position only if it is more-likely-than-not that the position would be sustained upon audit based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. The Company’s policy is to include interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. Goodwill and Intangible Assets: The valuation of intangible assets acquired in a business combination requires the use of management estimates including but not limited to estimating future expected cash flows from assets acquired and determining 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. Estimates associated with the accounting for acquisitions may change as additional information becomes available. Goodwill represents the amount by which the purchase price in each business combination exceeds the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired. Each component of the Company for which discrete financial information is 52 available and for which management regularly reviews the results of operations is considered a reporting unit. All goodwill acquired in a business combination is assigned to one or more reporting units as of the acquisition date. Goodwill is assigned to the Company’s reporting units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. The goodwill assigned to a reporting unit is the difference between the acquisition consideration assigned to the reporting unit on a relative fair value basis and the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities that can be specifically attributed to the reporting unit. The Company tests goodwill and identifiable intangible assets with indefinite useful lives for impairment at least annually. The Company amortizes intangible assets with estimable useful lives over their respective estimated useful lives, and the Company reviews for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the intangible asset may not be recoverable and the carrying amount exceeds its fair value. The Company reviews goodwill at least annually for impairment. If certain events or indicators of impairment occur between annual impairment tests, the Company would perform an impairment test at that date. In testing for a potential impairment of goodwill, the Company (1) allocates goodwill to its reporting units to which the acquired goodwill relates, (2) estimates the fair value of its reporting units, and (3) determines the carrying value (book value) of those reporting units. Furthermore, if the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value, the Company must estimate the fair value of all identifiable assets and liabilities of that reporting unit, in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation for an acquired business. This can require independent valuations of certain internally generated and unrecognized intangible assets such as in-process R&D and developed technology. Only after this process is completed can the amount of goodwill impairment, if any, be determined. In the Company’s goodwill impairment process, it first assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative analysis. The Company does not calculate the fair value of a reporting unit unless the Company determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more-likely-than-not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The Company performs an annual goodwill impairment analysis as of the first day of its fourth fiscal quarter. The Company did not record impairments of goodwill during the years ended June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016. For the year ended June 28, 2015, the Company recorded an impairment charge on its Single-Wafer Clean reporting unit of approximately $79.4 million. The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill is subjective and requires significant judgment at many points during the analysis. The Company determines the fair value of its reporting units by using an income approach. Under the income approach, the Company determines fair value based on estimated future cash flows of each reporting unit, discounted by an estimated weighted-average cost of capital, which reflects the overall level of inherent risk of a reporting unit and the rate of return an outside investor would expect to earn. In estimating the fair value of a reporting unit, the Company makes estimates and judgments about the future cash flows of its reporting units, including estimated growth rates and assumptions about the economic environment. Although the Company’s cash flow forecasts are based on assumptions that are consistent with the plans and estimates it is using to manage the underlying businesses, there is significant judgment involved in determining the cash flows attributable to a reporting unit. In addition, the Company makes certain judgments about allocating shared assets to the estimated balance sheets of its reporting units. Changes in judgment on these assumptions and estimates could result in a goodwill impairment charge. As a result, several factors could result in impairment of a material amount of the Company’s goodwill balance in future periods, including but not limited to: (1) weakening of the global economy, weakness in the semiconductor equipment industry, or failure of the Company to reach its internal forecasts, which could impact the Company’s ability to achieve its forecasted levels of cash flows and reduce the estimated discounted cash flow value of its reporting units and (2) a decline in the Company’s stock price and resulting market capitalization and to the extent the Company determines that the decline is sustained and indicates a reduction in the fair value of the Company’s reporting units below their carrying value. Further, the value assigned to intangible assets, other than goodwill, is based on estimates and judgments regarding expectations such as the success and lifecycle of products and technology acquired. If actual product acceptance differs significantly from the estimates, the Company may be required to record an impairment charge to write down the asset to its realizable value. The Company reviews indefinite-lived intangible assets for an impairment annually or when events or circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors that may be a change in circumstances, indicating the carrying value of intangible assets subject to amortization may not be recoverable, include a reduced future cash flow estimate and slower growth rates in the industry segment in which the Company participates. The Company determines whether the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows attributable to the assets is less than their carrying value. If the sum is less, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount of the assets over their respective fair values. Fair value is determined by discounted future cash flows, appraisals, or other methods. The Company recognizes an impairment charge to the extent the present value of anticipated net cash flows attributable to the asset are less than the asset’s carrying value. The Company did not record any impairment charge on indefinite-lived assets during the years ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, or June 28, 2015. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 53 Impairment of Long-Lived Assets (Excluding Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangibles): The Company routinely considers whether indicators of impairment of long-lived assets are present. If such indicators are present, the Company determines whether the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows attributable to the assets is less than their carrying value. If the sum is less, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount of the assets over their respective fair values. Fair value is determined by discounted future cash flows, appraisals, or other methods. The Company recognizes an impairment charge to the extent the present value of anticipated net cash flows attributable to the asset are less than the asset’s carrying value. The fair value of the asset then becomes the asset’s new carrying value, which the Company depreciates over the remaining estimated useful life of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value. The Company did not record an impairment loss in the years ended June 25, 2017, or June 26, 2016. The Company recorded a $9.8 million impairment loss on long-lived assets during the year ended June 28, 2015. Fiscal Year: The Company follows a 52/53-week fiscal reporting calendar, and its fiscal year ends on the last Sunday of June each year. The Company’s most recent fiscal years ended on June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015, and each included 52 weeks. Principles of Consolidation: The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Cash Equivalents and Investments: Investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less are considered cash equivalents. The Company also invests in certain mutual funds, which include equity and fixed- income securities, related to its obligations under its deferred compensation plan, and such investments are classified as trading securities on the consolidated balance sheets. All of the Company’s other investments are classified as available-for-sale at the respective balance sheet dates. The Company accounts for its investment portfolio at fair value. Investments classified as trading securities are recorded at fair value based upon quoted market prices. Differences between the cost and fair value of trading securities are recognized as “Other income (expense)” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The investments classified as available-for-sale are recorded at fair value based upon quoted market prices, and difference between the cost and fair value of available-for-sale securities is presented as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities are charged against other income (expense) when a decline in fair value is determined to be other than temporary. The Company considers several factors to determine whether a loss is other than temporary. These factors include but are not limited to (1) the extent to which the fair value is less than cost basis, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, (3) the length of time a security is in an unrealized loss position, and (4) the Company’s ability to hold the security for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. The Company’s ongoing consideration of these factors could result in additional impairment charges in the future, which could adversely affect its results of operation. An other-than-temporary impairment is triggered when there is an intent to sell the security, it is more-likely-than-not that the security will be required to be sold before recovery, or the security is not expected to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security. Other-than-temporary impairments attributed to credit losses are recognized in the income statement. The specific identification method is used to determine the realized gains and losses on investments. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: The Company evaluates its allowance for doubtful accounts based on a combination of factors. In circumstances where specific invoices are deemed to be uncollectible, the Company provides a specific allowance for bad debt against the amount due to reduce the net recognized receivable to the amount it reasonably believes will be collected. The Company also provides allowances based on its write-off history. Property and Equipment: Property and equipment is stated at cost. Equipment is depreciated by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally three to five years. Furniture and fixtures are depreciated by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally five years. Software is amortized by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally three to five years. Buildings are depreciated by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally twenty-five years. Leasehold improvements are generally amortized by the straight- line method over the shorter of the life of the related asset or the term of the underlying lease. Amortization of capital leases is included with depreciation expense. Derivative Financial Instruments: In the normal course of business, the Company’s financial position is routinely subjected to market risk associated with foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The Company’s policy is to mitigate the effect of these exchange rate fluctuations on certain foreign currency denominated business exposures. The Company has a policy that allows the use of derivative financial instruments to hedge foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on forecasted revenue and expenses and net monetary assets or liabilities denominated in various foreign currencies. The Company carries derivative financial instruments (derivatives) on the balance sheet at their fair values. The Company does not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. The Company does not believe that it is exposed to more than a nominal amount of credit risk in its interest rate and 54 foreign currency hedges, as counterparties are large, global and well-capitalized financial institutions. The Company’s exposures are in liquid currencies (Japanese yen, Swiss francs, euros, Taiwanese dollars, Chinese renminbi, Singapore dollars, and Korean won), so there is minimal risk that appropriate derivatives to maintain the Company’s hedging program would not be available in the future. To hedge foreign currency risks, the Company uses foreign currency exchange forward and option contracts, where possible and prudent. These hedge contracts are valued using standard valuation formulas with assumptions about future foreign currency exchange rates derived from existing exchange rates, interest rates, and other market factors. The Company considers its most current forecast in determining the level of foreign currency denominated revenue and expenses to hedge as cash flow hedges. The Company combines these forecasts with historical trends to establish the portion of its expected volume to be hedged. The revenue and expenses are hedged and designated as cash flow hedges to protect the Company from exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. If the underlying forecasted transaction does not occur, or it becomes probable that it will not occur, the related hedge gains and losses on the cash flow hedge are reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to other income (expense), net on the Consolidated Statement of Operations at that time. Guarantees: The Company has certain operating leases that contain provisions whereby the properties subject to the operating leases may be remarketed at lease expiration. The Company has guaranteed to the lessor an amount approximating the lessor’s investment in the property. Also, the Company’s guarantees generally include certain indemnifications to its lessors under operating lease agreements for environmental matters, potential overdraft protection obligations to financial institutions related to one of the Company’s subsidiaries, indemnifications to the Company’s customers for certain infringement of third-party intellectual property rights by its products and services, and the Company’s warranty obligations under sales of its products. Foreign Currency Translation: The Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries that operate in a local currency environment, where that local currency is the functional currency, primarily generate and expend cash in their local currency. Accordingly, all balance sheet accounts of these local functional currency subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at the fiscal period-end exchange rate, and income and expense accounts are translated into U.S. dollars using average rates in effect for the period, except for costs related to those balance sheet items that are translated using historical exchange rates. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded as cumulative translation adjustments and are a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Translation adjustments are recorded in other income (expense), net, where the U.S. dollar is the functional currency. Note 3: Recent Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) released Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2015-3, “Interest — Imputation of Interest.” The amendment requires that debt issuance costs related to recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The Company adopted this standard starting in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, with retrospective application to the June 26, 2016 Consolidated Balance Sheet. The adoption did not have a material impact to the Consolidated Financial Statements. In September 2015, the FASB released ASU 2015-16, “Business Combinations — Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement- Period Adjustments,” which eliminates the requirement to restate prior period financial statements for measurement period adjustments. Instead, the cumulative impact of measurement period adjustments, including the impact on prior periods, is required to be recognized in the reporting period in which the adjustment is identified. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, with no impact to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Updates Not Yet Effective In May 2014, the FASB released ASU 2014-9, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” to supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under GAAP. The FASB issued subsequent amendments to the initial guidance in August 2015, March 2016, April 2016, May 2016 and December 2016 within ASU 2015 - 14, ASU 2016 - 08, ASU 2016 - 10, ASU 2016 - 12 and ASU 2016 - 20, respectively. The core principle of the standard is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that is expected to be received for those goods or services. The new standard defines a five-step process to achieve this core principle and, in doing so, it is possible more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than required under existing GAAP, including identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price, and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 55 The Company is required to adopt these standards starting in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 using either of two methods: (1) retrospective to each prior reporting period presented with the option to elect certain practical expedients as defined within the standard or (2) retrospective with the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard recognized at the date of initial application and providing certain additional disclosures as defined per the standard. The Company has not yet selected a transition method. The Company is continuing its evaluation of the impact that the new standard will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures, business processes, systems, and controls. While the Company’s evaluation of the impact of the standard on its financial statements with respect to its spare parts and service revenue has not been completed, the Company believes that the timing of revenue recognition for certain of its systems will generally be earlier than under existing revenue recognition guidance. The Company continues to evaluate the impact to our revenues related to our pending adoption of these standards and our preliminary assessments are subject to change. In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-17, “Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes.” This ASU amends existing guidance to require that deferred income tax assets and liabilities be classified as non-current in a classified balance sheet and eliminates the prior guidance which required an entity to separate deferred tax assets and liabilities into a current amount and a non-current amount in a classified balance sheet. The amendments in this ASU are effective for the Company beginning in its first quarter of fiscal year 2018. Additionally, the new guidance may be applied either prospectively to all deferred tax assets and liabilities or retrospectively to all periods presented. The Company plans to adopt the guidance prospectively in its first quarter of fiscal year 2018 with an anticipated reclassification from current assets and liabilities to non-current assets and liabilities on its Consolidated Balance Sheet. In January 2016, the FASB released ASU 2016-1, “Financial Instruments — Overall — Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.” The amendment changes the accounting for and financial statement presentation of equity investments, other than those accounted for under the equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee. The amendment provides clarity on the measurement methodology to be used for the required disclosure of fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet and clarifies that an entity should evaluate the need for a valuation allowance on deferred tax assets related to available-for-sale securities in combination with the entity’s other deferred tax assets, among other changes. The Company is required to adopt this standard starting in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 and does not anticipate that implementation will have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements. In January 2016, the FASB released ASU 2016-2, “Leases.” The amendment requires an entity to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on its balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. The amendment offers specific accounting guidance for a lessee, a lessor, and sale and leaseback transactions. Lessees and lessors are required to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about leasing arrangements to enable a user of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The Company is required to adopt this standard starting in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on its Consolidated Financial Statements. In March 2016, the FASB released ASU 2016-9, “Compensation — Stock Compensation.” Key changes in the amendment include: • • • • • entities will be required to recognize all excess tax benefits or deficiencies as an income tax benefit or expense in the income statement, eliminating additional paid in capital (“APIC”) pools; entities will no longer be required to delay recognition of excess tax benefits until they are realized; entities will be required to classify the excess tax benefits as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows; entities will be allowed to elect an accounting policy to either estimate the number of forfeitures or account for forfeitures as they occur; and entities can withhold up to the maximum individual statutory tax rate without classifying the awards as a liability, the cash paid to satisfy the statutory income tax withholding obligations shall be classified as a financing activity in the statement of cash flows. The Company is required to adopt this standard in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. The Company expects the provisions for the change in the recognition of future excess tax benefits or deficiencies and statement of cash flow changes regarding the same measure will be adopted prospectively, and the provisions for the change in recognition of excess tax benefits for all years prior to the year of adoption will be applied using a modified retrospective approach with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings. The Company plans to continue to estimate the number of forfeitures. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on its Consolidated Financial Statements. In June 2016, the FASB released ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments — Credit Losses.” The amendment revises the impairment model to utilize an expected loss methodology in place of the currently used incurred loss methodology, which will result in more 56 timely recognition of losses on financial instruments, including but not limited to available-for-sale debt securities and accounts receivable. The Company is required to adopt this standard starting in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on its Consolidated Financial Statements. In August 2016, the FASB released ASU 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows — Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments.” The amendment provides and clarifies guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows to eliminate diversity in practice. The Company is required to adopt the standard update in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, with a retrospective transition method required. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on its Consolidated Financial Statements. In October 2016, the FASB released ASU 2016-16, “Income Tax — Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other than Inventory.” This standard update improves the accounting for the income tax consequences of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is required to adopt the standard in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on its Consolidated Financial Statements. In November 2016, the FASB released ASU 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows — Restricted Cash.” This standard update requires that restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents be included in cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown in the statement of cash flows. The Company is required to adopt this standard in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, with a retrospective transition method required. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on its Consolidated Financial Statements. Note 4: Equity-Based Compensation Plans The Company has stock plans that provide for grants of equity-based awards to eligible participants, including stock options and restricted stock units, of the Company’s Common Stock. An option is a right to purchase Common Stock at a set price. An RSU award is an agreement to issue a set number of shares of Common Stock at the time of vesting. The Company’s options and RSU awards typically vest over a period of three years or less. The Company also has an employee stock purchase plan that allows employees to purchase its Common Stock at a discount through payroll deductions. The Company recognized the following equity-based compensation expense and benefits in the Consolidated Statements of Operations: Equity-based compensation expense Income tax benefit recognized related to equity-based compensation Income tax benefit realized from the exercise and vesting of options and RSUs June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 (in thousands) June 28, 2015 $ $ $ 149,975 $ 142,348 $ 135,354 38,381 $ 37,814 $ 23,660 92,749 $ 67,756 $ 40,401 The estimated fair value of the Company’s equity-based awards, less expected forfeitures, is amortized over the awards’ vesting terms on a straight-line basis. Stock Options and RSUs The Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, and the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively the “Stock Plans”), provide for the grant of non-qualified equity-based awards to eligible employees, consultants and advisors, and non-employee directors of the Company and its subsidiaries. The 2015 Stock Incentive Plan was approved by shareholders on November 4, 2015, and authorizes up to 18,000,000 shares available for issuance under the plan. Additionally, 1,232,068 shares that remained available for grants under the Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan were added to the shares available for issuance under the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. As of June 25, 2017, there were a total of 11,893,338 shares available for future issuance under the Stock Plans. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 57 A summary of stock plan transactions is as follows: June 29, 2014 Granted Exercised Canceled Vested restricted stock June 28, 2015 Granted Exercised Canceled Vested restricted stock June 26, 2016 Granted Exercised Canceled Vested restricted stock June 25, 2017 Options Outstanding Restricted Stock Units Outstanding Number of Shares Weighted-Average Exercise Price Number of Shares Weighted-Average Fair Market Value at Grant 1,331,886 $ 76,659 $ (564,558) $ (8,155) $ N/A 835,832 $ 196,167 $ (123,726) $ (862) $ N/A 907,411 $ 32.20 80.60 31.05 29.32 N/A 37.44 75.57 24.92 21.43 N/A 47.41 5,635,469 $ 1,804,937 $ N/A (174,879) $ (2,311,439) $ 4,954,088 $ 2,230,851 $ N/A (110,131) $ (2,739,704) $ 4,335,104 $ 45.83 79.74 N/A 50.16 41.17 60.13 71.87 N/A 69.17 54.04 69.30 90,128 $ 119.67 1,660,571 $ 113.75 (389,460) $ (14,020) $ N/A 594,059 $ 33.92 69.81 N/A 66.69 N/A (175,975) $ (2,269,639) $ 3,550,061 $ N/A 73.31 63.24 90.03 As of June 25, 2017, there were a total of 4,144,120 shares subject to options and RSUs issued and outstanding under the Company’s Stock Plans. Outstanding and exercisable options presented by price range at June 25, 2017, were as follows: Range of Exercise Prices $11.09-$23.59 $28.73-$35.68 $42.61-$51.76 $75.57-$119.67 $11.09-$119.67 Options Outstanding Options Exercisable Number of Options Outstanding Weighted- Average Remaining Life (Years) Weighted- Average Exercise Price Number of Options Exercisable Weighted- Average Exercise Price 57,020 52,606 150,539 333,894 594,059 3.62 3.63 3.37 5.75 4.63 $ $ $ $ $ 18.04 31.18 49.21 88.46 66.69 57,020 52,606 150,539 94,399 354,564 $ $ $ $ $ 18.04 31.18 49.21 77.77 49.13 58 Stock Options The fair value of the Company’s stock options granted during fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015 was estimated using a Black- Scholes option valuation model. This model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including expected stock price volatility and the estimated life of each award: Expected volatility Risk-free interest rate Expected term (years) Dividend yield June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 28.85% 33.08% 34.45% 1.92% 4.75 1.50% 1.27% 4.79 1.59% 1.46% 4.80 0.89% The year-end intrinsic value relating to stock options for fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015 is presented below: Intrinsic value - options outstanding Intrinsic value - options exercisable Intrinsic value - options exercised June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 (in thousands) June 28, 2015 $ $ $ 50,551 $ 31,643 $ 36,396 $ 29,112 $ 29,674 $ 6,562 $ 37,961 33,360 26,806 As of June 25, 2017, the Company had $4.7 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options granted and outstanding which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average remaining period of 2.2 years. Restricted Stock Units During the fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, the Company issued both service-based RSUs and market-based performance RSUs (“PRSUs”). The fair value of the Company’s service-based RSUs was calculated based on fair market value of the Company’s stock at the date of grant, discounted for dividends, using the following assumptions: Risk-free interest rate Expected term (years) Dividend yield June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 1.51% 2.97 1.48% 0.98% 3.00 1.59% 0.97% 2.83 0.89% Market-based PRSUs generally vest three years from the grant date if certain performance criteria are achieved and require continued employment. Based upon the terms of such awards, the number of shares that can be earned over the performance periods is based on the Company’s Common Stock price performance compared to the market price performance of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Sector Index (“SOX”), ranging from 0% to 150% of target. The stock price performance or market price performance is measured using the closing price for the 50-trading days prior to the dates the performance period begins and ends. The target number of shares represented by the market-based PRSUs is increased by 2% of target for each 1% that Common Stock price performance exceeds the market price performance of the SOX index. The result of the vesting formula is rounded down to the nearest whole number. Total stockholder return is a measure of stock price appreciation in this performance period. As of June 25, 2017, 862,455 of the 3,550,061 RSU’s outstanding are market-based PRSUs. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 59 The fair value of the Company’s market-based PRSUs granted during fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015 was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation model at the date of the grant. This model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including expected stock price volatility and the estimated life of each award: Expected volatility Risk-free interest rate Expected term (years) Dividend yield June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 27.48% 29.81% 27.93% 1.55% 2.92 1.50% 0.97% 2.92 1.59% 1.05% 2.98 0.89% As of June 25, 2017, the Company had $245.7 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to all unvested RSUs granted which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average remaining period of 2.2 years. ESPP The 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “1999 ESPP”) allows employees to designate a portion of their base compensation to be deducted and used to purchase the Company’s Common Stock at a purchase price per share of the lower of 85% of the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the first or last day of the applicable purchase period. Typically, each offering period lasts fourteen months and comprises two interim purchase dates. The Plan Administrator (the Compensation Committee of the Board) is authorized to set a limit on the number of shares a plan participant can purchase on any single plan exercise date. During fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, there was no increase to the number of shares of Lam Research Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 1999 ESPP. During fiscal year 2017, a total of 825,486 shares of the Company’s Common Stock were sold to employees under the 1999 ESPP. At June 25, 2017, 5,672,571 shares were available for purchase under the 1999 ESPP. The 1999 ESPP rights were valued using a Black-Scholes option valuation model. During fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, the 1999 ESPP was valued using the following weighted-average assumptions: Expected term (years) Expected stock price volatility Risk-free interest rate Dividend yield June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 0.73 0.67 31.74% 35.48% 0.41% 1.09% 0.29% 1.18% 0.67 27.60% 0.07% 0.69% As of June 25, 2017, the Company had $6.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the 1999 ESPP which is expected to be recognized over a remaining period of four months. 60 Note 5: Other Income (Expense), Net The significant components of other income (expense), net, were as follows: Interest income Interest expense Gains (losses) on deferred compensation plan related assets, net Loss on extinguishment of debt, net Foreign exchange (losses) gains, net Other, net June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 (in thousands) June 28, 2015 $ 57,858 $ 29,512 $ 19,268 (117,734) (134,773) (73,682) 17,880 (36,252) (569) (3,995) — 308 (11,642) (5,191) 9,071 — 2,331 (4,177) $ (90,459) $ (114,139) $ (47,189) Interest income in the year ended June 25, 2017, increased compared to the years ended June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015, primarily as a result of higher average cash and investment balances and higher yield. Interest expense in the year ended June 25, 2017, decreased compared to the year ended June 26, 2016, primarily due to the retirement of the 2016 Convertible Note. Interest expense in the year ended June 26, 2016, increased compared to the year ended June 28, 2015, primarily due to interest expense associated with the $1.0 billion Senior Note issuance in March 2015 and the amortization of bridge loan financing issuance costs of approximately $31.9 million in the year ended June 26, 2016. The gain on deferred compensation plan related assets, in fiscal year 2017, compared to a loss in fiscal year 2016 and gain in fiscal year 2015 was driven by a rally in the fair market value of the underlying funds at year end. Net loss on extinguishment of debt realized in the year ended June 25, 2017, is primarily a result of the special mandatory redemption of the Senior Notes due 2023 and 2026, as well as the termination of the Term Loan Agreement (refer to Note 13 and Note 19 for additional information regarding the Company’s debt redemptions and termination). Note 6: Income Taxes The components of income (loss) before income taxes were as follows: United States Foreign June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 (in thousands) June 28, 2015 $ 7,553 $ (113,607) $ 72,728 1,804,120 1,073,724 668,122 $ 1,811,673 $ 960,117 $ 740,850 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 61 Significant components of the provision for income taxes attributable to income before income taxes were as follows: June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 (in thousands) June 28, 2015 Federal: Current Deferred State: Current Deferred Foreign: Current Deferred $ (70,858) $ 1,426 $ 99,700 28,842 (963) (2,246) (3,209) 85,479 2,798 88,277 (38,616) (37,190) 2,892 (7,600) (4,708) 90,752 (2,786) 87,966 Total provision for income taxes $ 113,910 $ 46,068 $ 16,795 12,115 28,910 1,376 158 1,534 61,551 (6,722) 54,829 85,273 Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, as well as the tax effect of carryforwards. Significant components of the Company’s net deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows: Deferred tax assets: Tax carryforwards Allowances and reserves Equity-based compensation Inventory valuation differences Prepaid cost sharing Other Gross deferred tax assets Valuation allowance Net deferred tax assets Deferred tax liabilities: Intangible assets Convertible debt Capital assets Amortization of goodwill Unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries Other Gross deferred tax liabilities Net deferred tax liabilities 62 June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 (in thousands) $ 175,595 $ 176,767 170,752 128,416 25,828 19,602 133,831 20,175 545,783 29,414 17,178 88,522 24,540 464,837 (114,011) (101,689) 431,772 363,148 (30,944) (46,774) (153,047) (151,483) (72,727) (15,582) (61,845) (14,176) (302,663) (146,459) (9,844) (8,594) (584,807) (429,331) $ (153,035) $ (66,183) The change in the gross deferred tax assets, gross deferred tax liabilities, and valuation allowance between fiscal years 2017 and 2016 is primarily due to an increase related to allowances and reserves and an increase in deferred tax liabilities related to an accrual for future tax liabilities due to the expected repatriation of earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries. Realization of the Company’s net deferred tax assets is based upon the weighting of available evidence, including such factors as the recent earnings history and expected future taxable income. The Company believes it is more-likely-than-not that such deferred tax assets will be realized with the exception of $114.0 million primarily related to California, certain state, and certain foreign deferred tax assets. The provisions related to the tax accounting for equity-based compensation prohibit the recognition of a deferred tax asset for an excess benefit that has not yet been realized. As a result, the Company will only recognize an excess benefit from equity-based compensation in additional paid-in-capital if an incremental tax benefit is realized after all other tax attributes currently available to us have been utilized. In addition, the Company continued to elect to account for the indirect benefits of equity-based compensation such as the research and development tax credit through the Consolidated Statement of Operations. At June 25, 2017, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $109.0 million. The majority of these losses will begin to expire in fiscal year 2019, and are subject to limitations on their utilization. At June 25, 2017, the Company had state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $85.4 million. If not utilized, the net operating loss carryforwards will begin to expire in fiscal year 2020 and are subject to limitations on their utilization. At June 25, 2017, the Company had federal tax credit carryforwards of approximately $236.2 million, of which $33.2 million of foreign tax credit will begin to expire in fiscal year 2018 and $201.2 million of research and development tax credit will begin to expire in fiscal year 2030. The remaining balance of $1.8 million of alternative minimum tax credit may be carried forward indefinitely. At June 25, 2017, the Company had state tax credit carryforwards of approximately $296.0 million. Substantially all state tax credit carryforwards can be carried forward indefinitely. At June 25, 2017, the Company had foreign net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $9.4 million, which will begin to expire in fiscal year 2018. A reconciliation of income tax expense provided at the federal statutory rate (35% in fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015) to actual income tax expense is as follows: Income tax expense computed at federal statutory rate $ 634,086 $ 336,041 $ 259,297 June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 (in thousands) June 28, 2015 State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit Foreign income taxed at different rates Settlements and reductions in uncertain tax positions Tax credits State valuation allowance, net of federal tax benefit Equity-based compensation Other permanent differences and miscellaneous items (11,973) (352,860) (144,519) (37,713) 12,070 13,187 1,632 (14,070) (265,123) — (8,611) (175,581) — (48,277) (24,416) 17,948 12,366 7,183 8,594 28,845 (2,855) 85,273 $ 113,910 $ 46,068 $ Effective from fiscal year 2014 through June 2023, the Company has a 10-year tax ruling in Switzerland for one of its foreign subsidiaries. The impact of the tax ruling decreased taxes by approximately $6.3 million, $4.3 million, and $4.8 million for fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. The benefit of the tax ruling on diluted earnings per share was approximately $0.03 in fiscal year 2017, $0.02 in fiscal year 2016, and $0.03 in fiscal year 2015. Earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries included in consolidated retained earnings that are indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations aggregated to approximately $5.4 billion at June 25, 2017. If these earnings were remitted to the United States, they Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 63 would be subject to U.S. and foreign withholding taxes of approximately $1.6 billion at current statutory rates. The Company’s federal income tax provision includes U.S. income taxes on certain foreign-based income. As of June 25, 2017, the total gross unrecognized tax benefits were $339.4 million compared to $417.4 million as of June 26, 2016, and $363.6 million as of June 28, 2015. During fiscal year 2017, gross unrecognized tax benefits decreased by approximately $78.0 million. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate was $247.6 million, $323.4 million, and $276.8 million, as of June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015, respectively. The aggregate changes in the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits were as follows: Balance as of June 29, 2014 Settlements and effective settlements with tax authorities Lapse of statute of limitations Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior periods Decreases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior periods Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during current period Balance as of June 28, 2015 Lapse of statute of limitations Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior periods Decreases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior periods Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during current period Balance as of June 26, 2016 Settlements and effective settlements with tax authorities Lapse of statute of limitations Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior periods Decreases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior periods Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during current period (in thousands) $ 352,112 (2,108) (9,376) 3,729 (12,615) 31,810 363,552 (10,992) 18,200 (421) 47,093 417,432 (6,691) (113,491) 6,557 (11,528) 47,168 Balance as of June 25, 2017 $ 339,447 The Company recognizes interest expense and penalties related to the above unrecognized tax benefits within income tax expense. The Company had accrued $15.7 million, $42.4 million, and $35.5 million cumulatively for gross interest and penalties as of June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015, respectively. The Company is subject to audits by state and foreign tax authorities. The Company is unable to make a reasonable estimate as to when cash settlements, if any, with the relevant taxing authorities will occur. The Company files U.S. federal, U.S. state, and foreign income tax returns. As of June 25, 2017, tax years 2004-2016 remain subject to examination in the jurisdictions where the Company operates. The Company is in various stages of examinations in connection with all of its tax audits worldwide, and it is difficult to determine when these examinations will be settled. It is reasonably possible that over the next 12-month period the Company may experience an increase or decrease in its unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax examinations or lapses of statute of limitations. The change in unrecognized tax benefits is not expected to be material. Note 7: Net Income per Share Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed using the treasury stock method, for dilutive stock options, restricted stock units, and Convertible Notes. 64 The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted computations for net income per share. Numerator: Net income Denominator: Basic average shares outstanding Effect of potential dilutive securities: Employee stock plans Convertible notes Warrants Diluted average shares outstanding Net income per share - basic Net income per share - diluted June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 (in thousands, except per share data) $ 1,697,763 $ 914,049 $ 655,577 162,222 158,919 159,629 2,058 16,861 2,629 2,120 13,464 656 3,193 13,530 715 183,770 175,159 177,067 $ $ 10.47 9.24 $ $ 5.75 5.22 $ $ 4.11 3.70 For purposes of computing diluted net income per share, weighted-average common shares do not include potentially dilutive securities that are anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. The following potentially dilutive securities were excluded: Number of options and RSUs excluded June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 (in thousands) June 28, 2015 34 149 330 Diluted shares outstanding do not include any effect resulting from note hedges associated with the Company’s 2018 Notes (as described in Note 13) as their impact would have been anti-dilutive. Note 8: Financial Instruments Fair Value The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact, and it considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability. A fair value hierarchy has been established that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The level of an asset or liability in the hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories: Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities with sufficient volume and frequency of transactions. Level 2: Valuations based on observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or model-derived valuations techniques for which all significant inputs are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. Level 3: Valuations based on unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of fair value of assets or liabilities and based on non-binding, broker-provided price quotes and may not have been corroborated by observable market data. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 65 The Company’s primary financial instruments include its cash, cash equivalents, investments, restricted cash and investments, long-term investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable, long-term debt and capital leases, and foreign currency related derivative instruments. The estimated fair value of cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximates their carrying value due to the short period of time to their maturities. The estimated fair values of capital lease obligations approximate their carrying value as the substantial majority of these obligations have interest rates that adjust to market rates on a periodic basis. Refer to Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the fair value of the Company’s Senior Notes and Convertible Notes. Investments The following table sets forth the Company’s cash, cash equivalents, investments, restricted cash and investments, and other assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016: Cost Unrealized Gain Unrealized (Loss) Fair Value Cash and Cash Equivalents Investments Restricted Cash & Investments Other Assets June 25, 2017 (Reported Within) Cash Level 1: $ 551,308 $ — $ — $ 551,308 $ 545,130 $ — $ 6,178 $ (in thousands) Time deposit 640,666 Money market funds 1,423,417 — — 684 3,007 3,691 783,848 53,247 2,901,178 — — 640,666 390,639 1,423,417 1,423,417 — — (2,111) 782,421 8,297 774,124 56,254 — — 250,027 — — — (2,111) 2,902,758 1,822,353 774,124 250,027 56,254 U.S. Treasury and agencies Mutual funds Level 1 total Level 2: Municipal notes and bonds U.S. Treasury and Agencies Government-sponsored enterprises Foreign government bonds Corporate notes and bonds Mortgage backed securities - residential Mortgage backed securities - commercial 194,575 308 (7) 194,876 12,795 24,502 — — (167) 12,628 (6) 24,496 62,917 219 (114) 63,022 — — — — 194,876 12,628 24,496 63,022 2,433,622 4,654 (1,840) 2,436,436 10,051 2,426,385 102,760 65,828 87 9 (489) 102,358 (98) 65,739 — — 102,358 65,739 — — — — 56,254 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Level 2 total 2,896,999 5,277 (2,721) 2,899,555 10,051 2,889,504 Total $ 6,349,485 $ 8,968 $ (4,832) $ 6,353,621 $ 2,377,534 $ 3,663,628 $ 256,205 $ 56,254 66 June 26, 2016 (Reported Within) Cost Unrealized Gain Unrealized (Loss) Fair Value Cash and Cash Equivalents Investments Restricted Cash & Investments Other Assets $ 418,216 $ — $ — $ 418,216 $ 412,573 $ — $ 5,643 $ — (in thousands) Cash Level 1: — 904,243 659,465 — 3,904,288 3,904,288 — — (2) 448,569 62,996 385,573 244,778 — — — — — (397) 40,321 — — — 40,321 (399) 5,297,421 4,626,749 385,573 244,778 40,321 Time deposit 904,243 Money market funds 3,904,288 U.S. Treasury and agencies 446,530 Mutual funds Level 1 total Level 2: 39,318 5,294,379 Municipal notes and bonds 265,386 U.S. Treasury and agencies 8,068 Government-sponsored enterprises Foreign government bonds 31,885 41,440 — — 2,041 1,400 3,441 355 151 91 76 (16) 265,725 — 8,219 (13) (4) 31,963 41,512 Corporate notes and bonds 979,566 4,341 (566) 983,341 Mortgage backed securities - residential Mortgage backed securities - commercial 17,395 55,129 37 30 (152) 17,280 (160) 54,999 Level 2 total 1,398,869 5,081 (911) 1,403,039 — — — — — — — — 265,725 8,219 31,963 41,512 983,341 17,280 54,999 1,403,039 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Total $7,111,464 $ 8,522 $ (1,310) $7,118,676 $ 5,039,322 $ 1,788,612 $ 250,421 $ 40,321 The Company accounts for its investment portfolio at fair value. Realized gains (losses) for investment sales are specifically identified. Management assesses the fair value of investments in debt securities that are not actively traded through consideration of interest rates and their impact on the present value of the cash flows to be received from the investments. The Company also considers whether changes in the credit ratings of the issuer could impact the assessment of fair value. The Company did not recognize any losses on investments due to other-than-temporary impairments in fiscal year 2017, 2016, or 2015. Additionally, gross realized gains/(losses) from sales of investments were $3.6 million and $(2.4) million in fiscal year 2017, $2.0 million and $(3.0) million in fiscal year 2016, and $2.8 million and $(2.1) million in fiscal year 2015. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 67 The following is an analysis of the Company’s cash, cash equivalents, investments, and restricted cash and investments in unrealized loss positions: June 25, 2017 Unrealized Losses Less than 12 Months Unrealized Losses 12 Months or Greater Total Gross Unrealized Loss Fair Value Gross Unrealized Loss Fair Value Gross Unrealized Loss Fair Value (in thousands) U.S. Treasury and agencies $ 539,374 $ (2,278) $ — $ — $ 539,374 $ (2,278) Municipal notes and bonds Government-sponsored enterprises Foreign government bonds Corporate notes and bonds Mortgage backed securities - residential Mortgage backed securities - commercial 7,905 20,104 26,227 998,793 (7) (2) (114) (1,840) — 506 — 127 — (4) — — 7,905 20,610 26,227 998,920 (7) (6) (114) (1,840) 86,870 (468) 1,369 (21) 88,239 (489) 50,014 (94) 1,339 (4) 51,353 (98) $ 1,729,287 $ (4,803) $ 3,341 $ (29) $ 1,732,628 $ (4,832) The amortized cost and fair value of cash equivalents, investments, and restricted investments with contractual maturities as of June 25, 2017, are as follows: Due in one year or less Due after one year through five years Due in more than five years Cost Estimated Fair Value (in thousands) $ 2,701,107 $ 2,700,908 2,896,063 2,897,363 147,760 147,788 $ 5,744,930 $ 5,746,059 The Company has the ability, if necessary, to liquidate its investments in order to meet the Company’s liquidity needs in the next 12 months. Accordingly, those investments with contractual maturities greater than one year from the date of purchase nonetheless are classified as short-term on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Derivative Instruments and Hedging The Company carries derivative financial instruments (“derivatives”) on its Consolidated Balance Sheets at their fair values. The Company enters into foreign currency forward contracts and foreign currency options with financial institutions with the primary objective of reducing volatility of earnings and cash flows related to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. In addition, the Company enters into interest rate swap arrangements to manage interest rate risk. The counterparties to these derivatives are large, global financial institutions that the Company believes are creditworthy, and therefore, it does not consider the risk of counterparty nonperformance to be material. Cash Flow Hedges The Company’s financial position is routinely subjected to market risk associated with foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on non-U.S. dollar transactions or cash flows, primarily from Japanese yen-denominated revenues and euro-denominated and Korean won-denominated expenses. The Company’s policy is to mitigate the foreign exchange risk arising from the fluctuations in the value of these non-U.S. dollar denominated transactions or cash flows through a foreign currency cash flow hedging program, using forward contracts and foreign currency options that generally expire within 12 months and no later than 24 months. These hedge contracts are designated as cash flow hedges and are carried on the Company’s balance sheet at fair value with the effective portion of the contracts’ gains or losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and subsequently recognized in revenue/expense in the same period the hedged items are recognized. 68 In addition, during the year ended June 26, 2016, the Company entered into and settled forward-starting interest rate swap agreements to hedge against the variability of cash flows due to changes in certain benchmark interest rates on fixed rate debt. These instruments are designated as cash flow hedges at inception and are settled in conjunction with the issuance of debt. The effective portion of the contracts’ gains or losses is included in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) and is amortized into income as the hedged item impacts earnings. At inception and at each quarter-end, hedges are tested prospectively and retrospectively for effectiveness using regression analysis. Changes in the fair value of the forward contracts due to changes in time value are excluded from the assessment of effectiveness and are recognized in revenue or expense in the current period. The change in time value related to these contracts was not material for all reported periods. Changes in the fair value of foreign exchange options due to changes in time value are included in the assessment of effectiveness. To qualify for hedge accounting, the hedge relationship must meet criteria relating to both the derivative instrument and the hedged item. These criteria include identification of the hedging instrument, the hedged item, the nature of the risk being hedged, and how the hedging instrument’s effectiveness in offsetting the exposure to changes in the hedged item’s fair value or cash flows will be measured. There were no material gains or losses during the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, or June 26, 2016, associated with ineffectiveness or forecasted transactions that failed to occur. To receive hedge accounting treatment, all hedging relationships are formally documented at the inception of the hedge, and the hedges must be tested to demonstrate an expectation of providing highly effective offsetting changes to future cash flows on hedged transactions. When derivative instruments are designated and qualify as effective cash flow hedges, the Company recognizes effective changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) until the hedged exposure is realized. Consequently, with the exception of excluded time value associated with the forward contracts and hedge ineffectiveness recognized, the Company’s results of operations are not subject to fluctuation as a result of changes in the fair value of the derivative instruments. If hedges are not highly effective or if the Company does not believe that the underlying hedged forecasted transactions will occur, the Company may not be able to account for its derivative instruments as cash flow hedges. If this were to occur, future changes in the fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments would be recognized in earnings. Additionally, related amounts previously recorded in other comprehensive income would be reclassified to income immediately. As of June 25, 2017, the Company had gains of $1.1 million accumulated in other comprehensive income, net of tax, related to foreign exchange cash flow hedges which it expects to reclassify from other comprehensive income into earnings over the next 12 months. Additionally, the Company had a net loss of $1.9 million accumulated in other comprehensive income, net of tax, related to interest rate contracts which it expects to reclassify from other comprehensive income into earnings over the next 7.7 years. Fair Value Hedges During the fiscal year ended June 26, 2016, the Company entered into a series of interest rate contracts with a total notional value of $400 million whereby the Company receives fixed rates and pays variable rates based on certain benchmark interest rates, resulting in a net increase or decrease to interest expense, a component of other expense, net in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. These interest rate contracts are designated as fair value hedges and hedge against changes in the fair value of our debt portfolio. The Company concluded that these interest rate contracts meet the criteria necessary to qualify for the short-cut method of hedge accounting, and as such, an assumption is made that the change in the fair value of the hedged debt, due to changes in the benchmark rate, exactly offsets the change in the fair value of the interest rate swap. Therefore, the derivative is considered to be effective at achieving offsetting changes in the fair value of the hedged liability, and no ineffectiveness is recognized. Balance Sheet Hedges The Company also enters into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge fluctuations associated with foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities, primarily cash, third-party accounts receivable, accounts payable, and intercompany receivables and payables. These forward contracts are not designated for hedge accounting treatment. Therefore, the change in fair value of these derivatives is recorded as a component of other income (expense) and offsets the change in fair value of the foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities, which are also recorded in other income (expense). Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 69 As of June 25, 2017, the Company had the following outstanding foreign currency contracts that were entered into under its cash flow and balance sheet hedge program: Foreign currency forward contracts Japanese yen Euro Korean won Taiwan dollar Swiss franc Chinese renminbi Foreign currency option contracts Japanese yen Notional Value Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments: Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: (in thousands) Buy Contracts Sell Contracts Buy Contracts Sell Contracts $ — $ 670,162 $ — $ 269,518 58,854 22,038 — — — — — — — — 18,417 — 11,168 8,739 7,169 — 34,145 — — — 80,892 $ 670,162 $ 45,493 $ 303,663 Buy Put Sell Put Buy Put (1) Sell Put 36,036 $ — $ 26,481 $ 26,481 $ $ (1) Contracts were entered into and designated as cash flow hedges under ASC 815 during the fiscal year as part of our cash flow hedge program. The contracts were subsequently de-designated during the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017; changes in fair market value subsequent to de-designation effect current earnings. The fair value of derivative instruments in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, were as follows: June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 Fair Value of Derivative Instruments (Level 2) Fair Value of Derivative Instruments (Level 2) Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives Asset Derivatives Balance Sheet Location Fair Value Balance Sheet Location Fair Value Balance Sheet Location Fair Value (in thousands) Liability Derivatives Balance Sheet Location Fair Value Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: Foreign exchange forward contracts Prepaid expense and other assets $ 8,061 Interest rate contracts, short-term Interest rate contracts, long-term Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: — — Foreign exchange forward contracts Total derivatives Prepaid expense and other assets 213 $ 8,274 Accrued expense and other current liabilities Accrued expense and other current liabilities Other long-term liabilities Accrued expense and other current liabilities $ 2,916 2,833 7,269 342 $ 13,360 Prepaid expense and other assets Prepaid expense and other assets Other assets Prepaid expense and other assets Accrued expense and other current liabilities Accrued expense and other current liabilities Accrued expense and other current liabilities $ 249 50 8,661 107 $ 9,067 $ 16,585 159 — 1,529 $ 18,273 Under the master netting agreements with the respective counterparties to the Company’s derivative contracts, subject to applicable requirements, the Company is allowed to net settle transactions of the same currency with a single net amount payable by one party to the other. However, the Company has elected to present the derivative assets and derivative liabilities on a gross 70 basis on its balance sheet. As of June 25, 2017, the potential effect of rights of offset associated with the above foreign exchange and interest rate contracts would be an offset to assets and liabilities by $5.9 million, resulting in a net derivative asset of $2.3 million and net derivative liability of $7.4 million. As of June 26, 2016, the potential effect of rights of offset associated with the above foreign exchange contracts would be an offset to both assets and liabilities by $6.4 million, resulting in a net derivative asset of $2.7 million and a net derivative liability of $11.9 million. The Company is not required to pledge, nor is the Company entitled to receive, cash collateral for these derivative transactions. The effect of derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations, including accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”), was as follows: Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign exchange contracts Foreign exchange contracts Foreign exchange contracts Foreign exchange contracts Interest rate contracts Year Ended June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in or Reclassified into Income Effective Portion Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Effective Portion Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI (in thousands) Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income Revenue $ 2,927 $ (12,000) $ 6,982 $ (22,575) $ (2,950) $ 1,009 Cost of goods sold Selling, general, and administrative Other expense, net Other expense, net 2,859 666 (686) 81 (2,423) (172) 1,128 — — 71 — (267) (82) 188 — 5 — 1,727 — 3,329 (360) $ 6,914 $ (9,536) $ 5,947 $ (18,977) $ (5,728) $ (69) (11) 96 853 The effect of derivative instruments not designated as cash flow hedges on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations was as follows: Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: Location of (Loss) Gain Recognized in Income Foreign exchange contracts Other income Concentrations of Credit Risk Year Ended June 25, 2017 Gain Recognized in Income June 26, 2016 Loss Recognized in Income (in thousands) $ 523 $ (16,208) Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, investments, restricted cash and investments, trade accounts receivable, and derivative financial instruments used in hedging activities. Cash is placed on deposit at large, global financial institutions. Such deposits may be in excess of insured limits. Management believes that the financial institutions that hold the Company’s cash are creditworthy and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists with respect to these balances. The Company’s overall portfolio of available-for-sale securities must maintain an average minimum rating of “AA-” or “Aa3” as rated by Standard and Poor’s, Fitch Ratings, or Moody’s Investor Services. To ensure diversification and minimize concentration, the Company’s policy limits the amount of credit exposure with any one financial institution or commercial issuer. The Company is exposed to credit losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties on foreign currency and interest rate hedge contracts that are used to mitigate the effect of exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations and on contracts related to structured share repurchase arrangements. These counterparties are large, global financial institutions and, to date, no such counterparty has failed to meet its financial obligations to the Company. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 71 Credit risk evaluations, including trade references, bank references, and Dun & Bradstreet ratings, are performed on all new customers, and the Company monitors its customers’ financial condition and payment performance. In general, the Company does not require collateral on sales. As of June 25, 2017, four customers accounted for approximately 22%, 19%, 13%, and 12% of accounts receivable. As of June 26, 2016, three customers accounted for approximately 24%, 19%, and 11% of accounts receivable. No other customers accounted for more than 10% of accounts receivable. Note 9: Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market. System shipments to Japanese customers, for which title does not transfer until customer acceptance, are classified as finished goods inventory and carried at cost until title transfers. Inventories consist of the following: Raw materials Work-in-process Finished goods Note 10: Property and Equipment Property and equipment, net, consist of the following: Manufacturing, engineering, and office equipment Computer equipment and software Land Buildings Leasehold improvements Furniture and fixtures Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 (in thousands) $ 625,600 $ 536,844 213,066 394,250 151,406 283,661 $ 1,232,916 $ 971,911 June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 (in thousands) $ 841,284 $ 824,532 166,441 46,155 248,177 109,904 30,914 157,125 46,047 213,364 96,649 23,609 1,442,875 1,361,326 (757,280) (721,718) $ 685,595 $ 639,608 Depreciation expense, including amortization of capital leases, during fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, was $152.3 million, $134.7 million, and $120.3 million, respectively. The Company recorded a $15.2 million gain on sale of real estate and related development rights, net of associated exit costs, in fiscal year 2016 in selling, general, and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. No significant gains on sale were realized in fiscal years 2017 or 2015. 72 Note 11: Goodwill and Intangible Assets Goodwill The balance of Goodwill was $1.4 billion as of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016. As of June 25, 2017, $61.1 million of the goodwill balance is tax deductible, and the remaining balance is not tax deductible due to purchase accounting and applicable foreign law. The Company recognized a $79.4 million impairment of goodwill on the Company’s Single Wafer Clean reporting unit during the year ended June 28, 2015. No goodwill impairment was recognized in fiscal years 2017 or 2016. Intangible Assets The following table provides details of the Company’s intangible assets, other than goodwill, as of June 25, 2017: Customer relationships Existing technology Patents Other intangible assets Total intangible assets Gross Accumulated Amortization (in thousands) Net $ 615,164 $ (366,439) $ 248,725 643,196 (487,056) 156,140 36,553 36,514 (31,238) (35,699) 5,315 815 $ 1,331,427 $ (920,432) $ 410,995 The following table provides details of the Company’s intangible assets, other than goodwill, as of June 26, 2016: Customer relationships Existing technology Patents Other intangible assets Total intangible assets Gross Accumulated Amortization (in thousands) Net $ 615,272 $ (300,711) $ 314,561 643,433 (401,036) 242,397 36,053 36,114 (28,701) (35,503) 7,352 611 $ 1,330,872 $ (765,951) $ 564,921 The Company recognized $154.6 million, $156.3 million, and $157.7 million in intangible asset amortization expense during fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. During the fiscal year 2017, the Company transferred ownership of the development rights previously recognized as a component of a real estate sale; see Note 10 for additional information regarding this transaction. The Company recognized a $9.8 million impairment of existing technology during the fiscal year 2015, resulting from current market demand for the technology. No impairments were recognized in fiscal year 2017 or 2016. The estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets, as of June 25, 2017, was as follows: Fiscal Year 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 $ Amount (in thousands) 153,523 115,236 50,457 47,773 44,006 $ 410,995 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 73 Note 12: Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following: Accrued compensation Warranty reserves Income and other taxes payable Dividend payable Other June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 (in thousands) $ 447,363 $ 331,528 161,981 100,321 95,127 72,738 86,723 48,052 192,152 206,286 $ 969,361 $ 772,910 Note 13: Long Term Debt and Other Borrowings As of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, the Company’s outstanding debt consisted of the following: June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 Fixed-rate 1.25% Convertible Notes Due May 15, 2018 (“2018 Notes”) 447,436 (1) Fixed-rate 2.75% Senior Notes Due March 15, 2020 (“2020 Notes”) Fixed-rate 2.80% Senior Notes Due June 15, 2021 (“2021 Notes”) Fixed-rate 3.45% Senior Notes Due June 15, 2023 (“2023 Notes”) Fixed-rate 3.80% Senior Notes Due March 15, 2025 (“2025 Notes”) Fixed-rate 3.90% Senior Notes Due June 15, 2026 (“2026 Notes”) 500,000 800,000 — 500,000 — Amount (in thousands) Effective Interest Rate Amount (in thousands) 449,954 (2) 500,000 800,000 600,000 500,000 5.27% 2.88% 2.95% —% 3.87% —% 1,000,000 Effective Interest Rate 5.27% 2.88% 2.95% 3.60% 3.87% 4.01% 4.28% Fixed-rate 2.625% Convertible Notes Due May 15, 2041 (“2041 Notes”) 631,074 (1) 4.28% 699,895 (2) Total debt outstanding, at par Unamortized discount Fair value adjustment — interest rate contracts Unamortized bond issuance costs 2,878,510 (178,589) (10,102) (3,161) 4,549,849 (232,727) 8,552 (7,213) (3) Total debt outstanding, at carrying value $ 2,686,658 $ 4,318,461 Reported as: Current portion of long-term debt $ 907,827 (4) $ 940,537 (4) Long-term debt Total debt outstanding, at carrying value 1,778,831 $ 2,686,658 3,377,924 $ 4,318,461 (1) As of June 25, 2017, these notes were convertible at the option of the bondholder, as a result of the condition described in (4) below. Upon closure of the conversion period, the 2041 Notes not converted will be reclassified back into noncurrent liabilities and the temporary equity will be reclassified into permanent equity. (2) As of June 26, 2016, these notes were convertible at the option of the bond holder, as a result of the condition described in (4) below. (3) The Company adopted ASU 2015-3, regarding the simplification of the presentation of bond issuance costs, which requires that bond issuance costs related to a recognized liability be presented on the balance sheet as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The Company applied the accounting standard update on a retrospective basis by reclassifying the presentation of bond issuance costs totaling $1.76 million which was originally included in prepaid assets and other current assets against current portion of convertible notes and capital leases, and $5.45 million which was originally included in other assets against senior notes, convertible notes and capital leases, less current portion on the Consolidated Balance Sheets for June 26, 2016. There is no impact to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operation, Stockholders’ Equity, or Cash Flows for the fiscal year ended June 26, 2016. (4) As of the report date, the market value of the Company’s Common Stock was greater than 130% of the convertible notes conversion price for 20 or more of the 30 consecutive trading days preceding the quarter-end. As a result, the convertible notes were classified in current liabilities and a portion of the equity component, representing the unamortized discount, was classified in temporary equity on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. 74 The Company’s contractual cash obligations relating to its outstanding debt as of June 25, 2017, were as follows: Payments Due by Fiscal Year: 2018 (1) 2019 2020 2021 2022 Thereafter Total Long-Term Debt (in thousands) $ 1,078,510 — 500,000 800,000 — 500,000 2,878,510 $ (1) As noted above, the conversion period for the 2041 Notes is open as of June 25, 2017. As there is the potential for conversion at the option of the holder, the principal balance of the 2041 Notes has been included in the one-year payment period. Convertible Senior Notes In May 2011, the Company issued and sold $450 million in aggregate principal amount of 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due May 2018 (the “2018 Notes”) at par. The Company pays cash interest at an annual rate of 1.25%, on a semi-annual basis on May 15 and November 15 of each year. In June 2012, with the acquisition of Novellus, the Company assumed $700 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.625% Convertible Senior Notes due May 2041 (the “2041 Notes,” and collectively with the 2018 Notes, the “Convertible Notes”). The Company pays cash interest at an annual rate of 2.625%, on a semi-annual basis on May 15 and November 15 of each year on the 2041 Notes. The 2041 Notes also have a contingent interest payment provision that may require the Company to pay additional interest, up to 0.60% per year, based on certain thresholds, beginning with the semi-annual interest payment on May 15, 2021, and upon the occurrence of certain events, as outlined in the indenture governing the 2041 Notes. The Company separately accounts for the liability and equity components of the Convertible Notes. The initial debt components of the Convertible Notes were valued based on the present value of the future cash flows using the Company’s borrowing rate at the date of the issuance or assumption for similar debt instruments without the conversion feature, which equals the effective interest rate on the liability component disclosed in the table below, respectively. The equity component was initially valued equal to the principle value of the notes, less the present value of the future cash flows using the Company’s borrowing rate at the date of the issuance or assumption for similar debt instruments without a conversion feature, which equated to the initial debt discount. Under certain circumstances, the Convertible Notes may be converted into shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The number of shares each debenture is convertible into is based on conversion rates, disclosed in the table below. Conversions in the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, were $71.3 million principal value of Convertible Notes. During the quarter ended June 25, 2017 and in the subsequent period through August 10, 2017, the Company received notice of conversion for an additional $301.7 million principal value of Convertible Notes, which will settle in the quarter ending September 24, 2017. Selected additional information regarding the Convertible Notes outstanding as of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, is as follows: June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 2018 Notes 2041 Notes 2018 Notes 2041 Notes (in thousands, except years, percentages, conversion rate, and conversion price) Carrying amount of permanent equity component, net of tax Carrying amount of temporary equity component, net of tax Remaining amortization period (years) Fair value of notes (Level 2) Conversion rate (shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes) Conversion price (per share of common stock) If-converted value in excess of par value Estimated share dilution using average quarterly stock price of $145.28 per share $ $ $ $ $ 89,604 $ 156,374 15,186 $ 154,675 $ $ 72,992 $ 152,397 31,894 $ 175,658 0.8 23.8 1.9 24.9 1,125,561 $ 2,809,857 16.5702 29.7371 60.35 $ 33.63 677,876 $ 2,217,277 4,334 14,423 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 75 Convertible Note Hedges and Warrants Concurrent with the issuance of the 2018 Notes and $450 million of notes that matured in May of 2016 (the “2016 Notes”), the Company purchased a convertible note hedge and sold warrants. The warrants settlement is contractually defined as net share settlement. The exercise price is adjusted for certain corporate events, including dividends on the Company’s Common Stock. During the year ended June 25, 2017, warrants associated with the 2016 Notes were exercised resulting in the issuance of approximately 2.0 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock. As of June 25, 2017, the warrants associated with the 2018 Notes had not been exercised and remained outstanding. In conjunction with the convertible note hedge, counterparties agreed to sell to the Company shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the 2018 Notes in full. The convertible note hedge transactions will be settled in net shares and will terminate upon the earlier of the maturity date or the first day none of the respective notes remain outstanding due to conversion or otherwise. Settlement of the convertible note hedge in net shares, based on the number of shares issued upon conversion of the 2018 Notes, on the expiration date would result in the Company receiving net shares equivalent to the number of shares issuable by the Company upon conversion of the 2018 Notes. The exercise price is adjusted for certain corporate events, including dividends on the Company’s Common Stock. The following table presents the details of the warrants and convertible note hedge arrangements as of June 25, 2017: Warrants: Underlying shares Estimated share dilution using average quarterly stock price $145.28 per share Exercise price Expiration date range Convertible note hedge: Number of shares available from counterparties Exercise price Senior Notes 2018 Notes (shares in thousands) 7,457 3,716 72.88 August 15 - October 24, 2018 7,414 60.35 $ $ On March 12, 2015, the Company completed a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Senior Notes due March 2020 (the “2020 Notes”) and $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Senior Notes due March 2025 (the “2025 Notes”, together with the 2020 Notes, the “Senior Notes”). The Company pays interest at an annual rate of 2.75% and 3.80% on the 2020 Notes and 2025 Notes, respectively, on a semi-annual basis on March 15 and September 15 of each year. During the year ended June 26, 2016, the Company entered into a series of interest rate contracts hedging the fair value of a portion of the 2025 Notes par value, whereby the Company receives a fixed rate and pays a variable rate based on a certain benchmark interest rate. Refer to Note 8 for additional information regarding these interest rate contracts. The Company may redeem the Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such series (“par”), plus a “make whole” premium as described in the indenture in respect of the Senior Notes and accrued and unpaid interest before February 15, 2020, for the 2020 Notes and before December 15, 2024, for the 2025 Notes. The Company may redeem the Senior Notes at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest at any time on or after February 15, 2020, for the 2020 Notes and on or after December 24, 2024, for the 2025 Notes. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events, as described in the indenture, the Company will be required to make an offer to repurchase the Senior Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On June 7, 2016, The Company completed a public offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due June 2021 (the “2021 Notes”, together with the 2020, and 2025 Notes, the “Senior Notes”), $600 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due June 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and $1,000 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due June 2026 (the “2026 Notes”). The Company pays interest at an annual rate of 2.80%, 3.45%, and 3.90% on the 2021 Notes, 2023 Notes and 2026 Notes, respectively, on a semi-annual basis on June 15 and December 15 of each year. 76 As a result of the October 5, 2016, termination of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with KLA-Tencor (see Note 19 for additional information), the 2023 Notes and the 2026 Notes were redeemed on October 13, 2016, under the special mandatory redemption terms of the indenture governing these Notes. The Company was required to redeem all of the 2023 Notes and the 2026 Notes then outstanding, at a special mandatory redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest of approximately $21.0 million from the date of initial issuance. In addition, in conjunction with the special mandatory redemption of the 2023 Notes and the 2026 Notes in the three months ended December 25, 2016, the Company recognized approximately $2.5 million of loan issuance costs to other expense, net. The 2021 Notes are not subject to special mandatory redemption. The Company may redeem the 2021 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such series (“par”), plus a “make whole” premium as described in the indenture in respect to the 2021 Notes and accrued and unpaid interest before May 15, 2021. The Company may redeem the 2021 Notes at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest at any time on or after May 15, 2021. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events, as described in the indenture, the Company will be required to make an offer to repurchase the 2021 Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the respective note, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Selected additional information regarding the Senior Notes outstanding as of June 25, 2017, is as follows: 2020 Notes 2021 Notes 2025 Notes Term Loan Agreement Remaining Amortization period Fair Value of Notes (Level 2) (years) (in thousands) 2.7 $ 4.0 $ 7.7 $ 508,035 814,632 516,750 On May 13, 2016, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement”), which amends and restates the Term Loan Agreement entered into on November 10, 2015, with a syndicate of lenders. The Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement provides for a commitment of $1,530.0 million senior unsecured term loan facility composed of two tranches (the “Commitments”): (1) a $1,005.0 million tranche of three-year senior unsecured loans and (2) a $525.0 million tranche of five-year senior unsecured loans. The Commitments automatically terminated on October 5, 2016, upon termination of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with KLA-Tencor Corporation (see Note 19 for additional detail). In conjunction with the termination of the Commitments, the Company released approximately $3.7 million of loan issuance costs to loss on extinguishment of debt, a component of other expense, net in the year ended June 25, 2017. Revolving Credit Facility On November 10, 2015, we entered into an Amendment and Restatement Agreement (as amended on April 26, 2016, by Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, and as further amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”), which amends and restates the Company’s prior unsecured Credit Agreement, dated March 12, 2014, (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated March 5, 2015). The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for an increase to our revolving unsecured credit facility, from $300.0 million to $750.0 million with a syndicate of lenders. It includes an expansion option, subject to certain requirements, for us to request an increase in the facility of up to an additional $250.0 million, for a potential total commitment of $1.0 billion. Proceeds from the credit facility can be used for general corporate purposes. The facility matures on November 10, 2020. Interest on amounts borrowed under the credit facility is, at the Company’s option, based on (1) a base rate, defined as the greatest of (a) prime rate, (b) Federal Funds rate plus 0.5%, or (c) one-month LIBOR plus 1.0%, plus a spread of 0.0% to 0.5%, or (2) LIBOR multiplied by the statutory rate, plus a spread of 0.9% to 1.5%, in each case as the applicable spread is determined based on the rating of the Company’s non-credit enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt. Principal and any accrued and unpaid interest is due and payable upon maturity. Additionally, the Company will pay the lenders a quarterly commitment fee that varies based on the Company’s credit rating. The Restated Credit Agreement contains affirmative covenants, negative covenants, financial covenants, and events of default that are substantially similar to those in the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement. As of June 25, 2017, the Company had no borrowings outstanding under the credit facility and was in compliance with all financial covenants. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 77 Interest Cost The following table presents the amount of interest cost recognized relating to both the contractual interest coupon and amortization of the debt discount, issuance costs, and effective portion of interest rate contracts with respect to the Convertible Notes, the Senior Notes, the term loan agreement, and the revolving credit facility during the fiscal years ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016, and June 28, 2015. Contractual interest coupon Amortization of interest discount Amortization of issuance costs Amortization of interest rate contract Total interest cost recognized June 25, 2017 Year Ended June 26, 2016 (in thousands) June 28, 2015 $ 95,195 $ 63,053 $ 22,873 2,414 (4,756) 35,206 35,315 359 36,074 34,886 2,435 113 $ 115,726 $ 133,933 $ 73,508 The increase in interest expense during the 12 months ended June 25, 2017, is primarily the result of the issuance of $2.4 billion of Senior Notes in June 2016, $1.6 billion of which was extinguished in October 2016. The decrease in amortization of issuance costs is primarily due to the termination of the bridge loan financing. The variation in amortization of interest rate contracts is primarily related to the interest rate contracts associated with the $1.6 billion senior notes extinguished in October 2016. The increase in interest expense during the 12 months ended June 26, 2016, is primarily the result of the issuance of $1.0 billion Senior Notes in March 2015. The increase in amortization of issuance costs during the 12 months ended June 26, 2016, is primarily due the amortization of bridge loan financing issuance costs in connection with the KLA-Tencor merger of approximately $31.9 million. Note 14: Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans Employee Savings and Retirement Plan The Company maintains a 401(k) retirement savings plan for its eligible employees in the United States. Each participant in the plan may elect to contribute from 1% to 75% of annual eligible earnings to the plan, subject to statutory limitations. The Company makes matching employee contributions in cash to the plan at the rate of 50% of the first 6% of earnings contributed. Employees participating in the 401(k) retirement savings plan are fully vested in the Company matching contributions, and investments are directed by participants. The Company made matching contributions of $15.2 million, $13.2 million, and $11.8 million, in fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. Deferred Compensation Arrangements The Company has an unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation plan whereby certain executives may defer a portion of their compensation. Participants earn a return on their deferred compensation based on their allocation of their account balance among various mutual funds. The Company controls the investment of these funds, and the participants remain general creditors of the Company. Participants are able to elect the payment of benefits on a specified date at least three years after the opening of a deferral sub-account or upon retirement. Distributions are made in the form of lump sum or annual installments over a period of up to 20 years as elected by the participant. If no alternate election has been made, a lump sum payment will be made upon termination of a participant’s employment with the Company. As of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, the liability of the Company to the plan participants was $155.7 million and $122.9 million, respectively, which was recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, the Company had investments in the aggregate amount of $180.2 million and $149.8 million, respectively, which correlate to the deferred compensation obligations, which were recorded in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Post-Retirement Healthcare Plan The Company maintains a post-retirement healthcare plan for certain executive and director retirees. Coverage continues through the duration of the lifetime of the retiree or the retiree’s spouse, whichever is longer. The benefit obligation was $39.9 million and $37.0 million as of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, respectively. 78 Note 15: Commitments and Contingencies The Company has certain obligations to make future payments under various contracts; some of these are recorded on its balance sheet and some are not. Obligations that are recorded on the Company’s balance sheet include the Company’s capital lease obligations. Obligations that are not recorded on the Company’s balance sheet include contractual relationships for operating leases, purchase obligations, and certain guarantees. The Company’s commitments relating to capital leases and off-balance sheet agreements are included in the tables below. These amounts exclude $120.2 million of liabilities related to uncertain tax benefits because the Company is unable to reasonably estimate the ultimate amount or time of settlement. See Note 6 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion. Capital Leases Capital leases reflect building and office equipment leases. The Company’s contractual cash obligations relating to its existing capital leases, including interest, as of June 25, 2017, were as follows: Payments Due by Fiscal Year: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total Interest on capital leases Current portion of capital leases Long-term portion of capital leases Operating Leases and Related Guarantees Capital Leases (in thousands) $ 744 738 719 662 4,338 7,201 446 612 $ 6,143 The Company leases the majority of its administrative, R&D and manufacturing facilities, regional sales/service offices, and certain equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. Certain of the Company’s facility leases for buildings located at its Fremont, California, headquarters and certain other facility leases provide the Company with options to extend the leases for additional periods or to purchase the facilities. Certain of the Company’s facility leases provide for periodic rent increases based on the general rate of inflation. The Company’s rental expense for facilities occupied during fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015 was $20.2 million, $16.3 million, and $15.0 million, respectively. The Company has operating leases regarding certain improved properties in Fremont and Livermore, California (the “Operating Leases”). The Company is required to maintain cash collateral in an aggregate of approximately $250.0 million in separate interest- bearing accounts as security for the Company’s obligations. These amounts are recorded with other restricted cash and investments in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 25, 2017. During the term of the Operating Leases and when the terms of the Operating Leases expire, the property subject to those Operating Leases may be re-marketed. The Company has guaranteed to the lessor that each property will have a certain minimum residual value. The aggregate guarantee made by the Company under the Operating Leases is generally no more than $220.4 million; however, under certain default circumstances, the guarantee with regard to an Operating Lease may be 100% of the lessor’s aggregate investment in the applicable property, which in no case will exceed $250.0 million, in the aggregate. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 79 The Company’s contractual cash obligations with respect to operating leases, excluding the residual value guarantees discussed above, as of June 25, 2017, were as follows: Payments Due by Fiscal Year: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Thereafter Total Other Guarantees Operating Leases (in thousands) $ 50,798 44,227 16,226 12,131 7,508 25,955 $ 156,845 The Company has issued certain indemnifications to its lessors for taxes and general liability under some of its agreements. The Company has entered into insurance contracts that are intended to limit its exposure to such indemnifications. As of June 25, 2017, the Company had not recorded any liability on its Consolidated Financial Statements in connection with these indemnifications, as it does not believe that it is probable that any amounts will be paid under these guarantees. Generally, the Company indemnifies, under pre-determined conditions and limitations, its customers for infringement of third-party intellectual property rights by the Company’s products or services. The Company seeks to limit its liability for such indemnity to an amount not to exceed the sales price of the products or services subject to its indemnification obligations. The Company does not believe that it is probable that any material amounts will be paid under these guarantees. The Company provides guarantees and standby letters of credit to certain parties as required for certain transactions initiated during the ordinary course of business. As of June 25, 2017, the maximum potential amount of future payments that the Company could be required to make under these arrangements and letters of credit was $15.7 million. The Company does not believe, based on historical experience and information currently available, that it is probable that any amounts will be required to be paid. Purchase Obligations Purchase obligations consist of non-cancelable significant contractual obligations either on an annual basis or over multi-year periods. The contractual cash obligations and commitments table presented below contains the Company’s minimum obligations at June 25, 2017, under these arrangements and others. For obligations with cancellation provisions, the amounts included in the following table were limited to the non-cancelable portion of the agreement terms or the minimum cancellation fee. Actual expenditures will vary based on the volume of transactions and length of contractual service provided. The Company’s commitments related to these agreements as of June 25, 2017, were as follows: Payments Due by Fiscal Year: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Thereafter Total 80 Purchase Obligations (in thousands) $ 274,574 3,471 3,471 1,622 1,439 227 $ 284,804 Warranties The Company provides standard warranties on its systems. The liability amount is based on actual historical warranty spending activity by type of system, customer, and geographic region, modified for any known differences such as the impact of system reliability improvements. Changes in the Company’s product warranty reserves were as follows: Balance at beginning of period Warranties issued during the period Settlements made during the period Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties Balance at end of period Legal Proceedings Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 (in thousands) $ 100,321 $ 93,209 188,813 124,582 (135,213) (114,008) 8,060 (3,462) $ 161,981 $ 100,321 While the Company is not currently a party to any legal proceedings that it believes material, the Company is either a defendant or plaintiff in various actions that have arisen from time to time in the normal course of business, including intellectual property claims. The Company accrues for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Significant judgment is required in both the determination of probability and the determination as to whether a loss is reasonably estimable. Based on current information, the Company does not believe that a material loss from known matters is probable and therefore has not recorded an accrual for litigation or other contingencies related to existing legal proceedings. Note 16: Stock Repurchase Program In November 2016, the Board Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $1 billion of Common Stock. These repurchases can be conducted on the open market or as private purchases and may include the use of derivative contracts with large financial institutions, in all cases subject to compliance with applicable law. Repurchases are funded using the Company’s onshore cash and onshore cash generation. This repurchase program has no termination date and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Repurchases under the repurchase program were as follows during the periods indicated: Period Available balance as of June 26, 2016 Quarter ended September 25, 2016 Board authorization, November 2016 Quarter ended December 25, 2016 Quarter ended March 26, 2017 Quarter ended June 25, 2017 Total Number of Shares Repurchased Total Cost of Repurchase Average Price Paid per Share(1) Amount Available Under Repurchase Program (in thousands, except per share data) $ — $ — $ — $ 229,094 229,094 $ 1,000,000 619 $ 65,014 $ 105.01 $ 1,223 $ 139,760 $ 114.30 $ 2,672 $ 513,085 $ 128.29 $ 934,986 795,226 282,141 (1) Average price paid per share excludes effect of accelerated share repurchases, see additional disclosure below regarding our accelerated share repurchase activity during the fiscal year. In addition to shares repurchased under the Board-authorized repurchase program shown above, the Company acquired 809,427 shares at a total cost of $93.8 million during the 12 months ended June 25, 2017, which the Company withheld through net share settlements to cover minimum tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock unit awards granted under the Company’s equity compensation plans. The shares retained by the Company through these net share settlements are not a part of the Board-authorized repurchase program but instead are authorized under the Company’s equity compensation plans. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 81 On April 19, 2017, the Company entered into two separate accelerated share repurchase agreements (collectively, the “ASR”) with two financial institutions to repurchase a total of $500 million of Common Stock. The Company took an initial delivery of approximately 2,570,000 shares, which represented 70% of the prepayment amount divided by the Company’s closing stock price on April 19, 2017. The total number of shares to be received under the ASR is based upon the average daily volume weighted average price of our Common Stock during the repurchase period, less an agreed upon discount. Following the fiscal year end, the counterparties designated June 30, 2017, as the termination date, at which time the Company settled the ASR. Approximately 780,000 shares were received at final settlement, which resulted in a weighted-average share price of approximately $149.16 for the transaction period. Note 17: Comprehensive Income (Loss) The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax at the end of the period, as well as the activity during the period, were as follows: Accumulated Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Accumulated Unrealized Holding Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges Accumulated Unrealized Holding Gain (Loss) on Available-For-Sale Investments Accumulated Unrealized Components of Defined Benefit Plans Total (in thousands) Balance as of June 26, 2016 $ (39,528) $ (15,623) $ 4,896 $ (19,078) $ (69,333) Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications Losses (gains) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net income Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income (3,091) 5,841 (3,789) (546) (1,585) 248 (2) 8,971 (1) (1) (2) — 9,218 (2,843) 14,812 (3,790) (546) 7,633 Balance as of June 25, 2017 $ (42,371) $ (811) $ 1,106 $ (19,624) $ (61,700) (1) Amount of after-tax gain reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into net income located in revenue: $10,668 loss; cost of goods sold: $540 gain; selling, general, and administrative expenses: $56 gain; and other income and expense: $1,101 gain. (2) Amount of after-tax gain reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into net income located in other expense, net. Tax related to other comprehensive income, and the components there to, for the years ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2016 and June 28, 2015 were not material. Note 18: Segment, Geographic Information, and Major Customers The Company operates in one reportable business segment: manufacturing and servicing of wafer processing semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The Company’s material operating segments qualify for aggregation due to their customer base and similarities in economic characteristics, nature of products and services, and processes for procurement, manufacturing, and distribution. The Company operates in seven geographic regions: United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan. For geographical reporting, revenue is attributed to the geographic location in which the customers’ facilities are located, while long-lived assets are attributed to the geographic locations in which the assets are located. 82 Revenues and long-lived assets by geographic region were as follows: Revenue: Korea Taiwan Japan China United States Southeast Asia Europe Total revenue Long-lived assets: United States Europe Korea Taiwan Southeast Asia China Japan Year Ended June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 (in thousands) $ 2,480,329 $ 1,057,331 $ 1,406,617 2,095,669 1,485,037 1,084,239 1,041,969 983,821 1,023,195 1,039,951 629,937 401,877 340,644 495,123 605,236 219,394 623,575 661,094 890,891 278,350 314,546 $ 8,013,620 $ 5,885,893 $ 5,259,312 June 25, 2017 June 26, 2016 June 28, 2015 (in thousands) $ 575,264 $ 529,316 $ 505,814 77,211 19,982 7,970 2,179 1,906 1,083 81,377 17,281 8,647 668 1,339 980 86,779 18,230 8,908 349 960 378 $ 685,595 $ 639,608 $ 621,418 In fiscal year 2017, five customers accounted for approximately 23%, 16%, 12%, 11%, and 10% of total revenues. In fiscal year 2016, four customers accounted for approximately 17%, 16%, 12%, and 10% of total revenues. In fiscal year 2015, three customers accounted for approximately 28%, 12%, and 11% of total revenues. No other customers accounted for more than 10% of total revenues. Note 19: Business Combinations On October 20, 2015, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with KLA-Tencor Corporation. On October 5, 2016, the Company and KLA-Tencor announced that they had mutually agreed to terminate their previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization. No termination fee was incurred by either the Company or KLA-Tencor. During the years ended June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, the Company expensed as incurred acquisition-related costs of $9.8 million and $51.0 million, respectively, within selling, general, and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 83 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Lam Research Corporation We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Lam Research Corporation as of June 25, 2017, and June 26, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity for each of the three years in the period ended June 25, 2017. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Lam Research Corporation at June 25, 2017 and June 26, 2016, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 25, 2017, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein. We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Lam Research Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 25, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated August 15, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon. /s/ Ernst & Young LLP San Jose, California August 15, 2017 84 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Lam Research Corporation We have audited Lam Research Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 25, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), (the COSO criteria). Lam Research Corporation’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. In our opinion, Lam Research Corporation maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of June 25, 2017, based on the COSO criteria. We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the 2017 consolidated financial statements of Lam Research Corporation and our report dated August 15, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon. /s/ Ernst & Young LLP San Jose, California August 15, 2017 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 85 Item 9. None. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure Item 9A. Controls and Procedures Design of Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Internal Control over Financial Reporting We maintain disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over final reporting that are designed to comply with Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. In designing and evaluating the controls and procedures associated with each, 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 and that the effectiveness of controls cannot be absolute because the cost to design and implement a control to identify errors or mitigate the risk of errors occurring should not outweigh the potential loss caused by the errors that would likely be detected by the control. Moreover, we believe that a control system cannot be guaranteed to be 100% effective all of the time. Accordingly, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Disclosure Controls and Procedures As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of June 25, 2017, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e). Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer each concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective, as of June 25, 2017, at the reasonable assurance level. We intend to review and evaluate the design and effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures on an ongoing basis and to correct any material deficiencies that we may discover. Our goal is to ensure that our senior management has timely access to material information that could affect our business. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate “internal control over financial reporting”, as that term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Controls — Integrated Framework used by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 Framework). Based on that evaluation, management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of June 25, 2017, at providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, as stated in their report, which is included in Part II, Item 8 of this 2017 Form 10-K. Effectiveness of Controls While we believe the present design of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting is effective at the reasonable assurance level, future events affecting our business may cause us to modify our disclosure controls and procedures or internal controls over financial reporting. Item 9B. Other Information None. 86 PART III We have omitted from this 2017 Form 10-K certain information required by Part III because we, as the Registrant, will file a definitive proxy statement with the SEC within 120 days after the end of our fiscal year, pursuant to Regulation 14A, as promulgated by the SEC, for our Annual Meeting of Stockholders expected to be held on or about November 8, 2017, (the “Proxy Statement”), and certain information included in the Proxy Statement is incorporated into this report by reference. Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance For information regarding our executive officers, see Part I, Item 1 of this 2017 Form 10-K under the caption “Executive Officers of the Company,” which information is incorporated into Part III by reference. The information concerning our directors required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement under the heading “Voting Proposals — Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors — 2017 Nominees for Director.” The information concerning our audit committee and audit committee financial experts required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement under the heading “Governance Matters — Corporate Governance — Board Committees” and “Governance Matters — Corporate Governance — Board Committees —Audit Committee.” The information concerning compliance by our officers, directors and 10% shareholders with Section 16 of the Exchange Act required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement under the heading “Stock Ownership — Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.” The Company has adopted a Corporate Code of Ethics that applies to all employees, officers, and directors of the Company. Our Code of Ethics is publicly available on the Investor Relations page of our website at investor.lamresearch.com. To the extent required by law, any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the Code of Ethics will promptly be disclosed to the public. To the extent permitted by applicable legal requirements, we intend to make any required public disclosure by posting the relevant material on our website in accordance with SEC rules. Item 11. Executive Compensation The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement under the heading “Compensation Matters — Executive Compensation and Other Information.” Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement under the headings “Stock Ownership — Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Compensation Matters — Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans.” Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement under the headings “Audit Matters — Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Governance Matters — Corporate Governance — Director Independence Policies.” Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement under the heading “Audit Matters — Relationship with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — Fees Billed by EY” and “Audit Matters — Relationship with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services.” Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 87 Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules (a) The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. PART IV 1. Index to Financial Statements Consolidated Statements of Operations — Years Ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2017, and June 28, 2015 Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income — Years Ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2017, and June 28, 2015 Consolidated Balance Sheets — June 25, 2017 and June 26, 2016 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Years Ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2017, and June 28, 2015 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity — Years Ended June 25, 2017, June 26, 2017, and June 28, 2015 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 2. Index to Financial Statement Schedules Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Schedules, other than those listed above, have been omitted since they are not applicable/not required or the information is included elsewhere herein. 3. See (b) of this Item 15, which is incorporated herein by reference. Page 45 46 47 48 50 51 84 91 (b) The list of Exhibits follows page 91 of this 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by this reference. 88 Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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. SIGNATURES Date: August 15, 2017 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION (Registrant) By: /s/ Martin B. Anstice Martin B. Anstice President and Chief Executive Officer Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 89 POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES By signing this Annual Report on Form 10-K below, I hereby appoint each of Martin B. Anstice and Douglas R. Bettinger, jointly and severally, as my attorney-in-fact to sign all amendments to this Form 10-K on my behalf and to file this Form 10-K (including all exhibits and other related documents) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I authorize each of my attorneys-in-fact to (1) appoint a substitute attorney-in-fact for himself and (2) perform any actions that he believes are necessary or appropriate to carry out the intention and purpose of this Power of Attorney. I ratify and confirm all lawful actions taken directly or indirectly by my attorneys-in-fact and by any properly appointed substitute attorneys-in-fact. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Title Date President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director August 15, 2017 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer August 15, 2017 Chairman August 15, 2017 Director Director Director Director Director Director Director Director August 15, 2017 August 15, 2017 August 15, 2017 August 15, 2017 August 15, 2017 August 15, 2017 August 15, 2017 August 15, 2017 Signatures Principal Executive Officer /s/ Martin B. Anstice Martin B. Anstice Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer /s/ Douglas R. Bettinger Douglas R. Bettinger Other Directors /s/ Stephen G. Newberry Stephen G. Newberry /s/ Erik K. Brandt Eric K. Brandt /s/ Michael R. Cannon Michael R. Cannon /a/ Youssef A. El-Mansy Youssef A. El-Mansy /s/ Christine Heckart Christine Heckart /s/ Young Bum Koh Young Bum (YB) Koh /s/ Catherine P. Lego Catherine P. Lego /s/ Abhi Talwalkar Abhi Talwalkar /s/ Lih Shyng Tsai Lih Shyng (Rick L.) Tsai 90 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in thousands) Description YEAR ENDED JUNE 25, 2017 Deducted from asset accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts YEAR ENDED JUNE 26, 2016 Deducted from asset accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts YEAR ENDED JUNE 28, 2015 Deducted from asset accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts Additions Balance at Beginning of Period Charged to Costs and Expenses Write-offs, Net of Recoveries Balance at End of Period $ $ $ 5,155 $ 2,000 $ (2,052) $ 5,103 4,890 $ — $ 265 $ 5,155 4,962 $ 8 $ (80) $ 4,890 Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 91 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 25, 2017 EXHIBIT INDEX Description Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of October 20, 2015, by and among Lam Research Corporation, Topeka Merger Sub 1, Inc., Topeka Merger Sub 2, Inc., and KLA-Tencor Corporation. Termination Agreement dated as of October 5, 2016 by and between Lam Research Corporation and KLA-Tencor Corporation. Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, (including Certificate and Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock), dated November 22, 2016. Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended and restated, dated February 8, 2017. Indenture (including Form of Notes), dated as of May 11, 2011, by and between Lam Research Corporation, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A, as trustee, with respect to the 2018 Notes. Exhibit 2.1(23) 2.2(30) 3.1(32) 3.2(33) 4.2(5) 4.15(22)* Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. 4.16(6)* 4.17(6)* 4.18(7) 4.19(4) 4.20(13) 4.21(19) 4.22(20) 4.23(28) 4.24(24)* 4.25(24)* 10.3(1)* 10.107(2) 10.108(2) Lam Research Corporation Elective Deferred Compensation Plan. Lam Research Corporation Elective Deferred Compensation Plan II. Indenture between Novellus Systems, Inc. as Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee, dated as of May 10, 2011, including the form of 2.625% Senior Convertible Notes due 2041. Supplemental Indenture among the Registrant, as Guarantor, Novellus Systems, Inc. as Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee, dated as of June 4, 2012. Lam Research Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. Indenture (including Form of Notes), dated as of February 13, 2015, between Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2015, by and between Lam Research Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016, by and between Lam Research Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. 2004 Executive Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. Form of Indemnification Agreement. Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement — Outside Directors (U.S. Agreement) — Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement — Outside Directors (non-U.S. Agreement) — Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. 10.148(3)* Form of Indemnification Agreement. 10.151(4)* Form of Indemnification Agreement. 10.162(8)* Form of Novellus Directors and Officers Indemnification Agreement. 10.168(9) Lease Guaranty between Novellus and Phoenix Industrial Investment Partners, L.P. dated January 21, 2003. 10.169(10) Binding Memorandum of Understanding between Novellus, and Applied Materials, Inc., effective as of September 3, 2004. Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. 10.170(11)* Novellus Amended Executive Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended. 10.171(12)* Novellus Accelerated Stock Vesting Retirement Plan Summary. 10.172(14)* Novellus Systems, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended July 18, 2012. 92 Exhibit 10.181(15)* 10.182(15)* 10.183(15)* 10.184(15)* 10.187(15)* 10.188(15)* 10.189(15)* 10.191(15)* 10.211(16)* 10.212(16)* 10.213(16)* 10.214(16)* Description Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (International Participants) — Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Award Agreement (International Participants) — Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — Lam Research Corporation (Novellus Systems, Inc.) 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended) Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (International Participants) — Lam Research Corporation (Novellus Systems, Inc.) 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended) Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — Lam Research Corporation (Novellus Systems, Inc.) 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended). Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Award Agreement (International Participants) — Lam Research Corporation (Novellus Systems, Inc.) 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended). Form of Market-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. Form of Market-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (International Participants) — Lam Research Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan Form of Market-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — Lam Research Corporation (Novellus Systems, Inc.) 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended). Form of Market-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (International Participants) — Lam Research Corporation (Novellus Systems, Inc.) 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended). 10.231(17)* Employment Agreement with Martin B. Anstice, dated January 13, 2015. 10.232(17)* Employment Agreement with Timothy M. Archer, dated January 13, 2015. 10.233(17)* Employment Agreement with Douglas R. Bettinger, dated January 13, 2015. 10.234(17)* Employment Agreement with Richard A. Gottscho, dated January 13, 2015. 10.235(17)* Form of Change in Control Agreement. 10.236(26) Chairman’s Agreement with Stephen G. Newberry, dated December 14, 2015 10.237(18) Form of Confidentiality Agreement. 10.243(23) Commitment Letter, dated October 20, 2015, by and among Lam Research Corporation, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC. 10.244(24)* Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. 10.245(24)* Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (International Participants) — 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. 10.246(24)* Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Outside Directors) — 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. 10.247(24)* Form of Option Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. 10.248(24)* Form of Option Award Agreement (International Participants) — 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. 10.249(24)* 10.250(24)* 10.251(25) Form of Market-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. Form of Market-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (International Participants) — 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated November 10, 2015 among Lam Research Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents and lenders listed therein, and all exhibits and schedules attached thereto. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 93 Exhibit 10.252(25) 10.253(27) 10.254 (29) 10.255(31)* 10.256(31)* Description Joinder Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, among Lam Research Corporation and the other agents and lenders listed therein, and the schedules attached thereto. Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, dated May 13, 2016, among Lam Research Corporation, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated April 26, 2016 among Lam Research Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents and lenders listed therein, and all exhibits and schedules attached thereto. Form of Market-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (U.S. Participants) — 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. Form of Market-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (International Participants) — 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. 10.257 (35)* Form of Indemnification Agreement. 10.258 (35) Chairman’s Agreement with Stephen G. Newberry, dated December 14, 2016. 20.1(34) 21 23.1 24 31.1 31.2 32.1 32.2 101.INS 101.SCH 101.CAL 101.DEF 101.LAB 101.PRE Notices of Adjustment of Conversion Rate pursuant to the Indentures dated May 11, 2011, by and between Lam Research Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee with respect to the 1.250% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2018, and Notice of Adjustment of Conversion Rate pursuant to the indenture dated May 10, 2011, by and between Novellus Systems Incorporated and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust company, N.A. as Trustee with respect to the 2.625% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2041. Subsidiaries of the Registrant. Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Power of Attorney (See Signature page) Rule 13a — 14(a) / 15d — 14(a) Certification (Principal Executive Officer) Rule 13a — 14(a) / 15d — 14(a) Certification (Principal Financial Officer) Section 1350 Certification — (Principal Executive Officer) Section 1350 Certification — (Principal Financial Officer) XBRL Instance Document XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 3, 1988 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on April 30, 2007 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2008 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 4, 2012 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 11, 2011 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 19, 2011 (SEC File No. 000-12933) Incorporated by reference to Novellus’ Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2011 (SEC File No. 000-17157). Incorporated by reference to Novellus’ Current Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 13, 2002 (SEC File No. 000-17157). Incorporated by reference to Novellus’ Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 5, 2003 (SEC File No. 000-17157). Incorporated by reference to Novellus’ Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 24, 2004 (SEC File No. 000-17157). Incorporated by reference to Novellus’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 5, 2008 (SEC File No. 000-17157). Incorporated by reference to Novellus’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 2, 2010 (SEC File No. 000-17157). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 31, 2013 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 22, 2012 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on February 6, 2014 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2014 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 16, 2015 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on February 3, 2015 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on February 13, 2015 (SEC File No. 333-202110). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2015 (SEC File No. 000-12933). 94 (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) * Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 16, 2015 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 27, 2013 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 21, 2015 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 5, 2015 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 12, 2015 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on February 3, 2016 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2016 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2016 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 17, 2016 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2016 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 25, 2016 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 30, 2017 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 14, 2017 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2017 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on April 24, 2017 (SEC File No. 000-12933). Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement in which executive officers of the Company are eligible to participate. Continues on next page (cid:2) Lam Research Corporation 2017 10-K 95 SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT* Exhibit 21 State or Other Jurisdiction of Operation SUBSIDIARY (as of August 15, 2017) Lam Research AG Lam Research Management GmbH IPEC FSC Ltd IPEC International Sales FSC Ltd Lam Research Belgium BVBA Novellus Systems, Inc. Novellus Systems International, LLC Lam Research International Holdings Ltd. Lam Research International Holdings II Ltd. Farsight Capital International Ltd. Lam Research (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Lam Research Service Co., Ltd. Novellus Systems Semiconductor Equipment Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) Lam Research International Holding Company Novellus International Holdco, LLC. SpeedFam-IPEC International Services, LLC Lam Research Capital, LLC Silfex, Inc. Topeka Merger Sub 3, Inc. Lam Research SAS Lam Research GmbH Lam Research (H.K.) Limited Lam Research Illinois IAG, Inc. Lam Research (India) Private Ltd. Lam Research (Ireland) Limited Lam Research (Israel) Ltd. Lam Research Services Ltd. Gasonics Israel Ltd. Lam Research S.r.l. Lam Research Co., Ltd. Lam Research Luxembourg S.à.r.l. Lam Research Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Lam Research B.V. Lam Research International B.V. Lam Research IAG International HC B.V. ** Novellus Systems International B.V. Lam Research Korea Limited Lam Research Korea LLC YH Lam Research Manufacturing Korea, LLC Austria Austria Barbados Barbados Belgium California, United States California, United States Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Cayman Islands China China China Delaware, United States Delaware, United States Delaware, United States Delaware, United States Delaware, United States Delaware, United States France Germany Hong Kong Illinois, United States India Ireland Israel Israel Israel Italy Japan Luxembourg Malaysia Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Republic of Korea Republic of Korea Republic of Korea SUBSIDIARY (as of August 15, 2017) Lam Research Singapore Pte Ltd. Novellus Singapore Holdings Pte. Ltd. Lam Research Holding GmbH Lam Research International Sàrl Novellus Systems (Schweiz) Holding GmbH ** Lam Research Co., Ltd. Lam Research (H.K.) Limited, Taiwan Branch Lam Research Ltd. Metryx, Ltd. State or Other Jurisdiction of Operation Singapore Singapore Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Taiwan Taiwan United Kingdom United Kingdom *In accordance with Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K, the Company has omitted from this Exhibit the names of some of its subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, do not constitute a significant subsidiary as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X. **In liquidation. Exhibit 23.1 We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements: Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 1. Registration Statement (Form S-4 No. 333-30545) of Lam Research Corporation and in the related Prospectus; 2. Registration Statement (Form S-4 No. 333-179267) of Lam Research Corporation and in the related Prospectus; 3. Registration Statements (Form S-8 No. 333-66833, 333-127936, and 333-156335) pertaining to the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan; 4. Registration Statements (Form S-8 No. 333-84638 and 333-185641) pertaining to the Savings Plus Plan, Lam Research 401(k); 5. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-138545) pertaining to the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended; 6. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-181878) pertaining to the Novellus Systems, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, Novellus Systems, Inc. Retirement Plan, and Lam Research Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended; 7. Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-202110) of Lam Research Corporation and in the related Prospectus; and 8. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-207844) pertaining to the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan of Lam Research Corporation; of our reports dated August 15, 2017, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Lam Research Corporation and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Lam Research Corporation included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Lam Research Corporation for the year ended June 25, 2017. /s/ Ernst & Young LLP San Jose, California August 15, 2017 Exhibit 31.1 RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION (PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER) I, Martin B. Anstice, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Lam Research Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. August 15, 2017 /s/ Martin B. Anstice Martin B. Anstice President and Chief Executive Officer Exhibit 31.2 RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION (PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER) I, Douglas R. Bettinger, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Lam Research Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. August 15, 2017 /s/ Douglas R. Bettinger Douglas R. Bettinger Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION (PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER) In connection with the Annual Report of Lam Research Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal period ending June 25, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Martin B. Anstice, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations Exhibit 32.1 of the Company. August 15, 2017 /s/ Martin B. Anstice Martin B. Anstice President and Chief Executive Officer The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002, and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that Lam Research Corporation specifically incorporates it by reference. SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION (PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER) In connection with the Annual Report of Lam Research Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal period ending June 25, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Douglas R. Bettinger, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations Exhibit 32.2 of the Company. August 15, 2017 /s/ Douglas R. Bettinger Douglas R. Bettinger Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002, and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that Lam Research Corporation specifically incorporates it by reference. BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Martin B. Anstice President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy M. Archer Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Douglas R. Bettinger Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Richard A. Gottscho, Ph.D. Executive Vice President, Corporate Chief Technology Officer Scott G. Meikle, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Global Customer Operations Sarah A. O’Dowd, Esq. Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary Patrick J. Lord, Ph.D. Group Vice President, Customer Support Business Group Vahid Vahedi, Ph.D. Group Vice President, Etch Business Unit Sesha Varadarajan Group Vice President, Deposition Business Unit Stephen G. Newberry Chairman Martin B. Anstice President and Chief Executive Officer Eric K. Brandt Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Broadcom Corporation Michael R. Cannon General Partner MRC & LBC Partners, LLC Retired President of Global Operations Dell Inc. Youssef A. El-Mansy, Ph.D. Retired Vice President, Director of Logic Technology Development Intel Corporation Christine A. Heckart Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Young Bum (YB) Koh, Ph.D. Former Executive Vice President, Head of Mechatronics R&D Center Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Catherine P. Lego Member Lego Ventures, LLC Abhijit Y. Talwalkar Former President and Chief Executive Officer LSI Corporation Lih Shyng (Rick L.) Tsai, Ph.D. Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director MediaTek Inc. As of September 13, 2017 © 2017 Lam Research Corporation All rights reserved. 201709-01808/5K Lam Research Corporation 4650 Cushing Parkway Fremont, California 94538 Phone: 1-510-572-0200 www.lamresearch.com 

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