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The 10-K against last year's

181 changes: 47 added, 44 removed, 87 reworded, 3 quiet changes

10-K Aug 17, 2026 vs Aug 19, 2025
Risk FactorsRedline ↓
16.3%
of the text changed · 20,793 words now
30.1%
of the text changed · 9,819 words now
Legal ProceedingsRedline ↓
34.0%
of the text changed · 1,058 words now
Accounting PoliciesRedline ↓
14.2%
of the text changed · 7,498 words now

10-K 0001628280-26-057358 (2026-08-17) vs 10-K 0001628280-25-040830 (2025-08-19)

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Risk Factors 229 words changed in this paragraph; it is 57% similar to last year's version.
U.S. regulatory activity, such as tariffs, export controls, and economic sanctions laws have in the past, and may in the future, materially limit our ability to make sales to customers in certain regions of the world, including China, and which have in the past, and may in the future, increase our costs and harm our results of operations and financial condition. Throughout 2025, 2025 and 2026, the U.S. imposed a series of tariffs on imported goods. While these These tariffs are were generally positioned to have the most significant impacts on goods originating from China, but nearly all countries worldwide are were impacted at levels ranging from 15% to stacked tariffs in excess of 100% in some cases. The While many of the tariffs and surcharges initially proposed were invalidated or expired, the tariff landscape continues to evolve daily and, as a result, the full impact of these current or future tariff measures on our business is uncertain. In addition to the geographic tariffs, U.S. government investigations are currently underway that may result in new tariffs on certain products, including semiconductors, computers, machines, and other products derivative of critical minerals. For example, on April 14, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine the effects on U.S. national security of imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and their derivative products, including semiconductor substrates and bare wafers, legacy chips, leading-edge chips, microelectronics, and other components. Similarly, the U.S. government has initiated additional investigations that could result in tariffs or other trade restrictions affecting our operations, supply chain, customers, or markets. These include Section 232 investigations concerning processed critical minerals and their derivative products and robotics and industrial machinery, as well as Section 301 investigations concerning structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors in certain foreign economies that have failed to adopt or effectively enforce forced labor prohibitions. Although these investigations are currently at different stages, they all may result in additional tariffs or trade restrictions, which could adversely impact our business. We may take actions to mitigate the impact of increases in tariffs and changes in trade policies, and any such actions could result in additional costs, manufacturing delays, or other difficulties, as well as additional risks, and may not be effective.

Source: Item 1A, 10-K 0001628280-26-057358 vs Item 1A, 10-K 0001628280-25-040830

MD&A 222 words changed in this paragraph; it is 46% similar to last year's version.
Cash provided by operating activities was $126.3 $751.4 million during the year ended June 28, 2025, 27, 2026, which reflects the net income loss of $25.9 $6,935.1 million and non-cash items of $414.9 $7,978.5 million, partially offset by $314.5 $292.0 million of changes in our operating assets and liabilities. Changes in operating assets and liabilities were primarily driven by an a $221.6 million increase in accounts payable of $69.2 million primarily due to higher inventory purchases and capital expenditures, an a $88.4 million increase in accrued payroll and related expenses of $22.0 million mainly driven by our accrual for employee cash incentive bonuses and related payroll taxes and payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation, offset by a decrease in income tax liabilities of $218.2 $43.4 million primarily due to income tax benefits during the year ended June 28, 2025, an increase in inventories of $71.3 million primarily due to inventory builds to support market demand, an increase in accounts receivable of $58.7 million driven by higher revenue, an increase of $35.1 million in prepayments and other current and non-current assets related mainly to value-added-tax receivables driven by higher recent capital expenditures and inventory purchases, and a decrease of $21.8 million in accrued expenses and other current and non-current liabilities driven by payment of the net settlement amount of the Oclaro merger litigation contractual liabilities and restructuring provision for warranty reserves, and a $47.9 million decrease in income tax liabilities primarily due to income tax payments, offset by a $270.4 million increase in accounts receivable mainly driven by higher revenue, a $228.4 million increase in inventories driven by builds to support market demand and a $96.2 million increase in prepayments and other current and non-current assets primarily driven by a $45.3 million increase in value-added-tax receivables related payments. to capital expenditures and inventory purchases, a $24.0 million inventory-related prepayments, and a $13.2 million increase in receivables from our contract manufacturers driven by increase manufacturing volume.

Source: Item 7, 10-K 0001628280-26-057358 vs Item 7, 10-K 0001628280-25-040830

Accounting Policies 113 words changed in this paragraph; it is 38% similar to last year's version.
During the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, we completed a reorganization of our business units, which resulted in changes to our reporting unit structure. As a result of this reorganization, we performed an interim qualitative assessment of goodwill for our reporting units. In performing the assessment, we evaluated relevant events and circumstances, including changes in the composition of reporting units, financial performance, and other entity-specific and macroeconomic factors. Based on the impairment analysis performed this assessment along with a qualitative assessment done in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year presented, 2026, it was not more likely than not that the fair value of each any of our reporting units substantially exceeded the was less than its carrying value; as such, our annual qualitative assessment did not indicate that a more detailed quantitative analysis was necessary. Accordingly, no goodwill impairment charge was recognized during fiscal year 2026.

Source: Item 8, Note 1 – Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, 10-K 0001628280-26-057358 vs Item 8, Note 1 – Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, 10-K 0001628280-25-040830

Legal Proceedings 25 words changed in this paragraph; it is 91% similar to last year's version.
We depend on a limited number of contract manufacturers, subcontractors and suppliers for raw materials, packages and standard components. We generally purchase these single or limited source products through standard purchase orders or one-year supply agreements and have no significant long-term guaranteed supply agreements with these vendors. While we seek to maintain a sufficient safety stock of such products and maintain on-going communications with our suppliers to guard against interruptions or cessation of supply, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected by a stoppage or delay of supply, substitution of more expensive or less reliable products, receipt of defective parts or contaminated materials, increases in the price of such supplies, or our inability to obtain reduced pricing from our suppliers in response to competitive pressures. In addition, the imposition of tariffs on certain imported goods and materials may increase our costs and place upward pressure on the cost of sales.

Source: Item 3, via Note 16 – Commitments and Contingencies, 10-K 0001628280-26-057358 vs Item 3, via Note 16 – Commitments and Contingencies, 10-K 0001628280-25-040830

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Sentences and paragraphs of LITE's Risk Factors and MD&A, 10-K 2026-08-17 against 10-K 2025-08-19. Each links to the text at sec.gov.

RemovedRisk Factors
•changes in laws and the adoption and interpretation of administrative rules and regulations, including U.S. and international customs and export regulations;

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RemovedRisk Factors
Unstable market and economic conditions and adverse developments with respect to financial institutions and associated liquidity risk may have serious adverse consequences on our business and financial condition.

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RemovedRisk Factors
Disruptions in access to bank deposits or lending commitments due to bank failures could adversely affect our liquidity, our business and financial condition. The failure of any bank or financial institution in which we deposit our funds or assets could reduce the amount of cash we have available for our operations or delay our ability to access such funds. Any such failure may increase the possibility of a sustained deterioration of financial market liquidity. The value of our investment portfolio could also be impacted if we hold debt instruments which were issued by any institutions that fail or become illiquid. Our ability to obtain raw materials for our supply chain and collections of cash from sales may be unduly impacted if any of our vendors or customers are affected by illiquidity events.

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RemovedRisk Factors
that address these markets may change and is difficult to predict. Our future performance will depend on the successful development, introduction, deployment and market acceptance of new and enhanced features and products that meet our customers’ current and future needs. Future demand for our products is uncertain and will primarily depend on continued technological development and the introduction of new or enhanced products. If this does not continue, sales of our products may decline which could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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RemovedRisk Factors
•changes in or limitations imposed by trade protection laws or other regulatory orders or requirements in the United States or in other countries, including changes in the trade policies of the U.S. and its trading partners, heightened, scheduled, or threatened tariffs, sanctions, or other costs or requirements which may affect our ability to import or export our products from various countries or increase the cost to do so, including government action to restrict our ability to sell to foreign customers where sales of products may require export licenses (See Risk Factor entitled “Our ability to sell our products to a significant customer has been restricted”); the restrictions in China on the export of gallium and germanium and other rare earth metals and critical minerals; and other retaliatory responses in the trade policies of the U.S. or foreign governments;

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RemovedRisk Factors
•markets for 5G infrastructure not developing in the manner or in the time periods we anticipate, including as a result of unfavorable developments with evolving laws and regulations worldwide;

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RemovedRisk Factors
We have also faced litigation in connection with acquisitions, some of which continues following the consummation of the acquisition. Such litigation may be costly and diverts management time and attention.

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RemovedMD&A
We have two reportable segments, Cloud & Networking and Industrial Tech. The two operating segments were primarily determined based on how our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) views and evaluates our operations. The CODM regularly reviews operating results to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segments and to assess their performance. Our CODM allocates resources to the segments based on their business prospects, competitive factors, segment net revenue and segment profit. Segment profit includes operating expenses directly managed by operating segments, including research and development, and direct sales and marketing expenses. Segment profit does not include stock-based compensation, acquisition or integration related costs, amortization and impairment of acquisition-related intangible assets, restructuring and related charges, and certain other charges. Additionally, we do not allocate certain marketing and general and administrative expenses, as these expenses are not directly attributable to our operating segments.

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RemovedMD&A
Our Industrial Tech products include short-pulse solid-state lasers, kilowatt-class fiber lasers, diode lasers, and gas lasers, serving a wide range of end-markets applications. In the consumer market, our laser light sources are integrated into customers’ 3D sensing cameras, primarily used in mobile devices. In the industrial manufacturing market, our lasers are embedded in machine tools used for precision material processing across diverse industries, including semiconductor and microelectronics fabrication, electric vehicle and battery production, metal cutting and welding, and advanced manufacturing. Adoption of our Industrial Tech products is driven by the need to advance semiconductor and microelectronics technology roadmaps and by Industry 4.0 and 5.0 trends that emphasize greater manufacturing precision, flexibility, and sustainability.

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RemovedMD&A
On November 7, 2023 (the “Closing date”), we completed the acquisition of Cloud Light. Cloud Light designs, markets, and manufactures advanced optical modules for data center interconnect applications. This acquisition enabled us to be well-positioned to serve the growing needs of cloud & networking customers, particularly those focused on optimizing their data center infrastructure for the demands of AI/ML. On the Closing date, we paid $705.0 million of total cash consideration to Cloud Light. Additionally, each of Cloud Light’s outstanding options was exchanged for a combination of cash and options to acquire Lumentum common stock having equivalent value (the “replacement options”). These replacement options have a total fair value of $38.9 million as of the Closing date, of which $23.5 million attributable to pre-acquisition service is recorded as part of the purchase price consideration and the remaining $15.4 million is recorded as post-acquisition stock-based compensation expense over the vesting period of three years from the Closing date. We also incurred a total of $9.6 million of merger-related costs, representing professional and other direct acquisition costs, which was recorded as general and administrative expense in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended June 29, 2024. Refer to “Note 4. Business Combination” to the consolidated financial statements for additional information.

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RemovedMD&A
If these tariff-related cost increases persist or escalate, our financial results could be adversely affected, including lower profitability. Additionally, changes in the global trade landscape could result in reduced market competitiveness and a slowdown in consumer demand as well as disruptions to our supply chain, including longer lead times, higher shipping costs, or limited availability of key inputs. This may constrain our ability to meet customer demand in a timely manner, potentially affecting our revenue growth and operational efficiency. The impact of tariffs on our business is hard to predict, as it is dependent on negotiations with customers and suppliers and other mitigation efforts and potential further changes in global trade policies, including higher tariffs or trade restrictions in the U.S. or other countries.

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RemovedMD&A
The increase in Cloud & Networking net revenue is primarily due to higher unit sales from cloud and AI/ML customers, which increased by $193.2 million, in part due to a full year of revenue from Cloud Light, which we acquired in the second quarter of fiscal year 2024. In addition, revenue from network equipment manufacturers increased by $132.7 million as a result of higher unit sales from the market recovery and the related inventory normalization. The decrease in Industrial Tech net revenue is primarily due to a decline in unit sales of our imaging and sensing products due to higher market competition in the consumer end-market for these products, which was partially offset by a $17.5 million increase in our laser products due to higher market demand.

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RemovedMD&A
Gross margin in fiscal year 2025 increased to 28.0% from 18.5% in fiscal year 2024. The increase was driven by a $20.8 million reduction in excess and obsolete inventory charges during fiscal year 2025, primarily as a result of the U.S. trade restrictions imposed during fiscal year 2024 whereby we were no longer able to sell certain products to one of our customers. In addition, costs incurred related to the acquisition of Cloud Light, including integration costs and amortization of inventory fair value adjustments were $23.5 million lower compared to the prior year. In fiscal year 2024, we also incurred $20.7 million of higher excess capacity charges as a result of our manufacturing synergy plans in connection with the NeoPhotonics integration, transferring product lines out of China due to U.S. export restrictions, and a drop in demand due to customers actively working to reduce their elevated inventory levels. Our Cloud & Networking gross profit increased year over year primarily due to higher unit sales of our products for both cloud and AI/ML applications. Our Industrial Tech segment gross margin decreased year over year primarily due to lower revenue, mainly from sales of imaging and sensing products.

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RemovedMD&A
Cloud & Networking segment profit increased by $140.0 million, or 112.4%, during fiscal year 2025 as compared to fiscal year 2024 primarily due to higher sales of our products for both cloud and AI/ML applications. Industrial Tech segment profit decreased by $13.0 million, or 51.8%, during fiscal year 2025 as compared to fiscal year 2024 primarily due to lower revenue, mainly from lower sales of imaging and sensing products due to increasing competition and share normalization.

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RemovedMD&A
During fiscal year 2025, we recorded restructuring and related charges of $22.8 million, This included $14.6 million of assets written off, including property, plant and equipment, right-of-use assets, prepayments and other current assets as well as charges for other contractual commitments associated with site closures, and $4.3 million of employee severance primarily due to efforts to consolidate our sites and focus on other market opportunities, including cloud and AI markets. In addition, we also recorded $3.0 million of charges related to the discontinuation of our in-house development of coherent Digital Signal Processors (“DSPs”) and Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (“RFICs”).

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