A company that started as an online bookstore and grew into one of the world's largest retailers and cloud providers, selling goods through Amazon Prime, while its AWS arm supplies on-demand computing, storage, and AI services to developers and enterprises. Jeff Bezos founded it in 1994 in his Bellevue, Washington garage, naming it after the Amazon River—the world's largest—hoping to build the biggest bookstore on Earth. Early employees worked at desks made from doors.
Amazon Q2 2026 net sales up 20% to $200.6B; operating income $27.5B, up 43%
Net sales increased 20% year-over-year to $200.6 billion in Q2 2026, compared with $167.7 billion in Q2 2025.
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Operating income rose to $27.5 billion from $19.2 billion in the prior-year quarter.
AWS segment sales grew 37% year-over-year to $42.2 billion, with an annualized revenue run rate of $169 billion.
Net income was $62.6 billion, or $5.75 per diluted share, including $53.4 billion in non-operating pre-tax other income primarily from Anthropic investments.
Q3 2026 guidance: net sales between $197.0B and $202.0B (9%-12% growth), operating income between $22.5B and $26.5B.
2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition · 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Amazon closes C$13.967 billion multi-tranche Canadian dollar notes offering
On June 12, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. closed the sale of C$13.967 billion aggregate principal amount of notes across five tranches.
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The notes include C$1.25B of 3.400% notes due 2029, C$2.5B of 3.700% notes due 2031, C$2.0B of 4.000% notes due 2033, C$3.5B of 4.350% notes due 2036, and C$4.75B of 5.000% notes due 2056.
Estimated net proceeds were approximately C$13.934 billion after underwriting discounts and before offering expenses.
The offering was made under an Underwriting Agreement dated June 8, 2026, and registered under Amazon's Form S-3 filed on February 6, 2026.
The notes were issued under an indenture with Wells Fargo Bank as prior trustee and Computershare Trust Company as successor trustee, with an officers' certificate dated June 12, 2026.
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Amazon enters $17.5B delayed draw term loan facility with Citibank as agent
On June 8, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. entered into a term loan agreement with Citibank N.A. as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto.
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The agreement provides a $17.5 billion senior unsecured delayed draw term loan credit facility.
Commitments expire on September 30, 2026 unless fully borrowed before that date; loans mature three years after borrowing.
Borrowings will be used for general corporate purposes; interest is based on Alternate Base Rate or Term SOFR plus margins ranging from 0% to 0.875% depending on credit ratings.
The facility contains no financial covenants; prepayment is allowed without premium or penalty, but amounts prepaid cannot be reborrowed.
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement · 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement · 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Amazon shareholders elect 11 directors and reject all six shareholder proposals at 2026 annual meeting
Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, with 8.40 billion votes for.
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Amazon held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 20, 2026, electing 11 director nominees, each with substantial 'for' votes.
Advisory vote on executive compensation was approved with 7.39 billion votes for.
All six shareholder proposals failed, including those on charitable partnerships, data center climate impact, climate commitments, independent board chair, and a worker-oriented AI advisory council.
The AI advisory council proposal received only 49,093 votes for, the lowest among all proposals.
5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Amazon to acquire Globalstar in deal valued at $90.00 per share, expanding satellite D2D services
Amazon.com, Inc. and Globalstar, Inc. announced a definitive merger agreement on April 14, 2026, for Amazon to acquire Globalstar.
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Globalstar stockholders can elect to receive either $90.00 in cash or 0.3210 shares of Amazon common stock (capped at $90.00 per share) per share, subject to a proration mechanism capping cash elections at 40% of total shares.
The total consideration is subject to a downward adjustment of up to $110 million if Globalstar fails to achieve certain operational milestones.
Globalstar stockholders holding approximately 58% of combined voting power have approved the transaction by written consent; closing is expected in 2027, subject to regulatory approvals and HIBLEO-4 satellite milestones.
Amazon also announced an agreement with Apple for Amazon Leo to power satellite services for iPhone and Apple Watch, including Emergency SOS via satellite.
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Amazon releases 2025 Letter to Shareholders highlighting AI, robotics, and rural delivery investments
The company has over one million robots in fulfillment centers and has committed over $4 billion to expand its rural delivery network.
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Amazon's 2025 Letter to Shareholders, attached as Exhibit 99.1, discusses non-linear growth and key investment areas including AI, robotics, and rural delivery.
Amazon Leo, its low Earth orbit satellite network, is scheduled to launch in mid-2026 with customers including Delta Airlines, JetBlue, AT&T, and NASA.
Same-Day Delivery has grown to over 85 fulfillment centers, delivering more than 500 million same-day units in 2026, and perishables sales have grown over 40 times since early 2025.
AWS AI revenue run rate exceeded $15 billion in Q1 2026, nearly 260 times larger than AWS's revenue run rate three years after its commercial launch.
The filing includes a reconciliation of a non-GAAP financial measure (Exhibit 99.2) to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure · 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits