Apple Shareholder Meeting: Top Quotes from Apple Q&A Session with CEO at Shareholder Meeting

Apple Shareholder Meeting: During the question and answer session of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) annual shareholder meeting, CEO Tim Cook had quite a bit to say. With so much going on right now – from industry competition to a sinking stock price – Cook was asked a variety of questions from the audience.

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CNBC’s technology correspondent Jon Fortt reported live from the shareholder meeting. Here are some of the top answers from Cook:

On David Einhorn’s lawsuit:

“I strongly believe it was a silly sideshow, regardless of how the judge ruled …. I don’t think the issue of returning cash to shareholders is silly — we’re seriously considering it.”

On a new campus:

“We plan to bulldoze all the buildings on the new site, build one 2.8 million sq. foot building that will be the most collaborative work environment; I project that we will move in, in 2016.”

“Steve put a lot of work into this before he passed away and we’re continuing that …. We think we can get a third of our employees there by bus …. We hope to break ground later this year.”

On supply chain:

“Our work on supply chain was not in response to anything; we were doing it before the press attention. … When we find things we fix things, and when we find things we report things. … Over 200,000 people are taking advantage of college courses we started on our work sites; we have trained more than one million workers on their rights.”

On the company’s stock price:

“I don’t like it either. Neither does the board or management — where the stock trades now vs a few months ago — but we’re focused on the long term.”

“Last fiscal year we grew by about $48 billion” more than Google, Microsoft, Dell, HP, RIM, Nokia combined.”

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