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| AMD > SEC Filings for AMD > Form 8-K on 19-Dec-2008 | All Recent SEC Filings |
19-Dec-2008
Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
On December 15, 2008, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (the "Company"), delivered a notice of termination to Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc. ("Lehman Derivatives") of the capped call transaction that the Company entered into with Lehman Derivatives, represented by Lehman Brothers Inc. ("Lehman Brothers") as its agent, in connection with the issuance by the Company of $2.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 (the "Notes") in April 2007. The capped call transaction was intended to reduce the potential common stock dilution to then existing stockholders of the Company upon conversion of the Notes by allowing the Company to receive shares of common stock from the counterparty generally equal to the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes. The filing by Lehman Brothers of a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in October 2008 constituted an "event of default" under the capped call arrangement, giving the Company the immediate right to terminate the transaction and entitling the Company to claim reimbursement for the loss incurred in terminating and closing out the transaction. The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy proceedings are ongoing and the Company's ability to reduce the potential dilution upon conversion of the Notes through the capped call transaction has effectively been eliminated. The Company intends to claim reimbursement from Lehman Brothers for the loss of the value of the capped call transaction incurred in the termination and close out of the capped call transaction. As a result of the uncertain recoverability of this counterparty exposure, the Company is unable to predict whether, and to what extent, it may be able to recover for this loss. Moreover, as a result of the termination, the Company likely will be subject to potentially disadvantageous tax consequences, including the use of a material amount of its net operating losses against triggered taxable income.
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