Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Acquisition

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Acquisition
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Acquisition [Abstract]  
Acquisition

NOTE 3. Acquisition

On March 23, 2012, AMD acquired SeaMicro, Inc. (SeaMicro), a privately held company that produces energy-efficient, high-bandwidth microservers. Through the acquisition of SeaMicro, AMD plans to accelerate its strategy to deliver disruptive server technology to its original equipment manufacturers (OEM) customers serving Cloud-centric data centers. The acquired company will be included in the Computing Solutions Group (CSG) segment.

The total consideration paid to acquire SeaMicro was $312 million, not including cash acquired of $19 million. In addition, AMD incurred $6 million in transaction costs, which were included in marketing, general and administrative expenses of AMD's condensed consolidated statement of operations. AMD paid $293 million in cash to the holders of all outstanding shares of SeaMicro capital stock. As part of the acquisition, AMD assumed all outstanding vested and unvested SeaMicro stock options and unvested restricted stock held by continuing SeaMicro employees as of March 23, 2012. The assumed options were exchanged for approximately 1,652,000 million vested and 4,792,000 million unvested AMD stock options. The assumed restricted stock was exchanged for approximately 322,000 AMD restricted shares. The stock options and restricted shares continue to have the same terms and conditions as under SeaMicro's option plan. The fair value attributable to pre-combination employee service as of the March 23, 2012 closing for the stock options and restricted shares assumed, which was part of the consideration paid to acquire SeaMicro, was $19 million. The fair value for the stock options assumed was determined using a binomial option-pricing valuation model.

The total cash consideration of $293 million included $29 million deposited into an escrow account as security for any breaches by SeaMicro of representations, warranties and covenants under the acquisition agreement. The escrow fund, less amounts of any valid indemnification claims, if any, will be disbursed by the escrow agent to the former stockholders of SeaMicro in March 2013.

The acquisition has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 805, Business Combinations. Accordingly, the total consideration was assigned to the tangible and identified intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. Fair values were determined by AMD's management based on information available at the date of acquisition. The results of operations of SeaMicro were included in AMD's consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.

The assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the estimated fair value of SeaMicro were as follows:

 

     March 23,
2012
    

Estimated

useful lives

     (In millions)       

Purchase consideration

     

Cash

   $ 293      

Vested portion of the replacement grants

     19      
  

 

 

    

Total purchase consideration

   $ 312      

Tangible assets acquired

   $ 24      

Identified intangible assets acquired

     

Developed technology

     86       8 years

In-process research and development

     11      

Customer relationships

     4       4 years

Trade name

     1       4 years
  

 

 

    

Total assets acquired

     126      

Liabilities assumed

     8      

Deferred tax liabilities

     36      
  

 

 

    

Total liabilities assumed

     44      

Goodwill

   $ 230      
  

 

 

    

The developed technology of SeaMicro relates to SeaMicro's SM10000 server offering, which is built around a parallel array of independent ultra-low power processors, and it serves to integrate computation, switching, server management, and load balancing. In addition to developed technology, SeaMicro had in-process research and development projects, which were incomplete at the time of the acquisition. The value of developed technology and in-process research and development was determined based on the present value of estimated expected cash flows attributable to the technology. The customer relationships related to the ability to sell existing, in-process and future versions of the technology to SeaMicro's existing customers and were valued based on an incremental cash flows generated from existing customer base. The trade name related to the SeaMicro brand names. The goodwill is primarily attributed to premiums paid for synergies between AMD and SeaMicro and the assembled workforce, and is not deductible for tax purposes. The acquired developed technology, customer relationships and trade name are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The acquired in-process research and development and goodwill associated with the acquisition are categorized as indefinite-lived intangible assets and subject to impairment review. For the capitalized acquired in-process research and development costs, they will remain capitalized until such time as the projects are complete and the amortization will start or they will be written off when it is probable the projects will not be completed.

The unaudited pro forma financial information in the table below summarizes the combined results of operations of AMD and SeaMicro during the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011 as though the acquisition took place as of the beginning of each reported quarter. The pro forma financial information also includes certain adjustments such as amortization expense from acquired intangible assets, inventory adjustment to fair value, share-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options and restricted stock assumed, acquisition-related costs and the income tax impact of the pro forma adjustments. The pro forma financial information presented below does not include any anticipated synergies or other expected benefits of the acquisition. It is presented for informational purposes only and not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the acquisition had taken place at the beginning of the periods presented.

 

     Quarters Ended  
     March 31,
2012
    April 2,
2011
 
     (In millions, except per share amounts)  

Net revenue

   $ 1,587      $ 1,614   

Net income (loss)

   $ (639   $ 534   

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

   $ (0.87   $ 0.71