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NOTE 5: Related-Party Transactions
The Company and Fujitsu Limited formed FASL LLC, later renamed Spansion LLC, effective June 30, 2003 by expanding an existing manufacturing joint
venture called Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Limited, or FASL, that was formed in 1993 in which the Company’s ownership interest was slightly less than 50
percent. Upon formation of Spansion LLC, the Company increased its ownership interest to 60 percent. From the date of formation through December 20, 2005,
the Company held a 60 percent controlling equity interest in Spansion LLC and, therefore, consolidated the results of Spansion LLC’s operations. The Company
accounted for the Spansion LLC transaction as a partial step acquisition and purchase business combination under the provisions of SFAS 141, and EITF
Issue 01-2, Interpretations of APB Opinion No. 29. As disclosed in Note 4, in December 2005 the Company commenced applying the equity method to its
investment in Spansion and since September 2007 it has been accounting for its investment in Spansion as a marketable equity security.
June 30, 2003 to December 20, 2005
As part of the formation of Spansion LLC, both the Company and Fujitsu contributed their respective investments in FASL. The Company and Fujitsu
entered into various service contracts separately with Spansion LLC. The Company provided, among other things, certain information technology, facilities,
logistics, legal, tax, finance, human resources, and environmental health and safety services to Spansion LLC. Under these contracts, Fujitsu provided, among
other things, certain information technology, research and development, quality assurance, insurance, facilities, environmental, and human resources services
primarily to Spansion LLC’s Japanese subsidiary, Spansion Japan. Fees earned by the Company and incurred by Spansion LLC or its subsidiaries for these
services were eliminated in consolidation.
In addition, prior to the formation of Spansion LLC, FASL provided a defined benefit pension plan and a lump-sum retirement benefit plan to certain
employees. These plans were administered by Fujitsu and covered employees formerly assigned from Fujitsu and employees hired directly by FASL, and after
the formation of Spansion LLC, Spansion Japan, the owner of FASL’s assets. In September 2005, Spansion Japan adopted a new pension plan and changed the
formula to a cash balance formula. Assets and obligations were transferred from the Fujitsu Group Employee Pension Fund to this new Spansion Japan pension
plan. The Company’s share of the pension cost and the unfunded pension liability related to these Spansion employees was not material to the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
As a result of the Spansion LLC transaction, Fujitsu became a related party of the Company for the period beginning June 30, 2003 through December 20,
2005, the date immediately preceding Spansion’s IPO (see Note 4). Net revenues on sales to, and purchases of goods and services from, Fujitsu in 2005 were
$876 million and $196 million, respectively, and amounts due to Fujitsu as of December 25, 2005 were $77 million.
The Company’s transactions with Fujitsu were based on terms that are consistent with those of similar arms-length transactions executed with third parties.
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Source: ADVANCED MICRO DEVIC, 10-K, February 26, 2008