UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		94-1692300
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

One AMD Place

P.O. Box 3453

Sunnyvale, California 94088-3453

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Harry A. Wolin, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

One AMD Place

P.O. Box 3453

Sunnyvale, California 94088-3453

(408) 749-4000

(Name and address of agent for service)

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer		x		Accelerated filer		¨
Non-accelerated filer		¨		Smaller reporting company		¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of securities to be registered		Amount to be registered (1)		Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)		Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)		Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value		20,000,000		$2.33		$46,600,000		$5,414.92

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the registrant’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock.

(2)

Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the reported high ($2.36) and low ($2.30) sale prices of the common stock as reported by The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC on May 8, 2015.

Proposed sale to take place as soon after the effective date of the registration statement

as awards granted under the Plan are exercised or vest.

 

 

 

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PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

In this registration statement, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is sometimes referred to as “we,” “us” or “our.”

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8:

 

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This registration statement is filed solely to register an additional 20,000,000 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, which increase was approved by our Board of Directors on March 11, 2015 and our stockholders on April 29, 2015; and

 

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The contents of our registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-115474) filed with the SEC on May 13, 2004, our registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-134853) filed with the SEC on June 8, 2006, our registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-159367) filed with the SEC on May 20, 2009, our registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-166616) filed with the SEC on May 7, 2010, our registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-181451) filed with the SEC on May 16, 2012, our registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-190039) filed with the SEC on July 19, 2013, and our registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-195984) filed with the SEC on May 15, 2014 are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

We hereby incorporate by reference the following documents filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (File No. 001-07882):

 

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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2014, filed with the SEC on February 19, 2015, including information specifically incorporated by reference into our Form 10-K from our Proxy Statement for our 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2015;

 

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Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 28, 2015, filed with the SEC on April 29, 2015;

 

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 29, 2014;

 

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 12, 2015;

 

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on February 18, 2015;

 

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 16, 2015;

 

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on May 4, 2015;

 

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 4, 2015; and

 

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The description of our common stock, par value $.01 per share, contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on December 9, 2014, including any subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such description.

All documents we file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any annual or quarterly report or other document or current report furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K,

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and exhibits furnished in such report or other document or on such form that relate to such portion or items. For the purposes of this registration statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

See Index to Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on this 14th day of May, 2015.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Lisa T. Su, Devinder Kumar and Harry A. Wolin, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file this registration statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Lisa T. Su Lisa T. Su		President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), Director		May 14, 2015
/s/ Devinder Kumar Devinder Kumar		Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		May 14, 2015
/s/ John E. Caldwell John E. Caldwell		Director		May 14, 2015
/s/ Henry WK Chow Henry WK Chow		Director		May 14, 2015
/s/ Bruce L. Claflin Bruce L. Claflin		Chairman of the Board		May 14, 2015
/s/ Nora M. Denzel Nora M. Denzel		Director		May 14, 2015
/s/ Nicholas M. Donofrio Nicholas M. Donofrio		Director		May 14, 2015
/s/ Martin L. Edelman Martin L. Edelman		Director		May 14, 2015
/s/ John R. Harding John R. Harding		Director		May 14, 2015
/s/ Joseph A. Householder Joseph A. Householder		Director		May 14, 2015
/s/ Michael J. Inglis Michael J. Inglis		Director		May 14, 2015
/s/ Ahmed Yahia Ahmed Yahia		Director		May 14, 2015

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT

 

5.1		Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
10.1		Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
23.1		Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1		Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement).