AMD reduces 10.2pc stake in The Foundry Company

SUNNYVALE, USA: AMD, the Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC) and Mubadala Development Co. have announced amendments to the October 6, 2008 transaction agreements for the creation of a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing joint venture, currently known as “The Foundry Company. The transactions covered by the amended agreements are expected to close at the beginning of 2009.

The amendments to the terms between AMD and Mubadala provide for the following:

* Mubadala will purchase 58 million shares of AMD’s common stock at a revised purchase price per share equal to the lower of (i) the average closing price per share of AMD’s common stock on the NYSE during the 20 trading days immediately prior to and including December 12, 2008 or (ii) the average closing price per share of AMD’s common stock on the NYSE during the 20 trading days immediately prior to the closing date of the transaction.

* AMD will issue to Mubadala an additional 5 million warrants to purchase AMD stock, for a total of 35 million warrants.

The amendments to the terms between AMD and ATIC provide for the following:

* The enterprise value of the manufacturing assets to be contributed by AMD to “The Foundry Company” will be reduced from a multiplier of 1.13x to 0.85x of the net book value of the assets. As a result, AMD will own approximately 34.2 percent and ATIC will own approximately 65.8 percent of “The Foundry Company’s” fully-converted common stock. AMD and ATIC will each have equal voting rights at the close of the transaction.

*The net asset valuation multiple on future capital calls of “The Foundry Company” will be reduced from 1.1x to 0.9x.

All other material economic terms of the transaction agreements remain unchanged. ATIC will still invest $2.1 billion to purchase its stake in “The Foundry Company”, of which it will invest $1.4 billion directly in the new entity and will pay $700 million to AMD.

Earlier, AMD was slated to hold 44.4 percent stake in The Foundry Company, and ATIC, 55.6 percent stake, respectively.