{"id":59282,"date":"2020-10-27T11:44:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T10:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=59282"},"modified":"2020-10-27T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T10:44:52","slug":"amd-to-acquire-xilinx-creating-the-industrys-high-performance-computing-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/59282-amd-to-acquire-xilinx-creating-the-industrys-high-performance-computing-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> to Acquire Xilinx, Creating the Industry\u2019s High Performance Computing Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>\u2014&nbsp;<\/em><em>S<\/em><em>tra\u00adte\u00adgic trans<\/em><em>action<\/em>&nbsp;<em>streng\u00adthens<\/em>&nbsp;<em><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em><em>indus\u00adtry<\/em><em>-<\/em><em>lea\u00adding&nbsp;<\/em><em>tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy port\u00adfo\u00adlio<\/em>&nbsp;<em>\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expands <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s rapidly gro\u00adwing data cen\u00adter business<\/li>\n<li>Xilinx, the No. 1 pro\u00advi\u00adder of adap\u00adti\u00adve com\u00adpu\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adons, increa\u00adses <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">TAM<\/span> to $110 billion<\/li>\n<li>Imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly accre\u00adti\u00adve to <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> mar\u00adgins, cash flow and&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">EPS<\/span><\/li>\n<li>All stock tran\u00adsac\u00adtion with com\u00adbi\u00adned enter\u00adpri\u00adse value of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $135 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">SILICON<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">VALLEY<\/span>, Calif., Oct. 27, 2020 (<span class=\"caps\">GLOBE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) and Xilinx (<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">XLNX<\/span>) today announ\u00adced they have ente\u00adred into a defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adve agree\u00adment for <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> to acqui\u00adre Xilinx in an all-stock tran\u00adsac\u00adtion valued at $35 bil\u00adli\u00adon. The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon will crea\u00adte the industry\u2019s lea\u00adding high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting com\u00adpa\u00adny, signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly expan\u00adding the breadth of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adduct port\u00adfo\u00adlio and cus\u00adto\u00admer set across diver\u00adse growth mar\u00adkets whe\u00adre Xilinx is an estab\u00adlished lea\u00adder. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is expec\u00adted to be imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly accre\u00adti\u00adve to <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> mar\u00adgins, <span class=\"caps\">EPS<\/span> and free cash flow gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and deli\u00adver indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding growth.<\/p>\n<p>The acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon brings tog\u00ade\u00adther two indus\u00adtry lea\u00adders with com\u00adple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry pro\u00adduct port\u00adfo\u00adli\u00ados and cus\u00adto\u00admers. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> will offer the industry\u2019s stron\u00adgest port\u00adfo\u00adlio of high per\u00adfor\u00admance pro\u00adces\u00adsor tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, com\u00adbi\u00adning CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, Adap\u00adti\u00adve SoCs and deep soft\u00adware exper\u00adti\u00adse to enable lea\u00adder\u00adship com\u00adpu\u00adting plat\u00adforms for cloud, edge and end devices. Tog\u00ade\u00adther, the com\u00adbi\u00adned com\u00adpa\u00adny will capi\u00adta\u00adli\u00adze on oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties span\u00adning some of the industry\u2019s most important growth seg\u00adments from the data cen\u00adter to gam\u00ading, PCs, com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, auto\u00admo\u00adti\u00adve, indus\u00adtri\u00adal, aero\u00adspace and defense.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Our acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of Xilinx marks the next leg in our jour\u00adney to estab\u00adlish <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> as the industry\u2019s high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting lea\u00adder and part\u00adner of choice for the lar\u00adgest and most important tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adnies in the world,\u201d <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Pre\u00adsi\u00addent and <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> Dr. Lisa Su said. \u201cThis is tru\u00adly a com\u00adpel\u00adling com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon that will crea\u00adte signi\u00adfi\u00adcant value for all stake\u00adhol\u00adders, inclu\u00adding <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Xilinx share\u00adhol\u00adders who will bene\u00adfit from the future growth and upsi\u00adde poten\u00adti\u00adal of the com\u00adbi\u00adned com\u00adpa\u00adny. The Xilinx team is one of the stron\u00adgest in the indus\u00adtry and we are thril\u00adled to wel\u00adco\u00adme them to the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> fami\u00adly. By com\u00adbi\u00adning our world-class engi\u00adnee\u00adring teams and deep domain exper\u00adti\u00adse, we will crea\u00adte an indus\u00adtry lea\u00adder with the visi\u00adon, talent and sca\u00adle to defi\u00adne the future of high per\u00adfor\u00admance computing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We are exci\u00adted to join the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> fami\u00adly. Our shared cul\u00adtures of inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon, excel\u00adlence and col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon make this an ide\u00adal com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon. Tog\u00ade\u00adther, we will lead the new era of high per\u00adfor\u00admance and adap\u00adti\u00adve com\u00adpu\u00adting,\u201d said Vic\u00adtor Peng, Xilinx pre\u00adsi\u00addent and <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span>. \u201cOur lea\u00adding FPGAs, Adap\u00adti\u00adve SoCs, acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor and Smart\u00adNIC solu\u00adti\u00adons enable inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon from the cloud, to the edge and end devices. We empower our cus\u00adto\u00admers to deploy dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted plat\u00adforms to mar\u00adket fas\u00adter, and with opti\u00admal effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and per\u00adfor\u00admance. Joi\u00adning tog\u00ade\u00adther with <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> will help acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte growth in our data cen\u00adter busi\u00adness and enable us to pur\u00adsue a broa\u00adder cus\u00adto\u00admer base across more markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a com\u00adbi\u00adned team of 13,000 talen\u00adted engi\u00adneers and over $2.7 bil\u00adli\u00adon of annu\u00adal<sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp;R<span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>D invest\u00adment, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> will have addi\u00adtio\u00adnal talent and sca\u00adle to deli\u00adver an even stron\u00adger set of pro\u00adducts and domain-spe\u00adci\u00adfic solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal Tran\u00adsac\u00adtion Details<\/strong><br>\nUnder the terms of the agree\u00adment, Xilinx stock\u00adhol\u00adders will recei\u00adve a fixed exch\u00adan\u00adge ratio of 1.7234 shares of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> com\u00admon stock for each share of Xilinx com\u00admon stock they hold at the clo\u00adsing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. Based on the exch\u00adan\u00adge ratio, this repres\u00adents appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $143 per share of Xilinx com\u00admon stock<sup>2<\/sup>. Post-clo\u00adsing, cur\u00adrent <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> stock\u00adhol\u00adders will own appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly 74 per\u00adcent of the com\u00adbi\u00adned com\u00adpa\u00adny on a ful\u00adly diluted basis, while Xilinx stock\u00adhol\u00adders will own appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly 26 per\u00adcent. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is inten\u00added to qua\u00adli\u00adfy as a tax-free reor\u00adga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon for U.S. fede\u00adral inco\u00adme tax purposes.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> expects to achie\u00adve ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adci\u00ades of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $300 mil\u00adli\u00adon within 18 months of clo\u00adsing the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, pri\u00adma\u00adri\u00adly based on syn\u00ader\u00adgies in cos\u00adts of goods sold, shared infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre and through stream\u00adli\u00adning com\u00admon&nbsp;areas.<\/p>\n<p>The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion has been unani\u00admously appro\u00adved by the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Xilinx Boards of Direc\u00adtors. The acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon is sub\u00adject to appr\u00adoval by <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Xilinx share\u00adhol\u00adders, cer\u00adtain regu\u00adla\u00adto\u00adry appr\u00adovals and other cus\u00adto\u00adma\u00adry clo\u00adsing con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is curr\u00adent\u00adly expec\u00adted to clo\u00adse by the end of calen\u00addar year 2021. Until clo\u00adse, the par\u00adties remain sepa\u00adra\u00adte, inde\u00adpen\u00addent companies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manage\u00adment and Board of Directors<\/strong><br>\nDr. Lisa Su will lead the com\u00adbi\u00adned com\u00adpa\u00adny as <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span>.&nbsp;Xilinx Pre\u00adsi\u00addent and <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span>, Vic\u00adtor Peng, will join <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> as pre\u00adsi\u00addent respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the Xilinx busi\u00adness and stra\u00adte\u00adgic growth initia\u00adti\u00adves, effec\u00adti\u00adve upon clo\u00adsing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion.&nbsp;In addi\u00adti\u00adon, at least two Xilinx direc\u00adtors will join the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Board of Direc\u00adtors upon closing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advi\u00adsors<\/strong><br>\nCre\u00addit Suis\u00adse and <span class=\"caps\">DBO<\/span> Part\u00adners are acting as finan\u00adcial advi\u00adsors to <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Lat\u00adham <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> Wat\u00adkins <span class=\"caps\">LLP<\/span> is ser\u00adving as its legal advi\u00adsor. Mor\u00adgan Stan\u00adley is acting as lead finan\u00adcial advi\u00adsor to Xilinx. BofA Secu\u00adri\u00adties is also acting as a finan\u00adcial advi\u00adsor and Skad\u00adden, Arps, Sla\u00adte, Meag\u00adher <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> Flom <span class=\"caps\">LLP<\/span> is ser\u00adving as legal counsel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tran\u00adsac\u00adtion Website<\/strong><br>\nFor more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion inves\u00adtors are encou\u00adra\u00adged to visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ir.amd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/ir.amd.com<\/a>&nbsp;which will be used by <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> to dis\u00adc\u00adlo\u00adse infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about the transaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con\u00adfe\u00adrence&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>C<\/strong><strong>all and Web\u00adcast&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>D<\/strong><strong>etails<\/strong><br>\n<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> will hold a con\u00adfe\u00adrence call for the finan\u00adcial com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty at 8:00 <span class=\"caps\">AM<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ET<\/span> (5:00 <span class=\"caps\">AM<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">PT<\/span>) today to dis\u00adcuss its third quar\u00adter 2020 finan\u00adcial results and plans to acqui\u00adre Xilinx. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> will pro\u00advi\u00adde a real-time audio broad\u00adcast of the tele\u00adcon\u00adfe\u00adrence on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ir.amd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Inves\u00adtor Rela\u00adti\u00adons<\/a>&nbsp;page of its web\u00adsite at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.amd.com<\/a>. The web\u00adcast will be available for 12 months after the con\u00adfe\u00adrence&nbsp;call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/strong><br>\nFor more than 50 years <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> has dri\u00adven inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting, gra\u00adphics and visua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies \u2015 the buil\u00adding blocks for gam\u00ading, immersi\u00adve plat\u00adforms and the data cen\u00adter. Hundreds of mil\u00adli\u00adons of con\u00adsu\u00admers, lea\u00adding For\u00adtu\u00adne 500 busi\u00adnesses and cut\u00adting-edge sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch faci\u00adli\u00adties around the world rely on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy dai\u00adly to impro\u00adve how they live, work and play. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> employees around the world are focu\u00adsed on buil\u00adding gre\u00adat pro\u00adducts that push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of what is pos\u00adsi\u00adble. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about how <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> is enab\u00adling today and inspi\u00adring tomor\u00adrow, visit the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">web\u00adsite<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/community.amd.com\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Face\u00adbook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Twit\u00adter<\/a>&nbsp;pages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Xilinx<\/strong><br>\nXilinx deve\u00adlo\u00adps high\u00adly fle\u00adxi\u00adble and adap\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adces\u00adsing plat\u00adforms that enable rapid inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon across a varie\u00adty of tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies \u2014 from the cloud to the edge and to the end\u00adpoint. Xilinx is the inven\u00adtor of the <span class=\"caps\">FPGA<\/span> and Adap\u00adti\u00adve SoCs, desi\u00adgned to deli\u00adver the most dyna\u00admic pro\u00adces\u00adsor tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy in the indus\u00adtry. We part\u00adner with our cus\u00adto\u00admers to crea\u00adte sca\u00adlable, dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted and intel\u00adli\u00adgent solu\u00adti\u00adons to enable the adap\u00adta\u00adble, intel\u00adli\u00adgent and con\u00adnec\u00adted world of the future. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit www.xilinx.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cont\u00adact information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drew Prai\u00adrie<\/strong><br>\n<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Communications<br>\n512\u2013602-4425<br>\ndrew.prairie@amd.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inves\u00adtor Contact:<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Lau\u00adra Graves<\/strong><br>\n<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Inves\u00adtor Relations<br>\n408\u2013749-5467<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:laura.graves@amd.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">laura.graves@amd.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tara Sims<br>\nXilinx Communications<br>\n415\u2013713-5986<br>\ntaras@xilinx.com<\/p>\n<p>Suresh Bhas\u00adka\u00adran<br>\nXilinx Inves\u00adtor Relations<br>\n408\u2013879-4784<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:ir@xilinx.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ir@xilinx.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal Infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about the&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;and Whe\u00adre to Find&nbsp;It<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In con\u00adnec\u00adtion with the pro\u00adpo\u00adsed tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> intends to file with the Secu\u00adri\u00adties and Exch\u00adan\u00adge Com\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon (the \u201c<span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span>\u201d) a regis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon state\u00adment on Form S\u20114 that will include a joint pro\u00adxy state\u00adment of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Xilinx and that also will con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adte a pro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adtus with respect to shares of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s com\u00admon stock to be issued in the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion (the \u201cjoint pro\u00adxy statement\/prospectus\u201d). Each of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Xilinx may also file other rele\u00advant docu\u00adments with the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span> regar\u00adding the pro\u00adpo\u00adsed tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. This docu\u00adment is not a sub\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adte for the joint pro\u00adxy statement\/prospectus or any other docu\u00adment that <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> or Xilinx may file with the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span>. The defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adve joint pro\u00adxy statement\/prospectus (if and when available) will be mai\u00adled to stock\u00adhol\u00adders of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Xilinx. <span class=\"caps\">INVESTORS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AND<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">SECURITY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">HOLDERS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ARE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">URGED<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">TO<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">READ<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">THE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">JOINT<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">PROXY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">STATEMENT<\/span>\/<span class=\"caps\">PROSPECTUS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AND<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ANY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">OTHER<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">RELEVANT<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">DOCUMENTS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">THAT<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ARE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">OR<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">WILL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">BE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">FILED<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">WITH<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">THE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">AS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">WELL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ANY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AMENDMENTS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">OR<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">SUPPLEMENTS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">TO<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">THESE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">DOCUMENTS<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">CAREFULLY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AND<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">IN<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">THEIR<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ENTIRETY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">BECAUSE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">THEY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CONTAIN<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">OR<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">WILL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CONTAIN<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">IMPORTANT<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">INFORMATION<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ABOUT<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">THE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">PROPOSED<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">TRANSACTION<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AND<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">RELATED<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">MATTERS<\/span>. Inves\u00adtors and secu\u00adri\u00adty hol\u00adders will be able to obtain free copies of the joint pro\u00adxy statement\/prospectus (if and when available) and other docu\u00adments con\u00adtai\u00adning important infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, Xilinx and the pro\u00adpo\u00adsed tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, once such docu\u00adments are filed with the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span> through the web\u00adsite main\u00adtai\u00adned by the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span> at&nbsp;<em>www.sec.gov<\/em>. Copies of the docu\u00adments filed with the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span> by <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> will be available free of char\u00adge on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s web\u00adsite at&nbsp;<em>ir.<\/em><em><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/em><em>.com<\/em>&nbsp;or by cont\u00adac\u00adting <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte Secre\u00adta\u00adry by email at Corporate.Secretary@<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>.com. Copies of the docu\u00adments filed with the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span> by Xilinx will be available free of char\u00adge on Xilinx\u2019s web\u00adsite at&nbsp;<em>inves\u00adtor.<\/em><em>Xilinx<\/em><em>.com<\/em>&nbsp;or by cont\u00adac\u00adting Xilinx\u2019s Inves\u00adtor Rela\u00adti\u00adons depart\u00adment by pho\u00adne at 408\u2013879-4784.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpan\u00adts in the Solicitation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, Xilinx and cer\u00adtain of their respec\u00adti\u00adve direc\u00adtors and exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve offi\u00adcers may be dee\u00admed to be par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpan\u00adts in the soli\u00adci\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of pro\u00adxies in respect of the pro\u00adpo\u00adsed tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. Infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about the direc\u00adtors and exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve offi\u00adcers of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, inclu\u00adding a descrip\u00adti\u00adon of their direct or indi\u00adrect inte\u00adrests, by secu\u00adri\u00adty hol\u00addings or other\u00adwi\u00adse, is set forth in <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adxy state\u00adment for its 2020 annu\u00adal mee\u00adting of stock\u00adhol\u00adders, which was filed with the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span> on March 26, 2020. Infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about the direc\u00adtors and exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve offi\u00adcers of Xilinx, inclu\u00adding a descrip\u00adti\u00adon of their direct or indi\u00adrect inte\u00adrests, by secu\u00adri\u00adty hol\u00addings or other\u00adwi\u00adse, is set forth in Xilinx\u2019s pro\u00adxy state\u00adment for its 2020 annu\u00adal mee\u00adting of stock\u00adhol\u00adders, which was filed with the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span> on June 19, 2020. Other infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon regar\u00adding the par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpan\u00adts in the pro\u00adxy soli\u00adci\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons and a descrip\u00adti\u00adon of their direct and indi\u00adrect inte\u00adrests, by secu\u00adri\u00adty hol\u00addings or other\u00adwi\u00adse, will be con\u00adtai\u00adned in the joint pro\u00adxy statement\/prospectus and other rele\u00advant mate\u00adri\u00adals to be filed with the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span> regar\u00adding the pro\u00adpo\u00adsed tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. You may obtain free copies of the\u00adse docu\u00adments using the sources indi\u00adca\u00adted&nbsp;above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No Offer or Solicitation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon is not inten\u00added to and shall not con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adte an offer to buy or sell or the soli\u00adci\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of an offer to buy or sell any secu\u00adri\u00adties, or a soli\u00adci\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of any vote or appr\u00adoval, nor shall the\u00adre be any sale of secu\u00adri\u00adties in any juris\u00addic\u00adtion in which such offer, soli\u00adci\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon or sale would be unlawful pri\u00ador to regis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon or qua\u00adli\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon under the secu\u00adri\u00adties laws of any such juris\u00addic\u00adtion. No offer of secu\u00adri\u00adties shall be made, except by means of a pro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adtus mee\u00adting the requi\u00adre\u00adments of Sec\u00adtion&nbsp;10 of the Secu\u00adri\u00adties Act of 1933, as amended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For\u00adward Loo\u00adking Statements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The state\u00adments in this com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon include for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments con\u00adcer\u00adning <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, Xilinx, the pro\u00adpo\u00adsed tran\u00adsac\u00adtion descri\u00adbed her\u00adein and other mat\u00adters. For\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments may dis\u00adcuss goals, inten\u00adti\u00adons and expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons as to future plans, trends, events, results of ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons or finan\u00adcial con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon, or other\u00adwi\u00adse, based on cur\u00adrent beliefs and invol\u00adve num\u00ade\u00adrous risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons. For\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments speak only as of the date they are made or as of the dates indi\u00adca\u00adted in the state\u00adments and should not be reli\u00aded upon as pre\u00addic\u00adtions of future events, as the\u00adre can be no assu\u00adrance that the events or cir\u00adcum\u00ads\u00adtances reflec\u00adted in the\u00adse state\u00adments will be achie\u00adved or will occur. For\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments can often, but not always, be iden\u00adti\u00adfied by the use of for\u00adward-loo\u00adking ter\u00admi\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy inclu\u00adding \u201cbelie\u00adves,\u201d \u201cexpects,\u201d \u201cmay,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d \u201cshould,\u201d \u201cseeks,\u201d \u201cintends,\u201d \u201cplans,\u201d \u201cpro for\u00adma,\u201d \u201cesti\u00adma\u00adtes,\u201d \u201canti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtes,\u201d \u201cdesi\u00adgned,\u201d or the nega\u00adti\u00adve of the\u00adse words and phra\u00adses, other varia\u00adti\u00adons of the\u00adse words and phra\u00adses or com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble ter\u00admi\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. The for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments in this com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon rela\u00adte to, among other things, obtai\u00adning appli\u00adca\u00adble regu\u00adla\u00adto\u00adry and stock\u00adhol\u00adder appr\u00adovals, satis\u00adfy\u00ading other clo\u00adsing con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons to the pro\u00adpo\u00adsed tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, the expec\u00adted tax tre\u00adat\u00adment of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, the expec\u00adted timing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, and the inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon of the busi\u00adnesses and the expec\u00adted bene\u00adfits, cost savings, accre\u00adti\u00adon, syn\u00ader\u00adgies and growth to result the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adf\u00adrom. The\u00adse for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments invol\u00adve risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from tho\u00adse con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adted by the state\u00adments. The\u00adse risks include, among other things: fail\u00adure to obtain appli\u00adca\u00adble regu\u00adla\u00adto\u00adry or stock\u00adhol\u00adder appr\u00adovals in a time\u00adly man\u00adner or other\u00adwi\u00adse; fail\u00adure to satis\u00adfy other clo\u00adsing con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons to the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion or to com\u00adple\u00adte the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion on anti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted terms and timing; nega\u00adti\u00adve effects of the announce\u00adment of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion; risks that the busi\u00adnesses will not be inte\u00adgra\u00adted suc\u00adcessful\u00adly or that the com\u00adbi\u00adned com\u00adpa\u00adnies will not rea\u00adli\u00adze expec\u00adted bene\u00adfits, cost savings, accre\u00adti\u00adon, syn\u00ader\u00adgies and\/or growth, or that such bene\u00adfits may take lon\u00adger to rea\u00adli\u00adze than expec\u00adted; the risk that dis\u00adrup\u00adti\u00adons from the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion will harm busi\u00adness plans and ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons; risks rela\u00adting to unan\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted cos\u00adts of inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon; signi\u00adfi\u00adcant tran\u00adsac\u00adtion and\/or inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon cos\u00adts, or dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties in con\u00adnec\u00adtion with the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion and\/or unknown or ine\u00adsti\u00adma\u00adble lia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties; rest\u00adric\u00adtions during the pen\u00adden\u00adcy of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion that may impact the abili\u00adty to pur\u00adsue cer\u00adtain busi\u00adness oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties or stra\u00adte\u00adgic tran\u00adsac\u00adtions; poten\u00adti\u00adal liti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon asso\u00adcia\u00adted with the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion; the poten\u00adti\u00adal impact of the announce\u00adment or con\u00adsum\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s, Xilinx\u2019s or the com\u00adbi\u00adned company\u2019s rela\u00adti\u00adonships with sup\u00adpli\u00aders, cus\u00adto\u00admers, employ\u00aders and regu\u00adla\u00adtors; and demand for the com\u00adbi\u00adned company\u2019s pro\u00adducts. A more ful\u00adso\u00adme dis\u00adcus\u00adsion of the risks rela\u00adted to the pro\u00adpo\u00adsed tran\u00adsac\u00adtion will be included in the joint pro\u00adxy statement\/prospectus . For a dis\u00adcus\u00adsion of fac\u00adtors that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from tho\u00adse con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adted by for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments, see the sec\u00adtion cap\u00adtio\u00adned \u201cRisk Fac\u00adtors\u201d in each of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s and Xilinx\u2019s Annu\u00adal Report on Form 10\u2011K for the&nbsp;fis\u00adcal years ended Decem\u00adber 28, 2019 and March 28, 2020, respec\u00adtively, sub\u00adse\u00adquent Quar\u00adter\u00adly Reports on Form 10\u2011Q and other filings with the <span class=\"caps\">SEC<\/span>. While the list of fac\u00adtors pre\u00adsen\u00adted here is, and the list of fac\u00adtors pre\u00adsen\u00adted in the joint pro\u00adxy statement\/prospectus will be, con\u00adside\u00adred repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve, no such list should be con\u00adside\u00adred to be a com\u00adple\u00adte state\u00adment of all poten\u00adti\u00adal risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties. Unlis\u00adted fac\u00adtors may pre\u00adsent signi\u00adfi\u00adcant addi\u00adtio\u00adnal obs\u00adta\u00adcles to the rea\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon of for\u00adward loo\u00adking state\u00adments. Many of the\u00adse risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties may be exa\u00adcer\u00adba\u00adted by the <span class=\"caps\">COVID-19<\/span> pan\u00adde\u00admic and any wor\u00adsening of the glo\u00adbal busi\u00adness and eco\u00adno\u00admic envi\u00adron\u00adment as a result. Neither <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> nor Xilinx assu\u00admes, and each her\u00adeby dis\u00adclaims, any obli\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon to update for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments, except as may be requi\u00adred by&nbsp;law.<\/p>\n<p>_______________<br>\n<sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp;Based on trai\u00adling twel\u00adve months.<br>\n<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;Based on an <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> pri\u00adce of $82.9726, which is the avera\u00adge of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s dai\u00adly volu\u00adme weigh\u00adted avera\u00adge pri\u00adces per share for the 10 con\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve tra\u00adding day peri\u00adod up to and inclu\u00adding Octo\u00adber 8, 2020, the last tra\u00adding day pri\u00ador to media reports regar\u00adding a poten\u00adti\u00adal tran\u00adsac\u00adtion bet\u00adween <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Xilinx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><p align=\"center\"><em>\u2014&nbsp;<\/em><em>S<\/em><em>tra\u00adte\u00adgic trans<\/em><em>action<\/em>&nbsp;<em>streng\u00adthens<\/em>&nbsp;<em><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em><em>indus\u00adtry<\/em><em>-<\/em><em>lea\u00adding&nbsp;<\/em><em>tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy port\u00adfo\u00adlio<\/em>&nbsp;<em>\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expands <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s rapidly gro\u00adwing data cen\u00adter business<\/li>\n<li>Xilinx, the No. 1 pro\u00advi\u00adder of adap\u00adti\u00adve com\u00adpu\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adons, increa\u00adses <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">TAM<\/span> to $110 billion<\/li>\n<li>Imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly accre\u00adti\u00adve to <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> mar\u00adgins, cash flow and&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">EPS<\/span><\/li>\n<li>All stock tran\u00adsac\u00adtion with com\u00adbi\u00adned enter\u00adpri\u00adse value of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $135 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">SILICON<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">VALLEY<\/span>, Calif., Oct. 27, 2020 (<span class=\"caps\">GLOBE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) and Xilinx (<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">XLNX<\/span>) today announ\u00adced they have ente\u00adred into a defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adve agree\u00adment for <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> to acqui\u00adre Xilinx in an all-stock tran\u00adsac\u00adtion valued at $35 bil\u00adli\u00adon. The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon will crea\u00adte the industry\u2019s lea\u00adding high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting com\u00adpa\u00adny, signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly expan\u00adding the breadth of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adduct port\u00adfo\u00adlio and cus\u00adto\u00admer set across diver\u00adse growth mar\u00adkets whe\u00adre Xilinx is an estab\u00adlished lea\u00adder. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is expec\u00adted to be imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly accre\u00adti\u00adve to <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> mar\u00adgins, <span class=\"caps\">EPS<\/span> and free cash flow gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and deli\u00adver indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding growth. 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