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These excerpts taken from the AMD 10-K filed Feb 24, 2009.

Accounting Treatment for AMD Options Held by Spansion Employees

Prior to the IPO, the Company did not provide stock-based compensation to its employees or third parties. However, certain of the Company’s employees received stock options to purchase shares of AMD common stock from the Company’s then majority and controlling member, AMD who consolidated Spansion’s financial statements for financial reporting purposes. The Company accounted for AMD’s stock option grants and restricted stock unit, or RSU, awards to its employees under the intrinsic value recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and related interpretations, consistent with the accounting method followed by AMD for stock options and RSU awards issued to employees of the consolidated AMD group. The exercise price of these stock options was equal to the market price of AMD’s common stock on the date of grant. The Company reimbursed AMD for these stock options based on an agreed amount equal to the grant-date fair value of the stock options calculated using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, less a 15 percent discount (the “grant-date fair value”). The Company recorded a liability for amounts due to AMD under this arrangement with a corresponding reduction to additional paid-in capital. Reimbursements to AMD, which commenced on the last day of the quarter following the quarter in which the stock options were granted, were payable in sixteen equal quarterly installments through fiscal 2009 (See Note 4).

Subsequent to the Company’s IPO and the cessation of AMD’s consolidation of Spansion’s financial statements, these awards were being accounted for under variable fair value accounting following the guidance in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Good or Services,” and EITF Issue No. 00-12, “Accounting by an Investor for Stock-Based Compensation Granted to Employee of an Equity Method Investee,” and continued to be remeasured to their fair value in future periods until they were fully vested (See Note 4).

Accounting Treatment for AMD Options Held by Spansion Employees

STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">Prior to the IPO, the Company did not provide stock-based compensation to its employees or third parties. However, certain of the Company’s employees
received stock options to purchase shares of AMD common stock from the Company’s then majority and controlling member, AMD who consolidated Spansion’s financial statements for financial reporting purposes. The Company accounted for
AMD’s stock option grants and restricted stock unit, or RSU, awards to its employees under the intrinsic value recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees and related interpretations, consistent with the accounting method followed by AMD for stock options and RSU awards issued to employees of the consolidated AMD group. The exercise price of these stock options was equal to the market price
of AMD’s common stock on the date of grant. The Company reimbursed AMD for these stock options based on an agreed amount equal to the grant-date fair value of the stock options calculated using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, less a
15 percent discount (the “grant-date fair value”). The Company recorded a liability for amounts due to AMD under this arrangement with a corresponding reduction to additional paid-in capital. Reimbursements to AMD, which commenced on the
last day of the quarter following the quarter in which the stock options were granted, were payable in sixteen equal quarterly installments through fiscal 2009 (See Note 4).

STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">Subsequent to the Company’s IPO and the cessation of AMD’s consolidation of Spansion’s financial statements, these awards were being
accounted for under variable fair value accounting following the guidance in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction
with Selling, Good or Services,” and EITF Issue No. 00-12, “Accounting by an Investor for Stock-Based Compensation Granted to Employee of an Equity Method Investee,” and continued to be remeasured to their fair value in future periods
until they were fully vested (See Note 4).

These excerpts taken from the AMD 10-K filed Feb 26, 2008.

Accounting Treatment for AMD Options Held by Spansion Employees

Prior to the IPO, the Company did not provide stock-based compensation to its employees or third parties. However, certain of the Company’s employees received stock options to purchase shares of AMD common stock from the Company’s then majority and controlling member, AMD who consolidated Spansion’s financial statements for financial reporting purposes. The Company accounted for AMD’s stock option grants and restricted stock unit, or RSU, awards to its employees under the intrinsic value recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and related interpretations, consistent with the accounting method followed by AMD for stock options and RSU awards issued to employees of the consolidated AMD group. The exercise price of these stock options was equal to the market price of AMD’s common stock on the date of grant. The Company reimbursed AMD for these stock options based on an agreed amount equal to the grant-date fair value of the stock options calculated using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, less a 15 percent discount (the “grant-date fair value”). The Company recorded a liability for amounts due to AMD under this arrangement with a corresponding reduction to additional paid-in capital. Reimbursements to AMD, which commenced on the last day of the quarter following the quarter in which the stock options were granted, were payable in sixteen equal quarterly installments through fiscal 2009 (See Note 4).

Subsequent to the Company’s IPO and the cessation of AMD’s consolidation of Spansion’s financial statements, these awards were being accounted for under variable fair value accounting following the guidance in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Good or Services,” and EITF Issue No. 00-12, “Accounting by an Investor for Stock-Based Compensation Granted to Employee of an Equity Method Investee,” and continued to be remeasured to their fair value in future periods until they were fully vested (See Note 4).

Accounting Treatment for AMD Options Held by Spansion Employees

STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">Prior to the IPO, the Company did not provide stock-based compensation to its employees or third parties. However, certain of the Company’s employees
received stock options to purchase shares of AMD common stock from the Company’s then majority and controlling member, AMD who consolidated Spansion’s financial statements for financial reporting purposes. The Company accounted for
AMD’s stock option grants and restricted stock unit, or RSU, awards to its employees under the intrinsic value recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees and related interpretations, consistent with the accounting method followed by AMD for stock options and RSU awards issued to employees of the consolidated AMD group. The exercise price of these stock options was equal to the market price
of AMD’s common stock on the date of grant. The Company reimbursed AMD for these stock options based on an agreed amount equal to the grant-date fair value of the stock options calculated using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, less a
15 percent discount (the “grant-date fair value”). The Company recorded a liability for amounts due to AMD under this arrangement with a corresponding reduction to additional paid-in capital. Reimbursements to AMD, which commenced on the
last day of the quarter following the quarter in which the stock options were granted, were payable in sixteen equal quarterly installments through fiscal 2009 (See Note 4).

STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">Subsequent to the Company’s IPO and the cessation of AMD’s consolidation of Spansion’s financial statements, these awards were being
accounted for under variable fair value accounting following the guidance in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction
with Selling, Good or Services,” and EITF Issue No. 00-12, “Accounting by an Investor for Stock-Based Compensation Granted to Employee of an Equity Method Investee,” and continued to be remeasured to their fair value in future periods
until they were fully vested (See Note 4).

This excerpt taken from the AMD 10-K filed Mar 1, 2007.

Accounting Treatment for AMD Options Held by Spansion Employees

 

Prior to the IPO, the Company did not provide stock-based compensation to its employees or third parties. However, certain of the Company’s employees received stock options to purchase shares of AMD common stock from the Company’s then majority and controlling member, AMD who consolidated Spansion’s financial statements for financial reporting purposes. The Company accounted for AMD’s stock option grants and restricted stock unit, or RSU, awards to its employees under the intrinsic value recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and related interpretations, consistent with the accounting method followed by AMD for stock options and RSU awards issued to employees of the consolidated AMD group. The exercise price of these stock options was equal to the market price of AMD’s common stock on the date of grant. The Company reimbursed AMD for these stock options based on an agreed amount equal to the grant-date fair value of the stock options calculated using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, less a 15 percent discount (the “grant-date fair value”). The Company recorded a liability for amounts due to AMD under this arrangement with a corresponding reduction to additional paid-in capital. Reimbursements to AMD, which commenced on the last day of the quarter following the quarter in which the stock options were granted, were payable in sixteen equal quarterly installments through fiscal 2009 (See Note 4).

 

Subsequent to the Company’s IPO and the cessation of AMD’s consolidation of Spansion’s financial statements, these awards were being accounted for under variable fair value accounting following the guidance in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Good or Services,” and EITF Issue No. 00-12, “Accounting by an Investor for Stock-Based Compensation Granted to Employee of an Equity Method Investee,” and continued to be remeasured to their fair value in future periods until they were fully vested (See Note 4).

 

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