UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of the 1934
April 7, 2021
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-07882 | 94-1692300 | ||||||||||||
(State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) | ||||||||||||
2485 Augustine Drive
Santa Clara, California 95054
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(408) 749-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | AMD | The Nasdaq Global Select Market | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On April 7, 2021, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following two proposals, each of which is described in detail in the definitive joint proxy statement filed by each of the Company and Xilinx, Inc. (“Xilinx”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”), in connection with the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 26, 2020, as may be amended from time to time (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Thrones Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Xilinx. A summary of the voting results for the matters proposed at the Special Meeting is set forth below.
Proposal No. 1: Approval of the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock to Xilinx stockholders. At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to approve the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock to the stockholders of Xilinx in connection with the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The voting results for this proposal were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
| 760,494,308 | 1,885,084 | 625,090 | ||||||
Proposal No. 2: Adjournment of the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting, to approve the Company’s share issuance proposal or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is timely provided to the Company’s stockholders. The voting results for this proposal were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
| 663,484,646 | 98,603,766 | 916,070 | ||||||
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On April 7, 2021, the Company and Xilinx issued a joint press release announcing the voting results of the Special Meeting and the special meeting of Xilinx shareholders. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit
No. Description
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: April 8, 2021 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | ||||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Harry Wolin | ||||||||||||||||
| Name: | Harry A. Wolin | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||||||||