Planned Acquisition of Inotera and License Agreement with Nanya |
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| Subsequent Event, Inotera Acquisition [Text Block] | Planned Acquisition of Inotera and License Agreement with Nanya Acquisition of Remaining Inotera Shares On December 14, 2015, we entered into an agreement with Inotera (the "Framework Agreement"), pursuant to which we will acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Inotera for 30 New Taiwan dollars per share (or the equivalent of approximately $0.92, assuming 32.7 New Taiwan dollars per U.S. dollar). As of December 3, 2015, we held a 33% ownership interest in Inotera, Nanya and certain of its affiliates held a 32% ownership interest, and the remaining ownership interest in Inotera was publicly held. We estimate that, based on the shares outstanding and the exchange rate as of December 14, 2015, the aggregate consideration payable for the Inotera shares not already owned by us would be approximately $4.1 billion. The Framework Agreement provides that we and Inotera will cooperate in good faith to negotiate and execute a further definitive agreement (the "Definitive Agreement") by February 12, 2016. We or Inotera may terminate the Framework Agreement if the Definitive Agreement is not executed by that date. Under the Framework Agreement, the consummation of the acquisition of the Inotera shares is subject to various conditions, including but not limited to:
In addition, the Framework Agreement contains, and the Definitive Agreement, if executed, will contain, certain termination rights, including:
Voting and Support Agreements: In December 2015, we also entered into voting and support agreements with Nanya and certain of Nanya's affiliates, representing approximately 32% of Inotera's shares, pursuant to which the parties agreed to (1) cause their respective boards of directors to vote in favor of and approve the transaction and (2) vote their Inotera shares in favor of and approve shareholder actions relevant to the transaction. Pursuant to the voting and support agreements, the parties have further agreed not to transfer any of their Inotera shares so long as the voting and support agreements are in effect. These agreements will terminate automatically upon the termination of either the Framework Agreement or the Definitive Agreement. Issuance of Micron Shares to Nanya: On December 14, 2015, we also entered into an agreement with Nanya pursuant to which we have the option to issue shares of our common stock (the "Micron Shares") to Nanya in an amount of up to 31.5 billion New Taiwan dollars (or the equivalent of approximately $1.0 billion, assuming 32.7 New Taiwan dollars per U.S. dollar)(the "Private Placement"), which will be used to fund a portion of the consideration payable in the transaction. The per-share purchase price for the Micron Shares will be equal to the New Taiwan dollar equivalent of the average of the closing price of Micron common stock during the 30 consecutive trading-day period ending 30 days prior to the consummation of the Private Placement and the transaction. The consummation of the issuance of the Micron Shares is subject to regulatory approval and various other conditions. License Agreement with Nanya On December 14, 2015, we entered into an agreement with Nanya to use reasonable best efforts to execute further definitive technology transfer and license agreements by February 12, 2016 pursuant to which Nanya would have the option to require us to transfer to Nanya certain technology and deliverables related to the next DRAM process node generation after the 20nm process node (the "1X Process Node") and the next DRAM process node generation after the 1X Process Node for Nanya's use. Under the terms of the further definitive agreements, Nanya would pay royalties to us for a license to the transferred technology based on revenues from products implementing the technology, subject to an agreed cap, and we would receive an equity interest in Nanya upon the achievement of certain milestones. We may terminate the agreement if we and Nanya do not execute the definitive technology transfer and license agreements by February 12, 2016. |