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Discontinued Operations | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 26, 2023
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Discontinued Operations | Discontinued Operations On March 1, 2021, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and subsidiaries comprising its former LED Products segment to SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (SGH) and its wholly owned subsidiary CreeLED, Inc. (CreeLED and collectively with SGH, SMART) (the LED Business Divestiture) pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement (the LED Purchase Agreement), dated October 18, 2020, as amended. Pursuant to the LED Purchase Agreement, (i) the Company completed the sale to SMART of (a) certain equipment, inventory, intellectual property rights, contracts, and real estate comprising the Company’s former LED Products segment, (b) all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Cree Huizhou Solid State Lighting Company Limited (Cree Huizhou), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and (c) the Company’s ownership interest in Cree Venture LED Company Limited., the Company’s joint venture with San’an Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (collectively, the LED Business); and (ii) SMART assumed certain liabilities related to the LED Business. The Company retained certain assets used in and pre-closing liabilities associated with the former LED Products segment. The purchase price for the LED Business consisted of (i) a payment of $50 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments, (ii) an unsecured promissory note issued to the Company by SGH in the amount of $125 million (the Purchase Price Note), (iii) the potential to receive an earn-out payment between $2.5 million and $125 million based on the revenue and gross profit performance of the LED Business in the first four full fiscal quarters following the closing (the Earnout Period), also payable in the form of an unsecured promissory note (the Earnout Note), and (iv) the assumption of certain liabilities. The Purchase Price Note had a maturity date of August 15, 2023, and as explained further below, was prepaid by SGH in full pursuant to its terms, along with outstanding accrued and unpaid interest as of the payment date, in the third quarter of fiscal 2022. The Earnout Note was issued by CreeLED in the fourth quarter of 2022, had a maturity date of March 27, 2025 and as explained further below, was prepaid by CreeLED in full pursuant to its terms, in connection with the forgiveness by the Company of outstanding accrued and unpaid interest as of the payment date, in the first quarter of fiscal 2023. In fiscal 2021, the Company recognized a loss on sale of the LED Business of $29.1 million. The cost of selling the LED Business was $27.4 million, which was recognized throughout fiscal 2020 and 2021. In connection with the closing of the LED Business Divestiture, the Company and CreeLED also entered into certain ancillary and related agreements, including (i) an Intellectual Property Assignment and License Agreement, which assigned to CreeLED certain intellectual property owned by the Company and its affiliates and licensed to CreeLED certain additional intellectual property owned by the Company, (ii) a Transition Services Agreement (LED TSA), (iii) a Wafer Supply and Fabrication Services Agreement (the Wafer Supply Agreement), pursuant to which the Company will supply CreeLED with certain Silicon Carbide materials and fabrication services for up to four years, and (iv) a Real Estate License Agreement (LED RELA), which will allow CreeLED to use certain premises owned by the Company to conduct the LED Business for a period of up to 24 months after closing. In the third quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company received an early payment for the Purchase Price Note. The principal amount of $125.0 million was paid in full, along with outstanding accrued interest as of the payment date. In the first quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company received an early payment for the Earnout Note. The principal amount of $101.8 million was paid in full and the Company agreed to forgo payment by CreeLED of the outstanding accrued interest as of the payment date. For the three and nine months ended March 26, 2023, the Company recognized $0.6 million and $2.4 million in administrative fees related to the LED RELA, respectively, none of which is included in accounts receivable, net in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 26, 2023. For the three and nine months ended March 27, 2022, the Company recognized $0.9 million and $2.7 million in administrative fees related to the LED RELA, respectively. Fees related to the LED RELA were recorded as lease income, see Note 4, "Leases." For the three and nine months ended March 26, 2023, the Company recognized $1.5 million and $5.2 million in administrative fees related to the LED TSA, respectively, of which $0.5 million is included in accounts receivable, net in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 26, 2023. For the three and nine months ended March 27, 2022, the Company recognized $2.1 million and $7.4 million in administrative fees related to the LED TSA, respectively. Fees related to the LED TSA were recorded as a reduction in expense within the line item in the consolidated statements of operations in which costs were incurred. At the inception of the Wafer Supply Agreement, the Company recorded a supply agreement liability of $31.0 million, none of which was outstanding as of March 26, 2023. For the three and nine months ended March 26, 2023, the Company recognized a net loss of $4.8 million and $7.3 million, respectively, in non-operating income, net related to the Wafer Supply Agreement, of which a receivable of $2.0 million is included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 26, 2023. For the three and nine months ended March 27, 2022, the Company recognized a net loss of $0.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively, in non-operating income, net related to the Wafer Supply Agreement.

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