Current Report Filing (8-k)

Date: April 28, 2017

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

/s/ Harry A. Wolin

Harry A. Wolin

Title:

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

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 1934

April 26, 2017

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)

One AMD Place

Sunnyvale, California 94085

(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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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 26, 2017, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following six proposals, each of which is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2017 (the “Proxy”):

Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors. The following individuals were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”):


	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-votes
John E. Caldwell		507,309,645		1,600,532		1,463,873		256,893,663
Nora M. Denzel		490,621,520		18,351,884		1,400,646		256,893,663
Nicholas M. Donofrio		491,339,710		17,577,126		1,457,214		256,893,663
Joseph A. Householder		507,792,151		1,038,928		1,542,971		256,893,663
Michael J. Inglis		507,241,677		1,619,262		1,513,111		256,893,663
John W. Marren		507,642,026		1,240,219		1,491,805		256,893,663
Lisa T. Su		508,864,170		752,720		757,160		256,893,663
Ahmed Yahia		504,813,014		3,994,783		1,566,253		256,893,663

Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2017.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-votes
758,250,913	4,543,848	4,472,952	—

Proposal No. 3: Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan . The Company’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan as disclosed in the Proxy.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-votes
467,279,271	41,079,957	2,014,822	256,893,663

Proposal No. 4: Approval of the Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan . The Company’s stockholders approved the Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as disclosed in the Proxy.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-votes
500,075,539	9,180,836	1,117,675	256,893,663

Proposal No. 5: Approval on a Non-Binding, Advisory Basis of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers (“Say-on-Pay”). The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-votes
474,476,023	33,627,730	2,270,297	256,893,663

Proposal No. 6: Approval on a Non-Binding, Advisory Basis Whether the Say-on-Pay Vote Should Occur Every Year, Every Two Years or Every Three Years. The Company’s stockholders recommended, on a non-binding basis, that the stockholder advisory vote on compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers should continue to occur every year.


1 Year	2 Years	3 Years	Abstain	Broker Non-votes
454,289,164	5,655,121	48,732,843	1,696,922	256,893,663

Based on these results, the Board has decided that the Company will continue to hold a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year. The Company is required to hold a stockholder advisory vote on frequency at least once every six years.

SIGNATURE

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.