Commitments Contingencies and Guarantees (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2012

Commitments Contingencies and Guarantees [Abstract]

Company's portion of the remaining guarantee obligations under each of Flash Ventures' master lease facilities

The following table details the Company’s portion of the remaining guarantee obligations under each of Flash Ventures’ master lease facilities (both original and refinanced leases) in both Japanese yen and U.S. dollar equivalent based upon the exchange rate at April 1, 2012.



Master Lease Agreements by Execution Date	Lease Type	Lease Amounts				Expiration
		(Yen in billions)		(Dollars in thousands)
Flash Partners
March 2007	Original	¥	2.1	$	25,039	2012
February 2008	Original	1.8		21,620		2013
April 2010	Refinanced	2.2		27,024		2014
January 2011	Refinanced	3.9		46,908		2014
November 2011	Refinanced	8.4		102,266		2014
March 2012	Refinanced	3.3		40,121		2015
		21.7		262,978
Flash Alliance
November 2007	Original	8.9		107,862		2013
June 2008	Original	13.4		163,524		2013
		22.3		271,386
Flash Forward
November 2011	Original	16.6		202,200		2016
Total guarantee obligations		¥	60.6	$	736,564

Remaining guarantee obligations

The following table details the breakdown of the Company’s remaining guarantee obligations between the principal amortization and the purchase option exercise price at the end of the term of the master lease agreements, in annual installments as of April 1, 2012 in U.S. dollars based upon the yen/dollar exchange rate at April 1, 2012 (in thousands).



Annual Installments	Payment of Principal Amortization		Purchase Option Exercise Price at Final Lease Terms		Guarantee Amount
Year 1	$	200,206	$	117,372	$	317,578
Year 2	108,439		101,606		210,045
Year 3	71,620		56,593		128,213
Year 4	27,340		—		27,340
Year 5	20,601		32,787		53,388
Total guarantee obligations	$	428,206	$	308,358	$	736,564

Contractual Obligations

Contractual cash obligations and commitments as of April 1, 2012 are as follows (in thousands):



	Total			1 Year or Less (9 months)		2 - 3 Years (Fiscal 2013 and 2014)		4 –5 Years (Fiscal 2015 and 2016)		More than 5 Years (Beyond Fiscal 2016)
Facility and other operating leases	$	19,988	⁽⁵⁾	$	6,400	$	9,377	$	4,211	$	—
Flash Partners⁽¹⁾	763,086		⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	201,189		353,479		128,782		79,636
Flash Alliance⁽¹⁾	1,670,327		⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	414,540		770,731		396,241		88,815
Flash Forward⁽¹⁾	764,778		⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	258,429		263,327		202,123		40,899
Toshiba research and development	174,845		⁽⁵⁾	108,565		51,280		15,000		—
Capital equipment purchase commitments	61,280			60,800		438		42		—
1% Convertible senior notes principal and interest⁽²⁾	941,982			9,281		932,701		—		—
1.5% Convertible senior notes principal and interest⁽³⁾	1,082,500			7,500		30,000		30,000		1,015,000
Operating expense commitments	58,011			54,760		3,251		—		—
Noncancelable production purchase commitments⁽⁴⁾	320,807		⁽⁵⁾	320,807		—		—		—
Total contractual cash obligations	$	5,857,604		$	1,442,271	$	2,414,584	$	776,399	$	1,224,350


⁽¹⁾	Includes reimbursement for depreciation and lease payments on owned and committed equipment, funding commitments for loans and equity investments and reimbursement for other committed expenses. Funding commitments assume no additional operating lease guarantees; new operating lease guarantees can reduce funding commitments.


⁽²⁾	In May 2006, the Company issued and sold $1.15 billion in aggregate principal amount of 1% Notes due 2013. The Company will pay cash interest on the outstanding notes at an annual rate of 1.0%, payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year until May 15, 2013. In fiscal year 2011, the Company redeemed $221.9 million of the outstanding notes.


⁽³⁾	In August 2010, the Company issued and sold $1.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of 1.5% Notes due 2017. The Company will pay cash interest on the outstanding notes at an annual rate of 1.5%, payable semi-annually on August 15 and February 15 of each year until August 15, 2017.


⁽⁴⁾	Includes Flash Ventures, related party vendors and other silicon source vendor purchase commitments.


⁽⁵⁾	Includes amounts denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, which are subject to fluctuation in exchange rates prior to payment and have been translated using the exchange rate at April 1, 2012.


⁽⁶⁾	Excludes amounts related to the master lease agreements’ purchase option exercise price at final lease term.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

Off-balance sheet arrangements are as follows (in thousands):



	April 1, 2012
Guarantee of Flash Ventures equipment leases ⁽¹⁾	$	736,564


⁽¹⁾	The Company’s guarantee obligation, net of cumulative lease payments, was 60.6 billion Japanese yen, or approximately $737 million based upon the exchange rate at April 1, 2012.

Operating leases future minimum payments

The Company leases many of its office facilities and operating equipment for various terms under long-term, noncancelable operating lease agreements. The leases expire at various dates from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2016. Future minimum lease payments are presented below (in thousands):



	April 1, 2012
Fiscal year:
2012 (remaining 9 months)	$	6,769
2013	5,925
2014	4,507
2015	3,686
2016	1,236
	22,123
Sublease income to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases	(2,135		)
Net operating leases	$	19,988

Net rent expense

Net rent expense was as follows (in thousands):



	Three months ended
	April 1, 2012		April 3, 2011
Rent expense, net	$	1,113	$	1,896

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of a lessee's leasing arrangements including: (1) the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, (2) the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, (3) restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, (4) rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. Disclosure may also include the specific period used to amortize material leasehold improvements made at the inception of the lease or during the lease term. Additionally, for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year: (a) future minimum rental payments required as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) the total of minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, and (c) for all operating leases, rental expense for each period for which an income statement is presented, with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included.

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Tabular disclosure of each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties.

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