UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


(Mark One)
☒			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT IFOF 1934

For the quarterly period ended ~~November 28, 2019~~December 3, 2020


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 1-10658

Micron Technology, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

75-1618004

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8000 S. Federal Way, Boise, Idaho

83716-9632

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(208) 368-4000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share

~~NASDAQ~~Nasdaq Global Select Market

~~Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:~~
~~None~~

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Yes

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes

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☐

Large Accelerated Filer

Accelerated Filer

Non-Accelerated Filer

Smaller Reporting Company

Emerging Growth Company

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes

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~~Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).~~

~~Yes~~ ☐ No x

The number of outstanding shares of the ~~registrant's~~registrant’s common stock as of ~~December 13, 2019~~January 4, 2021 was ~~1,110,873,554.~~1,118,671,492.


Micron Company Profile






















Founded over 40 years ago on October 5, 1978 Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, USA 4th Largest semiconductor company in the worldworld, excluding IP/software revenue 18134 On the 2020 Fortune 500 44,000 Patents granted and growing 17 Countries 13 Manufacturing sites and 1314 customer labs ~~37,000~~40,000 Team members		It’s All About Data
			Data is today’s new business currency, and memory and storage are emerging as strategic differentiators ~~that~~which will redefine how we extract value from data to learn, explore, communicate, and ~~experience.~~navigate our world.
			Who We Are
			~~For over 40 years, Micron’s~~Micron designs, develops, and manufactures industry-leading memory and storage ~~solutions have been foundational to innovations that have transformed the world~~products. By creating rapid advancements in ~~countless ways.~~artificial intelligence, 5G, machine learning, and autonomous vehicles, we unlock innovation in key market segments like mobile, data center, healthcare, automotive, and cloud networking. Our technology and expertise are ~~core~~central to ~~computers that boot up in an instant and work harder and faster; mobile phones with brilliant screen resolution and longer battery life;~~cutting-edge computing applications and new business models ~~that are disrupting entire industries faster than ever – such as entertainment, manufacturing,~~which disrupt and ~~finance.~~advance the industry.
			Our Vision
			As a global leader in memory and storage solutions, we are transforming how the world uses information to enrich life ~~by enabling~~for all. By advancing technologies to collect, store, and manage data with unprecedented speed and ~~efficiency. We are accelerating~~efficiency, we continue to lead the transformation of information ~~into intelligence –~~intelligence. In a world of change, we remain nimble, allowing our products to continue inspiring the world to learn, communicate, and advance faster than ever.
			Our Commitment
	The world has come to expect our commitment to innovative solutions and people depend on our integrity. We rededicate ourselves daily to demonstrating our environmental conscience, an inclusive team culture where all voices are heard and respected, and sharing our philanthropic social giving for good.
~~Micron data as of August 29, 2019.~~ Gartner Market Share: Semiconductors by End Market, Worldwide, ~~2018~~2019 (April ~~2019)~~2020) *Micron data as of September 3, 2020.			Micron’s dedication to employee health and safety, environmental quality, diversity and inclusion, and community engagement is part of our commitment worldwide. This dedication includes working toward building and maintaining sustainable operations, products, and supply chains around the globe. Through the Micron Foundation, we provide opportunities for learning and enrichment by sharing our resources and people in the communities where our team members live and work.
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© ~~2019~~2021 Micron Technology, Inc. ~~All rights reserved.~~ Micron, ~~and~~ the Micron logo, the M orbit logo, Intelligence AcceleratedTM, and other Micron trademarks are ~~trademarks~~the property of Micron Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Products ~~are warranted only to meet Micron’s production data sheet specifications. Products~~ and specifications are subject to change without notice. Rev ~~10/19~~01/21 CCMMD-1707390403-3712

Table of Contents



Introduction			2
Part I. Financial Statements
Item 1.	Financial Statements:
	Consolidated Statements of Operations	3
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	4
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	5
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity	6
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	7
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	2522
	Results of Operations	2625
	Liquidity and Capital Resources	2928
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	3130
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	3130
Part II. Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	3130
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	3230
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	48
Item 6.	Exhibits	4849
Signatures		4950

Definitions of Commonly Used Terms

As used herein, “we,” “our,” “us,” and similar terms include Micron Technology, Inc. and ~~our~~its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. Abbreviations, terms, or acronyms are commonly used or found in multiple locations throughout this report and include the following:

Term

Definition

Term

Definition

~~2022 Term Loan B~~2023 Notes

2.497% Senior ~~Secured Term Loan B~~Notes due ~~2022~~2023

GDDR

Graphics Double Data Rate

2024 Notes

4.640% Senior Notes due 2024

IMFT

IM Flash Technologies, LLC

2024 Term Loan A

Senior Term Loan A due 2024

Inotera

Inotera Memories, Inc.

2025 Notes

5.500% Senior Notes due 2025

Intel

Intel Corporation

~~2024~~2026 Notes

~~5.25%~~4.975% Senior Notes due ~~2024~~2026

MCP

Multi-Chip Package

~~2025~~2027 Notes

~~5.50%~~4.185% Senior Notes due ~~2025~~2027

Micron

Micron Technology, Inc. (Parent Company)

~~2026 Notes~~

~~5.63% Senior Notes due 2026~~

~~MMJ~~

~~Micron Memory Japan, G.K.~~

~~2027 Notes~~

~~4.19% Senior Notes due 2027~~

~~MMT~~

~~Micron Memory Taiwan Co., Ltd.~~

2029 Notes

~~5.33%~~5.327% Senior Notes due 2029

~~MTTW~~MMJ

Micron ~~Technology Taiwan, Inc.~~Memory Japan, G.K.

2030 Notes

~~4.66%~~4.663% Senior Notes due 2030

MTU

Micron Technology Utah, LLC

2032D Notes

~~3.13%~~3.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032

~~Qimonda~~Revolving Credit Facility

~~Qimonda AG~~

~~2033F Notes~~

~~2.13% Convertible Senior Notes~~$2.5 billion Revolving Credit Facility due ~~2033~~

~~SSD~~

~~Solid State Drive~~July 2023

DDR

Double Data Rate

~~VIE~~

~~Variable Interest Entity~~

~~GDDR~~

~~Graphics Double Data Rate~~

SSD

Solid State Drive

Micron Technology, Inc., including its consolidated subsidiaries, is an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Through our global brands — Micron® and Crucial ~~and Ballistix~~® — our broad portfolio of high-performance memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, 3D XPointTM memory, and NOR, is transforming how the world uses information to enrich ~~life.~~life for all. Backed by more than 40 years of technology leadership, our memory and storage solutions enable disruptive trends, including artificial intelligence, 5G, machine learning, and autonomous vehicles, in key market segments like mobile, data center, client, consumer, industrial, graphics, automotive, and networking.

Micron, Crucial, any associated logos, and all other Micron trademarks are the ~~Micron orbit logo~~property of Micron. Intel and 3D XPoint are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other product names or trademarks that are not owned by Micron ~~Technology, Inc. 3D XPoint is a trademark of Intel in~~are for identification purposes only and may be the ~~United States and/or other countries. All other~~ trademarks ~~are the property~~ of their respective owners.

Available Information

Investors and others should note that we announce material financial information about our business and products through a variety of means, including our investor relations website (investors.micron.com), filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), press releases, public conference calls, and webcasts. We use these channels to achieve broad, non-exclusionary distribution of information to the public and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Therefore, we encourage investors, the media, and others interested in our company to review the information we post on such channels.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 10-Q contains trend information and other forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. ~~Forward-looking~~Such forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "pledge," "committed," "plans," "opportunities," "future," "believe," "target," "on track," "estimate," "continue," "likely," "may," "will," "would," "should," "could," and variations of such words and similar expressions. Specific forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements such as those made regarding the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) to our business; underutilization of MTU manufacturing capacity; the effect of a switch to the FIFO inventory accounting method and changes in ~~underutilization~~our inventory cost absorption process in the second quarter of ~~our Lehi, Utah manufacturing capacity (previously known as IMFT and now known as MTU);~~2021; the sufficiency of our cash and ~~investments, cash flows from operations, and available financing;~~investments; and capital spending in ~~2020. We are under no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.~~2021. Our actual results could differ materially from our historical results and those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, those identified in “Part ~~II,~~II. Other Information – Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

2 |~~2020~~ 2021 Q1 10-Q

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Micron Technology, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


Three months ended	Three months ended	November 28, 2019		November 29, 2018		Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Revenue	Revenue	$	5,144	$	7,913	Revenue	$	5,773	$	5,144
Cost of goods sold	Cost of goods sold	3,778		3,298		Cost of goods sold	4,037		3,778
Gross margin	Gross margin	1,366		4,615		Gross margin	1,736		1,366

Research and development						Research and development	647		640
Selling, general, and administrative	Selling, general, and administrative	211		209		Selling, general, and administrative	214		211
Research and development		640		611
Other operating (income) expense, net	Other operating (income) expense, net	(3)		36		Other operating (income) expense, net	9		(3)
Operating income	Operating income	518		3,759		Operating income	866		518

Interest income	Interest income	44		38		Interest income	10		44
Interest expense	Interest expense	(47)		(33)		Interest expense	(48)		(47)
Other non-operating income (expense), net	Other non-operating income (expense), net	46		9		Other non-operating income (expense), net	13		46
		561		3,773			841		561

Income tax (provision) benefit	Income tax (provision) benefit	(55)		(477)		Income tax (provision) benefit	(51)		(55)
Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees	Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees	2		—		Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees	13		2
Net income	Net income	508		3,296		Net income	803		508

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(17)		(3)		Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0		(17)
Net income attributable to Micron	Net income attributable to Micron	$	491	$	3,293	Net income attributable to Micron	$	803	$	491

Earnings per share	Earnings per share					Earnings per share
Basic	Basic	$	0.44	$	2.91	Basic	$	0.72	$	0.44
Diluted	Diluted	0.43		2.81		Diluted	0.71		0.43

Number of shares used in per share calculations	Number of shares used in per share calculations					Number of shares used in per share calculations
Basic	Basic	1,107		1,133		Basic	1,115		1,107
Diluted	Diluted	1,129		1,174		Diluted	1,135		1,129

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Micron Technology, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(In millions)

(Unaudited)


Three months ended	Three months ended	November 28, 2019		November 29, 2018		Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Net income	Net income	$	508	$	3,296	Net income	$	803	$	508

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax					Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Gains (losses) on derivative instruments						Gains (losses) on derivative instruments	40		3
Gains (losses) on investments	Gains (losses) on investments	(5)		(3)		Gains (losses) on investments	(1)		(5)
Pension liability adjustments	Pension liability adjustments	(1)		—		Pension liability adjustments	0		(1)
Gains (losses) on derivative instruments		3		(12)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	Other comprehensive income (loss)	(3)		(15)		Other comprehensive income (loss)	39		(3)
Total comprehensive income	Total comprehensive income	505		3,281		Total comprehensive income	842		505
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(17)		(3)		Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0		(17)
Comprehensive income attributable to Micron	Comprehensive income attributable to Micron	$	488	$	3,278	Comprehensive income attributable to Micron	$	842	$	488

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

4| | ~~2020~~2021 Q1 10-Q

Micron Technology, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In millions, except par value amounts)

(Unaudited)


As of	As of	November 28, 2019		August 29, 2019		As of	December 3, 2020		September 3, 2020

Assets	Assets					Assets
Cash and equivalents	Cash and equivalents	$	6,969	$	7,152	Cash and equivalents	$	5,985	$	7,624
Short-term investments	Short-term investments	619		803		Short-term investments	1,047		518
Receivables	Receivables	3,419		3,195		Receivables	3,691		3,912
Inventories	Inventories	4,943		5,118		Inventories	5,521		5,607
Other current assets	Other current assets	217		235		Other current assets	285		304
Total current assets	Total current assets	16,167		16,503		Total current assets	16,529		17,965
Long-term marketable investments	Long-term marketable investments	599		1,164		Long-term marketable investments	1,264		1,048
Property, plant, and equipment	Property, plant, and equipment	29,352		28,240		Property, plant, and equipment	32,229		31,031
Operating lease right-of-use assets						Operating lease right-of-use assets	577		584
Intangible assets	Intangible assets	333		340		Intangible assets	336		334
Deferred tax assets	Deferred tax assets	783		837		Deferred tax assets	726		707
Goodwill	Goodwill	1,228		1,228		Goodwill	1,228		1,228
Operating lease right-of-use assets		608		—
Other noncurrent assets	Other noncurrent assets	579		575		Other noncurrent assets	802		781
Total assets	Total assets	$	49,649	$	48,887	Total assets	$	53,691	$	53,678

Liabilities and equity	Liabilities and equity					Liabilities and equity
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	5,408	$	4,626	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	4,856	$	5,817
Current debt	Current debt	462		1,310		Current debt	273		270
Other current liabilities	Other current liabilities	447		454		Other current liabilities	559		548
Total current liabilities	Total current liabilities	6,317		6,390		Total current liabilities	5,688		6,635
Long-term debt	Long-term debt	5,188		4,541		Long-term debt	6,356		6,373
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities	Noncurrent operating lease liabilities	511		—		Noncurrent operating lease liabilities	529		533
Noncurrent unearned government incentives	Noncurrent unearned government incentives	609		636		Noncurrent unearned government incentives	656		643
Other noncurrent liabilities	Other noncurrent liabilities	426		452		Other noncurrent liabilities	555		498
Total liabilities	Total liabilities	13,051		12,019		Total liabilities	13,784		14,682

Commitments and contingencies	Commitments and contingencies					Commitments and contingencies	0

Redeemable noncontrolling interest		98		98

Micron shareholders’ equity
Common stock, $0.10 par value, 3,000 shares authorized, 1,185 shares issued and 1,108 outstanding (1,182 shares issued and 1,106 outstanding as of August 29, 2019)		119		118
Shareholders’ equity						Shareholders’ equity
Common stock, $0.10 par value, 3,000 shares authorized, 1,198 shares issued and 1,117 outstanding (1,194 shares issued and 1,113 outstanding as of September 3, 2020)						Common stock, $0.10 par value, 3,000 shares authorized, 1,198 shares issued and 1,117 outstanding (1,194 shares issued and 1,113 outstanding as of September 3, 2020)	120		119
Additional capital	Additional capital	8,428		8,214		Additional capital	9,034		8,917
Retained earnings	Retained earnings	31,218		30,761		Retained earnings	34,138		33,384
Treasury stock, 77 shares held (76 shares as of August 29, 2019)		(3,271)		(3,221)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		6		9
Total Micron shareholders’ equity		36,500		35,881
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary		—		889
Treasury stock, 81 shares held (81 shares held as of September 3, 2020)						Treasury stock, 81 shares held (81 shares held as of September 3, 2020)	(3,495)		(3,495)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)						Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	110		71
Total equity	Total equity	36,500		36,770		Total equity	39,907		38,996
Total liabilities and equity	Total liabilities and equity	$	49,649	$	48,887	Total liabilities and equity	$	53,691	$	53,678

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Micron Technology, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

(In millions)

(Unaudited)

Micron Shareholders
Common Stock Additional Capital Retained Earnings Treasury Stock Accumulated Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss) Total Micron Shareholders’ Equity Noncontrolling Interest in Subsidiary Total Equity
Number
of Shares Amount
Balance at August 29, 2019 1,182 $ 118 $ 8,214 $ 30,761 $ (3,221) $ 9 $ 35,881 $ 889 $ 36,770
Net income 491 491 15 506
Other comprehensive income (loss), net (3) (3) (3)
Stock issued under stock plans 3 1 31 32 32
Stock-based compensation expense 72 72 72
Repurchase of stock — — (6) (34) (50) (90) (90)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest 123 123 (904) (781)
Conversion and repurchase of convertible notes (6) (6) (6)
Balance at November 28, 2019 1,185 $ 119 $ 8,428 $ 31,218 $ (3,271) $ 6 $ 36,500 $ — $ 36,500


	Common Stock			Additional Capital		Retained Earnings		Treasury Stock		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Number of Shares	Amount

Balance at September 3, 2020	1,194	$	119	$	8,917	$	33,384	$	(3,495)	$	71	$	38,996
Net income	—	—		—		803		—		—		803
Other comprehensive income (loss), net	—	—		—		—		—		39		39
Stock issued under stock plans	5	1		33		—		—		—		34
Stock-based compensation expense	—	—		92		—		—		—		92
Repurchase of stock	(1)	0		(8)		(49)		—		—		(57)
Balance at December 3, 2020	1,198	$	120	$	9,034	$	34,138	$	(3,495)	$	110	$	39,907

Micron Shareholders
Common Stock Additional Capital Retained Earnings Treasury Stock Accumulated Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss) Total Micron Shareholders’ Equity Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries Total Equity
Number
of Shares Amount
Balance at August 30, 2018 1,170 $ 117 $ 8,201 $ 24,395 $ (429) $ 10 $ 32,294 $ 870 $ 33,164
Cumulative effect of adopting new accounting standards 92 92 92
Net income 3,293 3,293 — 3,293
Other comprehensive income (loss), net (15) (15) (15)
Stock issued under stock plans 3 — 15 15 15
Stock-based compensation expense 61 61 61
Repurchase of stock (1) — 108 (11) (1,933) (1,836) (1,836)
Reclassification of redeemable convertible notes, net 1 1 1
Conversion and repurchase of convertible notes (36) (36) (36)
Balance at November 29, 2018 1,172 $ 117 $ 8,350 $ 27,769 $ (2,362) $ (5) $ 33,869 $ 870 $ 34,739


	Micron Shareholders
	Common Stock			Additional Capital		Retained Earnings		Treasury Stock		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Total Micron Shareholders’ Equity		Noncontrolling Interest in Subsidiary		Total Equity
	Number of Shares	Amount

Balance at August 29, 2019	1,182	$	118	$	8,214	$	30,761	$	(3,221)	$	9	$	35,881	$	889	$	36,770
Net income	—	—		—		491		—		—		491		15		506
Other comprehensive income (loss), net	—	—		—		—		—		(3)		(3)		—		(3)
Stock issued under stock plans	3	1		31		—		—		—		32		—		32
Stock-based compensation expense	—	—		72		—		—		—		72		—		72
Repurchase of stock	0	0		(6)		(34)		(50)		—		(90)		—		(90)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest	—	—		123		—		—		—		123		(904)		(781)
Cash settlement of convertible notes	—	—		(6)		—		—		—		(6)		—		(6)
Balance at November 28, 2019	1,185	$	119	$	8,428	$	31,218	$	(3,271)	$	6	$	36,500	$	0	$	36,500

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

6 | ~~2020~~2021 Q1 10-Q

Micron Technology, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In millions)

(Unaudited)


Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	803	$	508
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation expense and amortization of intangible assets	1,487		1,296
Amortization of debt discount and other costs	7		10
Stock-based compensation	92		72
(Gain) loss on debt prepayments, repurchases, and conversions	0		(42)
Change in operating assets and liabilities
Receivables	251		(208)
Inventories	86		175
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(753)		178
Deferred income taxes, net	(24)		19
Other	18		3
Net cash provided by operating activities	1,967		2,011

Cash flows from investing activities
Expenditures for property, plant, and equipment	(2,738)		(1,943)
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	(1,002)		(407)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	216		163
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities	45		988
Proceeds from government incentives	40		22
Other	21		(12)
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities	(3,418)		(1,189)

Cash flows from financing activities
Payments on equipment purchase contracts	(97)		(11)
Repayments of debt	(84)		(1,415)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest in IMFT	0		(744)
Proceeds from issuance of debt	0		1,250
Other	(33)		(72)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	(214)		(992)

Effect of changes in currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	27		(14)

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	(1,638)		(184)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period	7,690		7,279
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period	$	6,052	$	7,095

Three months ended November 28,
2019 November 29,
2018
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income $ 508 $ 3,296
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation expense and amortization of intangible assets 1,296 1,335
Amortization of debt discount and other costs 10 18
Stock-based compensation 72 61
Gain on debt prepayments, repurchases, and conversions (42) (14)
Change in operating assets and liabilities
Receivables (208) 189
Inventories 175 (286)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 178 (46)
Deferred income taxes, net 19 192
Other 3 65
Net cash provided by operating activities 2,011 4,810
Cash flows from investing activities
Expenditures for property, plant, and equipment (1,943) (2,700)
Purchases of available-for-sale securities (407) (2,047)
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities 988 77
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities 163 60
Proceeds from government incentives 22 236
Other (12) (53)
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities (1,189) (4,427)
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayments of debt (1,415) (577)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest in IMFT (744) —
Payments to acquire treasury stock (89) (1,836)
Payments on equipment purchase contracts (11) (20)
Proceeds from issuance of debt 1,250 —
Other 17 (2)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities (992) (2,435)
Effect of changes in currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (14) (10)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (184) (2,062)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period 7,279 6,587
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period $ 7,095 $ 4,525

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Micron Technology, Inc.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(All tabular amounts in millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Micron and our consolidated subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America consistent in all material respects with those applied in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 29, 2019, except for changes related to recently adopted accounting standards. See “Recently Adopted Accounting Standards” note. Prior year information is presented in accordance with the accounting guidance in effect during that period and has not been recast for recently adopted accounting standards.September 3, 2020. In the opinion of our management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all necessary adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, to fairly state the financial information set forth herein. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to current period presentation.

Our fiscal year is the 52 or 53-week period ending on the Thursday closest to August 31. Fiscal ~~year 2020~~2021 contains 5352 weeks and ~~the fourth quarter of~~our fiscal 2020 ~~will contain 14~~contained 53 weeks. The first quarters of fiscal ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019~~2020 each contained 13 weeks. All period references are to our fiscal periods unless otherwise indicated. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended ~~August 29, 2019.~~September 3, 2020.

~~Significant Accounting Policies~~

~~For~~Through October 31, 2019, IMFT was a discussion of our significant accounting policies, see "Part I – Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Significant Accounting Policies" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 29, 2019. Except for the significant accounting policy associated with leases as discussed below, there have been no material changes to our significant accounting policies since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 29, 2019.

~~Leases~~

~~In the first quarter of 2020, we elected new accounting policies in connection with the adoption of ASC 842 –~~ ~~Leases~~.consolidated variable interest entity. We do not recognize a right-of-use asset or lease liability for leases with a term of 12 months or less. For real estate and gas plant leases entered into after adoption, we do not separate lease and non-lease components. Sublease income is presented within lease expense.

~~Variable Interest Entities~~

We have interests in entities that are VIEs. If we are the primary beneficiary of a VIE, we are required to consolidate it. To determine if we are the primary beneficiary, we evaluate whether we have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. Our evaluation includes identification of significant activities and an assessment of our ability to direct those activities based on governance provisions and arrangements to provide or receive product and process technology, product supply, operations services, equity funding, financing, and other applicable agreements and circumstances. Our assessments of whether we are the primary beneficiary of our VIEs require significant assumptions and judgments.

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~~Unconsolidated VIE~~

~~PTI Xi’an~~: Powertech Technology Inc. Xi’an (“PTI Xi’an”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Powertech Technology Inc. (“PTI”) and was created to provide assembly services to us at our manufacturing site in Xi’an, China. We do not have an equity interest in PTI Xi’an. PTI Xi’an is a VIE because of the terms of its service agreement with us and its dependency on PTI to finance its operations. We do not have the power to direct the activities of PTI Xi’an that most significantly impact its economic performance, primarily because we do not have governance rights. Therefore, we do not consolidate PTI Xi’an. In connection with our assembly services with PTI, as of November 28, 2019 and August 29, 2019, we had net property, plant, and equipment of $47 million and $50 million, respectively, and capital lease obligations of $44 million and $47 million, respectively.

~~Consolidated VIE~~

~~IMFT~~:~~Through the date we~~ acquired ~~Intel's~~Intel’s noncontrolling interest in IMFT IMFT was a VIE because all of its costs were passed to us and its other member, Intel, through product purchase agreements and because IMFT was dependent upon us or Intel for additional cash requirements. The primary activities of IMFT were driven by the constant introduction of product and process technology. Because we performed a significant majority of the technology development, we had the power to direct its key activities. Prior toon October 31, 2019, we consolidated IMFT because we had the power to direct the activities of IMFT that most significantly impacted its economic performance and because we had the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits from IMFT that could have been potentially significant to it. On October 31, 2019, we acquired Intel’s interest in IMFT at which time IMFT, now known as MTU, became a wholly-owned subsidiary. ~~(See “Equity – Noncontrolling Interest in Subsidiary” note.)~~

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In ~~February 2016,~~November 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ~~("FASB"~~(“FASB”) ~~issued ASU 2016-02 –~~ ~~Leases~~ (as amended, “ASC 842”), which amends a number of aspects of lease accounting, including requiring lessees to recognize operating leases with a term greater than one year on their balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability, measured at the present value of lease payments. We adopted ASC 842 in the first quarter of 2020 under the modified retrospective method and elected to not recast prior periods. We elected the practical expedients available under the transition guidance, including but not limited to, not reassessing past lease accounting or using hindsight to evaluate lease term. In addition, we elected to not separate lease and non-lease components for real estate or gas plant leases. As a result of adopting ASC 842, we recognized $567 million for operating lease liabilities and right-of-use assets and reclassified an additional $66 million of other balances to right-of-use assets to conform to the new presentation requirements of ASC 842.

~~Recently Issued Accounting Standards~~

~~In November 2018, the FASB~~ issued ASU 2018-18 – Collaborative Arrangements, which clarifies that certain transactions between collaborative arrangement participants should be accounted for as revenue when the collaborative arrangement participant is a customer in the context of a unit of account and precludes recognizing as revenue consideration received from a collaborative arrangement participant if the participant is not a customer. ~~This~~We adopted ASU ~~will be effective for us~~2018-18 in the first quarter of 2021 ~~with early~~under the retrospective adoption ~~permitted. This ASU requires retrospective adoption~~method to the date we adopted ASC 606, which was August 31, ~~2018, by recognizing a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings of the earliest annual period presented. We do not anticipate the~~2018. The adoption of this ASU ~~will~~did not have a ~~material~~significant impact on our financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13 – Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which requires a financial asset (or a group of financial assets) measured on the basis of amortized cost to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. This ASU requires that the income statement reflect the measurement of credit losses for newly recognized financial assets as well as the increases or decreases of expected credit losses that have taken place during the period. This ASU requires that credit losses of debt securities designated as

available-for-sale be recorded through an allowance for credit losses and limits the credit loss to the amount by which fair value is below amortized cost. We adopted ASU 2016-13 in the first quarter of 2021 under the modified retrospective adoption method. The adoption of this ASU did not have a significant impact on our financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06 – Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, which simplifies the accounting for convertible debt instruments by reducing the number of accounting models and the number of embedded conversion features that could be recognized separately from the primary contract. This ASU requires a convertible debt instrument to be accounted for as a single liability measured at its amortized cost, as long as no other features require bifurcation and

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recognition as derivatives. This ASU requires an entity to use the if-converted method in the diluted earnings per share calculation for convertible instruments. This ASU will be effective for us in the first quarter of ~~2021~~2023, with early adoption ~~permitted. This ASU requires~~permitted beginning in the first quarter of 2022, and permits the use of either the modified retrospective ~~adoption, with prospective adoption for debt securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment had been recognized before the effective date.~~or fully retrospective method of transition. We are evaluating the timing and effects of our adoption of this ASU on our financial statements.

Cash and Investments

Substantially all of our marketable debt and equity investments were classified as available-for-sale as of the dates noted below. Cash and equivalents and the fair values of our available-for-sale investments, which approximated amortized costs, were as follows:


		November 28, 2019														August 29, 2019													December 3, 2020						September 3, 2020
As of	As of	Cash and Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Long-term Marketable Investments ⁽¹⁾		Total Fair Value		Cash and Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Long-term Marketable Investments ⁽¹⁾		Total Fair Value		As of	Cash and Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Long-term Marketable Investments(1)		Total Fair Value		Cash and Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Long-term Marketable Investments(1)		Total Fair Value

Cash	Cash	$	2,319	$	—	$	—	$	2,319	$	2,388	$	—	$	—	$	2,388	Cash	$	3,082	$	0	$	0	$	3,082	$	3,996	$	0	$	0	$	3,996
Level 1 ⁽²⁾	Level 1 ⁽²⁾																	Level 1(2)
Money market funds	Money market funds	2,565		—		—		2,565		3,418		—		—		3,418		Money market funds	699		0		0		699		1,828		0		0		1,828
Level 2 ⁽³⁾	Level 2 ⁽³⁾																	Level 2(3)
Certificates of deposits		2,063		223		5		2,291		1,292		13		1		1,306
Certificates of deposit																		Certificates of deposit	2,155		431		0		2,586		1,740		10		2		1,752
Corporate bonds	Corporate bonds	—		271		299		570		—		550		689		1,239		Corporate bonds	0		249		746		995		3		266		592		861
Government securities	Government securities	—		80		159		239		36		149		232		417		Government securities	3		217		220		440		6		115		243		364
Asset-backed securities	Asset-backed securities	—		30		136		166		—		67		242		309		Asset-backed securities	0		36		298		334		1		31		211		243
Commercial paper	Commercial paper	22		15		—		37		18		24		—		42		Commercial paper	46		114		0		160		50		96		0		146
		6,969		$	619	$	599	$	8,187	7,152		$	803	$	1,164	$	9,119		5,985		$	1,047	$	1,264	$	8,296	7,624		$	518	$	1,048	$	9,190
Restricted cash ⁽⁴⁾	Restricted cash ⁽⁴⁾	126								127								Restricted cash(4)	67								66
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	7,095							$	7,279							Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	6,052							$	7,690

⁽¹⁾The maturities of long-term marketable ~~investments~~securities range fromone ~~year~~ tofour years.

⁽²⁾The fair value of Level 1 securities is measured based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

⁽³⁾The fair value of Level 2 securities is measured using information obtained from pricing services, which obtain quoted market prices for similar instruments, non-binding market consensus prices that are corroborated by observable market data, or various other methodologies, to determine the appropriate value at the measurement date. We perform supplemental ~~analyses~~analysis to validate information obtained from these pricing services. No adjustments were made to the fair values indicated by such pricing information as of ~~November 28, 2019~~December 3, 2020 or ~~August 29, 2019.~~September 3, 2020.

⁽⁴⁾Restricted cash is included in other noncurrent assets and primarily relates to ~~the MMJ Creditor Payments and~~ certain government incentives received prior to being ~~earned. The~~earned and for which restrictions lapse ~~on the MMJ Creditor Payments upon approval by the trustees and/or Tokyo District Court and for the government incentives~~ upon achieving certain performance conditions.

Gross realized gains and losses from sales of available-for-sale securities were not significant for any period presented. ~~As of November 28, 2019, there were 0 available-for-sale securities that had been in a loss position for longer than 12 months.~~

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Receivables

As of November 28,
2019 August 29,
2019
Trade receivables $ 3,030 $ 2,778
Income and other taxes 194 242
Other 195 175
$ 3,419 $ 3,195


As of	December 3, 2020		September 3, 2020

Trade receivables	$	3,182	$	3,494
Income and other taxes	295		232
Other	214		186
	$	3,691	$	3,912

Inventories

As of November 28,
2019 August 29,
2019
Finished goods $ 630 $ 757
Work in process 3,724 3,825
Raw materials and supplies 589 536
$ 4,943 $ 5,118


As of	December 3, 2020		September 3, 2020

Finished goods	$	878	$	1,001
Work in process	3,878		3,854
Raw materials and supplies	765		752
	$	5,521	$	5,607

Property, Plant, and Equipment

As of November 28,
2019 August 29,
2019
Land $ 352 $ 352
Buildings 11,441 10,931
Equipment ⁽¹⁾
45,637 44,051
Construction in progress ⁽²⁾
1,795 1,700
Software 793 790
60,018 57,824
Accumulated depreciation (30,666) (29,584)
$ 29,352 $ 28,240

^{As of December 3,
2020 September 3,
2020
Land $ 352 $ 352
Buildings 14,447 13,981
Equipment(1) 50,291 48,525
Construction in progress(2) 1,814 1,600
Software 919 873
67,823 65,331
Accumulated depreciation (35,594) (34,300)
$ 32,229 $ 31,031}

(1)Included costs related to equipment not placed into service of ~~$1.80~~$2.41 billion as of ~~November 28, 2019~~December 3, 2020 and ~~$2.33~~$1.63 billion as of ~~August 29, 2019.~~September 3, 2020.

⁽²⁾Included building-related construction, tool installation, and software costs for assets not placed into service.

We periodically assess the estimated useful lives of our property, plant, and equipment. Based on our assessment of planned technology node transitions, capital spending, and re-use rates, we revised the estimated useful lives of equipment in our NAND wafer fabrication facilities and our research and development ("R&D") facilities from five years to seven years as of the beginning in the first quarter of 2020. As a result, we estimate the reduction in non-cash depreciation expense benefited operating income and net income by approximately $74 million and diluted earnings per share by approximately $0.07 for the first quarter of 2020.

Intangible Assets and Goodwill

November 28, 2019 August 29, 2019
As of
Gross
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Gross
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Product and process technology $ 584 $ (251) $ 583 $ (243)
Goodwill 1,228 N/A 1,228 N/A


	December 3, 2020				September 3, 2020
As of	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization

Product and process technology	$	628	$	(292)	$	616	$	(282)
Goodwill	1,228				1,228

In the first quarters of ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019,~~2020, we capitalized ~~$12~~$22 million and ~~$49~~$12 million, respectively, for product and process technology with weighted-average useful lives of 1110 years and 711 years, respectively. Expected

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amortization expense ~~for our intangible assets~~ is ~~$56~~$57 million for the remainder of ~~2020, $63 million for~~ 2021, ~~$51~~$60 million for 2022, ~~$45~~$53 million for 2023, ~~and $41~~$47 million for ~~2024.~~2024, and $26 million for 2025.

Leases

We have finance and operating leases through which we acquire or utilize equipment and facilities in our manufacturing operations and R&D activities as well as office space and other facilities used in our selling, general, and administrative ("SG&A") functions.

Our finance leases consist primarily of equipment used in our manufacturing operations and gas or other supply agreements that are deemed to be embedded leases in which we effectively control the underlying gas plants or other assets used to fulfill the supply agreements.

Our operating leases consist primarily of offices, other facilities, and land used in SG&A, R&D, and certain of our manufacturing operations. Certain of our operating leases include one or more options to extend the lease term for periods from one year to 10 years for real estate and one year to 30 years for land.

Certain supply or service agreements require us to exercise significant judgment to determine whether the agreement contains a lease of a right-of-use asset. Our assessment includes determining whether we or the supplier control the assets used to fulfill the supply or service agreement by identifying whether we or the supplier have the right to change the type, quantity, timing, or location of the output of the assets. In determining the lease term, we assess whether we are reasonably certain to exercise options to renew or terminate a lease, and when or whether we would exercise an option to purchase the right-of-use asset. Measuring the present value of the initial lease liability requires exercising judgment to determine the discount rate, which we base on interest rates for similar borrowings issued by entities with credit ratings similar to ours at the time of issuance.

~~Measuring the initial lease liability and corresponding right-of-use asset also requires us to exercise judgment to estimate the present value of lease payments.~~

Short-term and variable lease expenses were not significant and are presented within operating lease costs in the table below. Sublease income was not significant in the ~~period presented below.~~first quarters of 2021 or 2020. The components of lease ~~expenses~~expense are presented below:


~~Three months ended~~	November 28, 2019

~~Finance lease cost~~
~~Amortization of right-of-use asset~~	$	40
~~Interest on lease liability~~	6
~~Operating lease cost~~	24
	$	70


Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Finance lease cost
Amortization of right-of-use assets	$	16	$	40
Interest on lease liabilities	5		6
Operating lease cost	27		24
	$	48	$	70

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Other information related to our leases ~~were~~was as follows:


~~Three months ended~~	November 28, 2019

~~Cash flows used for operating activities~~
~~Finance leases~~	$	6
~~Operating leases~~	17
~~Cash flows used for financing activities~~
~~Finance leases~~ ⁽¹⁾	64
~~Noncash acquisitions of right of use assets~~
~~Operating leases~~	13


Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Cash flows used for operating activities
Finance leases	$	6	$	6
Operating leases	27		17
Cash flows used for financing activities from financing leases	21		64
Noncash acquisitions of right-of-use assets
Finance leases	61		0
Operating leases	7		13

⁽¹⁾~~Included in repayments of debt in the accompanying statement of cash flows.~~


As of	December 3, 2020			September 3, 2020

Finance lease right-of-use assets (included in property, plant, and equipment)	$	471		$	426
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)
Finance leases	5			5
Operating leases	7			7
Weighted-average discount rate
Finance leases	4.13		%	4.51		%
Operating leases	2.66		%	2.67		%


~~As of~~	November 28, 2019

~~Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)~~
~~Finance leases~~	~~3.6~~
~~Operating leases~~	~~7.8~~
~~Weighted-average discount rate~~
~~Finance leases~~	~~4.84~~	%
~~Operating leases~~	~~2.66~~	%

Maturities of lease liabilities existing as of December 3, 2020 were as follows:

For the year ending Operating Leases Finance Leases
Remainder of 2020 $ 49 $ 174
2021 66 107
2022 64 75
2023 61 48
2024 52 37
2025 and thereafter 436 191
Less imputed interest and reimbursement of tenant improvements ⁽¹⁾
(178) (103)
$ 550 $ 529

⁽¹⁾~~Includes $50 million under operating leases for the reimbursement due in 2020 of tenant improvements.~~


For the year ending	Finance Leases		Operating Leases

Remainder of 2021	$	71	$	53
2022	97		71
2023	85		67
2024	59		59
2025	44		48
2026 and thereafter	282		402
Less imputed interest	(107)		(116)
	$	531	$	584

~~Prior~~The table above excludes any lease liabilities for leases that have been executed but have not yet commenced. As of December 3, 2020, we had such lease liabilities relating to ~~adopting ASC 842, future minimum~~1) operating lease ~~commitments under all noncancelable operating~~payment obligations of $152 million for the initial 10-year lease term for a building, which may, at our election, be terminated after 3 years or extended for an additional 10 years, and 2) finance lease obligations of $812 million over a weighted-average period of 15 years for leases ~~with an initial term~~embedded in ~~excess of one year as of August 29, 2019 were as follows:~~

For the year ending Operating Leases
2020 $ 54
2021 64
2022 63
2023 59
2024 53
2025 and thereafter 459
$ 752
gas supply arrangements. We will recognize right-of-use assets and associated lease liabilities at the time such assets become available for our use.

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

As of November 28,
2019 August 29,
2019
Accounts payable $ 1,879 $ 1,677
Property, plant, and equipment 2,425 1,782
Salaries, wages, and benefits 557 695
Income and other taxes 336 309
Other 211 163
$ 5,408 $ 4,626


As of	December 3, 2020		September 3, 2020

Accounts payable	$	1,656	$	2,191
Property, plant, and equipment	2,180		2,374
Salaries, wages, and benefits	636		849
Income and other taxes	180		237
Other	204		166
	$	4,856	$	5,817

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Debt

November 28, 2019 August 29, 2019
Net Carrying Amount Net Carrying Amount
As of Stated Rate Effective Rate Current Long-Term Total Current Long-Term Total
Finance lease obligations N/A 4.84 % $ 185 $ 344 $ 529 $ 223 $ 368 $ 591
MMJ Creditor Payments N/A 9.76 % 197 — 197 198 — 198
2024 Notes 4.64 % 4.76 % — 597 597 — 597 597
2024 Term Loan A 3.05 % 3.10 % 62 1,186 1,248 — — —
2026 Notes 4.98 % 5.07 % — 497 497 — 497 497
2027 Notes 4.19 % 4.27 % — 895 895 — 895 895
2029 Notes 5.33 % 5.40 % — 696 696 — 696 696
2030 Notes 4.66 % 4.73 % — 845 845 — 845 845
2032D Notes ⁽¹⁾
3.13 % 6.33 % — 128 128 — 127 127
2033F Notes ⁽¹⁾
2.13 % 4.93 % 18 — 18 196 — 196
IMFT Member Debt N/A N/A — — — 693 — 693
2025 Notes 5.50 % 5.56 % — — — — 516 516
$ 462 $ 5,188 $ 5,650 $ 1,310 $ 4,541 $ 5,851

⁽¹⁾


	December 3, 2020										September 3, 2020
					Net Carrying Amount						Net Carrying Amount
As of	Stated Rate		Effective Rate		Current		Long-Term		Total		Current		Long-Term		Total

Finance lease obligations	N/A		4.13	%	$	78	$	453	$	531	$	76	$	410	$	486
2023 Notes	2.497	%	2.64	%	0		1,246		1,246		0		1,245		1,245
2024 Notes	4.640	%	4.76	%	0		598		598		0		598		598
2024 Term Loan A	1.400	%	1.45	%	62		1,124		1,186		62		1,186		1,248
2026 Notes	4.975	%	5.07	%	0		498		498		0		498		498
2027 Notes	4.185	%	4.27	%	0		896		896		0		895		895
2029 Notes	5.327	%	5.40	%	0		696		696		0		696		696
2030 Notes	4.663	%	4.73	%	0		845		845		0		845		845
2032D Notes	3.125	%	6.33	%	132		0		132		131		0		131
MMJ Creditor Payments	N/A		N/A		1		0		1		1		0		1
					$	273	$	6,356	$	6,629	$	270	$	6,373	$	6,643

~~Since~~

Revolving Credit Facility

As of December 3, 2020, no amounts were outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility and $2.50 billion was available to us. Any amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility would mature in July 2023 and we may repay amounts borrowed any time without penalty. The Revolving Credit Facility bears interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 1.25% based on our current corporate credit rating and leverage ratio.

2032D Convertible Senior Notes

The closing price of our common stock exceeded 130% of the conversion price ~~per share~~for the 2032D Notes for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading ~~day period~~days ended on ~~September 30, 2019, these notes~~December 31, 2020. As a result, the 2032D Notes are convertible by the holders through the calendar quarter ended December 31, 2019. Additionally, the closing price of our common stock also exceeded the thresholds for the calendar quarter ended December 31, 2019; therefore, these notes are convertible by the holders at any time through March 31, ~~2020.~~

~~IMFT Member Debt~~

In connection with our purchase of Intel's noncontrolling interest in IMFT on October 31, 2019, we extinguished the remaining IMFT Member Debt as a component of the cash consideration paid to Intel for their interest in IMFT and recognized a non-operating gain of $72 million for the difference between the $505 million of cash consideration allocated to the extinguishment of IMFT Member Debt and its $577 million carrying value. (See "Equity – Noncontrolling Interest in Subsidiary" note for the cash consideration allocated to the repurchase of noncontrolling interest.) Prior to our acquisition of Intel's interests in IMFT, IMFT repaid Intel $116 million of IMFT Member Debt in the first quarter of fiscal 2020.

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~~Convertible Senior Notes~~

2021. As of ~~November 28, 2019,~~December 3, 2020, based on the ~~$48.16~~$69.90 trading price of our common stock ~~was higher than~~and the $9.98 conversion ~~prices of our convertible notes and, as a result,~~price, the aggregate conversion value of ~~$718~~$936 million exceeded the aggregate principal amount of ~~$151~~$134 million by ~~$567~~$802 million.

~~Credit Facility~~

Our credit facility provides for a term loan and a committed revolving credit facility. On October 30, 2019, we drew all of the $1.25 billion available under our term loan credit facility. Principal payments are due annually in an amount equal to 5.0% of the initial principal amount with the balance due at maturity in October 2024. The term loan facility generally bears interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 1.25% to 2.00%, depending on our corporate credit ratings or leverage ratio. Our revolving credit facility provides for borrowings of up to $2.50 billion at the same rates as the term loan credit facility and matures in July 2023. As of November 28, 2019, there were 0 outstanding amounts drawn under our revolving credit facility.

Under the terms of the credit facility, we must maintain ratios, calculated as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, of total indebtedness to adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA to net interest expense.

~~Debt Activity~~

The table below presents the effects of issuances, prepayments, and conversions of debt in the first quarter of 2020. When we receive a notice of conversion for any of our convertible notes and elect to settle in cash any amount of the conversion obligation in excess of the principal amount, the cash settlement obligations become derivative debt liabilities subject to mark-to-market accounting treatment based on the volume-weighted-average price of our common stock over a period of 20 consecutive trading days. Accordingly, at the date of our election to settle a conversion in cash, we reclassify the fair value of the equity component of the converted notes from additional capital to derivative debt liability within current debt in our consolidated balance sheet.

Three months ended November 28, 2019 Increase (Decrease) in Principal Increase (Decrease) in Carrying Value Increase (Decrease) in Cash Decrease in Equity Gain (Loss)
Issuances
2024 Term Loan A $ 1,250 $ 1,248 $ 1,248 $ — $ —
Prepayments
2025 Notes (519) (516) (534) — (18)
IMFT Member Debt (693) (693) (621) — 72
Settled conversions
2033F Notes (45) (180) (196) (5) (12)
Conversions not settled
2033F Notes — 1 — (1) —
$ (7) $ (140) $ (103) $ (6) $ 42

Contingencies

We have accrued a liability and charged operations for the estimated costs of adjudication or settlement of various asserted and unasserted claims existing as of the balance sheet date, including those described below. We are currently a party to other legal actions arising from the normal course of business, none of which is expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Patent Matters

As is typical in the semiconductor and other high-tech industries, from time to time, others have asserted, and may in the future assert, that our products or manufacturing processes infringe upon their intellectual property rights.

On August 12, 2014, MLC Intellectual Property, LLC filed a patent infringement action against Micron in the ~~United States~~U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint alleges that Micron infringes a single U.S. patent and seeks damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs.

On November 21, 2014, Elm 3DS Innovations, LLC (“Elm”) filed a patent infringement action against Micron; Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc.; and Micron Consumer Products Group, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. On March 27, 2015, Elm filed an amended complaint against the same entities. The amended complaint alleges that unspecified semiconductor products of ours that incorporate multiple stacked die infringe 13 U.S. patents and seeks damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs.

On December 15, 2014, Innovative Memory Solutions, Inc. (“IMS”) filed a patent infringement action against Micron in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint alleges that a variety of our NAND products infringe 8 U.S. patents and seeks damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs. ~~On July 23, 2018, IMS served a patent infringement complaint on Micron Semiconductor (Deutschland) GmbH and Micron Europe Limited~~Subsequently, 6 patents were invalidated or withdrawn, leaving 2 asserted patents in the Regional Court, Mannheim, Germany alleging that products including our SSDs infringe a European patent. The complaint seeks unspecified damages and an order forbidding Micron Semiconductor (Deutschland) GmbH and Micron Europe Limited from offering to sell, using, and importing the accused products. On June 7, 2019, the Regional Court found no infringement and dismissed the case. On August 31, 2018, Micron was served with a complaint filed by IMS in Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court in Guangdong Province, China. On November 12, 2019 , IMS filed an amended complaint in the same court. The amended complaint alleges that certain of our NAND flash products infringe a Chinese patent. The complaint seeks an order requiring Micron to stop manufacturing, using, selling, and offering for sale the accused products in China, and to pay damages and costs of 21 million Chinese yuan.District Court.

On March 19, 2018, Micron Semiconductor (Xi’an) Co., Ltd. (“MXA”) was served with a patent infringement complaint filed by Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. (“Jinhua”) in the Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Fujian Province, China (the “Fuzhou Court”). On April 3, 2018, Micron Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (“MSS”) was served with the same complaint. The complaint alleges that MXA and MSS infringe a Chinese patent by manufacturing and selling certain Crucial DDR4 DRAM modules. The complaint seeks an order requiring MXA and MSS to destroy inventory of the accused products and equipment for manufacturing the accused products in China; to stop manufacturing, using, selling, and offering for sale the accused products in China; and to pay damages of 98 million Chinese yuan plus court fees incurred.

On March 21, 2018, MXA was served with a patent infringement complaint filed by United Microelectronics Corporation (“UMC”) in the Fuzhou Court. On April 3, 2018, MSS was served with the same complaint. The complaint alleges that MXA and MSS infringe a Chinese patent by manufacturing and selling certain Crucial DDR4 DRAM modules. The complaint seeks an order requiring MXA and MSS to destroy inventory of the accused products and equipment for manufacturing the accused products in China; to stop manufacturing, using, selling, and offering for sale the accused products in China; and to pay damages of 90 million Chinese yuan plus court fees incurred.

On April 3, 2018, MSS was served with another patent infringement complaint filed by Jinhua and two additional complaints filed by UMC in the Fuzhou Court. The three additional complaints allege that MSS infringes three Chinese patents by manufacturing and selling certain Crucial MX300 SSDs and certain GDDR5 memory chips. The two complaints filed by UMC each seek an order requiring MSS to destroy inventory of the accused products and equipment for manufacturing the accused products in ~~China,~~China; to stop manufacturing, using, selling, and offering for sale the accused products in ~~China,~~China; and to pay damages for each complaint of 90 million Chinese yuan plus court fees incurred. The complaint filed by Jinhua seeks an order requiring MSS to destroy inventory of the accused products and equipment for manufacturing the accused products in China; to stop manufacturing, using, selling, and offering for sale the accused products in China; and to pay damages of 98 million Chinese yuan plus court fees incurred. On October 9, 2018, UMC withdrew its complaint that alleged MSS infringed a Chinese patent by manufacturing and selling certain GDDR5 memory chips.

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On July 5, 2018, MXA and MSS were notified that the Fuzhou Court granted a preliminary injunction against those entities that enjoins them from manufacturing, selling, or importing certain Crucial and ~~Ballistic-branded~~Ballistix-branded DRAM modules and solid-state drives in China. The affected products ~~make~~made up slightly more than 1% of our annualized ~~revenues.~~revenue in 2018. We are complying with the ruling and have requested the Fuzhou Court to reconsider or stay its decision.

On May 4, 2020, Flash-Control, LLC (“Flash-Control”) filed a patent infringement action against Micron in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The complaint alleges that 4 U.S. patents are infringed by unspecified DDR4 SDRAM, NVRDIMM, NVDIMM, 3D XPointTM, and/or SSD products that incorporate memory controllers and flash memory. The complaint seeks damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs.

Among other things, the above lawsuits pertain to substantially all of our DRAM, NAND, and other memory and storage products we manufacture, which account for ~~a significant portion~~substantially all of our revenue.

Qimonda

On January 20, 2011, Dr. Michael Jaffé, administrator for Qimonda’s insolvency proceedings, filed suit against Micron and Micron Semiconductor B.V., (“Micron B.V.”), in the District Court of Munich, Civil Chamber. The complaint seeks to void, under Section 133 of the German Insolvency Act, a share purchase agreement between Micron B.V. and Qimonda signed in fall 2008, pursuant to which Micron B.V. purchased substantially all of Qimonda’s shares of Inotera (the “Inotera Shares”), representing approximately 18% of Inotera’s outstanding shares at that time, and seeks an order requiring us to re-transfer those shares to the Qimonda estate. The complaint also seeks, among other things, to recover damages for the alleged value of the joint venture relationship with Inotera and to terminate,

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under Sections 103 or 133 of the German Insolvency Code, a patent cross-license between us and Qimonda entered into at the same time as the share purchase agreement.

Following a series of hearings with pleadings, arguments, and witnesses on behalf of the Qimonda estate, on March 13, 2014, the court issued judgments: (1) ordering Micron B.V. to pay approximately $1 million in respect of certain Inotera Shares sold in connection with the original share purchase; (2) ordering Micron B.V. to disclose certain information with respect to any Inotera Shares sold by it to third parties; (3) ordering Micron B.V. to disclose the benefits derived by it from ownership of the Inotera Shares, including in particular, any profits distributed on the Inotera Shares and all other benefits; (4) denying Qimonda’s claims against Micron for any damages relating to the joint venture relationship with Inotera; and (5) determining that Qimonda’s obligations under the patent cross-license agreement are canceled. In addition, the court issued interlocutory judgments ordering, among other things: (1) that Micron B.V. transfer to the Qimonda estate the Inotera Shares still owned by Micron B.V. and pay to the Qimonda estate compensation in an amount to be specified for any Inotera Shares sold to third parties; and (2) that Micron B.V. pay the Qimonda estate as compensation an amount to be specified for benefits derived by Micron B.V. from ownership of the Inotera Shares. The interlocutory judgments ~~have~~had no immediate, enforceable effect ~~on us,~~ and Micron, accordingly, ~~we expect to be~~has been able to continue to operate with full control of the Inotera Shares subject to further developments in the case. On April 17, 2014, Micron and Micron B.V. filed a notice of appeal with the German Appeals Court challenging the District Court’s decision. After opening briefs, the Appeals Court held a hearing on the matter on July 9, 2015, and thereafter appointed ~~two~~an independent ~~experts~~expert to perform an evaluation of Dr. Jaffé’s claims that the amount Micron paid for Qimonda was less than fair market value. On January 25, 2018, the court-appointed ~~experts~~expert issued ~~their~~a report concluding that the amount paid by Micron was within an acceptable fair-value range. The Appeals Court held a subsequent hearing on April 30, 2019, and on May 28, 2019, the Appeals Court remanded the case to the ~~experts~~expert for supplemental expert opinion. On March 31, 2020, the expert presented a revised opinion to the Appeals Court which reaffirmed the earlier view that the amount paid by Micron was still within an acceptable range of fair value.

Antitrust Matters

On April 27, 2018, a complaint was filed against Micron and other DRAM suppliers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Subsequently, 2 substantially identical cases were filed in the same court. The lawsuits purported to be on behalf of a nationwide class of indirect purchasers of DRAM products. On September 3, 2019, the District Court granted Micron’s motion to dismiss and allowed the plaintiffs the opportunity to file a consolidated, amended complaint. On October 28, 2019, the plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint that ~~purports~~purported to be on behalf of a nationwide class of indirect purchasers of DRAM products. The amended complaint ~~asserts~~asserted claims based on alleged price-fixing of DRAM products under federal and state law during the period from June 1, 2016 to at least February 1, 2018, and ~~seeks~~sought treble monetary damages, costs, interest, ~~attorneys'~~attorneys’ fees, and other injunctive and equitable relief. On December 21, 2020, the District Court dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims and entered judgment against them.

On June 26, 2018, a complaint was filed against Micron and other DRAM suppliers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Subsequently, 4 substantially identical cases were filed in the same court. On October 28, 2019, the plaintiffs filed a consolidated, amended complaint. The consolidated complaint purports to be on behalf of a nationwide class of direct purchasers of DRAM products. The ~~complaints assert~~consolidated complaint asserts claims based on alleged price-fixing of DRAM products under federal and state law during the period from June 1, 2016 through at least February

1, 2018, and ~~seek~~seeks treble monetary damages, costs, interest, attorneys’ fees, and other injunctive and equitable relief. On December 21, 2020, the District Court granted Micron’s motion to dismiss and granted the plaintiffs permission to file an amended complaint.

Additionally, 6 cases have been filed in the following Canadian courts: Superior Court of Quebec, the Federal Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The substantive allegations in these cases are similar to those asserted in the cases filed in the United States.

On May 15, 2018, the Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) notified Micron that it was investigating potential collusion and other anticompetitive conduct by DRAM suppliers in China. On May 31, 2018, SAMR made unannounced visits to our sales offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen to seek certain information as part of its investigation. We are cooperating with SAMR in its investigation.

Securities ~~Matters~~Matter

On January 23, 2019, a complaint was filed against Micron and two of our officers, Sanjay Mehrotra and David Zinsner, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit purports to be brought on behalf of a class of purchasers of our stock during the period from June 22, 2018 through November 19, 2018. Subsequently two substantially similar cases were filed in the same court adding one of our former officers, Ernie Maddock, as a defendant and alleging a class action period from September 26, 2017 through November 19, 2018. The separate cases were joined, and a consolidated amended complaint was filed on June 15, 2019. The consolidated amended complaint alleges that defendants committed securities fraud through misrepresentations and omissions about purported anticompetitive behavior in the DRAM industry and seek compensatory and punitive damages, fees, interest, costs, and other appropriate relief. On October 2, 2019, the parties submitted a joint stipulation to dismiss the complaint. The Court approved the stipulation and dismissed the complaint on October 3, 2019. On March 5, 2019, a derivative complaint was filed by a shareholder against certain current and former officers and directors of Micron, allegedly on behalf of and for the benefit of Micron, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ~~based on similar allegations to the~~alleging securities fraud, ~~cases, allegedly on behalf of and for the benefit of Micron, against certain current and former officers and directors of Micron for alleged~~ breaches of ~~their~~ fiduciary duties, and other violations of ~~law.~~law involving misrepresentations about purported anticompetitive behavior in the DRAM industry. The complaint seeks damages, fees, interest, costs, and other appropriate relief. Similar shareholder derivative complaints were subsequently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. On November 20, 2019, the plaintiff in the second action filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware voluntarily dismissed his complaint.

Other

On December 5, 2017, Micron filed a complaint against UMC and Jinhua in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint alleges that UMC and Jinhua violated the Defend Trade Secrets Act, the civil provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act by misappropriating Micron’s trade secrets and other misconduct. Micron’s complaint seeks damages, restitution, disgorgement of profits, injunctive relief, and other appropriate relief.

On June 13, 2019, current Micron employee, Chris Manning, filed a putative class action lawsuit on behalf of Micron employees subject to the Idaho Wage Claim Act who earned a performance-based bonus after the conclusion of ~~fiscal year~~ 2018 whose performance rating was calculated based upon a mandatory percentage distribution range of performance ratings. On July 12, 2019, Manning and three other Company employees filed an amended complaint as putative class action representatives. On behalf of ~~himself~~themselves and the putative class, Manning ~~asserts~~and the three other plaintiffs assert claims for violation of the Idaho Wage Claim Act, breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and fraud. On June 24, 2020, the court entered judgment in favor of Micron based on the statute of limitations, and the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal on July 23, 2020.

On July 31, 2020, Micron and Intel entered into a binding arbitration agreement under which the parties agreed to present to an arbitral panel various financial disputes related to the IMFT joint venture between Micron and Intel, which ended October 31, 2019, and to other agreements relating to the joint development, production, and sale of non-volatile memory products. Each party alleges that the other owes damages relating to allegations of breach of 1 or more agreements.

On July 13, 2015, Allied Telesis, Inc. and Allied Telesis International (Asia) Pte Ltd. filed a complaint against Micron in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara alleging breach of implied and express warranties and fraudulent inducement to contract arising from plaintiffs’ purchase of certain allegedly defective DDR1 products between 2008 and 2010. Through subsequent amendments to the complaint, the plaintiffs substituted Allied Telesis K.K. as plaintiff, withdrew the warranty claims, and added claims of fraudulent concealment, negligent misrepresentation, negligence, and strict products liability. The plaintiff’s amended complaint seeks an unspecified award of damages, including punitive damages and lost profits. On September 3, 2020, the Superior Court granted summary judgment dismissing the claims for negligence and strict products liability and denied summary judgment as to the claims for negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, and fraudulent inducement to contract. No trial date has been set; however, trial is expected to occur in the first half of calendar 2021.

In the normal course of business, we are a party to a variety of agreements pursuant to which we may be obligated to indemnify ~~the other~~another party. It is not possible to predict the maximum potential amount of future payments under these types of agreements due to the conditional nature of our obligations and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Historically, our payments under these types of agreements have not had a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

We are unable to predict the outcome of the patent matters, ~~the~~ Qimonda matter, antitrust matters, securities ~~matters, and~~matter, binding arbitration with Intel, or any other matters noted above, and ~~therefore~~ cannot make a reasonable estimate of the potential loss or range of possible ~~loss.~~losses. A determination that our products or manufacturing processes infringe the intellectual property rights of others or entering into a license agreement covering such intellectual property could result in significant liability and/or require us to make material changes to our products and/or manufacturing processes. Any of the foregoing, as well as the resolution of any other legal matter noted above, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

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~~any~~We are currently a party to legal actions other ~~legal matter noted above, could~~than those described in this note arising from the normal course of business, none of which are expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Equity

Micron Shareholders’ Equity

~~Common Stock Repurchases~~Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income: Our Board of Directors has authorized the discretionary repurchase of up to $10 billion of our outstanding common stock through open-market purchases, block trades, privately-negotiated transactions, derivative transactions, and/or pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The repurchase authorization does not obligate us to acquire any common stock and is subject to market conditions and our ongoing determination of the best use of available cash. In the first quarters of 2020 and 2019, we repurchased 1 million shares of our common stock for $50 million, and 42 million shares of our common stock for $1.8 billion, respectively. Through November 28, 2019, we had repurchased an aggregate of $2.71 billion under the authorization. The shares were recorded as treasury stock.

~~Noncontrolling Interest~~Changes in ~~Subsidiary~~

November 28, 2019 August 29, 2019
As of Balance Percentage Balance Percentage
IMFT $ — — % $ 889 49 %

On October 31, 2019, we purchased Intel’s noncontrolling interest in IMFT, now known as MTU, and IMFT Member Debt for $1.25 billion. In connection therewith, we recognized a $160 million adjustment to equityaccumulated other comprehensive income by component for the difference between the $744 million of cash consideration allocated to Intel’s noncontrolling interest and its $904 million carrying value. (See "Debt" note for the cash consideration allocated to, and extinguishment of, IMFT Member Debt.)

three months ended December 3, 2020 were as follows:

Pursuant to the terms of the IMFT wafer supply agreement, Intel will receive supply from MTU from November 2019 through April 2020 at a volume equal to approximately 50% of their volume from IMFT in the ~~six~~-month period prior to closing. IMFT sales to Intel in the first quarter of 2020 through the date of our acquisition of Intel's noncontrolling interest in IMFT were $158 million. IMFT sales to Intel in the first quarter of 2019 were $175 million.


	Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments		Pension Liability Adjustments		Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments		Cumulative Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment		Total

As of September 3, 2020	$	45	$	19	$	8	$	(1)	$	71
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	47		0		(2)		0		45
Amount reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income	(1)		0		0		0		(1)
Tax effects	(6)		0		1		0		(5)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	40		0		(1)		0		39
As of December 3, 2020	$	85	$	19	$	7	$	(1)	$	110

Fair Value Measurements

The estimated fair values ~~of our convertible~~ and ~~other notes were determined based on Level 2 inputs and, together with the~~ carrying ~~value~~values of our outstanding debt instruments (excluding the carrying value of equity components of our convertible notes), were as follows:


		November 28, 2019						August 29, 2019							December 3, 2020					September 3, 2020
As of	As of	Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		As of	Fair Value		Carrying Value			Fair Value		Carrying Value

Notes and MMJ Creditor Payments		$	5,294	$	4,975	$	5,194	$	4,937
Notes										Notes	$	6,701	$	5,966		$	6,710	$	6,026
Convertible notes	Convertible notes	719		146		852		323		Convertible notes	939		132			634		131

The fair values of our convertible notes ~~in the table above~~ were determined based on Level 2 inputs, including the trading price of our convertible notes when available, our stock price, and interest rates based on similar debt issued by parties with credit ratings similar to ours. The fair values of our other debt instruments were estimated based on Level 2 inputs, including discounted cash flows, the trading price of our notes when available, and interest rates based on similar debt issued by parties with credit ratings similar to ours.

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Derivative Instruments

Gross Notional Amount Fair Value of
Current Assets ⁽¹⁾
Current Liabilities ⁽²⁾
As of November 28, 2019
Derivative instruments with hedge accounting designation
Cash flow currency hedges $ 553 $ 4 $ (2)
Derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation
Non-designated currency hedges 1,864 2 (3)
Convertible notes settlement obligation ⁽³⁾
— (2)
2 (5)
$ 6 $ (7)
As of August 29, 2019
Derivative instruments with hedge accounting designation
Cash flow currency hedges $ 146 $ 1 $ —
Derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation
Non-designated currency hedges 1,871 1 (9)
Convertible notes settlement obligation ⁽³⁾
— (179)
1 (188)
$ 2 $ (188)

^{Gross Notional Amount Fair Value of
Assets(1) Liabilities(2)
As of December 3, 2020
Derivative instruments with hedge accounting designation
Cash flow currency hedges $ 3,618 $ 57 $ (2)
Derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation
Non-designated currency hedges 1,331 5 (3)
$ 62 $ (5)
As of September 3, 2020
Derivative instruments with hedge accounting designation
Cash flow currency hedges $ 1,845 $ 41 $ (2)
Derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation
Non-designated currency hedges 1,587 4 (1)
$ 45 $ (3)}

(1)Included in receivables – ~~other.~~other and other noncurrent assets.

⁽²⁾Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses – other ~~for forward contracts~~ and ~~in current debt for convertible notes settlement obligations.~~

⁽³⁾~~Notional amounts of convertible notes settlement obligations were not significant as of November 28, 2019 and were 4 million shares of our common stock as of August 29, 2019.~~other noncurrent liabilities.

Derivative Instruments with Hedge Accounting Designation

We utilize currency forward contracts that generally mature within ~~13 months~~two years to hedge our exposure to changes in currency exchange rates. Currency forward contracts are measured at fair value based on market-based observable inputs including currency exchange spot and forward rates, interest rates, and credit-risk spreads (Level 2). We do not use derivative instruments for speculative purposes.

Cash Flow Hedges: We utilize cash flow hedges for our exposure from changes in currency exchange rates for certain capital expenditures and manufacturing costs. We recognized gains of $3$47 million and ~~losses of $13~~$3 million for the first quarters of ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019,~~2020, respectively, in accumulated other comprehensive income from ~~the effective portion of~~ cash flow hedges. Neither the amount excluded from hedge effectiveness nor the reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings ~~were material~~was significant in the first quarters of 2021 or 2020. As of December 3, 2020, ~~or 2019. The amounts from~~we expect to reclassify $60 million of pre-tax gains related to cash flow hedges ~~included in~~from accumulated other comprehensive income ~~that are expected to be reclassified~~ into earnings in the next 12 ~~months were also not significant.~~months.

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Derivative Instruments without Hedge Accounting Designation

Currency Derivatives: We generally utilize a rolling hedge strategy with currency forward contracts that mature within three months to hedge our exposures of monetary assets and liabilities from changes in currency exchange rates. At the end of each reporting period, monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are remeasured into U.S. dollars and the associated outstanding forward contracts are marked to market. Currency forward contracts are valued at fair values based on the middle of bid and ask prices of dealers or exchange quotations (Level 2). Realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation as well as the changes in the underlying monetary assets and liabilities from changes in currency exchange rates are included in other non-operating income (expense)., net. For derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation, we recognized gains of $5$11 million and ~~losses of $11 million in the first quarters of 2020 and 2019, respectively.~~

~~Convertible Notes Settlement Obligations~~:For settlement obligations associated with our convertible notes subject to mark-to-market accounting treatment, the fair values of the underlying derivative settlement obligations were initially determined using the Black-Scholes option valuation model (Level 2), which requires inputs of stock price, expected stock-price volatility, estimated option life, risk-free interest rate, and dividend rate. The subsequent measurement amounts were based on the volume-weighted-average trading price of our common stock (Level 2). (See “Debt” note.) We recognized losses of $12 million and gains of $16$5 million for the first quarters of 2021 and 2020, ~~and 2019, respectively, in other non-operating income (expense), net for the changes in fair value of the derivative settlement obligations.~~respectively.

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Equity Plans

As of ~~November 28, 2019, 94~~December 3, 2020, 71 million shares of our common stock were available for future awards under our equity plans.

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units (“Restricted Stock Awards”)

Restricted Stock Awards activity is summarized as follows:


Three months ended	Three months ended	November 28, 2019		November 29, 2018		Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Restricted stock award shares granted	Restricted stock award shares granted	8		6		Restricted stock award shares granted	10		8
Weighted-average grant-date fair value per share	Weighted-average grant-date fair value per share	$	46.16	$	39.02	Weighted-average grant-date fair value per share	$	50.78	$	46.16

Stock-based Compensation Expense


Three months ended	Three months ended	November 28, 2019		November 29, 2018		Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Stock-based compensation expense by caption	Stock-based compensation expense by caption					Stock-based compensation expense by caption
Cost of goods sold	Cost of goods sold	$	31	$	26	Cost of goods sold	$	41	$	31
Selling, general, and administrative	Selling, general, and administrative	22		19		Selling, general, and administrative	27		22
Research and development	Research and development	19		16		Research and development	24		19
		$	72	$	61		$	92	$	72

Stock-based compensation expense by type of award	Stock-based compensation expense by type of award					Stock-based compensation expense by type of award
Restricted stock awards	Restricted stock awards	$	57	$	41	Restricted stock awards	$	77	$	57
ESPP		8		8
Employee stock purchase plan						Employee stock purchase plan	12		8
Stock options	Stock options	7		12		Stock options	3		7
		$	72	$	61		$	92	$	72

~~The income tax benefits related to share-based compensation were $26 million and $23 million for the first quarters of 2020 and 2019, respectively.~~ As of ~~November 28, 2019, $719~~December 3, 2020, $891 million of total unrecognized compensation costs for unvested awards, before the effect of any future forfeitures, was expected to be recognized through the first quarter of ~~2024,~~2025, resulting in a weighted-average period of 1.5 years.

Revenue and Customer Contract Liabilities

Revenue ~~by technology is presented in the table below. (See "Segment~~By Technology


Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

DRAM	$	4,056	$	3,469
NAND	1,574		1,422
Other (primarily 3D XPoint memory and NOR)	143		253
	$	5,773	$	5,144

See “Segment and Other ~~Information" note~~Information” for disclosure of disaggregated revenue by market segments.)

Three months ended November 28,
2019 November 29,
2018
DRAM $ 3,469 $ 5,893
NAND 1,422 1,660
Other (primarily 3D XPoint memory and NOR) 253 360
$ 5,144 $ 7,913

Revenue for MCPs and SSDs, which contain both DRAM and NAND, are disaggregated into DRAM and NAND in the table above based on the relative values of each component. The three months ended November 29, 2018 have been conformed to current period presentation.Contract Liabilities

Our contract liabilities from customer advances are for advance payments received from customers to secure product in future periods. Other contract liabilities consist of amounts received in advance of satisfying performance

obligations. These balances are reported within other current liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities. ~~Revenue and interest expense associated with~~The following table presents contract liabilities for the time value of advance payments was not significant in any period presented. As of November 28, 2019, our future performance obligations beyond one year were not significant. Contract liabilities were as follows:liabilities:


As of	As of	November 28, 2019		August 29, 2019		As of	December 3, 2020		September 3, 2020

Contract liabilities from customer advances	Contract liabilities from customer advances	$	39	$	61	Contract liabilities from customer advances	$	44	$	40
Other contract liabilities	Other contract liabilities	49		69		Other contract liabilities	23		25
		$	88	$	130		$	67	$	65

Revenue recognized during the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 from the ~~beginning~~ending balance as of ~~August 29, 2019~~2020 included ~~$24~~$41 million from meeting performance obligations of other contract liabilities and shipments against customer advances. ~~Contract liabilities from customer advances also decreased $22 million due to the return of unutilized customer advances upon expiration~~

Revenue is primarily recognized at a point in time when control of the ~~contract.~~promised goods is transferred to our customers in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those goods. Substantially all contracts with our customers are short-term in duration at fixed, negotiated prices with payment generally due shortly after delivery. From time to time, we have contracts with initial terms that include performance obligations that extend, in some cases, beyond one year. As of December 3, 2020, we expect future revenue related to these longer-term contracts of approximately $413 million, of which approximately 87% relates to performance obligations and product shipments we expect to satisfy within the next 12 months and 13% beyond0 12 months.

As of ~~November 28, 2019,~~December 3, 2020 and September 3, 2020, other current liabilities included ~~$363~~$480 million and $466 million, respectively, for estimates of consideration payable to customers, including estimates for pricing adjustments and returns.

Other ~~Operating (Income) Expense, Net~~

Three months ended November 28,
2019 November 29,
2018
Restructure and asset impairments $ (4) $ 33
Other 1 3
$ (3) $ 36

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~~Other~~ Non-Operating Income (Expense), Net

Three months ended November 28,
2019 November 29,
2018
Gain on debt prepayments, repurchases, and conversions $ 42 $ 14
Loss from changes in currency exchange rates (2) (5)
Other 6 —
$ 46 $ 9


Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Gain (loss) on debt prepayments, repurchases, and conversions	$	0	$	42
Other	13		4
	$	13	$	46

Income Taxes

Our income tax (provision) benefit consisted of the following:

Three months ended November 28,
2019 November 29,
2018
Income tax provision, excluding items below $ (31) $ (378)
Utilization of and other changes in net deferred tax assets of MMJ, MMT, and MTTW (24) (52)
Repatriation tax, net of adjustments related to uncertain tax positions — (47)
$ (55) $ (477)

~~The decrease in our income tax provision in the first quarter of 2020 was due primarily to reductions in profit before tax and the foreign minimum tax.~~

As of November 28, 2019, gross unrecognized tax benefits were $385 million, substantially all of which would affect our effective tax rate in the future, if recognized. The amount accrued for interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions was not significant for any period presented.


Three months ended	December 3, 2020			November 28, 2019

Income before taxes	$	841		$	561
Income tax (provision) benefit	(51)			(55)
Effective tax rate	6.1		%	9.8		%

We operate in a number of jurisdictions outside the United States, including Singapore, where we have tax incentive ~~arrangements, which~~arrangements. These incentives expire, in whole or in part, at various dates through 2034 ~~that~~and are conditional, in part, upon meeting certain business operations and employment thresholds. The effect of tax incentive arrangements reduced our tax provision by $56 million (benefiting our diluted earnings per share by $0.05) for the first quarter of 2021 and were not significant to our tax provision for the first quarter of 2020. ~~These arrangements reduced our tax provision for the first quarter of 2019 by $427 million (benefiting our diluted earnings per share by $0.36).~~

As of December 3, 2020, gross unrecognized tax benefits were $415 million, substantially all of which would affect our effective tax rate in the future, if recognized. Amounts accrued for interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions were not significant for any period presented.

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Earnings Per Share

Three months ended November 28,
2019 November 29,
2018
Net income attributable to Micron – Basic $ 491 $ 3,293
Assumed conversion of debt (4) —
Net income attributable to Micron – Diluted $ 487 $ 3,293
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Basic 1,107 1,133
Dilutive effect of equity plans and convertible notes 22 41
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Diluted 1,129 1,174
Earnings per share
Basic $ 0.44 $ 2.91
Diluted 0.43 2.81


Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Net income attributable to Micron – Basic	$	803	$	491
Assumed conversion of debt	0		(4)
Net income attributable to Micron – Diluted	$	803	$	487

Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Basic	1,115		1,107
Dilutive effect of equity plans and convertible notes	20		22
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Diluted	1,135		1,129

Earnings per share
Basic	$	0.72	$	0.44
Diluted	0.71		0.43

Antidilutive potential common stock shares that could dilute basic earnings per share in the future were 2 million and 6 million for the first quarters of 2021 and 2020, ~~and 2019.~~respectively.

Segment and Other Information

Segment information reported herein is consistent with how it is reviewed and evaluated by our chief operating decision maker. We have the following ~~four~~4 business units, which are our reportable segments:

Compute and Networking Business Unit (“CNBU”): Includes memory products sold into client, cloud server, enterprise, graphics, and networking ~~markets and sales of certain 3D XPoint products.~~markets.

Mobile Business Unit (“MBU”): Includes memory and storage products sold into smartphone and other mobile-device markets.

Storage Business Unit (“SBU”): Includes SSDs and component-level solutions sold into enterprise and cloud, client, and consumer storage markets, and other discrete storage products sold in component and wafer ~~form to the removable storage market, and sales of certain 3D XPoint products.~~form.

Embedded Business Unit (“EBU”): Includes memory and storage products sold into automotive, industrial, and consumer markets.

Certain operating expenses directly associated with the activities of a specific segment are charged to that segment. Other indirect operating income and expenses are generally allocated to segments based on their respective percentage of cost of goods sold or forecasted wafer production. We do not identify or report internally our assets (other than goodwill) or capital expenditures by segment, nor do we allocate gains and losses from equity method investments, interest, other non-operating income or expense items, or taxes to segments.

Three months ended November 28,
2019 November 29,
2018
Revenue
CNBU $ 1,979 $ 3,604
MBU 1,457 2,212
SBU 968 1,143
EBU 734 933
All Other 6 21
$ 5,144 $ 7,913
Operating income (loss)
CNBU $ 401 $ 2,211
MBU 295 1,203
SBU (217) 80
EBU 113 387
All Other 2 6
594 3,887
Unallocated
Stock-based compensation (72) (61)
Employee severance (1) (20)
Restructure and asset impairments 4 (30)
Other (7) (17)
(76) (128)
Operating income $ 518 $ 3,759

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~~Certain Concentrations~~

~~Revenue from Kingston Technology Company, Inc. was 11% of total revenue for the first quarter of 2020. No other customer exceeded 10% of our total revenue for the first quarter of 2020.~~


Three months ended	December 3, 2020		November 28, 2019

Revenue
CNBU	$	2,546	$	1,979
MBU	1,501		1,457
SBU	911		968
EBU	809		734
All Other	6		6
	$	5,773	$	5,144

Operating income (loss)
CNBU	$	483	$	401
MBU	370		295
SBU	4		(217)
EBU	116		113
All Other	0		2
	973		594

Unallocated
Stock-based compensation	(92)		(72)
Restructure and asset impairments	(8)		4
Other	(7)		(8)
	(107)		(76)

Operating income	$	866	$	518

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our Annual ~~Report~~report on Form 10-K for the year ended ~~August 29, 2019.~~September 3, 2020. All period references are to our fiscal periods unless otherwise indicated. Our fiscal year is the 52 or 53-week period ending on the Thursday closest to August 31. Fiscal ~~year 2020~~2021 contains 5352 weeks and ~~the~~our fiscal 2020 contained 53 weeks. Our first quarters of 2020 and 2021 each contained 13 weeks and our fourth quarter of ~~2020 will contain 14 weeks. The first quarters of~~ fiscal 2020 ~~and 2019 each~~ contained 1314 weeks. All tabular dollar amounts are in millions, except per share amounts.

Overview

Micron Technology, Inc., including its consolidated subsidiaries, is an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Through our global brands — Micron® and Crucial ~~and Ballistix~~® — our broad portfolio of high-performance memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, 3D XPointmemory, and NOR, is transforming how the world uses information to enrich ~~life.~~life for all. Backed by more than 40 years of technology leadership, our memory and storage solutions enable disruptive trends, including artificial intelligence, 5G, machine learning, and autonomous vehicles, in key market segments like mobile, data center, client, consumer, industrial, graphics, automotive, and networking.

We manufacture our products at ~~our~~ wholly-owned facilities and also utilize subcontractors to perform certain manufacturing processes. In recent years, we have increased our manufacturing scale and product diversity through strategic acquisitions, expansion, and various partnering arrangements. ~~On October 31, 2019, we purchased Intel’s noncontrolling interest in IMFT and IMFT Member Debt for $1.25 billion, at which time IMFT, now known as MTU, became a wholly-owned subsidiary.~~

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We make significant investments to develop proprietary product and process technology, which are implemented in our manufacturing ~~facilities. We~~facilities, and generally increase the density per wafer and reduce manufacturing costs of each generation of product through advancements in product and process technology, such as our leading-edge line-width process technology and 3D NAND architecture. We continue to introduce new generations of products that offer improved performance characteristics, including higher data transfer rates, advanced packaging solutions, ~~to meet industry standards,~~ lower power consumption, improved read/write reliability, and increased memory density. ~~Our~~A significant portion of our revenues are from sales of managed NAND and SSD ~~storage~~ products, which incorporate NAND, a controller, and ~~firmware, constitute a significant~~firmware. An increasing portion of our ~~revenues. We~~SSDs incorporate proprietary controllers and firmware that we have ~~developed proprietary firmware and controllers, which are included in certain of our SSDs.~~developed. Development of advanced technologies enables us to diversify our product portfolio toward a richer mix of differentiated, high-value solutions and to target high-growth markets.

~~We market our products through our internal sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors primarily to original equipment manufacturers and retailers located around the world.~~ We face intense competition in the semiconductor memory and storage markets and, to remain competitive, we must continuously develop and implement new products and technologies and decrease manufacturing costs. Our success is largely dependent on obtaining returns on our research and development (“R&D&D”) investments, efficient utilization of our manufacturing infrastructure, development and integration of advanced product and process technologies, market acceptance of our diversified portfolio of semiconductor-based memory and storage solutions, and return-driven capital spending.

Impact of COVID-19 on Our Business

Events surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak have resulted in a reduction in economic activity across the globe. The ultimate severity and duration of these economic repercussions, including any resulting impact on our business, remain largely unknown and ultimately will depend on many factors. As a result, we have experienced volatility in the markets that our products are sold into, driven by the move to a stay-at-home economy and fluctuations in consumer and business spending, which has affected demand for certain of our products. The ultimate extent to which COVID-19 will impact demand for our products depends on future developments, which are highly uncertain and very difficult to predict, including the effectiveness and utilization of vaccines and other treatments for COVID-19 and new information that may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and actions to contain and treat its impacts.

From the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, we proactively implemented preventative protocols intended to safeguard our team members, contractors, suppliers, customers, distributors, and communities, and to ensure business continuity in the event government restrictions or severe outbreaks impact our operations at certain sites. While all our global manufacturing sites are currently operating with close to full staff and at normal capacity levels, our facilities could be required to temporarily curtail production levels or temporarily cease operations based on government mandates. We may be required to, or deem it to be in the best interest of our employees, customers, partners, suppliers, and stakeholders, to alter our business operations in order to maintain a healthy and safe environment. It is not clear what potential effects any such alterations or modifications may have on our business, including effects on our customers, employees, and prospects, or on our financial results. We are following government policies and recommendations designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 and remain committed to the health and safety of our team members, contractors, suppliers, customers, distributors, and communities.

Our efforts to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak include the following:

•In locations experiencing continued community COVID-19 infections, we have prohibited onsite visitors and are generally requiring team members to work from home where possible. Where work from home is not possible, all on-site team members must complete health questionnaires, pass through thermal scanning equipment to ensure they do not have an elevated body temperature, wear a mask at all times while on site, and adhere to physical distancing requirements and team member separation protocols. We have also enhanced our contact tracing, significantly decreased business travel, and where possible, made ventilation and other health and safety enhancements at our facilities and provided COVID-19 testing for our team members.

•To respond to changing market conditions, we have shifted some supply from markets which have experienced declines in demand to markets that have experienced demand increases.

•We have evaluated our supply chain and communicated with our suppliers to identify supply gaps and taken steps to ensure continuity. In some cases, we have added alternative suppliers and increased our on-hand inventory of raw materials needed in our operations.

•We have added assembly and test capacity to provide redundant manufacturing capability through our network of captive operations and external partners.

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•We have evaluated all our construction projects across our global manufacturing operations and enacted protocols to enhance the safety of our team members, suppliers, and contractors.

•We have developed strategies and implemented measures to respond to a variety of potential economic scenarios, such as limitations on new hiring and business travel and reductions of discretionary spending.

•We are working with government authorities in the jurisdictions where we operate, and continuing to monitor our operations in an effort to ensure we follow government requirements, relevant regulations, industry standards, and best practices to help safeguard our team members, while safely continuing operations at our sites across the globe.

We believe these actions are appropriate and prudent to safeguard our team members, contractors, suppliers, customers, and communities, while allowing us to safely continue operations. We cannot predict how the steps we, our team members, government entities, suppliers, or customers take in response to the COVID-19 outbreak will ultimately impact our business, outlook, or results of operations.

Product Technologies

Our product portfolio of memory and storage solutions, advanced solutions, and storage platforms is based on our high-performance semiconductor memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, 3D XPoint memory, NOR, and other technologies. We sell our products into various markets through our business units in numerous forms, including wafers, components, modules, SSDs, managed NAND, and MCP products. Our system-level solutions, including SSDs, managed NAND, and MCPs, typically include a controller and firmware and in some cases combine DRAM, NAND, and/or NOR.

DRAM: DRAM products are dynamic random access memory semiconductor devices with low latency that provide high-speed data retrieval with a variety of performance characteristics. DRAM products lose content when power is turned off (“volatile”) and are most commonly used in client, cloud server, enterprise, networking, graphics, industrial, and automotive markets. Low-power DRAM (“LPDRAM”) products, which are engineered to meet standards for performance and power consumption, are sold into smartphone and other mobile-device markets (including client markets for Chromebooks and notebook PCs), as well as into the automotive, industrial, and consumer markets.

NAND: NAND products are non-volatile, re-writeable semiconductor storage devices that provide high-capacity, low-cost storage with a variety of performance characteristics. NAND is used in SSDs for the enterprise and cloud, client, and consumer markets and in removable storage markets. Managed NAND is used in smartphones and other mobile devices, and in consumer, automotive, and embedded markets. Low-density NAND is ideal for applications like automotive, surveillance, machine-to-machine, automation, printer, and home networking.

3D XPoint: 3D XPoint is a new class of non-volatile technology between DRAM and NAND in the memory and storage hierarchy, offering higher capacity and non-volatility over DRAM along with lower latency and higher endurance as compared to NAND. 3D XPoint technology is ideal for data center and other markets requiring high-bandwidth storage and low-latency performance.

NOR: NOR products are non-volatile re-writable semiconductor memory devices that provide fast read speeds. NOR is most commonly used for reliable code storage (e.g., boot, application, operating system, and execute-in-place code in an embedded system) and for frequently changing small data storage and is ideal for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications.

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Results of Operations

Consolidated Results


		First Quarter						Fourth Quarter						First Quarter						First Quarter			Fourth Quarter	First Quarter
		2020						2019						2019						2021			2020

Revenue	Revenue	$	5,144	100	%	$	4,870	100	%	$	7,913	100	%	Revenue	$	5,773	100%	$	6,056	100%	$	5,144	100%
Cost of goods sold	Cost of goods sold	3,778		73	%	3,475		71	%	3,298		42	%	Cost of goods sold	4,037		70%	3,988		66%	3,778		73%
Gross margin	Gross margin	1,366		27	%	1,395		29	%	4,615		58	%	Gross margin	1,736		30%	2,068		34%	1,366		27%

Research and development														Research and development	647		11%	630		10%	640		12%
Selling, general, and administrative	Selling, general, and administrative	211		4	%	212		4	%	209		3	%	Selling, general, and administrative	214		4%	231		4%	211		4%
Research and development		640		12	%	623		13	%	611		8	%
Other operating (income) expense, net	Other operating (income) expense, net	(3)		—	%	(90)		(2)	%	36		—	%	Other operating (income) expense, net	9		—%	50		1%	(3)		—%
Operating income	Operating income	518		10	%	650		13	%	3,759		48	%	Operating income	866		15%	1,157		19%	518		10%

Interest income (expense), net	Interest income (expense), net	(3)		—	%	18		—	%	5		—	%	Interest income (expense), net	(38)		(1)%	(37)		(1)%	(3)		—%
Other non-operating income (expense), net	Other non-operating income (expense), net	46		1	%	(13)		—	%	9		—	%	Other non-operating income (expense), net	13		—%	5		—%	46		1%
Income tax (provision) benefit	Income tax (provision) benefit	(55)		(1)	%	(71)		(1)	%	(477)		(6)	%	Income tax (provision) benefit	(51)		(1)%	(136)		(2)%	(55)		(1)%
Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees	Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees	2		—	%	2		—	%	—		—	%	Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees	13		—%	1		—%	2		—%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(17)		—	%	(25)		(1)	%	(3)		—	%	Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—%	(2)		—%	(17)		—%
Net income attributable to Micron	Net income attributable to Micron	$	491	10	%	$	561	12	%	$	3,293	42	%	Net income attributable to Micron	$	803	14%	$	988	16%	$	491	10%

On August 17, 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced broad trade restrictions with respect to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (“Huawei”) (which represented approximately 10% of our revenue in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 12% in 2019) that took effect on September 15, 2020 and currently prevent us from shipping products to Huawei. The effects of these restrictions are included in our consolidated and business unit results discussed below.

Total Revenue: Total revenue for the first quarter of ~~2020 increased 6%~~2021 decreased 5% as compared to the fourth quarter of ~~2019 as a result~~2020 primarily due to the additional week in the fourth quarter of 2020. In addition, declines in selling prices in the first quarter of 2021 were substantially offset by increases in NAND sales ~~of both DRAM~~volumes due to higher production and ~~NAND products.~~market demand. Sales of DRAM products for the first quarter of ~~2020 increased 2% from~~2021 decreased 7% as compared to the fourth quarter of ~~2019~~2020 as average selling prices declined by a mid-single-digit percent and bit shipments decreased by a low-single digit percent due primarily to the additional week in the fourth quarter of 2020. Sales of NAND products for the first quarter of 2021 increased 3% as compared to the fourth quarter of 2020 primarily due to ~~an approximate 10%~~a high-teens percent increase in bit shipments, despite the additional week in the fourth quarter of 2020, driven by higher sales of components and SSDs in consumer markets and of managed NAND products in mobile markets, partially offset by ~~an upper-single-digit percentage~~a low-teens percent decline in average selling prices.

Total revenue for the first quarter of 2021 increased 12% as compared to the first quarter of 2020 primarily due to increases in DRAM and NAND sales. Sales of DRAM products for the first quarter of 2021 increased 17% as compared to the first quarter of 2020 primarily due to growth in bit shipments in the low-20% range driven by graphics, client, and cloud server markets, partially offset by a low-single-digit percent decline in average selling prices. Sales of NAND products for the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 increased 18% from the fourth quarter of 2019 primarily due to a mid-teen percentage increase in bit shipments driven by increases in sales of high-value SSD and mobile managed NAND products enabled by strong market demand and our transition to NVMe SSDs. NAND average selling prices for the first quarter of 2020 increased in the low-single digits from the fourth quarter of 2019.

Total revenue for the first quarter of 2020 decreased 35% as compared to the first quarter 2019 primarily due to price declines resulting from imbalances between supply and market demand over the last several quarters. Sales of DRAM products for the first quarter of 2020 decreased 41%11% as compared to the first quarter of ~~2019~~2020 primarily due to declines in average selling prices in the low-50-percent range, partially offset by growth in bit shipments in the mid-20-percent range. Sales of NAND products for the first quarter of 2020 decreased 14% as compared to the first quarter of 2019 primarily due to declines in average selling prices in the mid-30-percent range, partially offset by increases in bit shipments in the ~~mid-30-percent range.~~low-20% range driven by higher sales to consumer and mobile markets, partially offset by an upper-single-digit percent decline in average selling prices.

Overall Gross Margin: Our overall gross margin percentage decreased to ~~27%~~30% for the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 from ~~29%~~34% for the fourth quarter of ~~2019~~2020, primarily due to ~~decreases in DRAM margins as a result of~~continuing declines in ~~selling prices, partially offset by higher NAND margins from increases in~~average selling prices. ~~Gross margin~~Our gross margins included the impact of underutilization costs at MTU of $113 million for the first quarter of ~~2020 included an impact of approximately $125~~2021, $135 million ~~due to underutilization costs at MTU. MTU underutilization costs are expected to ramp higher in~~for the ~~second~~fourth quarter of 2020, ~~as production volumes decline. We expect these charges to average $150~~and $125 million ~~per quarter in the first half of fiscal 2020.~~

We periodically assess the estimated useful lives of our property, plant, and equipment. Based on our assessment of planned technology node transitions, capital spending, and re-use rates, we revised the estimated useful lives of equipment in our NAND wafer fabrication facilities from five years to seven years as of the beginning offor the first quarter of 2020. ~~This change reduced~~We expect underutilization costs at MTU to gradually decline through 2021 as we redeploy equipment and continue to right-size our NAND manufacturing non-cash depreciation expense for the first quarter of 2020 by approximately $150 million, which resulted in reductions of approximately $40 million in cost of goods sold and approximately $110 million in the cost of our inventories at the end of the first quarter of 2020.capacity.

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Our overall gross margin percentage ~~decreased~~increased to 30% for the first quarter of 2021 from 27% for the first quarter of 2020 ~~from 58% for the first quarter of 2019~~ primarily due to declines in average selling prices, partially offset by the effect of a decrease in non-cash depreciation expense from the revision in estimated useful lives of equipment in our NAND wafer fabrication facilities,manufacturing cost reductions resulting from strong execution in delivering products featuring advanced technologies and from continuous improvement initiatives to reduce production ~~costs.~~costs, partially offset by declines in average selling prices.

At the beginning of the second quarter of 2021, we began using a first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) inventory accounting method as opposed to the moving average method that we used historically. Concurrently, at the beginning of the second quarter of 2021, we implemented changes in our inventory cost absorption processes. These changes are aligned with general industry practice and result in a better, more accurate measure of inventories and cost of goods sold. These changes will accelerate the recognition of certain costs, and as a result, we expect a one-time increase to cost of goods sold of approximately $300 million in the second quarter of 2021.

Revenue by Business Unit

First Quarter Fourth Quarter First Quarter
2020 2019 2019
CNBU $ 1,979 38 % $ 1,903 39 % $ 3,604 46 %
MBU 1,457 28 % 1,406 29 % 2,212 28 %
SBU 968 19 % 848 17 % 1,143 14 %
EBU 734 14 % 705 14 % 933 12 %
All Other 6 — % 8 — % 21 — %
$ 5,144 $ 4,870 $ 7,913


	First Quarter			Fourth Quarter			First Quarter
	2021			2020			2020

CNBU	$	2,546	44%	$	3,020	50%	$	1,979	38%
MBU	1,501		26%	1,462		24%	1,457		28%
SBU	911		16%	913		15%	968		19%
EBU	809		14%	654		11%	734		14%
All Other	6		—%	7		—%	6		—%
	$	5,773		$	6,056		$	5,144

Percentages of total revenue may not total 100% due to rounding.

Changes in revenue for each business unit for the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 as compared to the fourth quarter of ~~2019~~2020 were as follows:

•CNBU revenue ~~increased 4% as bit demand growth drove higher~~decreased 16% primarily due to declines in sales ~~volumes~~to cloud and enterprise markets and DRAM price declines, partially offset by ~~price declines.~~growth in sales to the graphics and client markets.

•MBU revenue increased 4%3% primarily due to ~~strong~~increases in bit sales ~~growth~~of high-value mobile MCP products driven by ~~high-value managed NAND products,~~demand growth in smartphone markets despite declines in Huawei sales, partially offset by price declines.

•SBU revenue ~~increased 14% primarily due to significant~~was substantially unchanged as strong growth in ~~SSD shipment volumes, enabled~~bit sales driven by ~~our continuing transition to NVMe SSD products, and improved pricing.~~consumer markets was offset by price declines.

•EBU revenue increased 4%24% primarily due to bit shipment increases driven by strong ~~shipment~~demand growth in automotive as demand growth recovered from pandemic related shutdowns and growth in consumer markets.

Changes in revenue for each business unit for the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 as compared to the first quarter of ~~2019~~2020 were as follows:

•CNBU revenue ~~decreased 45%~~increased 29% primarily due to ~~price declines driven by imbalances in supply and demand, partially offset by~~ bit sales ~~growth.~~growth across key markets, particularly in client, graphics, and cloud server markets. In addition, in the second quarter of 2020, we determined that the 3D XPoint technology and product roadmap are more closely aligned with our CNBU strategy than our SBU strategy and 3D XPoint became an integral part of CNBU. Accordingly, we began to report all 3D XPoint activities within CNBU from that date.

•MBU revenue ~~decreased 34%~~increased 3% primarily due to bit sales growth for high-value mobile MCP products partially offset by price ~~declines,~~declines.

•SBU revenue decreased 6% primarily due to the decline in 3D XPoint revenue in SBU after the first quarter of 2020 as noted above, partially offset by bit sales growth for NAND products driven by ~~execution in developing and qualifying mobile managed NAND products.~~

•~~SBU revenue decreased 15% primarily due to price declines, partially offset by bit sales growth.~~consumer markets.

•EBU revenue ~~decreased 21%~~increased 10% primarily due to ~~lower~~bit sales togrowth in consumer and ~~industrial multi-markets.~~automotive markets from transitions to an increasing mix of high-density DRAM and NAND products partially offset by price declines.

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Operating Income (Loss) by Business Unit

First Quarter Fourth Quarter First Quarter
2020 2019 2019
CNBU $ 401 20 % $ 474 25 % $ 2,211 61 %
MBU 295 20 % 365 26 % 1,203 54 %
SBU (217) (22) % (248) (29) % 80 7 %
EBU 113 15 % 101 14 % 387 41 %
All Other 2 33 % 2 25 % 6 29 %
$ 594 $ 694 $ 3,887


	First Quarter			Fourth Quarter			First Quarter
	2021			2020			2020

CNBU	$	483	19%	$	878	29%	$	401	20%
MBU	370		25%	301		21%	295		20%
SBU	4		—%	78		9%	(217)		(22)%
EBU	116		14%	45		7%	113		15%
All Other	—		—%	—		—%	2		33%
	$	973		$	1,302		$	594

Percentages reflect operating income (loss) as a percentage of revenue for each business unit.

Changes in operating income or loss for each business unit for the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 as compared to the fourth quarter of ~~2019~~2020 were as follows:

•CNBU operating income decreased primarily due to declines in bit shipments and DRAM pricing.

•MBU operating income increased primarily due to manufacturing cost reductions partially offset by declines in low-power DRAM and NAND pricing.

•SBU operating income decreased primarily due to declines in ~~low-power DRAM pricing.~~

•~~SBU operating margin improved primarily due to increases in~~ NAND ~~pricing and sales volumes. SBU operating results for the first quarter of 2020 were adversely impacted by an increase in underutilization costs at MTU.~~selling prices.

•EBU operating income increased primarily ~~as a result of a reduction in product write-downs and~~due to increases in sales ~~volumes.~~volumes to automotive and consumer markets and lower R&D costs.

Changes in operating income or loss for each business unit for the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 as compared to the first quarter of ~~2019~~2020 were as follows:

•CNBU operating income ~~decreased~~increased primarily due to ~~declines~~increases in ~~DRAM pricing,~~bit shipments and cost reductions, partially offset by ~~cost reductions.~~CNBU MTU underutilization costs related to 3D XPoint in the first quarter of 2021 not present in the first quarter of 2020, and higher R&D costs.

•MBU operating income ~~decreased~~increased primarily due to increases in sales of high-value MCP products and manufacturing cost reductions for low-power DRAM, partially offset by declines in low-power DRAM and NAND ~~pricing, partially offset by increases in sales of high-value managed NAND products and manufacturing cost reductions.~~pricing.

•SBU operating margin ~~declined~~improved primarily due to ~~declines~~SBU 3D XPoint underutilization costs in ~~NAND pricing, partially offset by~~the first quarter of 2020 not present in the first quarter of 2021, manufacturing cost reductions, and increases in sales volumes.

•EBU operating income ~~decreased~~was substantially unchanged as ~~a result of~~ declines in pricing ~~partially~~were offset by increases in sales ~~volumes.~~volumes, NAND cost reductions, and lower R&D costs.

Operating Expenses and Other

~~Selling, General, and Administrative~~: ~~SG&A expenses for the first quarter of 2020 were relatively unchanged as compared to the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2019.~~

Research and Development: R&D expenses vary primarily with the number of development and pre-qualification wafers processed, ~~amounts reimbursed under R&D cost-sharing agreements,~~ the cost of advanced equipment dedicated to new product and process development, and personnel costs. Because of the lead times necessary to manufacture our products, we typically begin to process wafers before completion of performance and reliability testing. Development of a product is deemed complete when it is qualified through reviews and tests for performance and reliability. R&D expenses can vary significantly depending on the timing of product qualification.

R&D expenses for the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 were 3% higher ~~than~~as compared to the fourth quarter of ~~2019~~2020 primarily due to increases in ~~volumes of development and pre-qualification wafers,~~employee compensation, partially offset by ~~a $33 million reduction in non-cash depreciation expense from~~ the ~~revision of the estimated useful lives of equipment in our R&D facilities and our NAND wafer fabrication facilities from five years to seven years~~additional week in the ~~first~~fourth quarter of 2020.

R&D expenses for the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 were ~~5% higher than~~relatively unchanged as compared to the first quarter of ~~2019 primarily due to a reduction of R&D reimbursements~~2020 as increases in employee compensation and depreciation expense resulting from ~~our partners and increases~~higher capital spending were substantially offset by reductions in volumes of development and pre-qualification ~~wafers, partially offset by lower depreciation expense from the revision of the estimated useful lives of equipment. R&D~~wafers.

Selling, General, and Administrative:SG&A expenses ~~were reduced by $30 million in~~for the first quarter of ~~2019~~2021 were 7% lower as compared to the fourth quarter of 2020 primarily due to ~~reimbursements, primarily from our joint development activities with Intel for 3D NAND and 3D XPoint technologies, which were substantially completed~~higher charitable contributions in the ~~third~~fourth quarter of ~~2019~~2020 and the additional week in the fourth quarter of 2020, partially offset by increases in employee compensation. SG&A expenses for the first quarter of ~~2020, respectively.~~2021 were relatively unchanged as compared to the first quarter of 2020.

Income Taxes: Our income tax (provision) benefit consisted of the following:

First Quarter Fourth Quarter First Quarter
2020 2019 2019
Income tax (provision) benefit, excluding items below $ (31) $ (61) $ (378)
Utilization of and other changes in net deferred tax assets of MMJ, MMT, and MTTW (24) (11) (52)
Repatriation tax, net of adjustments related to uncertain tax positions — 1 (47)
$ (55) $ (71) $ (477)
Effective tax rate 9.8 % 10.8 % 12.6 %


	First Quarter			Fourth Quarter			First Quarter
	2021			2020			2020

Income before taxes	$	841		$	1,125		$	561
Income tax (provision) benefit	(51)			(136)			(55)
Effective tax rate	6.1		%	12.1		%	9.8		%

~~The decrease in our income~~Our effective tax ~~provision in~~rate for the first quarter of ~~2020~~2021 decreased as compared to the fourth and first quarters of ~~2019 was due~~2020 primarily ~~to reductions in~~as a result of the geographic mix of our ~~profit before tax and the foreign minimum tax. Our income taxes include~~

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~~the effect of operations outside the United States, including Singapore, where we have tax incentive arrangements that further decrease our effective tax rates.~~earnings.

We operate in a number of jurisdictions outside the United States, including Singapore, where we have tax incentive ~~arrangements, which~~arrangements. These incentives expire, in whole or in part, at various dates through 2034 ~~that~~and are conditional, in part, upon meeting certain business operations and employment thresholds. The ~~effects~~effect of tax incentive arrangements reduced our tax provision by $56 million (benefiting our diluted earnings per share by $0.05) for the first quarter of 2021, by $137 million ($0.12 per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of 2020, and were not significant to our tax provision for the first quarter of ~~2020 or the fourth quarter of 2019. These arrangements reduced our tax provision for the first quarter of 2019 by $427 million (benefiting our diluted earnings per share by $0.36).~~2020.

See “Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Income Taxes.”

Other: Interest expense and interest income for the first quarter of ~~2020 increased 21%~~2021 were relatively unchanged as compared to the fourth quarter of 2019 primarily due to debt issuances in the first quarter of 2020 and fourth quarter of 2019. Interest income for the first quarter of 2020 decreased 23% as compared to the fourth quarter of 2019 primarily due to decreases in interest rates and our cash and investment balances.2020.

Interest expense for the first quarter of ~~2020 increased 42%~~2021 was relatively unchanged as compared to the first quarter of 2020. Interest income for the first quarter of 2021 decreased 77% as compared to the first quarter of 2020 ~~primarily due to increases in debt obligations. Interest income for the first quarter of 2020 increased 16% as compared to the first quarter of 2019~~ as a result of ~~increases~~decreases in ~~our cash and investment balances.~~interest rates.

Further discussion of other operating and non-operating income and expenses can be found in ~~the notes contained in~~ “Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Equity Plans, ~~Other Operating Income (Expense), Net,~~” and “– Other Non-Operating Income (Expense), ~~Net” notes.~~Net.”

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from operations and financing obtained from capital markets and financial institutions. Cash generated from operations is highly dependent on selling prices for our products, which can vary significantly from period to period. We are continuously evaluating alternatives for efficiently funding our capital expenditures and ongoing operations. We expect, from time to time, to engage in a variety of financing transactions for such purposes, including the issuance of securities. As of ~~November 28, 2019, we had an undrawn revolving credit facility that provides for borrowings of up to~~December 3, 2020, $2.50 billion ~~and matures in July 2023.~~was available to draw under our Revolving Credit Facility. We expect that our cash and investments, cash flows from operations, and available financing will be sufficient to meet our requirements at least through the next 12 months.

To develop new product and process technology, support future growth, achieve operating efficiencies, and maintain product quality, we must continue to invest in manufacturing technologies, facilities and equipment, and R&D. We estimate ~~that~~ capital expenditures in ~~2020~~2021 for property, plant, and equipment, net of partner contributions, to be ~~$7 billion to $8~~approximately $9 billion, focused on technology transitions and product ~~enablement. The actual~~enablement, and expect the timing of our capital expenditures to be more heavily weighted toward the first half of 2021. Actual amounts for ~~2020~~2021 will vary depending on market conditions. As of ~~November 28, 2019,~~December 3, 2020, we had ~~commitments~~purchase obligations of approximately~~$3.1~~ $2.6 billionfor the acquisition of property, plant, and equipment, of which approximately~~$2.5~~ $2.4 billion is expected to be paid within one year.

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Our Board of Directors has authorized the discretionary repurchase of up to $10 billion of our outstanding common stock through open-market purchases, block trades, privately-negotiated transactions, derivative transactions, and/or pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading ~~plans.~~plan. The repurchase authorization has no expiration date, does not obligate us to acquire any common stock, and is subject to market conditions and our ongoing determination of the best use of available cash. Through ~~November 28, 2019,~~December 3, 2020, we had repurchased an aggregate of ~~$2.71~~$2.84 billion of the authorized amount. ~~See “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Equity.”~~

Cash and marketable investments totaled ~~$8.19~~$8.30 billion as of ~~November 28, 2019~~December 3, 2020 and ~~$9.12~~$9.19 billion as of ~~August 29, 2019.~~September 3, 2020. Our investments consist primarily of bank deposits, money market funds, and liquid ~~investment grade,~~investment-grade, fixed-income securities, which are diversified among industries and individual issuers. To mitigate credit risk, we invest through high-credit-quality financial institutions and by policy generally limit the concentration of credit exposure by restricting the amount of investments with any single obligor. As of ~~November 28, 2019, $3.2~~December 3, 2020, $2.41 billion of our cash and marketable investments was held by our foreign subsidiaries.

~~Limitations on the Use of Cash and Investments~~:~~Cash and marketable investments as of November 28, 2019 included $463~~million held by MMJ. As a result of the corporate reorganization proceedings of MMJ initiated in March 2012, and for so long as such proceedings are continuing, MMJ is prohibited from paying dividends to us. In addition, pursuant to an order of the Tokyo District Court, MMJ cannot make loans or advances, other than certain ordinary course advances, to us without the consent of the Tokyo District Court and may, under certain circumstances, be subject to the approval of the legal trustee. As a result, the assets of MMJ are not available for use by us in our other operations. Furthermore, certain uses of the assets of MMJ, including investments in certain capital expenditures, may require consent of MMJ’s trustees and/or the Tokyo District Court.

Cash Flows:


		First Quarter							First Quarter
		2020		2019			2021		2020

Net cash provided by operating activities	Net cash provided by operating activities	$	2,011	$	4,810	Net cash provided by operating activities	$	1,967	$	2,011
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities	Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities	(1,189)		(4,427)		Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities	(3,418)		(1,189)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	(992)		(2,435)		Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	(214)		(992)
Effect of changes in currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	Effect of changes in currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	(14)		(10)		Effect of changes in currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	27		(14)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		$	(184)	$	(2,062)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash						Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	(1,638)	$	(184)

Operating Activities: ~~For~~Cash provided by operating activities reflects net income adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation expense, amortization of intangible assets, and stock-based compensation, and the effects of changes in operating assets and liabilities. Cash provided by operating activities for the first quarter of ~~2020, cash provided by operating activities~~2021 was ~~due primarily~~relatively unchanged as compared to cash generated by our operations and working capital adjustments, which included the effects of 1) an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses from timing of payments and 2) a decrease in inventories, partially offset by the effects of an increase in receivables due to a higher level of revenue. For the first quarter of 2019, cash provided by operating activities was due primarily to net income and the effect of working capital adjustments, which included the effects of 1) a decrease in net deferred tax assets and 2) a decrease in receivables due to a lower level of revenue, partially offset by the effects of an increase in inventories.2020.

Investing Activities: For the first quarter of 2021, net cash used for investing activities consisted primarily of $2.69 billion of expenditures for property, plant, and equipment (net of partner contributions) and $741 million of net outflows from purchases, sales, and maturities of available-for-sale securities.

For the first quarter of 2020, net cash used for investing activities consisted primarily of $1.93 billion of expenditures for property, plant, and equipment (net of partner contributions) partially offset by $744 million of net inflows from sales, maturities, and purchases of available-for-sale securities. For the first quarter of 2019, net cash used for investing activities consisted primarily of $2.46 billion of expenditures for property, plant, and equipment (net of partner contributions) and $1.91 billion of net outflows from sales, maturities, and purchases of available-for-sale securities.

Financing Activities: For the first quarter of 2021, net cash used for financing activities consisted primarily of $97 million for payments on equipment purchase contracts and $84 million for repayments of debt.

For the first quarter of 2020, net cash used for financing activities consisted primarily of $1.42 billion of cash payments to reduce our debt, including $621 million for IMFT Member Debt repayments, $534 million to prepay the 2025 Notes, $196 million to settle conversions of notes, and $64 million for scheduled repayment of finance ~~leases,~~leases; $744 million for the acquisition of noncontrolling interest in ~~IMFT,~~IMFT; and $50 million for the acquisition of 1 million shares of treasury stock under our $10 billion share repurchase authorization. Cash used for financing activities was partially offset by net proceeds of $1.25 billion from borrowing the 2024 Term Loan A. For the first quarter of 2019, net cash used for financing activities consisted primarily of $1.80 billion for the acquisition of 42 million shares of treasury stock and cash payments to reduce our debt, including $413 million for scheduled repayment of other notes and capital leases and $164 million to settle conversions of notes.

~~Potential Settlement Obligations of Convertible Notes~~: Since the closing price of our common stock exceeded 130% of the conversion price per share of all our convertible notes for at least 20 trading days in the 30 trading day period ended on September 30, 2019, holders may convert these notes through the calendar quarter ended December 31, 2019. Additionally, the closing price of our common stock also exceeded the thresholds for the calendar quarter ended December 31, 2019; therefore, such notes are convertible by the holders at any time through March 31, 2020. The following table summarizes the potential settlements that we could be required to make for the calendar quarter ending December 31, 2019 if all holders converted their notes. The amounts in the table below are based on our closing share price of $48.16 as of November 28, 2019.

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Settlement Option If Settled With Minimum Cash Required If Settled Entirely With Cash
Principal Amount Amount in Excess of Principal Underlying Shares Cash Remainder in Shares
2032D Notes Cash and/or shares Cash and/or shares 13 $ — 13 $ 645
2033F Notes Cash Cash and/or shares 2 18 1 73

15 $ 18 14 $ 718

~~Contractual Obligations~~:

See “Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – ~~Leases"~~Debt.”

Potential Settlement Obligations of Convertible Notes:See “Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Debt – 2032D Convertible Senior Notes.”

Contractual Obligations: See “Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Leases” and "–– Debt."”

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

See “Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Recently Adopted Accounting Standards.”

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

See “Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Recently Issued Accounting Standards.”

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are affected by changes in currency exchange and interest rates. For further discussion about market risk and sensitivity analysis related to changes in currency exchange rates, see “Part II – Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended ~~August 29, 2019.~~September 3, 2020.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

An evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in ~~Rule~~Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of ~~1934)~~1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the ~~Commission’s~~SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decision regarding disclosure.

During the first quarter of ~~2020,~~2021, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

For a discussion of legal proceedings, see “Part I – Item 3. Legal Proceedings” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended ~~August 29, 2019~~September 3, 2020 and “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Contingencies” and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” herein.

SEC regulations require disclosure of certain proceedings related to environmental matters unless we reasonably believe that the related monetary sanctions, if any, will be less than a specified threshold. We use a threshold of $1 million for this purpose.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the factors discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, ~~the following are~~this section discusses important factors ~~the order of which is not necessarily indicative of the level of risk that each poses to us,~~ which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by us. The order of presentation is not necessarily indicative of the level of risk that each factor poses to us.

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Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, or stock price. Our operations could also be affected by other factors that are presently unknown to us or not considered significant.

Risk Factor Summary

Risks Related to Our Business, Operations, and Industry

•the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak;

•volatility in average selling prices of our products;

•our ability to maintain or improve gross margins;

•the highly competitive nature of our industry;

•our ability to develop and produce new memory and storage technologies, products, and markets;

•dependency on specific customers, concentration of revenue with a select number of customers, and customers who are located internationally;

•our international operations;

•limited availability and quality of materials, supplies, and capital equipment, and dependency on third-party service providers;

•products that fail to meet specifications, are defective, or incompatible with end uses;

•disruptions to our manufacturing processes;

•breaches of our security systems or those of our customers, suppliers, or business partners;

•attracting, retaining, and motivating highly skilled employees;

•achieving or maintaining certain performance obligations associated with incentives from various governments;

•future acquisitions and/or alliances;

•restructure charges;

•customer responsible sourcing requirements and related regulations; and

•a downturn in the world-wide economy.

Risks Related to Intellectual Property and Litigation

•protecting our intellectual property and retaining key employees who are knowledgeable of and develop our intellectual property;

•legal proceedings and claims;

•allegations of anticompetitive conduct;

•risks associated with our former IMFT joint venture with Intel;

•claims that our products or manufacturing processes infringe or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of others or failure to obtain or renew license agreements covering such intellectual property; and

•alleged patent infringement complaints in Chinese courts.

Risks Related to Laws and Regulations

•tariffs, trade restrictions, and/or trade regulations;

•tax expense and tax laws in key jurisdictions; and

•laws, regulations, or industry standards.

Risks Related to Capitalization and Financial Markets

•our ability to generate sufficient cash flows or obtain access to external financing;

•our debt obligations;

•changes in foreign currency exchange rates;

•counterparty default risk;

•volatility in the trading price of our common stock; and

•fluctuations in the amount and timing of our common stock repurchases and resulting impacts.

Risks Related to Our Business, Operations, and Industry

The effects of the COVID-19 outbreak could adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

The effects of the public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and the measures being taken to limit COVID-19’s spread are uncertain and difficult to predict, but may include, and in some cases, have included and may continue to include:

•A decrease in short-term and/or long-term demand and/or pricing for our products and a global economic recession or depression that could further reduce demand and/or pricing for our products, resulting from actions taken by governments, businesses, and/or the general public in an effort to limit exposure to and the spreading of COVID-19, such as travel restrictions, quarantines, and business shutdowns or slowdowns;

•Negative impacts to our operations, including:

◦reductions in production levels, R&D activities, product development, technology transitions, yield enhancement activities, and qualification activities with our customers, resulting from our efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 through physical-distancing measures we have enacted at our locations around the world in an effort to protect our employees’ and contractors’ health and well-being, including working from home, limiting the number of meeting attendees, reducing the number of people in certain of our sites at any one time, quarantines of team members, contractors, or vendors who are at risk of contracting, or have contracted, COVID-19, and limiting employee travel;

◦increased costs resulting from our efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 through physical distancing measures, working from home, upgrades to our sites, COVID-19 testing, enhanced cleaning measures, and the increased use of personal protective equipment at our sites;

◦increased costs for, or unavailability of, transportation, raw materials, or other inputs necessary for the operation of our business;

◦reductions in, or cessation of. operations at any site or in any jurisdiction resulting from government restrictions on movement and/or business operations or our failure to prevent and/or adequately mitigate spread of COVID-19 at one or more of our sites;

◦our inability to continue or resume construction projects due to delays in obtaining materials, equipment, labor, engineering services, government permits, or any other essential aspect of projects, which could impact our ability to introduce new technologies, reduce costs, or meet customer demand;

◦disruptions to our supply chain in connection with the sourcing and transportation of materials, equipment and engineering support, and services from or in geographic areas that have been impacted by COVID-19 and by efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19; and

•Deterioration of worldwide credit and financial markets that could: limit our ability to obtain external financing to fund our operations and capital expenditures; result in losses on our holdings of cash and investments due to failures of financial institutions and other parties; or result in a higher rate of losses on our accounts receivables due to credit defaults.

While certain COVID-19 vaccines have recently been approved and have become available for use in the United States and certain other countries, we are unable to predict when those vaccines will become widely available, how widely utilized the vaccines will be, whether they will be effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19, and when or if normal economic activity and business operations will resume.

These effects, alone or taken together, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, legal exposure, or financial condition. A sustained, prolonged, or recurring outbreak could exacerbate the adverse impact of such measures.

Volatility in average selling prices for our semiconductor memory and storage products may adversely affect our business.

We have experienced significant volatility in our average selling prices, including dramatic declines as noted in the table below, and may continue to experience such volatility in the future. In some prior periods, average selling prices for our products have been below our manufacturing costs and we may experience such circumstances in

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the future. Average selling prices for our products that decline faster than our costs could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

DRAM NAND
(percentage change in average selling prices)
2019 from 2018 (30) % (47) %
2018 from 2017 36 % (13) %
2017 from 2016 18 % (10) %
2016 from 2015 (34) % (16) %
2015 from 2014 (11) % (20) %

Revenue and units for MCPs and SSDs, which contain both DRAM and NAND, are disaggregated in the above table based on the relative values of each component. Prior periods have been conformed to current period presentation.


	DRAM		NAND
	(percentage change in average selling prices)

2020 from 2019	(34)	%	(9)	%
2019 from 2018	(30)	%	(47)	%
2018 from 2017	36	%	(13)	%
2017 from 2016	18	%	(10)	%
2016 from 2015	(34)	%	(16)	%

We may be unable to maintain or improve gross margins.

Our gross margins are dependent, in part, upon continuing decreases in per gigabit manufacturing costs achieved through improvements in our manufacturing processes and product designs, including, but not limited to, process line-width, additional 3D memory layers, additional bits per cell (i.e., cell levels), architecture, number of mask layers, number of fabrication steps, and yield. In future periods, we may be unable to reduce our per gigabit manufacturing costs at sufficient levels to maintain or improve gross margins. Factors that may limit our ability to maintain or reduce costs include, but are not limited to, strategic product diversification decisions affecting product mix, the increasing complexity of manufacturing processes, difficulties in transitioning to smaller line-width process technologies, 3D memory layers, NAND cell levels, ~~transitioning to replacement gate technology for NAND,~~ process complexity including number of mask layers and fabrication steps, manufacturing yield, technological barriers, changes in process technologies, and new products that may require relatively larger die sizes.

Many factors may result in a reduction of our output or a delay in ramping production, which could lead to underutilization of our production assets. These factors may include, among others, a weak demand environment, industry oversupply, inventory surpluses, our ramp of emerging technologies, ~~in dedicated manufacturing capacity,~~ declining selling prices, and changes in supply agreements. A significant portion of our manufacturing costs are fixed and do not vary proportionally with changes in production output. As a result, lower utilization and corresponding increases in our per gigabit manufacturing costs may adversely affect our gross margins, business, results of operations, or financial condition.

In addition, per gigabit manufacturing costs may also be affected by a broader product portfolio, which may have smaller production quantities and shorter product lifecycles. Our business and the markets we serve are subject to rapid technological changes and material fluctuations in demand based on end-user preferences. As a result, we may have work in process or finished goods inventories that could become obsolete or in amounts that are in excess of our customers’ demand. ~~As a result,~~Consequently, we may incur charges in connection with obsolete or excess inventories, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, due to the customized nature of certain of the products we manufacture, we may be unable to sell

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certain finished goods ~~inventory~~inventories to alternative customers or manufacture in-process inventory to different specifications, which may result in excess and obsolescence charges in future periods. Our inability to maintain or improve gross margins could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

The semiconductor memory and storage markets are highly competitive.

We face intense competition in the semiconductor memory and storage markets from a number of companies, including Intel; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; SK Hynix Inc.; Kioxia Holdings ~~Corporation (formerly Toshiba Memory Corporation);~~Corporation; and Western Digital Corporation. Some of our competitors are large corporations or conglomerates that may have greater resources to invest in technology, capitalize on growth opportunities, and withstand downturns in the semiconductor markets in which we compete. Consolidation of industry competitors could put us at a competitive ~~disadvantage.~~disadvantage as our competitors may benefit from increased manufacturing scale and a stronger product portfolio. In addition, some governments may provide, or have provided and may continue to provide, significant assistance, financial or otherwise, to some of our competitors or to new entrants and may intervene in support of national industries and/or competitors. In particular, we face the threat of increasing competition as a result of significant investment in the semiconductor industry by the Chinese government and various state-owned or affiliated entities that is intended to advance China’s stated national policy objectives. In addition, the Chinese government may restrict us from participating in the China market or may prevent us from competing effectively with Chinese companies. Some of our competitors may use aggressive pricing to obtain market share or take business of our key customers.

Our competitors generally seek to increase wafer capacity, improve yields, and reduce die size in their product designs which may result in significant increases in worldwide supply and downward pressure on prices. Increases in worldwide supply of semiconductor memory and storage also result from fabrication capacity expansions, either by way of new facilities, increased capacity utilization, or reallocation of other semiconductor production to semiconductor memory and storage production. Our competitors may increase capital expenditures resulting in future increases in worldwide supply. We, and some of our competitors, have plans to ramp, or are constructing or ramping, production at new fabrication facilities. Increases in worldwide supply of semiconductor memory and storage, if not accompanied by commensurate increases in demand, could lead to further declines in average selling prices for our products and could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition. If competitors are more successful at developing or implementing new product or process technology, their products could have cost or performance advantages.

The competitive nature of our industry could have a material ~~adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.~~

~~We may be unable to generate sufficient cash flows or obtain access to external financing necessary to fund our operations, make scheduled debt payments, and make adequate capital investments.~~

Our cash flows from operations depend primarily on the volume of semiconductor memory and storage products sold, average selling prices, and manufacturing costs. To develop new product and process technology, support future growth, achieve operating efficiencies, and maintain product quality, we must make significant capital investments in manufacturing technology, capital equipment, facilities, R&D, and product and process technology.

We estimate that capital expenditures in 2020 for property, plant, and equipment, net of partner contributions, will be approximately $7 billion to $8 billion, focused on technology transitions and product enablement. Investments in capital expenditures may not generate expected returns or cash flows. Delays in completion and ramping of new production facilities could significantly impact our ability to realize expected returns on our capital expenditures, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

As a result of the corporate reorganization proceedings of MMJ initiated in 2012, and for so long as such proceedings are continuing, MMJ is prohibited from paying dividends, including any cash dividends, to us and such proceedings require that excess earnings be used in MMJ’s business or to fund the MMJ creditor payments. In addition, pursuant to an order of the Tokyo District Court, MMJ cannot make loans or advances, other than certain ordinary course advances, to us without the consent of the Tokyo District Court and may, under certain circumstances, be subject to approval of the legal trustee. As a result, the assets of MMJ are not available for use by us in our other operations. Furthermore, certain uses of the assets of MMJ, including certain capital expenditures of MMJ, may require consent of MMJ’s trustees and/or the Tokyo District Court.

In the past we have utilized external sources of financing when needed. As a result of our debt levels, expected debt amortization, and general economic conditions, it may be difficult for us to obtain financing on terms acceptable to us. We have experienced volatility in our cash flows and operating results and may continue to experience such volatility in the future, which may negatively affect our credit rating. Our credit rating may also be affected by our liquidity, financial results, economic risk, or other factors, which may increase the cost of future borrowings and make it difficult for us to obtain financing on terms acceptable to us. In 2019, we suspended the security interest in the collateral under our credit facility upon achieving specified credit ratings and the prepayment of our 2022 Term Loan B; however, the security interest would be automatically reinstated upon a decline in our corporate credit rating below a certain level. There can be no assurance that we will be able to generate sufficient cash flows, use cash held by MMJ to fund its capital expenditures, access capital markets or find other sources of financing to fund our operations, make debt payments, and make adequate capital investments to remain competitive in terms of technology development and cost efficiency. Our inability to do any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~Increases in tariffs or other trade restrictions or taxes on our or our customers’ products or equipment and supplies could have an adverse impact on our operations.~~

In 2019, 89% of our revenue was from products shipped to customer locations outside the United States. We also purchase a significant portion of equipment and supplies from suppliers outside the United States. Additionally, a significant portion of our facilities are located outside the United States, including in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and China.

The United States and other countries have levied tariffs and taxes on certain goods. General trade tensions between the U.S. and China have been escalating since 2018, with U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods and retaliatory Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods. Some of our products are included in these tariffs. Higher duties on existing tariffs and further rounds of tariffs have been announced or threatened by U.S. and Chinese leaders. Additionally, the U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on goods imported from other countries, which could also impact certain of our customers’ or our operations. If the U.S. were to impose current or additional tariffs on components that we or our suppliers source, our cost for such components would increase. We may also incur increases in manufacturing costs and supply chain risks due to our efforts to mitigate the impact of tariffs on our customers and our operations. Additionally, tariffs on our customers’ products could impact their sales of such end products, resulting in lower demand for our products.

We cannot predict what further actions may ultimately be taken with respect to tariffs or trade relations between the U.S. and other countries, what products may be subject to such actions, or what actions may be taken by other countries in retaliation. Further changes in trade policy, tariffs, additional taxes, restrictions on exports or other trade barriers, or restrictions on supplies, equipment, and raw materials including rare earth minerals, may limit our ability to produce products, increase our selling and/or manufacturing costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of our products, or inhibit our ability to sell products or purchase necessary equipment and supplies, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~U.S. trade regulations have restricted our ability to sell our products to a significant customer and could restrict our ability to sell our products to other customers.~~

On May 16, 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) of the U.S. Department of Commerce added Huawei to the BIS’s Entity List, which imposes limitations on the supply of certain U.S. items and product support to Huawei. In 2019, our sales to Huawei accounted for 12% of our total revenue. To ensure compliance with the Entity List restrictions, we suspended shipments of all products to Huawei, effective May 16, 2019. We have determined that certain products Huawei purchases from us are not subject to the Export Administration Regulations and consequently can be lawfully sold and shipped to Huawei. Accordingly, we resumed shipping certain products to Huawei in the fourth quarter of 2019.

We applied for, and recently received, licenses that enable us to provide support for the products we sell that are not subject to the Export Administration Regulations, as well as qualify new products for Huawei’s mobile and server businesses. Additionally, these licenses allow us to ship previously restricted products that we manufacture in the United States, which represent a very small portion of our sales. However, there are still some products outside of the mobile and server markets that we are unable to sell to Huawei. While Huawei remains on the Entity List, and in

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the absence of additional licenses from the BIS, we may be unable to work with Huawei on product development for uses other than in mobile and server end-products, which may have a negative effect on our ability to sell products to Huawei in the future. Despite the receipt of licenses, Entity List restrictions may also encourage Huawei to seek to obtain a greater supply of similar or substitute products from our competitors that are not subject to these restrictions, thereby decreasing our long-term competitiveness as a supplier to Huawei. Moreover, although Huawei is not prohibited from paying (and we are not restricted from collecting) accounts receivable for products we sell to Huawei, the credit risks associated with these accounts may have increased as a result of the BIS’s actions.

We cannot predict what additional actions the U.S. government may take with respect to Huawei, including modifications to, or interpretations of, Entity List restrictions, export restrictions, tariffs, or other trade limitations or barriers. We may be unable to sell certain inventories to alternative customers, which may result in excess and obsolescence charges in future periods. The licenses we have received may not be effective against such additional or heightened restrictions.

The Entity List trade restrictions enacted during our third quarter of 2019 had an adverse effect on our business. Although we received licenses in the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we are unable to predict the impact these licenses will have on our sales to Huawei, nor the impact existing or future trade restrictions may have on our business with Huawei. Other companies may be added to the Entity List and/or subject to trade restrictions. For example, in October 2019, the U.S. government added several additional Chinese organizations to the Entity List, effective October 9, 2019. In addition, there may be indirect impacts to our business which we cannot reasonably quantify, including that some of our other customer’s products which incorporate our solutions may also be impacted by these and other trade restrictions that may be imposed by the U.S., China, or other countries. Restrictions on our ability to sell and ship our products to Huawei have had, and may continue to have, an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, if there are changes to Export Administration Regulations or Entity List restrictions, our revenue with Huawei or other Chinese customers could be negatively impacted, and the licenses we have received could be rendered ineffective. Any such changes may have a further adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Our future success depends on our ability to develop and produce competitive new memory and storage technologies.

Our key semiconductor memory and storage products and technologies face technological barriers to continue to meet long-term customer needs. These barriers include potential limitations on stacking additional 3D memory layers, increasing bits per cell (i.e., cell levels), meeting higher density requirements, and improving power consumption and reliability. We may face technological barriers to continue to shrink our products at our current or historical rate, which has generally reduced per-unit cost. We have invested and expect to continue to invest in R&D for new and existing products, which involves significant risk and uncertainties. We may be unable to recover our investment in R&D or otherwise realize the economic benefits of reducing die size or increasing memory and storage densities. Our competitors are working to develop new memory and storage technologies that may offer performance and/or cost advantages to existing technologies and render existing technologies obsolete. Accordingly, our future success may depend on our ability to develop and produce viable and competitive new memory and storage technologies. There can be no assurance of the following:

•that we will be successful in developing competitive new semiconductor memory and storage technologies;

•that we will be able to cost-effectively manufacture new products;

•that we will be able to successfully market these technologies; and

•that margins generated from sales of these products will allow us to recover costs of development efforts.

We develop and produce advanced memory technologies, including 3D XPoint memory, a new class of non-volatile technology. There is no assurance that our efforts to develop and market new product technologies will be successful. Unsuccessful efforts to develop new ~~semiconductor~~ memory and storage technologies could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

A significant portion of our revenue is concentrated with a select number of customers.

In each of the last three ~~fiscal~~ years, approximately one-half of our total revenue was from our top ten customers. A disruption in our relationship with any of these customers could adversely affect our business. We could experience fluctuations in our customer base or the mix of revenue by customer as markets and strategies evolve. In addition, any consolidation of our customers could reduce the number of customers to whom our products ~~could~~may be sold. Our

inability to meet our customers’ requirements or to qualify our products with them could adversely impact our revenue. Meaningful change in the inventory strategy of our customers, particularly those in China, could impact our industry bit demand growth outlook. The loss of, or restrictions on our ability to sell to, one or more of our major customers, such as those relating to Huawei described herein, or any significant reduction in orders from, or a shift in product mix by, ~~these~~ customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

We face risks associated with our international sales and operations that could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

In ~~2019, 53%~~2020, 52% of our revenue was from sales to customers who have headquarters located inoutside the United States. We ship our products to the locations specified by our customers. Customers with global supply chains and

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operations may request we deliver products to countries where they own or operate production facilities or to countries where they utilize third-party subcontractors or warehouses. As a result, ~~89%~~88% of our revenue in ~~2019~~2020 was from products shipped to customer locations outside the United States. ~~In addition, a~~

A substantial portion of our ~~manufacturing~~ operations are ~~located outside the United States. In particular, a significant portion of our manufacturing operations are concentrated~~conducted in Taiwan, Singapore, ~~Taiwan,~~ Japan, China, Malaysia, and ~~China. Many~~India, and many of our customers, suppliers, and vendors also operate ~~internationally~~internationally. Our operations, and the global supply chain of the technology industry, are ~~also~~ subject to a number of risks, including the ~~risks described below.~~effects of actions and policies of various governments across our global operations and supply chain. For example, political, economic, or other actions from China could impact Taiwan and its economy, and may adversely affect our operations in Taiwan, our customers, and the technology industry supply chain. In addition, the U.S. government has in the past restricted American firms from selling products and software to certain of our customers and may in the future impose similar bans or other restrictions on sales to one or more of our significant customers. These restrictions may not prohibit our competitors from selling similar products to our customers, which may result in our loss of sales and market share. Even when such restrictions are lifted, financial or other penalties or continuing export restrictions imposed with respect to our customers could have a continuing negative impact on our future revenue and results of operations, and we may not be able to recover any customers or market share we lose while complying with such restrictions. We have experienced restrictions on our ability to sell products to certain foreign customers where sales of products require export licenses or are prohibited by government action. Possible future U.S. government actions could lead to additional or enhanced controls on exports from the United States to China or other countries, bans on sales to other key customers, or other similar restrictions.

Trade-related government actions, by China or other countries, that impose barriers or restrictions that would impact our ability to sell or ship products to Huawei or other customers may have a negative impact on our financial condition and results of operations. We cannot predict the actions government entities may take in this context and may be unable to quickly offset or effectively react to government actions that restrict our ability to sell to certain customers or in certain jurisdictions. Government actions that affect our customers’ ability to sell products or access critical elements of their supply chains may result in a decreased demand for their products, which may consequently reduce their demand for our products.

Our international sales and operations are subject to a variety of risks, including:

•export and import duties, changes to import and export regulations, customs regulations and processes, and restrictions on the transfer of funds;

•imposition of bans on sales of goods or services to one or more of our significant foreign customers;

•public health issues (for example, an outbreak of a contagious disease such as COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (“SARS-CoV”), avian and swine influenza, measles, or Ebola);

•compliance with U.S. and international laws involving international operations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, export and import laws, and similar rules and regulations;

•theft of intellectual property;

•political and economic ~~instability;~~instability, including the effects of disputes between China and Taiwan;

•government actions or civil unrest preventing the flow of products, including delays in shipping and obtaining products, cancellation of orders, or loss or damage of products;

•problems with the transportation or delivery of products;

•issues arising from cultural or language differences and labor unrest;

•longer payment cycles and greater difficulty in collecting accounts receivable;

•compliance with trade, technical standards, and other laws in a variety of jurisdictions;

•contractual and regulatory limitations on the ability to maintain flexibility with staffing levels;

•disruptions to manufacturing ~~operations~~or R&D activities as a result of actions imposed by foreign governments;

•changes in economic policies of foreign governments; and

•difficulties in staffing and managing international operations.

If we or our customers, suppliers, or vendors are impacted by these risks, it ~~could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.~~

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~~We have been served with complaints in Chinese courts alleging patent infringement.~~

We have been served with complaints in Chinese courts alleging that we infringe certain Chinese patents by manufacturing and selling certain products in China. The complaints seek orders requiring us to destroy inventory of the accused products and equipment for manufacturing the accused products in China; to stop manufacturing, using, selling, and offering for sale the accused products in China; and to pay damages plus court fees.

We are unable to predict the outcome of these assertions of infringement made against us and therefore cannot estimate the range of possible loss. A determination that our products or manufacturing processes infringe the intellectual property rights of others or entering into a license agreement covering such intellectual property could result in significant liability and/or require us to make material changes to our operations in China, products, and/or manufacturing processes. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition. (See “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Contingencies.”)

~~We are subject to allegations of anticompetitive conduct.~~

On April 27, 2018, a complaint was filed against Micron and other DRAM suppliers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Subsequently, two substantially identical cases were filed in the same court. The lawsuits purported to be on behalf of a nationwide class of indirect purchasers of DRAM products. On September 3, 2019, the District Court granted Micron’s motion to dismiss and allowed plaintiffs the opportunity to file a consolidated, amended complaint. On October 28, 2019, the plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint that purports to be on be on behalf of a nationwide class of indirect purchasers of DRAM products. The amended complaint asserts claims based on alleged price-fixing of DRAM products under federal and state law during the period from June 1, 2016 to at least February 1, 2018, and seeks treble monetary damages, costs, interest, attorneys’ fees, and other injunctive and equitable relief.

On June 26, 2018, a complaint was filed against Micron and other DRAM suppliers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Subsequently, four substantially identical cases were filed in the same court. On October 28, 2019, the plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint. The consolidated complaint purports to be on behalf of a nationwide class of direct purchasers of DRAM products. The complaints assert claims based on alleged price-fixing of DRAM products under federal and state law during the period from June 1, 2016 through at least February 1, 2018, and seek treble monetary damages, costs, interest, attorneys’ fees, and other injunctive and equitable relief.

Additionally, six cases have been filed in the following Canadian courts: Superior Court of Quebec, the Federal Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The substantive allegations in these cases are similar to those asserted in the cases filed in the United States.

~~We are unable to predict the outcome of these matters and therefore cannot estimate the range of possible loss. The final resolution of these matters could result in significant liability and~~ could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Our business, results of operations, or financial condition could be adversely affected by the limited availability and quality of materials, supplies, and capital equipment, or the dependency on third-party service providers.

Our supply chain and operations are dependent on the availability of materials that meet exacting standards and the use of third parties to provide us with components and services. We generally have multiple sources of supply for our materials and services. However, only a limited number of suppliers are capable of delivering certain materials and services that meet our standards and, in some cases, materials, components, or services are provided by a single supplier. Various factors could reduce the availability of materials or components such as chemicals, silicon wafers, gases, photoresist, controllers, substrates, lead frames, printed circuit boards, targets, and reticle glass

blanks. Shortages or increases in lead times have occurred in the past and may occur from time to time in the future. Our manufacturing processes are also dependent on our relationships with third-party manufacturers of controllers used in a number of our products and with outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers, contract manufacturers, logistic carriers, and other service providers. Although we have certain long-term contracts with some of our third-party service providers, most of these contracts do not provide for long-term capacity commitments. To the extent we do not have firm commitments from our third-party service providers over a specific

time period or for any specific quantity, our service providers may allocate capacity to their other customers. Accordingly, capacity for our products may not be available when we need it or at reasonable prices.

Certain materials are primarily available in ~~certain~~a limited number of countries, including rare earth elements, minerals, and metals available primarily from China. Trade disputes or other political orconditions, economic conditions, or public health issues, such as COVID-19, may limit our ~~availability~~ability to obtain such materials. Although these rare earth and other materials are generally available from multiple suppliers, China is the predominant producer of certain of these materials. If China were to restrict or stop exporting these materials, our suppliers’ ability to obtain such supply may be constrained and we may be unable to obtain sufficient quantities, or obtain supply in a timely manner, or at a commercially reasonable cost. Constrained supply of rare earth elements, minerals, and metals may restrict our ability to manufacture certain of our products and make it difficult or impossible to compete with other semiconductor memory manufacturers who are able to obtain sufficient quantities of these materials from China.

We and/or our suppliers and service providers could be affected by tariffs, embargoes, or other trade restrictions, as well as laws and regulations enacted in response to concerns regarding climate change, conflict minerals, ~~and~~ responsible sourcing practices, public health crises, contagious disease outbreaks, or other matters, which could limit the supply of our materials and/or increase the cost. Environmental regulations could limit our ability to procure or use certain chemicals or materials in our operations or products. In addition, disruptions in transportation lines could delay our receipt of materials. Lead times for the supply of materials have been extended in the past. Our ability to procure components to repair equipment essential for our manufacturing processes could also be negatively impacted by various restrictions or disruptions in supply chains, among other items. The disruption of our supply of materials, components, services, or the extension of our lead times could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Our operations are dependent on our ability to procure advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment that enables the transition to lower cost manufacturing processes. For certain key types of equipment, including photolithography tools, we are sometimes dependent on a single supplier. From time to time, we have experienced difficulties in obtaining some equipment on a timely basis due to suppliers’ limited capacity. Our inability to obtain equipment on a timely basis could adversely affect our ability to transition to next generation manufacturing processes and reduce our costs. Delays in obtaining equipment could also impede our ability to ramp production at new facilities and could increase our overall costs of a ramp. Our inability to obtain advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment in a timely manner could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

New product and market development may be unsuccessful.

We are developing new products, including system-level memory and storage products and solutions, which complement our traditional products or leverage their underlying design or process technology. We have made significant investments in product and process technology and anticipate expending significant resources for new semiconductor product and system-level solution development over the next several years. Additionally, we are increasingly differentiating our products and solutions to meet the specific demands of our customers, which increases our reliance on our ~~customer’s~~customers’ ability to accurately forecast the ~~end-customer’s~~ needs and ~~preferences.~~preferences of their customers. As a result, our product demand forecasts may be impacted significantly by the strategic actions of our customers.

For certain of our markets, it is important that we deliver products in a timely manner with increasingly advanced performance characteristics at the time our customers are designing and evaluating samples for their products. If we do not meet their product design schedules, our customers may ~~excluded~~exclude us from further consideration as a supplier for those products. The process to develop new products requires us to demonstrate advanced functionality and performance, often well in advance of a planned ramp of production, in order to secure design wins with our customers. The effects of the public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and the measures being taken to limit COVID-19’s spread could negatively impact our ability to meet anticipated timelines and/or expected or required quality standards with respect to the development of certain of our products. In addition, some of our components have long lead-times, requiring us to place orders several months in advance of anticipated demand. Such long lead-times increase the risk of excess inventory or loss of sales in the event our forecasts vary substantially from actual demand. There can be no assurance ~~of the following:~~that:

•~~that~~ our product development efforts will be successful;

•~~that~~ we will be able to cost-effectively manufacture new products;

•~~that~~ we will be able to successfully market these products;

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•~~that~~ we will be able to establish or maintain key relationships with customers, or that we will not be prohibited from working with certain customers, for specific chip set or design requirements;

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•~~that~~ we will be able to introduce new products into the market and qualify them with our customers on a timely basis; or

•~~that~~ margins generated from sales of these products will allow us to recover costs of development efforts.

Our unsuccessful efforts to develop new products and solutions could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Increases in sales of system solutions may increase our dependency upon specific customers and our costs to develop and qualify our system solutions.

Our development of system-level memory and storage products is dependent, in part, upon successfully identifying and meeting our customers’ specifications for those products. Developing and manufacturing system-level products with specifications unique to a customer increases our reliance upon that customer for purchasing our products inat sufficient ~~volume, quantity,~~volumes and prices in a timely manner. If we fail to identify or develop products on a timely basis, or at all, that comply with our customers’ specifications or achieve design wins with our customers, we may experience a significant adverse impact on our ~~revenues~~revenue and margins. Even if our products meet customer specifications, our sales of system-level solutions are dependent upon our customers choosing our products over those of our competitors and purchasing our products at sufficient volumes and prices. Our competitors’ products may be less costly, provide better performance, or include additional features when compared to our products. Our long-term ability to sell system-level memory and storage products is reliant upon our customers’ ability to create, market, and sell their products containing our system-level solutions at sufficient volumes and prices in a timely manner. If we fail to successfully develop and market system-level products, our business, results of operations, or financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

Even if we are successful in selling system-level solutions to our customers in sufficient volume, we may be unable to generate sufficient profit if our per-unit manufacturing costs exceed our per-unit selling prices. Manufacturing system-level solutions to customer specifications requires a longer development cycle, as compared to discrete products, to design, test, and qualify, which may increase our costs. Additionally, some of our system solutions are increasingly dependent on sophisticated firmware that may require significant customization to meet customer specifications, which increases our costs and time to market. Additionally, we may need to update our firmware or develop new firmware as a result of new product introductions or changes in customer specifications and/or industry standards, which increases our costs. System complexities and extended warranties for system-level products could also increase our warranty costs. Our failure to cost-effectively manufacture system-level solutions and/or firmware in a timely manner may result in reduced demand for our system-level products and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Products that fail to meet specifications, are defective, or that are otherwise incompatible with end uses could impose significant costs on us.

Products that do not meet specifications or that contain, or are perceived by our customers to contain, defects or that are otherwise incompatible with end uses could impose significant costs on us or otherwise materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition. From time to time, we experience problems with nonconforming, defective, or incompatible products after we have shipped such products. In recent periods, we have further diversified and expanded our product offerings, which could potentially increase the chance that one or more of our products could fail to meet specifications in a particular application. Our products and solutions may be deemed fully or partially responsible for ~~functions~~functionality in our customers’ products and may result in sharing or shifting of product or financial liability from our customers to us for costs incurred by the end user as a result of our customers’ products failing to perform as specified. In addition, if our products and solutions perform critical functions in our customers’ products or are used in high-risk consumer end products, such as autonomous driver assistance programs, home and enterprise security, smoke and noxious gas detectors, medical monitoring equipment, or wearables for child and elderly safety, our potential liability may increase. We could be adversely affected in several ways, including the following:

•we may be required or agree to compensate customers for costs incurred or damages caused by defective or incompatible products and to replace products;

•we could incur a decrease in revenue or adjustment to pricing commensurate with the reimbursement of such costs or alleged damages; and

•we may encounter adverse publicity, which could cause a decrease in sales of our products or harm our reputation or relationships with existing or potential customers.

Any of the foregoing items could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

If our manufacturing process is disrupted by operational issues, natural disasters, or other events, our business, results of operations, or financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

We and our subcontractors manufacture products using highly complex processes that require technologically advanced equipment and continuous modification to improve yields and performance. Difficulties in the manufacturing process or the effects from a shift in product mix can reduce yields or disrupt production and may increase our per gigabit manufacturing costs. We and our subcontractors maintain operations and continuously implement new product and process technology at manufacturing facilities, which are widely dispersed in multiple locations in several countries including the United States, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, and China. As a result of the necessary interdependence within our network of manufacturing facilities, an operational disruption at one of our or a subcontractor’s facilities may have a disproportionate impact on our ability to produce many of our products.

From time to time, there have been disruptions in the manufacturing process as a result of power outages, improperly functioning equipment, disruptions in supply of raw materials or components, or equipment failures. We have manufacturing and other operations in locations subject to natural occurrences such as severe weather and geological events, including earthquakes or tsunamis, that could disrupt operations. In addition, our suppliers and customers also have operations in such locations. Additionally, other events including political or public health crises, such as an outbreak of contagious diseases like COVID-19, SARS-CoV, avian and swine influenza, measles, or Ebola, may affect our production capabilities or that of our suppliers, including as a result of quarantines, closures of production facilities, lack of supplies, or delays caused by restrictions on travel or shipping. For example, in 2020, the government of Malaysia announced measures to restrict movement in that country in an effort to suppress the number of COVID-19 cases. Those restrictions temporarily limited our ability to fully operate our manufacturing facilities in that country. The events noted above have occurred from time to time in the past and may occur in the future. As a result, in addition to disruptions to operations, our insurance premiums may increase or we may not be able to fully recover any sustained losses through insurance.

If production is disrupted for any reason, manufacturing yields may be adversely affected, or we may be unable to meet our customers’ requirements and they may purchase products from other suppliers. This could result in a significant increase in manufacturing costs, loss of revenue, or damage to customer relationships, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Breaches of our security systems, or those of our customers, suppliers, or business partners, could expose us to losses.

We maintain a system of controls over the physical security of our facilities. We also manage and store various proprietary information and sensitive or confidential data relating to our operations. In addition, we process, store, and transmit large amounts of data relating to our customers and employees, including sensitive personal information. Unauthorized persons or employees may gain access to our facilities or network systems to steal trade secrets or other proprietary information, compromise confidential information, create system disruptions, or cause shutdowns. These parties may also be able to develop and deploy viruses, worms, and other malicious software programs that disrupt our operations and create security vulnerabilities. Breaches of our physical security and attacks on our network systems, or breaches or attacks on our customers, suppliers, or business partners who have confidential or sensitive information regarding us and our customers and suppliers, could result in significant losses and damage our reputation with customers and suppliers and may expose us to litigation if the confidential information of our customers, suppliers, or employees is compromised. The foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

We must attract, retain, and motivate highly skilled employees.

To remain competitive, we must attract, retain, and motivate executives and other highly skilled employees, as well as effectively manage or plan for succession for key employees. Competition for experienced employees in our industry can be intense. Hiring and retaining qualified executives, engineers, technical staff, and sales

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representatives is critical to our business. Our inability to attract, retain, or effectively manage or plan for succession of key employees may inhibit our ability to maintain or expand our business operations. Additionally, changes to immigration policies in the numerous countries in which we operate, including the United States, as well as restrictions on global travel as a result of local or global public health crises requiring quarantines or other precautions to limit exposure to infectious diseases, may limit our ability to hire and/or retain talent in, or transfer talent to, specific locations. If our total compensation programs and workplace culture cease to be viewed as competitive, our ability to attract, retain, and motivate employees could be weakened, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Our incentives from various governments are conditional upon achieving or maintaining certain performance obligations and are subject to reduction, termination, or clawback.

We have received, and may in the future continue to receive, benefits and incentives from national, state, and local governments in various regions of the world designed to encourage us to establish, maintain, or increase investment, workforce, or production in those regions. These incentives may take various forms, including grants, loan subsidies, and tax arrangements, and typically require us to perform or maintain certain levels of investment, capital spending, employment, technology deployment, or research and development activities to qualify for such incentives. We cannot guarantee that we will successfully achieve performance obligations required to qualify for these incentives or that the granting agencies will provide such funding. These incentive arrangements typically provide the granting agencies with rights to audit our performance with their terms and obligations. Such audits could result in modifications to, or termination of, the applicable incentive program. The incentives we receive could be subject to reduction, termination, or clawback, and any decrease or clawback of government incentives could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

We may make future acquisitions and/or alliances, which involve numerous risks.

Acquisitions and the formation or operation of alliances, such as joint ventures and other partnering arrangements, involve numerous risks, including the following:

•integrating the operations, technologies, and products of acquired or newly formed entities into our operations;

•increasing capital expenditures to upgrade and maintain facilities;

•increased debt levels;

•the assumption of unknown or underestimated liabilities;

•the use of cash to finance a transaction, which may reduce the availability of cash to fund working capital, capital expenditures, R&D expenditures, and other business activities;

•diverting management’s attention from daily operations;

•managing larger or more complex operations and facilities and employees in separate and diverse geographic areas;

•hiring and retaining key employees;

•requirements imposed by government authorities in connection with the regulatory review of a transaction, which may include, among other things, divestitures or restrictions on the conduct of our business or the acquired business;

•inability to realize synergies or other expected benefits;

•failure to maintain customer, vendor, and other relationships;

•inadequacy or ineffectiveness of an acquired company’s internal financial controls, disclosure controls and procedures, compliance programs, and/or environmental, health and safety, anti-corruption, human resource, or other policies or practices; and

•impairment of acquired intangible assets, goodwill, or other assets as a result of changing business conditions, technological advancements, or worse-than-expected performance of the acquired business.

The global memory and storage industry has experienced consolidation and may continue to consolidate. We engage, from time to time, in discussions regarding potential acquisitions and similar opportunities. To the extent we are successful in completing any such transactions, we could be subject to some or all of the risks described above, including the risks pertaining to funding, assumption of liabilities, integration challenges, and increases in debt that may accompany such transactions. Acquisitions of, or alliances with, technology companies are inherently risky and may not be successful and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

We may incur restructure charges in future periods.

From time to time, we have, and may in the future, enter into restructure initiatives in order to, among other items, streamline our operations; respond to changes in business conditions, our markets, or product offerings; or to centralize certain key functions. We may not realize expected savings or other benefits from our restructure activities and may incur additional restructure charges or other losses in future periods associated with other initiatives. In connection with any restructure initiatives, we could incur restructure charges, loss of production output, loss of key personnel, disruptions in our operations, and difficulties in the timely delivery of products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Compliance with customer responsible sourcing requirements and related regulations could limit the supply and increase the cost of certain materials, supplies, and services used in manufacturing our products.

Many of our customers have adopted responsible sourcing programs that require us to periodically report on our supply chain and responsible sourcing efforts to ensure we source the materials, supplies, and services we use and incorporate into the products we sell in a manner that is consistent with their programs. Some of our customers may elect to disqualify us as a supplier or reduce purchases from us if we are unable to verify that our products meet the specifications of their responsible sourcing programs. Meeting customer requirements may limit the sourcing and availability of some of the materials, supplies, and services we use, particularly when the availability of such materials, supplies, and services is concentrated to a limited number of suppliers. This may affect our ability and/or the cost to obtain sufficient quantities of materials, supplies, and services necessary for the manufacture of our products.

Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and its implementing SEC regulations impose supply chain due diligence and disclosure requirements for certain manufacturers of products containing specific minerals that may originate in or near the Democratic Republic of the Congo and finance or benefit local armed groups. These conflict minerals are commonly found in materials used in the manufacture of semiconductors.

Our inability to comply with customers’ requirements for responsible sourcing or with related regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

A downturn in the worldwide economy may harm our business.

The health crisis caused by COVID-19 has adversely affected economic conditions and caused a downturn in the worldwide economy. Downturns in the worldwide economy have harmed our business in the past and the current downturn has adversely affected our business. As a result, demand for certain of our products used in smartphones, consumer electronics, and automotive, has been volatile. Reduced demand for these or other products could result in significant decreases in our average selling prices and product sales. If these adverse conditions persist or worsen, we could experience additional reduction in demand for our products and/or devices that incorporate our products. Future downturns could also adversely affect our business. In addition, to the extent our customers or distributors have elevated inventory levels, we may experience a decrease in short-term and/or long-term demand and/or pricing for our products.

A deterioration of conditions in worldwide credit markets could limit our ability to obtain external financing to fund our operations and capital expenditures. In addition, we may experience losses on our holdings of cash and investments due to failures of financial institutions and other parties. Difficult economic conditions may also result in a higher rate of losses on our accounts receivable due to credit defaults. As a result, downturns in the worldwide economy could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Risks Related to Intellectual Property and Litigation

We may be unable to protect our intellectual property or retain key employees who are knowledgeable of and develop our intellectual property.

We maintain a system of controls over our intellectual property, including U.S. and foreign patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing arrangements, confidentiality procedures, non-disclosure agreements with

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employees, consultants, and vendors, and a general system of internal controls. Despite our system of controls over our intellectual property, it may be possible for our current or future competitors to obtain, copy, use, or disclose, illegally or otherwise, our product and process technology or other proprietary information. The laws of some foreign countries may not protect our intellectual property to the same degree as do U.S. laws and our confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-compete agreements may be unenforceable or difficult and costly to enforce.

Additionally, our ability to maintain and develop intellectual property is dependent upon our ability to attract, develop, and retain highly skilled employees. Global competition for such skilled employees in our industry is intense. ~~Due to the volatile nature of our industry and our operating results, a~~A decline in our operating results and/or stock price may adversely affect our ability to retain key employees whose compensation is dependent, in part, upon the market price of our common stock, achieving certain performance metrics, levels of company profitability, or other financial or company-wide performance. If our competitors or future entrants into our industry are successful in hiring our employees, they may directly benefit from the knowledge these employees gained while they were under our employment.

Our inability to protect our intellectual property or retain key employees who are knowledgeable of and develop our intellectual property could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Legal proceedings and claims could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

From time to time we are subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise out of the ordinary conduct of our business or otherwise, both domestically and internationally. See “Part II. Other Information – Item 1. Legal Proceedings.” Any claim, with or without merit, could result in significant legal fees that could negatively impact our financial results, disrupt our operations, and require significant attention from our management. We could be subject to litigation or arbitration disputes arising from our relationships with vendors or customers, supply agreements, or contractual obligations with our subcontractors or business partners. We may also be associated with and subject to litigation arising from the actions of our vendors, subcontractors, or business partners. We may also be subject to litigation or claims as a result of our indemnification obligations, including obligations to defend our customers against third-party claims asserting infringement of certain intellectual property rights, which may include patents, trademarks, copyrights, or trade secrets. We may also be subject to claims or litigation arising from the terms of our product warranties or from product liability claims. As we continue to focus on developing system solutions with manufacturers of consumer products, including autonomous driving, augmented reality, and others, we may be exposed to greater potential for personal liability claims against us as a result of consumers’ use of those products. We, our officers, or our directors could also be subject to claims of alleged violations of securities laws. There can be no assurance that we are adequately insured to protect against all claims and potential liabilities, and we may elect to self-insure with respect to certain matters. Exposures to various legal proceedings and claims could lead to significant costs and expenses as we defend claims, are required to pay damage awards, or enter into settlement agreements, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

We are subject to allegations of anticompetitive conduct.

On April 27, 2018, a complaint was filed against Micron and other DRAM suppliers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Subsequently, two substantially identical cases were filed in the same court. The lawsuits purported to be on behalf of a nationwide class of indirect purchasers of DRAM products. On September 3, 2019, the District Court granted Micron’s motion to dismiss and allowed the plaintiffs the opportunity to file a consolidated, amended complaint. On October 28, 2019, the plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint that purported to be on behalf of a nationwide class of indirect purchasers of DRAM products. The amended complaint asserted claims based on alleged price-fixing of DRAM products under federal and state law during the period from June 1, 2016 to at least February 1, 2018, and sought treble monetary damages, costs, interest, attorneys’ fees, and other injunctive and equitable relief. On December 21, 2020, the District Court dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims and entered judgment against them.

On June 26, 2018, a complaint was filed against Micron and other DRAM suppliers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Subsequently, four substantially identical cases were filed in the same court. On October 28, 2019, the plaintiffs filed a consolidated, amended complaint. The consolidated complaint purports to be on behalf of a nationwide class of direct purchasers of DRAM products. The consolidated complaint asserts claims based on alleged price-fixing of DRAM products under federal and state law during the period from June 1, 2016

through at least February 1, 2018, and seeks treble monetary damages, costs, interest, attorneys’ fees, and other injunctive and equitable relief. On December 21, 2020, the District Court granted Micron’s motion to dismiss and granted the plaintiffs permission to file an amended complaint.

We are unable to predict the outcome of these matters and cannot make a reasonable estimate of the potential loss or range of possible losses. The final resolution of these matters could result in significant liability and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition. See “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Contingencies.”

We face risks associated with our former IMFT joint venture with Intel.

On October 31, 2019, we purchased Intel’s noncontrolling interest in the IMFT joint venture, now known as MTU. Our acquisition involves risks including, but not limited to, continued underutilization of the MTU facility. We also face risks from our arbitration proceeding with Intel, in which we and Intel have made claims against each other for damages relating to the joint venture. For information regarding the arbitration proceeding, see “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Contingencies.” The foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Claims that our products or manufacturing processes infringe or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of others, or failure to obtain or renew license agreements covering such intellectual property, could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

As is typical in the semiconductor and other high technology industries, from time to time others have asserted, and may in the future assert, that our products or manufacturing processes infringe upon, misappropriate, misuse, or otherwise violate their intellectual property rights. We are unable to predict the outcome of these assertions made against us. Any of these types of claims, regardless of the merits, could subject us to significant costs to defend or resolve such claims and may consume a substantial portion of management’s time and attention. As a result of these claims, we may be required to:

•pay significant monetary damages, fines, royalties, or penalties;

•enter into license or settlement agreements covering such intellectual property rights;

•make material changes to or redesign our products and/or manufacturing processes; and/or

•cease manufacturing, having made, selling, offering for sale, importing, marketing, or using products and/or manufacturing processes in certain jurisdictions.

We may not be able to take any of the actions described above on commercially reasonable terms and any of the foregoing results could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition. ~~(See~~See “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Contingencies.”)

We have a number of intellectual property license agreements. Some of these license agreements require us to make one-time or periodic payments. We may need to obtain additional licenses or renew existing license agreements in the future. We are unable to predict whether these license agreements can be obtained or renewed on terms acceptable to us. The failure to obtain or renew licenses as necessary could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~Litigation could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.~~

From time to time we are subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise out of the ordinary conduct of our business or otherwise, both domestically and internationally. Any claim, with or without merit, could result in significant legal fees that could negatively impact our financial results, disrupt our operations, and require significant

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~~attention from our management.~~ We ~~could be subject to litigation or arbitration disputes arising from our relationships~~have been served with vendors or customers, supply agreements, or contractual obligations with our subcontractors or business partners. We may also be associated with and subject to litigation arising from the actions of our subcontractors or business partners. We may also be subject to litigation as a result of indemnities we issue, primarily with our customers, the terms of our product warranties, and from product liability claims. As we continue to focus on developing system solutions with manufacturers of consumer products, including autonomous driving, augmented reality, and others, we may be exposed to greater potential for personal liability claims against us as a result of consumers’ use of those products. There can be no assurance that we are adequately insured to protect against all claims and potential liabilities, and we may elect to self-insure with respect to certain matters. Exposures to various litigation could lead to significant costs and expenses as we defend claims, are required to pay damage awards, or enter into settlement agreements, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.complaints in Chinese courts alleging patent infringement.

We ~~are subject~~have been served with complaints in Chinese courts alleging that we infringe certain Chinese patents by manufacturing and selling certain products in China. The complaints seek orders requiring us to ~~allegations~~destroy inventory of ~~securities violations~~the accused products and ~~related wrongful acts.~~

~~On January 23, 2019, a complaint was filed against Micron~~equipment for manufacturing the accused products in China; to stop manufacturing, using, selling, and ~~two of our officers, Sanjay Mehrotra~~offering for sale the accused products in China; and ~~David Zinsner, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit purports~~ to ~~be brought on behalf of a class of purchasers of our stock during the period from June 22, 2018 through November 19, 2018. Subsequently two substantially similar cases were filed in the same~~pay damages plus court adding one of our former officers, Ernie Maddock, as a defendant and alleging a class action period from September 26, 2017 through November 19, 2018. The separate cases were joined, and a consolidated amended complaint was filed on June 15, 2019. The consolidated amended complaint alleges that defendants committed securities fraud through misrepresentations and omissions about purported anticompetitive behavior in the DRAM industry and seek compensatory and punitive damages, fees, interest, costs, and other appropriate relief. On October 2, 2019, the parties submitted a joint stipulation to dismiss the complaint. The Court approved the stipulation and dismissed the complaint on October 3, 2019. On March 5, 2019, a derivative complaint was filed by a shareholder in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, based on similar allegations to the securities fraud cases, allegedly on behalf of and for the benefit of Micron, against certain current and former officers and directors of Micron for alleged breaches of their fiduciary duties and other violations of law. The complaint seeks damages, fees, interest, costs, and other appropriate relief. Similar shareholder derivative complaints were subsequently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. On November 20, 2019, the plaintiff in the second action filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware voluntarily dismissed his complaint.fees.

We are unable to predict the outcome of these ~~matters~~assertions of infringement made against us and ~~therefore~~ cannot make a reasonable estimate of the potential loss or range of possible ~~loss. The final resolution~~losses. A determination that our products or manufacturing processes infringe the intellectual property rights of ~~these matters~~others or entering into a license agreement covering such intellectual property could result in significant liability ~~and could have a~~and/or require us to make material ~~adverse effect on~~changes to our ~~business, results of operations, or financial condition.~~

~~If our manufacturing process is disrupted by operational issues, natural disasters, or other events, our business, results of operations, or financial condition could be materially adversely affected.~~

significant increase in manufacturing costs, loss of revenues, or damage to customer relationships, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~A downturn in the worldwide economy may harm our business.~~

Downturns in the worldwide economy have harmed our business in the past and future downturns could also adversely affect our business. Adverse economic conditions affect demand for devices that incorporate our products, such as personal computers, mobile devices, SSDs, and servers. Reduced demand for these products could result in significant decreases in our average selling prices and product sales. A deterioration of current conditions in worldwide credit markets could limit our ability to obtain external financing to fund our operations and capital expenditures. In addition, we may experience losses on our holdings of cash and investments due to failures of financial institutions and other parties. Difficult economic conditions may also result in a higher rate of losses on our accounts receivables due to credit defaults. As a result, a downturn in the worldwide economy could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~Breaches of our security systems, or those of our customers, suppliers, or business partners, could expose us to losses.~~

~~Our acquisition of Intel's noncontrolling interest in IMFT involves numerous risks.~~

~~On October 31, 2019, we purchased Intel’s noncontrolling interest in IMFT, now known as MTU. Our acquisition involves risks including, but not limited~~ See “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to an inability to sell the product MTU produces, increases in underutilization charges, increase in R&D expenses, retention of key employees, and successful integration of MTU. We may also face risks from disputes in connection with joint venture activities, or difficulties or delays in collecting amounts due to us. The foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~Debt obligations could adversely affect our financial condition.~~

We have incurred in the past, and expect to incur in the future, debt to finance our capital investments, business acquisitions, and restructure of our capital structure. As of November 28, 2019, we had debt with a carrying value of $5.65 billion. As of November 28, 2019, we also had an undrawn revolving credit facility that matures in July 2023 and provides for borrowings of up to $2.50 billion. As of November 28, 2019, the conversion value in excess of principal of our convertible notes was $567 million, based on the trading price of our common stock of $48.16 per share on such date.

~~Our debt obligations could adversely impact us. For example, these obligations could:~~

•require us to use a large portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on debt, which will reduce the amount of cash flow available to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, R&D expenditures, and other business activities;

•~~require us to use cash and/or issue shares of our common stock to settle any conversion obligations of our convertible notes;~~

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•result in certain of our debt instruments being accelerated to be immediately due and payable or being deemed to be in default if certain terms of default are triggered, such as applicable cross payment default and/or cross-acceleration provisions;

•~~adversely impact our credit rating, which could increase future borrowing costs;~~

•~~limit our future ability to raise funds for capital expenditures, strategic acquisitions or business opportunities, R&D, and other general corporate requirements;~~

•~~restrict our ability to incur specified indebtedness, create or incur certain liens, and enter into sale-leaseback financing transactions;~~

•~~increase our vulnerability to adverse economic and semiconductor memory and storage industry conditions;~~

•~~increase our exposure to interest rate risk from variable rate indebtedness;~~

•~~continue to dilute our earnings per share as a result of the conversion provisions in our convertible notes; and~~

•~~require us to continue to pay cash amounts substantially in excess of the principal amounts upon settlement of our convertible notes to minimize dilution of our earnings per share.~~

Our ability to meet our payment obligations under our debt instruments depends on our ability to generate significant cash flows in the future. This, to some extent, is subject to market, economic, financial, competitive, legislative, and regulatory factors as well as other factors that are beyond our control. There can be no assurance that our business will generate cash flow from operations, or that additional capital will be available to us, in amounts sufficient to enable us to meet our debt payment obligations and to fund other liquidity needs. Additionally, events and circumstances may occur which would cause us to not be able to satisfy applicable draw-down conditions and utilize our revolving credit facility. In 2019, we suspended the security interest in the collateral under our credit facility upon achieving a specified credit rating and prepaying the 2022 Term Loan B; however, if our corporate credit rating were to decline below a certain level, the security interest would be automatically reinstated. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flows to service our debt payment obligations, we may need to refinance or restructure our debt, sell assets, reduce or delay capital investments, or seek to raise additional capital. If we are unable to implement one or more of these alternatives, we may be unable to meet our debt payment obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~We must attract, retain, and motivate highly skilled employees.~~

To remain competitive, we must attract, retain, and motivate executives and other highly skilled employees. Competition for experienced employees in our industry can be intense and hiring and retaining qualified executives, engineers, technical staff, and sales representatives are critical to our business. Our inability to attract and retain key employees may inhibit our ability to maintain or expand our business operations. Additionally, changes to immigration policies in the numerous countries in which we operate, including the United States, may limit our ability to hire and/or retain talent in specific locations. If our total compensation programs and workplace culture cease to be viewed as competitive, our ability to attract, retain, and motivate employees could be weakened, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.Consolidated Financial Statements – Contingencies.”

The acquisition of our ownership interest in Inotera from Qimonda AG (“Qimonda”) has been challenged by the administrator of the insolvency proceedings for Qimonda.

OnIn January ~~20,~~ 2011, Dr. Michael Jaffé, administrator for Qimonda’s insolvency proceedings, filed suit against Micron and Micron Semiconductor B.V. (“Micron B.V.”), in the District Court of Munich, Civil Chamber. The complaint seeks to void ~~under Section 133 of the German Insolvency Act,~~ a share purchase agreement between Micron B.V. and Qimonda signed in ~~fall~~ 2008, pursuant to which Micron B.V. purchased substantially all of Qimonda’s shares of Inotera, ~~(the “Inotera Shares”),~~ representing approximately 18% of Inotera’s outstanding shares at that time, and seeks an order requiring us to re-transfer those shares to the Qimonda estate. The complaint also seeks, among other things, to recover damages for the alleged value of the joint venture relationship with Inotera and to terminate ~~under Sections 103 or 133 of the German Insolvency Code,~~ a patent cross-license between us and Qimonda entered into at the same time as the share purchase agreement.

~~Following a series of hearings with pleadings, arguments, and witnesses on behalf of~~ See “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Contingencies” for further information regarding the Qimonda estate, on March 13, 2014, the court issued judgments: (1) ordering Micron B.V. to pay approximately $1 million in respect of certain Inotera Shares sold in connection with the original share purchase; (2) ordering Micron B.V. to disclose certain information with respect to any Inotera Shares sold by it to third parties; (3) ordering Micron B.V. to disclose the benefits derived by it from ownership of the Inotera Shares, including in particular, any profits distributed on the

Inotera Shares and all other benefits; (4) denying Qimonda’s claims against Micron for any damages relating to the joint venture relationship with Inotera; and (5) determining that Qimonda’s obligations under the patent cross-license agreement are canceled. In addition, the Court issued interlocutory judgments ordering, among other things: (1) that Micron B.V. transfer to the Qimonda estate the Inotera Shares still owned by Micron B.V. and pay to the Qimonda estate compensation in an amount to be specified for any Inotera Shares sold to third parties; and (2) that Micron B.V. pay the Qimonda estate as compensation an amount to be specified for benefits derived by Micron B.V. from ownership of the Inotera Shares. The interlocutory judgments have no immediate, enforceable effect on us, and, accordingly, we expect to be able to continue to operate with full control of the Inotera Shares subject to further developments in the case. On April 17, 2014, Micron and Micron B.V. filed a notice of appeal with the German Appeals Court challenging the District Court’s decision. After opening briefs, the Appeals Court held a hearing on the matter on July 9, 2015, and thereafter appointed two independent experts to perform an evaluation of Dr. Jaffé’s claims that the amount Micron paid for Qimonda was less than fair market value. On January 25, 2018, the court-appointed experts issued their report concluding that the amount paid by Micron was within an acceptable fair-value range. The Appeals Court held a subsequent hearing on April 30, 2019, and on May 28, 2019, the Appeals Court remanded the case to the experts for supplemental expert opinion.matter.

We are unable to predict the outcome of the matter and ~~therefore,~~ cannot make a reasonable estimate of the potential loss or range of possible ~~loss.~~losses. The final resolution of this lawsuit could result in the loss of the Inotera ~~Shares~~shares or monetary damages, unspecified damages based on the benefits derived by Micron B.V. from the ownership of the Inotera ~~Shares,~~shares, and/or the termination of the patent cross-license, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Risks Related to Laws and Regulations

Increases in tariffs or other trade restrictions or taxes on our or our customers’ products or equipment and supplies could have an adverse impact on our operations.

In 2020, 88% of our revenue was from products shipped to customer locations outside the United States. We also purchase a significant portion of equipment and supplies from suppliers outside the United States. Additionally, a significant portion of our facilities are located outside the United States, including in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and China.

The United States and other countries have levied tariffs and taxes on certain goods. General trade tensions between the United States and China have been escalating since 2018, with U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods and retaliatory Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods. Some of our products are included in these tariffs. Higher duties on existing tariffs and further rounds of tariffs have been announced or threatened by U.S. and Chinese leaders. Additionally, the United States has threatened to impose tariffs on goods imported from other countries, which could also impact certain of our customers’ or our operations. If the United States were to impose current or additional tariffs on components that we or our suppliers source, our cost for such components would increase. We may also incur increases in manufacturing costs and supply chain risks due to our efforts to mitigate the impact of tariffs on our customers and our operations. Additionally, tariffs on our customers’ products could impact their sales of such end products, resulting in lower demand for our products.

We cannot predict what further actions may ultimately be taken with respect to tariffs or trade relations between the United States and other countries, what products may be subject to such actions, or what actions may be taken by

other countries in retaliation. Further changes in trade policy, tariffs, additional taxes, restrictions on exports or other trade barriers, or restrictions on supplies, equipment, and raw materials including rare earth minerals, may limit our ability to produce products, increase our selling and/or manufacturing costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of our products, or inhibit our ability to sell products or purchase necessary equipment and supplies, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Trade regulations have restricted our ability to sell our products to several customers, could restrict our ability to sell our products to other customers or in certain markets, or could otherwise restrict our ability to conduct operations.

International trade disputes have led, and may continue to lead, to new and increasing trade barriers and other protectionist measures that can increase our manufacturing costs, make our products less competitive, reduce demand for our products, limit our ability to sell to certain customers or markets, limit our ability to procure components or raw materials, impede or slow the movement of our goods across borders, impede our ability to perform R&D activities, or otherwise restrict our ability to conduct operations. Increasing protectionism, economic nationalism, and national security concerns may lead to further changes in trade policy, domestic sourcing initiatives, or other formal and informal measures that could make it more difficult to sell our products in, or restrict our access to, some markets and/or customers.

Escalating tensions between the United States and China have led to increased trade restrictions and have affected customer ordering patterns. For example, the BIS has recently enacted increasingly broad trade restrictions with respect to Huawei (which represented approximately 10% of our revenue in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 12% in 2019), culminating with restrictions that took effect on September 15, 2020 and that currently prevent us and many other companies from shipping products to Huawei. We cannot predict the duration these restrictions will remain in place, whether the BIS will grant us or others licenses to ship products to Huawei, or whether the BIS or other U.S. or foreign government entities will enact similar restrictions with respect to other customers, markets, or products. We may not be able to replace the lost revenue opportunities associated with such restrictions.

The United States has also imposed other restrictions on the export of U.S. regulated products and technology to certain Chinese technology companies, including certain of our customers. These restrictions have reduced our sales, and continuing or future restrictions could adversely affect our financial results, result in reputational harm to us due to our relationship with such companies, or lead such companies to develop or adopt technologies that compete with our products. It is difficult to predict what further trade-related actions governments may take, and we may be unable to quickly and effectively react to such actions. For example, U.S. legislation has expanded the power of the U.S. Department of Commerce to restrict the export of “emerging and foundational technologies” yet to be identified, which could impact our current or future products.

Trade disputes and protectionist measures, or continued uncertainty about such matters, could result in declining consumer confidence and slowing economic growth or recession, and could cause our customers to reduce, cancel, or alter the timing of their purchases with us. Sustained trade tensions could lead to long-term changes in global trade and technology supply chains, which could adversely affect our business and growth prospects. Trade restrictions that may be imposed by the United States, China, or other countries may impact our business in ways we cannot reasonably quantify, including that some of our customers’ products which incorporate our solutions may also be impacted. Restrictions on our ability to sell and ship our products to Huawei have had, and may continue to have, an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, further increases in trade restrictions or barriers may negatively impact our revenue with Huawei or other customers, and any licenses we have received or could receive in the future could be rendered ineffective. Any such changes may have a further adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

The technology industry is subject to intense media, political, and regulatory scrutiny, which can increase our exposure to government investigations, legal actions, and penalties. Although we have policies, controls, and procedures designed to help ensure compliance with applicable laws, there can be no assurance that our employees, contractors, suppliers, or agents will not violate such laws or our policies. Violations of trade laws, restrictions, or regulations can result in fines; criminal sanctions against us or our officers, directors, or employees; prohibitions on the conduct of our business; and damage to our reputation.

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We may incur additional tax expense or become subject to additional tax exposure.

We operate in a number of locations outside the United States, including Singapore, where we have tax incentive arrangements that are conditional, in part, upon meeting certain business operations and employment thresholds. Our domestic and international taxes are dependent upon the geographic mix of our earnings among these jurisdictions. Our provision for income taxes and cash tax liabilities in the future could be adversely affected by numerous factors, including challenges by tax authorities to our tax positions and intercompany transfer pricing arrangements, failure to meet performance obligations with respect to tax incentive agreements, expanding our operations in various countries, and changes in tax laws and regulations. Additionally, we file income tax returns with the U.S. federal government, various U.S. states, and various other jurisdictions throughout the world and certain tax returns may remain open to examination for several years. The results of audits and examinations of previously filed tax returns and continuing assessments of our tax exposures may have an adverse effect on our provision for income taxes and cash tax liability. The foregoing items could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

A change in tax laws in key jurisdictions could materially increase our tax expense.

We are subject to income taxes in the ~~U.S.~~United States and many foreign jurisdictions. Changes to income tax laws and regulations, or the interpretation of such laws, in any of the jurisdictions in which we operate ~~or in the interpretation of such laws,~~ could significantly increase our effective tax rate and ultimately reduce our cash ~~flow~~flows from operating activities and otherwise have a material adverse effect on our financial condition. For example, our effective tax rate increased from 1.2% for 2018 to 9.8% for 2019 primarily as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted onin December ~~22,~~ 2017 by the United ~~States and for which the U.S. Treasury Department continues to issue interpretive guidance.~~States. Additionally, various levels of government are increasingly focused on tax reform and other legislative actions to increase tax ~~revenue.~~revenue, and President-Elect Biden’s campaign proposals included increasing the U.S. corporate income tax rate from 21% to 28%. Further changes in the tax laws of foreign jurisdictions could arise as a result of the base erosion and profit shifting project undertaken by the ~~Organization~~Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which represents a coalition of member countries and recommended changes to numerous long-standing tax principles. If ~~adopted~~implemented by ~~countries,~~taxing authorities, such changes, as well as changes in U.S. federal and state tax laws or in taxing jurisdictions’ administrative interpretations, decisions, policies, and positions, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~Our incentives from various governments are conditional upon achieving or maintaining certain performance obligations~~We and others are subject to ~~reduction, termination,~~a variety of laws, regulations, or ~~clawback.~~industry standards that may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~We have received,~~The manufacturing of our products requires the use of facilities, equipment, and ~~may~~materials that are subject to a broad array of laws and regulations in numerous jurisdictions in which we operate. Additionally, we are subject to a variety of other laws and regulations relative to the ~~future continue to receive, benefits~~construction, maintenance, and ~~incentives from national, state, and local governments~~operations of our facilities. Any changes in ~~various regions of the world designed to encourage~~laws, regulations, or industry standards could cause us to ~~establish, maintain,~~incur additional direct costs, as well as increased indirect costs related to our relationships with our customers and suppliers, and otherwise harm our operations and financial condition. Any failure to comply with laws, regulations, or ~~increase~~industry standards could adversely impact our reputation and our financial results. Additionally, we engage various third parties as sales channel partners or to represent us or otherwise act on our behalf who are also subject to a broad array of laws, regulations, and industry standards. Our engagement with these third parties may also expose us to risks associated with their respective compliance with laws and regulations. As a result of these items, we could experience the following:

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•suspension of production or sales of our products;

~~investment, workforce,~~•remediation costs;

•alteration of our manufacturing processes;

•regulatory penalties, fines, and legal liabilities; and

•reputational challenges.

Compliance with, or ~~production in those regions. These incentives may take various forms, including grants, loan subsidies, and tax arrangements, and typically require us~~our failure, or the failure of our third-party sales channel partners or agents, to ~~perform~~comply with, laws, regulations, or maintain certain levels of investment, capital spending, employment, technology deployment, or research and development activities to qualify for such incentives. We cannot guarantee that we will successfully achieve performance obligations required to qualify for these incentives or that the granting agencies will provide such funding. These incentive arrangements typically provide the granting agencies with rights to audit our performance with the terms and obligations. Such audits could result in modifications to, or termination of, the applicable incentive program. The incentives we receive could be subject to reduction, termination, or clawback, and any decrease or clawback of government incentivesindustry standards could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~We may make future acquisitions and/or alliances, which involve numerous risks.~~

Risks Related to Capitalization and Financial Markets

~~Acquisitions~~We may be unable to generate sufficient cash flows or obtain access to external financing necessary to fund our operations, make scheduled debt payments, and make adequate capital investments.

Our cash flows from operations depend primarily on the ~~formation~~volume of semiconductor memory and storage products sold, average selling prices, and manufacturing costs. To develop new product and process technology, support future growth, achieve operating efficiencies, and maintain product quality, we must make significant capital investments in manufacturing technology, capital equipment, facilities, R&D, and product and process technology.

We estimate capital expenditures in 2021 for property, plant, and equipment, net of partner contributions, will be approximately $9 billion, focused on technology transitions and product enablement. Investments in capital expenditures may not generate expected returns or ~~operation~~cash flows. Delays in completion and ramping of ~~alliances,~~new production facilities could significantly impact our ability to realize expected returns on our capital expenditures, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

In the past we have utilized external sources of financing when needed. As a result of our debt levels, expected debt amortization, and general economic conditions, it may be difficult for us to obtain financing on terms acceptable to us or at all. We have experienced volatility in our cash flows and operating results and may continue to experience such ~~as joint ventures~~volatility in the future, which may negatively affect our credit rating. Our credit rating may also be affected by our liquidity, financial results, economic risk, or other factors, which may increase the cost of future borrowings and make it difficult for us to obtain financing on terms acceptable to us or at all. In addition, if our credit rating declines below a certain level, our credit facility will be required to become secured by certain of our assets, which may limit the amount or increase the cost of future financings. There can be no assurance that we will be able to generate sufficient cash flows, access capital or credit markets, or find other ~~partnering arrangements, involve numerous risks,~~sources of financing to fund our operations, make debt payments, and make adequate capital investments to remain competitive in terms of technology development and cost efficiency. Our inability to do any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Debt obligations could adversely affect our financial condition.

We have incurred in the past, and expect to incur in the future, debt to finance our capital investments, business acquisitions, and to restructure our capital structure, including the ~~following:~~refinancing of existing debt. As of December 3, 2020, we had debt with a carrying value of $6.63 billion. As of December 3, 2020, $2.50 billion of our Revolving Credit Facility was available to us. As of December 3, 2020, the conversion value in excess of principal of our convertible notes was $802 million, based on the trading price of our common stock of $69.90 per share on such date.

Our debt obligations could adversely impact us. For example, these obligations could:

•~~integrating~~require us to use a large portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on debt, which will reduce the ~~operations, technologies, and products of acquired or newly formed entities into our operations;~~

•~~increasing capital expenditures to upgrade and maintain facilities;~~

•~~increased debt levels;~~

•~~the assumption of unknown or underestimated liabilities;~~

•~~the use~~amount of cash ~~to finance a transaction, which may reduce the availability of cash~~flow available to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, R&D expenditures, and other business activities;

•~~diverting management’s attention from daily operations;~~require us to use cash and/or issue shares of our common stock to settle any conversion obligations of our convertible notes;

•~~managing larger~~result in certain of our debt instruments being accelerated to be immediately due and payable or ~~more complex operations and facilities and employees~~being deemed to be in ~~separate and diverse geographic areas;~~default if certain terms of default are triggered, such as applicable cross payment default and/or cross-acceleration provisions;

•~~hiring and retaining key employees;~~adversely impact our credit rating, which could increase future borrowing costs;

•~~requirements imposed by governmental authorities in connection with the regulatory review of a transaction, which may include, among~~limit our future ability to raise funds for capital expenditures, strategic acquisitions or business opportunities, R&D, and other ~~things, divestitures or restrictions on the conduct of our business or the acquired business;~~general corporate requirements;

•~~inability~~restrict our ability to ~~realize synergies~~incur specified indebtedness, create or ~~other expected benefits;~~incur certain liens, and enter into sale-leaseback financing transactions;

•~~failure~~increase our vulnerability to ~~maintain customer, vendor,~~adverse economic and ~~other relationships;~~semiconductor memory and storage industry conditions;

•~~inadequacy or ineffectiveness~~increase our exposure to interest rate risk from variable rate indebtedness;

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•continue to dilute our earnings per share as a result of an acquired company’s internal financial controls, disclosure controls and procedures, compliance programs, and/or environmental, health and safety, anti-corruption, human resource, or other policies or practices;the conversion provisions in our convertible notes; and

•~~impairment of acquired intangible assets, goodwill, or other assets as a result of changing business conditions, technological advancements, or worse-than-expected performance~~require us to continue to pay cash amounts substantially in excess of the ~~acquired business.~~principal amounts upon settlement of our convertible notes to minimize dilution of our earnings per share.

Our ability to meet our payment obligations under our debt instruments depends on our ability to generate significant cash flows or obtain external financing in the future. This, to some extent, is subject to market, economic, financial, competitive, legislative, and regulatory factors as well as other factors that are beyond our control. There can be no assurance that our business will generate cash flow from operations, or that additional capital will be available to us, in amounts sufficient to enable us to meet our debt payment obligations and to fund other liquidity needs. Additionally, events and circumstances may occur which would cause us to not be able to satisfy applicable draw-down conditions and utilize our revolving credit facility. In ~~previous years, supply~~2019, we suspended the security interest in the collateral under our credit facility; however, if our corporate credit rating were to decline below a certain level, the security interest would be automatically reinstated, which may limit the amount or increase the cost of memory and storage products has significantly exceeded customer demand resulting in significant declines in average selling prices. The global memory and storage industry has experienced consolidation and may continue to consolidate. We engage, from time to time, in discussions regarding potential acquisitions and similar opportunities. To the extentfuture financings. If we are ~~successful in completing any such transactions,~~unable to generate sufficient cash flows to service our debt payment obligations, we ~~could~~may need to refinance or restructure our debt, sell assets, reduce or delay capital investments, or seek to raise additional capital. If we are unable to implement one or more of these alternatives, we may be ~~subject~~unable to ~~some or all of the risks described above, including the risks pertaining to funding, assumption of liabilities, integration challenges, and increases in~~meet our debt ~~that may accompany such transactions. Acquisitions of, or alliances with, technology companies are inherently risky and may not be successful and~~payment obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Changes in foreign currency exchange rates could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Across our global operations, significant transactions and balances are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar (our reporting currency), primarily the euro, Singapore dollar, New Taiwan dollar, and yen. In addition, a significant portion of our manufacturing costs are denominated in foreign currencies. Exchange rates for some of these currencies against the U.S. dollar have been volatile and may be volatile in future periods. If these currencies strengthen against the U.S. dollar, our manufacturing costs could significantly increase. Exchange rates for the U.S. dollar that adversely change against our foreign currency exposures could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

~~We may incur additional restructuring charges in future periods.~~

From time to time, we have, and may in the future, enter into restructure initiatives in order to, among other items, streamline our operations, respond to changes in business conditions, our markets or product offerings, or to centralize certain key functions. We may not realize expected savings or other benefits from our restructure activities and may incur additional restructure charges or other losses in future periods associated with other initiatives. In connection with any restructure initiatives, we could incur restructure charges, loss of production output, loss of key personnel, disruptions in our operations, and difficulties in the timely delivery of products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Compliance with customer and responsible sourcing requirements and related regulations could limit the supply and increase the cost of certain materials, supplies, and services used in manufacturing our products.

Many of our customers have adopted responsible sourcing programs that require us to periodically report on our supply chain and responsible sourcing efforts to ensure we source the materials, supplies, and services we use and incorporate into the products we sell in a manner that is consistent with their programs. Some of our customers may elect to disqualify us as a supplier or reduce purchases from us if we are unable to verify that our products meet the specifications of their responsible sourcing programs. Meeting customer requirements may limit the sourcing and availability of some of the materials, supplies, and services we use, particularly when the availability of such is concentrated to a limited number of suppliers. This in turn may affect our ability and/or the cost to obtain materials, supplies, and services necessary for the manufacture of our products in sufficient quantities.

This increased focus on environmental protection and social responsibility initiatives led to the passage of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and its implementing SEC regulations. The act imposes supply chain diligence and disclosure requirements for certain manufacturers of products containing specific minerals that may originate in or near the Democratic Republic of the Congo and finance or benefit local armed groups. These conflict minerals are commonly found in materials used in the manufacture of semiconductors.

~~Our inability to comply with customers’ requirements for responsible sourcing or with regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.~~

~~We and others are subject to a variety of laws, regulations, or industry standards that may result in additional costs and liabilities.~~

The manufacturing of our products requires the use of facilities, equipment, and materials that are subject to a broad array of laws and regulations in numerous jurisdictions in which we operate. Additionally, we are subject to a variety of other laws and regulations relative to the construction, maintenance, and operations of our facilities. Any changes in laws, regulations, or industry standards could cause us to incur additional direct costs, as well as increased indirect costs related to our relationships with our customers and suppliers, and otherwise harm our operations and financial condition. Any failure to comply with laws, regulations, or industry standards could adversely impact our reputation and our financial results. Additionally, we engage various third parties to represent us or otherwise act on our behalf who are also subject to a broad array of laws, regulations, and industry standards. Our engagement with these third parties may also expose us to risks associated with their respective compliance with laws and regulations. As a result of these items, we could experience the following:

•~~suspension of production;~~

•~~remediation costs;~~

•~~alteration of our manufacturing processes;~~

•~~regulatory penalties, fines, and legal liabilities; and~~

•~~reputational challenges.~~

Our failure, or the failure of our third-party agents, to comply with laws, regulations, or industry standards could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

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We are subject to counterparty default risks.

We have numerous arrangements with financial institutions that subject us to counterparty default risks, including cash deposits, investments, ~~capped call contracts on our common stock,~~ and derivative instruments. Additionally, we are subject to counterparty default risk from our customers for amounts receivable from them. As a result, we are subject to the risk that the counterparty ~~to one or more of these arrangements~~ will default on its performance obligations. A counterparty may not comply with ~~their~~its contractual commitments which could then lead to ~~their~~its defaulting on ~~their~~its obligations with little or no notice to us, which could limit our ability ~~to take action~~ to mitigate our exposure. Additionally, our ability to mitigate our exposures may be constrained by the terms of our contractual arrangements or because market conditions prevent us from taking effective action. If one of our counterparties becomes insolvent or files for bankruptcy, our ability to recover any losses suffered as a result of that counterparty’s default may be limited by the liquidity of the counterparty or the applicable laws governing the bankruptcy proceedings. In the event of such default, we could incur significant losses, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

The ~~operations~~trading price of ~~MMJ are subject~~our common stock has been and may continue to ~~continued oversight by the Tokyo District Court during the pendency of the corporate reorganization proceedings.~~be volatile.

~~Because MMJ’s plan of reorganization provides for ongoing payments~~Our common stock has experienced substantial price volatility in the past and may continue to ~~creditors following~~do so in the ~~closing of~~future. Additionally, we, the ~~MMJ acquisition,~~technology industry, and the ~~reorganization proceedings~~stock market as a whole have on occasion experienced extreme stock price and volume fluctuations that have affected stock prices in ~~Japan (the “Japan Proceedings”) are continuing and MMJ remains subject~~ways that may have been unrelated to the ~~oversight~~specific operating performance of ~~the Tokyo District Court~~individual companies. The trading price of our common stock may fluctuate widely due to various factors, including, but not limited to, actual or anticipated fluctuations in our financial condition and ~~of the trustees (including a trustee designated~~operating results, changes in financial estimates by us ~~who we refer to as the business trustee,~~or financial estimates and ~~a trustee designated~~ratings by the Tokyo District Court, who we refer to as the legal trustee), pending completion of the reorganization proceedings. The business trustee is responsible for overseeing the operation of the business of the MMJ, other than oversightsecurities analysts, changes in relation to acts that need to be carried out in connection with the Japan Proceedings, which are the responsibility of the legal trustee. The final creditor payment under MMJ’s plan of reorganization is scheduled to occur in December 2019. Following distribution of the final payment and the Tokyo District Court’s approval andour capital structure, including issuance of ~~an order concluding~~additional debt or equity to the ~~reorganization proceedings, MMJ’s reorganization proceedings~~public, interest rate changes, regulatory changes, news regarding our products or products of our competitors, and broad market and industry fluctuations. For these reasons, investors should not rely on recent or historical trends to predict future trading prices of our common stock, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. Investors in ~~Japan~~our common stock may not realize any return on their investment in us and ~~oversight by~~may lose some or all of their investment. Volatility in the ~~Tokyo District Court will terminate.~~

During the pendency of the reorganization proceedings in Japan, MMJ is obligated to provide periodic financial reports to the Tokyo District Court and may be required to obtain the consent of the Tokyo District Court prior to taking a number of significant actions relating to its businesses, including transferring or disposing of, or acquiring, certain material assets, incurring or guaranteeing material indebtedness, settling material disputes, or entering into certain material agreements. The consent of the legal trustee may also be required for matters that would likely have a material impact on the operations or assets of MMJ or for transfers of material assets, to the extent the matters or transfers would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect execution of MMJ’s plan of reorganization. Accordingly, during the pendency of the reorganization proceedings in Japan, our ability to operate MMJ as parttrading price of our ~~global business or to cause MMJ to take certain actions that we deem advisable for its business~~common stock could ~~be adversely affected if~~also result in the ~~Tokyo District Court or~~filing of securities class action litigation matters, which could result in substantial costs and the ~~legal trustee is unwilling to consent to various actions that we may wish to take with respect to MMJ.~~diversion of management time and resources.

The ~~operations~~amount and frequency of ~~MMJ being subject to~~our share repurchases may fluctuate, and we cannot guarantee that we will fully consummate our share repurchase authorization, or that it will enhance long-term shareholder value. Share repurchases could also increase the ~~continued oversight by the Tokyo District Court during the pendency~~volatility of the ~~corporate reorganization proceedings could have a material adverse effect~~trading price of our stock and will diminish our cash reserves.

The amount, timing, and execution of our share repurchases pursuant to our share repurchase authorization may fluctuate based on our ~~business,~~operating results, cash flows, and priorities for the use of ~~operations,~~cash for other purposes. For example, we repurchased 66.4 million shares for $2.66 billion in 2019, 3.6 million shares for $176 million in 2020, and did not repurchase any shares in the first quarter of 2021. These other purposes include, but are not limited to, operational spending, capital spending, acquisitions, and repayment of debt. Other factors, including changes in tax laws, could also impact our share repurchases. Although our Board of Directors has authorized share repurchases of up to $10 billion of our outstanding common stock, the authorization does not obligate us to repurchase any common stock.

We cannot guarantee that our share repurchase authorization will be fully consummated or ~~financial condition.~~that it will enhance long-term shareholder value. The repurchase authorization could affect the trading price of our stock and increase volatility, and any announcement of a pause in, or termination of, this program may result in a decrease in the trading price of our stock. In addition, this program will diminish our cash reserves.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

~~Our~~In May 2018, we announced that our Board of Directors ~~has~~ authorized the discretionary repurchase of up to $10 billion of our outstanding common stock through open-market purchases, block trades, privately-negotiated transactions, derivative transactions, and/or pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The repurchase authorization has no expiration date, does not obligate us to acquire any common stock, and is subject to market conditions and our ongoing determination of the best use of available cash.

Period Total number of shares purchased Average price paid per share Total number of shares (or units) purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares (or units) that may yet be purchased under publicly announced plans or programs
August 30, 2019 – October 3, 2019 — $ — —
October 4, 2019 – October 31, 2019 659,192 45.52 —
November 1, 2019 – November 28, 2019 417,688 47.89 —
1,076,880 46.44 $ 7,287,838,276
During the quarter ended December 3, 2020, we did not repurchase common stock under the authorization and as of December 3, 2020, $7.16 billion of the authorization remained available for the repurchase of common stock.

Shares of common stock withheld as payment of withholding taxes and exercise prices in connection with the vesting or exercise of equity awards are also treated as common stock repurchases. Those withheld shares of common stock are not considered common stock repurchases under an authorized common stock repurchase ~~plan and accordingly are excluded from the amounts in the table above.~~plan.

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~~ITEM~~Item 6. ~~EXHIBITS~~Exhibits

Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit

Filed Herewith

Form

Period Ending

Exhibit/ Appendix

Filing Date

31.1

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer

31.2

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer

32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350

32.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350

101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


			Micron Technology, Inc.
			(Registrant)


Date:	~~December 20, 2019~~January 8, 2021	By:	/s/ David A. Zinsner
			David A. Zinsner
			Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer)

			/s/ ~~Paul Marosvari~~Scott Allen
			~~Paul Marosvari~~Scott Allen
			Corporate Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
			(Principal Accounting Officer)

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Three months ended November 28, 2019	Increase (Decrease) in Principal		Increase (Decrease) in Carrying Value		Increase (Decrease) in Cash		Decrease in Equity		Gain (Loss)

Issuances
2024 Term Loan A	$	1,250	$	1,248	$	1,248	$	—	$	—
Prepayments
2025 Notes	(519)		(516)		(534)		—		(18)
IMFT Member Debt	(693)		(693)		(621)		—		72
Settled conversions
2033F Notes	(45)		(180)		(196)		(5)		(12)
Conversions not settled
2033F Notes	—		1		—		(1)		—
	$	(7)	$	(140)	$	(103)	$	(6)	$	42


	Gross Notional Amount		Fair Value of
							Current Assets ⁽¹⁾	Current Liabilities ⁽²⁾

As of November 28, 2019
Derivative instruments with hedge accounting designation
Cash flow currency hedges	$	553	$	4	$	(2)

Derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation
Non-designated currency hedges	1,864		2		(3)
Convertible notes settlement obligation ⁽³⁾			—		(2)
			2		(5)

			$	6	$	(7)

As of August 29, 2019
Derivative instruments with hedge accounting designation
Cash flow currency hedges	$	146	$	1	$	—

Derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation
Non-designated currency hedges	1,871		1		(9)
Convertible notes settlement obligation ⁽³⁾			—		(179)
			1		(188)

			$	2	$	(188)


	Gross Notional Amount		Fair Value of
			Assets(1)		Liabilities(2)

As of December 3, 2020
Derivative instruments with hedge accounting designation
Cash flow currency hedges	$	3,618	$	57	$	(2)

Derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation
Non-designated currency hedges	1,331		5		(3)
			$	62	$	(5)

As of September 3, 2020
Derivative instruments with hedge accounting designation
Cash flow currency hedges	$	1,845	$	41	$	(2)

Derivative instruments without hedge accounting designation
Non-designated currency hedges	1,587		4		(1)
			$	45	$	(3)


	Settlement Option					If Settled With Minimum Cash Required			If Settled Entirely With Cash
	Principal Amount	Amount in Excess of Principal	Underlying Shares	Cash		Remainder in Shares

2032D Notes	Cash and/or shares	Cash and/or shares	13	$	—	13	$	645
2033F Notes	Cash	Cash and/or shares	2	18		1	73
			15	$	18	14	$	718


Period						Total number of shares purchased	Average price paid per share		Total number of shares (or units) purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs	Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares (or units) that may yet be purchased under publicly announced plans or programs

August 30, 2019	–	October 3, 2019	—	$	—	—
October 4, 2019	–	October 31, 2019	659,192	45.52		—
November 1, 2019	–	November 28, 2019	417,688	47.89		—
			1,076,880	46.44			$	7,287,838,276