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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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(FLEXTRONICS LOGO)
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)
(Company Registration Number 199002645H)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on October 4, 2006
To our shareholders:
      You are cordially invited to attend, and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD., which will be held at our principal U.S. offices located at 2090 Fortune Drive, San Jose, California, 95131, U.S.A., at 10:00 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), on October 4, 2006, for the following purposes:
  •  To re-elect the following Directors: Michael E. Marks, Richard L. Sharp, Michael M. McNamara, H. Raymond Bingham, Ajay B. Shah and Rockwell A. Schnabel (Proposals 1 and 2);
 
  •  To approve the re-appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditors for the 2007 fiscal year (Proposal 3);
 
  •  To approve the authorization for the Directors of the Company to allot and issue ordinary shares (Proposal 4);
 
  •  To approve the cash compensation payable to our non-employee Directors (Proposal 5);
 
  •  To approve the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Association (Proposal 6);
 
  •  To approve the renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate relating to acquisitions by the Company of its own issued ordinary shares (Proposal 7); and
 
  •  To approve amendments to our 2001 Equity Incentive Plan relating to: (a) the elimination of the sub-limit on outstanding stock bonus awards; (b) modification of the automatic option grants to non-employee Directors; and (c) a 5,000,000-share increase in the share reserve (Proposals 8, 9 and 10).
      The full text of the resolutions proposed for adoption by our shareholders is as follows:
As Ordinary Business
      1. To re-elect each of the following Directors, who will retire by rotation pursuant to Article 95 of our Articles of Association, to the Board of Directors:
        (a) Mr. Michael E. Marks; and
 
        (b) Mr. Richard L. Sharp.
      2. To re-elect the following Directors, who will cease to hold office pursuant to Article 101 of our Articles of Association, to the Board of Directors:
        (a) Mr. Michael M. McNamara;
 
        (b) Mr. H. Raymond Bingham;
 
        (c) Mr. Ajay B. Shah; and
 
        (d) Mr. Rockwell A. Schnabel.


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      3. To consider and vote upon a proposal to re-appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
As Special Business
      4. To pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
        “RESOLVED THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 161 of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50, and notwithstanding the provisions of Article 46 of our Articles of Association but subject otherwise to the provisions of that Act and our Articles of Association, authority be and is hereby given to our Directors to:
        (a) (i) allot and issue ordinary shares in our capital; and/or
        (ii) make or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require ordinary shares in our capital to be allotted and issued, whether after the expiration of this authority or otherwise (including but not limited to the creation and issue of warrants, debentures or other instruments convertible into ordinary shares in our capital),
 
        at any time to and/or with such persons and upon such terms and conditions and for such purposes as our Directors may in their absolute discretion deem fit, and with such rights or restrictions as our Directors may think fit to impose and as are set forth in our Articles of Association; and
        (b) (notwithstanding the authority conferred by this resolution may have ceased to be in force) allot and issue ordinary shares in our capital in pursuance of any offer, agreement or option made or granted by our Directors while this resolution was in force,
  and that such authority shall continue in force until the conclusion of our next Annual General Meeting or the expiration of the period within which our next Annual General Meeting is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier.”
      5. To pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
        “RESOLVED THAT, approval be and is hereby given for us to provide:
        (a) Annual cash compensation of $40,000 to each of our non-employee Directors for services rendered as a director;
 
        (b) Additional annual cash compensation of $10,000 to the Chairman of the Audit Committee (if appointed) of the Board of Directors for services rendered as Chairman of the Audit Committee and for his or her participation on the Audit Committee; and
 
        (c) Additional annual cash compensation of $5,000 to each of our non-employee Directors for their participation on each standing committee of the Board of Directors on which such Director serves.”
      6. To pass the following resolution as a Special Resolution:
        “RESOLVED THAT:
        The document attached as Annex B to the proxy statement as attached hereto be and hereby is adopted as the Articles of Association of the Company, in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing Articles of Association of the Company.

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      7. To pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
        “RESOLVED THAT:
        (a) for the purposes of Sections 76C and 76E of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50 (the “Companies Act”), the exercise by our Directors of all our powers to purchase or otherwise acquire issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, not exceeding in aggregate the number of issued ordinary shares representing 10% of the total number of issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution (excluding any ordinary shares which are held as treasury shares as at that date), at such price or prices as may be determined by our Directors from time to time up to the maximum purchase price described in paragraph (c) below, whether by way of:
        (i) market purchases on the NASDAQ Global Market or any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted; and/or
 
        (ii) off-market purchases (if effected other than on the NASDAQ Global Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted) in accordance with any equal access scheme(s) as may be determined or formulated by our Directors as they consider fit, which scheme(s) shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the Companies Act,
  and otherwise in accordance with all other laws and regulations and rules of the NASDAQ Global Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted as may for the time being be applicable, be and is hereby authorized and approved generally and unconditionally;
        (b) unless varied or revoked by our shareholders in a general meeting, the authority conferred on our Directors pursuant to the mandate contained in paragraph (a) above may be exercised by our Directors at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the passing of this resolution and expiring on the earlier of:
        (i) the date on which our next Annual General Meeting is held; or
 
        (ii) the date by which our next Annual General Meeting is required by law to be held;
        (c) the maximum purchase price (excluding brokerage, commission, applicable goods and services tax and other related expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share purchased or acquired by us pursuant to the mandate contained in paragraph (a) above, shall not exceed:
        (i) in the case of a market purchase of an ordinary share, the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of our ordinary shares quoted or reported on the NASDAQ Global Market at the time the purchase is effected; and
 
        (ii) in the case of an off-market purchase pursuant to an equal access scheme, 150% of the Prior Day Close Price;
  and for the above purposes, the term Prior Day Close Price means the closing price of our ordinary shares as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted, on the day immediately preceding the date of the making of the offer pursuant to the off-market purchase. The date of the making of the offer refers to the date on which we announce our intention to make an offer for the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares from holders of our ordinary shares, stating therein the purchase price (which shall not be more than the maximum purchase price calculated on the foregoing basis) for each ordinary share and the relevant terms of the equal access scheme for effecting the off-market purchase; and
        (d) our Directors and/or any of them be and are hereby authorized to complete and do all such acts and things (including executing such documents as may be required) as they and/or he may

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  consider expedient or necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated and/or authorized by this resolution.”
      8. To pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
        “RESOLVED THAT:
        Approval be and is hereby given for the amendment to our 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2001 Plan, to eliminate the 2 million share sub-limit on the number of ordinary shares subject to stock bonus awards that may be outstanding at any point during the term of the 2001 Plan.”
      9. To pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
        “RESOLVED THAT:
        Approval be and is hereby given to amend the 2001 Plan to provide that the automatic option grant to non-employee directors of 12,500 options following each Annual General Meeting will not be pro-rated based on the service of the director during the prior 12 months.”
      10. To pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
        “RESOLVED THAT:
        Approval be and is hereby given to amend the 2001 Plan to increase the maximum number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under the 2001 Plan from 27,000,000 ordinary shares to 32,000,000 ordinary shares (not including shares available under plans consolidated into the 2001 Plan, which shall continue to be available) and that an additional 5,000,000 ordinary shares be reserved for issuance under the 2001 Plan, and that such ordinary shares, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the 2001 Plan, shall be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable ordinary shares in our capital.”
      11. To transact any other business as may properly be transacted at any Annual General Meeting.

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Notes
      Singapore Financial Statements. At the 2006 Annual General Meeting, our shareholders shall have the opportunity to discuss and ask any questions that they may have regarding our Singapore audited accounts for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, together with the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon, in compliance with Singapore law. Shareholder approval of our audited accounts is not being sought by this Proxy Statement and will not be sought at the 2006 Annual General Meeting.
      Eligibility to Vote at Annual General Meeting; Receipt of Notice. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on August 11, 2006 as the record date for determining those shareholders who will be entitled to receive copies of this Notice and accompanying proxy statement. However, all shareholders of record on October 4, 2006 will be entitled to vote at the 2006 Annual General Meeting.
      Quorum. Representation of at least 331/3% of all outstanding ordinary shares of Flextronics International Ltd. is required to constitute a quorum. Accordingly, it is important that your shares be represented at the 2006 Annual General Meeting.
      Proxies. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the 2006 Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on his or her behalf. A proxy need not also be a shareholder. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy card and return it in the enclosed envelope. A proxy card must be received by us c/o Proxy Services, c/o Computershare Investor Services, PO Box 43101, Providence, RI 02940-5067 not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the 2006 Annual General Meeting. You may revoke your proxy at any time prior to the time it is voted.
      Disclosure regarding Share Purchase Mandate Funds. Only funds legally available for purchasing or acquiring our issued ordinary shares in accordance with our Articles of Association and the applicable laws of Singapore will be used for the purchase or acquisition by us of our own issued ordinary shares pursuant to the proposed renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate referred to in Proposal No. 7. We intend to use our internal sources of funds to finance the purchase or acquisition of our issued ordinary shares. The amount of financing required for us to purchase or acquire our issued ordinary shares, and the impact on our financial position, cannot be ascertained as of the date of this Notice, as these will depend on the number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired and the price at which such ordinary shares are purchased or acquired and whether the ordinary shares purchased or acquired are held in treasury or cancelled. Our net tangible assets and the consolidated net tangible assets of us and our subsidiaries will be reduced by the purchase price of any ordinary shares purchased or acquired and cancelled. We do not anticipate that the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares in accordance with the Share Purchase Mandate would have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
      Amendments to Articles of Association. The text of Annex B is marked to show changes to the existing Articles of Association of the Company, with proposed deletions shown by strikethrough text and proposed additions shown by underlined text. When adopted by shareholders, the text of the Articles of Association will exclude these editorial functions.
      By Order of the Board of Directors,
(-s- Bernard Liew signature) (-s- Yap Lune Teng signature)
Bernard Liew Jin Yang Yap Lune Teng                              
Joint Secretary Joint Secretary                                
Singapore
July 31, 2006
You should read this entire proxy statement
carefully prior to returning your proxy cards.

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      The information contained under the captions “Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation”, “Audit Committee Report” and “Stock Price Performance Graph” shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which we refer to as the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any filings under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act, or under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the Exchange Act, or be subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference into any such filing.

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PROXY STATEMENT FOR
THE 2006 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS OF
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
To Be Held on October 4, 2006
10:00 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)
at our principal U.S. offices
2090 Fortune Drive
San Jose, California, 95131, U.S.A.
      We are furnishing this Proxy Statement in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of Flextronics International Ltd. of proxies to be voted at the 2006 Annual General Meeting, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting.
      Proxy Mailing. This Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card were first mailed on or about August 17, 2006 to shareholders of record as of August 11, 2006.
      Costs of Solicitation. The entire cost of soliciting proxies will be borne by us. Following the original mailing of the proxies and other soliciting materials, we and/or our agents may also solicit proxies by mail, telephone, e-mail, fax or in person. Following the original mailing of the proxies and other soliciting materials, we will request that brokers, custodians, nominees and other record holders of our ordinary shares forward copies of the proxy and other soliciting materials to persons for whom they hold ordinary shares and request authority for the exercise of proxies. In these cases, we will reimburse such holders for their reasonable expenses if they ask us to do so. We have retained Georgeson Shareholder Services, an independent proxy solicitation firm, to assist in soliciting proxies at an estimated fee of $10,000.00, plus reimbursement of reasonable expenses.
      Our Registered Office. The mailing address of our registered office is One Marina Boulevard, #28-00, Singapore 018989.
VOTING RIGHTS AND SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
      The close of business on August 11, 2006 is the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of the 2006 Annual General Meeting. All of the ordinary shares issued and outstanding on October 4, 2006 are entitled to be voted at the 2006 Annual General Meeting, and shareholders of record on October 4, 2006 and entitled to vote at the meeting will, on a poll, have one vote for each ordinary share so held on the matters to be voted upon. As of July 28, 2006, we had 578,775,915 ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
      Proxies. Ordinary shares represented by proxies in the accompanying form which are properly executed and returned to us will be voted at the 2006 Annual General Meeting in accordance with the shareholders’ instructions.
      Quorum. Representation of at least 331/3% of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares is required to constitute a quorum.
      Voting Rights.
  •  The affirmative vote by a show of hands of at least a majority of the shareholders present and voting at the 2006 Annual General Meeting, or, if a poll is demanded by the chair or by holders of at least 10% of our outstanding shares in accordance with our Articles of Association, a simple majority of the shares voting at the 2006 Annual General Meeting, is required to re-elect the Directors nominated pursuant to Proposals Nos. 1 and 2, to re-appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditors and to approve the ordinary resolutions contained in Proposals Nos. 4, 5, and 7.
 
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  least three-fourths of the shares voting at the 2006 Annual General Meeting, is required to approve our Amended and Restated Articles of Association as set forth in Proposal No. 6.
 
  •  The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all issued and outstanding shares voting in person or by proxy at the 2006 Annual General Meeting is required to approve Proposals Nos. 8, 9 and 10.
      Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes. If a shareholder abstains from voting, including brokers holding their customers’ shares of record who cause abstentions to be recorded, these shares are considered present and entitled to be voted at the 2006 Annual General Meeting. These shares will count toward determining whether or not a quorum is present. However, these shares will not be counted in the tabulation of the votes cast on proposals presented to shareholders. If a shareholder does not give a proxy to its broker with instructions as to how to vote the shares, the broker has authority under New York Stock Exchange rules to vote those shares for or against certain “routine” matters, including all of the proposals to be voted on at the 2006 Annual General Meeting, other than Proposals Nos. 8, 9 and 10. If a broker or nominee indicates on the proxy card that it does not have discretionary authority to vote as to a particular matter, those shares will not be counted in the tabulation of the votes cast on proposals presented to shareholders.
      In the absence of contrary instructions, shares represented by proxies will be voted FOR the Board nominees in Proposals Nos. 1 and 2 and FOR Proposals Nos. 3 through 10. Management does not know of any matters to be presented at the 2006 Annual General Meeting other than those set forth in this Proxy Statement and in the Notice accompanying this Proxy Statement, nor have we received notice of any matter by the deadline prescribed by Rule 14a-4(c). If other matters should properly come before the meeting, the proxy holders will vote on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.
      Any shareholder of record has the right to revoke his or her proxy at any time prior to voting at the 2006 Annual General Meeting by (i) submitting a subsequently dated proxy or (ii) by attending the meeting and voting in person.
      We have prepared, in accordance with Singapore law, Singapore statutory financial statements, which are enclosed with this Proxy Statement. Except as otherwise stated herein, all monetary amounts in this Proxy Statement have been presented in U.S. dollars.
PROPOSALS NOS. 1 AND 2:
RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
      Article 95 of our Articles of Association requires that at each Annual General Meeting at least one-third of the Directors (or, if their number is not a multiple of three, then the number nearest to but not less than one-third of the Directors), are required to retire from office. The Directors required to retire in each year are those who have been in office longest since their last re-election or appointment. As between persons who became or were last re-elected Directors on the same day, those required to retire are (unless they otherwise agree among themselves) determined by lot. Retiring Directors are eligible for re-election. Mr. Marks and Mr. Sharp are the members of the Board of Directors who will retire by rotation at our 2006 Annual General Meeting. They are both eligible for re-election and have been nominated to stand for re-election at the 2006 Annual General Meeting.
      Article 101 of our Articles of Association requires that any person appointed as a Director of the Company by the Board of Directors shall hold office only until the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, and will then be eligible for re-election. Messrs. Bingham, McNamara, and Shah, who were appointed to the Board of Directors on October 14, 2005, and Mr. Schnabel, who was appointed to the Board of Directors on February 7, 2006, are each eligible for re-election and have been nominated to stand for re-election at the 2006 Annual General Meeting.
      The proxy holders intend to vote all proxies received by them in the accompanying form for the nominees for Directors listed below. In the event that any nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at the time of the 2006 Annual General Meeting, the proxies will be voted for any nominee who shall be designated by the present Board of Directors, in accordance with Article 100 of our Articles of Association, to fill the vacancy.

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As of the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board of Directors is not aware of any nominee who is unable or will decline to serve as a Director.
Nominees to Our Board of Directors
      Richard L. Sharp (age 59) — Mr. Sharp has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 1993, and served as Chairman of our Board from January 2003 until January 2006. Mr. Sharp is currently the Chairman of the Board of CarMax, Inc. Mr. Sharp served in various positions with Circuit City Stores, Inc., a consumer electronics and personal computer retailer, from 1982 to 2002, most recently as President from 1984 to 1997, Chief Executive Officer from 1986 to 2000 and Chairman of the Board from 1994 to 2002. Mr. Sharp also serves on the board of Crocs, Inc.
      Michael E. Marks (age 55) — Mr. Marks has served as our Chairman of the Board since January 1, 2006, when he retired from his position as Chief Executive Officer, a position he had held since January 1994. Mr. Marks has been a member of our Board of Directors since 1991, and previously served as Chairman from July 1993 to January 2003. Mr. Marks is currently a member of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Mr. Marks also serves on the boards of Crocs, Inc., SanDisk Corporation and Schlumberger Limited.
      H. Raymond Bingham (age 60) — Mr. Bingham has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2005. Mr. Bingham served in various positions with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a supplier of electronic design automation software and services, from 1997 through 2005, most recently as its Executive Chairman from May 2004 to July 2005, Director from November 1997 to April 2004, President and Chief Executive Officer from April 1999 to May 2004, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 1993 to April 1999. Mr. Bingham also serves on the boards of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., KLA-Tencor Corporation, and Oracle Corporation.
      Michael M. McNamara (age 49) — Mr. McNamara has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2005, and as our Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2006. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. McNamara served as our Chief Operating Officer from January 2002 through January 2006 and as President, Americas Operations from April 1997 to December 2001, and as Vice President, North American Operations from April 1994 to April 1997.
      Ajay B. Shah (age 46) — Mr. Shah has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2005. Mr. Shah is the Managing Partner of Shah Capital Partners, a technology focused private equity firm. Previously, he served as a director of Solectron Corporation from 2002 through 2003 and as its Executive Vice President and President and Chief Executive Officer of its Technology Solutions business from 1999 until March 2002. Mr. Shah also serves on the board of Moser Baer India.
      Rockwell A. Schnabel (age 69) — Mr. Schnabel has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2006. Mr. Schnabel is a partner and co-founder of Trident Capital. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Schnabel served as the U.S. Representative to the European Union. Prior to that time, he served at the U.S. Department of Commerce as Undersecretary, Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary of Commerce in the administration of President George H.W. Bush, and under President Reagan as U.S. Ambassador to Finland.
Directors Not Standing for Re-election
      James A. Davidson (age 47) — Mr. Davidson has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2003. He is a co-founder and managing director of Silver Lake Partners, a private equity investment firm. From June 1990 to November 1998, he was an investment banker with Hambrecht & Quist, most recently serving as Managing Director and Head of Technology Investment Banking. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Davidson was a corporate and securities lawyer with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. Mr. Davidson also serves on the board of Seagate Technology.
      Lip-Bu Tan (age 46) — Mr. Tan has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2003. In 1987, he founded and since that time has served as Chairman of Walden International, a venture capital fund. Mr. Tan also serves on the boards of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Centillium Communications, Inc.,

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Creative Technology Ltd., Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc., Leadis Technology, Inc., Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation and SINA Corporation.
      The Board recommends a vote FOR
the re-election of Messrs. Bingham, Marks, McNamara, Schnabel, Shah and Sharp
to the Board of Directors.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
      We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our employees and our Directors. The Code is available on our website at http://www.flextronics.com/ Investors/ corporateGovernance.asp. Any amendment (other than technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments) to or material waiver (as defined by the SEC) of a provision of the Code that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller or persons performing similar functions and relates to elements of the Code specified in the rules of the SEC will be posted on our website.
Director Retirement Age
      Under Section 153(2) of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50, the office of a director of a public company or of a subsidiary of a public company becomes vacant at the conclusion of the annual general meeting commencing next after such director attains the age of 70 years, and any re-appointment of such director must be approved by our shareholders by ordinary resolution.
Shareholder Communications With Our Board
      Our shareholders may communicate with our Board by sending an e-mail to Board@flextronics.com. All e-mails received will be sent to our Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer and/or Senior Vice President, Finance. The e-mail correspondence is regularly reviewed and summaries are provided to our Board.
Shareholder Nominations to Our Board
      Shareholders can recommend qualified candidates for our Board to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by submitting recommendations to our corporate secretary at Flextronics International Ltd., One Marina Boulevard, #28-00, Singapore 018989. Submissions that are received and meet the criteria outlined below under “Board Committees — Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee” will be forwarded to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for review and consideration. Shareholder recommendations for our 2007 Annual General Meeting should be made not later than May 17, 2007 to ensure adequate time for meaningful consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Board of Directors
      Our Articles of Association give our Board of Directors general powers to manage our business. The Board oversees and provides policy guidance on our strategic and business planning processes, oversees the conduct of our business by senior management and is principally responsible for the succession planning for our key executives, including our Chief Executive Officer.
      The Board has determined that each of our Directors is an independent director as defined by the applicable rules of the NASDAQ Global Market other than Mr. McNamara, who currently serves as our Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Marks, who served as our Chief Executive Officer until January 1, 2006.

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      Our Board of Directors held a total of 21 meetings during fiscal year 2006, of which six were regularly scheduled meetings and 15 were administrative meetings. During the period for which each current director was a director or a committee member, all Directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the total number of regularly scheduled meetings of our Board together with the total number of meetings held by all committees of our Board on which he served. Only Mr. Marks and Mr. McNamara attended 75% of the total number of administrative meetings of our Board (for Mr. McNamara, counting only those meetings during which he was a member of our Board). During fiscal year 2006, our non-employee Directors met at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management participation.
      Our Board has adopted a policy that encourages each Director to attend the Annual General Meeting, but attendance is not required. Mr. Marks attended the 2005 Annual General Meeting.
Board Committees
      The standing committees of our Board of Directors are the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Finance Committee. The table below provides current membership for each of these committees.
                                 
            Nominating and    
            Corporate    
    Audit   Compensation   Governance   Finance
Name   Committee   Committee   Committee   Committee
                 
H. Raymond Bingham
            X       X          
James A. Davidson
    X                          
Michael E. Marks
                            X  
Michael M. McNamara
                               
Rockwell A. Schnabel
                               
Ajay B. Shah
    X                       X  
Richard L. Sharp
            X                  
Lip-Bu Tan
    X               X          
Audit Committee
      The Audit Committee is currently composed of Mr. Davidson, Mr. Tan and Mr. Shah, each of whom the Board has determined to be an independent director and meets the financial experience requirements under both the rules of the SEC and the NASDAQ Global Market listing standards. The Board has also determined that Mr. Davidson is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the rules of the SEC and is “financially sophisticated” within the meaning of the rules of the NASDAQ Global Market. The Audit Committee held four meetings during fiscal year 2006. The Audit Committee’s principal functions are to:
  •  monitor and evaluate periodic reviews of the adequacy of the accounting and financial reporting processes and systems of internal control that are conducted by our financial and senior management, and our independent auditors;
 
  •  be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of our independent auditors (including resolution of any disagreements between our management and the auditors regarding financial reporting); and
 
  •  facilitate communication among our independent auditors, our financial and senior management and our Board.
Our Board has adopted an Audit Committee Charter that is available on our website at http://www.flextronics.com/ Investors/corporateGovernance.asp. A copy of the Charter is also included as Annex A to this proxy statement.

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Compensation Committee
      The Compensation Committee is currently composed of Mr. Bingham and Mr. Sharp, each of whom our Board has determined to be an independent director under applicable NASDAQ Global Market listing standards. The Compensation Committee recommends compensation for our key employees to our Board and administers our stock option plans. The Compensation Committee held nine meetings during fiscal year 2006. Our Board has adopted a Compensation Committee Charter that is available on our website at http://www.flextronics.com/ Investors/corporateGovernance.asp.
      Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation. None of our executive officers serves on the Compensation Committee. None of our Directors has interlocking or other relationships with other boards, compensation committees or our executive officers that require disclosure under Item 402(j) of Regulation S-K.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
      The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee currently is currently composed of Mr. Bingham and Mr. Tan each of whom our Board has determined to be an independent director under applicable NASDAQ Global Market listing standards. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held four meetings during fiscal year 2006. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recruits, evaluates and recommends candidates for appointment or election as members of our Board and recommends corporate governance guidelines to the Board. Our Board has adopted a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter that is available on our website at http://www.flextronics.com/ Investors/corporateGovernance.asp.
      The goal of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is to ensure that our Board possesses a variety of perspectives and skills derived from high-quality business and professional experience. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to achieve a balance of knowledge, experience and capability on our Board, while maintaining a sense of collegiality and cooperation that is conducive to a productive working relationship within the Board and between the Board and management. To this end, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks nominees with the highest professional and personal ethics and values, an understanding of our business and industry, diversity of business experience and expertise, a high level of education, broad-based business acumen, and the ability to think strategically. Although the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee uses these and other criteria to evaluate potential nominees, we have no stated minimum criteria for nominees. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not use different standards to evaluate nominees depending on whether they are proposed by our Directors and management or by our shareholders.
      The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee generally recruits, evaluates and recommends nominees for our Board based upon recommendations by our Directors, management and shareholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will also consider recommendations submitted by our shareholders. To date, we have not received any such recommendations from our shareholders.
Finance Committee
      The Finance Committee is currently composed of Mr. Marks and Mr. Shah. The Finance Committee reviews and approves various financial matters that are not reserved for approval by our Board.
Director Compensation
      Under Singapore law, shareholders must approve all compensation paid to our non-employee Directors. In addition to the compensation provided to our non-employee directors detailed below, each non-employee Director receives reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending in-person meetings of the Board of Directors and Board Committees as well as reimbursement of fees incurred for attendance at continuing education courses for directors. No Director who is our employee receives compensation for services rendered as a director.

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      Initial Option Grants. Each individual who first becomes a non-employee Director is granted stock options to purchase 25,000 ordinary shares under the automatic option grant provisions of our 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2001 Plan. These options vest and are exercisable as to 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date and in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter. During fiscal year 2006, Messrs. Bingham, Schnabel and Shah each received stock options to purchase 25,000 ordinary shares under this program.
      Yearly Option Grants. Under the terms of the automatic option grant provisions of the 2001 Plan, on the date of each Annual General Meeting, each individual who is at that time serving as a non-employee Director receives stock options to purchase 12,500 ordinary shares. We are proposing an amendment to our 2001 Plan that would eliminate a provision that pro-rates the yearly grant based on the service of the director during the prior 12 months. See “Proposals Nos. 8, 9 and 10: Ordinary Resolutions to Approve Amendments to our 2001 Equity Incentive Plan.” These options vest and are exercisable as to 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date and in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter. During fiscal year 2006, Mr. Sharp, Mr. Davidson and Mr. Tan each received stock options to purchase 12,500 ordinary shares under this program.
      Yearly Stock Bonus Awards. Under the terms of the discretionary stock bonus grant provisions of the 2001 Plan and as approved by the Compensation Committee, each non-employee Director receives a yearly stock bonus consisting of such number of shares having an aggregate fair market value of US$100,000 on the date of grant. Under this program, during fiscal year 2006 Mr. Davidson and Mr. Tan each received a stock bonus of 7,898 shares, and Mr. Sharp received a stock bonus of 9,596 shares.
      Discretionary Grants. Under the terms of the discretionary option grant provisions of the 2001 Plan, non-employee Directors are eligible to receive stock options granted at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. Pursuant to these provisions, during fiscal year 2006, Mr. Davidson and Mr. Tan each received stock options to purchase 25,000 ordinary shares and Mr. Sharp received stock options to purchase 100,000 ordinary shares. The maximum number of ordinary shares that may be subject to awards granted to each non-employee Director under the 2001 Plan is 100,000 ordinary shares in each calendar year.
      Cash Compensation. For the 12-month period since the 2005 Annual General Meeting, each non-employee Director except Mr. Marks was eligible to receive:
  •  annual cash compensation of $40,000, payable quarterly in arrears to each non-employee Director, for services rendered as a director; and
 
  •  additional annual cash compensation of $10,000, payable quarterly in arrears to the Chairman of the Audit Committee (if appointed) of the Board of Directors for services rendered as Chairman of the Audit Committee and for his or her participation on the Audit Committee; and
 
  •  additional annual cash compensation of $5,000, payable quarterly in arrears to each non-employee Director for his or her participation on each standing committee of the Board of Directors on which he or she serves.
      Under the terms of the Agreement entered into between the Company and Michael E. Marks on November 30, 2005, pursuant to which, among other things, Mr. Marks agreed to serve as Chairman of our Board of Directors effective January 1, 2006, Mr. Marks is entitled to receive any cash compensation paid to non-employee directors until October 4, 2006, the date of our Annual General Meeting. After the 2006 Annual General Meeting, Mr. Marks also will be eligible to receive any equity compensation paid to non-employee directors.

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PROPOSAL NO. 3:
RE-APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 AND
AUTHORIZATION OF OUR BOARD TO FIX THEIR REMUNERATION
      The Audit Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors the re-appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors to audit our accounts and records for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, and to perform other appropriate services. We expect that a representative from Deloitte & Touche LLP will be present at the 2006 Annual General Meeting. This representative will have the opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires and is expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
      Set forth below are the aggregate fees paid for the services performed by the Company’s principal accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and their respective affiliates (collectively, “Deloitte & Touche”) during fiscal years 2006 and 2005. All audit and permissible non-audit services reflected in the fees below were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with established procedures.
                 
    Fiscal Year   Fiscal Year
    2006   2005
         
    (In millions)
Audit Fees
  $ 7.0     $ 7.6  
Audit-Related Fees
    2.2        
Tax Fees
    1.1       2.6  
All Other Fees
           
             
Total:
  $ 10.3     $ 10.2  
             
      Audit Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered by our independent auditors for the audit of our annual financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (including services incurred with rendering an opinion under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) and the review of our quarterly financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These fees include fees for services that are normally incurred in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, such as comfort letters, statutory audits, consents and review of documents filed with the SEC.
      Audit-Related Fees consist of fees for assurance and related services by our auditors that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and not included in Audit Fees. In fiscal year 2006, these fees related primarily to assurance services performed in conjunction with the divestitures of our Network Services division, Semiconductor division and our pending divestiture of our Software Development and Solutions business.
      Tax Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered by our independent auditors for tax compliance, tax advice, tax consultation and tax planning services.
      All Other Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered by our independent auditors for permissible non-audit services, if any. We did not incur fees under this category during fiscal years 2006 and 2005.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy
      The Audit Committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent auditors. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year, and any pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services. The independent auditors and management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent

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auditors in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date. The Audit Committee may also pre-approve particular services on a case-by-case basis.
      The Audit Committee has determined that the provision of non-audit services under appropriate circumstances may be compatible with maintaining the independence of Deloitte & Touche LLP, and that all such services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP to us in the past were compatible with maintaining such independence. The Audit Committee is sensitive to the concern that some non-audit services, and related fees, could impair independence and the Audit Committee believes it important that independence be maintained. However, the Audit Committee also recognizes that in some areas, services that are identified by the relevant regulations as “tax fees” or “other fees” are sufficiently related to the audit work performed by Deloitte & Touche LLP that it would be highly inefficient and unnecessarily expensive to use a separate firm to perform those non-audit services. The Audit Committee intends to evaluate each such circumstance on its own merits, and to approve the performance of non-audit services where it believes efficiency can be obtained without meaningfully compromising independence.
      The Board recommends a vote FOR the re-appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP,
upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, as independent auditors for fiscal year 2007
and authorization of the Board, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, to
fix their remuneration.
PROPOSAL NO. 4:
ORDINARY RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE
ORDINARY SHARE ISSUANCES
      We are incorporated in the Republic of Singapore. Under Singapore law, our Directors may only issue ordinary shares and make or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require the issuance of ordinary shares, with the prior approval from our shareholders. If this proposal is approved, the authorization would be effective from the date of the 2006 Annual General Meeting until the earlier of (i) the conclusion of the 2007 Annual General Meeting or (ii) the expiration of the period within which the 2007 Annual General Meeting is required by law to be held. The 2007 Annual General Meeting is required to be held no later than 15 months after the date of the 2006 Annual General Meeting and no later than six months after the date of our 2007 fiscal year end (Singapore law allows for a one-time application for an extension of up to a maximum of three months to be made with the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority).
      The Board believes that it is advisable and in the best interests of our shareholders for our shareholders to authorize the Directors to issue ordinary shares and to make or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require the issuance of ordinary shares. In the past, the Board has issued shares or made agreements that would require the issuance of new ordinary shares in the following situations:
  •  in connection with strategic transactions and acquisitions;
 
  •  pursuant to public and private offerings of our ordinary shares as well as instruments convertible into our ordinary shares; and
 
  •  in connection with our equity compensation plans and arrangements.
      Notwithstanding this general authorization to issue our ordinary shares, we will be required to seek shareholder approval with respect to future issuances of ordinary shares where required under the rules of the NASDAQ Global Market, such as where we propose to issue ordinary shares that will result in a change in control of the company or in connection with a transaction involving the issuance of ordinary shares representing 20% or more of our outstanding ordinary shares.
      The Board expects that we will continue to issue ordinary shares and grant options and stock bonus awards in the future under circumstances similar to those in the past. As of the date of this Proxy Statement, other than issuances of ordinary shares or agreements that would require the issuance of new ordinary shares in connection with our equity compensation plans and arrangements, we have no specific plans, agreements or

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commitments to issue any ordinary shares for which approval of this proposal is required. Nevertheless, the Board believes that it is advisable and in the best interests of our shareholders for our shareholders to provide this general authorization in order to avoid the delay and expense of obtaining shareholder approval at a later date and to provide us with greater flexibility to pursue strategic transactions and acquisitions and raise additional capital through public and private offerings of our ordinary shares as well as instruments convertible into our ordinary shares.
      As of March 31, 2006:
  •  578,621,330 ordinary shares were issued and outstanding;
 
  •  55,524,248 ordinary shares were reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options and pursuant to other awards under our equity compensation plans;
 
  •  22,537,149 ordinary shares were available for grant under our equity compensation plans; and
 
  •  50,777,547 shares were reserved for issuance upon conversion of our outstanding convertible notes.
      If this proposal is approved, our Directors would be authorized to issue, during the period described above, ordinary shares subject to applicable Singapore laws and the rules of the NASDAQ Global Market. The issuance of a large number of ordinary shares could be dilutive to existing shareholders or reduce the trading price of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market.
      We are submitting this proposal because we are required to do so under Singapore law before we can issue any ordinary shares in connection with strategic transactions, public and private offerings and in connection with our equity compensation plans. We are not submitting this proposal in response to a threatened takeover. In the event of a hostile attempt to acquire control of our company, we could seek to impede the attempt by issuing ordinary shares, which may dilute the voting power of our existing shareholders. This could also have the effect of impeding the efforts of our shareholders to remove an incumbent Director and replace him with a new Director of their choice. These potential effects could limit the opportunity for our shareholders to dispose of their ordinary shares at the premium that may be available in takeover attempts.
      The Board recommends a vote FOR the resolution
to authorize ordinary share issuances.
PROPOSAL NO. 5:
ORDINARY RESOLUTION TO APPROVE DIRECTOR
CASH COMPENSATION AND CASH COMPENSATION FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE (IF APPOINTED) AND FOR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
      Under Singapore law, we may only provide cash compensation to our Directors for services rendered in their capacity as directors with the prior approval from our shareholders at a general meeting. We believe that it is advisable and in the best interests of our shareholders for our shareholders to authorize us to provide the following annual cash compensation to our Directors:
  •  annual cash compensation of $40,000, payable quarterly in arrears, to each of our non-employee Directors for services rendered as a director;
 
  •  additional annual cash compensation of $10,000, payable quarterly in arrears to the Chairman of the Audit Committee (if appointed) of the Board of Directors for services rendered as Chairman of the Audit Committee and for his or her participation on the Audit Committee and
 
  •  additional annual cash compensation of $5,000, payable quarterly in arrears to each non-employee Director for his or her participation on each standing committee of the Board of Directors on which he or she serves.

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      Our standing committees of the Board of Directors are currently the Audit, Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance and Finance Committees.
      We believe that this authorization will benefit our shareholders by enabling us to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve as members of our Board of Directors and to continue to provide leadership for our company.
      The cash compensation for our non-employee directors is unchanged from the amounts approved by our shareholders at the 2005 Annual General Meeting.
      The Board recommends a vote FOR the resolution
to approve Directors’ cash compensation and cash compensation
for the Chairman of the Audit Committee (if appointed) and for committee participation.
PROPOSAL NO. 6:
SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY
Background
      Our shareholders are being asked to approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Articles of Association.
      The Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2005, which became effective on January 30, 2006, introduced key changes to the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50 that included, among other things:
  •  eliminating the concepts of par value and authorized share capital, pursuant to which the ordinary shares of the Company no longer have any par or nominal value;
 
  •  eliminating the corresponding concepts of share premium and the issuance of shares at a discount;
 
  •  enabling a company to repurchase shares out of its capital, as well as from distributable profits; and
 
  •  allowing ordinary shares that are the subject of a share repurchase by a company to be held as treasury shares instead of being cancelled, as previously required.
      Our Articles of Association need to be amended as a result of certain changes made by the Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2005, including the elimination of the concepts of par value, share premium, shares issued at a discount and authorized share capital. In addition, we are proposing that our shareholders approve amendments to provide for the holding of treasury shares and to modernize and streamline certain provisions to be more consistent with, and take greater advantage of, the Singapore Companies Act, as amended. Finally, the proposed amendment and restatement of our Articles of Association includes the re-wording of a number of provisions in order to improve clarity and readability.
      The full text of the Articles of Association, as amended, is set forth as Annex B to this proxy statement. This text is marked to show changes from our existing Articles of Association of the Company. You are urged to read the text of Annex B in its entirety.
Proposal
      The following information summarizes the material modifications to our Articles of Association relating to (i) the changes made by the Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2005 and (ii) other modifications consisting of a more general nature.

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Changes Relating to the Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2005
      The proposed changes to our Articles of Association relating to the changes made by the Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2005 include:
  •  modification of Article 2 (Interpretation) to clarify that the term “Members” and references to “holders” of shares or a class of shares shall generally not include the Company in its holding of treasury shares;
 
  •  modification of or deletion of existing provisions to reflect the elimination of the concepts of authorized share capital, share premium, par or nominal value and shares issued at a discount, in Articles 5, 7, 29, 32, 34, 44, 48 through 52, 59, 64(iv), 115, 123, and 133;
 
  •  addition of a new provision in Article 5 and modification of existing provisions in Articles 6(b), 64(iv), 70 and 73 to provide for the holding of treasury shares or to specify that the Company may not deal with its treasury shares in any matter that is not authorized by or prescribed pursuant to the Singapore Companies Act;
 
  •  modification of Article 11 (Power to Pay Commission and Brokerage) to address a repeal of the Singapore Companies Act provision relating to the powers to pay certain commissions by providing that the Company may pay commissions or brokerage on any issuance of shares at such rate or amount and in such manner as the Directors may deem fit (Article 11 currently allows for the payment of such commissions, but includes certain limitations on amounts and other requirements intended to conform to the repealed provision of the Singapore Companies Act);
 
  •  modification of Article 49 (Power to Reduce Capital) to explain the effect of share buy backs on the share capital of the Company when made out of the share capital of the Company;
 
  •  modification of Articles 133 (Power to Capitalize Profits) and 134 (Implementation of Resolution to Capitalize Profits) to delete the references to the share premium account and the capital redemption reserve fund because, under the Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2005, any amounts standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account and the capital redemption reserve became part of its share capital; and
 
  •  modification of Articles 133 and 134 to permit the Company, by an Ordinary Resolution of the Shareholders and recommendation of the Board, to issue bonus shares to all of our shareholders on a pro-rata basis without receiving any consideration for such shares. The elimination of the concept of par value pursuant to the Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2005 made the issuance of such bonus shares permissible and is in addition to the Company’s current ability to issue bonus shares by capitalizing our reserve accounts or any sum standing to our profit and loss account to our shareholders and applying such sum in paying up in full the bonus shares to be issued.
Other Substantive Changes
      Other proposed changes to our Articles of Association include:
  •  modification of Article 2 (Interpretation) to clarify that any reference in the Articles of Association to any “enactment” is a reference to that enactment as amended or re-enacted from time to time;
 
  •  modification of Article 19 (New Certificates may be Issued) to delete the references to stamp duty payable on share certificates since, under current law, no stamp duty is payable on share certificates;
 
  •  modification of Article 22 to provide that the Directors may refuse to register any instrument of transfer of shares unless such instrument is accompanied by a certificate of payment of stamp duty (if any) since registering such an instrument may be an offence under Section 66 of the Singapore Stamp Duties Act, Cap. 312;
 
  •  deletion of Article 46 (Issue of New Shares to Members), which provides a form of pre-emptive rights to our shareholders, in order to provide our Board with greater flexibility in capital-raising activities;

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  •  modification of Article 49 (Power to Reduce Capital) to clarify that the Company may reduce its share capital by a Special Resolution of our shareholders, which is a restatement of the Company’s power to reduce its share capital under the Singapore Companies Act;
 
  •  modification of Article 58(ii) (Routine Business) to delete the reference to the term “adopting” and replacing it with the term “laying” so as to clarify that the provision is limited to providing shareholders the opportunity at the Annual General Meeting to read and ask questions in connection with the presentation of the balance sheet, the reports of the Directors and Auditors, and other accounts and documents required to be annexed to the balance sheet;
 
  •  modification of Article 63 (Adjournment) to clarify that an Annual General Meeting may be adjourned without specifying a particular day for reconvening;
 
  •  modification of Article 64(ii) (Method of Voting) to clarify that each of the three members required to demand a poll must be entitled to vote at the meeting at which the resolution is put to the vote;
 
  •  modification of Article 79 (Form of Proxies) to clarify that, as a procedural matter, an appointed proxy shall be deemed to have the right to move any resolution and to speak at the Annual General Meeting;
 
  •  deletion of Article 83 (Directors), which identifies the first directors of the Company, and which is no longer required under the Singapore Companies Act;
 
  •  modification of Articles 90 through 93 and 95 to replace the term “Managing Director” with a broadened reference to the Chief Executive Officer (or any person holding an equivalent position) in order to clarify what is meant by the term “Managing Director”, which the Articles permit the Board to appoint from time to time;
 
  •  modification of Articles 91 and 95 to provide that the Board may decide whether or not to exempt the position currently referred to as the “Managing Director” from retirement by rotation (Articles 91 and 95 currently provide that such position is automatically exempt from retirement by rotation);
 
  •  modification of Article 95 to provide that the number of directors subject to retirement by rotation at each Annual General Meeting, if the number of directors taken into account is not a multiple of three, shall be rounded down to the number closest to, but not more than, one-third of the total number of directors that are taken into account (Article 95 currently provides that, if such number of directors is not a multiple of three, the number of directors subject to retirement by rotation shall be rounded up so that not less than one-third of the directors taken into account must retire);
 
  •  modification of Article 100 (Notice of Intention to Appoint Director) to change the date prior to which shareholders must notify the Company of their intent to nominate a person to be a Director from 10 days before the Annual General Meeting to 45 days prior to the date on which the previous years’ proxy statement was first mailed and to specify what information is required in such notice;
 
  •  modification of Articles 103 (Meetings of Directors) and 108 (Resolutions in Writing) to expand the permitted use of electronic communications for meetings of the Board and written resolutions of the Board, respectively, and to clarify the requirements of such electronic communications;
 
  •  modification of Article 112 (General Powers of Directors to Manage Company’s Business) to conform with Section 157A of the Singapore Companies Act, which provides that the powers of management of the Company reside with the Directors of the Company, except for those powers which the Singapore Companies Act or the Company’s Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association specify are to be exercised by the Company in General Meeting;
 
  •  modification of Article 115 (Directors’ Borrowing Powers) to clarify that in borrowing or raising money the Directors shall comply with any applicable provisions of the Singapore Companies Act and every other applicable statute, and the Articles of Association; and

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  •  modification of Articles 145 (Service of Notice) and 149 (When Service Effected) to permit the Company to use electronic communications to give, send or serve on members, auditors and officers any notice to be given by the Company.
      Although the proposed modification to Article 95 to provide that the number of directors subject to retirement by rotation at each Annual General Meeting shall be rounded down from one-third of the total number of directors that are taken into account (instead of rounded up) could, under certain circumstances, be construed as having an anti-takeover effect (for example, by making it more difficult for a person or group to obtain a majority of the Board), the Board is not proposing the modification in response to any effort known to them to obtain control of the Company.
      The Board recommends a vote FOR
the approval of the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Articles of Association.
PROPOSAL NO. 7:
ORDINARY RESOLUTION TO RENEW THE SHARE PURCHASE MANDATE
      Our purchases or acquisitions of our ordinary shares must be made in accordance with, and in the manner prescribed by, the Companies Act, the applicable listing rules of the NASDAQ Global Market and such other laws and regulations as may from time to time be applicable.
      Singapore law requires us to obtain shareholder approval of a “general and unconditional share purchase mandate” given to our directors if we wish to purchase or otherwise acquire our ordinary shares. We refer to this general and unconditional mandate as the Share Purchase Mandate, and it allows our directors to exercise all of our powers to purchase or otherwise acquire our own shares. Although our shareholders approved a renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate at the 2005 Annual General Meeting, our Directors have not exercised any of our powers to purchase or otherwise acquire any of our ordinary shares pursuant to the 2005 renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate. The Share Purchase Mandate renewed at the 2005 Annual General Meeting will expire on the date of the 2006 Annual General Meeting. Accordingly, we are submitting this proposal to seek approval from our shareholders at the 2006 Annual General Meeting for another renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate. This resolution will be proposed as an Ordinary Resolution pursuant to which the Share Purchase Mandate will be given to our Directors to exercise all powers to purchase or otherwise acquire our issued ordinary shares on the terms of the Share Purchase Mandate.
      If renewed by shareholders at the 2006 Annual General Meeting, the authority conferred by the Share Purchase Mandate will, unless varied or revoked by our shareholders at a general meeting, continue in force until the earlier of the date of the 2007 Annual General Meeting or the date by which the 2007 Annual General Meeting is required by law to be held.
      The authority and limitations placed on our share purchases or acquisitions under the proposed Share Purchase Mandate, if renewed at the 2006 Annual General Meeting, are summarized below:
Limit on Allowed Purchases
      We may purchase or acquire only ordinary shares that are issued and fully paid up. We may not purchase or acquire more than 10% of the total number of issued ordinary shares outstanding at the date of the 2006 Annual General Meeting. Any of our ordinary shares which are held as treasury shares will be disregarded for purposes of computing this 10% limit.
      Purely for illustrative purposes, on the basis of 578,775,915 issued ordinary shares outstanding as of July 28, 2006, and assuming that no additional ordinary shares are issued on or prior to the 2006 Annual General Meeting, and that no ordinary shares are held as treasury shares, pursuant to the proposed Share Purchase Mandate, we would be able to purchase not more than 57,877,591 issued ordinary shares.

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Duration of Share Purchase Mandate
      Purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares may be made, at any time and from time to time, on and from the date of approval of the Share Purchase Mandate up to the earlier of:
  •  the date on which our next Annual General Meeting is held or required by law to be held; or
 
  •  the date on which the authority conferred by the Share Purchase Mandate is revoked or varied.
Manner of Purchases or Acquisitions of Ordinary Shares
      Purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares may be made by way of:
  •  market purchases on the NASDAQ Global Market or any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted, through one or more duly licensed dealers appointed by us for that purpose; and/or
 
  •  off-market purchases (if effected other than on the NASDAQ Global Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted), in accordance with an equal access scheme as prescribed by the Companies Act.
      If we decide to purchase or acquire our ordinary shares in accordance with an equal access scheme, our Directors may impose any terms and conditions as they see fit and as are in our interests, so long as the terms are consistent with the Share Purchase Mandate, the applicable listing rules of the NASDAQ Global Market, the rules of the Companies Act and other applicable laws. In addition, an equal access scheme must satisfy all of the following conditions:
  •  offers for the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares must be made to every person who holds ordinary shares to purchase or acquire the same percentage of their ordinary shares;
 
  •  all of those persons must be given a reasonable opportunity to accept the offers made; and
 
  •  the terms of all of the offers must be the same (except differences in consideration that result from offers relating to ordinary shares with different accrued dividend entitlements and differences in the offers solely to ensure that each person is left with a whole number of ordinary shares).
Purchase Price
      The purchase price (excluding brokerage commission, applicable goods and services tax and other related expenses of the purchase or acquisition) to be paid for an ordinary share will be determined by our Directors. The maximum purchase price to be paid for the ordinary shares as determined by our Directors must not exceed:
  •  in the case of a market purchase, the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of our ordinary shares quoted or reported on the NASDAQ Global Market at the time the purchase is effected; and
 
  •  in the case of an off-market purchase pursuant to an equal access scheme, 150% of the “Prior Day Close Price” of our ordinary shares.
      For the above purposes, the term Prior Day Close Price means the closing price of an ordinary share as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted, on the day immediately preceding the date of the making of the offer pursuant to the off-market purchase. The date of the making of the offer refers to the date on which we announce our intention to make an offer for the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares from holders of our ordinary shares, stating therein the purchase price (which shall not be more than the maximum purchase price calculated on the foregoing basis) for each ordinary share and the relevant terms of the equal access scheme for effecting the off-market purchase.

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Treasury Shares
      Under the Companies Act, as amended by the Companies (Amendment) Act 2005 of Singapore (effective January 30, 2006), which we refer to as the “Amendment Act,” ordinary shares purchased or acquired by us may be held as treasury shares. Some of the provisions on treasury shares under the Companies Act, as amended by the Amendment Act, are summarized below:
      Maximum Holdings. The number of ordinary shares held as treasury shares may not at any time exceed 10% of the total number of issued ordinary shares.
      Voting and Other Rights. We may not exercise any right in respect of treasury shares. In particular, we may not exercise any right to attend or vote at meetings and for the purposes of the Companies Act, we shall be treated as having no right to vote and the treasury shares shall be treated as having no voting rights. In addition, no dividend may be paid, and no other distribution of our assets may be made, to us in respect of treasury shares. However, the allotment of ordinary shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect of treasury shares is allowed. A subdivision or consolidation of any treasury share into treasury shares of a smaller amount is also allowed so long as the total value of the treasury shares after the subdivision or consolidation is the same as before.
      Disposal and Cancellation. Where ordinary shares are held as treasury shares, we may at any time:
  •  sell the treasury shares for cash;
 
  •  transfer the treasury shares for the purposes of or pursuant to an employees’ share scheme;
 
  •  transfer the treasury shares as consideration for the acquisition of shares in or assets of another company or assets of a person;
 
  •  cancel the treasury shares; or
 
  •  sell, transfer or otherwise use the treasury shares for such other purposes as may be prescribed by the Minister for Finance of Singapore.
Sources of Funds
      Only funds legally available for purchasing or acquiring ordinary shares in accordance with our Articles of Association and applicable laws of Singapore shall be used. We intend to use our internal sources of funds to finance any purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares. We do not intend to borrow money to finance any purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares. Our Directors do not propose to exercise the Share Purchase Mandate in a manner and to such an extent that would materially affect our working capital requirements and those of our subsidiaries.
      Previously, any payment made by us in consideration of the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares was required to be made out of our distributable profits. The Amendment Act now permits us to purchase and acquire our ordinary shares out of our capital or profits. Acquisitions or purchases made out of capital are permissible only so long as the company is solvent for the purposes of section 76F(4) of the Companies Act. A company is solvent if (a) it is able to pay its debts in full at the time of the payment made in consideration of the purchase or acquisition (or the acquisition of any right with respect to the purchase or acquisition) of ordinary shares and will be able to pay its debts as they fall due in the normal course of business during the 12-month period immediately following the date of the payment; and (b) the value of the company’s assets is not less than the value of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and will not, after giving effect to the proposed purchase or acquisition, become less than the value of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities).
Status of Purchased or Acquired Ordinary Shares
      Any ordinary share that we purchase or acquire will be deemed cancelled immediately on purchase or acquisition, and all rights and privileges attached to the ordinary share will expire on cancellation (unless such ordinary share is held by us as treasury shares). The total number of issued shares will be diminished by the number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired by us and which are not held by us as treasury shares.

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      We will cancel and destroy certificates in respect of purchased or acquired ordinary shares not held by us as treasury shares as soon as reasonably practicable following settlement of any purchase or acquisition of such ordinary shares.
Financial Effects
      Our net tangible assets and the consolidated net tangible assets of our subsidiaries will be reduced by the purchase price of any ordinary shares purchased or acquired and cancelled or held as treasury stock. We do not anticipate that the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares in accordance with the Share Purchase Mandate would have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
      The financial effects on us and our group (including our subsidiaries) arising from purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares which may be made pursuant to the Share Purchase Mandate will depend on, among other things, whether the ordinary shares are purchased or acquired out of our profits and/or capital, the number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired, the price paid for the ordinary shares and whether the ordinary shares purchased or acquired are held in treasury or cancelled.
      Under the Companies Act, as amended by the Amendment Act, purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares by us may be made out of our profits and/or our capital. Where the consideration paid by us for the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares is made out of our profits, such consideration (excluding brokerage, commission, goods and services tax and other related expenses) will correspondingly reduce the amount available for the distribution of cash dividends by us. Where the consideration that we pay for the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares is made out of our capital, the amount available for the distribution of cash dividends by us will not be reduced.
Rationale for the Share Purchase Mandate
      We believe that a renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate at the 2006 Annual General Meeting will benefit our shareholders by providing our Directors with appropriate flexibility to repurchase ordinary shares if our Directors believe that such repurchases would be in the best interests of our shareholders. Our decision to repurchase our ordinary shares from time to time will depend on our continuing assessment of then-current market conditions, our need to use available cash to finance acquisitions and other strategic transactions, the level of our debt and the terms and availability of financing.
Take-Over Implications
      If, as a result of our purchase or acquisition of our issued ordinary shares, a shareholder’s proportionate interest in our voting capital increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purposes of The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers. If such increase results in a change of effective control, or, as a result of such increase, a shareholder or a group of shareholders acting in concert obtains or consolidates effective control of our company, such shareholder or group of shareholders acting in concert could become obliged to make a take-over offer for our company under Rule 14 of The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers.
      The circumstances under which shareholders (including Directors or a group of shareholders acting together) will incur an obligation to make a take-over offer under Rule 14 of The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers, Appendix 2. The effect of Appendix 2 is that, unless exempted, shareholders will incur an obligation to make a take-over offer under Rule 14 if, as a result of us purchasing or acquiring our issued ordinary shares, the voting rights of such shareholders would increase to 30% or more, or if such shareholders hold between 30% and 50% of our voting rights, the voting rights of such shareholders would increase by more than 1% in any period of six months. Shareholders who are in doubt as to their obligations, if any, to make a mandatory take-over offer under The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers as a result of any share purchase by us should consult the Securities Industry Council of Singapore and/or their professional advisers at the earliest opportunity.

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      The Board recommends a vote FOR the resolution
to approve the proposed renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate.
PROPOSALS NOS. 8, 9 AND 10:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO OUR 2001
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Overview of Amendments
      Our shareholders are being asked to approve amendments to our 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to below as the 2001 Plan. The principal features of the 2001 Plan are summarized below. However, this summary is not a complete description of all of the provisions of the 2001 Plan. The full text of the 2001 Plan as proposed to be amended is attached to this proxy statement as Annex C.
      The amendments to the 2001 Plan provide for:
        (a) elimination of the two million share limit on the number of ordinary shares subject to stock bonus awards that may be outstanding at any time during the term of the 2001 Plan so that stock bonus awards will be subject only to the existing limitation that we may not issue more than an aggregate of 10 million shares under stock bonuses;
 
        (b) modification of the automatic option grant to non-employee directors of 12,500 options following each Annual General Meeting to non-employee directors so that the option grant will not be pro-rated based on the service of the director during the prior 12 months; and
 
        (c) an increase of the share reserve by 5,000,000 ordinary shares to an aggregate of 32,000,000 ordinary shares (not including shares available under plans consolidated into the 2001 Plan).
Reasons for Amendments
      The Board believes these amendments are necessary for us to continue to attract and retain the services of well-qualified employees (including officers) and directors who will contribute to the Company’s success by their ability, ingenuity and industry knowledge, and to provide incentives to such personnel and Board members that are linked directly to increases in shareholder value, and will therefore inure to the benefit of all shareholders of the Company.
      When our shareholders approved the addition of stock bonus awards — either an outright stock bonus or a type of contingent stock award sometimes referred to as restricted stock units — as a form of award under the 2001 Plan in 2004, we included two limitations on the award of stock bonuses. One limitation is that we may not issue more than an aggregate of 10 million shares under stock bonuses. The second limitation, which we are proposing to eliminate, provides that there may not be outstanding at any time, stock bonuses for more than 2 million shares. We are proposing that the 2 million share limitation be eliminated so that we may continue to award stock bonuses to attract and retain employees and directors, subject only to the aggregate 10 million share limitation on stock bonuses. As of July 19, 2006, there were outstanding stock bonus awards under the 2001 Plan covering 1,971,188 shares. Accordingly, unless our shareholders approve the elimination of the 2 million share limitation, we will be significantly limited in our ability to make stock bonus awards.
      The second amendment proposes that the automatic annual grants of options for 12,500 shares received by our non-employee director will no longer be pro-rated based on the prior service of the non-employee director. We are proposing this modification to the automatic option grants, which vest over a period of 4 years from the date of the grant, in order to better reflect the intention of the grants as awards for future (and not prior) service to the Company.
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believe the approval of the increase in the 2001 Plan share reserve is important to our continued growth and success.
2001 Plan History
      The Board of Directors adopted the 2001 Plan in August 2001 and our shareholders approved our Board’s adoption of the 2001 Plan in September 2001 with an initial reserve of 7,000,000 ordinary shares. On June 29, 2004, our Board adopted amendments to the 2001 Plan that were approved by our shareholders in September of 2004. Those amendments increased the share reserve by 20,000,000 ordinary shares to 27,000,000 ordinary shares and added stock bonus awards as a type of award under the 2001 Plan. In addition, the 2001 Plan consolidates ordinary shares that were available for issuance under prior company plans and certain assumed plans, and any ordinary shares that were issuable upon exercise of options or other awards granted under those plans that expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full become available for grant under the 2001 Plan.
Ordinary Shares Subject to the 2001 Plan
      As of July 19, 2006, there were 40,952,931 ordinary shares subject to outstanding options and other awards granted under our 2001 Plan, which includes shares subject to outstanding options and other awards that were previously granted under our 1993 Share Option Plan, the 1999 Interim Option Plan, the 1998 Interim Option Plan, the 1997 Interim Option Plan, and all assumed plans. If Proposal No. 10 is passed, 21,463,399 ordinary shares will be available for issuance pursuant to additional options and stock bonus awards under the 2001 Plan. In addition, shares that are subject to issuance under outstanding awards that cease to be subject to such awards for any reason other than exercise or vesting of such awards, as well as shares that cease to be subject to awards under prior and assumed plans that were consolidated into the 2001 Plan, will be available for grant under the 2001 Plan.
      In the event any change is made to our outstanding ordinary shares by reason of any recapitalization, bonus issue, stock split, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spinoff or other changes affecting the outstanding shares as a class, appropriate adjustments will be made to the maximum number and/or class of securities issuable under the 2001 Plan, the maximum number and/or class of securities for which any participant may be granted awards under the terms of the 2001 Plan or that may be granted generally under the terms of the 2001 Plan, the number and/or class of securities and price per share in effect under each outstanding award, and the number and/or class of securities for which automatic option grants are to be subsequently made to newly-elected or continuing non-employee directors.
Administration
      The 2001 Plan contains two separate equity incentive programs: a discretionary stock option/stock bonus program, and an automatic stock option grant program. The discretionary program is administered by the Compensation Committee with respect to executive officers and directors and by our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Michael McNamara, with respect to all other employees. The Compensation Committee and Mr. McNamara are referred to in this section as the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator has complete discretion, subject to the provisions of the 2001 Plan, to authorize option grants and awards of stock bonuses under the 2001 Plan (provided, however, that any grants to our executive officers or directors must be approved by the Compensation Committee). All grants under the automatic option grant program must be made in strict compliance with the provisions of that program, and no administrative discretion may be exercised by the Plan Administrator with respect to the automatic grants.
Eligibility
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automatic option grant program if such participation is prohibited or restricted, either absolutely or subject to various securities requirements, whether legal or administrative, then being complied with in the jurisdiction in which such director is a resident. Non-employee directors may not receive awards in excess of an aggregate of 100,000 ordinary shares per calendar year. In no event may any one participant in the 2001 Plan receive awards for more than 4,000,000 ordinary shares in the aggregate per calendar year under the 2001 Plan.
      As of March 31, 2006, five executive officers, six non-employee directors and approximately 5,000 employees were eligible to participate in the 2001 Plan, and six non-employee directors were eligible to participate in the automatic option grant program. (Pursuant to his agreement with us, Michael E. Marks is not eligible to receive equity compensation for his board service until after the 2006 Annual General Meeting.)
Transferability
      In general, awards granted under the 2001 Plan may not be transferred in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Awards may be transferred to family members through a gift or domestic relations order. Subject to applicable laws, certain optionees who reside outside of the United States and Singapore may assign their award to a financial institution located outside of the United States and Singapore.
Equity Incentive Programs
Discretionary Stock Option/ Stock Bonus Program
      Options may be granted under the discretionary program at an exercise price per share not less than 100% of the fair market value per ordinary share on the option grant date. Each option granted under this program generally is exercisable as determined by the Plan Administrator. Options will not be exercisable more than 10 years after the date of grant, and options granted to non-employees will not be exercisable more than five years after the date of grant.
      Options granted under the 2001 Plan generally may be exercised as to vested shares for a period of time after the termination of the option holder’s service to us or a subsidiary. Generally, the Plan Administrator has complete discretion to extend the period following the optionee’s cessation of service during which his or her outstanding options may be exercised and/or to accelerate the exercisability or vesting of such options in whole or in part. Such discretion may be exercised at any time while the options remain outstanding, whether before or after the optionee’s actual cessation of service.
      Singapore law prevents us from granting restricted stock. As a result, we expanded our compensation program in 2004 by adding stock bonus awards — either an outright stock bonus or a type of contingent stock award sometimes referred to as restricted stock units — as a type of award under the 2001 Plan. Stock bonuses may be granted outright or contingent upon satisfaction of conditions determined by the Plan Administrator and communicated to the potential recipient in advance. As the conditions to issuance of shares must be met in advance, the shares when issued are not subject to vesting and no additional payment is required (satisfaction of the condition(s) being viewed as a form of payment). The condition(s) to issuances of shares under a stock bonus could be a single requirement, such as remaining in our service for a period of time, or many requirements, such as meeting individual or company-wide performance goals.
Automatic Option Grant Program
      Under the automatic option grant program, each individual who initially becomes a non-employee director will automatically be granted at that time options to purchase 25,000 ordinary shares. In addition, on the date of each Annual General Meeting, continuing non-employee directors automatically will be granted options to purchase 12,500 ordinary shares.
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exercisable as to 25% of the total shares one year after the date of grant and as to 1/48 of the total shares each month thereafter.
      Each automatic option grant will automatically accelerate upon an acquisition of us by merger or asset sale or a hostile change in control of us. In addition, upon the successful completion of a hostile take-over, each automatic option grant which has been outstanding for at least six months may be surrendered to us for a cash distribution per surrendered option share in an amount equal to the excess of (a) the take-over price per share over (b) the exercise price payable for such share.
Valuation
      The fair market value per ordinary share on any relevant date under the 2001 Plan is the closing sales price per share on that date on the Nasdaq Global Market. As of July 28, 2006, the closing price of our ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Global Market was $11.25 per share.
Acceleration
      Except for grants made under the automatic option grant program described above, in the event of a dissolution or liquidation or if we are acquired by merger or asset sale, each outstanding award under the discretionary program shall automatically accelerate so that each such award shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction, become fully vested with respect to the total number of shares then subject to such award. However, subject to the specific terms of a given award, vesting shall not so accelerate if, and to the extent, such award is either to be assumed or replaced with a comparable right covering shares of the capital stock of the successor corporation or parent thereof, or is replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the inherent value existing at the time of such transaction or the acceleration of vesting of such award is subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time of its grant.
      The acceleration of vesting in the event of a change in the ownership or control of us may be seen as an anti-takeover provision and may have the effect of discouraging a merger proposal, a takeover attempt or other efforts to gain control of us.
Payment for Shares
      The consideration for shares to be issued under the 2001 Plan may be paid in cash, by executing a same-day sale, by cancellation of indebtedness, by conversion of a convertible note issued by us or through waiver of compensation due.
Amendment and Termination
      The Board of Directors may at any time amend or modify the 2001 Plan in any or all respects, except that any such amendment or modification may not adversely affect the rights of any holder of an award previously granted under the 2001 Plan unless such holder consents. The Board may terminate the 2001 Plan at any time. In addition, the automatic option grant program may not be amended more frequently than once every six months, other than to the extent necessary to comply with applicable U.S. income tax laws and regulations. In addition, the Board may not, without the approval of our shareholders:
  •  amend the 2001 Plan to materially increase the maximum number of ordinary shares issuable under the 2001 Plan, the number of ordinary shares for which options may be granted to newly-elected or continuing non- employee directors, or the maximum number of ordinary shares for which any one individual participating in the 2001 Plan may be granted awards;
 
  •  materially modify the eligibility requirements for participation in the 2001 Plan; or
 
  •  materially increase the benefits accruing to participants in the 2001 Plan.

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Term of the 2001 Plan
      Unless terminated earlier, the 2001 Plan will continue until August 2011, 10 years after the date the 2001 Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of Option Grants and Stock Bonus Awards
      The following is a general summary as of the date of this proxy statement of the United States federal income tax consequences to us and employees participating in the 2001 Plan. Federal tax laws may change and the federal, state and local tax consequences for any participating employee will depend upon his or her individual circumstances. Each participating employee has been and is encouraged to seek the advice of a qualified tax adviser regarding the tax consequences of participation in the 2001 Plan. The following discussion does not purport to describe state or local income tax consequences in the United States, nor tax consequences for participants in other countries.
      Options granted under the 2001 Plan may be either incentive stock options which satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code or non-statutory options which are not intended to meet such requirements. The United States federal income tax treatment for the two types of options differs as follows:
        Incentive Stock Options. No taxable income is recognized by the optionee at the time of the option grant, and no taxable income is generally recognized at the time the option is exercised unless the optionee is subject to the alternative minimum tax. The optionee will, however, recognize taxable income in the year in which the purchased shares are sold or otherwise disposed of. For United States federal tax purposes, dispositions are divided into either qualifying or disqualifying. A qualifying disposition occurs if the sale or other disposition is made after the optionee has held the shares for more than two years after the option grant date and more than one year after the exercise date. Upon a qualifying disposition, any gain or loss, measured by the difference between the option exercise price and amount realized on the sale of shares, will be treated as capital gain or loss. If either of these two holding periods is not satisfied, then a disqualifying disposition results. Upon a disqualifying disposition, any gain up to the difference between the option exercise price and the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise, or, if less, the amount realized on the sale of shares, will be treated as ordinary income. Any additional gain will be capital gain.
 
        If the optionee makes a disqualifying disposition of the purchased shares, then we may be entitled to a deduction from our income taxed by the United States for the taxable year in which such disposition occurs, equal to the excess of the fair market value of such shares on the option exercise date over the exercise price paid for the shares. In no other instance will we be allowed a deduction with respect to the optionee’s disposition of the purchased shares.
 
        Non-Statutory Options. No taxable income is recognized by an optionee upon the grant of a non-statutory option. The optionee will, in general, recognize ordinary income, in the year in which the option is exercised, equal to the excess of the fair market value of the purchased shares on the exercise date over the exercise price paid for the shares, and we will be entitled to a deduction with respect to, and be required to satisfy the tax withholding requirements applicable to, such income.
 
        Stock Bonuses. Upon issuance of shares pursuant to a stock bonus, the employee will have ordinary income in the amount of the fair market value of the issued stock on the date of issuance. Any further gain or loss upon disposition of the stock will be short- or long-term capital gain or loss, depending on the employee’s holding period as measured from the date of issuance. We will generally have a withholding obligation, and be entitled to a deduction, in the amount the employee recognizes as ordinary income.
 
        Section 162(m). Any United States income tax deductions that would otherwise be available to us are subject to a number of restrictions under the Internal Revenue Code, including Section 162(m), which can limit the deduction for compensation paid to our Chief Executive Officer and our other four most highly compensated executive officers.

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New Plan Benefits Under 2001 Plan
      Under the automatic option grant program for non-employee directors described above, on the date of each Annual General Meeting, continuing non-employee directors automatically will be granted options to purchase 12,500 ordinary shares. The number of shares to be issued under the 2001 Plan to the individuals and groups listed below and the net values to be realized upon such issuances are discretionary, and therefore, not determinable:
  •  our Chief Executive Officer;
 
  •  each of our four other most highly compensated executive officers;
 
  •  all current executive officers as a group; and
 
  •  all employees, including all current officers who are not executive officers, as a group.
The Board recommends a vote FOR
the approval to amend the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan to eliminate the 2 million share limit on the number of ordinary shares subject to stock bonus awards that may be outstanding at any point during the term of the 2001 Plan.
The Board recommends a vote FOR
the approval to amend the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan to provide that the automatic option grant to non-employee directors of 12,500 options following each Annual General Meeting will not be pro-rated based on the service of the director during the prior 12 months.
The Board recommends a vote FOR
the approval of the increase in the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
      The names, ages and positions of our executive officers and directors as of June 30, 2006 are as follows:
                 
Name   Age   Position
         
Michael M. McNamara
    49       Chief Executive Officer  
Thomas J. Smach
    46       Chief Financial Officer  
Nicholas Brathwaite
    47       Chief Technology Officer  
Peter Tan
    57     President and Managing Director, Flextronics Asia
Werner Widmann
    54       President, Multek  
      Michael M. McNamara. Mr. McNamara has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 2006, and as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2005. Prior to his promotion, Mr. McNamara served as our Chief Operating Officer from January 2002 through January 2006, as President, Americas Operations from April 1997 to December 2001, and as Vice President, North American Operations from April 1994 to April 1997. Mr. McNamara received a B.S. from the University of Cincinnati and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
      Thomas J. Smach. Mr. Smach has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2004. Prior to his promotion, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance from April 2000 to December 2004 following our acquisition of the Dii Group, Inc., a provider of electronics manufacturing services. From August 1997 to April 2000, he served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Dii Group, Inc. Mr. Smach is a certified public accountant and he received a B.S. in Accounting from State University of New York at Binghamton.
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position of Vice President and General Manager of Operations. Before joining nChip, Mr. Brathwaite spent six years with Intel Corporation in various engineering management positions in Technology Development and Manufacturing. He has a B.S. in Applied Chemistry, an M.S. in Polymer Engineering, a BSc (Hons) from McMaster University Canada and an MSc from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
      Peter Tan. Mr. Tan has served as President and Managing Director, Flextronics Asia since March 2006. Prior to his promotion, Mr. Tan served as Executive Vice President, Asia Operations, following our acquisition of JIT Electronics in August 2000, where he held the position of Executive Director. Prior to joining JIT Electronics in 1997, Mr. Tan served as Managing Director, Asia Pacific Operations for Apple Computer, and previously as General Manager and Managing Director at Molex Singapore for five years. Preceding Molex Singapore, Mr. Tan spent 18 years with National Semiconductor Asia Pacific, where he held various positions in manufacturing, materials management, operations and product lines planning. Mr. Tan received a Graduate Diploma in Management Studies from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University, San Francisco.
      Werner Widmann. Mr. Widmann has served as President, Multek since January 2004. Prior to his promotion, he served as General Manager of Multek Germany beginning in October 2002. Prior to joining Multek, Mr. Widmann was Managing Director of Inboard from 1999 to 2002 and held various technical and managerial positions with STP, NPI, Siemens AG and IBM Sindelfingen throughout his 25 year-career in the PCB industry. Mr. Widmann received his degree in mechanical/electrical engineering from the University for Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule), Karlsruhe.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
      The following table presents information concerning the compensation paid or accrued by us for services rendered during fiscal year 2006, fiscal year 2005 and fiscal year 2004 by (i) our Chief Executive Officer and (ii) each of our four other most highly compensated executive officers. The individuals listed in the following table are referred to in this Proxy Statement as the Named Executive Officers.
Summary Compensation Table
                                           
                Long Term    
                Compensation    
            Awards    
        Annual Compensation        
            Securities    
    Fiscal       Underlying   All Other
Name and Principal Position   Year   Salary   Bonus   Options   Compensation
                     
Michael E. Marks(1)
    2006     $ 738,750     $ 7,423,214 (2)         $ 1,565,859 (3)
  Chief Executive Officer     2005       985,000       2,795,350       2,375,000       1,567,595 (4)
        2004       785,442       605,000             17,599 (5)
Michael M. McNamara(6)
    2006     $ 850,000     $ 1,100,000 (7)     3,000,000     $ 4,510,108 (8)
  Chief Executive Officer     2005       800,000       1,143,860       600,000       6,780 (9)
        2004       700,110       393,750             17,183 (10)
Thomas J. Smach(14)
    2006     $ 530,000     $ 667,500 (11)     500,000     $ 2,709,407 (12)
  Chief Financial Officer     2005       441,250       642,750       500,000       12,075 (13)
Nicholas E. Brathwaite(14)
    2006     $ 530,000     $ 967,500 (15)         $ 2,409,832 (16)
  Chief Technology Officer                                        
Werner Widmann(14)
    2006     $ 358,545     $ 298,394 (17)         $ 551,291 (18)
  President, Multek                                        
Peter Tan(14)
    2006     $ 350,000     $ 163,013 (19)     250,000     $ 3,225,524 (20)
  President and Managing Director, Flextronics Asia     2005       350,000       251,628       350,000       24,640 (21)
 
  (1)  Mr. Marks retired from his position as Chief Executive Officer and was appointed to serve as Chairman of our Board of Directors beginning January 1, 2006.

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  (2)  Bonus payments to Mr. Marks for fiscal year 2006 consist of quarterly performance-based bonuses totaling $1,477,500 and an acceleration of the balance outstanding under Mr. Marks’s Contingent Share Award Agreement as of November 30, 2006, which totaled $5,945,714 and was deferred pursuant to such agreement.
 
  (3)  Consists of 401(k) plan contributions of $4,076, life insurance premium payments of $600, disability insurance premium payments of $3,282, health insurance premium payments of $3,228 and imputed income for group term life insurance of $387. Also includes lump sum payment of $1,554,286 made on July 3, 2006 pursuant to the terms of Mr. Marks’s agreement with us dated November 30, 2005.
 
  (4)  Consists of contributions to Mr. Marks’s Special Deferred Compensation Plan of $1,554,286, 401(k) plan contributions of $8,374, life insurance premium payments of $660, disability insurance premium payments of $3,939 and imputed income for group term life insurance of $336.
 
  (5)  Consists of 401(k) plan contributions of $7,100, life insurance premium payments of $867, disability insurance premium payments of $5,985, imputed income for group term life insurance of $276 and a vehicle allowance of $3,371.
 
  (6)  Mr. McNamara was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2006.
 
  (7)  Bonus payment to Mr. McNamara for fiscal year 2006 consists of quarterly performance-based bonuses totaling $600,000. Also includes $500,000, the portion of Mr. McNamara’s deferred long-term incentive bonus which vested on April 1, 2006 under the terms of the Flextronics International USA, Inc. Senior Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
 
  (8)  Consists of 401(k) plan contributions of $8,450, life insurance premium payments of $1,284, disability insurance premium payments of $194 and imputed income for group term life insurance of $180. Also includes $4,500,000, the unvested amount of Mr. McNamara’s deferred long-term incentive bonus awarded on July 7, 2005 and deferred under the terms of the Flextronics International USA, Inc. Senior Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
 
  (9)  Consists of 401(k) plan contributions of $6,600 and imputed income for group term life insurance of $180.
(10)  Consists of 401(k) plan contributions of $6,000, life insurance premium payments of $1,431, disability insurance premium payments of $2,047, imputed income for group term life insurance of $180, a vehicle allowance of $70 and personal use of the company jet of $7,455.
 
(11)  Bonus payment to Mr. Smach for fiscal year 2006 consists of quarterly performance-based bonuses totaling $367,500. Also includes $300,000, the portion of Mr. Smach’s deferred long-term incentive bonus which vested on April 1, 2006 under the terms of the Flextronics International USA, Inc. Senior Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
 
(12)  Consists of 401(k) plan contributions of $8,313, life insurance premium payments of $720, disability insurance premium payments of $194 and imputed income for group term life insurance of $180. Also includes $2,700,000, the unvested amount of Mr. Smach’s deferred long-term incentive bonus awarded on July 7, 2005 and deferred under the terms of the Flextronics International USA, Inc. Senior Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
 
(13)  Consists of 401(k) plan contributions of $6,188, life insurance premium payments of $852, imputed income for group term life insurance of $135 and a vehicle allowance of $4,900.
 
(14)  Mr. Brathwaite and Mr. Widmann were appointed as Executive Officers on February 7, 2006. Mr. Smach was appointed Chief Financial Officer during fiscal year 2005. Mr. Tan was appointed as an Executive Officer during fiscal year 2005.
 
(15)  Bonus payment to Mr. Brathwaite for fiscal year 2006 consists of quarterly performance-based bonuses totaling $367,500. Also includes $600,000, the portion of Mr. Brathwaite’s deferred long-term incentive bonus which vested on April 1, 2006 under the terms of the Flextronics International USA, Inc. Senior Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
 
(16)  Consists of 401(k) plan contributions of $8,738, life insurance premium payments of $720, disability insurance premium payments of $194 and imputed income for group term life insurance of $180. Also includes $2,400,000, the unvested amount of Mr. Brathwaite’s deferred long-term incentive bonus

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awarded on July 7, 2005 and deferred under the terms of the Flextronics International USA, Inc. Senior Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
 
(17)  Bonus payment to Mr. Widmann for fiscal year 2006 consists of quarterly performance-based bonuses totaling $298,394.
 
(18)  Consists of German pension payments of $13,873, health insurance premium payments of $3,917 and a vehicle allowance of $20,290. Also includes Mr. Widmann’s unvested long-term incentive bonuses of $400,000 and 93,750 paid on July 7, 2005 and deferred pursuant to Mr. Widmann’s Deferred Compensation Plan. For purposes of this table, the 93,750 payment was converted to US dollars based on the exchange rate on the payment date.
 
(19)  Bonus payment to Mr. Tan for fiscal year 2006 consists of quarterly performance-based bonuses totaling $163,013.
 
(20)  Consists of life insurance premium payments of $617, health insurance premium payments of $457 and a vehicle allowance of $24,450. Also includes Mr. Tan’s unvested long-term incentive bonus of $3,200,000, paid in July 2005 and deferred pursuant to Mr. Tan’s Deferred Compensation Plan.
 
(21)  Consists of health insurance premium payments of $330, disability insurance premium payments of $150 and a vehicle allowance of $24,160.
Option Grants During Fiscal Year 2006
      The following table presents information regarding option grants during fiscal year 2006 to each Named Executive Officer. Option grants to our Named Executive Officers during fiscal year 2006 were awarded pursuant to our existing equity compensation plans.
      As permitted by SEC rules, we have elected to calculate the Grant Date Present Value of the options set forth in this table using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Our use of this model should not be construed as an endorsement of its accuracy at valuing options. All stock option models require a prediction about the future movement of stock price. The following assumptions are made for purposes of calculating the Grant Date Present Values: expected time to exercise of 4.0 years, volatility of 39.0%, a risk-free interest rate of 3.75% and an annual dividend of $0.00. The actual value of the options in this table will depend on the actual market value of our stock during the applicable term and on the date the options are exercised. The dollar amounts in the Grant Date Present Value column are not intended to forecast potential future appreciation, if any, of our shares.
                                         
    Individual Grants    
         
        Percent of        
        Total        
    Number of   Options        
    Securities   Granted to        
    Underlying   Employees   Exercise       Grant Date
    Options   in Fiscal   Price per   Expiration   Present
Name   Granted   Year 2006   Share   Date   Value($)
                     
Michael E. Marks
                             
Michael M. McNamara
    3,000,000 (1)     25.98 %   $ 12.37       05/13/2015     $ 11,772,300  
Thomas J. Smach
    500,000 (1)     4.33 %   $ 12.37       05/13/2015     $ 1,962,050  
Nicholas E. Brathwaite
                             
Werner Widmann
                             
Peter Tan
    250,000 (1)     2.16 %   $ 12.37       05/13/2015     $ 981,025  
 
(1)  The vesting of these options was accelerated to February 7, 2006.
      The options shown in the table above were granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant and are non-statutory stock options. Options granted to our executive officers expire 10 years from the date of grant.

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      Our Compensation Committee has the discretion to provide for alternative vesting schedules to maximize the retention value of our equity compensation. See “Change in Control Arrangements” below for a description of the acceleration provisions of these options. The exercise price of each option may be paid in cash or through a cashless exercise procedure involving a same-day sale of the purchased shares. We granted options to purchase an aggregate of 11,549,454 ordinary shares to our employees during fiscal year 2006.
Aggregated Option Exercises During Fiscal Year 2006
and Option Values at March 31, 2006
      The following table presents information concerning the exercise of options during fiscal year 2006 by each Named Executive Officer.
                                                 
            Number of Securities   Value of Unexercised
            Underlying Unexercised   In-the-Money Options at
    Shares       Options at March 31, 2006   March 31, 2006
    Acquired   Value        
Name   on Exercise   Realized   Vested   Unvested   Vested   Unvested
                         
Michael E. Marks
    1,000,000     $ 5,513,300       3,975,000       3,000,000     $ 2,450,000     $ 7,350,000  
Michael M. McNamara
                5,279,167       1,320,833       2,866,000       2,940,000  
Thomas J. Smach
                2,067,917       327,083       1,580,250       61,250  
Nicholas E. Brathwaite
    250,625       1,360,126       1,996,465       29,167       172,010       71,459  
Werner Widmann
    5,000       34,130       206,959       96,041       7,508       6,832  
Peter Tan
                746,375       121,875       242,460       37,415  
      The amounts set forth in the column entitled “Value Realized” represent the fair market value of the ordinary shares underlying the option on the date of exercise less the aggregate exercise price of the option.
      In addition, the table includes the number of shares covered by both exercisable and unexercisable stock options as of March 31, 2006. Also reported are values of “in-the-money” options that represent the positive spread between the respective exercise prices of outstanding stock options and $10.35 per share, which was the closing price per ordinary share as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on March 31, 2006, the last day of trading for fiscal year 2006. These values, unlike the amounts set forth in the column entitled “Value Realized,” have not been realized.
      Effective February 7, 2006, we accelerated the vesting for all stock options outstanding as of that date with exercise prices at or above $12.37 per share.
Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements.
Agreement with Michael E. Marks
      On November 30, 2005, one of our U.S. subsidiaries, Flextronics International USA, Inc., entered into an agreement with Mr. Marks. The agreement generally provided for the transition from Mr. Marks’s position as Chief Executive Officer to his service in capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors, which transition occurred on January 1, 2006. The agreement also outlined terms relating to Mr. Marks’s separation from us, including the following:
  •  Acceleration of the balance outstanding under Mr. Marks’s Contingent Share Award Agreement as of November 30, 2005, which totaled $5,945,714 and which was deferred pursuant to such agreement;
 
  •  Cash payment of $1,554,286, payable on July 3, 2006;
 
  •  Eligibility to receive all cash compensation paid to non-employee directors from January 2, 2006 until the 2006 Annual General Meeting, at which time Mr. Marks will be eligible to receive all cash and equity compensation paid to non-employee directors;
 
  •  Provision by the Company of medical and dental benefits for the remainder of Mr. Marks’s life for Mr. Marks and his spouse (reduced to the extent Mr. Marks receives comparable benefits from another employer);

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  •  Personal use of our corporate jets beginning on the termination date, subject to availability, and subject to Mr. Marks’s reimbursement of our variable cost as determined by Flextronics USA in its sole discretion; and
 
  •  Certain provisions relating to options to purchase our ordinary shares held by Mr. Marks, including immediate vesting of all options with an exercise price of $11.53 per share; cancellation of an option to purchase 1,000,000 shares and extension of the post-termination exercise period for all outstanding options with an exercise price greater than $10.56 per share.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for Michael E. Marks
      On May 18, 2004, we established a supplemental executive retirement plan for Mr. Marks under which potential cash payments are made based on the increase in value, if any, under a Contingent Share Award for 1,000,000 notional ordinary shares of Flextronics based on a price of $17.40 per share (a 10% premium above the $15.82 closing price of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market on May 18, 2004). On August 17, 2004, we entered into an amendment to the supplemental retirement plan with Mr. Marks in which we granted him an additional Supplemental Deferred Contingent Stock Award for 500,000 notional shares with an exercise price equal to $11.00 per share ($0.06 above the closing price of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market on August 17, 2004). Under Mr. Marks’s agreement, described above, the balance of the Total Award Amount of $7,500,000 was accelerated as of November 30, 2005 and a cash payment of $5,945,714 was made to a rabbi trust for the benefit of Mr. Marks. All amounts under this plan are fully vested and non-forfeitable.
Deferred Compensation Arrangements
      Senior Executive Plan. Messrs. McNamara, Smach and Brathwaite participate in the Flextronics International USA, Inc. 2006 Senior Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Senior Executive Plan”). Under the Senior Executive Plan, a participant may defer all or a part of his or her compensation in accordance with the applicable deferral agreement executed by the participant. The deferred compensation is credited to a deferral account established for each participant under the Senior Executive Plan for recordkeeping purposes. Under the Senior Executive Plan, which is an unfunded plan, Flextronics USA established an irrevocable trust into which Flextronics USA is required to deposit cash or other assets as specified in the applicable deferral agreement, equal to the aggregate amount required to be credited to the participant’s deferral account, less any applicable taxes required to be withheld. Under the Senior Executive Plan, at the Compensation Committee’s discretion, awards for deferred long-term incentive bonuses may be awarded in return for services to be performed in the future. During fiscal 2006, the Compensation Committee approved deferred bonuses for Mr. McNamara of $5,000,000, Mr. Smach of $3,000,000 and Mr. Brathwaite of $3,000,000. The deferred bonuses for Mr. McNamara and Mr. Smach vest as follows: (i) 10% vested on April 1, 2006; (ii) an additional 15% will vest on April 1, 2007; (iii) an additional 20% will vest on April 1, 2008; (iv) an additional 25% will vest on April 1, 2009; and (v) an additional 30% will vest on April 1, 2010. The deferred bonus for Mr. Brathwaite vests 20% per year beginning on April 1, 2006. The deferred bonuses for Messrs. McNamara, Smach and Brathwaite will be 100% vested upon a change of control (as defined in the Senior Executive Plan) if they are employed at that time or if their employment is terminated as a result of death or disability.
      Peter Tan Arrangement. In fiscal 2006, the Compensation Committee approved a deferred bonus for Peter Tan of $3,200,000 in return for services to be performed in the future. The deferred bonus for Mr. Tan was credited to a brokerage account. The deferred bonus for Mr. Tan vests as follows: (i) 0% will be paid if Mr. Tan’s employment is terminated for any reason (other than death or disability) before April 1, 2008; (ii) 50% will be paid if Mr. Tan’s employment is terminated (other than as a result of death or disability) on or after April 1, 2008; and (iii) 100% will be paid if Mr. Tan’s employment is terminated on or after April 1, 2009. 100% of the deferred bonus will be paid to Mr. Tan if his employment is terminated as a result of death or disability.

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      Werner Widmann Arrangement. In fiscal 2006, Mr. Widmann was awarded a deferred bonus in return for services to be performed in the future. The bonus equals 30% of Mr. Widmann’s base salary in effect on July 1st of each year. Before July 1 of each year, the Compensation Committee determines Mr. Widmann’s eligibility for the bonus, and the Compensation Committee may also make additional discretionary contributions to Mr. Widmann’s deferred compensation account. Any contributions are credited to a brokerage account. The deferred bonus for Mr. Widmann vests according to a formula based on age and years of service with the company, which results in vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2009, provided Mr. Widmann continues to be employed by the company. 100% of the deferred bonus will be paid to Mr. Widmann if his employment is terminated as a result of his death. In the event of a change of control of the company, the percentage of the deferred bonus to be paid for Mr. Widmann is calculated based on a formula relating to his months of service with the company during the six-year period from July 1, 2005 through July 1, 2011. In fiscal 2006, Mr. Widmann received a deferred bonus of 93,750 plus a discretionary contribution of $400,000.
Change in Control Arrangements Under Option Agreements
      1993 Stock Option Plan. Our option agreements with our executive officers for options issued pursuant to our 1993 Stock Option Plan provide that if the executive officer is terminated without cause or leaves for good reason within the first 12 months following a change in control of the company, the vesting of any unvested portion of the option will be accelerated in full. If the executive officer is still employed upon the first year anniversary of such a change of control of the company, the vesting of any unvested portion of the option will be accelerated in full. Each option includes a limited stock appreciation right pursuant to which the option will automatically be cancelled upon the occurrence of certain hostile tender offers, in return for a cash distribution from us based on the tender offer price per share.
      Other Stock Option Plans. Our option agreements with our executive officers for options issued under stock option plans other than the 1993 Stock Option Plan provide that in the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or if we are acquired by merger or asset sale, each outstanding option under the discretionary program shall automatically accelerate so that each such option or stock bonus award shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction, become fully vested with respect to the total number of shares then subject to such option or award and, in the case of options, may be exercised for all or any portion of such shares. However, subject to the specific terms of a given award, vesting shall not so accelerate if, and to the extent, such award is either to be assumed or replaced with a comparable right covering shares of the capital stock of the successor corporation or parent thereof, or is replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the inherent value existing at the time of such transaction or the acceleration of vesting of such award is subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time of its grant.
      April 2006 Option Grants to Messrs. McNamara, Smach and Brathwaite. Our option agreements with Messrs. McNamara, Smach and Brathwaite for 700,000, 400,000 and 650,000 options, respectively, issued on April 17, 2006 under the terms of the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, vest immediately in the event that, in the 18-month period following a Corporate Transaction (as defined in the 2001 Plan) the optionee’s service (as defined in the 2001 Plan) is terminated or his duties are substantially reduced or changed.
OTHER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS
      As of March 31, 2006, we maintained the 2004 Award Plan for New Employees, the 2002 Interim Incentive Plan and the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan. The 2001 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by our shareholders. Neither the 2004 Award Plan for New Employees nor the 2002 Interim Incentive Plan has been approved by our shareholders.

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      The following table gives information about equity awards under these plans as of March 31, 2006.
                         
    (A)   (B)   (C)
             
            Number of Ordinary Shares
            Remaining Available for
    Number of Ordinary       Future Issuance Under
    Shares to be Issued   Weighted-Average   Equity Compensation Plans
    Upon Exercise of   Exercise Price of   (Excluding Ordinary Shares
Plan Category   Outstanding Options   Outstanding Options   Reflected in Column (A))
             
Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders
    31,813,161     $ 13.24       20,755,277 (1)
Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders(2)(3)(4 )
    17,883,064     $ 11.72       4,455,700 (5)
                   
Total
    49,696,225     $ 12.69       25,210,977  
                   
 
(1)  Consists of 20,755,277 ordinary shares available for grant under the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan. There are no additional ordinary shares available for grant under the 1993 Equity Incentive Plan.
 
(2)  The 2004 Award Plan for New Employees, which we refer to as the 2004 Plan, was established in October 2004. The purpose of the 2004 Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and motivate eligible persons whose potential contributions are important to our success by offering such persons an opportunity to participate in our future performance through stock awards. Grants under the 2004 Plan may be granted only to persons who: (a) were not previously an employee or director of Flextronics or a subsidiary of Flextronics or (b) have either (i) completed a period of bona fide non-employment by Flextronics, and any subsidiary of Flextronics, of at least 1 year, or (ii) are returning to service as an employee of Flextronics, or any subsidiary of Flextronics, after a period of bona fide non-employment of less than 1 year due to Flextronics’s acquisition of such person’s employer; and then only as an incentive to such persons entering into employment with Flextronics or any subsidiary of Flextronics. We may only grant nonqualified stock options or stock bonuses under the 2004 Plan. The 2004 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee, which is comprised of two independent directors. The 2004 Plan provides for grants of up to 7,500,000 shares. The exercise price of options granted under the 2004 Plan is determined by the Compensation Committee and may not be less than the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Options granted under the 2004 Plan generally vest over four years and generally expire 10 years from the date of grant.
 
(3)  Our 2002 Interim Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2002 Plan, was adopted by our Board in May 2002. The adoption of the 2002 Plan was necessitated by our internal growth, our multiple acquisitions and the requirement to provide equity compensation for employees consistent with competitors and peer companies. The Board reserved an aggregate of 20,000,000 ordinary shares for issuance under the 2002 Plan. The 2002 Plan provides for the grant to qualified persons of non-statutory stock options to purchase our ordinary shares and stock bonus awards. Shares subject to options granted pursuant to the 2002 Plan that expire or terminate for any reason without being exercised or stock bonus awards that do not vest will again become available for grant and issuance pursuant to awards under the 2002 Plan. Options granted under the 2002 Plan have an exercise price of not less than 85% of the fair market value of the underlying ordinary shares on the date of grant. Options issued under the 2002 Plan generally vest over a four-year period and expire 10 years from the date of grant. The other general terms of the 2002 Plan are similar to the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan.
 
(4)  Companies acquired by us have adopted option plans, which we refer to as the Assumed Plans. Options to purchase a total of 5,346,331 ordinary shares under the Assumed Plans remained outstanding. These options have a weighted-average exercise price of $6.01 per share. These options have been converted into options to purchase our ordinary shares on the terms specified in the applicable acquisition agreement, but are otherwise administered in accordance with terms of the Assumed Plans. Options under the Assumed Plans generally vest over four years and expire 10 years from the date of grant. No further awards may be made under the Assumed Plans. Options outstanding under the Assumed Plans are not included in the above table.

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(5)  Of these, 1,875,714 ordinary shares remained available for grant under the 2002 Plan and 2,579,986 ordinary shares remained available for grant under the 2004 Plan. On May 12, 2005, our Board of Directors approved an increase of 2.5 million ordinary shares available for grant under the 2004 Plan.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
      The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Flextronics is responsible for reviewing and approving the goals and objectives relating to, and determining the compensation of, the Chief Executive Officer and all other executive officers. The Committee also oversees management’s decisions concerning the performance and compensation of other company officers, administers the company’s equity compensation plans, and regularly evaluates the effectiveness of our overall executive compensation program.
      A more complete description of the Committee’s functions is set forth in the Committee charter, a copy of which is published on our website at http://www.flextronics.com/Investors/corporateGovernance.asp.
Committee Composition and Meetings.
      Each member of the Compensation Committee is a non-employee director within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and an outside director within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. In addition, each of us is an “independent” director as defined by the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market. The Compensation Committee held nine meetings during fiscal year 2006; each member attended 100% of the meetings.
General Compensation Philosophy.
      We believe that the quality, skills and dedication of our executive officers are critical factors affecting our company’s performance and shareholder value. Our key compensation goals are to attract superior executive talent; retain and motivate our executives; reward past performance; provide incentives for future performance; and align our executives’ interests with those of our shareholders. We use a variety of compensation elements to achieve these goals, including base salary, annual bonuses, stock options and share bonus awards, all of which we discuss in detail below.
      In determining the amount and mix of compensation for our executive officers, we consider Flextronics’s performance, the nature and scope of the executive’s responsibilities, effective leadership, the value of incentive awards to similarly situated officers at comparable companies and the executive’s current and past compensation. We also consult with an executive compensation expert and consider the compensation levels and performances of the companies in our industry and peer group, as these companies are most likely to compete with us for the services of our executives.
      Flextronics does not, in general, enter into employment agreements with our executive officers. They serve at the will of the Board. This enables Flextronics to remove an executive officer, if necessary, prior to retirement or resignation whenever it is in the best interests of the company, with full discretion on any severance package (excluding vested benefits). Similarly, Flextronics does not generally enter into severance agreements with executive officers when they are hired or promoted. When an executive officer retires or resigns, the Committee exercises its business judgment in approving an appropriate separation or severance arrangement in light of all relevant circumstances, including the individual’s term of employment, past accomplishments and reasons for separation from the company.
      In connection with the resignation of Michael Marks as our Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2006, the Committee approved an agreement providing for, among other things, cash payments to Mr. Marks in the aggregate of $7.5 million and cancellation, accelerated vesting and continued exercisability of certain stock options held by Mr. Marks. These compensation arrangements were awarded to Mr. Marks in recognition of his many years of outstanding service and his extraordinary dedication to Flextronics, which began with his appointment to our Board of Directors in 1991 and continued with his 12-year tenure as our Chief Executive Officer.
Option Vesting Acceleration.
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recording of such expense in the Company’s consolidated financial statements (known as option expensing). To reduce the impact of option expensing on the Company’s financial statements, on February 7, 2006, the Compensation Committee approved the acceleration of vesting of stock options with exercise prices at or above $12.37 per share previously awarded to our employees, including our executive officers, under our equity compensation plans. Options held by our non-employee directors were not included in the acceleration. The acceleration was effective as of February 7, 2006, provided that holders of incentive stock option (“ISOs”) within the meaning of Section 422 of the internal Revenue code of 1986, as amended, had the opportunity to decline the acceleration of ISO options in order to prevent changing the status of their ISO option for federal income tax purposes to a non-qualified stock option.
Compensation Elements for Executive Officers.
      Base Salary. Base salaries for our executive officers are established based on the scope of their responsibilities, taking into account competitive market compensation paid by other companies for similar positions, as well as salaries paid to the executives’ peers within the company. We typically review base salaries every fiscal year and adjust the base salaries from time to time to take into account outstanding individual performance, promotions and competitive compensation levels. The salaries we have paid to our CEO (including Michael Marks, who resigned as CEO effective January 1, 2006) and our next four most highly paid executive officers (the “named executive officers”) are shown in the Summary Compensation Table.
      Cash Bonuses. We award bonuses to our executives to provide an incentive for, and to reward, superior performance. Bonus payments are based on Flextronics’s financial performance (for Messrs. McNamara and Smach) and, for Messrs. Brathwaite, Tan and Widmann, also on the performance of the executive officer’s business unit. Bonuses are paid quarterly based upon year over year quarterly performance for Flextronics and, as applicable, quarterly financial performance of the executive’s business unit. We set target bonus amounts based upon a percentage of the executive’s base salary, and review bonus targets and performance metrics at least annually. For fiscal year 2006, the target bonus amounts were 150% for Mr. Marks, 75% for Mr. McNamara, 75% for Mr. Smach, 75% for Mr. Brathwaite, 50% for Mr. Tan and 50% for Mr. Widmann. Actual bonuses awarded range from 0% to 200% of the target bonus based upon Flextronics’s corporate and business unit performance, as applicable. The annual bonuses we awarded to our named executive officers are shown in the Summary Compensation Table. Based on Flextronics’s year over year quarterly performance in fiscal 2006 (and in the cases of Messrs. Brathwaite, Tan and Widmann, also the quarterly financial results of their respective business units), Mr. McNamara received an annual bonus equal to 94% of his target bonus, Mr. Marks received an annual bonus equal to 100% of his target bonus (not including payments made in connection with his resignation as CEO effective January 1, 2006, which are further described in “Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements”) and the other named executive officers received annual bonuses ranging between 92% and 166% of their target bonuses.
      Stock Options and Share Bonus Awards. The Compensation Committee grants stock options and share bonus awards (the equivalent of restricted stock units), which are designed to align the interests of Flextronics’s executive officers with those of the shareholders and provide each individual with a significant incentive to manage Flextronics from the perspective of an owner, with an equity stake in the business. Generally, unvested stock options and share bonus awards are forfeited if the executive voluntarily leaves Flextronics, although we have the discretion to extend the life of an option regardless of the employment status of the executive officer. Each stock option allows the executive officer to acquire Flextronics’s ordinary shares at a fixed price per share (the market price on the grant date) over a period of up to 10 years, thus providing a return to the officer only if the market price of the shares appreciates over the option term. Share bonus awards will convert into shares of Flextronics stock only if the individual continues to be employed by Flextronics when the performance criteria or restrictions, as applicable, lapse. Before the share bonus award vests, the executive has no ownership rights in our ordinary shares. The size of the option grant or share bonus award to each executive officer generally is set at a level that is intended to create a meaningful opportunity for share ownership based upon the individual’s current position with Flextronics, but also taken into account are the individual’s potential for future responsibility and promotion over the option term, the individual’s personal performance in recent periods and the number of options held by the individual at the time of grant. The number of stock options granted to our named executive officers during fiscal 2006 are shown in the Summary

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Compensation Table and in the “Option Grants In Last Fiscal Year” table. No share bonus awards were granted to the named executive officers in fiscal 2006.
      Deferred Compensation. Each of our named executive officers is eligible to participate in a deferred compensation plan or arrangement, pursuant to which bonuses awarded at the discretion of the Committee are not paid currently but rather are credited to a deferral account established for each participant. The amounts in the deferral account then vest over time, providing a long-term retention incentive. All or a portion of the amounts in the deferral account may vest immediately on a change of control of Flextronics, depending on the participant’s individual arrangement. For more detail on our deferred compensation arrangements with our named executive officers, see “Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements.”
      Deduction Limit for Executive Compensation. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code limits federal income tax deductions for compensation paid to the Chief Executive Officer and the four other most highly compensated officers of a public company to $1.0 million per year. This limitation does not apply to compensation that meets the requirements under Section 162(m) for performance-based compensation that satisfies certain conditions. Compensation paid by Flextronics to our named executive officers is not subject to any material limitation on deductibility.
Chief Executive Officer Compensation.
      Mr. McNamara was appointed Flextronics’s Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2006. Mr. McNamara’s base salary is based on our expectation of his personal performance and comparisons to the base salaries of other Flextronics’s executive officers and in the industry. With respect to Mr. McNamara’s base salary, the Compensation Committee intended to provide him with a level of stability and certainty each year and not have this particular component of compensation affected to any significant degree by short-term company performance factors. Effective January 1, 2006, we increased Mr. McNamara’s annual base salary from $750,000 to $1,000,000. For fiscal year 2006, Mr. McNamara received an annual bonus of $600,000, which bonus was determined as described above under “Cash Bonuses.” We consider this level of annual pay and bonus appropriate given Mr. McNamara’s many years of experience with Flextronics and his dedication and vision for the future of the company.
      Mr. McNamara also received options to purchase 3,000,000 shares during fiscal 2006, which award was determined in accordance with the criteria described above under “Stock Options and Share Bonus Awards” and was given in part in recognition of his appointment as Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2006. In addition, as described above under “Deferred Compensation,” during fiscal 2006 Flextronics established a deferred compensation plan in which Mr. McNamara, among others, participates. In fiscal 2006, Flextronics contributed $5,000,000 to Mr. McNamara’s deferred compensation account. The deferred bonus for Mr. McNamara vests as follows: 10% vested on April 1, 2006; an additional 15% will vest on April 1, 2007; an additional 20% will vest on April 1, 2008; an additional 25% will vest on April 1, 2009; and an additional 30% will vest on April 1, 2010.
      Mr. Marks was our Chief Executive officer until January 1, 2006. Other than payments made pursuant to his agreement, described above under “General Compensation Philosophy” and under “Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements,” Mr. Marks’s base salary was $985,000, of which only $738,750 was paid to Mr. Marks because he resigned prior to the end of the fiscal year. This base salary was unchanged from fiscal year 2005. For fiscal year 2006, Mr. Marks received a bonus of $1,477,500, which bonus was determined as described above under “Cash Bonuses.” Mr. Marks did not receive any stock options or share bonus awards during fiscal 2006.
Submitted by the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors:
Richard L. Sharp
H. Raymond Bingham

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
      The Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in overseeing Flextronics’s financial accounting and reporting processes and systems of internal controls. The Audit Committee also evaluates the performance and independence of Flextronics’s independent auditors. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter, a copy of which is included as Annex A to this proxy statement. Under the written charter, the Audit Committee must consist of at least three directors, all of whom must be “independent” as defined by the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and the NASDAQ Stock Market. The current members of the committee are Mr. Shah, Mr. Tan and Mr. Davidson. Each is an independent director as defined by the applicable rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market.
      Flextronics’s financial and senior management supervise its systems of internal controls and the financial reporting process. Flextronics’s independent auditors perform an independent audit of Flextronics’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and express opinions on these consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of Flextronics’s internal control over financial reporting. In addition, Flextronics’s independent auditors express their own opinion on the effectiveness of Flextronics’s internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee monitors these processes.
      The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with both the management of Flextronics and its independent auditors Flextronics’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, as well as management’s assessment and our independent auditors’ evaluation of the effectiveness of Flextronics’s internal control over financial reporting. Flextronics’s management represented to the Audit Committee that its audited consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
      The Audit Committee also discussed with Flextronics’s independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees), as may be modified or supplemented. The Audit Committee has also received from Flextronics’s independent auditors the written disclosures and letter required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees), and has discussed with Flextronics’s independent auditors the independence of that firm. The Audit Committee has also considered whether the provision of non-audit services by Flextronics’s independent auditors is compatible with maintaining the independence of the independent auditors. The Audit Committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent auditors. All audit and permissible non-audit services performed by the independent auditors during fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2005 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with established procedures.
      Based on the Audit Committee’s discussions with the management of Flextronics and Flextronics’s independent auditors and based on the Audit Committee’s review of Flextronics’s audited consolidated financial statements together with the reports of Flextronics’s independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements and the representations of Flextronics’s management with regard to these consolidated financial statements, the Audit Committee recommended to Flextronics’s Board of Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in Flextronics’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, which was filed with the SEC on May 31, 2006.
Submitted by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:
James A. Davidson
Ajay B. Shah
Lip-Bu Tan

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STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE GRAPH
      The graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our ordinary shares, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and a peer group comprised of Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Celestica, Inc., Jabil Circuit, Inc., Sanmina-SCI Corporation and Solectron Corporation.
      The graph below assumes that $100 was invested in our ordinary shares, in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and in the peer group described above on March 31, 2001 and reflects the annual return through March 31, 2006, assuming dividend reinvestment.
      The comparisons in the graph below are based on historical data and are not indicative of, or intended to forecast, the possible future performances of our ordinary shares.
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
AMONG FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD., THE S&P 500 INDEX
AND A PEER GROUP
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
$100 invested on 3/31/01 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ending March 31.
                                                               
                                             
      2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006  
                                             
 Flextronics International Ltd. 
    $ 100.00       $ 121.67       $ 58.13       $ 113.93       $ 80.27       $ 69.00    
                                                   
 S&P 500 Index
      100.00         100.24         75.42         101.91         108.73         121.48    
                                                   
 Peer Group
      100.00         75.33         30.98         55.38         40.32         46.69    
                                                   

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
      The following table sets forth information as of May 31, 2006, except as otherwise indicated, regarding the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares by:
  •  each shareholder known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares;
 
  •  each Named Executive Officer;
 
  •  each director; and
 
  •  all executive officers and directors as a group.
      Information in this table as to our directors and Named Executive Officers is based upon information supplied by these individuals. Information in this table as to our greater than 5% shareholders is based solely upon the Schedules 13G filed by these shareholders with the SEC. Where information regarding shareholders is based on Schedules 13G, the number of shares owned is as of the date for which information was provided in such schedules.
      Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC that deem shares to be beneficially owned by any person who has voting or investment power with respect to such shares. Ordinary shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006 are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding such options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of such person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Unless otherwise indicated below, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all the shares beneficially owned, subject to community property laws where applicable.
      In the table below, percentage ownership is based on 578,571,111 ordinary shares outstanding as of May 31, 2006.
                   
    Shares Beneficially
    Owned
     
    Number of    
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Shares   Percent
         
5% Shareholders:
               
Entities associated with AXA Financial, Inc.(1)
    92,988,801       16.07 %
  1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
               
Entities associated with FMR Corp.(2)
    59,208,030       10.23  
  82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
               
Entities associated with Capital Group International, Inc.(3)
    42,843,810       7.41  
  11100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
               
Capital Research and Management Company(4)
    38,915,000       6.73  
  333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
               
Wellington Management Company, LLP(5)
    31,961,259       5.52  
  75 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
               
 
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    Shares Beneficially
    Owned
     
    Number of    
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Shares   Percent
         
Named Executive Officers and Directors:
               
Michael E. Marks(6)
    8,193,959       1.40  
Michael M. McNamara(7)
    5,283,380       *  
Richard L. Sharp(8)
    3,219,694       *  
Thomas J. Smach(9)
    1,629,673       *  
Nicholas E. Brathwaite(10)
    1,041,332       *  
Peter Tan(11)
    687,375       *  
Werner Widmann(12)
    173,625       *  
James A. Davidson(13)
    144,559       *  
Lip-Bu Tan(14)
    97,762       *  
Ajay B. Shah
          *  
H. Raymond Bingham
          *  
Rockwell A. Schnabel
          *  
All executive officers and directors as a group (12 persons)(15)
    20,471,359       3.46 %
 
  * Less than 1%.
  (1)  Based on information supplied by AXA Financial, Inc. in an amended Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2006. Alliance Capital Management L.P. is deemed to have sole voting power for 68,488,644 of these shares, shared voting power for 7,988,010 of these shares, sole dispositive power for 92,944,633 of these shares and shared dispositive power for 38,468 of these shares. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has sole dispositive power for 5,700 of these shares. A majority of these shares are held by unaffiliated third-party client accounts managed by Alliance Capital Management L.P., as investment adviser. Each of Alliance Capital Management L.P. and AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company is a subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc.
 
  (2)  Based on information supplied by FMR Corp. in an amended Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2006. FMR Corp., as a result of acting as an investment adviser, is deemed to beneficially own all of these shares. FMR Corp. is deemed to have sole voting power for 1,909,190 of these shares and sole dispositive power for 59,208,030 of these shares.
 
  (3)  Based on information supplied by Capital Group International, Inc. in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 9, 2006. Capital Group International, Inc., as a result of being the parent holding company of a group of investment management companies, is deemed to have sole voting power for 35,621,610 of these shares and sole dispositive power for 42,843,810 of these shares. Capital Guardian Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital Group International, Inc., is deemed to have sole voting power for 22,914,910 of these shares and sole dispositive power for 28,269,210 of these shares.
 
  (4)  Based on information supplied by Capital Research and Management Company in an amended Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 10, 2006. Capital Research and Management Company, as a result of acting as an investment adviser, is deemed to beneficially own all of these shares. Capital Research and Management Company is deemed to have sole voting power for 22,850,000 of these shares and sole dispositive power for 38,915,000 of these shares.
 
  (5)  Based on information supplied by Wellington Management Company, LLP in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP, as a result of acting as an investment adviser, is deemed to have shared voting power for 18,869,737 of these shares and shared dispositive power for 31,961,259 of these shares.
 
  (6)  Includes 2,561,626 shares held by Epping Investment Holdings, LLC of which Mr. Marks and his spouse are managing members, 633,333 shares held by the Marks Family Trust, 24,000 shares held by a

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  trust for Mr. Marks’s minor children and 4,975,000 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006.
 
  (7)  Includes 5,045,833 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006.
 
  (8)  Includes 480,000 shares beneficially owned by Bethany Limited of which Mr. Sharp is a manager, and in which Mr. Sharp owns a 1% interest. Mr. Sharp disclaims beneficial ownership in the shares owned by Bethany Limited except to the extent of his pecuniary interest arising from his partnership interest in Bethany Limited. Also includes 457,000 shares held directly by RLS 2000 Charitable Remainder Unitrust of which Mr. Sharp is a co-trustee, and 155,000 shares held directly by RLS 1998 Charitable Remainder Unitrust, of which Mr. Sharp is a co-trustee. Also includes 172,146 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006.
 
  (9)  Includes 1,509,583 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006.
(10)  Includes 1,025,632 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006.
 
(11)  Includes 671,375 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006.
 
(12)  Includes 173,625 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006.
 
(13)  Includes 45,740 shares held by the Davidson Living Trust of which Mr. Davidson is a trustee, 7,898 shares held by Silver Lake Technology Management, L.L.C. of which Mr. Davidson is Managing Director, 5,000 shares held directly by Mr. Davidson, 94 shares held by the John Alexander Davidson 2000 Irrevocable Trust of which Mr. Davidson is a trustee and 85,827 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006. Mr. Davidson received these options in connection with his service as a member of our Board. Under Mr. Davidson’s arrangements with respect to director compensation, these 85,827 shares issuable upon exercise of options are expected to be assigned by Mr. Davidson to Silver Lake Technology Management, L.L.C. Does not include 18,571,427 shares previously issuable upon the conversion of $195.0 million in aggregate principal amount of our Convertible Junior Subordinated Notes due 2008 held by funds affiliated with Silver Lake Partners, of which Mr. Davidson is a co-founder and managing director. In July 2006, the Notes were amended to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity date of the Notes to July 31, 2009 and (ii) provide for net share settlement of the Notes upon maturity. The Notes may no longer be converted or redeemed prior to maturity, other than in connection with certain change of control transactions, and upon maturity will be net share settled by the payment of cash equal to the face amount of the Notes and the issuance of shares with a value equal to any conversion value in excess of the face amount of the Notes. Mr. Davidson disclaims beneficial ownership of the Notes and any underlying shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
 
(14)  Includes 12,898 shares held by the Lip-Bu Tan and Ysa Loo, TTEES of which Mr. Tan is a co-trustee and 84,864 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006.
 
(15)  Includes 13,743,885 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2006.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
      Other than compensation agreements and other arrangements, which are described in “Executive Compensation,” and the transactions described below, during fiscal year 2006, there was not, nor is there currently proposed, any transaction or series of similar transactions to which we were or will be a party:
  •  in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed $60,000; and
 
  •  in which any director, nominee, executive officer, holder of more than 5% of our ordinary shares or any member of their immediate family had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
Loans to Executive Officers
      Nicholas E. Brathwaite. On May 31, 2003, Flextronics USA loaned $2,839,454 to Mr. Brathwaite prior to the time Mr. Brathwaite became an executive officer. Mr. Brathwaite executed a Secured Full Recourse Promissory Note, a Second Deed of Trust and a Loan and Security Agreement in favor of Flextronics USA

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that bear interest at a rate of 1.49% per year. On December 13, 2005, prior to the time that Mr. Brathwaite became an executive officer, this loan was amended to extend the maturity date from December 31, 2005 to December 31, 2007. The outstanding balance of this loan as of March 31, 2006 was $2,961,089.12 (representing $2,839,454 in principal and $121,635.12 in accrued interest).
      Glouple. In connection with an investment partnership of our executive officers, Glouple Ventures LLC, from July 2000 through December 2001, one of our subsidiaries, Flextronics International, NV, loaned the following amounts to each of Messrs. McNamara, Smach and Brathwaite:
                 
    Amount of   Interest
Date   Loan   Rate
         
July 2000
  $ 311,421       6.40 %
August 2000
    204,155       6.22  
November 2000
    1,001,831       6.09  
August 2001
    151,697       5.72  
November 2001
    117,611       5.05  
December 2001
    33,739       5.05  
      The loans were evidenced by promissory notes executed by each of Messrs. McNamara, Smach and Brathwaite in favor of Flextronics International, NV. The loans bear interest at the rates indicated above and mature on August 15, 2010. As of March 31, 2006, the remaining aggregate outstanding balance of the indebtedness of each executive was $1,820,454, including accrued interest, which is the largest aggregate amount of indebtedness outstanding during fiscal year 2006.
Investment by Silver Lake Partners
      In March 2003, we issued $195.0 million aggregate principal amount of our Convertible Junior Subordinated Notes due 2008 to funds affiliated with Silver Lake Partners. In connection with the issuance of the Notes, we appointed James A. Davidson, a co-founder and managing director of Silver Lake Partners, to our Board of Directors. In July 2006, we entered into an agreement with the Silver Lake noteholders to, among other things (i) extend the maturity date of the Notes to July 31, 2009 and (ii) provide for net share settlement of the Notes upon maturity. The Notes may no longer be converted or redeemed prior to maturity, other than in connection with certain change of control transactions, and upon maturity will be net share settled by the payment of cash equal to the face amount of the Notes and the issuance of shares with a value equal to any conversion value in excess of the face amount of the Notes.
Sale of Software Development and Solutions Business
      On April 13, 2006, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell our Software Development and Solutions business to an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (“KKR”). Upon closing of the transaction, we will receive cash consideration which is expected to be in excess of $600.0 million and a $250.0 million face value note receivable with a 10.5% paid-in-kind interest coupon which matures in eight years, and we will retain a 15% equity interest in the new company. Mr. Michael E. Marks, the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, is a member of KKR. The terms of the transaction were approved by an Independent Committee of our Board of Directors as well as by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. The Independent Committee of our Board of Directors received fairness opinions from certain independent third-party financial institutions.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
      Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than 10% of our ordinary shares to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the SEC. Such persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file. Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms furnished to us and written

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representations from our executive officers and directors, we believe that all Section 16(a) filing requirements for the year ended March 31, 2006 were met, except that a Form 4 relating to Mr. McNamara’s settlement on January 19, 2006 of a prepaid variable forward contract and the deemed sale of 360,000 shares in connection with the settlement was filed two days late (on January 25, 2006). Mr. McNamara’s prepaid variable forward contract, including settlement terms, was initially reported to the SEC on Form 4 on November 5, 2004.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 2007 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
      Shareholder proposals intended for inclusion in the proxy statement for the 2007 Annual General Meeting must be received by us no later than April 19, 2007. Any shareholder proposals must be mailed to our principal U.S. offices located at 2090 Fortune Drive, San Jose, California, 95131, U.S.A., Attention: Chief Executive Officer. These shareholder proposals may be included in our proxy statement for the 2007 Annual General Meeting so long as they are provided to us on a timely basis and satisfy the other conditions set forth in applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC.
      In addition, under Section 183 of the Companies Act, registered shareholders representing at least 5% of the total outstanding voting rights or registered shareholders representing not fewer than 100 registered shareholders having an average paid up sum of at least S$500 each may, at their expense, requisition that we include and give notice of their proposal for the 2007 Annual General Meeting. Subject to satisfaction of the requirements of Section 183 of the Companies Act, any such requisition must be signed by all the requisitionists and be deposited at our registered office in Singapore, One Marina Boulevard, #28-00, Singapore 018989, at least six weeks prior to the date of the 2007 Annual General Meeting in the case of a requisition requiring notice of a resolution, or at least one week prior to the date of the 2007 Annual General Meeting in the case of any other requisition.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
      We incorporate by reference the following sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006:
  •  Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”;
 
  •  Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”; and
 
  •  Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”
SINGAPORE STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 which was filed with the SEC on May 31, 2006, is enclosed with this Proxy Statement. The Annual Report on Form 10-K includes our consolidated financial statements, prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP, together with the Independent Auditors’ Report of Deloitte & Touche LLP, our independent auditors for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. We publish our U.S. GAAP financial statements in U.S. dollars, which is the principal currency in which we conduct our business.
      Our Singapore statutory financial statements, prepared in conformity with the provisions of the Companies Act, are also enclosed with this Proxy Statement, as required under Singapore law.
      Our Singapore statutory financial statements include:
  •  our consolidated financial statements (which are identical to those included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, described above);
 
  •  supplementary financial statements (which reflect solely our standalone financial results, with our subsidiaries accounted for under the equity method rather than consolidated, and which we refer to in this section as the Parent financial statements);

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  •  a Directors’ Report; and
 
  •  the Auditors’ Report of Deloitte & Touche, our Singapore statutory auditors for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.
OTHER MATTERS
      Management does not know of any matters to be presented at the 2006 Annual General Meeting other than those set forth herein and in the Notice accompanying this Proxy Statement.
      It is important that your shares be represented at the meeting, regardless of the number of shares which you hold. We urge you to execute promptly and return the accompanying proxy card in the envelope which has been enclosed for your convenience.
      Shareholders who are present at the meeting may revoke their proxies and vote in person or, if they prefer, may abstain from voting in person and allow their proxies to be voted.
      By Order of the Board of Directors
(-s- Bernard Liew signature) (-s- Yap Lune Teng signature)
Bernard Liew Jin Yang Yap Lune Teng                              
Joint Secretary Joint Secretary                                
July 31, 2006
Singapore
      Upon request, we will furnish without charge to each person to whom this Proxy Statement is delivered a copy of any exhibit listed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. You may request a copy of this information at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at our principal U.S. offices at:
Flextronics International Ltd.
2090 Fortune Dr.
San Jose, California 95131 U.S.A.
Telephone: (408) 576-7722

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SINGAPORE STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)
(Company Registration Number 199002645H)
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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Co. Rg. No. 199002645H
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
MARCH 31, 2006
(U.S. dollars in thousands unless otherwise designated as Singapore dollars, S$)
      The directors present their report together with the audited financial statements of Flextronics International Ltd. (the “Parent”) and the consolidated financial statements of Flextronics International Ltd. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) for the financial year ended March 31, 2006.
Directors
      The directors of Flextronics International Ltd. in office at the date of this report are:
  H. Raymond Bingham
  James A. Davidson
  Michael E. Marks
  Michael M. McNamara
  Rockwell A. Schnabel
  Ajay B. Shah
  Richard L. Sharp
  Lip-Bu Tan
Arrangements to Enable Directors to Acquire Benefits by Means of the Acquisition of Shares and Debentures
      Neither at the end of the financial year nor at any time during the financial year did there subsist any arrangement whose object is to enable the directors of the Parent to acquire benefits by means of the acquisition of shares or debentures in the Parent or any other body corporate except for the options mentioned below.
Directors’ Interests in Shares and Debentures
      The interest of the directors who held office at the end of the current fiscal year (including those held by their spouses and infant children) in the share capital or debentures of the Parent and related corporations were as follows:
                 
    Interest Held
     
    As of March 31,    
    2005 or Date of    
    Appointment as    
    Director During   As of
Ordinary Shares, no Par Value, in Flextronics International Ltd.   the Year   March 31, 2006
         
H. Raymond Bingham *
           
James A. Davidson
    50,834       50,834  
Michael E. Marks
    3,570,059       3,218,959  
Michael M. McNamara *
    597,547       237,547  
Rockwell A. Schnabel **
           
Ajay B. Shah *
           
Richard L. Sharp
    3,037,952       3,047,548  
Lip-Bu Tan
    5,000       12,898  
 
Messrs. Bingham, McNamara and Shah joined the Board of Directors on October 14, 2005.
**  Mr. Schnabel joined the Board of Directors on February 7, 2006.

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Options to acquire ordinary shares, no par value, in Flextronics International Ltd.
                                 
    As of March 31,            
    2005 or Date of            
    Appointment as            
    Director During   As of        
    the Year   March 31, 2006   Exercise Price   Exercisable Period
                 
H. Raymond Bingham *
          25,000     $ 11.8200       10.14.05 to 10.14.10  
James A. Davidson
    25,000       25,000     $ 9.3500       03.20.03 to 03.20.08  
      6,610       6,610     $ 14.2200       09.30.03 to 09.30.08  
      20,000       20,000     $ 17.5000       01.22.04 to 01.22.09  
      20,000       20,000     $ 10.0800       08.12.04 to 08.12.09  
      12,500       12,500     $ 13.5300       09.23.04 to 09.23.09  
            25,000     $ 12.6200       05.17.05 to 05.17.10  
            12,500     $ 12.6600       09.20.05 to 09.20.10  
Michael E. Marks
    1,000,000           $ 23.1875       12.20.00 to 12.20.10  
      200,000       200,000     $ 13.9800       09.21.01 to 09.21.11  
      400,000       400,000     $ 15.9000       10.01.01 to 10.01.11  
      5,000,000       4,000,000     $ 7.9000       07.01.02 to 07.01.12  
      1,000,000       1,000,000     $ 17.6900       04.21.04 to 04.21.14  
      1,375,000       1,375,000     $ 11.5300       08.23.04 to 08.23.14  
Michael M. McNamara *
    150,000       150,000     $ 13.9800       09.21.01 to 09.21.11  
      250,000       250,000     $ 15.9000       10.01.01 to 10.01.11  
      2,000,000       2,000,000     $ 7.9000       07.01.02 to 07.01.12  
      600,000       600,000     $ 8.8400       09.03.02 to 09.03.12  
      400,000       400,000     $ 16.0700       04.30.04 to 04.30.14  
      200,000       200,000     $ 11.5300       08.23.04 to 08.23.14  
      3,000,000       3,000,000     $ 12.3700       05.13.05 to 05.13.15  
Rockwell A. Schnabel **
          25,000     $ 10.1700       02.07.06 to 02.07.11  
Ajay B. Shah *
          25,000     $ 11.8200       10.14.05 to 10.14.10  
Richard L. Sharp
    6,000           $ 42.0313       09.21.00 to 09.21.05  
      6,000       6,000     $ 14.1000       09.20.01 to 09.20.06  
      10,000       10,000     $ 7.9000       07.01.02 to 07.01.07  
      12,500       12,500     $ 9.5100       08.29.02 to 08.29.07  
      12,500       12,500     $ 14.2200       09.30.03 to 09.30.08  
      20,000       20,000     $ 17.5000       01.22.04 to 01.22.09  
      20,000       20,000     $ 10.0800       08.12.04 to 08.12.09  
      12,500       12,500     $ 13.5300       09.23.04 to 09.23.09  
            100,000     $ 12.6200       05.17.05 to 05.17.10  
            12,500     $ 10.4200       01.03.06 to 01.03.11  
Lip-Bu Tan
    25,000       25,000     $ 9.0000       04.03.03 to 04.03.08  
      6,165       6,165     $ 14.2200       09.30.03 to 09.30.08  
      20,000       20,000     $ 17.5000       01.22.04 to 01.22.09  
      20,000       20,000     $ 10.0800       08.12.04 to 08.12.09  
      12,500       12,500     $ 13.5300       09.23.04 to 09.23.09  
            25,000     $ 12.6200       05.17.05 to 05.17.10  
            12,500     $ 12.6600       09.20.05 to 09.20.10  
 
Messrs. Bingham, McNamara and Shah joined the Board of Directors on October 14, 2005.
**  Mr. Schnabel joined the Board of Directors on February 7, 2006.

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      Other than as disclosed above, no other directors of the Parent had an interest in any shares, debentures or share options of the Parent or related corporations either at the beginning or the end of the year as recorded in the register of directors’ shareholdings kept by the Parent under section 164 of the Singapore Companies Act Chapter 50.
Directors’ Receipt and Entitlement to Contractual Benefits
      Other than as disclosed above, since the end of the previous financial year, no director has received or become entitled to receive a benefit which is required to be disclosed under section 201(8) of the Singapore Companies Act, Chapter 50, by reason of a contract made by the Parent or a related corporation with the director or with a firm of which he is a member, or with a company in which he has a substantial financial interest except for their employment contracts.
Share Option Plans and Employee Share Purchase Plan (Schemes)
2004 Award Plan (the “2004 Plan”)
      During the financial year ended March 31, 2006, options for a total of 2,200,175 Ordinary Shares in the Parent were granted with exercise prices ranging from $10.32 to $13.32 and a weighted-average exercise price of $11.09 under the 2004 Plan. No Ordinary Shares in the Parent were issued during the financial year by virtue of the exercise of options granted under the 2004 Plan. As at March 31, 2006, the number and class of unissued shares under options granted under the 2004 Plan was 4,919,845 Ordinary Shares, net of cancellation of options for 812,005 Ordinary Shares during financial year 2006. The expiration dates range from November 2014 to January 2016.
2002 Interim Incentive Plan (the “2002 Plan”)
      During the financial year ended March 31, 2006, options for a total of 49,400 Ordinary Shares in the Parent were granted with an exercise price of $13.27 under the 2002 Plan. 3,824,173 Ordinary Shares in the Parent were issued during the financial year by virtue of the exercise of options granted under the 2002 Plan. As at March 31, 2006, the number and class of unissued shares under options granted under the 2002 Plan was 10,753,219 Ordinary Shares, net of cancellation of options for 1,636,621 Ordinary Shares during financial year 2006. The expiration dates range from January 2008 to July 2015.
2001 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2001 Plan”)
      During the financial year ended March 31, 2006, options for a total of 9,299,879 Ordinary Shares in the Parent were granted under the 2001 Plan with an exercise price ranging from $10.17 to $13.27 and a weighted-average exercise price of $11.75. During financial year 2005, the Parent consolidated its 1999 Interim Option Plan (the “1999 Plan”), 1998 Interim Option Plan (the “1998 Plan”), and 1997 Interim Option Plan (the “1997 Plan”) into the 2001 Plan. As such, the remaining shares that were available under the 1999 Plan, 1998 Plan and 1997 Plan are available for grant under the 2001 Plan. No additional options will be granted under the 1999 Plan, 1998 Plan and 1997 Plan. Any options outstanding under these plans will remain outstanding until exercised or until they terminate or expire by their terms.
      Pursuant to adoption of the 2001 Plan in August 2001, remaining unissued shares under the 1993 Share Option Plan (the “1993 Plan”) were made available for issuance under the 2001 Plan, and no additional options will be granted under the 1993 Plan.
      The Parent has certain option plans and the underlying options of companies, which the Parent has merged with or acquired (the “Assumed Plans”). Options under the Assumed Plans have been converted into the Parent’s options and adjusted to effect the appropriate conversion ratio as specified by the applicable acquisition agreement, but are otherwise administered in accordance with the terms of the Assumed Plans. No further option grants will be awarded under the Assumed Plan. The Assumed Plans were consolidated into the 2001 Plan during financial year 2005.

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      During the financial year ended March 31, 2006, a total of 1,738,175 Ordinary Shares in the Parent were issued by virtue of the exercise of options granted under the 2001 Plan. As at March 31, 2006, the number and class of unissued shares under options granted under the 2001 Plan was 39,369,492 Ordinary Shares, net of cancellation of options for 6,074,325 Ordinary Shares during financial year 2006. The expiration dates range from May 2006 to January 2016.
Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”)
      The ESPP was approved by the shareholders in October 1997 and terminated by the Board of Directors in October 2005. Upon the approval of termination, the Board of Directors decided that no shares would be available for issuance subsequent to March 31, 2006.
      Under the ESPP, employees may purchase, on a periodic basis, a limited number of Ordinary Shares through payroll deductions over a six-month period up to 10% of each participant’s compensation. The per-share purchase price is 85% of the fair market value of the shares at the beginning or end of the offering period, whichever is lower. A total of 914,244 Ordinary Shares were sold under the ESPP during the current financial year. The per-share weighted-average fair value of Ordinary Shares sold under the ESPP in financial year 2006 was $11.51.
Auditors
      The auditors, Deloitte & Touche, have expressed their willingness to accept re-appointment.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
     
/s/ MICHAEL E. MARKS
  /s/ MICHAEL M. MCNAMARA
     
Director
  Director
Singapore
May 30, 2006

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Statement of Directors
      In the opinion of the directors, the accompanying financial statements of Flextronics International Ltd. (the “Parent”) and the consolidated financial statements of Flextronics International Ltd. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) are drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Parent and the Company as at March 31, 2006, and of the results, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company for the year then ended and at the date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Parent will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
     
/s/ MICHAEL E. MARKS
  /s/ MICHAEL M. MCNAMARA
     
Director
  Director
Singapore
May 30, 2006

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Auditors’ Report to the Members of Flextronics International Ltd.
      We have audited the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements of Flextronics International Ltd. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) and the Supplementary Financial Statements of Flextronics International Ltd. (the “Parent”) for the financial year ended March 31, 2006, (collectively the “statutory financial statements”). These statutory financial statements are the responsibility of the Parent’s directors. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these statutory financial statements based on our audit.
      We conducted our audit in accordance with Singapore Standards on Auditing. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the statutory financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the statutory financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall financial statements presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
      The Parent accounted for investments in subsidiaries using the equity method. Under this method, the Parent’s investments in subsidiaries are reported as a separate line in the Parent’s balance sheet. Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that these investments be consolidated rather than reported using the equity method.
      Except for the foregoing, in our opinion:
        a) the statutory financial statements are properly drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50 (“Act”) and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (the use of which is approved by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore) so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the Parent as at March 31, 2006, and of the results, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company for the financial year then ended; and
 
        b) the accounting and other records required by the Act to be kept by the Parent and by those subsidiaries incorporated in Singapore of which we are the auditors have been properly kept in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
      The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company as of March 31, 2006, and for the year then ended, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, San Jose and have been included in the Annual Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2006 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Together with the Supplementary Financial Statements of the Parent, these Consolidated Financial Statements have been reproduced for the purposes of filing with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority in Singapore.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE
Certified Public Accountants
Singapore
May 30, 2006

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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                     
    March 31,
     
    2006   2005
         
    (In thousands except
    share amounts)
ASSETS
Current assets:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 942,859     $ 869,258  
 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $17,749 and $26,641 as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively
    1,496,520       1,787,006  
 
Inventories
    1,738,310       1,513,715  
 
Deferred income taxes
    9,643       11,614  
 
Current assets of discontinued operations
    89,509       79,053  
 
Other current assets
    620,095       526,519  
             
   
Total current assets
    4,896,936       4,787,165  
Property and equipment, net
    1,586,486       1,669,876  
Deferred income taxes
    646,431       687,146  
Goodwill
    2,676,727       2,965,867  
Other intangible assets, net
    115,064       81,644  
Long-term assets of discontinued operations
    574,384       494,019  
Other assets
    462,379       324,049  
             
   
Total assets
  $ 10,958,407     $ 11,009,766  
             
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
               
 
Bank borrowings, current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
  $ 106,099     $ 26,140  
 
Accounts payable
    2,758,019       2,505,719  
 
Accrued payroll
    184,483       269,532  
 
Current liabilities of discontinued operations
    57,213       66,669  
 
Other current liabilities
    852,490       1,012,134  
             
   
Total current liabilities
    3,958,304       3,880,194  
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion
    1,488,975       1,709,011  
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations
    30,578       53,189  
Other liabilities
    125,903       143,324  
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)
               
Shareholders’ equity
               
 
Ordinary shares, no par value; 578,141,566 and 568,329,662 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively
    5,572,574       5,489,764  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (241,438 )     (382,600 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    27,565       123,683  
 
Deferred compensation
    (4,054 )     (6,799 )
             
   
Total shareholders’ equity
    5,354,647       5,224,048  
             
   
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 10,958,407     $ 11,009,766  
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                           
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
    (In thousands, except per share amounts)
Net sales
  $ 15,287,976     $ 15,730,717     $ 14,479,262  
Cost of sales
    14,354,461       14,720,532       13,676,855  
Restructuring charges
    185,631       78,381       474,068  
                   
 
Gross profit
    747,884       931,804       328,339  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    463,946       525,607       469,229  
Intangible amortization
    37,160       33,541       34,543  
Restructuring charges
    30,110       16,978       54,785  
Other income, net
    (17,200 )     (13,491 )      
Interest and other expense, net
    92,951       89,996       77,241  
Gain on divestiture of operations
    (23,819 )            
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
          16,328       103,909  
                   
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    164,736       262,845       (411,368 )
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
    54,218       (68,652 )     (64,958 )
                   
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ 110,518     $ 331,497     $ (346,410 )
Discontinued operations
                       
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
    30,644       8,374       (5,968 )
                   
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 141,162     $ 339,871     $ (352,378 )
                   
Earnings (loss) per share:
                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations:
                       
 
Basic
  $ 0.19     $ 0.60     $ (0.66 )
                   
 
Diluted
  $ 0.18     $ 0.57     $ (0.66 )
                   
Income (loss) from discontinued operations:
                       
 
Basic
  $ 0.05     $ 0.02     $ (0.01 )
                   
 
Diluted
  $ 0.05     $ 0.01     $ (0.01 )
                   
Net income(loss):
                       
 
Basic
  $ 0.25     $ 0.61     $ (0.67 )
                   
 
Diluted
  $ 0.24     $ 0.58     $ (0.67 )
                   
Weighted average shares used in computing per share amounts:
                       
 
Basic
    573,520       552,920       525,318  
                   
 
Diluted
    600,604       585,499       525,318  
                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
                           
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
    (In thousands)
Net income (loss)
  $ 141,162     $ 339,871     $ (352,378 )
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                       
 
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of taxes
    (100,472 )     56,255       105,963  
 
Unrealized holding gain (loss) on investments and derivative instruments, net of taxes
    4,354       (10,677 )     5,561  
                   
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 45,044     $ 385,449     $ (240,854 )
                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                                 
            Accumulated        
    Ordinary Shares       Other        
            Comprehensive       Total
    Shares       Accumulated   Income   Deferred   Shareholders’
    Outstanding   Amount   Deficit   (Loss)   Compensation   Equity
                         
    (In thousands)
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2003
    520,228     $ 4,951,679     $ (370,093 )   $ (33,419 )   $ (6,147 )   $ 4,542,020  
Issuance of ordinary shares for acquisitions
    517       3,162                         3,162  
Exercise of stock options
    8,235       54,825                         54,825  
Ordinary shares issued under Employee Stock Purchase Plan
    718       6,288                         6,288  
Issuance of restricted ordinary shares
    246                                
Net loss
                (352,378 )                 (352,378 )
Deferred stock compensation, net of cancellations
          2,171                   (2,171 )      
Amortization of deferred stock compensation
                            1,772       1,772  
Unrealized gain on investments and derivative instruments, net of taxes
                      5,561             5,561  
Foreign currency translation, net of taxes
                      105,963             105,963  
                                     
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2004
    529,944       5,018,125       (722,471 )     78,105       (6,546 )     4,367,213  
Issuance of ordinary shares for acquisitions
    10,004       127,226                         127,226  
Exercise of stock options
    3,182       29,784                         29,784  
Modification of stock option grants (Note 11)
          5,575                         5,575  
Ordinary shares issued under Employee Stock Purchase Plan
    561       6,817                         6,817  
Sales of ordinary shares in public offering, net of offering costs of $4,636
    24,331       299,500                         299,500  
Issuance of restricted ordinary shares
    308       329                         329  
Net income
                339,871                   339,871  
Deferred stock compensation, net of cancellations
          2,408                   (2,408 )      
Amortization of deferred stock compensation
                            2,155       2,155  
Unrealized loss on investments and derivative instruments, net of taxes
                      (10,677 )           (10,677 )
Foreign currency translation, net of taxes
                      56,255             56,255  
                                     
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2005
    568,330       5,489,764       (382,600 )     123,683       (6,799 )     5,224,048  
Issuance of ordinary shares for acquisitions
    2,526       27,907                         27,907  
Exercise of stock options
    5,562       41,052                         41,052  
Shares issued for debt conversion
    476       5,000                         5,000  
Ordinary shares issued under Employee Stock Purchase Plan
    914       8,934                         8,934  
Issuance of restricted ordinary shares
    293                                
Shares issued for board of directors compensation
    41       499                         499  
Net income
                141,162                   141,162  
Deferred stock compensation, net of cancellations
          (582 )                 582        
Amortization of deferred stock compensation
                            2,163       2,163  
Unrealized loss on investments and derivative instruments, net of taxes
                      4,354             4,354  
Foreign currency translation, net of taxes
                      (100,472 )           (100,472 )
                                     
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2006
    578,142     $ 5,572,574     $ (241,438 )   $ 27,565     $ (4,054 )   $ 5,354,647  
                                     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                               
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
    (In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
                       
Net income (loss)
  $ 141,162     $ 339,871     $ (352,378 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
 
Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges
    390,828       373,670       662,798  
 
Gain on sale of equipment
    (8,473 )     (1,752 )     (2,206 )
 
Provision for doubtful accounts
    606       4,848       1,256  
 
Equity in earnings (losses) of associated companies and other charges, net
    (16,831 )     2,785       (181 )
 
Stock compensation
    2,662       2,155       1,772  
 
Deferred income taxes
    47,953       (84,070 )     (97,171 )
 
Gain on divestitures of operations
    (67,569 )            
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                       
   
Accounts receivable
    172,638       110,907       (381,948 )
   
Inventories
    (220,988 )     (105,126 )     (40,302 )
   
Other assets
    (171,460 )     61,341       (139,691 )
   
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
    278,828       19,636       535,749  
                   
     
Net cash provided by operating activities
    549,356       724,265       187,698  
                   
Cash flows from investing activities:
                       
 
Purchases of property and equipment, net of disposition
    (251,174 )     (289,680 )     (181,461 )
 
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
    (649,160 )     (469,003 )     (119,983 )
 
Proceeds from divestitures of operations, net of cash disposed
    518,505              
 
Other investments and notes receivable
    (47,090 )     20,406       (102,323 )
                   
     
Net cash used in investing activities
    (428,919 )     (738,277 )     (403,767 )
                   
Cash flows from financing activities:
                       
 
Proceeds from bank borrowings and long-term debt
    3,420,583       1,793,969       1,446,592  
 
Repayments of bank borrowings and long-term debt
    (3,503,420 )     (1,789,862 )     (1,008,692 )
 
Repayment of capital lease obligations and other
    (11,457 )     (10,672 )     (12,613 )
 
Payment for early extinguishment of debt
          (13,201 )     (91,647 )
 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
    49,986       36,601       61,113  
 
Net proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares in public offering
          299,500        
                   
     
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (44,308 )     316,335       394,753  
                   
Effect of exchange rates on cash
    (2,528 )     (48,341 )     12,572  
                   
 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    73,601       253,982       191,256  
 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    869,258       615,276       424,020  
                   
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
  $ 942,859     $ 869,258     $ 615,276  
                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY
      Flextronics International Ltd. (“Flextronics” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the Republic of Singapore in May 1990. The Company is a leading provider of advanced electronics manufacturing services (EMS) to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in industries including computing; mobile; consumer digital; industrial, semiconductor and white goods; automotive, marine and aerospace; infrastructure; and medical. The Company’s strategy is to provide customers with a full range of vertically-integrated global supply chain services through which the Company designs, builds and ships a complete packaged product for its OEM customers. OEM customers leverage the Company’s services to meet their product requirements throughout the entire product life cycle. The Company also provides after-market services such as logistics, repair and warranty services.
      The Company’s services include printed circuit board and flexible circuit fabrication, systems assembly and manufacturing (including enclosures, testing services, materials procurement and inventory management), logistics and after-market services (including product repair, re-manufacturing and maintenance). Additionally, the Company provides market-specific design and engineering services ranging from contract design services (“CDM”), where the customer purchases services on a time and materials basis, to original product design and manufacturing services, where the customer purchases a product that was designed, developed and manufactured by the Company (commonly referred to as original design manufacturing, or “ODM”). ODM products are then sold by the Company’s OEM customers under the OEM’s brand name. The Company’s CDM and ODM services include user interface and industrial design, mechanical engineering and tooling design, electronic system design and printed circuit board design.
      During the second quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Company sold its Semiconductor division to AMIS Holdings, Inc., the parent company of AMI Semiconductor, Inc. The Company also merged its Network Services division with Telavie AS, a company wholly-owned by Altor Equity Partners, and retained a 35% ownership stake in the merged company, Relacom Holding AB. On April 13, 2006, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Software Development and Solutions business to an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. The Software Development and Solutions business and the Semiconductor division are being treated as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements, however, the divestiture of the Network Services division does not meet the criteria for discontinued operations treatment under accounting principals generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) or (“GAAP”), and as such, its historical results remain included in the Company’s continuing operations financial results. Refer to Note 13, “Business and Asset Acquisitions and Divestitures” and Note 16, “Discontinued Operations” for further discussion of these divestitures.
2. SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
      The Company’s fiscal year ends on March 31 of each year. The first and second fiscal quarters end on the Friday closest to the last day of each respective calendar quarter. The third and fourth fiscal quarters end on December 31 and March 31, respectively.
      Amounts included in the financial statements are expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise designated as Singapore dollars (S$), Euros () or Indian Rupees (Rs).
      The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Flextronics and its majority-owned subsidiaries, after elimination of all significant intercompany accounts and transactions. The Company consolidates all majority-owned subsidiaries and investments in entities in which the Company has a controlling interest. For consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries in which the Company owns less than 100%, the Company recognizes a minority interest for the ownership interest of the minority owners. As of March 31, 2006, this minority interest totaled $23.4 million, of which $10.8 million is included in other liabilities and $12.6 million is included in long-term liabilities of discontinued operations in the consolidated balance sheets.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
As of March 31, 2005, minority interest totaled $40.8 million, of which $33.8 million is included in long-term liabilities of discontinued operations and $7.0 million is included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The associated minority interest expense has not been material to the Company’s results of operations for fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004, and has been classified within income (loss) from discontinued operations or as interest and other expense, net, in the consolidated statements of operations. Non-majority-owned investments are accounted for using the equity method when the Company has an ownership percentage equal to or greater than 20%, or has the ability to significantly influence the operating decisions of the issuer, otherwise the cost method is used.
Use of Estimates
      The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are used in accounting for, among other things, allowances for doubtful accounts, inventory allowances, useful lives of property, equipment and intangible assets, asset impairments, fair values of derivative instruments and the related hedged items, restructuring charges, contingencies, capital leases, and the fair values of options granted under the Company’s stock-based compensation plans. Actual results may differ from previously estimated amounts, and such differences may be material to the consolidated financial statements. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically, and the effects of revisions are reflected in the period they occur.
Translation of Foreign Currencies
      The financial position and results of operations for certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are measured using a currency other than the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. Accordingly, all assets and liabilities for these subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rates as of the respective balance sheet date. Revenue and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates prevailing during the period. Cumulative gains and losses from the translation of these subsidiaries’ financial statements are reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity. Foreign exchange gains and losses arising from transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the entity involved, and remeasurement adjustments for foreign operations where the U.S. dollar is the functional currency, are included in operating results. The Company realized a net foreign exchange gain of $20.6 million during fiscal year 2006, and a foreign exchange gain of $29.3 million during 2005 from the liquidation of certain international entities. These gains were classified as a component of other income, net, in the consolidated statement of operations.
Revenue Recognition
      The Company recognizes manufacturing revenue when it ships goods or the goods are received by its customer, title and risk of ownership have passed, the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable and recoverability is reasonably assured. Generally, there are no formal customer acceptance requirements or further obligations related to manufacturing services. If such requirements or obligations exist, then the Company recognizes the related revenues at the time when such requirements are completed and the obligations are fulfilled. The Company makes provisions for estimated sales returns and other adjustments at the time revenue is recognized based on its analysis of historical returns, current economic trends and changes in customer demand. These provisions were not material to the consolidated financial statements for the 2006, 2005 and 2004 fiscal years.
      The Company provides a comprehensive suite of services for its customers that range from contract design to original product design to repair services. The Company recognizes service revenue when the services have been performed, and the related costs are expensed as incurred. Net sales for services from

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
continuing operations were less than 10% of the Company’s total sales from continuing operations in the 2006, 2005 and 2004 fiscal years.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
      The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and makes provisions for doubtful accounts based on the outcome of those credit evaluations. The Company evaluates the collectibility of its accounts receivable based on specific customer circumstances, current economic trends, historical experience with collections and the age of past due receivables. Unanticipated changes in the liquidity or financial position of the Company’s customers may require additional provisions for doubtful accounts.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
      All highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less from original dates of purchase are carried at fair market value and considered to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash deposited in checking and money market accounts and certificates of deposit.
      Cash and cash equivalents related to continuing operations consisted of the following:
                 
    March 31,
     
    2006   2005
         
    (In thousands)
Cash and bank balances
  $ 870,140     $ 832,290  
Money market funds
    64,787       15,911  
Certificates of deposit
    7,932       21,057  
             
    $ 942,859     $ 869,258  
             
Long-term Investments
      The Company also has certain investments in non-publicly traded companies. These investments are included within other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, the investments totaled $173.9 million and $73.8 million, respectively. Non-majority-owned investments are accounted for using the equity method when the Company has an ownership percentage equal to or greater than 20%, or has the ability to significantly influence the operating decisions of the issuer, otherwise the cost method is used. The Company continuously monitors these investments for impairment and makes appropriate reductions in carrying values when necessary. During fiscal year 2005, the Company recorded charges of $8.2 million for other than temporary impairment of its investments in certain of these non-publicly traded companies. Impairment charges for fiscal years 2006 and 2004 were immaterial.
Concentration of Credit Risk
      Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, are primarily accounts receivable, cash and cash equivalents, investments, and derivative instruments.
      The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and makes provisions for doubtful accounts based on the outcome of its credit evaluations. In fiscal year 2006, two customers accounted for approximately 13% and 11% of net sales, respectively. In fiscal year 2005, two customers accounted for approximately 14% and 10% of net sales, respectively. In fiscal year 2004, two customers accounted for approximately 12% of net sales. The Company’s ten largest customers accounted for approximately 63%, 62%, and 64% of its net sales, in fiscal years 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively. At March 31, 2006, one customer accounted for approximately 16% of total accounts receivable. At March 31, 2005, one customer accounted for approximately 10% of total accounts receivable.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      The Company maintains cash and cash equivalents with various financial institutions that management believes to be of high credit quality. These financial institutions are located in many different locations throughout the world. The Company’s cash equivalents are primarily comprised of cash deposited in money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The Company’s investment policy limits the amount of credit exposure to 20% of the total investment portfolio in any single issuer.
      The amount subject to credit risk related to derivative instruments is generally limited to the amount, if any, by which a counterparty’s obligations exceed the obligations of the Company with that counterparty. To manage the counterparty risk, the Company limits its derivative transactions to those with recognized financial institutions.
Inventories
      Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (on a first-in, first-out basis) or market value. The stated cost is comprised of direct materials, labor and overhead. The components of inventories related to continuing operations, net of applicable lower of cost or market write-downs, were as follows:
                 
    March 31,
     
    2006   2005
         
    (In thousands)
Raw materials
  $ 884,940     $ 711,720  
Work-in-progress
    335,061       304,189  
Finished goods
    518,309       497,806  
             
    $ 1,738,310     $ 1,513,715  
             
Property and Equipment
      Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization is recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets (three to thirty years), with the exception of building leasehold improvements, which are amortized over the term of the lease, if shorter. Effective October 1, 2004, the estimated useful lives of certain machinery and equipment were changed from five years to seven years. The use of these assets and the advancement of the associated technology have demonstrated that seven years is a more reasonable and accurate economic useful life, so the Company has aligned the depreciation expense associated with these assets with their future economic benefit. As a result of this change in estimated useful life, the Company recognized lower depreciation expense than otherwise would have been recognized without the change in useful life of approximately $20.7 million and $12.0 million in fiscal years 2006 and 2005, respectively. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. Property and equipment related to continuing operations was comprised of the following:
                     
    March 31,
     
    2006   2005
         
    (In thousands)
Machinery and equipment
  $ 1,426,987     $ 1,432,673  
Buildings
    752,951       764,390  
Leasehold improvements
    116,955       92,880  
Furniture, fixtures, computer equipment and software
    303,075       364,810  
Land and other
    220,859       237,951  
             
      2,820,827       2,892,704  
 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (1,234,341 )     (1,222,828 )
             
   
Property and equipment, net
  $ 1,586,486     $ 1,669,876  
             

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      Total depreciation expense associated with property and equipment of continuing operations amounted to approximately $264.4 million, $303.1 million and $307.2 million in fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
      The Company reviews property and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of property and equipment is measured by comparing its carrying amount to the projected undiscounted cash flows the property and equipment are expected to generate. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount of a long-lived asset exceeds its fair value.
Deferred Income Taxes
      The Company provides for income taxes in accordance with the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amount and the tax basis of existing assets and liabilities by applying the applicable statutory tax rate to such differences.
Goodwill and Other Intangibles
      Goodwill of the reporting units is tested for impairment on January 31st and whenever events or changes in circumstance indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level by comparing the reporting unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill, to the fair value of the reporting unit. Reporting units represent components of the Company for which discrete financial information is available that are and regularly reviewed by management. For purposes of the annual goodwill impairment evaluation during fiscal years 2005 and 2004, the Company identified two separate reporting units: Electronic Manufacturing Services and Network Services. In fiscal year 2006, the Company divested its Network Services division and subsequently identified its Software Development and Solutions business as a new operating segment and reporting unit, and identified its Printed Circuit Board division as a new reporting unit. If the carrying amount of any reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the amount of impairment loss recognized, if any, is measured using a discounted cash flow analysis. Further, to the extent the carrying amount of the Company as a whole is greater than its market capitalization, all, or a significant portion of its goodwill may be considered impaired. The Company completed the annual impairment test during its fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 and determined that no impairment existed as of the date of the impairment test.
      The following table summarizes the activity in the Company’s goodwill account relating to continuing operations during fiscal years 2006 and 2005:
                   
    March 31,
     
    2006   2005
         
    (In thousands)
Balance, beginning of the year
  $ 2,965,867     $ 2,630,708  
 
Additions
    224,628       235,928  
 
Goodwill related to divested operations(1)
    (410,296 )      
 
Reclassification to other intangible assets(2)
    (30,622 )     (6,506 )
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    (72,850 )     105,737  
             
Balance, end of the year
  $ 2,676,727     $ 2,965,867  
             
 
(1)  Refer to Note 13, “Business and Asset Acquisitions and Divestitures.”
 
(2)  Reclassification resulting from final allocation of the Company’s intangible assets acquired through certain business combinations completed in a period subsequent to the respective period of acquisition, based on third-party valuations.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
      The Company’s acquired intangible assets are subject to amortization over their estimated useful lives and are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstance indicate that the carrying amount of an intangible asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount of an intangible asset exceeds its fair value. Intangible assets are primarily comprised of customer related intangibles, which include contractual agreements and customer relationships. Other acquired intangibles are primarily comprised of patents and trademarks, and developed technologies. Contractual agreements, patents and trademarks, and developed technologies are amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of up to ten years, and customer relationships on a straight-line basis over three to ten years. No residual value is estimated for any intangible assets. During fiscal year 2006 and 2005, there were approximately $81.1 million and $45.3 million of additions to intangible assets, respectively, primarily related to contractual agreements and customer relationships as a result of acquisitions. The value of the Company’s intangible assets purchased through business combinations is principally determined based on third-party valuations of the net assets acquired. The Company is in the process of determining the value of its intangible assets acquired from certain acquisitions completed in fiscal year 2006 and expects to complete the evaluation by the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. The components of acquired intangible assets relating to continuing operations are as follows:
                                                     
    March 31, 2006   March 31, 2005
         
    Gross       Net   Gross       Net
    Carrying   Accumulated   Carrying   Carrying   Accumulated   Carrying
    Amount   Amortization   Amount   Amount   Amortization   Amount
                         
    (In thousands)   (In thousands)
Intangible assets:
                                               
 
Customer related intangibles
  $ 150,471     $ (36,086 )   $ 114,385     $ 121,436     $ (54,508 )   $ 66,928  
 
Other acquired intangibles
    26,521       (25,842 )     679       36,696       (21,980 )     14,716  
                                     
   
Total
  $ 176,992     $ (61,928 )   $ 115,064     $ 158,132     $ (76,488 )   $ 81,644  
                                     
      In September 2005, the Company reduced intangible assets by approximately $18.4 million, primarily related to contractual agreements, developed technologies and customer relationships, as a result of the divestiture of its Network Services division (refer to Note 13, “Business and Asset Acquisitions and Divestitures”). Total intangible amortization expense recognized from continuing operations during fiscal years 2006, 2005, and 2004 amounted to $37.2 million, $33.5 million, and $34.5 million, respectively. The estimated future annual amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets from continuing operations is as follows:
           
Fiscal Years Ending March 31,   Amount
     
    (In thousands)
2007
  $ 26,243  
2008
    23,859  
2009
    19,646  
2010
    17,985  
2011
    13,825  
Thereafter
    13,506  
       
 
Total amortization expenses
  $ 115,064  
       
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
      All derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. If the derivative instrument is designated as a cash flow hedge, effectiveness is measured on a quarterly basis by calculating the ratio of the cumulative change in the fair value of the derivative instrument to the cumulative change in the hedged item. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument is recorded in shareholders’

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
equity as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income, and recognized in the statement of operations when the hedged item affects earnings. Ineffective portions of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized in earnings immediately. If the derivative instrument is designated as a fair value hedge, the changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument and of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings in the current period.
Restructuring Charges
      The Company recognizes restructuring charges related to its plans to close or consolidate duplicate manufacturing and administrative facilities. In connection with these activities, the Company records restructuring charges for employee termination costs, long-lived asset impairment and other exit-related costs.
      The recognition of restructuring charges requires the Company to make certain judgments and estimates regarding the nature, timing and amount of costs associated with the planned exit activity. To the extent the Company’s actual results differ from its estimates and assumptions, the Company may be required to revise the estimates of future liabilities, requiring the recognition of additional restructuring charges or the reduction of liabilities already recognized. Such changes to previously estimated amounts may be material to the consolidated financial statements. At the end of each reporting period, the Company evaluates the remaining accrued balances to ensure that no excess accruals are retained and the utilization of the provisions are for their intended purpose in accordance with developed exit plans.
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
      The Company applies the intrinsic value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. As a result, generally no compensation expense is recognized for options granted under these stock incentive plans because typically the option terms are fixed and the exercise price equals or exceeds the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant. The Company applies the disclosure only provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”).
      In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised 2004), “Share Based Payment” (“SFAS 123(R)”) which (i) revises SFAS 123 to eliminate the disclosure only provisions of that statement and the alternative to follow the intrinsic value method of accounting under APB 25 and related interpretations, and (ii) requires a public entity to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments, including grants of employee stock options, based on the grant-date fair value of the award and recognize that cost in its results of operations over the period during which an employee is required to provide the requisite service in exchange for that award. The Company is required to adopt this statement beginning April 1, 2006. Companies may elect to apply this statement either prospectively, or on a modified version of retrospective application under which financial statements for prior periods are adjusted on a basis consistent with the pro forma disclosures required for those periods under SFAS 123. The Company has elected to apply the provisions of this statement prospectively, and will continue using the Black-Scholes option valuation model to estimate the fair value of its stock-based awards, and will also continue to recognize the related expense under the straight-line attribution method. Although the pro forma effects below may be indicative of the Company’s adoption of SFAS 123(R), the actual expense will be dependent on numerous factors including, but not limited to, the selection of assumptions used to fair value stock-based awards granted subsequent to April 1, 2006, the number of new stock based awards granted to employees, policy decisions regarding accounting for the tax effects of share-based awards, and assumed award forfeiture rates. Unamortized compensation is estimated to be approximately $41.1 million on April 1, 2006, based on unvested stock-based awards outstanding as of March 31, 2006.
      In October 2005, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position FAS 123(R)-2, “Practical Accommodation to the Application of Grant Date as Defined in FAS 123(R)” (“FSP 123(R)-2”). FSP 123(R)-2 provides guidance on the application of grant date as defined in SFAS 123(R). In accordance with this standard a

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grant date of an award exists if a) the award is a unilateral grant and b) the key terms and conditions of the award are expected to be communicated to an individual recipient within a relatively short time period from the date of approval. The Company will adopt this standard when it adopts SFAS 123(R), and does not anticipate that the implementation of this statement will have a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations.
      In November 2005, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position FAS 123(R)-3, “Transition Election Related to Accounting for the Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards” (“FSP 123(R)-3”). FSP 123(R)-3 provides an elective alternative method that establishes a computational component to arrive at the beginning balance of the accumulated paid-in capital pool related to employee compensation and a simplified method to determine the subsequent impact on the accumulated paid-in capital pool of employee awards that are fully vested and outstanding upon the adoption of SFAS 123(R). The Company is currently evaluating this transition method.
      The following pro forma information reflects net income and earnings per share as if the Company had accounted for its stock-based compensation expense using the fair value method. For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized to expense over the options’ vesting period on a straight-line basis. Forfeitures are recognized as they occur, and compensation previously recognized is reversed for the forfeitures of unvested options.
                           
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
    (In thousands)
Net income (loss), as reported
  $ 141,162     $ 339,871     $ (352,378 )
Add: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net income (loss), net of tax
    2,662       2,155       1,772  
Less: Fair value compensation costs, net of taxes
    (67,195 )     (175,981 )     (54,623 )
                   
Pro forma net income (loss)
  $ 76,629     $ 166,045     $ (405,229 )
                   
Basic earnings (loss) per share:
                       
 
As reported
  $ 0.25     $ 0.61     $ (0.67 )
                   
 
Pro forma
  $ 0.13     $ 0.30     $ (0.77 )
                   
Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
                       
 
As reported
  $ 0.24     $ 0.58     $ (0.67 )
                   
 
Pro forma
  $ 0.13     $ 0.29     $ (0.77 )
                   
      Pro forma stock-based employee compensation expense determined under the fair value method, net of tax, included $11.3 million and $2.3 million of expense relating to discontinued operations during fiscal years 2006 and 2005, respectively. Pro forma stock-based employee compensation expense relating to discontinued operations was not material during fiscal year 2004.
      On February 7, 2006 and January 17, 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved accelerating the vesting of unvested options to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares held by current employees, including executive officers, priced at or above $12.37 and $12.98, respectively. No options held by non-employee directors were subject to the acceleration. The accelerations were effective as of February 7, 2006 and January 17, 2005, provided that holders of incentive stock options (“ISOs”) within the meaning of Section 422 of the internal Revenue code of 1986, as amended, have the opportunity to decline the acceleration of ISO options in order to prevent changing the status of the ISO option for federal income tax purposes to a non-qualified stock option.

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      The acceleration of these options was done primarily to eliminate future compensation expense the Company would otherwise recognize in its statement of operations with respect to these options upon the adoption of SFAS 123(R). In addition, because these options have exercise prices in excess of current market values and are not fully achieving their original objectives of incentive compensation and employee retention, management believes that the acceleration may have a positive effect on employee morale and retention. The future expense that was eliminated from the February 2006 and January 2005 accelerations was approximately $35.3 million and $121.2 million, respectively (of which approximately $12.8 million and $26.4 million was attributable to executive officers, respectively). The amounts are reflected in the pro forma net income for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The decrease in the pro forma expense in fiscal year 2006 is primarily the result of the acceleration of vesting during January 2005, offset by the acceleration in February 2006, and, to a lesser extent, the reduction in estimated volatility discussed below.
      For purposes of the pro forma presentation, the fair value of each option grant was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
                         
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
Volatility
    39 %     79 %     85 %
Risk-free interest rate
    3.8 %     3.0 %     2.3 %
Dividend yield
    0.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %
Expected option lives
    4.0 years       3.8 years       3.8 years  
      The fair value related to shares issued under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan was estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
                         
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
Volatility
    40 %     41 %     44 %
Risk-free interest rate
    2.1 %     1.7 %     1.4 %
Dividend yield
    0.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %
Expected option lives
    0.5 years       0.5 years       0.5 years  
      The Company has never paid dividends on its ordinary shares and currently does not intend to do so, and accordingly, the dividend yield percentage is zero for all periods. Beginning on January 1, 2005, in accordance with the guidance under SFAS 123 for selecting assumptions to use in an option pricing model, the Company reduced its estimate of expected volatility based upon a re-evaluation of the variability in the market price of its publicly traded stock. Prior to this date, the historical variability in daily stock prices was used exclusively to derive the estimate of expected volatility. Management determined that a combination of implied volatility related to publicly traded options together with historical volatility is more reflective of current market conditions, and a better indicator of expected volatility.
      The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options which have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. Consequently, the Company’s estimate of fair value may differ from other valuation models. Further, the Black-Scholes model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of stock-based compensation awards. Accordingly, pro forma net income and earnings per share as disclosed above may not accurately depict the associated fair value of the outstanding options.
      The Company will continue to evaluate its assumptions used to derive the estimated fair value of options granted under its stock-based compensation plans as new events or changes in circumstances become known.
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units”) in exchange for continued service with the Company. Restricted stock units awarded under the plan generally vest in installments over a five-year period and unvested units are forfeited upon termination of employment. During fiscal year 2006, 35,000 restricted stock units were granted with a weighted average fair value on the date of grant of $9.37 per ordinary share. During fiscal year 2005, 175,000 restricted stock units were granted with a weighted average fair value on the date of grant of $13.58 per ordinary share. During fiscal year 2004, 230,000 restricted stock units were granted with a weighted average fair value on the date of grant of $10.88 per ordinary share. Grants of restricted stock units are recorded as compensation expense over the vesting period at the fair market value of the Company’s ordinary shares at the date of grant. During fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004, compensation expense related to restricted stock units was approximately $2.2 million, $2.2 million and $1.8 million, respectively. Unearned compensation associated with restricted stock units was $4.1 million and $6.8 million as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and is included as a component of shareholders’ equity in the consolidated balance sheets.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share
      SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share” (“SFAS 128”) requires entities to present both basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the applicable periods.
      Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution from stock options, restricted stock units and convertible securities. The potential dilution from stock options exercisable into ordinary share equivalents and restricted stock units was computed using the treasury stock method based on the average fair market value of the Company’s ordinary shares for the period. The potential dilution from subordinated notes convertible into ordinary share equivalents was computed using the if-converted method.
      The following table reflects the basic weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding and diluted weighted-average ordinary share equivalents used to calculate basic and diluted net income per share from continuing operations. Earnings per share amounts for all periods are presented below in accordance with the requirements of SFAS 128:
                             
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
    (In thousands, except
    per share amounts)
Basic earnings (loss) per share:
                       
 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ 110,518     $ 331,497     $ (346,410 )
 
Shares used in computation:
                       
   
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding
    573,520       552,920       525,318  
                   
   
Basic earnings (loss) from continuing operations per share
  $ 0.19     $ 0.60     $ (0.66 )
                   
Diluted earnings (loss) from continuing operations per share:
                       
 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ 110,518     $ 331,497     $ (346,410 )
 
Shares used in computation:
                       
   
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding
    573,520       552,920       525,318  
   
Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from stock options and awards(1)
    8,358       12,956        
   
Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from convertible notes(2)
    18,726       19,623        
                   
   
Weighted-average ordinary shares and ordinary share equivalents outstanding
    600,604       585,499       525,318  
                   
   
Diluted earnings (loss) from continuing operations per share
  $ 0.18     $ 0.57     $ (0.66 )
                   

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(1)  Due to the Company’s reported net loss from continuing operations, the ordinary share equivalents from stock options and restricted stock to purchase 13,668,419 shares outstanding were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share during fiscal year 2004 because the inclusion would be anti-dilutive for the period.
  Also, the ordinary share equivalents from stock options to purchase 33,062,904, 24,186,135 and 14,750,432 shares during fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share primarily because the exercise price of these options was greater than the average market price of the Company’s ordinary shares during the respective periods.
(2)  During fiscal years 2006 and 2005, 18,725,798 and 19,047,619 ordinary share equivalents related to the zero coupon convertible junior subordinated notes were included as ordinary share equivalents, respectively. During fiscal year 2004, 19,047,619 ordinary share equivalent related to the zero coupon convertible junior subordinated notes were anti-dilutive and therefore, were not included as ordinary share equivalents.
  In addition, as the Company has the positive intent and ability to settle the principal amount of its 1% convertible subordinated notes due August 2010 in cash, 32,206,119 ordinary share equivalents related to the principal portion of the notes are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share. The Company intends to settle any conversion spread (excess of the conversion value over face value) in stock. During fiscal year 2006, the conversion obligation was less than the principal portion of the convertible notes and accordingly, no additional shares were included as ordinary share equivalents. During fiscal year 2005, 575,587 ordinary share equivalents from the conversion spread have been included. During fiscal year 2004, 851,274 ordinary share equivalents from the conversion spread were anti-dilutive and were excluded.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
      In November 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 151, “Inventory Costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4” (“SFAS 151”). This statement amends the guidance of ARB. No 43, Chapter 4 “Inventory Pricing” and requires that abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material be recognized as current period charges. In addition, this statement requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. SFAS 151 is effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005 and is required to be adopted by the Company in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. The Company does not expect that the adoption of SFAS 151 will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
      On December 16, 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions (“SFAS 153”). SFAS 153 addresses the measurement of exchanges of nonmonetary assets and redefines the scope of transactions that should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. SFAS 153 was effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The adoption of SFAS 153 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
      In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections” (“SFAS 154”). SFAS 154 is a replacement of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 20 (“APB 20”) and FASB Statement No. 3. SFAS 154 provides guidance on the accounting for and reporting of accounting changes and error corrections. It establishes retrospective application, or the latest practicable date, as the required method for reporting a change in accounting principle and the reporting of a correction of an error. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005 and is required to be adopted by the Company in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. The

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Company does not expect that the adoption of SFAS 154 will have a material impact on its consolidated results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
      In March 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets” (“SFAS 156”), which amends SFAS 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities.” SFAS 156 requires recognition of a servicing asset or liability at fair value each time an obligation is undertaken to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract. SFAS 156 also provides guidance on subsequent measurement methods for each class of servicing assets and liabilities and specifies financial statement presentation and disclosure requirements. SFAS 156 is effective for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2006 and is required to be adopted by the Company in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 156 will have a material impact on its consolidated results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
      In March 2005, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations” (“FIN 47”) as an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations” (“SFAS 143”). This interpretation clarifies that the term conditional asset retirement obligation as used in SFAS 143, refers to a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing and/or method of settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. The obligation to perform the asset retirement activity is unconditional even though uncertainty exists about the timing and/or method of settlement. Accordingly, an entity is required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. This interpretation also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient information to reasonably estimate the fair value of an asset retirement obligation. FIN 47 is effective no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005. The adoption of FIN 47 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
3. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURES
      The following table represents supplemental cash flow disclosure and non-cash investing and financing activities during the fiscal year:
                           
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
    (In thousands)
Net cash paid for:
                       
 
Interest
  $ 65,052     $ 76,060     $ 89,244  
 
Income taxes
  $ 25,197     $ 24,246     $ 36,356  
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
                       
 
Equipment acquired under capital lease obligations
  $ 1,577     $ 6,091     $ 18,713  
 
Issuance of ordinary shares for acquisition of businesses
  $ 27,907     $ 127,226     $ 3,162  
 
Issuance of ordinary shares upon conversion of debt
  $ 5,000     $     $  

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4. BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM DEBT
      Bank borrowings and long-term debt related to continuing operations was comprised of the following:
                 
    March 31,
     
    2006   2005
         
    (In thousands)
Short term bank borrowings
  $ 105,732     $ 10,301  
0.00% convertible junior subordinated notes
    195,000       200,000  
1.00% convertible subordinated notes
    500,000       500,000  
6.50% senior subordinated notes
    399,650       399,650  
6.25% senior subordinated notes
    384,879       490,270  
Other
    7,659       117,146  
             
      1,592,920       1,717,367  
Current portion
    (105,732 )     (17,445 )
             
Non-current portion
  $ 1,487,188     $ 1,699,922  
             
      Maturities for the Company’s bank borrowings and long-term debt are as follows:
           
Fiscal Years Ending March 31,   Amount
     
    (In thousands)
2007
  $ 105,732  
2008
    195,000  
2009
     
2010
     
2011
    507,659  
Thereafter
    784,529  
       
 
Total
  $ 1,592,920  
       
Revolving Credit Facilities and Other Credit Lines
      The Company has a revolving credit facility in the amount of $1.35 billion, under which there were no borrowings outstanding as of March 31, 2006. The credit facility consists of two separate credit agreements, one providing for up to $1.105 billion principal amount of revolving credit loans to the Company and its designated subsidiaries; and one providing for up to $245.0 million principal amount of revolving credit loans to a U.S. subsidiary of the Company. The credit facility is a five-year facility expiring in May 2010. Borrowings under the credit facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, either at (i) the base rate (the greater of the agent’s prime rate or 0.50% plus the federal funds rate) plus the applicable margin for base rate loans ranging between 0.0% and 0.125%, based on the Company’s credit ratings; or (ii) the LIBOR rate plus the applicable margin for LIBOR loans ranging between 0.625% and 1.125%, based on the Company’s credit ratings. The Company is required to pay a quarterly commitment fee ranging from 0.125% to 0.250% per annum of the unutilized portion of the credit facility and, if the utilized portion of the facility exceeds 33% of the total commitment, a quarterly utilization fee ranging between 0.125% to 0.250% on such utilized portion, in each case based on the Company’s credit ratings. The Company is also required to pay letter of credit usage fees ranging between 0.625% and 1.125% per annum (based on the Company’s credit ratings) on the amount of the daily average outstanding letters of credit and issuance fees of 0.125% per annum on the daily average undrawn amount of letter of credit.
      The credit facility is unsecured, and contains certain restrictions on the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to (i) incur certain debt, (ii) make certain investments, (iii) make certain acquisitions of other entities,

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(iv) incur liens, (v) dispose of assets, (vi) make non-cash distributions to shareholders, and (vii) engage in transactions with affiliates. These covenants are subject to a number of significant exceptions and limitations. The credit facility also requires that the Company maintain a maximum ratio of total indebtedness to EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization), and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined, during the term of the credit facility. As of March 31, 2006, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under this credit facility. Borrowings under the credit facility are guaranteed by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries.
      Certain subsidiaries of the Company have various lines of credit available with annual interest rates ranging from 1.61% to 5.56%. These lines of credit expire on various dates through fiscal year 2007. The Company also has term loans with annual interest rates ranging from 5.30% to 5.58%. These lines of credit and term loans are primarily secured by assignment of account receivables. As of March 31, 2006, $104.3 million was outstanding under these facilities.
6.25% Senior Subordinated Notes
      During fiscal year 2006, the Company repurchased approximately $97.9 million principal amount of its 6.25% senior subordinated notes which mature in November 2014. The loss associated with the early extinguishment of the notes was not material.
      The Company may redeem the notes in whole or in part at redemption prices of 103.125%, 102.083% and 101.042% of the principal amount thereof if the redemption occurs during the respective 12-month periods beginning on November 15 of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011, and at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof on and after November 15, 2012, in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. In addition, if the Company generates net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings on or before November 15, 2007, the Company may redeem up to 35% in aggregate principal amount of the notes at a redemption price of 106.25% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
      The indenture governing the Company’s outstanding 6.25% senior subordinated notes contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to (i) incur additional debt, (ii) issue or sell stock of certain subsidiaries, (iii) engage in certain asset sales, (iv) make distributions or pay dividends, (v) purchase or redeem capital stock, or (vi) engage in transactions with affiliates. The covenants are subject to a number of significant exceptions and limitations. As of March 31, 2006, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under this indenture.
1.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes
      The 1.0% convertible subordinated notes are due in August 2010 and are convertible at any time prior to maturity into ordinary shares of the Company at a conversion price of $15.525 (subject to certain adjustments). The Company used a portion of the net proceeds from the issuance of these notes and other cash sources to repurchase $492.3 million of other outstanding senior subordinated notes. In connection with the repurchase, the Company incurred a loss of approximately $95.2 million during the second quarter of fiscal year 2004 associated with the early extinguishment of the notes.
6.5% Senior Subordinated Notes
      The Company may redeem its 6.5% senior subordinated notes that are due May 2013 in whole or in part at redemption prices of 103.250%, 102.167% and 101.083% of the principal amount thereof if the redemption occurs during the respective 12-month periods beginning on May 15 of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010, and at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof on and after 2011, in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

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      The indenture governing the Company’s outstanding 6.5% senior subordinated notes contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to (i) incur additional debt, (ii) issue or sell stock of certain subsidiaries, (iii) engage in certain asset sales, (iv) make distributions or pay dividends, (v) purchase or redeem capital stock, or (vi) engage transactions with affiliates. The covenants are subject to a number of significant exceptions and limitations. As of March 31, 2006, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under this indenture.
      In June 2003, the Company used $156.6 million of the net proceeds from the issuance of these notes to redeem $150.0 million of other senior subordinated notes. In connection with the redemption, the Company incurred a loss of approximately $8.7 million during the first quarter of fiscal year 2004 associated with the early extinguishment of the notes.
Zero Coupon Convertible Junior Subordinated Notes
      The zero coupon, zero yield, convertible junior subordinated notes are callable by the Company after three years and do not provide a put option prior to maturity (March 2008). The notes are convertible into ordinary shares at a conversion price of $10.50 per share and are payable in cash or stock at maturity, at the Company’s option. In July 2005, $5.0 million of the notes were converted into 476,190 ordinary shares of the Company at a conversion price of $10.50 per share.
Other Redemptions
      In March 2005, the Company paid approximately $190.1 million to redeem 144.2 million of its 9.75% euro senior subordinated notes due July 2010. In connection with the redemption, the Company incurred a loss of approximately $16.3 million in fiscal year 2005 associated with the early extinguishment of the notes. In July 2005, the Company paid approximately $7.0 million to redeem the remaining outstanding amount of 5.8 million of 9.75% euro senior subordinated notes due July 2010. The loss associated with the early extinguishment of the notes was not material.
      As of March 31, 2006, the approximate fair values of the Company’s 6.5% notes, 6.25% notes and 1% convertible notes based on broker trading prices were 99.375%, 98.375% and 91.25% of the face values of the notes, respectively.
5. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
      The carrying amount of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, investments, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximates fair value. The Company’s cash equivalents are comprised of cash deposited in money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The Company’s investment policy limits the amount of credit exposure to 20% of the total investment portfolio in any single issuer.
      The Company is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk inherent in forecasted sales, cost of sales, and assets and liabilities denominated in non-functional currencies. The Company has established currency risk management programs to protect against reductions in value and volatility of future cash flows caused by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company enters into short-term foreign currency forward contracts to hedge only those currency exposures associated with certain assets and liabilities, primarily accounts receivable and accounts payable, and cash flows denominated in non-functional currencies. Gains and losses on forward contracts generally offset losses and gains on the assets, liabilities and transactions hedged, and accordingly, generally do not subject the Company to risk of significant accounting losses. The Company hedges committed exposures and does not engage in foreign currency speculation. The credit risk of these forward contracts is minimized since the contracts are with large financial institutions.
      As of March 31, 2006, the fair value of these short-term foreign currency forward contracts was not material. As of March 31, 2005, the Company recognized $13.4 million to reflect the fair value of these short-term foreign currency forward contracts. As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company also recognized

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deferred gains of approximately $292,000 and deferred losses of approximately $6.3 million, respectively, in other comprehensive income relating to changes in fair value of these foreign currency forward contracts. These losses are expected to be recognized in earnings over the twelve-month period subsequent to recognition in other comprehensive income. The gains and losses recognized in earnings due to hedge ineffectiveness were immaterial for all periods presented.
      On November 17, 2004, the Company issued $500.0 million of 6.25% senior subordinated notes due in November 2014. Interest is payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15. The Company also entered into interest rate swap transactions to effectively convert a portion of the fixed interest rate debt to variable rate debt. The swaps, having notional amounts totaling $400.0 million and which expire in 2014, are accounted for as fair value hedges under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”). Under the terms of the swaps, the Company pays an interest rate equal to six month LIBOR, (estimated at 5.16% at March 31, 2006), set in arrears, plus a fixed spread ranging from 1.37% to 1.52%, and receives a fixed rate of 6.25%. The swap transaction qualifies for the shortcut method of recognition under SFAS 133, therefore no portion of the swap is treated as ineffective. As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company recognized a $16.9 million and $9.7 million liability, respectively, to reflect the fair value of the interest rate swaps, with a corresponding decrease to the carrying value of the 6.25% senior subordinated notes. These amounts were included in other current liabilities and as a reduction of other current assets, as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
6. TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION
      The Company continuously sells a designated pool of trade receivables to a third-party qualified special purpose entity, which in turn sells an undivided ownership interest to a conduit, administered by an unaffiliated financial institution. In addition to this financial institution, the Company participates in the securitization agreement as an investor in the conduit. The Company continues to service, administer and collect the receivables on behalf of the special purpose entity. The Company pays annual facility and commitment fees of up to 0.24% for unused amounts and program fees of up to 0.34% of outstanding amounts. The securitization agreement allows the operating subsidiaries participating in the securitization program to receive a cash payment for sold receivables, less a deferred purchase price receivable. The Company’s share of the total investment varies depending on certain criteria, mainly the collection performance on the sold receivables. In September 2005, the Company amended the securitization agreement to increase the size of the program to $700.0 million and to extend the expiration date to September 2006. The unaffiliated financial institution’s maximum investment limit was increased to $500.0 million. The amended securitization agreement also includes two Obligor Specific Tranches (OST) which total $200.0 million. The OSTs are part of the main facility and were incorporated in order to minimize the impact of excess concentrations of two major customers.
      As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, approximately $228.0 million and $249.9 million of the Company’s accounts receivable, respectively, had been sold to the third-party qualified special purpose entity described above which represent the face amount of the total outstanding trade receivables on all designated customer accounts on those dates. The Company received net cash proceeds of approximately $156.6 million and $134.7 million from the unaffiliated financial institutions for the sale of these receivables during fiscal years 2006 and 2005, respectively. The Company has a recourse obligation that is limited to the deferred purchase price receivable, which approximates 5% of the total sold receivables, and its own investment participation, the total of which was approximately $71.4 million and $123.1 million as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
      The Company also sells its accounts receivable to certain third-party banking institutions with limited recourse, which management believes is nominal. The outstanding balance of receivables sold and not yet collected was approximately $218.5 million and $202.1 million as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

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      In accordance with SFAS 140 “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities,” the accounts receivable balances that were sold were removed from the consolidated balance sheet and are reflected as cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows.
7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
      As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, the gross carrying amount of the Company’s property and equipment relating to continuing operations financed under capital leases amounted to approximately $5.2 million and $41.6 million, respectively. Accumulated depreciation for property and equipment relating to continuing operations under capital leases totaled $1.7 million and $23.9 million at March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These capital leases have interest rates ranging from 2.5% to 12.7%. The Company also leases certain of its facilities under non-cancelable operating leases. The capital and operating leases expire in various years through 2059 and require the following minimum lease payments:
                   
    Capital   Operating
Fiscal Years Ending March 31,   Lease   Lease
         
    (In thousands)
2007
  $ 483     $ 39,410  
2008
    348       30,932  
2009
    348       25,959  
2010
    307       19,079  
2011
    277       17,545  
Thereafter
    855       190,969  
             
 
Total minimum lease payments
    2,618     $ 323,894  
             
Amount representing interest
    (464 )        
             
Present value of total minimum lease payments
    2,154          
 
Current portion
    (367 )        
             
 
Capital lease obligation, net of current portion
  $ 1,787          
             
      Total rent expense from continuing operations amounted to $60.9 million, $89.8 million, and $93.8 million in fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
      On June 29, 2004, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Nortel providing for Flextronics’ purchase of certain of Nortel’s optical, wireless, wireline and enterprise manufacturing operations and optical design operations. The purchase of these assets has occurred in stages, and in May 2006, the Company completed the transfer of Nortel’s Calgary operations in the final stage of this transaction. Refer to Note 13, “Business and Asset Acquisitions and Divestitures” for further discussion.
      The Company is subject to legal proceedings, claims, and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company defends itself vigorously against any such claims. Although the outcome of these matters is currently not determinable, management does not expect that the ultimate costs to resolve these matters will have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

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8. INCOME TAXES
      The domestic (“Singapore”) and foreign components of income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were comprised of the following:
                           
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
    (In thousands)
Domestic
  $ 99,605     $ 42,374     $ 19,251  
Foreign
    65,131       220,471       (430,619 )
                   
 
Total
  $ 164,736     $ 262,845     $ (411,368 )
                   
      The provision for (benefit from) income taxes from continuing operations consisted of the following:
                             
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
    (In thousands)
Current:
                       
 
Domestic
  $ 503     $ 2,088     $ 3,388  
 
Foreign
    31,165       21,795       94,065  
                   
      31,668       23,883       97,453  
Deferred:
                       
 
Domestic
    (409 )     870       (599 )
 
Foreign
    22,959       (93,405 )     (161,812 )
                   
      22,550       (92,535 )     (162,411 )
                   
   
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
  $ 54,218     $ (68,652 )   $ (64,958 )
                   
      The domestic statutory income tax rate was approximately 20.0% in fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004. The reconciliation of the income tax expense (benefit) expected based on domestic statutory income tax rates to the expense (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations included in the consolidated statements of operations is as follows:
                           
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
     
    2006   2005   2004
             
    (In thousands)
Income tax based on domestic statutory rates
  $ 32,947     $ 52,569     $ (82,274 )
Effect of tax rate differential
    (86,251 )     (320,059 )     (112,893 )
Goodwill and other intangibles amortization
    6,819       3,354       3,455  
Change in valuation allowance
    120,182       202,316       142,556  
Other
    (19,479 )     (6,832 )     (15,802 )
                   
 
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
  $ 54,218     $ (68,652 )   $ (64,958 )
                   

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      The components of deferred income taxes from continuing operations are as follows:
                     
    March 31,
     
    2006   2005
         
    (In thousands)
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
 
Fixed assets
  $ 9,031     $ (37,703 )
 
Intangible assets
    (10,782 )     (24,349 )
 
Others
    (6,762 )     (3,874 )
             
   
Total deferred tax liabilities
    (8,513 )     (65,926 )
             
Deferred tax assets:
               
 
Deferred compensation
    4,796       4,710  
 
Provision for inventory obsolescence
    14,327       14,466  
 
Provision for doubtful accounts
    1,338       1,274  
 
Net operating loss and other carryforwards
    1,600,614       1,564,410  
 
Others
    70,311       68,271  
             
      1,691,386       1,653,131  
Valuation allowances
    (1,026,799 )     (888,445 )
             
   
Total deferred tax asset
    664,587       764,686  
             
Net deferred tax asset
  $ 656,074     $ 698,760  
             
The net deferred tax asset is classified as follows:
               
 
Current
  $ 9,643     $ 11,614  
 
Long-term
    646,431       687,146  
             
   
Total
  $ 656,074     $ 698,760  
             
      The Company has total tax loss carryforwards of approximately $4.4 billion from continuing operations, a portion of which begin expiring in 2010. Utilization of the tax loss carryforwards and other deferred tax assets is limited by the future earnings of the Company in the tax jurisdictions in which such deferred assets arose. As a result, management is uncertain as to when or whether these operations will generate sufficient profit to realize any benefit from the deferred tax assets. The valuation allowance provides a reserve against deferred tax assets that may not be realized by the Company. However, management has determined that it is more likely than not that the Company will realize certain of these benefits and, accordingly, has recognized a deferred tax asset from these benefits. The change in valuation allowance is net of certain increases and decreases to prior year losses and other carryforwards that have no current impact on the tax provision. Approximately $34.0 million of the valuation allowance relates to income tax benefits arising from the exercise of stock options, which will be credited directly to shareholders’ equity and will not be available to benefit the income tax provision in any future period.
      The amount of deferred tax assets considered realizable, however, could be reduced or increased in the near-term if facts, including the amount of taxable income or the mix of taxable income between subsidiaries, differ from management’s estimates.
      The Company does not provide for federal income taxes on the undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries, as such earnings are not intended by management to be repatriated in the foreseeable future. Determination of the amount of the unrecognized deferred tax liability on these undistributed earnings is not practicable.

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9. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
      Effective January 30, 2006, the Singapore Companies Act, Chapter 50 was amended to, among other things, allow Singapore companies to repurchase outstanding ordinary shares subject to certain requirements and eliminate the concepts of par value, additional paid-in capital and authorized share capital. As a result of the Companies (Amendment) Act 2005, effective January 30, 2006, the outstanding shares of the Company have no par value and the Company has combined the par value of its ordinary shares together with additional paid-in-capital into one account for all periods presented.
Equity Offering
      On July 27, 2004, the Company completed a public offering of 24,330,900 of its ordinary shares for which the Company received net proceeds of approximately $299.5 million.
Share Repurchase Plan
      On April 7, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $250.0 million of its outstanding ordinary shares. Share repurchases, if any, will be made in the open market at such time and in such amounts as management deems appropriate and will be made pursuant to the Share Purchase Mandate approved by the shareholders at the Company’s 2005 annual general meeting. Shares repurchased under the program will be canceled.
Stock Option and Incentive Plans
      At March 31, 2006, the Company had three stock-based employee compensation plans: the 2004 Award Plan for New Employees (the “2004 Plan”), the 2002 Interim Incentive Plan (the “2002 Plan”), and the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2001 Plan”). The Company’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan was terminated by the Board of Directors on October 14, 2005.
      The 2001 Plan provides for grants of up to 27,000,000 shares. Additionally, upon adoption of the 2001 Plan, the remaining shares that were available under the Company’s 1993 Share Option Plan (the “1993 Plan”), the 1999 Interim Option Plan, the 1998 Interim Option Plan, the 1997 Interim Option Plan, and all assumed plans and any shares issuable upon exercise of the options granted under those plans that expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full, are available for grant under the 2001 Plan. The adoption of the 2001 Plan mandated that no additional options be granted under the 1993 Plan, the 1999 Interim Option Plan, the 1998 Interim Option Plan, the 1997 Interim Option Plan, or the assumed plans. Any options outstanding under these plans will remain outstanding until exercised or until they terminate or expire by their terms. The 2001 Plan contains a discretionary option grant program, an automatic option grant program, and a discretionary share bonus award program. The discretionary option grant program and share bonus award program is administered by the Compensation Committee with respect to executive officers and directors, and by the Chief Executive Officer with respect to all other employees.
      Options granted under the 2001 Plan, the 1993 Plan, the 1999 Interim Option Plan, the 1998 Interim Option Plan, and the 1997 Interim Option Plan generally vest over four years. Options granted under the assumed plans have varying vesting schedules. Options granted under the 2001 Plan generally expire ten years from the date of grant. Pursuant to an amendment to the provisions relating to the term of options provided under the 1993 Plan, options granted subsequent to October 1, 2000 expire ten years from the date of grant, rather than the five-year term previously provided. Options granted under the 1999 Interim Option Plan expire five years from the date of grant. Options granted prior to July 2002 under the 1998 and 1997 Interim Option Plans expire five years from the date of grant and all subsequent option grants generally expire ten years from the date of grant.
      The 2002 Plan provides for grants of up to 20,000,000 shares. The plan provides grants of nonqualified stock options and share bonus awards to employees, officers and directors. The exercise price of options

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granted under the 2002 Plan is determined by the Company’s Compensation Committee and may not be less than the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Options issued under the 2002 Plan generally vest over four years and generally expire ten years from the date of grant.
      The 2004 Plan provides for grants of up to 7,500,000 shares. The plan provides grants of nonqualified stock options and share bonus awards to new employees. The exercise price of options granted under the 2004 Plan is determined by the Company’s Compensation Committee and may not be less than the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Options issued under the 2004 Plan generally vest over four years and generally expire ten years from the date of grant.
      The Company’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) provided for issuance of up to 5,400,000 ordinary shares. The Purchase Plan was approved by the shareholders in October 1997. Under the Purchase Plan, employees were able to purchase, on a periodic basis, a limited number of ordinary shares through payroll deductions over a six-month period up to 10% of each participant’s compensation. The per share purchase price was 85% of the fair market value of the stock at the beginning or end of the offering period, whichever was lower. The ordinary shares sold under this plan in fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004 amounted to 914,244, 560,596, and 717,595, respectively. The weighted-average fair value of ordinary shares sold under this plan in fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $11.51, $14.31 and $10.30 per share, respectively. On October 14, 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the termination of the Purchase Plan and no shares will be available for issuance subsequent to March 31, 2006.
      The following table presents the activity for options outstanding under all of the stock option plans (“Price” reflects the weighted average exercise price):
                                                   
    March 31, 2006   March 31, 2005   March 31, 2004
             
    Options   Price   Options   Price   Options   Price
                         
Outstanding, beginning of fiscal year
    57,578,401     $ 12.67       50,303,999     $ 12.86       55,682,533     $ 11.35  
 
Granted
    11,549,454       11.80       18,461,056       13.94       8,841,856       15.60  
 
Exercised
    (5,562,348 )     7.38       (3,182,087 )     9.34       (8,235,283 )     6.66  
 
Forfeited
    (8,522,951 )     18.83       (8,004,567 )     17.99       (5,985,107 )     11.39  
                                     
Outstanding, end of fiscal year
    55,042,556     $ 12.04       57,578,401     $ 12.67       50,303,999     $ 12.86  
                                     
Options exercisable, end of fiscal year
    42,475,818               40,484,074               27,638,781          
                                     
Weighted average fair value per option granted
  $ 3.80             $ 7.99             $ 9.47          
                                     

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      The following table presents the composition of options outstanding and exercisable as of March 31, 2006:
                                         
    Options Outstanding   Options Exercisable
         
        Weighted   Weighted       Weighted
        Average   Average       Average
    Number of   Contractual   Contractual   Number of   Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices   Shares   Life   Price   Shares   Price
                     
$ 0.42 - $ 6.23
    5,967,661       3.40     $ 4.72       5,743,550     $ 4.67  
$ 7.13 - $ 7.90
    7,808,424       6.16       7.87       3,439,392       7.84  
$ 8.01 - $11.10
    8,698,067       7.94       10.35       2,350,828       8.96  
$11.32 - $12.37
    7,648,453       8.71       12.03       6,082,591       12.09  
$12.40 - $13.18
    5,946,576       8.39       12.82       5,920,717       12.82  
$13.27 - $15.90
    7,572,482       6.56       14.59       7,538,003       14.59  
$15.95 - $17.37
    5,767,284       7.44       16.94       5,767,128       16.94  
$17.38 - $23.19
    5,548,827       6.22       18.87       5,548,827       18.87  
$23.61 - $29.94
    83,782       4.58       25.35       83,782       25.35  
$30.00 - $30.00
    1,000       4.90       30.00       1,000       30.00  
                               
$ 0.42 - $30.00
    55,042,556       6.93     $ 12.04       42,475,818     $ 12.69  
                               
10. RESTRUCTURING CHARGES
      In recent years, the Company has initiated a series of restructuring activities intended to realign the Company’s global capacity and infrastructure with demand by its OEM customers so as to optimize the operational efficiency, which include reducing excess workforce and capacity, and consolidating and relocating certain manufacturing and administrative facilities to lower cost regions.
      The restructuring costs include employee severance, costs related to leased facilities, owned facilities that are no longer in use and are to be disposed of, leased equipment that is no longer in use and will be disposed of, and other costs associated with the exit of certain contractual agreements due to facility closures. The overall impact of these activities is that the Company has shifted its manufacturing capacity to locations with higher efficiencies and, in some instances, lower costs, and is better utilizing its overall existing manufacturing capacity. This has enhanced the Company’s ability to provide cost-effective manufacturing service offerings, which enables it to retain and expand the Company’s existing relationships with customers and attract new business.
      Liabilities for costs associated with exit or disposal of activities are recognized when the liabilities are incurred.
      As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, assets that were no longer in use and held for sale as a result of the restructuring activities totaled approximately $40.6 million and $59.3 million, respectively, primarily representing manufacturing facilities located in the Americas that have been closed as part of the facility consolidations. For assets held for sale, depreciation ceases and an impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value less cost to sell. Assets held for sale are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheet.
Fiscal Year 2006
      The Company recognized restructuring charges of approximately $215.7 million during fiscal year 2006 related to severance, the impairment of certain long-term assets and other costs resulting from closures and consolidations of various manufacturing facilities. The Company has classified $185.6 million of the charges associated with facility closures as a component of cost of sales during fiscal year 2006.

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      The Company currently anticipates that the facility closures and activities to which all of these charges relate will be substantially completed within one year of the commitment dates of the respective activities, except for certain long-term contractual obligations. During fiscal year 2006, the Company recorded approximately $72.3 million of other exit costs primarily associated with contractual obligations. As of March 31, 2006, accrued facility closure costs related to restructuring charges incurred in fiscal 2006 were approximately $48.4 million, of which approximately $9.6 million is classified as a long-term obligation.
      The components of the restructuring charges during the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2006 were as follows:
                                         
    First   Second   Third   Fourth    
    Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Total
                     
    (In thousands)
Americas:
                                       
Severance
  $ 2,442     $ 6,546     $ 1,719     $ 4,626     $ 15,333  
Long-lived asset impairment
    3,847       7,244       1,951       945       13,987  
Other exit costs
    6,421       836       10,957       439       18,653  
                               
Total restructuring charges
    12,710       14,626       14,627       6,010       47,973  
                               
Asia:
                                       
Severance
                1,312             1,312  
Long-lived asset impairment
                1,912             1,912  
Other exit costs
                             
                               
Total restructuring charges
                3,224             3,224  
                               
Europe:
                                       
Severance
    11,483       16,669       47,689       20,604       96,445  
Long-lived asset impairment
    456       7,125       2,497       4,327       14,405  
Other exit costs
    8,040       11,926       520       33,208       53,694  
                               
Total restructuring charges
    19,979       35,720       50,706       58,139       164,544  
                               
Total
                                       
Severance
    13,925       23,215       50,720       25,230       113,090  
Long-lived asset impairment
    4,303       14,369       6,360       5,272       30,304  
Other exit costs
    14,461       12,762       11,477       33,647       72,347  
                               
Total restructuring charges
  $ 32,689     $ 50,346     $ 68,557     $ 64,149     $ 215,741  
                               
      During fiscal year 2006, the Company recorded approximately $113.1 million of employee termination costs associated with the involuntary terminations of 7,320 identified employees in connection with the various facility closures and consolidations. The identified involuntary employee terminations by reportable geographic region amounted to approximately 1,400, 100 and 5,800 for Americas, Asia and Europe, respectively. Approximately $96.2 million of the net charges was classified as a component of cost of sales.
      During fiscal year 2006, the Company recorded approximately $30.3 million for the write-down of property and equipment associated with various manufacturing and administrative facility closures. Approximately $27.1 million of this amount was classified as a component of cost of sales. The restructuring charges recorded during fiscal year 2006 also included approximately $72.3 million for other exit costs, of which, $62.3 million was classified as a component of cost of sales. This amount was primarily comprised of contractual obligations of approximately $30.3 million and customer disengagement costs of approximately $34.5 million.

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      The following table summarizes the provisions, the respective payments, and the remaining accrued balance as of March 31, 2006 for restructuring charges incurred in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2006 and prior:
                                   
        Long-Lived        
        Asset   Other Exit    
    Severance   Impairment   Costs   Total
                 
    (In thousands)
Balance as of March 31, 2005
  $ 13,551     $     $ 24,337     $ 37,888  
Activities during the year:
                               
Provision for charges incurred during the year
    113,090       30,304       72,347       215,741  
 
Cash payments for charges incurred in fiscal year 2006
    (74,507 )           (27,183 )     (101,690 )
 
Cash payments for charges incurred in fiscal year 2005
    (8,130 )           (1,119 )     (9,249 )
 
Cash payments for charges incurred in fiscal year 2004
    (2,481 )           (7,023 )     (9,504 )
 
Cash payments for charges incurred in fiscal year 2003 and prior
    (145 )           (3,380 )     (3,525 )
 
Non-cash charges incurred during the year
          (30,304 )     (35,335 )     (65,639 )
                         
Balance as of March 31, 2006
    41,378             22,644       64,022  
Less: Current portion (classified as other current liabilities)
    (36,567 )           (10,605 )     (47,172 )
                         
Accrued facility closure costs, net of current portion (classified as other long-term liabilities)
  $ 4,811     $     $ 12,039     $ 16,850  
                         
Fiscal Year 2005
      The Company recognized restructuring charges of approximately $95.4 million during fiscal year 2005 related to severance, the impairment of certain long-term assets and other costs resulting from closures and consolidations of various manufacturing facilities, of which $78.4 million was classified as a component of cost of sales during fiscal year 2005. The activities to which all of these charges related were substantially completed within one year of the commitment dates of the respective activities, except for certain long-term contractual obligations.

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      The components of the restructuring charges during the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2005 were as follows:
                                                 
    First   Second   Third   Fourth        
    Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Total   Nature
                         
    (In thousands)
Americas:
                                               
Severance
  $ 1,793     $     $     $     $ 1,793          
Long-lived asset impairment
    365       125             5,300       5,790          
Other exit costs
    1,598       321       170             2,089          
                                     
Total restructuring charges
    3,756       446       170       5,300       9,672          
                                     
Asia:
                                               
Severance
          872                   872          
Long-lived asset impairment
          267                   267          
Other exit costs
          1,220                   1,220          
                                     
Total restructuring charges
          2,359                   2,359          
                                     
Europe:
                                               
Severance
    17,447       15,613       29,092       1,515       63,667          
Long-lived asset impairment
    100       5,743             795       6,638          
Other exit costs
    2,285       9,341       1,397             13,023          
                                     
Total restructuring charges
    19,832       30,697       30,489       2,310       83,328          
                                     
Total
                                               
Severance
    19,240       16,485       29,092       1,515       66,332       Cash  
Long-lived asset impairment
    465       6,135             6,095       12,695       Non-cash  
Other exit costs
    3,883       10,882       1,567             16,332       Cash & non-cash  
                                     
Total restructuring charges
  $ 23,588     $ 33,502     $ 30,659     $ 7,610     $ 95,359          
                                     
      During fiscal year 2005, the Company recorded approximately $66.3 million of employee termination costs associated with the involuntary terminations of approximately 3,000 identified employees in connection with the various facility closures and consolidations. Approximately $54.7 million of the charges were classified as a component of cost of sales. The identified involuntary employee terminations by reportable geographic region amounted to approximately 300, 200, and 2,500 for the Americas, Asia and Europe, respectively. As of March 31, 2006, all employees have been terminated under these plans.
      The Company also recorded approximately $12.7 million for the write-down of property and equipment associated with various manufacturing and administrative facility closures. Approximately $11.2 million of this amount was classified as a component of cost of sales. The restructuring charges recognized during fiscal year 2005 also included approximately $16.3 million for other exit costs associated with contractual obligations. Approximately $12.5 million of the amount was classified as a component of cost of sales. Of this amount, customer disengagement costs totaled approximately $5.5 million; facility lease obligations totaled approximately $2.3 million and facility abandonment and refurbishment costs totaled approximately $3.7 million. As of March 31, 2006, accrued facility closure costs related to restructuring charges incurred in fiscal year 2005 were approximately $2.0 million, of which approximately $0.7 million was classified as a long-term obligation.

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      The following table summarizes the provisions, payments and the accrual balance relating to restructuring costs incurred during fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 (see above for cash payments in fiscal year 2006):
                                   
        Long-Lived        
        Asset   Other    
    Severance   Impairment   Exit Costs   Total
                 
    (In thousands)
Activities during fiscal year 2005:
                               
 
Provision
  $ 66,332     $ 12,695     $ 16,332     $ 95,359  
 
Cash payments
    (57,758 )           (6,977 )     (64,735 )
 
Non-cash charges
          (12,695 )     (6,624 )     (19,319 )
                         
Balance as of March 31, 2005
  $ 8,574     $     $ 2,731     $ 11,305  
                         
Fiscal Year 2004
      The Company recognized restructuring charges of approximately $540.3 million during fiscal year 2004 related to the impairment of certain long-term assets and other costs resulting from closures and consolidations of various manufacturing facilities, of which $11.5 million related to discontinued operations (refer to Note 16, “Discontinued Operations”). The Company has classified $474.1 million of the charges associated with facility closures as a component of cost of sales during fiscal year 2004.
      The facility closures and activities to which all of these charges related were substantially completed within one year of the commitment dates of the respective exit plans, except for certain long-term contractual obligations. The components of the restructuring charges during the quarters of fiscal year 2004 were as follows:
                                                 
    First   Second   Third   Fourth        
    Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Total   Nature
                         
    (In thousands)
Americas:
                                               
Severance
  $ 3,691     $ 14,072     $ 5,023     $ 3,623     $ 26,409          
Long-lived asset impairment
    64,844       18,024       2,273       8,247       93,388          
Other exit costs
    17,736       18,492       18,978       25,772       80,978          
                                                 
Total restructuring charges(1)
    86,271       50,588       26,274       37,642       200,775          
                                                 
Asia:
                                               
Severance
                                     
Long-lived asset impairment
    111,340                         111,340          
Other exit costs
                                     
                                                 
Total restructuring charges
    111,340                         111,340          
                                                 
Europe:
                                               
Severance
    8,200       6,003       28,081       35,040       77,324          
Long-lived asset impairment
    114,388       1,497       8,008       2,539       126,432          
Other exit costs
    6,909       2,164       8,656       6,748       24,477          
                                                 
Total restructuring charges
    129,497       9,664       44,745       44,327       228,233          
                                                 
Total:
                                               
Severance
    11,891       20,075       33,104       38,663       103,733       Cash  
Long-lived asset impairment
    290,572       19,521       10,281       10,786       331,160       Non-cash  
Other exit costs
    24,645       20,656       27,634       32,520       105,455       Cash & non-cash  
                                                 
Total restructuring charges
  $ 327,108     $ 60,252     $ 71,019     $ 81,969     $ 540,348          
                                                 

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(1)  Included in the first quarter charges are $7.2 million related to discontinued operations, of which $1.7 million related to cost of sales. The charges included severance of $0.4 million, long-lived asset impairment of $2.7 million and other exit costs of $4.1 million. Included in the second quarter charges are $4.3 million related to discontinued operations, of which $1.5 million related to cost of sales. The charges included severance of $2.3 million, long-lived asset impairment of $0.6 million and other exit costs of $1.4 million.
      During fiscal year 2004, the Company recorded approximately $103.7 million of employee termination costs (of which $2.7 million was attributable to discontinued operations) associated with the involuntary terminations of approximately 5,200 identified employees in connection with the various facility closures and consolidations. The identified involuntary employee terminations by reportable geographic region amounted to approximately 2,100 and 3,100 for the Americas and Europe, respectively. As of March 31, 2006, all employees have been terminated under these plans. Approximately $84.6 million of the net charges were classified as a component of cost of sales during fiscal year 2004, of which $0.3 million related to discontinued operations. As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, accrued facility closure costs related to restructuring charges incurred in fiscal year 2004 were approximately $9.0 million and $18.5 million, of which approximately $3.1 million and $6.2 million was classified as a long-term obligation, respectively.
      During fiscal year 2004, the Company also recorded approximately $331.2 million for the write-down of property and equipment (of which $3.3 million was attributable to discontinued operations) associated with various manufacturing and administrative facility closures. Approximately $317.4 million of this amount was classified as a component of cost of sales in fiscal year 2004, of which $0.4 million related to discontinued operations. Certain assets will remain in service until their anticipated disposal dates pursuant to the exit plans. For assets being held for use, impairment is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the asset. This calculation is measured at the asset group level, which is the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows. The fair value of assets held for use was determined based on projected discounted cash flows of the asset, plus salvage value. Certain other assets are held for sale, as these assets are no longer required in operations. For assets held for sale, depreciation ceases and an impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value less cost to sell. Assets held for sale are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheet.
      The restructuring charges recorded during fiscal year 2004 also included approximately $105.5 million for other exit costs, of which $5.5 million was attributable to discontinued operations. Approximately $75.3 million of this amount ($2.5 million related to discontinued operations) was classified as a component of cost of sales in fiscal year 2004. Other exit costs included contractual obligations totaling $59.1 million, which were incurred directly as a result of the various exit plans. The contractual obligations consisted of facility lease terminations amounting to $46.2 million (of which $2.4 million was attributable to discontinued operations), equipment lease terminations amounting to $7.3 million and payments to suppliers and third parties to terminate contractual agreements amounting to $5.6 million. Expenses associated with lease obligations are estimated based on future lease payment, less any estimated sublease income. The Company expects to make payments associated with its contractual obligations with respect to facility and equipment leases through the end of fiscal year 2024. Other exit costs also included charges of $17.7 million relating to asset impairments (of which $3.1 million related to discontinued operations) resulting from customer contracts that were terminated by the Company as a result of various facility closures. The Company had disposed of the impaired assets, primarily through scrapping and write-offs, by the end of fiscal year 2004. Other exit costs also included $4.1 million of net facility refurbishment and abandonment costs related to certain building repair work necessary to prepare the exited facilities for sale or to return the facilities to their respective landlords. The remaining exit costs primarily related to legal and consulting costs, and various government obligations for which the Company is liable as a direct result of its facility closures. The legal costs mainly relate to a settlement reached in November 2003 in the lawsuit with Beckman Coulter, Inc., relating to a contract dispute involving a manufacturing relationship between the companies. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, Flextronics agreed to a $23.0 million cash payment to Beckman Coulter to

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resolve the matter, and Beckman Coulter agreed to dismiss all pending claims against the Company and release the Company from any future claims relating to this matter.
Fiscal Year 2003 and Prior
      As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, accrued facility closure costs related to restructuring charges incurred in fiscal year 2003 and prior were $4.5 million and $8.1 million, of which approximately $3.4 million and $4.7 million was classified as a long-term obligation, respectively.
11. OTHER INCOME, NET
      During fiscal year 2006, the Company realized a net foreign exchange gain of $20.6 million from the liquidation of certain international entities and a net gain of $4.3 million related to its investments in certain non-publicly traded companies. These gains were offset by approximately $7.7 million in compensation charges related to the retirement of Michael E. Marks from his position as Chief Executive Officer, of which approximately $5.9 million was paid during fiscal year 2006, with the remaining amount due in July 2006. In connection with his retirement and appointment to serve as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors beginning January 1, 2006, the Company also accelerated the vesting and continued the exercise period of certain stock options held by Mr. Marks. The modifications to his stock options did not result in any incremental non-cash stock-based compensation expense under APB 25 because the exercise price of the affected options was greater than the market price of the underlying shares on the date of the modifications.
      During fiscal year 2005, the Company realized a foreign exchange gain of $29.3 million from the liquidation of certain international entities, offset by a loss of $8.2 million for other than temporary impairment of its investments in certain non-publicly traded technology companies and $7.6 million of compensation charges relating to the resignation of Robert R.B. Dykes from his position as Chief Financial Officer. In connection with his termination of employment, the Company amended certain of Mr. Dykes’ stock option agreements to provide for full acceleration of vesting of approximately 1.2 million of Mr. Dykes’ outstanding but unvested stock options and extension of the expiration date of approximately 1.5 million stock options to five years after his employment termination date. Such options would otherwise have expired ninety days after the termination of employment. This resulted in a charge of approximately $5.6 million. In addition, the Company made a lump-sum cash payment of approximately $2.0 million to Mr. Dykes.
12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
      Since June 2003, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have made or will make any loans to its executive officers. Prior to June 30, 2003, in connection with an investment partnership, one of the Company’s subsidiaries made loans to several of its executive officers to fund their contributions to the investment partnership. Each loan is evidenced by a full-recourse promissory note in favor of the Company. Interest rates on the notes range from 5.05% to 6.40%. The remaining balance of these loans, including accrued interest, as of March 31, 2006 and 2005 was approximately $1.8 million.
      Additionally, the Company has a loan outstanding from an executive officer of $3.0 million and $2.9 million, including accrued interest, as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. This loan was initially provided to the executive officer prior to June 2003, and was last amended on December 13, 2005, prior to the time the individual became an executive officer. The loan is evidenced by a promissory note in favor of the Company and the Company has the option to secure the loan with a deed of trust on property of the officer. The note bears interest at 1.49%. There were no other loans outstanding from the Company’s executive officers as of March 31, 2006 and 2005.
      On April 13, 2006, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Software Development and Solutions business to an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Upon closing of the transaction, the Company expects to receive in excess of $600.0 million in cash and a $250.0 million face value note receivable with a 10.5% paid-in-kind interest coupon which matures in eight years, and retain a 15% equity interest in the new company.

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Mr. Michael E. Marks, the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, is a member of KKR. The terms of the transaction were approved by an independent committee of the Company’s Board of Directors as well as by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Independent Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors received fairness opinions from certain independent third-party financial institutions.