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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 13, 2008
SanDisk Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  000-26734
(Commission File No.)
  77-0191793
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number
601 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, California 95035
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 801-1000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provision (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On June 13, 2008, SanDisk Corporation (the “Registrant”) entered into an agreement with Toshiba Corporation (“Toshiba”) to collaborate on the development of certain types of rewriteable 3D memory (the “3D Collaboration”). Both the registrant and Toshiba will contribute and cross license technology related to the 3D Collaboration and will jointly perform research and development to further the 3D Collaboration.  As part of the licensing of its intellectual property, the Registrant will receive certain licensing payments from Toshiba.
The Registrant and Toshiba currently collaborate in the development and manufacture of NAND-flash memory products using equipment owned or leased by three joint ventures in each of which the Registrant owns a 49.9% interest and Toshiba owns a 50.1% interest.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
     (c) Exhibits
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description of Document
10.1
  3D Collaboration Agreement.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 16, 2008
             
 
  SANDISK   CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Judy Bruner    
 
  Name:  
 
Judy Bruner
   
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief    
 
      Financial Officer    

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description of Document
10.1
  3D Collaboration Agreement.