S-3MEF 1 ds3mef.htm REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 462(B) Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Registration Statement filed Pursuant to Rule 462(b)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2003

Registration No. 333-


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C.    20549

 


 

Form S-3

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

SanDisk Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   77-0191793

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

140 Caspian Court

Sunnyvale, California 94089

(408) 542-0500

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


 

Charles Van Orden, Esq.

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

SanDisk Corporation

140 Caspian Court

Sunnyvale, California 94089

(408) 542-0500

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

 

Timothy R. Curry, Esq.

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

2765 Sand Hill Road

Menlo Park, California 94025

(650) 473-2600

 

Kevin P. Kennedy, Esq.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP

3330 Hillview Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94304

(650) 251-5000

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:    As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  x

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  x  Registration No. 333-107088

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, check the following box.  ¨

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

  

Proposed
Maximum

Aggregate

Offering
Amount (1)

  

Amount of

Registration
Fee (2)


Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

   $100,000,000    $8,090.00

Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (3)

         

(1)   The Registrant previously registered Common Stock with a maximum offering price of $500,000,000 on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-107088), which was declared effective on August 11, 2003.
(2)   Pursuant to Rule 457(o), the registration fee has been calculated on the basis of the maximum aggregate offering amount.
(3)   Each share of Common Stock includes one right to purchase one one-hundredth of a share of Registrant’s Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as described under “Description of Capital Stock.” The value attributable to such stock purchase rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock.

 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.



INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

 

The Registration Statement is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the sole purpose of registering additional securities of the same class as were included in our Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-107088), as amended, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2003. The contents of such Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto, are hereby incorporated in their entirety by reference.


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on this 16th day of September, 2003.

 

SANDISK CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/    MICHAEL GRAY        


   

Michael Gray

Chief Financial Officer and

Sr. Vice President, Finance and Administration

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

Name


  

Title


 

Date


*


Dr. Eli Harari

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  September 16, 2003

/s/    MICHAEL GRAY        


Michael Gray

  

Chief Financial Officer and Sr. Vice President, Finance and Administration (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  September 16, 2003

*


Irwin Federman

  

Chairman of the Board, Director

  September 16, 2003

*


Judy Bruner

  

Director

  September 16, 2003

 


Michael Marks

  

Director

   

*


Dr. James D. Meindl

  

Director

  September 16, 2003

*


Alan F. Shugart

  

Director

  September 16, 2003

 

*By:

 

/s/    MICHAEL GRAY        


   

Michael Gray

Attorney-in-Fact


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description


5.1   

Opinion of O’Melveny & Myers LLP

23.1   

Consent of Independent Auditors

23.2   

Consent of O’Melveny & Myers LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)