SanDisk 2009 Annual Report Download - page 11

Proxy Statement
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF
SANDISK CORPORATION
TO BE HELD JUNE 2, 2010
GENERAL
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors (the “Board
of Directors” or the “Board”) of SanDisk Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “SanDisk,”
“we” or “our”), of proxies to be voted at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual
Meeting”) to be held on June 2, 2010, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, for the purposes set forth
in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Stockholders of record at the close of business
on April 6, 2010 (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will be
held at 8:00 a.m., local time, at the Company’s headquarters, 601 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, California
95035.
These materials were made available to stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on or about
April 22, 2010.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF
PROXY MATERIALS AND ANNUAL REPORT
Pursuant to the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the Company is
providing access to its proxy materials and the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Proxy Materials”)
over the Internet. Accordingly, the Company began sending a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials
(the “Notice”) to its stockholders of record and beneficial owners on or about April 22, 2010. All stockholders
will have the ability to access the Proxy Materials on a website referred to in the Notice or request to receive a
printed set of the Proxy Materials. Instructions on how to access the Proxy Materials over the Internet or to
request a printed copy may be found on the Notice. In addition, stockholders may request to receive the Proxy
Materials in printed form by mail or electronically by email on an ongoing basis.
Choosing to receive the future Proxy Materials by email will save the Company the cost of printing and
mailing documents to its stockholders and will reduce the impact of the Company’s annual stockholders’
meetings on the environment. If a stockholder chooses to receive future Proxy Materials by email, the
stockholder will receive an email for future proxy material distributions with instructions containing a link to
those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. Any stockholder’s election to receive the Proxy Materials by
email will remain in effect until such stockholder terminates the request.
The Proxy Materials are also available at our website at www.sandisk.com/IR. In addition, the Company
will provide copies of any of the Proxy Materials free of charge to any stockholder who requests copies by
calling 1-800-579-1639 or by sending an e-mail with the 12-Digit Control Number in the subject line to
[email protected].
VOTING RIGHTS
At the Record Date, approximately 229,981,056 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common
Stock”) were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, held by approximately 372 stockholders of
record. Each holder of record at the Record Date is entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock so held.
A majority of the shares of Common Stock entitled to vote will constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at the Annual Meeting.
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