SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-009627 to Sandisk Corp (SNDK)
Sandisk Corp
Date: Aug. 22, 2024 · CIK: 0002023554 · Accession: 0000000000-24-009627
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August 22, 2024
Brandi Steege
Assistant Secretary
Sandisk Corp
951 Sandisk Drive
Milpitas, CA 95035
Re:Sandisk Corp
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form 10-12B
Submitted August 9, 2024
CIK No. 0002023554
Dear Brandi Steege:
We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following
comments.
Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR.
If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an
amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing the information you provide in response to this letter and your amended
draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional
comments. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our
July 10, 2024 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form 10-12B
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements, page 82
1.We note on March 3, 2024, WDC announced that SanDisk China entered into an Equity
Purchase Agreement with JCET under which SanDisk China will sell 80% of its equity
interest in SDSS to JCET, thereby forming a joint venture between SanDisk China and
JCET. Please tell us your consideration to include pro forma financial information related
to this transaction. Refer to Rule 11-01(a)(8) of Regulation S-X.
2.Please revise to remove the header for "Transaction Accounting Adjustments" that is
currently over all of the columns in the pro forma financial statements and instead limit
such reference to only those columns that include transaction accounting adjustments.
Refer to Rule 11-02(a)(6) of Regulation S-X.
August 22, 2024
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Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
Spin-off Adjustments, page 86
3.Please explain further the adjustments included in pro forma adjustment M and the basis
for inclusion of such adjustment as a Spin-off Adjustment. In your response, specify
whether the adjustment is supported by the terms of your separation and distribution
agreement or any other agreement. Also, tell us your consideration to classify this
adjustment as an Autonomous Entity Adjustment or whether the adjustment reflects
synergies and dis-synergies related to the spin transaction that should be classified as a
Management Adjustment.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Use of Certain Terms
Free Cash Flow, page 105
4.We note from your response to prior comment 8, you make cash contributions to Flash
Ventures to fund their capital expenditure and inventory purchases, which are
subsequently repaid by Flash Ventures through cash generated in their operations. Please
explain how these fundings and repayments are reflected within the Notes receivable
issuances/proceeds to Flash Ventures line items in investing cash flows. Clarify whether
these line items include only amounts paid/repaid for capital expenditure and inventory
purchases. To the extent they include amounts related to other cash payments/receipts
related to the joint venture, explain further what such amounts represent. In your response
provide us with a breakdown of the components of the Notes receivable/issuances balance
at the end of each period presented to support the information in your investing cash flow
activities. Lastly, explain further what this adjustment is intended to convey and how it is
useful to investors.
Please contact Chen Chen at 202-551-7351 or Kathleen Collins at 202-551-3499 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Uwem Bassey at 202-551-3433 or Matthew Derby at 202-551-3334 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
cc:Maggie Yiin