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): February 15, 2013

SanDisk Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
000-26734
77-0191793
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
951 SanDisk Drive, 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)

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On February 15, 2013, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of SanDisk Corporation (the “Company”), took a number of actions affecting officer compensation, including the approval of bonuses for fiscal year 2012 for each of the Company’s named executive officers for whom compensation was disclosed in the Company’s most recent proxy statement (the “Named Executive Officers”), as follows:

Name
Title
2012 Bonus Amount
Sanjay Mehrotra
President and Chief Executive Officer
$661,500
Judy Bruner
Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer
$276,800
Sumit Sadana
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
$211,000


The Compensation Committee also approved the following base salary amounts, effective as of February 25, 2013, for each of the Named Executive Officers below:

Name
Title
2013 Base Salary (effective 2/25/13)
Sanjay Mehrotra
President and Chief Executive Officer
$950,000
Judy Bruner
Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer
$595,500
Sumit Sadana
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
$496,000


The Compensation Committee also approved the following target bonus percentages (as a percentage of base salary) for each of the Named Executive Officers below:

Name
Title
2013 Target Bonus Percentage
Sanjay Mehrotra
President and Chief Executive Officer
150%
Judy Bruner
Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer
100%
Sumit Sadana
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
90%










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:
February 21, 2013
 
 
 
 
SANDISK CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Judy Bruner
 
 
Name:
Judy Bruner
 
 
Title:
Executive Vice President,
Administration and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)