10-Q – 2026-05-01 – sndk-20260403.htm

In the ordinary course of business, we may provide indemnifications of varying scope and terms to customers, vendors, lessors, business partners, and other parties with respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to, losses arising out of our breach of agreements, products or services to be provided by us, environmental compliance, or intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and certain of our officers that will require us, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. We maintain director and officer insurance, which may cover certain liabilities arising from our obligation to indemnify our directors and officers in certain circumstances.
It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount under these indemnification agreements due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Such indemnification agreements may not be subject to maximum loss clauses. Historically, we have not incurred material costs as a result of obligations under these agreements.
Long-Term Agreements
In connection with entering into long-term agreements during the third quarter of fiscal 2026 with certain customers, we received customer advances that increased our available cash and cash equivalents. We record these customer payments as contract liabilities in advance of performance under the contract. As of April 3, 2026, our contract liabilities were $511 million, which primarily relates to the remaining performance obligations under these long-term agreements. See Part I, Item 1, Note 4, Revenue of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for information regarding our contract liabilities.
Share Repurchase Authorization
On April 30, 2026, we announced that our Board of Directors has approved a $6 billion (exclusive of fees and commissions) share repurchase program (the “Repurchase Program”). The acquisition of shares under the Repurchase Program may be effected from time to time through open market purchases (including under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) or other methods of acquiring shares, in each case on such terms and at such times as shall be permitted by applicable securities laws and determined by our management. We expect shares repurchased under the Repurchase Program to be funded by operating cash flows. The amount and timing of share repurchases will depend on market conditions and other relevant factors. We may suspend or discontinue the Repurchase Program at any time. The approval of the Repurchase Program does not obligate us to repurchase any common shares.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
For a description of recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements, including the respective dates of adoption and expected effects on our results of operations and financial condition, see Part I, Item 1, Note 2, Recent Accounting Pronouncements of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Critical Accounting Estimates
We have prepared the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and the policies and practices that are generally accepted in the industry in which we operate. The preparation of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements requires the use of judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets, and liabilities. We have adopted accounting policies and practices that are generally accepted in the industry in which we operate. If these estimates differ significantly from actual results, the impact to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements may be material.
There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended June 27, 2025.
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Item 3.     Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Foreign Currency Risk
Although the majority of our transactions are in U.S. dollars, some transactions are based in various foreign currencies. We have historically purchased short-term foreign exchange contracts to hedge the impact of foreign currency exchange fluctuations on certain underlying assets, liabilities and commitments for product costs and operating expenses denominated in foreign currencies. The purpose of entering into these hedge transactions is to reduce the impact of foreign currency fluctuations on our results of operations. Substantially all of the contract maturity dates do not exceed twelve months. We do not purchase foreign exchange contracts for speculative or trading purposes.
We have performed sensitivity analyses as of April 3, 2026, using a modeling technique that measures the change in the fair values arising from a hypothetical 10% adverse movement in the levels of foreign currency exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, with all other variables held constant. The analyses cover all of our foreign currency derivative contracts used to offset the underlying exposures. The foreign currency exchange rates used in performing the sensitivity analyses were based on market rates in effect at April 3, 2026. The sensitivity analyses indicated that a hypothetical 10% adverse movement in foreign currency exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar would result in a foreign exchange fair value loss of $29 million at April 3, 2026.
Notwithstanding our efforts to mitigate some foreign exchange risks, we do not hedge all of our foreign currency exposures, and there can be no assurance that our mitigating activities related to the exposures that we do hedge will adequately protect us against risks associated with foreign currency fluctuations. Additionally, the overall effectiveness of our historical hedging strategy is dependent on business, market and global economic conditions. We have revised, and may continue to alter, our hedging program and may choose to discontinue our hedging activities at any time.

Item 4.     Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedure s
As required by Rule 13a-15(b) promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Due to a transition period established by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules applicable to newly public companies, our management is not required to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting until the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending July 3, 2026. As a result, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q does not address whether there have been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting.
Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives as specified above. Management does not expect, however, that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent or detect all errors and fraud. Any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, is based upon certain assumptions and can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that its objectives will be met. Further, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.      Legal Proceedings
There are no material legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the Company’s business, to which we or any of our subsidiaries is a party or of which any of our or our subsidiaries’ property is subject.

Item 1A.      Risk Factors
We have described under the heading “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 21, 2025 for the year ended June 27, 2025 a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results of operations and financial condition to vary materially from past, or from anticipated future, results of operations and financial condition. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes from these risk factors previously described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 27, 2025. These risks and uncertainties are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem not material may also adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or the market price of our common stock.
Long-term agreements expose us to certain execution, financial, and market risks, which could be significant.
We have entered into long-term agreements with certain customers that commit us to deliver and our customers to purchase substantial volumes of products over multi-year periods. Our ability to fulfill our obligations under these agreements depends on a number of factors, including our manufacturing capacity, production yields, supply chain performance, and the availability of raw materials and other critical inputs. If we are unable to deliver products in the quantities, at the times, or meeting the specifications required under these agreements, we may be subject to pricing or volume reductions, contractual damages, other financial penalties, or early termination. There can be no assurance that we will be able to perform these contractual obligations throughout the contract terms without disruption or shortfall. Any failure to perform could harm our customer relationships, damage our reputation, and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
If a customer were to breach its purchase obligations, or if we were to breach our obligations and a customer were to terminate or reduce its volume commitments, we may need to find alternative customers for any affected product volumes. Depending on market conditions at the time, we may be unable to resell those products at comparable prices, or at all, which could result in reduced revenue, lower margins, excess inventory, or manufacturing underutilization or asset impairment charges, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Each agreement includes certain financial guarantees that protect us if the customer fails to perform its purchase obligations. In such event, these financial guarantees are expected to offset at least some portion of revenue that may be lost due to the customer’s failure to perform, but they may not fully offset such lost revenue depending on when during the contract term the customer’s failure to perform were to occur and other factors.

Item 5.     Other Information
Insider Trading Arrangements
Other than as set forth below, none of our officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act) or directors adopted trading arrangements for the purchase or sale of securities of Sandisk Corporation that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b5-1 Plan”):
• Alper Ilkbahar , Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of the Company , adopted a Rule 10b5-1 Plan on February 27, 2026 . The aggregate number of shares that will be available for sale under his plan is not yet determinable because a portion of the shares will be withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations at an approximate rate of 45%. The maximum amount of shares that may be sold before the plan expires on December 31, 2026 is expected to be up to an aggregate of 22,821 shares of the Company’s common stock.
• Bernard Shek , Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Company , adopted a 10b5-1 Plan on March 4, 2026 . The aggregate number of shares that will be available for sale under his plan is not yet determinable because a portion of the shares will be withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations at an approximate rate of 45%. The maximum amount of shares that may be sold before the plan expires on July 2, 2027 is expected to be up to an aggregate of 10,465 shares of the Company’s common stock.

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Item 6.     Exhibits
The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index below are filed or furnished with, or incorporated by reference in, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as specified in the Exhibit List, including from exhibits previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
2.1
Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2025, by and between Western Digital Corporation and Sandisk Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)#
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Sandisk Corporation dated as of January 28, 2025 (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)

3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2025)

10.1
Agreement to Enhance Collaboration, dated as of January 29, 2026, by and among Kioxia Corporation, Sandisk Corporation, Sandisk Technologies, Inc., SanDisk LLC, SanDisk (Ireland) Limited and SanDisk (Cayman) Limited (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2026)

10.2
FAL Second Commitment and Extension Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2026, by and among Kioxia Corporation, Sandisk Corporation, SanDisk LLC and SanDisk (Ireland) Limited (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2026)

10.3
FPL Second Commitment and Extension Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2026, by and among Kioxia Corporation, Sandisk Corporation, SanDisk LLC and SanDisk (Cayman) Limited (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2026)

10.4
Private Placement Subscription Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2026, by and between Sandisk Technologies, Inc. and Nanya Technology Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2026)

31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002†

31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002†

32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002†
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002†
101.INS XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document**
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document**
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document**
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document**
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document**
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document**
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File - formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101**

† Filed with this report.
** Furnished with this report.
# Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.

Sandisk Corporation

By: /s/ Michael R. Pokorny

Michael R. Pokorny

Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)

Dated: May 1, 2026
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