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Article: United States : SanDisk and Toshiba to restructure their Flash manufacturing joint ventures.
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- January 30, 2009
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Byline: pinto03
SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with Toshiba to restructure their Flash manufacturing joint ventures operating at the 300-mm Fab 3 and Fab 4. As part of the agreement, more than 20 percent of the joint ventures capacity will be transferred to Toshiba. The restructuring will result in the transfer of equipment lease obligations from SanDisk to Toshiba and a cash payment to SanDisk for the transfer of certain equipment currently owned by the joint ventures. The total value to SanDisk is approximately 80 billion yen, (USD895mn) or approximately $890 million based on current exchange rates. Approximately ...