SanDisk Stockholders Urged to Vote for Western Digital Merger

SanDisk Stockholders Urged to Vote for Western Digital Merger

ISS proxy advisory firm recommends a vote for merger approval.

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Milpitas, CA—SanDisk Corporation, provider of flash storage solutions, announced that Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), an independent proxy advisory research firm, recommended in a report that SanDisk stockholders vote for the proposal to approve the merger plan with Western Digital Corporation. A special meeting of stockholders will be held on March 15, 2016.

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ISS is widely recognized as a leading independent proxy voting and corporate governance advisory firm. Its analysis and recommendations are relied upon by many institutional investment firms, mutual funds and fiduciaries.

“We are pleased that ISS supports our board of directors’ recommendation that stockholders vote for the acquisition, which underscores our belief that this combination provides excellent value for our stockholders and creates a strong partner for our customers,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief executive officer of SanDisk. “Joining forces with Western Digital will enable the combined company to offer the broadest portfolio of industry-leading, innovative storage solutions to customers across a wide range of markets and applications.”

In its recommendation of the proposal to adopt the resolution for the merger, ISS stated: “A vote for the proposed merger is warranted given the strategic rationale, the fact that the substantial cash portion of the consideration has helped to preserve value for shareholders despite the broader sector decline, and the still-significant premium to the unaffected stock price.” sandisk.com

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