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Flash Memory, Inc.

Exhibit 1 Income Statements, 2007 - 2009 ($000s except earnings per share)

2007 2008 2009

Net sales $77,131 $80,953 $89,250


Cost of goods sold $62,519 $68,382 $72,424
Gross margin $14,612 $12,571 $16,826

Research and development $3,726 $4,133 $4,416


Selling, general and administrative $6,594 $7,536 $7,458
Operating income $4,292 $902 $4,952

Interest expense $480 $652 $735


Other income (expenses) -$39 -$27 -$35

Income before income taxes $3,773 $223 $4,182

Income taxes (a) $1,509 $89 $1,673


Net income $2,264 $134 $2,509

Earnings per share $1.52 $0.09 $1.68

(a) In years 2007 and after, Flash's effective combined federal and state income tax rate was 40%.
Flash Memory, Inc.

Exhibit 2 Balance Sheets, 2007 - 2009 ($000s except number of shares outstanding)

December 31,
2007 2008 2009

Cash $2,536 $2,218 $2,934


Accounts receivable $10,988 $12,864 $14,671
Inventories $9,592 $11,072 $11,509
Prepaid expenses $309 $324 $357
Total current assets $23,425 $26,478 $29,471

Property, plant & equipment at cost $5,306 $6,116 $7,282


Less: Accumulated depreciation $792 $1,174 $1,633
Net property, plant & equipment $4,514 $4,942 $5,649

Total assets $27,939 $31,420 $35,120

Accounts payable $3,084 $4,268 $3,929


Notes payable (a) $6,620 $8,873 $10,132
Accrued expenses $563 $591 $652
Income taxes payable (b) $151 $9 $167
Other current liabilities $478 $502 $554
Total current liabilities $10,896 $14,243 $15,434

Common stock at par value $15 $15 $15


Paid in capital in excess of par value $7,980 $7,980 $7,980
Retained earnings $9,048 $9,182 $11,691
Total shareholders' equity $17,043 $17,177 $19,686

Total liabilities & shareholders' equity $27,939 $31,420 $35,120

Number of shares outstanding 1,491,662 1,491,662 1,491,662

(a) Secured by accounts receivable.


(b) To avoid a penalty for underpayment of income taxes, Flash made equal estimated tax payments quarterly on the 15th of
April, June, September, and December of each year. The total of these four quarterly payments was required to equal at
least the lesser of (a) 90% of the taxes that would actually be incurred in the same year, or (b) 100% of the taxes due
on income of the prior year.

For informational purposes only:

Notes payable / accounts receivable 60.2% 69.0% 69.1%


Notes payable / shareholders' equity 38.8% 51.7% 51.5%
Notes payable / total capital 28.0% 34.1% 34.0%
Flash Memory, Inc.

Exhibit 3 Key Forecasting Assumptions and Relationships for 2010 Through 2012

Line Item Assumption or Ratio

Cost of goods sold 81.10% of sales


Research and development 5.0% of sales
Selling, general and administrative 8.36% of sales
Interest expense Beginning of year debt balance × interest rate
Other income (expenses) $50,000 of expense each year

Cash 3.3% of sales


Accounts receivable 60 days sales outstanding
Inventories 52 days of cost of good sold
Prepaid expenses 0.4% of sales
Property, plant & equipment at cost Beginning PP&E at cost + capital expenditures
Accumulated depreciation Beginning A/D + 7.5% of beginning PP&E at cost

Accounts payable 30 days of purchases


Purchases 60% of cost of goods sold
Accrued expenses 0.73% of sales
Income taxes payable 10% of income taxes expense
Other current liabilities 0.62% of sales
Flash Memory, Inc.

Exhibit 4 Selected Financial Information for Flash Memory, Inc., and Selected Competitors, 2007 through 2009

Flash Memory, Inc. Micron Technology


2007 2008 2009 30-Apr-10 (a) 2007 2008 2009 30-Apr-10 (a)

Sales ($ millions) 77 81 89 5,688 5,841 4,803


EPS ($) 1.52 0.09 1.68 -0.42 -2.10 -2.29 1.46
Dividend per share ($) -- -- -- -- -- --
Closing stock price ($) n/a n/a n/a 7.25 2.64 10.56 9.35
Shares outstanding (millions) 1.492 1.492 1.492 769.1 772.5 800.7 847.6
Book Value per share ($) 11.43 11.52 13.20 10.08 8.00 5.81 6.61
ROE 13.28% 0.78% 12.75% -4.13% -26.21% -39.43% 21.00%
Capitalization (book value)
Debt 28% 34% 34% 24% 31% 40% 33%
Equity 72% 66% 66% 76% 69% 60% 67%
Beta coefficient n/a 1.25

SanDisk Corporation STEC, Inc.

Sales ($ millions) 3,986 3,351 3,567 189 227 354


EPS ($) 0.84 -8.82 1.83 3.71 0.20 0.09 1.47 1.29
Dividend per share ($) -- -- -- -- -- --
Closing stock price ($) 33.17 9.60 28.99 39.84 8.74 4.26 16.34 13.90
Shares outstanding (millions) 227.7 225.3 227.4 229.3 49.8 50.0 49.4 50.3
Book Value per share ($) 22.64 15.27 17.18 18.13 3.72 3.63 5.65 5.48
ROE 3.70% -57.74% 10.63% 17.87% 5.40% 2.36% 26.06% 18.90%
Capitalization (book value)
Debt 15% 22% 21% 19% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Equity 85% 78% 79% 81% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Beta coefficient 1.36 1.00

(a) Security analyst estimates for year-end EPS $ and Return on Equity; actual data on April 30, 2010, for all other items.

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