SANMINA CORP — Director's Dealing 2010

Sep 1, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SANMINA-SCI CORP (SANM)
CIK: 0000897723
Period of Report: 2010-08-30

Reporting Person: WARD JACKIE M (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-08-30	Common Stock	P	2080	$9.6166	Acquired	117918	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-08-30	Phantom Stock	$	A	375	Acquired		Common Stock (375)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5608	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: ACQUIRED ON THE OPEN MARKET.

F2: THE PURCHASE PRICE REPORTED IN COLUMN 4 OF TABLE 1 REPRESENTS THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE PURCHASE PRICE OF SHARES PURCHASED RANGING FROM $9.61 TO $9.62 PER SHARE. UPON REQUEST BY THE COMMISSION STAFF, THE ISSUER, OR SECURITY HOLDER OF THE ISSUER, THE REPORTING PERSON WILL PROVIDE FULL INFORMATION REGARDING THE NUMBER OF SHARES PURCHASED AT EACH SEPARATE PRICE.

F3: PHANTOM STOCK PURCHASED ON BEHALF OF THE REPORTING PERSON PURSUANT TO THE ISSUER'S DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN ("PLAN"). UNDER SUCH PLAN, PARTICIPANTS MAY ELECT TO DEFER PAYMENT OF THE BOARD RETAINER AND MEETING FEES, WHICH ARE CONVERTED INTO A NUMBER OF SHARE UNITS CALCULATED BY DIVIDING THE AMOUNT OF THE RETAINER AND FEES DEFERRED BY THE CLOSING STOCK PRICE ON THE DAY SUCH AMOUNTS WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN PAYABLE. PHANTOM STOCK IS PAID IN THE FORM OF SHARES OF THE ISSUER'S COMMON STOCK (AND CASH IN LIEU OF ANY FRACTIONAL SHARES) FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF THE REPORTING PERSON'S SERVICES AS DIRECTOR.