UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 6, 2008
Western Digital Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-08703 | 33-0956711 | ||
| (State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 20511 Lake Forest Drive | ||||
| Lake Forest, California | 92630 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(949) 672-7000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 8.01.
The annual meeting of stockholders of Western Digital Corporation (the “Company”) was held on
November 6, 2008. Results of the voting at the meeting are set forth below.
Election of Directors. The stockholders elected the following ten directors to hold office
until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified. The voting
results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||||
Peter D. Behrendt |
192,135,883 | 1,917,671 | 214,532 | |||||||||
Kathleen A. Cote |
193,433,617 | 626,597 | 207,873 | |||||||||
John F. Coyne |
192,156,737 | 1,934,638 | 176,712 | |||||||||
Henry T. DeNero |
193,450,609 | 586,228 | 231,249 | |||||||||
William L. Kimsey |
193,464,795 | 571,568 | 231,724 | |||||||||
Michael D. Lambert |
193,375,025 | 710,445 | 182,617 | |||||||||
Matthew E. Massengill |
191,902,252 | 2,184,745 | 181,090 | |||||||||
Roger H. Moore |
191,293,314 | 2,683,831 | 290,941 | |||||||||
Thomas E. Pardun |
191,744,029 | 2,316,839 | 207,218 | |||||||||
Arif Shakeel |
191,808,202 | 2,305,994 | 153,891 | |||||||||
Approval of amendment to 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The stockholders approved an
amendment to the Company’s 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase by 8,000,000 the number of
shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance under the plan. The voting results
were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
164,045,160
|
2,230,321 | 144,495 |
Appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm. The stockholders
ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
for the fiscal year ending July 3, 2009. The voting results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 191,542,355 | 2,535,350 | 190,382 |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| Western Digital Corporation | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
Date: November 12, 2008
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By: | /s/ Raymond M. Bukaty
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| Senior Vice President, Administration, | ||||||
| General Counsel and Secretary |