1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 1997 Registration No. 333-_______ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------- WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 95-2647125 ------------------------------- ------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) ------------------------- 8105 IRVINE CENTER DRIVE IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92618 (714) 932-5000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) ------------------------- WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Full Title of Plan) ------------------------- MICHAEL A. CORNELIUS VICE PRESIDENT, LAW & ADMINISTRATION AND SECRETARY WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 8105 IRVINE CENTER DRIVE IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92618 (714) 932-5000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service) ------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE (1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also covers shares issued pursuant to antidilution provisions set forth in the Plan. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) and based on the average of the high and the low price of the Common Stock of Western Digital as reported on December 19, 1997 on the New York Stock Exchange. ================================================================================
=================================================================================================================== PROPOSED PROPOSED MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AMOUNT OFFERING AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE PRICE PER OFFERING REGISTRATION TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(1) SHARE(2) PRICE(2) FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, 2,000,000 $15-1/16 $30,125,000 $8,886.88 par value $0.01 per share =================================================================================================================== 2 INTRODUCTION This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Western Digital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and relates to an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8. INCORPORATION OF PREVIOUSLY FILED REGISTRATION STATEMENT The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-51725) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 28, 1993 and the contents of the Post-Effective Amendment thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 1997, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 29, 1997, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 1997). 4.2 Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 29, 1997, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 1997). 4.3 Western Digital Corporation 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended on November 13, 1997. 5 Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. 23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent auditors. 23.2 Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto). 24 Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto). 2 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on December 22, 1997. WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION By: /s/ CHARLES A. HAGGERTY -------------------------------- Charles A. Haggerty Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints CHARLES A. HAGGERTY and MICHAEL A. CORNELIUS his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. 3
NAME AND SIGNATURE TITLE DATE ------------------ ----- ---- /s/ CHARLES A. HAGGERTY Chairman of the Board, President December 22, 1997 - ------------------------------------ and Chief Executive Officer Charles A. Haggerty (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ DUSTON M. WILLIAMS - ------------------------------------ Senior Vice President, Finance December 22, 1997 Duston M. Williams and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ JAMES A. ABRAHAMSON Director December 22, 1997 - ------------------------------------ James A. Abrahamson /s/ PETER D. BEHRENDT Director December 12, 1997 - ------------------------------------ Peter D. Behrendt 4 4
Director ___________, 1997 - ------------------------------------ I.M. Booth /s/ IRWIN FEDERMAN Director December 22, 1997 - ------------------------------------ Irwin Federman /s/ ANDRE R. HORN Director December 22, 1997 - ------------------------------------ Andre R. Horn /s/ ANNE O. KRUEGER Director December 15, 1997 - ------------------------------------ Anne O. Krueger Director ___________, 1997 - ------------------------------------ Thomas E. Pardun 5 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 29, 1997, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 1997). 4.2 Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 29, 1997, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 1997). 4.3 Western Digital Corporation 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended on November 13, 1997. 5 Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. 23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent auditors. 23.2 Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto). 24 Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
1 EXHIBIT 4.3 WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AS AMENDED ON NOVEMBER 13, 1997 2 WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Western Digital Corporation 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") shall be established and operated in accordance with the following terms and provisions. 1. Definitions. ------------ As used in the Plan the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: (a) Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company. (b) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (c) "Committee" means the committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan as described in Section 4 below. (d) "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company. (e) "Company" means Western Digital Corporation, a Delaware corporation. (f) "Continuous Employment" means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an Employee with the Company and/or its Participating Subsidiaries. Continuous Employment shall not be considered interrupted in the case of a leave of absence agreed to in writing by the Company, provided that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days or reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute. (g) "Eligible Compensation" means, with respect to each Participant for each pay period, the full salary and wages paid to such Participant by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary, including commissions, bonuses (to the extent not excluded below), overtime pay and shift differentials. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, "Eligible Compensation" does not include (i) any amounts contributed by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary to any pension plan or plan of deferred compensation, (ii) any automobile or relocation allowances (or reimbursement for any such expenses), (iii) any amounts paid as a starting bonus or finder's fee, (iv) any amounts realized from the exercise of qualified or non-qualified stock options, or (v) any amounts paid by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary for other fringe benefits, such as health and welfare, hospitalization and group life insurance benefits, or perquisites, or paid in lieu of such benefits, such as cash-out of credits generated under a plan qualified under Code Section 125. (h) "Eligible Employee" means an Employee who is (i) customarily employed for at least twenty (20) hours per week and more than five months in a calendar year, and (ii) eligible to participate in the Plan as described in Section 5 below. If such person is (a) an Employee due to any classification or reclassification of the person as an employee or common-law employee of the Company or one of its Participating Subsidiaries by reason of action taken by any tax or other governmental authority, or (b) an Employee who has a written employment agreement providing that the Employee shall not participate in the Plan until after two (2) years of Continuous Employment, then such Employee must be employed for more than two (2) years by the Company or one of its Participating Subsidiaries as well as meet the criteria set forth above in subsections (i) and (ii) in order to be an Eligible Employee. 3 (i) "Employee" means each person currently employed by the Company or one of its Participating Subsidiaries. It shall not include any person who is recorded on the books and records of the Company or one of its Participating Subsidiaries as an independent contractor or consultant or a worker provided by a temporary staffing agency. (j) "Enrollment Date" means the first day of each Offering Period. (k) "Exercise Date" means each July 31 and January 31 during each Offering Period. (l) "Exercise Period" means a period commencing on February 1 and terminating on the following July 31 or commencing on August 1 and terminating on the following January 31. (m) "Exercise Price" means the price per share of shares offered in a given Offering Period determined as provided in Section 10 below. (n) "Fair Market Value" means, with respect to a share of Common Stock as of any Enrollment Date or Exercise Date, the closing price of such Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on such date, as reported in The Wall Street Journal. In the event that such a closing price is not available for an Enrollment Date or an Exercise Date, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on such date shall be the closing price of a share of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the last business day prior to such date or such other amount as may be determined by the Committee by any fair and reasonable means. (o) "Offering Period" means a period of twenty-four (24) months during which an option granted pursuant to the Plan may be exercised. A new Offering Period shall begin on each February 1 and August 1. (p) "Participant" means an Eligible Employee who has elected to participate in the Plan by filing an enrollment agreement with the Company as provided in Section 7 below. (q) "Participating Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary excluded from participation in the Plan by the Committee, in its sole discretion. (r) "Plan" means this Western Digital Corporation 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (s) "Subsidiary" means any corporation, domestic or foreign, of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, not less than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity interests and that otherwise qualifies as a "subsidiary corporation" within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code or any successor thereto. 2. Purpose of the Plan. -------------------- The purpose of the Plan is to provide an incentive for present and future Employees of the Company and its Participating Subsidiaries to acquire a proprietary interest (or increase an existing proprietary interest) in the Company through the purchase of Common Stock. It is the intention of the Company that the Plan qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Accordingly, the provisions of the Plan shall be administered, interpreted and construed in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section of the Code. 3. Shares Reserved for the Plan. ----------------------------- There shall be reserved for issuance and purchase by Participants under the Plan an aggregate of 7,000,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 below. Shares of Common 2 4 Stock subject to the Plan may be newly issued shares or shares reacquired in private transactions or open market purchases. If and to the extent that any right to purchase reserved shares shall not be exercised by any Participant for any reason or if such right to purchase shall terminate as provided herein, shares that have not been so purchased hereunder shall again become available for the purposes of the Plan unless the Plan shall have been terminated, but all shares sold under the Plan, regardless of source, shall be counted against the limitation set forth above. 4. Administration of the Plan. --------------------------- (a) The Plan shall be administered by a Committee appointed by, and which shall serve at the pleasure of, the Board. The Committee shall consist of not less than 3 members of the Board who are not officers or employees of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries and who are disinterested persons within the terms of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Committee shall have authority to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan, all of which actions and determinations shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons. (b) The Committee may request advice or assistance or employ such other persons as it in its absolute discretion deems necessary or appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to employing a brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution to assist in the purchase of shares, delivery of reports or other administrative aspects of the Plan. 5. Eligibility to Participate in the Plan. --------------------------------------- Subject to limitations imposed by Section 423(b) of the Code, any Employee who is employed by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary on an Enrollment Date shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for the Offering Period beginning on that Enrollment Date. 6. Offering Periods. ----------------- The Plan shall be implemented by consecutive Offering Periods with a new Offering Period commencing on each February 1 and August 1 during the term of the Plan. The first such Offering Period shall commence on February 1, 1994, or as otherwise determined by the Committee. The Committee shall have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods with respect to future offerings without shareholder approval if such change is announced at least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected. 7. Election to Participate in the Plan. ------------------------------------ (a) Each Eligible Employee may elect to participate in the Plan by completing an enrollment agreement in the form provided by the Company and filing such enrollment agreement with the Company prior to the applicable Enrollment Date, unless another time for filing the enrollment form is set by the Committee for all Eligible Employees with respect to a given Offering Period. An Eligible Employee may participate in an Offering Period only if, as of the Enrollment Date of such Offering Period, such Eligible Employee is not participating in any prior Offering Period which is continuing at the time of such proposed enrollment. (b) Payroll deductions for a Participant shall commence on the first payroll date following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last payroll date in the Offering Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 12. (c) Unless a Participant elects otherwise prior to the Enrollment Date of the immediately succeeding Offering Period, an Eligible Employee who is participating in an Offering Period as of the last Exercise Date of such Offering Period (the "Prior Offering Period") shall be deemed (i) to have elected to participate in the immediately succeeding Offering Period and (ii) to have authorized the same payroll deduction for such immediately succeeding Offering Period as was in effect for such Participant immediately prior to the expiration or termination of the Prior Offering Period. 3 5 (d) The Committee, in its discretion, may terminate the participation of all Participants in any Offering Period as of the last day of any Exercise Period (a "Termination Date") and enroll such Participants in the new Offering Period commencing immediately following such Termination Date if the Exercise Price determined as of the Enrollment Date for such new Offering Period is lower than the Exercise Price determined as of the Enrollment Date of the Offering Period for which the Participants' participation is being terminated. In such event, each of such Participants shall be deemed for purposes of this Plan (i) to have elected to participate in such new Offering Period and (ii) to have authorized the same payroll deduction for such new Offering Period as was in effect for such Participant immediately prior to the Termination Date. 8. Payroll Deductions. ------------------- (a) All Participant contributions to the Plan shall be made only by payroll deductions. At the time a Participant files the enrollment agreement with respect to an Offering Period, the Participant shall authorize payroll deductions to be made on each payroll date during the Offering Period in an amount of from 1% to 10% of the Eligible Compensation which the Participant receives on each payroll date during such Offering Period. The amount of such payroll deductions shall be a whole percentage (i.e., 1%, 2%, 3%, etc.) of the Participant's Eligible Compensation. (b) All payroll deductions made for a Participant shall be deposited in the Company's general corporate account and shall be credited to the Participant's account under the Plan. No interest shall accrue or be credited with respect to the payroll deductions of a Participant under the Plan. A Participant may not make any additional payments into such account. All payroll deductions received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions. (c) A Participant may discontinue participation in the Plan as provided in Section 12. A Participant may at any time during an Offering Period (but no more than four times in any calendar year) reduce or increase (subject to the limitations of Section 8(a) above) the rate of his or her payroll deductions by completing and filing with the Company a change notice in the form provided by the Company. Any such reduction in the rate of a Participant's payroll deductions shall be effective as of the pay period specified by the Participant in the Participant's change notice, but in no event sooner than the first pay period ending more than fifteen (15) days after the Participant files the change notice with the Company. Any such increase in the rate of a Participant's payroll deductions shall be effective as of the first date of the next Exercise Period within such Offering Period. 9. Grant of Options. ----------------- (a) On the Enrollment Date of each Offering Period, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3 and 9(b) hereof, each Participant shall be granted an option to purchase on each Exercise Date during such Offering Period (at the Exercise Price determined as provided in Section 10 below) up to a number of shares of the Company's Common Stock determined by dividing such Participant's payroll deductions accumulated during the Exercise Period ending on such Exercise Date by 85% of the fair market value of a share of the Company's Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or on the Exercise Date, whichever is lower, provided that the number of shares subject to the option shall not exceed five (5) times the number of shares determined by dividing 10% of the Participant's Eligible Compensation over the Offering Period (determined based upon the Eligible Employee's rate of Eligible Compensation in effect as of the Enrollment Date) by 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of the Company's Common Stock on the Enrollment Date. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, no Participant shall be granted an option under the Plan (i) if, immediately after the grant, such Participant (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Participant pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own stock and/or hold outstanding options to purchase stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock 4 6 of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) which permits such Participant's rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of fair market value of such stock (determined at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time. 10. Exercise Price. --------------- The Exercise Price of each of the shares offered in a given Offering Period shall be the lower of: (i) 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock of the Company on the Enrollment Date; or (ii) 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock of the Company on the applicable Exercise Date. 11. Exercise of Options. -------------------- Unless a Participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in Section 12, the Participant's option for the purchase of shares will be exercised automatically on each Exercise Date of the Offering Period, and the maximum number of full shares subject to option will be purchased for the Participant at the applicable Exercise Price with the accumulated payroll deductions in the Participant's account. Any amount remaining in the Participant's account after an Exercise Date shall be held in the account until the next Exercise Date in such Offering Period, unless the Offering Period has been over-subscribed or has terminated with such Exercise Date, in which event such amount shall be refunded to the Participant. 12. Withdrawal; Termination of Employment. -------------------------------------- (a) A Participant may withdraw all but not less than all of the payroll deductions credited to the Participant's account under the Plan at any time by giving written notice to the Company. All of the Participant's payroll deductions credited to the Participant's account will be paid to him promptly after receipt of the Participant's notice of withdrawal, the Participant's participation in the Plan will be automatically terminated, and no further payroll deductions for the purchase of shares will be made. Payroll deductions will not resume on behalf of a Participant who has withdrawn from the Plan unless written notice is delivered to the Company within the open enrollment period preceding the commencement of an Exercise Period directing the Company to resume payroll deductions. (b) Upon termination of the Participant's Continuous Employment prior to the Exercise Date of an Offering Period for any reason, including retirement or death, the payroll deductions credited to the Participant's account will be returned to the Participant or, in the case of death, to the Participant's estate, and the Participant's options to purchase shares under the Plan will be automatically terminated. (c) In the event a Participant fails to maintain Continuous Employment for at least twenty (20) hours per week during an Offering Period, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan, the payroll deductions credited to the Participant's account will be returned to the Participant, and the Participant's options to purchase shares under the Plan will be terminated. (d) A Participant's withdrawal from an Offering Period will not have any effect upon the Participant's eligibility to participate in a succeeding Offering Period or in any similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company. 13. Transferability. ---------------- Options to purchase Common Stock granted under the Plan are not transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and are exercisable during a Participant's lifetime only by the Participant. 5 7 14. Reports. -------- Individual accounts will be maintained for each Participant in the Plan. Statements of account will be given to Participants semi-annually promptly following each Exercise Date, which statements will set forth the amounts of payroll deductions, the per share purchase price, the number of shares purchased and the remaining cash balance, if any. 15. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. ------------------------------------------- (a) If the outstanding shares of Common Stock are increased or decreased, or are changed into or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares, as a result of one or more reorganizations, restructurings, recapitalizations, reclassifications, stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends or the like, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the number and/or kind of shares, and the per-share option price thereof, which may be issued in the aggregate and to any Participant upon exercise of options granted under the Plan. (b) In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, each Offering Period will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action, unless otherwise provided by the Committee. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the merger of the Company with or into another corporation, each option under the Plan shall be assumed or an equivalent option shall be substituted by such successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation, unless the Committee determines, in the exercise of its sole discretion and in lieu of such assumption or substitution, that the Participant shall have the right to exercise the option as to all of the optioned stock, including shares as to which the option would not otherwise be exercisable. If the Committee makes an option fully exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets, the Committee shall notify the Participant that the option shall be fully exercisable for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such notice, and the option will terminate upon the expiration of such period. (c) In all cases, the Committee shall have full discretion to exercise any of the powers and authority provided under this Section 15, and the Committee's actions hereunder shall be final and binding on all Participants. No fractional shares of stock shall be issued under the Plan pursuant to any adjustment authorized under the provisions of this Section 15. 16. Amendment of the Plan. ---------------------- The Board may at any time, or from time to time, amend the Plan in any respect; provided, however, that the Plan may not be amended in any way that will cause rights issued under the Plan to fail to meet the requirements for employee stock purchase plans as defined in Section 423 of the Code or any successor thereto, including, without limitation, shareholder approval if required. 17. Termination of the Plan. ------------------------ The Plan and all rights of Employees hereunder shall terminate: (a) on the Exercise Date that Participants become entitled to purchase a number of shares greater than the number of reserved shares remaining available for purchase under the Plan; or (b) at any time, at the discretion of the Board. In the event that the Plan terminates under circumstances described in Section 17(a) above, reserved shares remaining as of the termination date shall be sold to Participants on a pro rata basis. 18. Notices. -------- All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof. 6 8 19. Shareholder Approval. --------------------- Continuance of the Plan shall be subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company within twelve months before or after the date the Plan is adopted. If such shareholder approval is obtained at a duly held shareholders' meeting, it may be obtained by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company present or represented and entitled to vote thereon. 20. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. ----------------------------------- (a) The Plan, the grant and exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan, and the Company's obligation to sell and deliver shares upon the exercise of options to purchase shares shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and foreign laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be required. (b) The Company may make such provisions as it deems appropriate for withholding by the Company pursuant to federal or state income tax laws of such amounts as the Company determines it is required to withhold in connection with the purchase or sale by a Participant of any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the Plan. The Company may require a Participant to satisfy any relevant tax requirements before authorizing any issuance of Common Stock to such Participant. 7
1 EXHIBIT 5 OPINION OF GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 2 December 22, 1997 (714) 451-3800 C96182-00002 Western Digital Corporation 8105 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA 92618 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 for 2,000,000 Shares of Common Stock -------------------------------------- Ladies and Gentlemen: We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed by Western Digital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act") of 2,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), reserved for issuance under the Western Digital Corporation 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). For purposes of rendering this opinion, we have made such legal and factual examinations as we have deemed necessary under the circumstances and, as part of such examination, we have examined, among other things, originals and copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate. For the purposes of such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on original documents and the conformity to original documents of all copies submitted to us. On the basis of and in reliance upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that assuming the Registration Statement shall have become effective pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act, the shares of Common Stock being offered under the Plan, when issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act. Very truly yours, /s/ GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP ------------------------------- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP BWC/TDM/sp
1 EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP 2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and related prospectus pertaining to the Western Digital Corporation 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of our report dated July 16, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Western Digital Corporation as of June 28, 1997 and June 29, 1996, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 28, 1997, which report appears in the June 28, 1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Western Digital Corporation. /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP ------------------------------- KPMG Peat Marwick LLP Orange County, California December 22, 1997