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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities exchange Act of 1934
(AMENDMENT NO.4)*
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP
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(NAME OF ISSUER)
COM
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(TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
958102105
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(CUSIP NUMBER)
December 31, 2010
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(Date of event which requires filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which
this Schedule is filed:
X Rule 13d-1(b)
Rule 13d-1(c)
Rule 13d-1(d)
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class
of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be 'filed' for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 ('Act') or otherwise subject to the liabilities
of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions
of the Act (however, see the Notes).
(CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE(S))
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Item 2(c) Citizenship:
Mutuelles AXA and AXA - France
AXA Financial, Inc. - Delaware
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: COM
Item 2(e) Cusip Number: 958102105
Item 3. Type of Reporting Person:
AXA Financial, Inc. as a parent holding company,
in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G).
The Mutuelles AXA, as a group, acting as a parent
holding company.
AXA as a parent holding company.
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Item 4. Ownership as of 12/31/2010
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 396,012 shares of common stock
(b) Percent of Class: 0.2%
(c) Deemed Voting Power and Disposition Power:
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Deemed Deemed Deemed Deemed
to have to have to have to have
Sole Power Shared Power Sole Power Shared Power
to Vote to Vote to Dispose to Dispose
or to or to or to or to
Direct Direct Direct the Direct the
the Vote the Vote Disposition Disposition
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The Mutuelles 0 43,100 0 390,600
AXA, AXA, as
holding companies
AXA Financial, Inc., 0 0 0 5,412
through its
subsidiaries
Each of the Mutuelles AXA, as a group, and AXA expressly declares that the
filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that it is,
for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owner of any
securities covered by this Schedule 13G.
AllianceBernstein L.P. is a majority owned subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc.
and an indirect majority owned subsidiary of AXA SA. AllianceBernstein
operates under independent management and makes independent decisions from
AXA and AXA Financial and their respective subsidiaries and AXA and AXA
Financial calculate and report beneficial ownership separately from
AllianceBernstein pursuant to guidance provided by the Securities and
Exchange Commission in Release Number 34-39538 (January 12, 1998).
AllianceBernstein may be deemed to share beneficial ownership with AXA reporting
persons by virtue of 5,412 shares of common stock acquired on behalf of the
general and separate accounts of the affiliated entities for which
AllianceBernstein serves as a subadvisor. Each of AllianceBernstein and the AXA
entities reporting herein acquired their shares of common stock for investment
purposes in the ordinary course of their investment management and insurance
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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date
hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of
more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following.
[X]
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on behalf of Another Person. N/A
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired
the Security Being Reporting on by the Parent Holding Company:
This Schedule 13G is being filed by AXA Financial, Inc.; AXA,
which owns AXA Financial, Inc.; and the Mutuelles AXA, which as a group
control AXA:
(X) in the Mutuelles AXAs' capacity, as a group, acting as a parent
holding company with respect to the holdings of the following
AXA entity or entities:
(X) in AXA's capacity as a parent holding company with respect
to the holdings of the following AXA entity or entities:
AXA Konzern AG (Germany)
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC
(X) in AXA Financial, Inc.'s capacity as a parent holding company
with respect to the holdings of the following subsidiaries:
(X) AllianceBernstein L.P.
(13-3434400), an investment adviser registered under
Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
(X) AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
(13-5570651), an insurance company and an investment
adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940.
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Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. N/A
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group: N/A
Item 10. Certification:
By signing below I certify that to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary
course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not
have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer
of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a
participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
Date: 02/09/2011 AXA FINANCIAL, INC.*
/s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
Alvin H. Fenichel
Senior Vice President
and Chief Accounting Officer
*Pursuant to the Joint Filing Agreement with respect to Schedule 13G
attached hereto as Exhibit I, among AXA Financial, Inc., AXA Assurances
I.A.R.D Mutuelle, AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, and AXA, this statement
Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of them.
EXHIBIT I
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
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Each of the undersigned hereby agrees that the Schedule
13G filed herewith is filed jointly, pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended on behalf
of each of them.
Dated: February 9, 2011
AXA Financial, Inc.
BY: /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
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Alvin H. Fenichel
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle; AXA Assurances Vie
Mutuelle; as a group, and AXA
Signed on behalf of each of the above entities
BY: /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
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Alvin H. Fenichel
Attorney-in-Fact
(Executed pursuant to Powers of Attorney)