SEC Form 4 · accession 0001266824-17-000047

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP · WDC

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — EVP Silicon Operations

Period of report

Feb 15, 2017

Accepted (ET)

Feb 16, 2017 · 8:49 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000106040

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I
Common Stock^F1	Feb 15, 2017	M	139	$0.00	A	88,383	D
Common Stock^F2	Feb 15, 2017	F	2,045	$76.01	D	86,338	D
Common Stock^F3	Feb 16, 2017	M	239	$0.00	A	86,577	D
Common Stock^F2	Feb 16, 2017	F	3,761	$75.95	D	82,816	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Dividend Equivalent Rights^F1	—	Feb 15, 2017	M	140	D	—	—	Common Stock	140	2,130	D
Dividend Equivalent Rights^F3	—	Feb 16, 2017	M	239	D	—	—	Common Stock	239	1,891	D

F1The dividend equivalents were converted into, and paid in the form of, shares of the Issuer's common stock on a one-for-one basis in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units to which the dividend equivalents relate. A cash amount equal to $44.31 was also paid to the holder to settle a fractional dividend equivalent of 0.5830.
F2Payment of tax obligation by withholding securities incident to the vesting of securities in accordance with Rule 16b-3(e).
F3The dividend equivalents were converted into, and paid in the form of, shares of the Issuer's common stock on a one-for-one basis in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units to which the dividend equivalents relate. A cash amount equal to $23.95 was also paid to the holder to settle a fractional dividend equivalent of 0.3154.