SEC Form 4 · accession 0001266824-17-000146

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP · WDC

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

Reporting owner

Officer — EVP Memory Technology

Period of report

Jul 17, 2017

Accepted (ET)

Jul 19, 2017 · 8:10 pm EDT

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	Nature of ownership
Common Stock	Jul 17, 2017	M	82	$0.00	A	69,341	D
Common Stock^F2	Jul 17, 2017	F	43	$88.60	D	69,298	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Dividend Equivalent Rights^F3	—	Jul 17, 2017	A	519	A	—	—	Common Stock	519	2,745	D
Dividend Equivalent Rights^F1	—	Jul 17, 2017	M	83	D	—	—	Common Stock	83	2,662	D

F1Represents dividend equivalents accrued in connection with the dividend paid on July 17, 2017 that were converted into, and paid in the form of shares of the Issuer's common stock on a one-for-one basis as a result of the vesting of restricted stock units to which the dividend equivalents relate. A cash amount was also paid to the holder to settle a fractional dividend equivalent of 0.8244.
F2Payment of tax obligation by withholding securities incident to the vesting of securities in accordance with Rule 16b-3(e).
F3The dividend equivalent rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) which vest proportionately with the RSUs to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent right represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock or the cash value thereof.