SEC Form 4 · accession 0001266824-18-000132

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP · WDC

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

Reporting owner

Officer — Chief Executive Officer · Director

Period of report

Jul 25, 2018

Accepted (ET)

Jul 26, 2018 · 8:56 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^F1,F2	Jul 25, 2018	A	248,124	$0.00	A	316,763	D
Common Stock^F3	Jul 25, 2018	M	4,332	$0.00	A	321,095	D
Common Stock^F3	Jul 25, 2018	M	8,665	$0.00	A	329,760	D
Common Stock^F4	Jul 25, 2018	F	129,463	$75.63	D	200,297	D
Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	69,311	I	By Family Trust

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Dividend Equivalent Rights^F5,F3	—	Jul 25, 2018	M	4,333	D	—	—	Common Stock	4,333	12,755	D
Dividend Equivalent Rights^F3	—	Jul 25, 2018	M	8,666	D	—	—	Common Stock	8,666	4,090	D

F1Represents shares issued as payment in respect of the vesting of a performance-based restricted stock unit award.
F2Includes 525 share acquired under the Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan on May 31, 2018.
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 performance-based restricted stock units to which the dividend equivalents relate. A cash amount was also paid to the holder to settle a fractional dividend equivalent.
F4Payment of tax obligation by withholding securities incident to the vesting of securities in accordance with Rule 16b-3(e).
F5The total number of derivative securities has been adjusted to reflect an additional 3,971.7131 dividend equivalents which were accrued in connection with a determination that the performance-based restricted stock units to which the dividend equivalents relate were achieved at a level greater than target.