SEC Form 4 · accession 0001363249-16-000028

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 22, 2016

Accepted (ET)

Jul 26, 2016 · 9:43 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	Jul 22, 2016	M	2,515	$0.00	A	107,621	D
Common Stock^F2	Jul 22, 2016	A	41,744	$0.00	A	149,365	D
Common Stock^F3	Jul 22, 2016	F	21,217	$52.40	D	128,148	D
Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	22,567	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^F4,F1	—	Jul 22, 2016	M	2,515	D	—	—	Common Stock	2,515	6,198	D

F1A total of 2,515 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 the performance-based restricted stock units to which the dividend equivalents relate. A cash amount equal to $23.13 was also paid to the holder to settle fractional dividend equivalents in an aggregate amount of 0.4415.
F2Represents shares issued as payment in respect of the vesting of a performance-based restricted stock unit award.
F3Payment of tax obligation by withholding securities incident to the vesting of securities in accordance with Rule 16b-3(e).
F4The total number of derivative securities has been adjusted to reflect the cancellation of 199.1554 stock units previously credited in the form of dividend equivalent payments on stock units that did not vest.