Item 5. Other Information
Item 5. Other Information
Insider Trading Arrangements
During the quarter ended March 28, 2025, the following officer (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act) adopted a trading arrangement for the purchase or sale of securities of Western Digital that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b5-1 Plan”):
• Gene Zamiska , Senior Vice President, Global Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 Plan on March 6, 2025 . Under this plan, up to an aggregate of 29,653 shares of the Company’s common stock may be sold before the plan expires on September 4, 2026 .
Item 6. Exhibits
The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index below are filed or furnished with, or incorporated by reference in, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as specified in the Exhibit List. Certain agreements listed in the Exhibit Index that we have filed or incorporated by reference may contain representations and warranties by us or our subsidiaries. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other party or parties to such agreements and (i) may have been qualified by disclosures made to such other party or parties, (ii) were made only as of the date of such agreements or such other date(s) as may be specified in such agreements and are subject to more recent developments, which may not be fully reflected in our public disclosures, (iii) may reflect the allocation of risk among the parties to such agreements and (iv) may apply materiality standards different from what may be viewed as material to investors. Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs at the date hereof and should not be relied upon.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
2.1
Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2025, by and between Western Digital Corporation and Sandisk Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)#
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Western Digital Corporation, as amended to date (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2024)
3.2
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2023)
3.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Western Digital Corporation, as amended effective as of March 13, 2025 (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2025)
10.1
Form of Indemnification Agreement for Directors and Officers of Western Digital Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2025)**
10.2
Transition Services Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2025, by and between Western Digital Corporation and Sandisk Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)#
10.3
Tax Matters Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2025, by and between Western Digital Corporation and Sandisk Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)#
10.4
Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2025, by and between Western Digital Corporation and Sandisk Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)#
10.5
Intellectual Property Cross-License Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2025, by and between Western Digital Corporation and Sandisk Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)#
1 0.6
Transitional Trademark License Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2025, by and between Western Digital Corporation and Sandisk Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)#
1 0.7
Stockholder’s and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2025, by and between Western Digital Corporation and Sandisk Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)#
10.8
Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2025, among Western Digital Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (Filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2025)#
1 0.9
Western Digital Corporation Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Plan, amended and restated as of March 13, 2025†**
10.10
Offer Letter, dated as of February 11, 2025, to Irving Tan†**
1 0.11
Amended and Restated Offer Letter, dated as of April 18, 2025, to Ahmed Shinhab†**
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002†
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002†
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
101.INS XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document†
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document†
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document†
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document†
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document†
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File - formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101
† Filed with this report.
* Furnished with this report.
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** Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit pursuant to applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
# Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Gene Zamiska
Gene Zamiska
Senior Vice President, Global Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)
Dated: May 2, 2025
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