Srinivasan Sivaram - 27 Aug 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC)

Role: President, Tech & Strategy
Signature: By: /s/ Sandra Garcia Attorney-in-Fact For: Srinivasan Sivaram
Issuer symbol: WDC
Transactions as of: 27 Aug 2022
Net transactions value: -$309,134
Form type: 4
Filing time: 30 Aug 2022, 18:27:13 UTC
Previous filing: 26 Aug 2022
Next filing: 06 Sep 2022
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	WDC	Common Stock	Tax liability	$167,130	-3,674	-1%	$45.49	361,592	27 Aug 2022	Direct	F1
transaction	WDC	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$0	+436	+0.12%	$0.000000	362,028	30 Aug 2022	Direct	F2
transaction	WDC	Common Stock	Tax liability	$142,004	-3,275	-0.9%	$43.36	358,753	30 Aug 2022	Direct	F1

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	WDC	Dividend Equivalent Rights	Options Exercise	$0	-437	-42%	$0.000000	607	30 Aug 2022	Common Stock	437		Direct	F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Payment of tax obligation by withholding securities incident to the vesting of securities in accordance with Rule 16b-3(e).
F2	The 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 was also paid to the holder to settle a fractional dividend equivalent.