Gene M. Zamiska - 27 Aug 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC)

Role
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
Signature
By: /s/ Sandra Garcia Attorney-in-Fact For: Gene Zamiska
Issuer symbol
WDC
Transactions as of
27 Aug 2025
Net transactions value
-$56,389
Form type
4
Filing time
28 Aug 2025, 18:26:42 UTC
Previous filing
27 Aug 2025
Next filing
22 Sep 2025
SEC
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Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
Zamiska Gene M. SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE By: /s/ Sandra Garcia Attorney-in-Fact For: Gene Zamiska 28 Aug 2025 0001456385

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction WDC Common Stock Options Exercise $0 +1 +0% $0.000000 28,123 27 Aug 2025 Direct F1
transaction WDC Common Stock Tax liability $27,831 -345 -1.2% $80.67 27,778 27 Aug 2025 Direct F2
transaction WDC Common Stock Sale $28,558 -353 -1.3% $80.90 27,425 28 Aug 2025 Direct F3

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 -1 -2.5% $0.000000 46 27 Aug 2025 Common Stock 1 Direct F1
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The dividend equivalent rights 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 equivalent rights relate. A cash amount was also paid to the holder to settle a fractional dividend equivalent right.
F2 Payment of tax obligation by withholding securities incident to the vesting of securities in accordance with Rule 16b-3(e).
F3 The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on March 6, 2025.