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Environmental Regulation
We are subject to a variety of regulations in connection with our operations. We believe that we have obtained or are
in the process of obtaining all necessary environmental permits for our operations. For additional discussion of risks
related to environmental regulation, see Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Employees
As of June 27, 2008, we employed a total of 50,072 employees worldwide. This represents an increase in headcount
of approximately 69% since June 29, 2007 and an increase of approximately 102% since June 30, 2006. Many of our
employees are highly skilled, and our continued success depends in part upon our ability to attract and retain such
employees. Accordingly, we offer employee benefit programs, which we believe are, in the aggregate, competitive with
those offered by our competitors. We and most of our competitors nevertheless have difficulty at times hiring and
retaining certain skilled employees. We have engaged consultants and contract personnel to fill these needs until full-
time employees could be recruited. We consider our employee relations to be good. For additional discussion of risks
related to our skilled employees, see Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Available Information
We maintain an Internet web site at http://www.westerndigital.com. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available on our web site at http://www.westerndigital.com, free of
charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after the electronic filing of these reports with the SEC. Any materials we file with
the SEC are available at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. Additional
information about the operation of the Public Reference Room can also be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
In addition, the SEC maintains a web site at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements,
and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including us.
Executive Officers of the Registrant
Listed below are all of our executive officers as of June 27, 2008, followed by a brief account of their business experience
during the past five years. Executive officers are normally appointed annually by the Board of Directors at a meeting of the
directors immediately following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There are no family relationships among these officers
nor any arrangements or understandings between any officer and any other person pursuant to which an officer was selected.
Name Age Position
John F. Coyne .................... 58 President and Chief Executive Officer
Timothy M. Leyden ................ 56 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Raymond M. Bukaty................ 51 Senior Vice President, Administration, General
Counsel and Secretary
Hossein Moghadam ................ 64 Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Coyne, 58, has been a director since October 2006. He joined us in 1983 and has served in various executive
capacities. From November 2002 until June 2005, Mr. Coyne served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations, from
June 2005 until September 2005, he served as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations and from November 2005
until June 2006, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer. Effective June 2006, he was named
President and Chief Operating Officer. In January 2007, he became President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Coyne is a
director of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Mr. Leyden, 56, re-joined us in May 2007 as Executive Vice President, Finance, and was promoted to Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2007. From December 2001 to May 2007, Mr. Leyden served in senior
finance capacities at Sage Software Inc. and Sage Software of California, subsidiaries of Sage Group PLC, a U.K. public
company that supplies accounting and business management software to small and medium-sized businesses, including as
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from May 2004 to May 2007, and as Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer from December 2001 to May 2004. Mr. Leyden previously served in various worldwide finance,
manufacturing and information technology capacities with us from 1983 to December 2000.
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