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WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
For the Fiscal Year Ended June 27, 2008
Page
PART I
Item 1. Business ................................................................ 4
Item 1A. Risk Factors ............................................................. 16
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments .................................................. 30
Item 2. Properties ............................................................... 30
Item 3. Legal Proceedings ......................................................... 30
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders................................. 30
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities ........................................................ 31
Item 6. Selected Financial Data . . ................................................... 33
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ....... 33
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk .......................... 44
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data ..................................... 46
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure ...... 78
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures. . ................................................... 78
Item 9B. Other Information ......................................................... 79
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance .............................. 79
Item 11. Executive Compensation . ................................................... 79
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters ............................................................... 79
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence ................ 79
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services .......................................... 79
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules ....................................... 80
Signatures ....................................................................... 85
Typically, our fiscal year ends on the Friday nearest to June 30 and consists of 52 weeks. However, approximately
every five years, we report a 53-week fiscal year to align our fiscal quarters with calendar quarters by adding a week to our
fourth fiscal quarter. The 2008, 2007 and 2006 fiscal years, which ended on June 27, 2008, June 29, 2007 and June 30,
2006, respectively, consisted of 52 weeks each. Unless otherwise indicated, references herein to specific years and quarters
are to our fiscal years and fiscal quarters, and references to financial information are on a consolidated basis. As used
herein, the terms “we”, “us”, “our” and “WD” refer to Western Digital Corporation and its subsidiaries.
We are a Delaware corporation that operates as the parent company of our hard drive business, Western Digital
Technologies, Inc., which was formed in 1970.
Our principal executive offices are located at 20511 Lake Forest Drive, Lake Forest, California 92630. Our telephone
number is (949) 672-7000 and our web site is http://www.westerndigital.com. The information on our web site is not
incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, WD Caviar, WD Raptor, WD VelociRaptor, WD Scorpio, WD Elements, My
Passport, My Book, My DVR Expander and GreenPower are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and/or its
affiliates. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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