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Corporate Headquarters
Western Digital Corporation
20511 Lake Forest Drive
Lake Forest, California 92630
949.672.7000
Manufacturing Facilities
Fremont, California
Johor, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kuching, Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
Bang Pa-In, Thailand
Navanakorn, Thailand
Research and Development Centers
Fremont, California
Lake Forest, California
Palo Alto, California
San Jose, California
Bang Pa-In, Thailand
Domestic Sales Offices
Healdsburg, California
Lake Forest, California
San Jose, California
Boca Raton, Florida
New York, New York
Durham, North Carolina
Austin, Texas
Houston, Texas
International Sales/Representative Offices
Western Digital Canada Corporation
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Western Digital (Deutschland) GmbH
Munich, Germany
Western Digital (France) SARL
Orsay, France
Western Digital Hong Kong Limited
Beijing, China
Shanghai, China
Shenzhen, China
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Western Digital Japan Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
WD Korea, Ltd.
Kangnam-Gu, Seoul Korea
Western Digital (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Selangor, Malaysia
Western Digital (S.E. Asia) Pte Ltd.
Singapore
Western Digital Taiwan Co., Ltd.
Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
Western Digital (UK) Limited
Prague, Czech Republic
Leatherhead, Surrey, England
New Delhi, India
Moscow, Russia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Transfer Agent and Registrar
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane, Plaza Level
New York, NY 10038
800.937.5449
www.amstock.com
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
KPMG LLP
Certain Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements, including
statements relating to the following: opportunities and conditions in the hard
drive industry; acceleration of WD’s technology capability and broadening
of its product portfolio; WD’s footprint growth in the mobile PC, consumer
electronics, enterprise and external hard drive markets; continued return on
technology investments; continued proliferation of hard drive applications
and generation of digital content; demand and growth forecasts in the
various hard drive markets; continued growth and the factors making
that growth possible, including the belief that WD has taken the steps
needed to address market opportunities; the expected impact of WD’s
acquisition of Komag; WD’s utilization of its media assets, achievement
of consistent financial performance and outstanding returns on invested
capital; holding and building WD’s leadership position in traditional markets
and building WD’s presence in newer markets. These forward-looking
statements are based on WD’s current expectations and are subject to
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including: supply
and demand conditions in the hard drive industry; actions by competitors;
unexpected advances in competing technologies; uncertainties related to the
development and introduction of products based on new technologies and
expansion into new hard drive markets; business conditions and growth in
the desktop, mobile PC, consumer electronics, enterprise and external hard
drive markets; pricing trends and fluctuations in average selling prices; failure
to quickly and effectively integrate WD’s media technology with its head
technology; uncertainties regarding managing relationships with external
media suppliers, media component suppliers and external media customers;
changes in the availability and cost of specialized product components that
WD does not make internally and commodity materials; and other risks and
uncertainties listed in WD’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 29,
2007, to which your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
the date hereof, and WD undertakes no obligation to update these forward-
looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Stock Exchange Listing
Western Digital common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) and trades under the symbol WDC. We have also filed with the New
York Stock Exchange the most recent annual CEO certification as required
by Section 303A.12(a) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company
Manual.
Worldwide Web Site
For current information on Western Digital, visit our Web site at
www.westerndigital.com.
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, MioNet, WD Caviar, WD Passport and WD Scorpio are
registered trademarks, and My Book, World Edition, Premium ES Edition, WD AV, WD RE2, My
DVR Expander and GreenPower are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks
may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. All other brand and product names
mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies.
One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes. One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes.
Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.
© 2007 Western Digital Corporation. All rights reserved.
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