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Corporate Headquarters
Western Digital Corporation
20511 Lake Forest Drive
Lake Forest, California 92630
949.672.7000
Investor Relations
20511 Lake Forest Drive
Lake Forest, California 92630
www.westerndigital.com/investor
[email protected]
800.695.6399
Transfer Agent and Registrar
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane, Plaza Level
New York, New York 10038
www.amstock.com
800.937.5449
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
KPMG LLP
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.
Certain Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to
the following: WD’s market share and strategic positioning; WD’s future entry and growth in
unaddressed storage markets; WD’s capability to produce anticipated product volumes; WD’s
new product offerings; and demand for data storage. 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: the impact of current negative global economic conditions; 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 various data storage markets; pricing trends and fluctuations in average selling prices;
changes in the availability and cost of commodity materials and specialized product components
that WD does not make internally; and other risks and uncertainties listed in WD’s Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended July 3, 2009, 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.
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, WD Caviar, WD VelociRaptor, WD Scorpio, WD Elements,
My Passport, My Book, My DVR Expander, WD GreenPower Technology, WD TV, ShareSpace,
SiliconDrive, PowerArmor, SiSMART, SolidStor and SiSecure are trademarks of Western Digital
Technologies, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their
respective owners.
As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one
billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending
on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes.
As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per
second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
© 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
2278-001005-A05
Locations of Manufacturing and/or
Research & Development
Aliso Viejo, California
Fremont, California
Lake Forest, California
Mountain View, California
San Jose, California
Longmont, Colorado
Johor, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
Bang Pa-In, Thailand
Navanakorn, Thailand
Customer Service & Technical Support
Irvine, California
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Domestic Sales/Representative Offices
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Lake Forest, California
San Jose, California
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Pasadena, Maryland
Andover, Massachusetts
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Windham, New Hampshire
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Morrisville, North Carolina
Cleveland, Ohio
Pepper Pike, Ohio
Austin, Texas
Houston, Texas
Sandy, Utah
International Sales/Representative Offices
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Beijing, China
Shanghai, China
Shenzhen, China
Prague, Czech Republic
Leatherhead, Surrey, England
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Munich, Germany
Wanchai, Hong Kong
New Delhi, India
Jakarta, Indonesia
Dublin, Ireland
Tokyo, Japan
Selangor, Malaysia
Quezon City, Philippines
Debina, Poland
Moscow, Russia
Glasgow, Scotland
Singapore
Seoul, South Korea
Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
Istanbul, Turkey
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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