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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 2005


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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Lake Forest, California 92630<BR>
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Western Digital Corporation<BR>
Amended and Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Raymond M. Bukaty<BR>
Senior Vice President, Administration, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Western Digital Corporation<BR>
20511 Lake Forest Drive<BR>
Lake Forest, California 92630<BR>
(949)&nbsp;672-7000<BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">COPY TO:



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">J. Jay Herron, Esq.<BR>
O&#146;Melveny &#038; Myers LLP<BR>
114 Pacifica, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Irvine, California 92618-3318</DIV>



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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per
share
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">7,982,855<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1) (2) (3) </SUP>
shares
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<TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$10.60<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$54,060,000<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of Western Digital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), stated above, options and other rights to purchase or acquire
the shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement and, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options and rights that may be offered or issued pursuant to the Western Digital Corporation Amended and
Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Each share of Common Stock is accompanied by a right to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock pursuant to the Rights Agreement between the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as Rights Agent.</TD>
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    <TD>As described in the Explanatory Note on page 1 of this Registration Statement, the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereby
consists of (i)&nbsp;5,100,000 shares being registered for the first time, of which 4,500,000 shares were authorized by the Company in connection with the
adoption of the Plan and 600,000 shares were previously available for award grants under the Company&#146;s Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the
&#147;Directors Option Plan&#148;) but were not previously registered, are not the subject of awards currently outstanding under the Directors Option Plan and are now
available for award grant purposes under the Plan (together,
&#147;New Shares&#148;), plus (ii)&nbsp;an aggregate of 2,882,855 shares that were previously registered by the
Company (the &#147;Carryover Shares&#148;). The Carryover Shares
consist of 1,851,572 shares previously registered under the Company&#146;s Employee Stock Option Plan on
Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on January&nbsp;11, 1999 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-70413); 213,876 shares previously
registered under the Company&#146;s Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;8, 2001 (Commission File No.
333-56738); and 817,407 shares previously registered under the Company&#146;s Broad-Based Stock Incentive Plan on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;5,
2000 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-36332). Post-effective amendments to each of the foregoing Forms S-8 to deregister the Carryover Shares are being filed
contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Securities Act Rule&nbsp;457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on January&nbsp;28, 2005, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. The Registrant is
paying registration fees solely with respect to the 5,100,000 shares being newly registered hereby. The registration fees with respect to the Carryover
Shares were paid upon filing of each of the original Registration Statements on Form S-8 listed in footnote 3 above. Therefore, no further registration fee
is required.</TD>
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    <TD>The Exhibit&nbsp;Index for this Registration Statement is at page 9.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s stockholders approved the Plan on November&nbsp;18, 2004 (the &#147;Stockholder Approval
Date&#148;). The Plan provides that, in addition to the 4,500,000 shares authorized in connection with
the adoption of the Plan, shares available for award grants under the Company&#146;s Employee Stock
Option Plan, as amended (the &#147;Employee Option Plan&#148;), as of its expiration on November&nbsp;10, 2004 and
under the Directors Option Plan and the Company&#146;s Broad-Based Stock Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Broad-Based Plan&#148; and, together with the Employee Option Plan and the Directors Option Plan, the
&#147;Prior Plans&#148;) as of the Stockholder Approval Date are available for award grants under the Plan.
The Company&#146;s authority to grant new awards under the Directors Option Plan and the Broad-Based
Plan terminated upon stockholder approval of the Plan and the Company&#146;s authority to
grant new awards under the Employee Option Plan terminated upon its expiration on November&nbsp;10,
2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Registration Statement is (i)&nbsp;to register the New Shares, and (ii)&nbsp;to
carry forward the Carryover Shares (i.e. the shares available for award grant purposes as of
November&nbsp;10, 2004 under the Employee Option Plan and as of the Stockholder Approval Date under the
Broad-Based Plan and the Directors Option Plan to the extent such shares were previously
registered) to this Registration Statement. The Carryover Shares
consist of 1,851,572 shares
previously registered under the Employee Option Plan on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;11, 1999 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-70413); 213,876 shares previously registered under the
Directors Option Plan on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;8, 2001 (Commission File No.
333-56738); and 817,407 shares previously registered under the Broad-Based Plan on Form S-8, filed
with the Commission on May&nbsp;5, 2000 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-36332). The registration fee paid with
respect to the registration of the Carryover Shares on each of the foregoing Forms S-8 was
$8,123.19, $208.79 and $1,470.11, respectively, for an aggregate
total of $9,802.09.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the principles set forth in Interpretation 89 under Section&nbsp;G of the Manual
of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the Commission&#146;s Division of Corporation Finance
(July&nbsp;1997) and Instruction E to the General Instructions to Form S-8, this Registration Statement
is hereby filed to carry forward the aggregate 2,882,855 Carryover Shares from the Prior Plans to
the Plan and the $9,802.09 aggregate registration fee previously paid with respect to the
registration of those shares. Post-effective amendments to each of the foregoing Forms S-8 to
deregister the Carryover Shares are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this
Registration Statement.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents of the Company filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended July&nbsp;2,
2004, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;14, 2004 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-08703);</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended
October&nbsp;1, 2004, filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;9, 2004 (Commission File No.
001-08703);</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January
26, 2005, January&nbsp;5, 2005, November&nbsp;30, 2004, November&nbsp;23, 2004, September&nbsp;27, 2004 and
September&nbsp;15, 2004 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-08703);</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-B of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. (formerly known as Western
Digital Corporation prior to its adoption of a holding company organizational structure
effected pursuant to Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law on April&nbsp;6,
2001), filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;3, 1987 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-08703), and
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in
its Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;6, 2001
(Commission File No.&nbsp;001-08703), and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the issuance of Common Stock registered hereby is passed on for the Company by
Raymond M. Bukaty. Mr.&nbsp;Bukaty is the Senior Vice President, Administration, General Counsel and
Secretary of the Company and is compensated by the Company as an
employee. Mr.&nbsp;Bukaty owns 227,291
shares of Common Stock and Company stock options to acquire up to an additional 358,200 shares of
Common Stock. Mr.&nbsp;Bukaty is eligible to receive stock awards by the Company under the Plan.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Western Digital Corporation is a Delaware corporation. Section 145(a) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(b) of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason
of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit if he or she acted under similar standards to those set forth above, except
that no indemnification may be made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of
liability, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to be indemnified for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL further provides, among other things, that to the extent a director or
officer of the corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in subsection (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 or in the defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
him or her in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section&nbsp;145 shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled, and that the
corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the
corporation against any liability asserted against such officer or director and incurred by him or
her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities under Section
145.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation
provides that a director shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. However, such provision does not


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">eliminate or
limit the liability of a director for acts or omissions not in good faith or for breaching his or
her duty of loyalty, engaging in intentional misconduct or knowingly violating the law, paying a
dividend or approving a stock repurchase which was illegal, or obtaining an improper personal
benefit. A provision of this type has no effect on the availability of equitable remedies, such as
injunction or rescission, for breach of fiduciary duty.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s bylaws require that directors and officers be indemnified to the maximum extent
permitted by Delaware law. In addition to the indemnification provisions in the Company&#146;s bylaws,
the Company has entered into indemnity agreements with each director and executive officer of the
Company. These indemnity agreements require that the Company indemnify each director and executive
officer to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnity agreements also require the Company to make prompt payment of expenses incurred
by the director or executive officer in connection with any proceeding upon the request of the
director or executive officer in advance of indemnification to the extent permitted by law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has a policy of directors&#146; liability insurance which insures the directors and
officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment under certain
circumstances stated in the policy.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the attached Exhibit&nbsp;Index at page 9, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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<P>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:12%; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:12%; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:12%; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, executive officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
the provisions described in Item&nbsp;6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lake Forest, State of
California, on February 2, 2005.


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<TR>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><BR>
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">/s/ Matthew E. Massengill</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" align="left"><HR noshade size="1" width="50%" align="left"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">
Matthew E. Massengill<BR>
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew E. Massengill and
Raymond M. Bukaty, and each of them, acting individually and without the other, as his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them individually, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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<TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Matthew E. Massengill<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Matthew E. Massengill</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">,&nbsp;2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen D. Milligan<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Stephen D. Milligan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">, 2005</TD>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joseph R. Carrillo<BR>
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Joseph R. Carrillo</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">,&nbsp;2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Peter D. Behrendt<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Peter D. Behrendt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kathleen A. Cote<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Kathleen A. Cote</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Henry T. DeNero<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Henry T. DeNero</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William L. Kimsey<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William L. Kimsey</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Michael D. Lambert<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Michael D. Lambert</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Roger H. Moore<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Roger H. Moore</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas E. Pardun<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Thomas E. Pardun</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Arif Shakeel<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Arif Shakeel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 2<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">, 2005</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Western Digital Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Company Counsel (opinion re legality).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP (consent of independent registered public accounting firm).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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Western Digital Corporation
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 2005
Registration No. __________________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Western Digital Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
33-0956711
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
20511 Lake Forest Drive
Lake Forest, California 92630
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Western Digital Corporation
Amended and Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Raymond M. Bukaty
Senior Vice President, Administration, General Counsel and Secretary
Western Digital Corporation
20511 Lake Forest Drive
Lake Forest, California 92630
(949) 672-7000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
COPY TO:
J. Jay Herron, Esq.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
114 Pacifica, Suite 100
Irvine, California 92618-3318
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title Of
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount Of
Securities
To Be
Price
Offering
Registration
To Be Registered
Registered
Per Unit
Price
Fee
Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per
share
7,982,855
(1) (2) (3)
shares
$10.60
(4)
$54,060,000
(4)
$6,363
(4)
(1)
This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of Western Digital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company" or the "Registrant"), common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), stated above, options and other rights to purchase or acquire
the shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement and, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options and rights that may be offered or issued pursuant to the Western Digital Corporation Amended and
Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Each share of Common Stock is accompanied by a right to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock pursuant to the Rights Agreement between the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as Rights Agent.
(3)
As described in the Explanatory Note on page 1 of this Registration Statement, the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereby
consists of (i) 5,100,000 shares being registered for the first time, of which 4,500,000 shares were authorized by the Company in connection with the
adoption of the Plan and 600,000 shares were previously available for award grants under the Company's Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the
"Directors Option Plan") but were not previously registered, are not the subject of awards currently outstanding under the Directors Option Plan and are now
available for award grant purposes under the Plan (together,
"New Shares"), plus (ii) an aggregate of 2,882,855 shares that were previously registered by the
Company (the "Carryover Shares"). The Carryover Shares
consist of 1,851,572 shares previously registered under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan on
Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January 11, 1999 (Commission File No. 333-70413); 213,876 shares previously
registered under the Company's Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on March 8, 2001 (Commission File No.
333-56738); and 817,407 shares previously registered under the Company's Broad-Based Stock Incentive Plan on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on May 5,
2000 (Commission File No. 333-36332). Post-effective amendments to each of the foregoing Forms S-8 to deregister the Carryover Shares are being filed
contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration Statement.
(4)
Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on January 28, 2005, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. The Registrant is
paying registration fees solely with respect to the 5,100,000 shares being newly registered hereby. The registration fees with respect to the Carryover
Shares were paid upon filing of each of the original Registration Statements on Form S-8 listed in footnote 3 above. Therefore, no further registration fee
is required.
The Exhibit Index for this Registration Statement is at page 9.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 4
EXHIBIT 5
EXHIBIT 23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Company's stockholders approved the Plan on November 18, 2004 (the "Stockholder Approval
Date"). The Plan provides that, in addition to the 4,500,000 shares authorized in connection with
the adoption of the Plan, shares available for award grants under the Company's Employee Stock
Option Plan, as amended (the "Employee Option Plan"), as of its expiration on November 10, 2004 and
under the Directors Option Plan and the Company's Broad-Based Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Broad-Based Plan" and, together with the Employee Option Plan and the Directors Option Plan, the
"Prior Plans") as of the Stockholder Approval Date are available for award grants under the Plan.
The Company's authority to grant new awards under the Directors Option Plan and the Broad-Based
Plan terminated upon stockholder approval of the Plan and the Company's authority to
grant new awards under the Employee Option Plan terminated upon its expiration on November 10,
2004.
The purpose of this Registration Statement is (i) to register the New Shares, and (ii) to
carry forward the Carryover Shares (i.e. the shares available for award grant purposes as of
November 10, 2004 under the Employee Option Plan and as of the Stockholder Approval Date under the
Broad-Based Plan and the Directors Option Plan to the extent such shares were previously
registered) to this Registration Statement. The Carryover Shares
consist of 1,851,572 shares
previously registered under the Employee Option Plan on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on
January 11, 1999 (Commission File No. 333-70413); 213,876 shares previously registered under the
Directors Option Plan on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on March 8, 2001 (Commission File No.
333-56738); and 817,407 shares previously registered under the Broad-Based Plan on Form S-8, filed
with the Commission on May 5, 2000 (Commission File No. 333-36332). The registration fee paid with
respect to the registration of the Carryover Shares on each of the foregoing Forms S-8 was
$8,123.19, $208.79 and $1,470.11, respectively, for an aggregate
total of $9,802.09.
In accordance with the principles set forth in Interpretation 89 under Section G of the Manual
of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the Commission's Division of Corporation Finance
(July 1997) and Instruction E to the General Instructions to Form S-8, this Registration Statement
is hereby filed to carry forward the aggregate 2,882,855 Carryover Shares from the Prior Plans to
the Plan and the $9,802.09 aggregate registration fee previously paid with respect to the
registration of those shares. Post-effective amendments to each of the foregoing Forms S-8 to
deregister the Carryover Shares are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this
Registration Statement.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents of the Company filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended July 2,
2004, filed with the Commission on September 14, 2004 (Commission File No. 001-08703);
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended
October 1, 2004, filed with the Commission on November 9, 2004 (Commission File No.
001-08703);
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January
26, 2005, January 5, 2005, November 30, 2004, November 23, 2004, September 27, 2004 and
September 15, 2004 (Commission File No. 001-08703);
(d)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-B of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. (formerly known as Western
Digital Corporation prior to its adoption of a holding company organizational structure
effected pursuant to Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law on April 6,
2001), filed with the Commission on April 3, 1987 (Commission File No. 001-08703), and
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
(e)
The description of the Company's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in
its Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B, filed with the Commission on April 6, 2001
(Commission File No. 001-08703), and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the issuance of Common Stock registered hereby is passed on for the Company by
Raymond M. Bukaty. Mr. Bukaty is the Senior Vice President, Administration, General Counsel and
Secretary of the Company and is compensated by the Company as an
employee. Mr. Bukaty owns 227,291
shares of Common Stock and Company stock options to acquire up to an additional 358,200 shares of
Common Stock. Mr. Bukaty is eligible to receive stock awards by the Company under the Plan.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Western Digital Corporation is a Delaware corporation. Section 145(a) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason
of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit if he or she acted under similar standards to those set forth above, except
that no indemnification may be made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of
liability, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to be indemnified for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Section 145 of the DGCL further provides, among other things, that to the extent a director or
officer of the corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in subsection (a) and (b) of Section 145 or in the defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
him or her in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled, and that the
corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the
corporation against any liability asserted against such officer or director and incurred by him or
her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities under Section
145.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Company's certificate of incorporation
provides that a director shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. However, such provision does not
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eliminate or
limit the liability of a director for acts or omissions not in good faith or for breaching his or
her duty of loyalty, engaging in intentional misconduct or knowingly violating the law, paying a
dividend or approving a stock repurchase which was illegal, or obtaining an improper personal
benefit. A provision of this type has no effect on the availability of equitable remedies, such as
injunction or rescission, for breach of fiduciary duty.
The Company's bylaws require that directors and officers be indemnified to the maximum extent
permitted by Delaware law. In addition to the indemnification provisions in the Company's bylaws,
the Company has entered into indemnity agreements with each director and executive officer of the
Company. These indemnity agreements require that the Company indemnify each director and executive
officer to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
The indemnity agreements also require the Company to make prompt payment of expenses incurred
by the director or executive officer in connection with any proceeding upon the request of the
director or executive officer in advance of indemnification to the extent permitted by law.
The Company has a policy of directors' liability insurance which insures the directors and
officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment under certain
circumstances stated in the policy.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See the attached Exhibit Index at page 9, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
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in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, executive officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lake Forest, State of
California, on February 2, 2005.
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Matthew E. Massengill
Matthew E. Massengill
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew E. Massengill and
Raymond M. Bukaty, and each of them, acting individually and without the other, as his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them individually, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Matthew E. Massengill
Matthew E. Massengill
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 2
, 2005
/s/ Stephen D. Milligan
Stephen D. Milligan
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
February 2
, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Joseph R. Carrillo
Joseph R. Carrillo
Vice President and
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
February 2
, 2005
/s/ Peter D. Behrendt
Peter D. Behrendt
Director
February 2
, 2005
/s/ Kathleen A. Cote
Kathleen A. Cote
Director
February 2
, 2005
/s/ Henry T. DeNero
Henry T. DeNero
Director
February 2
, 2005
/s/ William L. Kimsey
William L. Kimsey
Director
February 2
, 2005
/s/ Michael D. Lambert
Michael D. Lambert
Director
February 2
, 2005
/s/ Roger H. Moore
Roger H. Moore
Director
February 2
, 2005
/s/ Thomas E. Pardun
Thomas E. Pardun
Director
February 2
, 2005
/s/ Arif Shakeel
Arif Shakeel
Director
February 2
, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.
Western Digital Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan.
5.
Opinion of Company Counsel (opinion re legality).
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP (consent of independent registered public accounting firm).
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
24.
Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under "Signatures").
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