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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">20511 Lake Forest Drive<BR>
Lake Forest, California 92630<BR>
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Western Digital Corporation<BR>
2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Western Digital Corporation<BR>
Amended and Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">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)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">COPY TO:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">J. Jay Herron, Esq.<BR>
O&#146;Melveny &#038; Myers LLP<BR>
610 Newport Center Drive, Suite&nbsp;1700<BR>
Newport Beach, California 92660</DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per
share, issuable
under the Western
Digital Corporation
2005 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,000,000<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)(2)&nbsp;</SUP>shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12.315<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$40,063,207<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4,715<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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par value per
share, issuable
under the Western
Digital Corporation
Amended and
Restated 2004
Performance
Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13,000,000<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)(2)&nbsp;</SUP>shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12.315<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$160,095,000<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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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 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;2005 ESPP&#148;) and the Western
Digital Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan (the &#147;2004 Plan&#148; and, together with the 2005 ESPP, the &#147;Plans&#148;)
as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plans 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>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 November&nbsp;14, 2005, as quoted on the New
York Stock Exchange. As described in the Explanatory Note on page 1, with respect to the shares of Common Stock registered hereby for
issuance under the 2005 ESPP, the Registrant is paying registration fees solely with respect to 3,253,204 shares. The registration fee
with respect to the remaining 1,746,796 shares registered hereby for issuance under the 2005 ESPP (the &#147;Carryover Shares&#148;) was paid by
the Company upon the filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on
December&nbsp;12, 2003 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-111130) to register securities under the Company&#146;s 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
&#147;1993 ESPP&#148;). A post-effective amendment to the foregoing Form S-8 to deregister the Carryover Shares is being filed contemporaneously
with the filing of this Registration Statement. Therefore, no further registration fee is required with respect to the Carryover
Shares.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s stockholders approved the 2005 ESPP on November&nbsp;17, 2005 (the &#147;Stockholder
Approval Date&#148;). The 1993 ESPP terminated on November&nbsp;17, 2005 upon stockholder approval of the
2005 ESPP. The Company&#146;s stockholders also approved an amendment to the 2004 Plan on the
Stockholder Approval Date increasing the number of shares of Common Stock available for award grant
purposes under the 2004 Plan by 13,000,000 shares.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Registration Statement is (i)&nbsp;to register the 5,000,000 shares available
for issuance under the 2005 ESPP and the 13,000,000 shares available for issuance under the 2004
Plan, and (ii)&nbsp;to carry forward the registration fee paid with respect to the 1,746,796 Carryover
Shares to this Registration Statement. The Carryover Shares consist of 1,746,796 shares previously
registered under the 1993 ESPP on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;12, 2003
(Commission File No.&nbsp;333-111130). The registration fee paid with respect to the registration of
the Carryover Shares on the foregoing Form S-8 was $1,504.17.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 $1,504.17 registration fee previously paid with respect to the
Carryover Shares. A post-effective amendment to the foregoing Form S-8 to deregister the Carryover
Shares is being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents of the Company filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended July&nbsp;1,
2005, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;14, 2005 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-08703);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its first fiscal quarter ended
September&nbsp;30, 2005, filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;9, 2005 (Commission File No.
001-08703);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
September&nbsp;26, 2005, August&nbsp;26, 2005, as amended on October&nbsp;26, 2005, August&nbsp;22, 2005
and July&nbsp;25, 2005 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-08703);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in its 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 other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 232,291
shares of Common Stock and Company stock options or other awards to acquire up to an additional
452,200 shares of Common Stock. Mr.&nbsp;Bukaty is eligible to participate in the 2005 ESPP and to
receive stock awards under the 2004 Plan.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has a policy of directors&#146; and officers&#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.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left"><A NAME="007"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the attached Exhibit&nbsp;Index at page 9, which is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&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:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(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
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%"><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 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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 November&nbsp;17, 2005.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">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" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Arif Shakeel
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Arif Shakeel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Arif Shakeel 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Arif Shakeel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Arif Shakeel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief
Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen D. Milligan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen D. Milligan
</DIV></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="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph R. Carrillo
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph R. Carrillo
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate
Controller<BR>(Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Matthew E. Massengill
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Matthew E. Massengill
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter D. Behrendt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter D. Behrendt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kathleen A. Cote
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kathleen A. Cote
</DIV></TD>
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Henry T. DeNero
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William L. Kimsey
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Michael D. Lambert
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Roger H. Moore
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Thomas E. Pardun
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Western Digital Corporation 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;B to the
Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the Exchange
Act on October&nbsp;4, 2005 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-08703) and incorporated herein by this
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Western Digital Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan. (Filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;C to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a)
of the Exchange Act on October&nbsp;4, 2005 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-08703) and incorporated herein
by this reference.)</DIV></TD>
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Western Digital Corporation
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 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
2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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
610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1700
Newport Beach, California 92660
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, issuable
under the Western
Digital Corporation
2005 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
5,000,000
(1)(2)
shares
$12.315
(3)
$40,063,207
(3)
$4,715
(3)
Common Stock, $0.01
par value per
share, issuable
under the Western
Digital Corporation
Amended and
Restated 2004
Performance
Incentive Plan
13,000,000
(1)(2)
shares
$12.315
(3)
$160,095,000
(3)
$18,843
(3)
TOTAL
18,000,000
(1)
shares
$23,558
(3)
(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 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2005 ESPP") and the Western
Digital Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan (the "2004 Plan" and, together with the 2005 ESPP, the "Plans")
as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plans 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)
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 November 14, 2005, as quoted on the New
York Stock Exchange. As described in the Explanatory Note on page 1, with respect to the shares of Common Stock registered hereby for
issuance under the 2005 ESPP, the Registrant is paying registration fees solely with respect to 3,253,204 shares. The registration fee
with respect to the remaining 1,746,796 shares registered hereby for issuance under the 2005 ESPP (the "Carryover Shares") was paid by
the Company upon the filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
December 12, 2003 (Commission File No. 333-111130) to register securities under the Company's 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
"1993 ESPP"). A post-effective amendment to the foregoing Form S-8 to deregister the Carryover Shares is being filed contemporaneously
with the filing of this Registration Statement. Therefore, no further registration fee is required with respect to the Carryover
Shares.
The Exhibit Index for this Registration Statement is at page 9.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 5
EXHIBIT 23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Company's stockholders approved the 2005 ESPP on November 17, 2005 (the "Stockholder
Approval Date"). The 1993 ESPP terminated on November 17, 2005 upon stockholder approval of the
2005 ESPP. The Company's stockholders also approved an amendment to the 2004 Plan on the
Stockholder Approval Date increasing the number of shares of Common Stock available for award grant
purposes under the 2004 Plan by 13,000,000 shares.
The purpose of this Registration Statement is (i) to register the 5,000,000 shares available
for issuance under the 2005 ESPP and the 13,000,000 shares available for issuance under the 2004
Plan, and (ii) to carry forward the registration fee paid with respect to the 1,746,796 Carryover
Shares to this Registration Statement. The Carryover Shares consist of 1,746,796 shares previously
registered under the 1993 ESPP on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on December 12, 2003
(Commission File No. 333-111130). The registration fee paid with respect to the registration of
the Carryover Shares on the foregoing Form S-8 was $1,504.17.
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 $1,504.17 registration fee previously paid with respect to the
Carryover Shares. A post-effective amendment to the foregoing Form S-8 to deregister the Carryover
Shares is 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 1,
2005, filed with the Commission on September 14, 2005 (Commission File No. 001-08703);
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its first fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2005, filed with the Commission on November 9, 2005 (Commission File No.
001-08703);
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
September 26, 2005, August 26, 2005, as amended on October 26, 2005, August 22, 2005
and July 25, 2005 (Commission File No. 001-08703);
(d)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its 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 other 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 232,291
shares of Common Stock and Company stock options or other awards to acquire up to an additional
452,200 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Bukaty is eligible to participate in the 2005 ESPP and to
receive stock awards under the 2004 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' and officers' 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 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.
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(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 November 17, 2005.
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Arif Shakeel
Arif Shakeel
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Arif Shakeel 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/ Arif Shakeel
Arif Shakeel
President and Chief
Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 17, 2005
/s/ Stephen D. Milligan
Stephen D. Milligan
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
November 17, 2005
/s/ Joseph R. Carrillo
Joseph R. Carrillo
Vice President and Corporate
Controller
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
November 17, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Matthew E. Massengill
Matthew E. Massengill
Chairman
November 17, 2005
/s/ Peter D. Behrendt
Peter D. Behrendt
Director
November 17, 2005
/s/ Kathleen A. Cote
Kathleen A. Cote
Director
November 17, 2005
/s/ Henry T. DeNero
Henry T. DeNero
Director
November 17, 2005
/s/ William L. Kimsey
William L. Kimsey
Director
November 17, 2005
/s/ Michael D. Lambert
Michael D. Lambert
Director
November 17, 2005
/s/ Roger H. Moore
Roger H. Moore
Director
November 17, 2005
/s/ Thomas E. Pardun
Thomas E. Pardun
Director
November 17, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Western Digital Corporation 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (Filed as Exhibit B to the
Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange
Act on October 4, 2005 (Commission File No. 001-08703) and incorporated herein by this
reference.)
4.2
Western Digital Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Performance Incentive Plan. (Filed as
Exhibit C to the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 14(a)
of the Exchange Act on October 4, 2005 (Commission File No. 001-08703) and incorporated herein
by this reference.)
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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