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UNITED STATES

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SCHEDULE 14A

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION

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Effective October 13, 2013, Mr. Matthew E. Massengill and Mr. Arif Shakeel resigned from the Governance Committee and Audit Committee, respectively, of the Board of Directors of Western Digital Corporation (the “Company”). Mr. Massengill and Mr. Shakeel will continue to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors and are each standing for re-election at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders, which is scheduled to be held on November 14, 2013.

No other changes are being made to the membership of any of the committees of the Company’s Board of Directors. The following table identifies the current members of these committees:

 

Director

   Executive    Audit    Compensation    Governance

Kathleen A. Cote

      ü       ü

Henry T. DeNero

   ü    Chair      

William L. Kimsey

      ü      

Michael D. Lambert

         Chair   

Len. J. Lauer

         ü   

Matthew E. Massengill

           

Stephen D. Milligan

   Chair         

Roger H. Moore

         ü    ü

Thomas E. Pardun (1)

   ü       ü    Chair

Arif Shakeel

           

Akio Yamamoto

           

Masahiro Yamamura

           

 

(1)  Mr. Pardun is the current Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Pardun is an independent director under the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market and presides at all executive sessions of the Company’s non-management, independent directors.