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This excerpt taken from the WDC DEF 14A filed Sep 23, 2008. To Be Held On November 6,
2008
To the Stockholders of
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION:
Our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held at The
Westin South Coast Plaza located at 686 Anton Boulevard, Costa
Mesa, California 92626 on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at
8:00 a.m., local time, for the following purposes:
1. To elect ten directors to serve until our next annual
meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly
elected and qualified;
2. To approve an amendment to the company’s 2005
Employee Stock Purchase Plan that would increase by 8,000,000
the number of shares of common stock available for issuance
under the plan;
3. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
July 3, 2009; and
4. To transact such other business as may properly come
before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment of
the meeting.
Any action on the items described above may be considered at the
Annual Meeting at the time and on the date specified above or at
any time and date to which the Annual Meeting is properly
adjourned or postponed.
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on
September 17, 2008 are entitled to notice of and to vote at
the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements of the
meeting.
This year, we are pleased to be using the new Securities and
Exchange Commission rule that allows companies to furnish their
proxy materials over the Internet. As a result, we are mailing
to many of our stockholders a “Notice of Internet
Availability of Proxy Materials,” or Notice, instead of a
paper copy of this Proxy Statement and our Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 27, 2008. The Notice contains
instructions on how stockholders can access those documents over
the Internet and vote their shares. The Notice also contains
instructions on how each of those stockholders can receive a
paper copy of our proxy materials, including this Proxy
Statement, our 2008 Annual Report and a proxy card or voting
instruction card. All stockholders who do not receive a Notice
will receive a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail. We
believe this new process will expedite stockholders’
receipt of proxy materials, lower the costs of our Annual
Meeting and conserve natural resources.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Raymond M. Bukaty
Senior Vice President, Administration,
General Counsel and Secretary
Lake Forest, California
September 23, 2008
ALL OF OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE
ANNUAL MEETING. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL
MEETING, YOU ARE URGED TO SUBMIT YOUR PROXY ELECTRONICALLY VIA
THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR (IF YOU REQUEST OR RECEIVE A PAPER
COPY OF THE PROXY MATERIALS) BY COMPLETING, SIGNING, DATING AND
RETURNING THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY CARD OR VOTING
INSTRUCTION CARD IN THE PRE-ADDRESSED RETURN ENVELOPE
PROVIDED. PLEASE SEE THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS FOR MORE
DETAILS ON VOTING. SUBMITTING YOUR PROXY OR VOTING
INSTRUCTIONS PROMPTLY WILL ASSIST US IN REDUCING THE
EXPENSES OF ADDITIONAL PROXY SOLICITATION, BUT IT WILL NOT
AFFECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU ATTEND THE ANNUAL
MEETING (AND, IF YOU ARE NOT A STOCKHOLDER OF RECORD, YOU HAVE
OBTAINED A LEGAL PROXY FROM THE BANK, BROKER, TRUSTEE OR OTHER
NOMINEE THAT HOLDS YOUR SHARES GIVING YOU THE RIGHT TO VOTE THE
SHARES IN PERSON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING).
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