WESTERN DIGITAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2011

Sep 17, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC)
CIK: 0000106040
Period of Report: 2011-09-14

Reporting Person: MURPHY JAMES J (EVP, WWS & Sales Ops)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-09-14	Common Stock	A	15319	—	Acquired	57144	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-09-14	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$29.6	A	48272	Acquired	2018-09-14	Common Stock (48272)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents the grant of restricted stock units to the reporting person. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock.

F2: The option vests 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date and 6.25% at the end of each three-month period thereafter.