0001299933-11-003353.txt : 20111116 0001299933-11-003353.hdr.sgml : 20111116 20111116060104 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-11-003353 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111115 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20111116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111116 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000106040 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES [3572] IRS NUMBER: 330956711 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0629 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08703 FILM NUMBER: 111208660 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3355 MICHELSON DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92612 BUSINESS PHONE: 9499325000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3355 MICHELSON DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92612 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL DIGITAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19730125 8-K 1 htm_43530.htm LIVE FILING Western Digital Corporation (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   November 15, 2011

Western Digital Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 001-08703 33-0956711
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
3355 Michelson Drive, Suite 100, Irvine, California   92612
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (949) 672-7000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 15, 2011, Western Digital Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation (the "Company"), entered into an agreement with SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., a subsidiary of TDK, for supply of heads, which includes quarterly minimum volumes for multiple quarters. The term of the agreement will commence in the first calendar quarter of 2012. The Company and SAE have had an ongoing supply relationship for heads over periods spanning several years prior to this agreement.





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Western Digital Corporation
          
November 15, 2011   By:   /s/ Michael C. Ray
       
        Name: Michael C. Ray
        Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary