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):   January 31, 2006

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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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
20511 Lake Forest Drive, Lake Forest, California   92630
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (949) 672-7000

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 31, 2006 Western Digital entered into a third amendment (the "Amendment") to the volume purchase agreement with Komag Incorporated and Komag USA (Malaysia) Sdn, dated June 6, 2005 and amended on July 22, 2005 and November 29, 2005 (the "Komag VPA"). The Amendment is part of an ongoing effort by WD to diligently work with strategic suppliers to help ensure adequate supply of key components for its hard drives. The Amendment increases the specified media volumes that Komag supplies Western Digital from additional new production capacity. Komag’s supply obligations and Western Digital’s purchase obligations under the Komag VPA as amended are for an initial period ending eighteen months after Komag has commenced full capacity production from its new capacity, subject to certain extension and renewal periods.

The above description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 30, 2005, with portions omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.





This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the company’s ongoing efforts to help ensure adequate supply of key components for its hard drives. These forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including: changes in availability and cost of specialized product components; actions by competitors; supply and demand conditions in the hard drive industry; pricing trends and fluctuations in average selling prices (ASPs); and other risks and uncertainties listed in the company's most recent Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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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
          
February 2, 2006   By:   Raymond M. Bukaty
       
        Name: Raymond M. Bukaty
        Title: Senior Vice President, Administration, General Counsel and Secretary