secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC)
CIK:        0000106040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-019801
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Western Digital appoints Wissam Jabre as CFO, effective Feb 7, 2022
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- Jabre succeeds Robert Eulau; Eulau will stay for advisory transition.
- Jabre previously CFO of Dialog Semiconductor (acquired by Renesas) and VP of Finance at AMD.
- Compensation: $625K base salary, 120% target bonus, $500K signing bonus, $4.5M sign-on RSU (3-year vest), $4.5M FY2023 equity award.
- Annual equity target from FY2024 set at 500% of base salary; eligible for executive severance and relocation benefits.
- Jabre holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from American University of Beirut and an MBA from Columbia; CFA charterholder.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312522019801/0001193125-22-019801-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312522019801/d304005d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-019801

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