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Issuer:     WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC)
CIK:        0000106040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-265708
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Western Digital to spin off Flash business into independent public company targeted for H2 2024
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- Board unanimously approved plan to separate HDD and Flash businesses into two independent public companies.
- Separation intended to be tax-free; targeted for second half of calendar year 2024.
- Financial advisors: Qatalyst Partners, Lazard, J.P. Morgan; legal: Skadden Arps.
- Transaction subject to final board approval, definitive docs, tax rulings, SEC filings, audited financials, and financing availability.
- Q1 FY2024 earnings call on Oct 30 will include discussion of the separation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312523265708/0001193125-23-265708-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-265708

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