---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-279782"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WDC"
cik: "0000106040"
company_name: "WESTERN DIGITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T23:48:28.423732+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WDC shareholders approve 2.35M share increase to 2021 LTIP at annual meeting

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan, adding 2.35 million shares to the reserve.
- Nine directors elected with typical support; David Goeckeler received 239.6M for (98.5%).
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with ~93% approval (225.5M for).
- Advisory vote on frequency favored every year (236.9M votes), annual vote adopted.
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 with 268.5M for (94.4% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-279782
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WDC
- cik: 0000106040
- company_name: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312523279782/0001193125-23-279782-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312523279782/d689245d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTERN DIGITAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The stockholders elected the following nine directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312523279782/0001193125-23-279782-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTERN DIGITAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, holding future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation every year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312523279782/0001193125-23-279782-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTERN DIGITAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the named executive officer compensation described in the Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312523279782/0001193125-23-279782-index.htm

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