secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC)
CIK:        0000106040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-262773
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Western Digital appoints Brad Feller as CAO effective Nov 14, 2025
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- Brad Feller named SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, succeeding Gene M. Zamiska.
- Annual base salary $425,000; target bonus 75%; signing bonus $300,000 (clawback if leave within 2 years).
- Sign-on RSU award of $1.5M vests 25% in Nov 2026, then 6.25% quarterly.
- Eligible for FY2027 equity award of $900,000 subject to Compensation Committee approval.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312525262773/0001193125-25-262773-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312525262773/d43436d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-262773

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