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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-267514"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WDC"
cik: "0000106040"
company_name: "WESTERN DIGITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:06:03+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:10:49.210535+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Digital to exchange 1.04M Sandisk shares for own stock with institutional investors

## Summary
- Entered exchange agreements to swap 1,038,681 Sandisk common shares held by WDC for WDC common shares.
- Exchange ratio based on volume-weighted average prices of Sandisk and WDC stock over June 16-18, 2026.
- Transactions expected to close on June 22, 2026, subject to customary conditions.
- Counterparties are unnamed institutional investors; deal privately negotiated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-267514
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WDC
- cik: 0000106040
- company_name: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:06:03+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312526267514/0001193125-26-267514-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312526267514/d83915d8k.htm

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