WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: David V. Goeckeler

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: David V. Goeckeler”): 273,899,967 for, 1,014,316 against, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders elected the following eight directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 111 asset managers below reported 120,934,423 for, 20,827 against, 9,675 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Kimberly E. Alexy

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Kimberly E. Alexy”): 273,596,741 for, 1,289,277 against, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders elected the following eight directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 111 asset managers below reported 120,939,099 for, 16,151 against, 9,675 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Martin I. Cole

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Martin I. Cole”): 264,482,419 for, 10,397,551 against, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders elected the following eight directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 111 asset managers below reported 117,488,532 for, 3,466,718 against, 9,675 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Matthew E. Massengill

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Matthew E. Massengill”): 264,379,679 for, 10,531,136 against, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders elected the following eight directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 111 asset managers below reported 120,796,717 for, 158,533 against, 9,675 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Miyuki Suzuki

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Miyuki Suzuki”): 267,290,941 for, 7,586,525 against, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders elected the following eight directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 111 asset managers below reported 118,543,045 for, 2,412,205 against, 9,675 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Stephanie A. Streeter

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Stephanie A. Streeter”): 261,929,595 for, 12,966,621 against, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders elected the following eight directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 111 asset managers below reported 117,884,758 for, 3,070,492 against, 9,675 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Thomas Caulfield

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Thomas Caulfield”): 266,604,247 for, 8,276,411 against, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders elected the following eight directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 111 asset managers below reported 118,498,166 for, 2,457,084 against, 9,675 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Tunc Doluca

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Tunç Doluca”): 273,857,048 for, 1,023,614 against, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders elected the following eight directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 111 asset managers below reported 120,916,358 for, 38,892 against, 9,675 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval of an amendment and restatement of our 2021 Long- Term Incentive Plan to increase by six million the number of shares of our common stock available for issuance under that plan.

The 113 asset managers below reported 120,225,682 for, 275,434 against, 9,675 abstained. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval on an advisory basis of the named executive officer compensation disclosed in the Proxy Statement.

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation”): 252,266,232 for, 22,508,052 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the named executive officer compensation described in the Proxy Statement.”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 112 managers: 116,503,938 for, 4,080,131 against, 9,675 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 597 managers: 155,930,687 for, 15,895,190 against, 100,177 withheld, 176,453 abstained, 4,256 not voted, 612 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025.

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.’s own tally for this item (“4. Ratification of Appointment of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”): 297,172,112 for, 12,489,521 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed November 25, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 115 asset managers below reported 120,553,508 for, 403,275 against, 9,675 abstained.

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