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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Western Digital (WDC)

Western Digital stockholders approve 8 million share ESPP increase at annual meeting

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 shareholder Written later

At its November 20, 2025 annual meeting, Western Digital stockholders elected eight directors, approved an advisory vote on executive pay, approved an 8 million share increase to the employee stock purchase plan, and ratified KPMG LLP as auditor for fiscal 2026. The filing reports votes on these matters but no change in directors or officers, and the ESPP increase adds shares that could be issued to employees under the plan.

Key points

  • Annual meeting held November 20, 2025; ESPP share reserve increased by 8 million shares
  • ESPP approved by stockholders; Board had approved the plan on August 27, 2025
  • Say-on-pay advisory vote: 251,110,723 for and 15,038,884 against
  • KPMG LLP ratified as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026 with 287,281,853 votes for

The filing

CompanyWestern Digital (WDC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 24, 2025, 4:22 PM ET
Accession number0001628280-25-053809

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.07 Shareholder Vote Results

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 24, 2025.

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