WESTERN DIGITAL CORP
EXHIBIT 10.8
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Western Digital Corporation<BR>
Summary of Compensation Arrangements<BR>
for<BR>
Named Executive Officers and Directors
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This summary sheet reports current base salaries and certain other compensation for the current
executive officers of Western Digital Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) who were named in the Summary
Compensation Table in the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement that was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with the Company&#146;s 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#147;Named
Executive Officers&#148;).
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">John F. Coyne*</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">800,000</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">President and Chief Executive Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Raymond M. Bukaty</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">400,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Senior Vice President, Administration, General Counsel and Secretary</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Timothy M. Leyden</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">409,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Executive Vice President, Finance</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Stephen D. Milligan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">450,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Hossein Moghadam**</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">400,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>The following applies with respect to Mr.&nbsp;Coyne&#146;s compensation by the Company:</TD>
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    <TD><B>&#150;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On September&nbsp;21, 2004,
the Company entered into a Long-Term Retention Agreement &#150; Cash with Mr.&nbsp;Coyne, which was filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Annual Report
on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year
ending June&nbsp;30, 2006, which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD><B>&#150;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;14, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the
&#147;Board&#148;) granted to Mr.&nbsp;Coyne a performance cash award as disclosed in Item&nbsp;1.01 of
the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May&nbsp;16, 2006, </TD>
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    <TD>which is incorporated herein by reference. Payout of the
cash award is dependent upon the Company&#146;s achievement of financial goals established
by the Compensation Committee of the Board on September&nbsp;14, 2006, as disclosed in
Item&nbsp;1.01 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;20, 2006, which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD><B>&#150;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On October&nbsp;31, 2006, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr.
Coyne, as disclosed in Item&nbsp;1.01 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;2, 2006, which is
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD><B>&#150;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also on October&nbsp;31, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board granted to Mr.
Coyne two performance cash awards, as disclosed in Item&nbsp;1.01 of the Company&#146;s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;2,
2006, which is incorporated herein by reference. Payout of these two cash awards is
dependent upon the Company&#146;s achievement of financial goals established by the
Compensation Committee of the Board on November&nbsp;8, 2006, as disclosed in Item&nbsp;5.02 of
the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November&nbsp;14, 2006, which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>The following applies with respect to Dr.&nbsp;Moghadam&#146;s compensation by the Company:</TD>
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    <TD><B>&#150;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On September&nbsp;21, 2004,
the Company entered into a Long-Term Retention Agreement &#150; Cash, with Dr.&nbsp;Moghadam, which was filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s annual
report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September
14, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD><B>&#150;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On February&nbsp;15, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board granted to Dr.
Moghadam a long-term cash award that is payable dependent upon the Company&#146;s
achievement of pre-determined financial goals established by the Compensation
Committee of the Board on February&nbsp;15, 2006, as disclosed in Item&nbsp;1.01 of the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February&nbsp;22, 2006, which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Named Executive Officers received cash bonus awards for the second half of fiscal year 2007 in
accordance with the performance goals disclosed in Item&nbsp;5.02 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;14, 2006, which is
incorporated herein by reference. In addition, on June&nbsp;12, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the
Board established the performance goals for the cash bonus awards that the Named Executive Officers
are eligible to receive for the first half of fiscal year 2008, as disclosed in Item&nbsp;5.02 of the
Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;15,
2007, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Named Executive Officers are entitled to participate in various Company plans as set forth in
the exhibits to the Company&#146;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, the Named Executive Officers may be eligible to receive perquisites and other personal
benefits as disclosed in the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company&#146;s non-employee directors currently receive an annual retainer of $75,000 in January, or
if they join the Board at a later date, they receive a proportion of the annual fee corresponding
to the period for which they serve. The non-employee chairman of the Board receives a quarterly
retainer of $25,000. If a lead independent director has been designated by the Board, the lead
independent director receives a quarterly retainer of $5,000. The chairman of the audit committee
of the Board receives an annual retainer of $15,000, the chairman of the compensation committee of
the Board receives an annual retainer of $10,000 and the chairman of the governance committee of
the Board receives an annual retainer of $7,500. All audit committee members, including the chairman, receive
an annual retainer of $10,000. All compensation committee members, including the chairman, receive
an annual retainer of $5,000. All governance committee members, including the chairman, receive an
annual retainer of $2,500. Non-employee directors are reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in attending Board and committee meetings, but directors do not receive separate
payments for attendance at Board and committee meetings.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mr.&nbsp;Coyne, who is an employee of the Company, does not receive any compensation for his service on
the Board or any Board committee.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition to the standard cash compensation provided to the Company&#146;s non-employee directors, on
May&nbsp;3, 2007 the Board approved a special cash payment of $10,000 to each of Ms.&nbsp;Cote and Mr.
Kimsey, $20,000 to Mr.&nbsp;DeNero and $10,000 to Mr.&nbsp;Pardun. The Board approved the additional
payments to Ms.&nbsp;Cote and Messrs.&nbsp;Kimsey and DeNero in recognition of the significant time and
effort expended by such individuals as members of a Special Committee of the Board that was formed
in fiscal 2007 to conduct a voluntary review of the Company&#146;s historical stock option grants. The
Board approved the additional payment to Mr.&nbsp;Pardun in recognition of his additional efforts as the
Company&#146;s lead independent director during the first and second quarters of fiscal 2007 in
connection with certain succession planning and corporate governance matters.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company&#146;s non-employee directors are entitled to participate in various other Company plans as
set forth in the exhibits to the Company&#146;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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