Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On December 22, 2023, Western Digital Corporation ("WDC" or the "Company") registered for resale up to (i) 900,000 shares of its Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "preferred stock") and (ii) 28,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share issuable upon the conversion of the preferred stock, pursuant to a registration statement and a related prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company is filing a copy of the legal opinion and consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-Kto add such exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR(File No. 333-259102).

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