CEO Irving Tan was paid $17,168,701 in fiscal year 2026, ↑ up 53.8% from fiscal year 2025, the 35th percentile of its disclosed peer group (SEC filing 0001628280-26-064909 ↗): executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
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| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Tan | $1,106,718 | $0 | $12,623,995 | $0 | $3,354,939 | $0 | $83,049 | $17,168,701 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Kris Sennesael | 715,000 | 0 | 4,981,467 | 0 | 1,430,000 | 0 | 19,050 | 7,145,517 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Ahmed Shihab | 646,097 | 1,500,000 | 3,010,474 | 0 | 1,292,192 | 0 | 14,383 | 6,463,146 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer | ||||||||
| Cynthia Tregillis | 583,885 | 0 | 1,791,995 | 0 | 1,167,770 | 0 | 8,150 | 3,551,800 |
| Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||||||||
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | 544,424 | 0 | 1,791,995 | 0 | 1,088,846 | 0 | 17,461 | 3,442,726 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief of Global Operations | ||||||||
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.
| Named executive officer | FY2026 total | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | Δ FY2025→2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Tan | $17,168,701 | $11,165,296 | — | ↑ +6,003,405 |
| Kris Sennesael | 7,145,517 | 10,216,791 | — | ↓ −3,071,274 |
| Ahmed Shihab | 6,463,146 | 7,436,766 | — | ↓ −973,620 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | 3,551,800 | 4,462,029 | — | ↓ −910,229 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | 3,442,726 | 4,118,385 | — | ↓ −675,659 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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| Executive | Role | FY2026 total |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Shihab | EVP | $6,463,146 |
| David Goeckeler | Chief Executive Officer | $24,931,456 |
| Don Bennett | SVP | $2,161,294 |
| Irving Tan | CEO | $17,168,701 |
| Kris Sennesael | CFO | $7,145,517 |
| Robert Soderbery | EVP | $8,242,382 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | EVP | $3,442,726 |
| Wissam Jabre | EVP | $7,038,803 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | General Counsel | $3,551,800 |
One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.
| Director | Role | FY2026 total |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce E. Kiddoo | Director | $332,265 |
| Kimberly E. Alexy | Director | $347,265 |
| Martin I. Cole | Director | $478,540 |
| Matthew E. Massengill | Director | $307,265 |
| Miyuki Suzuki | Former director (through FY2025) | — |
| Reed B. Rayman | Former director (through FY2025) | — |
| Roxanne Oulman | Director | $334,765 |
| Stephanie A. Streeter | Director | $344,765 |
| Thomas Caulfield | Former director (through FY2025) | — |
| Tun Doluca | Director | — |
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Tan | PSU | 2025-08-25 | — | 41,481 | — | 91,258 | $3,537,500 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | PSU | 2025-08-26 | — | 5,518 | — | 12,140 | 472,476 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | RSU | 2025-08-26 | — | — | 16,554 | — | 1,319,519 |
| Kris Sennesael | PSU | 2025-08-26 | — | 11,588 | — | 25,494 | 992,217 |
| Kris Sennesael | PSU | 2025-08-25 | — | 14,316 | — | 31,495 | 1,218,291 |
| Kris Sennesael | RSU | 2025-08-26 | — | — | 34,763 | — | 2,770,959 |
| Ahmed Shihab | PSU | 2025-08-26 | — | 9,270 | — | 20,394 | 793,739 |
| Ahmed Shihab | RSU | 2025-08-26 | — | — | 27,810 | — | 2,216,735 |
| Irving Tan | RSU | 2025-08-26 | — | — | 74,162 | — | 5,911,453 |
| Irving Tan | PSU | 2025-08-26 | — | 37,081 | — | 81,578 | 3,175,042 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | PSU | 2025-08-26 | — | 5,518 | — | 12,140 | 472,476 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | RSU | 2025-08-26 | — | — | 16,554 | — | 1,319,519 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Tan | $5,911,453 | $6,712,542 | $0 | 53.2% |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | 1,319,519 | 472,476 | 0 | 26.4% |
| Kris Sennesael | 2,770,959 | 2,210,508 | 0 | 44.4% |
| Ahmed Shihab | 2,216,735 | 793,739 | 0 | 26.4% |
| Cynthia Tregillis | 1,319,519 | 472,476 | 0 | 26.4% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Tan | RSU | 56,762 | — | $30,594,718 |
| Irving Tan | RSU | 27,763 | — | 14,964,257 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | RSU | 12,457 | — | 6,714,323 |
| Kris Sennesael | PSU | 94,857 | — | 51,127,923 |
| Irving Tan | PSU | 183,241 | — | 98,766,899 |
| Kris Sennesael | RSU | 97,013 | — | 52,290,007 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | PSU | 36,502 | — | 19,674,578 |
| Irving Tan | RSU | 74,332 | — | 40,064,948 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | RSU | 11,535 | — | 6,217,365 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | RSU | 16,592 | — | 8,943,088 |
| Irving Tan | PSU | 245,294 | — | 132,213,466 |
| Ahmed Shihab | RSU | 91,608 | — | 49,376,712 |
| Kris Sennesael | PSU | 76,654 | — | 41,316,506 |
| Ahmed Shihab | PSU | 61,322 | — | 33,052,558 |
| Irving Tan | RSU | 52,564 | — | 28,331,996 |
| Irving Tan | RSU | 40,388 | — | 21,769,132 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | PSU | 36,502 | — | 19,674,578 |
| Kris Sennesael | RSU | 34,843 | — | 18,780,377 |
| Ahmed Shihab | RSU | 27,874 | — | 15,024,086 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | RSU | 25,383 | — | 13,681,437 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | RSU | 24,915 | — | 13,429,185 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | RSU | 23,294 | — | 12,555,466 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | RSU | 16,592 | — | 8,943,088 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | RSU | 12,613 | — | 6,798,407 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | RSU | 9,807 | — | 5,285,973 |
| Irving Tan | RSU | 3,345 | — | 1,802,955 |
| Vidyadhara Gubbi | RSU | 1,197 | — | 645,183 |
| Cynthia Tregillis | RSU | 967 | — | 521,213 |
We emphasize variable, at-risk compensation in alignment with our focus on operating excellence and our belief that executives’ compensation opportunities and outcomes should reflect our performance and align with stockholder value creation.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | 150% |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Compensia, Inc. |
| Clawback policy | True |
| Anti-hedging | True |
| Anti-pledging | True |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-11-20 | 251,110,723 | 15,038,884 | 379,541 | 94.22% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-11-20 | 252,266,232 | 22,508,052 | 438,502 | 91.66% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-11-15 | 225,501,573 | 17,444,703 | 602,402 | 92.59% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-11-16 | 27,323,273 | 194,048,988 | 697,293 | 12.3% | Failed |
| 2021 | 2021-11-16 | 181,386,320 | 38,780,778 | 693,411 | 82.13% | Passed |
| 2018 | 2018-11-07 | 188,788,867 | 25,307,241 | 1,032,604 | 87.76% | Passed |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-11-20 | 94.22%a |
| 2024 | 2024-11-20 | 91.66%b |
| 2023 | 2023-11-15 | 92.59%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “l Proposals 2, 3 and 4: We treat abstentions as shares present or represented and entitled to vote on these proposals, so abstaining has the same effect as a vote "against" these proposals.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “l Proposals 2, 3 and 4: We treat abstentions as shares present or represented and entitled to vote on these proposals, so abstaining has the same effect as a vote "against" these proposals.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “l Proposals 2, 3 and 4: We treat abstentions as shares present or represented and entitled to vote on these proposals, so abstaining has the same effect as a vote "against" these proposals.”.
Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | 1,457 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | $11,787 |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin I. ColeIndependent · Board Chair · Governance (Chair) | $210,000 | $268,540 | — | — | — | $478,540 |
| Manuvir DasIndependent · Audit · Partial-year service · Newly elected | 48,767 | 405,030 | — | — | — | 453,797 |
| Kimberly E. AlexyIndependent · Audit (Chair) | 125,000 | 222,265 | — | — | — | 347,265 |
| Stephanie A. StreeterIndependent · Compensation and Talent | 122,500 | 222,265 | — | — | — | 344,765 |
| Tunç DolucaIndependent · Compensation and Talent (Chair) | 120,000 | 222,265 | — | — | — | 342,265 |
| Roxanne OulmanIndependent · Compensation and Talent | 112,500 | 222,265 | — | — | — | 334,765 |
| Bruce E. KiddooIndependent · Audit | 110,000 | 222,265 | — | — | — | 332,265 |
| Matthew E. MassengillIndependent | 85,000 | 222,265 | — | — | — | 307,265 |
| Irving TanEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $85,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $240,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 25,000 / 22,500 / 15,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | $5 |
| Component | FY2026 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $933,767 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $2,007,160 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $2,940,927 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Of the companies WESTERN DIGITAL CORP names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.
Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lam Research Corporation | 2026 | Timothy Archer | $1,316,625 | $33,539,410 | $0 | $5,442,278 | $40,354,475 |
| 2 | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 2025 | Gregory Brown | 1,350,000 | 18,964,846 | 9,121,534 | 4,507,650 | 34,453,481 |
| 3 | KLA Corporation | 2026 | Richard Wallace | 1,285,385 | 23,473,887 | 0 | 5,132,789 | 29,954,476 |
| 4 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 2025 | Gary Dickerson | 1,030,000 | 26,944,995 | 0 | 1,506,375 | 29,649,352 |
| 5 | Coherent Corp. | 2026 | James Anderson | 1,094,246 | 23,779,354 | 0 | 3,456,024 | 28,349,672 |
| 6 | Corning Incorporated | 2025 | Wendell Weeks | 1,688,754 | 11,987,000 | 0 | 9,326,801 | 25,756,121 |
| 7 | Amphenol Corporation | 2025 | R. Adam Norwitt | 1,565,000 | — | 14,649,006 | 5,634,000 | 22,351,288 |
| 8 | NetApp, Inc. | 2026 | George Kurian | 1,000,000 | 19,552,872 | 0 | 1,597,575 | 22,157,635 |
| 9 | Emerson Electric Co. | 2025 | Lal Karsanbhai | 1,537,500 | 15,413,325 | 0 | 3,728,525 | 21,240,262 |
| 10 | Ciena Corporation | 2025 | Gary Smith | 1,075,000 | 14,637,538 | 0 | 2,805,000 | 18,530,396 |
| 11 | Keysight Technologies, Inc. | 2025 | Satish Dhanasekaran | 933,000 | 15,345,176 | 0 | 1,575,473 | 18,020,109 |
| 12 | WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | 2026 | Irving Tan | 1,106,718 | 12,623,995 | 0 | 3,354,939 | 17,168,701 |
| 13 | Zebra Technologies Corporation | 2025 | William Burns | 1,025,001 | 11,000,214 | 0 | 1,763,514 | 13,890,300 |
| 14 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 2024 | Rami Rahim | 1,000,000 | 10,718,736 | 0 | 875,000 | 12,696,193 |
| 15 | Xerox Holdings Corporation | 2025 | Steven Bandrowczak | 1,100,000 | 11,466,184 | 0 | 0 | 12,581,826 |
| 16 | Amkor Technology, Inc. | 2025 | Giel Rutten | 1,000,000 | 9,017,674 | 0 | 1,498,500 | 12,104,129 |
| 17 | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | 2025 | George C. Bobb III | 816,827 | 601,546 | 1,730,522 | 1,080,908 | 4,255,049 |
| 18 | Arista Networks, Inc. | 2025 | Jayshree Ullal | 300,000 | 2,262,785 | 0 | 300,000 | 2,872,145 |
Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | 200% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | Yes — Three-year relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR) | Compensia, Inc. |
| Amkor Technology, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | Yes — rTSR | Compensia |
| Amphenol Corporation | not disclosed | Option 100 | not disclosed | Meridian |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 97.5% | PSU 75 · RSU 25 | Yes — Relative TSR vs S&P 500 | Semler Brossy Consulting Group |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 100% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | No | Aon |
| Ciena Corporation | 170% | RSU 40 · PSU 36 · MSU 24 | No | Compensia |
| Coherent Corp. | 190% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — Relative TSR | Compensia, Inc. |
| Corning Incorporated | 140% | PSU 45 · RSU 30 · Cash LTI 25 | No | Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (FW Cook) |
| Emerson Electric Co. | 141.5% | PSU 55 · RSU 45 | No | Exequity |
| Juniper Networks, Inc. | not disclosed | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | No | Compensia, Inc. |
| Keysight Technologies, Inc. | 114.09% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — 3-Year Relative TSR | Meridian Compensation Partners LLC |
| KLA Corporation | not disclosed | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | No | Semler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC |
| Lam Research Corporation | not disclosed | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — Relative TSR (Percentile Rank vs XSOX Index) | Compensia, Inc. |
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. | not disclosed | PSU 33 · Options 33 · MSU 33 | No | Compensation Advisory Partners LLC |
| NetApp, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | Yes — Relative TSR | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC |
| Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | not disclosed | Options 33 · Cash LTI 33 · PSU 33 | No | Exequity |
| Xerox Holdings Corporation | not disclosed | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | No | Pay Governance LLC |
| Zebra Technologies Corporation | 114.7% | not disclosed | No | FW Cook |
Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.
Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Irving Tan | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 57. As printed: 17,168,701. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 1541498–1541508 |
| 2 | Section 01, Kris Sennesael | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 57. As printed: 7,145,517. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c24 · span 1547345–1547354 |
| 3 | Section 01, Ahmed Shihab | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 57. As printed: 6,463,146. Filing ↗machine: span 1559074–1559083 |
| 4 | Section 01, Cynthia Tregillis | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 57. As printed: 3,551,800. Filing ↗machine: r10 · c24 · span 1564711–1564720 |
| 5 | Section 01, Vidyadhara Gubbi | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 57. As printed: 3,442,726. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c24 · span 1553228–1553237 |
| 6 | Section 03, Irving Tan PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1633889–1633898 |
| 7 | Section 03, Vidyadhara Gubbi PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 8 | Section 03, Vidyadhara Gubbi RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1666280–1666289 |
| 9 | Section 03, Kris Sennesael PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1651886–1651893 |
| 10 | Section 03, Kris Sennesael PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 03, Kris Sennesael RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1655461–1655470 |
| 12 | Section 03, Ahmed Shihab PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 13 | Section 03, Ahmed Shihab RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1677095–1677104 |
| 14 | Section 03, Irving Tan RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1641056–1641065 |
| 15 | Section 03, Irving Tan PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1637479–1637488 |
| 16 | Section 03, Cynthia Tregillis PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 17 | Section 03, Cynthia Tregillis RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Fiscal 2026 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1688399–1688408 |
| 18 | Section 07, pay ratio | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 1457 : 1. Filing ↗ |
| 19 | Section 08, Martin I. Cole | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 478,540. Filing ↗machine: span 1043821–1044067 |
| 20 | Section 08, Manuvir Das | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 453,797. |
| 21 | Section 08, Kimberly E. Alexy | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 347,265. Filing ↗machine: span 1042493–1042737 |
| 22 | Section 08, Stephanie A. Streeter | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 344,765. |
| 23 | Section 08, Tunç Doluca | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 342,265. |
| 24 | Section 08, Roxanne Oulman | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 334,765. |
| 25 | Section 08, Bruce E. Kiddoo | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 332,265. |
| 26 | Section 08, Matthew E. Massengill | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 307,265. |
| 27 | Section 08, Irving Tan | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. |
| 28 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-11-24 | 0001628280-25-053809 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.22% (votes for as printed: 251,110,723). Filing ↗ |
| 29 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-11-25 | 0001193125-24-265164 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 91.66% (votes for as printed: 252,266,232). Filing ↗ |
| 30 | Section 06, 2023 vote | Form 8-K | 2023-11-17 | 0001193125-23-279782 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 92.59% (votes for as printed: 225,501,573). Filing ↗ |
| 31 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | — | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 32 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | — | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 33 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | — | Cash 933,767 + equity 2,007,160 + all other 0 = 2,940,927, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 2,940,927 |
| 34 | Lam Research Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-09-24 | 0000707549-26-000047 | CEO total compensation as printed in Lam Research Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 40,354,475. Filing ↗machine: span 880656–880666 |
| 35 | Motorola Solutions, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-02 | 0001193125-26-139004 | CEO total compensation as printed in Motorola Solutions, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 34,453,481. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c33 · span 1196425–1196435 |
| 36 | KLA Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-09-22 | 0001193125-26-397898 | CEO total compensation as printed in KLA Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 29,954,476. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c22 · span 1114627–1114637 |
| 37 | Applied Materials, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-01-28 | 0001193125-26-027307 | CEO total compensation as printed in Applied Materials, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 29,649,352. Filing ↗ |
| 38 | Coherent Corp., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-10-09 | 0001104659-26-114847 | CEO total compensation as printed in Coherent Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 28,349,672. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c22 · span 1111255–1111265 |
| 39 | Corning Incorporated, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-20 | 0001206774-26-000148 | CEO total compensation as printed in Corning Incorporated's own proxy. As printed: 25,756,121. Filing ↗machine: t226 · r2 · c24 · span 1184901–1184911 |
| 40 | Amphenol Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-08 | 0001104659-26-040688 | CEO total compensation as printed in Amphenol Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 22,351,288. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c64 · span 997459–997469 |
| 41 | NetApp, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-07-28 | 0001193125-26-321210 | CEO total compensation as printed in NetApp, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 22,157,635. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 1816914–1816924 |
| 42 | Emerson Electric Co., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-12-12 | 0000032604-25-000103 | CEO total compensation as printed in Emerson Electric Co.'s own proxy. As printed: 21,240,262. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 849389–849399 |
| 43 | Ciena Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-02-12 | 0001193125-26-047977 | CEO total compensation as printed in Ciena Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 18,530,396. Filing ↗machine: t84 · r2 · c29 · span 2162981–2162991 |
| 44 | Keysight Technologies, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-01-26 | 0001140361-26-002381 | CEO total compensation as printed in Keysight Technologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 18,020,109. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c28 · span 1994587–1994597 |
| 45 | WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-10-05 | 0001628280-26-064909 | CEO total compensation as printed in WESTERN DIGITAL CORP's own proxy. As printed: 17,168,701. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 1541498–1541508 |
| 46 | Zebra Technologies Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-03 | 0001104659-26-039488 | CEO total compensation as printed in Zebra Technologies Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 13,890,300. Filing ↗machine: t171 · r5 · c14 · span 2062887–2062897 |
| 47 | Juniper Networks, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-04-16 | 0001104659-25-035489 | CEO total compensation as printed in Juniper Networks, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,696,193. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c48 · span 1248796–1248806 |
| 48 | Xerox Holdings Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001770450-26-000020 | CEO total compensation as printed in Xerox Holdings Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 12,581,826. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 752773–752783 |
| 49 | Amkor Technology, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-02 | 0001193125-26-140275 | CEO total compensation as printed in Amkor Technology, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,104,129. Filing ↗machine: t154 · r4 · c23 · span 679574–679584 |
| 50 | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-12 | 0001193125-26-104187 | CEO total compensation as printed in Teledyne Technologies Incorporated's own proxy. As printed: 4,255,049. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c30 · span 1147322–1147331 |
| 51 | Arista Networks, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-16 | 0001193125-26-158942 | CEO total compensation as printed in Arista Networks, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,872,145. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c33 · span 1052229–1052238 |
| 52 | Section 10a, NetApp, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-321210 | NetApp, Inc. names WESTERN DIGITAL CORP in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |
| 53 | Section 10a, Zebra Technologies Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001104659-26-039488 | Zebra Technologies Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 54 | Section 10a, Emerson Electric Co. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0000032604-25-000103 | Emerson Electric Co.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 55 | Section 10a, Coherent Corp. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001104659-26-114847 | Coherent Corp.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 56 | Section 10a, Lam Research Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0000707549-26-000047 | Lam Research Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 57 | Section 10a, Amphenol Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001104659-26-040688 | Amphenol Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 58 | Section 10a, Xerox Holdings Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001770450-26-000020 | Xerox Holdings Corporation names WESTERN DIGITAL CORP in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |
| 59 | Section 10a, Juniper Networks, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001104659-25-035489 | Juniper Networks, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 60 | Section 10a, Applied Materials, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-027307 | Applied Materials, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 61 | Section 10a, Motorola Solutions, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-139004 | Motorola Solutions, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 62 | Section 10a, Keysight Technologies, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001140361-26-002381 | Keysight Technologies, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 63 | Section 10a, KLA Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-397898 | KLA Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 64 | Section 10a, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-104187 | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 65 | Section 10a, Arista Networks, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-158942 | Arista Networks, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
| 66 | Section 10a, Ciena Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-047977 | Ciena Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. Filing ↗ |
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