WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.
ADDRESS: 2445 McCabe Way, Irvine. BUSINESS: Maker of computer chips and other computer products. ASSETS: $307.8 million (at June 30). NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 3,338 TOP EXECUTIVES
Cash Name Position Compensation Roger W. Johnson Chairman, president, chief executive officer $542,375 Edward L. Marinaro Executive vice president, chief operating officer 316,794 A.J. Moyer Vice president, finance, and chief financial officer 283,640 John R. MacKay Vice president, plant operations 215,764 Kathryn A. Braun Vice president and general manager, storage products business unit 202,842
Source: Western Digital proxy report dated Oct. 6.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Name Age Occupation Roger W. Johnson 53 Chairman, president, CEO of the company Joseph Baia 56 Vice chairman, secretary of the company Donn B. Tatum 74 Director, Walt Disney Co. William C. May 61 Consultant to Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. Robert C. Wilson 67 Chairman of Wilson & Chambers Inc. Ryal R. Poppa 53 Chairman and CEO, Storage Technology Corp I.M. Booth 55 President and CEO, Polaroid Corp. Andre R. Horn 59 Chairman, Needham & Co. Irwin Federman 52 Vice Chairman, advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Shares beneficially % of total Name owned shares Roger W. Johnson 121,196 0.5 Joseph Baia 118,917 0.5 Donn B. Tatum 22,613 William C. May 6,213 Robert C. Wilson 63,113 Ryal R. Poppa 27,613 I.M. Booth 20,000 Andre R. Horn 13,000 Irwin Federman 15,000
Source: Western Digital proxy report dated Oct. 6.
FINANCIAL RESULTS Fiscal year ends June 30. Earnings and revenue in million of dollars.
3 months 1988 1987 1986 1985 Revenue $140.1 $462.5 $300.3 $189.2 Earnings (Loss) 12.2 48.2 23.2 (4.2) Per share 0.43 2.00 1.03 (-0.21)
STOCK DATA
Stock exchange, symbol American, WDC
Shares outstanding (April 30, 1987) 25,688,636
52-week high $32.625
52-week low $12.125
Friday’s closing price per share $13.25
Market value of common stock $340.4 million
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