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Western Digital acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Western Digital bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
SanDisk Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.Word for word“Prior to the Separation, effective September 28, 2024, the Company sold 80 % of its equity interest in an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary in its Flash business, SanDisk Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (“SDSS”), resulting in a gain on divestiture of $ 113 million.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | effective September 28, 2024 | — |
SandiskWord for word“We retained an equity interest in Sandisk in connection with the Separation, of which we divested a portion in June 2025 in a debt-for-equity exchange.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | June 2025 | — |
SanDisk Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. ("SDSS")Word for word“Prior to the Separation, effective September 28, 2024, the Company sold 80 % of its equity interest in an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary in its Flash business, SanDisk Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (“SDSS”), resulting in a gain on divestiture of $ 113 million.” 10-K for 2026 | divestiture | effective September 28, 2024 | $ 113 million |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-01 | $9.84 billion | — | $7.18 billion |
| 2018-06-29 | $100 million | — | $61 million |
| 2019-06-28 | $0 | — | — |
| 2020-07-03 | $22 million | $0 | $14 million |
| 2021-07-02 | $0 | $0 | — |
| 2022-07-01 | $0 | $32 million | — |
| 2024-06-28 | — | $0 | — |
| 2025-06-27 | — | $401 million | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2025-02-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-02-24 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2024-03-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-11-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-10-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-06-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-02-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-02-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-01-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-12-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-07-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-06-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-01-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-12-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-05-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-04-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-05-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-02-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-02-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-12-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-11-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-11-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-03-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-03-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-09-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-08-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-06-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-05-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-05-12 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2016-04-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-04-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Western Digital’s annual reports (10-K for 2026, 10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-08-14. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.