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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January 19, 1999
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
Delaware 001-08703 95-264-7125
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (COMMISSION (IRS EMPLOYER
OF INCORPORATION) FILE NUMBER) IDENTIFICATION NO)
8105 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (949) 932-5000
Not Applicable
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On January 19, 1999, the registrant issued a press release announcing
the results of its second quarter ending December 26, 1998
A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
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99.1 Press Release dated January 19, 1999, regarding Western Digital
Corporation's announcement of its second quarter results.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
Date: January 19, 1999 By: /s/ MICHAEL A. CORNELIUS
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Michael A. Cornelius
Vice President, Law and
Administration and Secretary
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Company Contact:
Robert J. Blair
Investor Relations
212.867.4490
[email protected]
Brenda J. Bennett
Press Relations
949.932.6006
[email protected]
WESTERN DIGITAL ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER RESULTS;
COMBINES ITS OPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
Streamlining moves improve efficiency, competitiveness;
one of three HDD manufacturing plants to be closed
IRVINE, Calif., -- January 19, 1999 -- Western Digital Corporation (NYSE:WDC)
today reported revenue of $738.6 million for its second quarter ended December
26, 1998. The Company reported a net loss of $82.3 million or $.93 per share. In
the year-ago period, the Company posted revenue of $969.6 million with a net
loss of $145.2 million or $1.66 per share, including special charges of
approximately $148 million. Unit shipments in the quarter reached 5.4 million,
compared with 4.6 million units in the September 1998 quarter.
The quarterly loss of $.93 per share compares with Wall Street analysts'
consensus estimate for the December quarter of a loss of $.99 per share.
For the six months ended December 26, 1998, revenue was $1.4 billion and
the net loss and net loss per share were $276.9 million and $3.12, respectively,
including special charges of approximately $85 million recorded in the first
quarter. This compares with year-earlier revenues, net loss and net loss per
share of $2.06 billion, $82.5 million and $.95, respectively, including special
charges of approximately $148 million.
As the Company continues its gradual recovery from the effects of an
industry-wide downcycle, it also announced the combination of its Personal
Storage Division and Enterprise Storage Group into a single hard disk drive
operating unit. The new Drive Products Division (DPD) has consolidated design,
manufactur-
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WD ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER RESULTS;
COMBINES ITS OPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
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ing, materials, business and product marketing resources to address both the
desktop and enterprise markets. The move will result in efficiencies in every
operating area from marketing, research and development to manufacturing and
procurement, as well as a clear, consistent and complete product roadmap
leveraging all technologies.
As a result of streamlining the two operations, the production of WD
Enterprise drives will be transferred from the Tuas, Singapore site to the
Company's nearby facility in Chai-Chee, Singapore. The Tuas facility will be
closed. A reduction of as many as 750 employees worldwide is expected to result
from the combination of organizations and the plant closure. Write-offs of fixed
assets and employee severance and relocation costs relating to these changes
will result in a charge of approximately $45 million to Western Digital's
results for the third fiscal quarter ending March 27, 1999. After these steps,
WD's worldwide employment will stand at approximately 12,000, compared with a
peak of approximately 16,000 in October, 1997.
The Drive Products Division will be led by Matt Massengill, executive
vice president, who has been general manager of the Personal Storage Division
and, prior to that assignment, led the Enterprise Storage Group. Reporting to
Massengill will be all hard drive operations, including research and
development, business and product marketing, quality, new product introduction,
service and repair, and media manufacturing. The enterprise storage operation in
Rochester, Minnesota, will continue as the research and design center for
enterprise-class products.
Western Digital chairman, president and chief executive officer Chuck
Haggerty commented, "The second quarter results reflect sustained gradual
improvement in Western Digital's financial performance and improvement in hard
drive industry demand, pricing and inventory levels. For the third consecutive
quarter, Company revenue and unit shipments increased, operating losses
decreased and gross margin improved. Inventory turns also increased, to 18, and
our cash position significantly exceeded plan at $354 million, reflecting the
efficiencies of the Company's asset management program and improved linearity of
the business.
"We made major progress in the second quarter. The 4.3GB/platter WD
Caviar drive--the industry's only drive to ship with the advanced ATA/66
interface capability--has completed qualification at nine major OEM customers,
and unit shipments of this platform will account for the vast majority of our
third quarter mix. Our new desktop drives based on the special agreement with
IBM--featuring Giant MR heads and 7200
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WD ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER RESULTS,
COMBINES ITS OPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
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RPM technology--have been transferred to Singapore for volume manufacturing and
are in qualification at OEMs. As previously announced, we entered into a
strategic relationship in December with Sony Corporation, to co-develop a new
hard drive for consumer audio-video applications, part of our effort to leverage
WD's rotating magnetic storage expertise into non-PC related markets.
"In the enterprise storage business, our new low-profile WD Enterprise
18GB drive--the industry's first low-profile drive at that capacity--is in
qualification at major OEMs and has received very positive recognition for its
performance. Each of these new products contains WD's leading-edge DataLifeguard
technology, an important data reliability feature.
"WD's revenue from the world's leading desktop PC customers increased
for the third consecutive quarter and is expected to rise again in the March
quarter. Our challenges in returning the Company to profitability remain the
continued solid execution on new desktop and enterprise drive programs in the
quarters ahead and the conversion of that execution into additional or new
business at major PC and enterprise-class OEM customers."
Commenting on the consolidation of the two business units, Haggerty
stated, "The operating model in the global disk drive business has changed, and
now more than ever efficiency is of paramount importance. Our desktop and
enterprise hard drive operations have many customers, suppliers, technologies
and manufacturing techniques in common, so the case to combine them is a
compelling one. The single division will drive out redundant activities and
create efficiencies across the board.
"We remain focused and committed to serving both the desktop and
enterprise segments of the hard drive business, as well as exploring ways to
leverage our expertise in rotating magnetic storage into other storage solutions
for our customers. These steps will improve our market responsiveness, product
planning, purchasing power and facilities utilization in our current markets,
and, longer term, the Company's overall business model."
Western Digital Corporation is a leader in information storage products
and services. The company designs and manufactures hard drives for personal and
enterprise-wide computing, and markets them to leading systems manufacturers and
selected resellers under the Western Digital brand name. Western Digital is the
first Fortune 500, multinational company to have been awarded company-wide ISO
9001 registration, linking
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COMBINES ITS OPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
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all WD organizations with a consistent global standard for quality processes.
The company was founded in 1970 and has long been noted for its storage and
end-market systems-level design knowledge. The company's home page can be found
at http://www.westerndigital.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements
relating to expected unit shipments in the third quarter, the effects of
combining the desktop and enterprise hard drive groups into one operating unit,
the special charges relating to closure of the Singapore manufacturing facility,
the Rochester research and design center, and development of products for non-PC
related markets and other storage solutions. The forward looking statements are
based on current management expectations, and actual results may differ
materially as a result of several factors, including: implementation of the
business consolidation and plant closure; the extent to which the actual special
charge may vary from current estimates; development of non-traditional markets
for hard drives; overall supply and customer demand in the hard drive industry;
continued improvement in time to market and time to volume of the Company's new
hard drives; changes in customer order patterns; successful qualification of the
Company's drives with key OEM customers; business conditions and growth in the
personal and enterprise computing industry; and other factors discussed in the
Company's Form 10-K for the year ended June 27, 1998, its most recent Form 10-Q,
and its other SEC filings. Western Digital undertakes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after
the date of such statements.
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WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
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THREE MONTHS ENDED SIX MONTHS ENDED
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DEC. 26, DEC. 27, SEPT. 26, DEC. 26, DEC. 27,
1998 1997 1998 1998 1997
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Revenues, net ..................... $ 738,590 $ 969,564 $ 650,858 $ 1,389,448 $ 2,059,728
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues ............. 719,423 1,025,112 733,610 1,453,033 1,954,217
Research and development ..... 50,363 44,472 51,921 102,284 86,774
Selling, general and
administrative ............ 47,819 47,178 57,332 105,151 93,872
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Total costs and expenses . 817,605 1,116,762 842,863 1,660,468 2,134,863
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Operating loss .................... (79,015) (147,198) (192,005) (271,020) (75,135)
Net interest income (expense) ..... (3,238) 2,015 (2,653) (5,891) 4,603
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Loss before income taxes .......... (82,253) (145,183) (194,658) (276,911) (70,532)
Provision for income taxes ........ -- -- -- -- 11,944
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Net loss .......................... $ (82,253) $ (145,183) $ (194,658) $ (276,911) $ (82,476)
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Loss per common share:
Basic .................... $ (.93) $ (1.66) $ (2.20) $ (3.12) $ (.95)
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Diluted .................. $ (.93) $ (1.66) $ (2.20) $ (3.12) $ (.95)
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Common shares used in computing per
share amounts:
Basic .................... 88,888 87,319 88,545 88,717 87,030
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Diluted .................. 88,888 87,319 88,545 88,717 87,030
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WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
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DEC. 26, SEPT. 26,
1998 1998
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ASSETS
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Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents .................... $ 353,660 $ 404,153
Accounts receivable, net ..................... 371,960 378,295
Inventories .................................. 160,974 167,503
Prepaid expenses ............................. 24,975 35,572
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Total current assets ..................... 911,569 985,523
Property and equipment, net ....................... 342,779 350,888
Intangible and other assets, net .................. 42,174 40,465
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Total assets ............................. $ 1,296,522 $ 1,376,876
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable ............................. $ 386,004 $ 403,336
Accrued expenses ............................. 314,771 304,522
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Total current liabilities ................ 700,775 707,858
Long-term debt .................................... 531,505 525,307
Deferred income taxes ............................. 16,711 16,949
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value ................. 891 887
Additional paid-in capital ................... 125,702 122,684
Retained earnings (deficit) .................. (79,062) 3,191
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Total shareholders' equity ............... 47,531 126,762
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Total liabilities and shareholders'
equity.................................. $ 1,296,522 $ 1,376,876
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