Virident Acquisition. September 9, WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED..

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1 Virident Acquisition September 9, 2013

2 SAFE HARBOR Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements concerning benefits expected from the Virident acquisition and management s anticipated plans and strategies for the Virident business. These forward-looking statements are based on management s current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including failure to consummate or delay in consummating the transaction; the possibility that the expected benefits of the transaction may not materialize as expected; failure to successfully integrate the products, technology, research and development capabilities, infrastructure and employees of HGST and Virident; the impact of continued uncertainty and volatility in global economic conditions; actions by competitors; business conditions and growth in the various hard drive segments; and other risks and uncertainties listed in Western Digital s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ), including Western Digital s recent Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 19, 2013, to which your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and Western Digital undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. 2

3 Today s Speakers 3 Steve Milligan Mike Cordano Wolfgang Nickl President and CEO Western Digital Corp. President HGST EVP and CFO Western Digital Corp.

4 Deal Highlights Western Digital Corporation to acquire Virident, a provider of server-side flash storage solutions that accelerate virtualization, database, cloud computing, and webscale applications; Virident to be integrated into HGST Virident to be acquired for $685 million in cash; represents approximately $645 million in Enterprise Value Virident CEO Mike Gustafson to join HGST as a SVP reporting to HGST President Mike Cordano Expands HGST s presence in the rapidly growing and strategic enterprise space; brings key experience, advanced technology, and leading products Augments HGST s successful portfolio with software capabilities that enable the development of more intelligent storage devices 4

5 Company Overview Founded in 2006 HQ in Silicon Valley and extended Development team in Bangalore 175+ employees engineers, including 75+ focused on software Products and technology - FlashMAX II (MLC NAND) - FlashMAX Connect (vha, vshare, vcache) 70+ issued and pending patents Proven implementation with customers 5 9 Consistent application performance (vs. peak) 9 Enterprise class availability with Flash-aware hardware RAID 9 Flash as a Platform enabling Server side shared storage

6 Commitment to Leadership Enterprise TAM $8,000 stec, VeloBit, Virident acquisitions $7,000 Proven Leadership HDD 41% Share Enterprise (WDC) (millions) $6,000 $5,000 Intel JDA $4,000 Insight & Investment $3,000 Prepared for Growth 13% Share Enterprise (HGST) $355M Rev HGST $2,000 $1,000 Source: FY2013 HDD & Share (WDC) $ Calendar Year Source: Worldwide Solid State Forecast and Analysis (IDC Doc # , May 2013) 6 High Growth Opportunity Enterprise $7.2B in 2017 TAM

7 A New Wave of Data Center Evolution Applications Processing 7

8 A New Wave of Data Center Evolution Applications Processing 8 Server and Application Virtualization

9 A New Wave of Data Center Evolution Applications Server and Application Virtualization Processing Virtualization Efficiency, Agility, Elasticity, Scale 9

10 Increasing Value Through Intelligent Device Strategy Applications Processing HDD 10

11 Increasing Value Through Intelligent Device Strategy Intel JDA Applications Processing HDD 11

12 Increasing Value Through Intelligent Device Strategy Intel JDA stec Enhanced Controller Applications Processing HDD 12

13 Increasing Value Through Intelligent Device Strategy Intel JDA stec VeloBit Applications SW Processing HDD 13 Enhanced Controller Advanced Caching

14 Increasing Value Through Intelligent Device Strategy Intel JDA stec VeloBit Virident Applications SW SW Processing HDD 14 Enhanced Controller Advanced Caching App-Optimized Flash Shared Server Flash Flash-Aware App API

15 Commitment to Leadership Early Investment Bold Innovation Deep Insight Rapid Evolution Accelerated Growth Elevated Trust 15

16 Commitment to Leadership Early Investment Bold Innovation Deep Insight Rapid Evolution Accelerated Growth Elevated Trust 16

17 Q&A 17