EX-4.4



 Exhibit 4.4 
 Amendment Regarding Required Minimum Distributions 
 Under WRERA 2008

 Plan Name Western Digital Corporation 401(k) Plan 
 Plan Sponsor Western Digital Corporation 
 This amendment is intended as good faith
compliance with the required minimum distribution provisions of the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA). This Amendment supersedes any conflicting provisions of the Plan, any administrative policy, and/or any previously-adopted
“good faith” amendment of the same subject matter, as applicable. This amendment is a “good faith” amendment. It is not part of the pre-approved Plan, and, while it has not been reviewed by the Internal Revenue Service for
compliance with the Notice or the Code, the adoption of this amendment does not, pursuant to Revenue Procedure 2007-44, affect the status of reliance upon the Plan’s pre-approval by the Internal Revenue Service. 

Section 1. 2009 Required Minimum Distributions—Lump Sum (RMDs) 

 

	1.1  x	2009 RMDs Will Be Made Unless the Participant or Beneficiary Elects Not to Receive Them. If this Section 1.1 is checked, then notwithstanding
Section 5.9 of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant or Beneficiary who (a) has not elected an installment form of distribution and (b) would have been required to receive required minimum distributions for 2009 but for the
enactment of Code §401(a)(9)(H) (“2009 RMDs”), and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (a) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (b) one or more payments in a series of substantially equal
distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the Participant and the Participant’s Designated
Beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years (“Extended 2009 RMDs”), will receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary chooses not to receive such distributions. 


 

	1.2   ̈	2009 RMDs Will Not Be Made Unless the Participant or Beneficiary Elects to Receive Them. If this Section 1.2 is checked, then notwithstanding
Section 5.9 of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant or Beneficiary who a Participant or Beneficiary who (a) has not elected an installment form of distribution and (b) would have been required to receive required minimum
distributions for 2009 but for the enactment of Code §401(a)(9)(H) (“2009 RMDs”), and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (a) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (b) one or more payments in a
series of substantially equal distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the Participant and the
Participant’s Designated Beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years (“Extended 2009 RMDs”), will not receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary chooses to receive such distributions.


  

	1.3	Direct Rollovers. Notwithstanding Section 5.14 of the Plan to the contrary, and solely for purposes of applying the direct rollover provisions of the plan
to the above election, the additional distributions in 2009 checked below (if any) will be treated as eligible rollover distributions. However, if no election is made below, a direct rollover will be offered only for distributions that would be
eligible rollover distributions without regard to Code §401(a)(9)(H). 

  

	 	 ̈	2009 RMDs and Extended 2009 RMDs (both as defined in Section 1.1 and 1.2 above). 


 

	 	 ̈	2009 RMDs (as defined in Sections 1.1 and 1.2 above) but only if paid with an additional amount that is an eligible rollover distribution without regard to Code
§401(a)(9)(H). 








 Section 2. 2009 Required Minimum Distributions—Installments (RMDs) 

 

	2.1  x	2009 RMDs Will Be Made Unless the Participant or Beneficiary Elects Not to Receive Them. If this Section 2.1 is checked, then notwithstanding
Section 5.9 of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant or Beneficiary who a Participant or Beneficiary who (a) has elected installment form of distribution and (b) would have been required to receive required minimum distributions for
2009 but for the enactment of Code §401(a)(9)(H) (“2009 RMDs”), and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (a) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (b) one or more payments in a series of
substantially equal distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the Participant and the Participant’s
Designated Beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years (“Extended 2009 RMDs”), will not receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary chooses to receive such distributions. 


 

	2.2   ̈	2009 RMDs Will Not Be Made Unless the Participant or Beneficiary Elects to Receive Them. If this Section is checked then notwithstanding Section 5.9 of the
Plan to the contrary, a Participant or Beneficiary who a Participant or Beneficiary who (a) has elected an installment form of distribution and (b) would have been required to receive required minimum distributions for 2009 but for the
enactment of Code §401(a)(9)(H) (“2009 RMDs”), and (b) who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (a) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (b) one or more payments in a series of substantially
equal distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the Participant and the Participant’s Designated
Beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years (“Extended 2009 RMDs”), will not receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary chooses to receive such distributions. 


 

	2.3	Direct Rollovers. Notwithstanding Section 5.14 of the Plan to the contrary and solely for purposes of applying the direct rollover provisions of the Plan to
the above election, the additional distributions in 2009 checked below (if any) will be treated as eligible rollover distributions. However, if no election is made below, a direct rollover will be offered only for distributions that would be
eligible rollover distributions without regard to Code §401(a)(9)(H). 

  

	 	 ̈	2009 RMDs and Extended 2009 RMDs (both as defined in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above). 


 

	 	 ̈	2009 RMDs (as defined in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above) but only if paid with an additional amount that is an eligible rollover distribution without regard to Code
§401(a)(9)(11). 

 Section 3. Signature of the Sponsoring Employer Title 

 

									
					
	By	 	/s/ Jacqueline M. Demaria	 		 	Title	 	SVP, HR
	Print Name Jacqueline M. Demaria	 		 	Date 	 	12/6/11

 RMD Amendment 
 2011