WD Acquires Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

The new WD will operate with WD Technologies and HGST as wholly owned subsidiaries.

March 09, 2012 / 16:00 IST
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Western Digital Corp. has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Viviti Technologies Ltd. (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies), effective Mar. 8, 2012, for $3.9 billion in cash and 25 million shares of WDC common stock valued at approximately $0.9 billion. Hitachi, Ltd. now owns approximately 10 percent of WDC shares outstanding, and it has the right to designate two individuals to the board of directors of WD. Click here for full story

first published: Mar 9, 2012 03:48 pm

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