WDC completes $858.4M debt-for-equity exchange, issuing over 21M shares.

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  "company": {
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    "summary": "WDC completes $858.4M debt-for-equity exchange, issuing over 21M shares.",
    "excerpts": "Western Digital Corporation (the “Company”) entered into separate, privately negotiated exchange agreements with certain holders of its 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”), pursuant to which such holders have agreed to exchange approximately $858.4 million aggregate principal amount of Notes for cash and shares of common stock of the Company (the “Exchange Shares” and, such transactions, the “Exchange Transactions”).",
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    "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312526260797/d52121d8ka.htm",
    "filing_date": "2026-06-08",
    "filing_year": 2026,
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"westerndigital.com","limit":20}'