SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

MORTON DAVID H JR

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC

10200 S. DE ANZA BOULEVARD

(Street)

CUPERTINO

95014

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Seagate Technology plc [ STX ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	VP, FINANCE, TREASURER &PAO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/30/2011

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Ordinary Shares	11/30/2011		M		3,667	A	$3.345	34,775	D
Ordinary Shares	11/30/2011		S⁽¹⁾		1,809	D	$17.1248	32,966	D
Ordinary Shares	11/30/2011		M		8,020	A	$11.065	40,986	D
Ordinary Shares	11/30/2011		S⁽¹⁾		6,253	D	$17.1248	34,733	D
Ordinary Shares	11/30/2011		M		1,750	A	$13.73	36,483	D
Ordinary Shares	11/30/2011		S⁽¹⁾		1,538	A	$17.1248	34,945	D
Ordinary Shares	11/30/2011		M		8,000	A	$3.345	42,945	D
Ordinarty Shares	11/30/2011		S		8,000	D	$17.0795	34,945	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
NQ Stock Options	$3.345	11/30/2011		M			11,667	09/11/2010⁽²⁾	03/06/2016	Ordinary Shares	11,667	$0.00	36,667	D
NQ Stock Options	$11.065	11/30/2011		M			8,020	09/13/2011⁽³⁾	09/13/2017	Ordinary Shares	8,020	$0.00	19,480	D
NQ Stock Options	$13.73	11/30/2011		M			1,750	09/12/2009⁽⁴⁾	09/12/2015	Ordinary Shares	1,750	$0.00	2,500	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Sell-to-Cover transaction.

2. Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2004 Stock Compensation Plan are subject to a four and one-half year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on September 11, 2010. The remaining option shares vest proportionally each month over the 36 months following September 11, 2010.

3. Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2001 Share Option Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on September 13, 2011. The remaining option shares vest proportionally each month over the 36 months following September 13, 2011.

4. Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2004 Stock Compensation Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on September 12, 2009. The remaining option shares vest proportionally each month over the 36 months following September 12, 2009.

	/S/ Roberta S Cohen for David H. Morton Jr.	12/01/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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