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Form 4 Seagate Technology plc For: Nov 03 Filed by: O MALLEY PATRICK J

November 4, 2014 7:19 PM EST
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 *
O MALLEY PATRICK J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC
10200 S. DE ANZA BOULEVARD

(Street)
CUPERTINO CA 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)
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/03/2014
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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Ordinary Shares 11/03/2014   M   2,084 A $ 11.065 100,098 D  
Ordinary Shares 11/03/2014   M   1,667 A $ 29.87 101,765 D  
Ordinary Shares 11/03/2014   M   9,479 A $ 40.16 111,244 D  
Ordinary Shares 11/03/2014   S   13,230 D $ 63.3441 (1) 98,014 D  
Ordinary Shares               425,663.65 I Patrick J. O'Malley III Separate Property Trust
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)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
NQ Stock Option $ 11.065 11/03/2014   M     2,084 09/13/2011 (2) 09/13/2017 Ordinary Shares 2,084 $ 0 0 D  
NQ Stock Option $ 29.87 11/03/2014   M     1,667 09/10/2013 (3) 09/10/2019 Ordinary Shares 1,667 $ 0 19,167 D  
NQ Stock Option $ 40.16 11/03/2014   M     9,479 09/09/2014 (4) 09/09/2020 Ordinary Shares 9,479 $ 0 25,521 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. These Ordinary Shares were sold in multiple transactions at sales prices ranging from $63.32 to $63.37, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in the footnote of this Form 4.
2. 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 options vested on September 13, 2011. The remaining options vested in equal monthly installments over the 36 months following September 13, 2011.
3. Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2012 Incentive Equity Option Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the options vested on September 10, 2013. The remaining options vest in equal monthly installments over the 36 months following September 10, 2013.
4. Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2012 Equity Incentive Plan are subject to a four year vesting schedule. One quarter of the options vested on September 9, 2014.The remaining options vest in equal monthly installments over the 36 months following September 9, 2014.
Remarks:
Exhibit Index: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Michael P. Riccoboni by power of attorney 11/04/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Kenneth 
M. Massaroni, Sarah Malone, Michael P. Riccoboni, Dianne Da Rosa, Jolene A. Mendelsohn, and Laurel Shicoff, 
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID Application, if required, and submit the same 
to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

	(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or 
director of Seagate Technology (the "Company") or as a holder of 10% or more of the Company's securities, Forms 3, 
4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended, and the rules thereunder and, if necessary, such forms or similar reports required by foreign regulators;

	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or 
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 or similar form or report required by foreign regulators, and 
any amendments thereto, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority or appropriate foreign regulator; and 

	(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of 
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of or legally required to be done by the undersigned, it 
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this 
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may 
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any 
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and 
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, 
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such 
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and 
the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in 
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the 
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the 
rules thereunder.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file 
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, 
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date 
written below.


Date:  	November 4, 2014


By:


 /s/ Patrick J. O'Malley

Name:


Patrick J. O'Malley




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