Seagate Technology — Director's Dealing 2012

Aug 21, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Seagate Technology plc (STX)
CIK: 0001137789
Period of Report: 2012-08-17

Reporting Person: REYES GREGORIO (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-17	Ordinary Shares	M	9000	$14.31	Acquired	28468	Direct
2012-08-17	Ordinary Shares	S	9000	$35.00	Disposed	19468	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-08-17	NQ Stock Options	$14.31	M	9000	Disposed	2012-10-27	Ordinary Shares (9000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Ordinary Shares	31488	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares sold under a 10b5-1 Trading Plan.

F2: 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 options granted vested on October 27, 2006. The remaining three quarters vested proportionally annually on October 27 over the three years thereafter.