Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
March 01 2017 - 6:16AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2017
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Ireland
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98-0648577
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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38/39 Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin 2, Ireland
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Second Amended and Restated Seagate Technology plc 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stephen J. Luczo
Chief
Executive Officer, Director and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Seagate Technology plc
10200 S. De Anza Blvd
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 658-1000
(Name,
address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With
copies to:
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Regan J. MacPherson,
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Seagate Technology plc
10200 S. De Anza Blvd
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408)
658-1000
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Daniel N. Webb
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
2475 Hanover Street
Palo
Alto, California 94304
(650) 251-5000
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Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting
company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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Large accelerated filer:
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Accelerated filer:
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☐
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Non-accelerated filer:
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☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller reporting company:
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities
to be Registered
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Amount
to be
Registered (1)(2)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (3)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (3)
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Second Amended and Restated Seagate Technology
plc 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share
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7,500,000
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$47.39
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$355,425,000.00
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$41,193.76
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94,644
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$47.39
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$4,485,179.16
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$519.83
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Total
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7,594,644
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$359,910,179.16
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$41,713.59
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(1)
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Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement shall also be deemed to cover the additional securities that may be offered or issued to
prevent dilution resulting from any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
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(2)
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This Registration Statement registers the issuance of 7,594,644 ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share (Ordinary Shares) of Seagate Technology Public Limited Company (the Registrant). Such
number of shares are available for issuance in the Second Amended and Restated Seagate Technology plc 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2012 Plan), equal to the sum of: (A) 7,500,000 Ordinary Shares made available for issuance under
the 2012 Plan upon adoption by the shareholders of the Registrant of an amendment and restatement of the 2012 Plan on October 19, 2016 and (B) 94,644 Ordinary Shares available for grant under the 2012 Plan as a result of the forfeitures,
cancellations or reacquisitions of grants under the Seagate Technology 2004 Stock Compensation Plan (as amended).
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(3)
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Estimated solely for the purposes of this offering under Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the reported high ($47.74) and low ($47.04) price per share of the Registrants Ordinary
Shares, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on February 23, 2017.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Seagate Technology plc, a public limited company incorporated in Ireland (the
Registrant), relating to its ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share (the Ordinary Shares), issuable to eligible directors, employees and consultants of the Registrant and its affiliates under the Second Amended and
Restated Seagate Technology plc 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2012 Plan). The 2012 Plan has been amended and restated to permit the issuance of up to 72,049,079 Ordinary Shares plus (A) any Ordinary Shares remaining available
for grant under the Seagate Technology 2004 Stock Compensation Plan (as amended) (the 2004 Plan) as of the effective date of the 2012 Plan, and (B) any shares subject to share awards under the 2004 Plan that have expired or been
cancelled or reacquired by the Registrant prior to vesting or exercise, with respect to 64,454,435 of which the Registrant has previously filed registration statements on Form S-8.
Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of earlier registration statements on Form S-8 file numbers
333-177609, 333-184704 and 333-199781 filed by the Registrant on October 28, 2011, November 1, 2012 and November 3, 2014, respectively, with the Commission related to the 2012 Plan are incorporated herein by reference and made part of
this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
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Incorporation of Documents by Reference
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The SEC requires us to incorporate by
reference certain of our publicly-filed documents into this Registration Statement, which means that information included in those documents is considered part of this Registration Statement. Information that we file with the SEC after the
effective date of this Registration Statement will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and future filings made with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) until we terminate the effectiveness of this Registration Statement.
The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference:
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(a)
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our latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which contains audited financial statements for our latest fiscal year ended July 1, 2016, as
filed with the SEC on August 5, 2016;
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(b)
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our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which contains unaudited financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016, as
filed with the SEC on October 28, 2016;
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(c)
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our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which contains unaudited financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended December 30, 2016, as
filed with the SEC on January 26, 2017;
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(d)
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all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since July 1, 2016 (other than information deemed to have been furnished rather than filed in
accordance with the SECs rules); and
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(e)
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the description of our Common Shares contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on December 6, 2002, as amended by Form 8-K12B and Form 8-K12B/A, filed with the SEC on
July 6, 2010 and July 9, 2010, respectively.
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Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference
herein shall be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated into this Item by reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cupertino, State of California, on this 28th day
of February, 2017.
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC LIMITED
COMPANY
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/s/ Stephen J. Luczo
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Stephen J. Luczo, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen J. Luczo, David H.
Morton, Jr., and Regan MacPherson, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign and execute on behalf of the
undersigned any amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Stephen J. Luczo
(Stephen J. Luczo)
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Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer and Authorized Representative in the United States)
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February 28, 2017
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/s/ David H. Morton, Jr
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Executive Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
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February 28, 2017
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(David H. Morton, Jr.)
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/s/ Mark W. Adams
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(Mark W. Adams)
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/s/ Frank J. Biondi, Jr.
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(Frank J. Biondi, Jr.)
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/s/ Michael R. Cannon
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(Michael R. Cannon)
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/s/ Mei-Wei Cheng
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(Mei-Wei Cheng)
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/s/ William T. Coleman
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(William T. Coleman)
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/s/ Jay L. Geldmacher
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(Jay L. Geldmacher)
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/s/ Dr. Chong Sup Park
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(Dr. Chong Sup Park)
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/s/ Michael R. Cannon
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(Michael R. Cannon)
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/s/ Stephanie Tilenius
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(Stephanie Tilenius)
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/s/ Edward J. Zander
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Director
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February 28, 2017
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(Edward J. Zander)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
No.
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Exhibit Description
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4.1
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Constitution of Seagate Technology plc (the Registrant), as amended and restated by special resolution October 19, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrants current report
on Form 8-K (file no. 001-31560) filed with the SEC on October 24, 2016).
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4.2
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Certificate of Incorporation of Hephaestus plc effective as of January 22, 2010 and Certificate of Incorporation on change of name of Seagate Technology plc, effective as of February 22, 2010 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrants annual report on Form 10-K (file no. 001-31560) for the fiscal year ended July 2, 2010, as filed with the SEC on August 20, 2010).
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4.3
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Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrants annual report on Form 10-K (file no. 001-31560) for the fiscal year ended July 2, 2010, as filed with the
SEC on August 20, 2010).
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5.1
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Opinion of Arthur Cox, Solicitors as to the legality of the registered shares.
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23.1
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Consent of Arthur Cox, Solicitors (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
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23.2
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this Registration Statement).
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99.1
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Second Amended and Restated Seagate Technology plc 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrants Report on Form 8-K (file no. 001-31560), filed with the SEC on October 24,
2016).
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