Current Report Filing (8-k)

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Date: August 2, 2019

/s/ Gianluca Romano

Gianluca Romano

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 2, 2019

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ireland

001-31560

98-0648577

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

38/39 Fitzwilliam Square

Dublin 2, Ireland

D02 NX53

(Address of principal executive office)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (353) (1) 234-3136

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading

Symbol

Name of Each Exchange

on Which Registered

Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share

STX

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 2, 2019, Seagate Technology plc (the “Company” or “Seagate”) issued a press release reporting its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 28, 2019. The press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Item 2.02 and the exhibit hereto are “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 30, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.63 per share, which will be payable on October 9, 2019 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 25, 2019.

Seagate has issued a Supplemental Financial Information document. The Supplemental Financial Information is available on Seagate’s Investor Relations website at investors.seagate.com. Seagate management will hold a public webcast today at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time that can be accessed on its Investor Relations website at investors.seagate.com. During today’s webcast, the Company will provide an outlook for its fiscal first quarter of 2020 including key underlying assumptions. A replay will be available on Seagate’s Investor Relations website at investors.seagate.com shortly following the conclusion of the event. Investors and others should note that the Company routinely uses the Investor Relations section of its corporate website to announce material information to investors and the marketplace. While not all of the information that the Company posts on its corporate website is of a material nature, some information could be deemed to be material. Accordingly, the Company encourages investors, the media, and others interested in the Company to review the information that it shares on www.seagate.com.

The information in this Item 7.01 is “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of such section.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K:


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release, dated August 2, 2019, of Seagate Technology plc entitled “Seagate Technology Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results.”

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.