Specialized Disclosure Report (sd)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

Ireland

001-31560

98-0648577

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


38/39 Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin 2, Ireland		D02 NX53
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Katherine E. Schuelke

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

(408) 658-1000

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

☒	Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.

Section 1 — Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report, filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto, are publicly available at www.seagate.com/global-citizenship/. The website reference is provided for convenience only, and its contents are not incorporated by reference into this Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report nor deemed filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

The Conflict Minerals Report of Seagate Technology public limited company (“Seagate”).

As a member of the Responsible Business Alliance, Seagate has been actively involved in conflict mineral supply chain remediation since 2010. Seagate’s conflict minerals policy is publicly posted at http://www.seagate.com/global-citizenship/. Seagate’s hardware products in the aggregate contain tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold necessary to their functionality or production (as defined in Section 1, Item 1.01 (d)(3) of this Form SD). The status of conflict minerals contained within our products is indeterminate for the calendar year ended December 31, 2018.

Section 2 — Exhibits

Item 2.01 Exhibits

Exhibit 1.01 — Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.

SIGNATURES

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 duly authorized undersigned.


SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

By:	/s/ Gianluca Romano	May 30, 2019
	Gianluca Romano	Date
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)