Seagate Technology Holdings plc - Quarter Report: 2017 March (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from: to

Commission File Number 001-31560

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ireland

98-0648577

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

38/39 Fitzwilliam Square

Dublin 2, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)

Telephone: (353) (1) 234-3136

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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As of April 24, 2017, 296,627,443 of the registrant’s ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share, were issued and outstanding.

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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC


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PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements		3

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets — March 31, 2017 (Unaudited) and July 1, 2016		3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations — Three and Nine Months ended March 31, 2017 and April 1, 2016 (Unaudited)		4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) — Three and Nine Months ended March 31, 2017 and April 1, 2016 (Unaudited)		5

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Nine Months ended March 31, 2017 and April 1, 2016 (Unaudited)		6

	Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity — Nine Months ended March 31, 2017 (Unaudited)		7

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)		8

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		30

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		38

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		40

PART II	OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		41

Item 1A.	Risk Factors		41

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		41

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities		41

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures		41

Item 5.	Other Information		41

Item 6.	Exhibits		42

	SIGNATURES		43

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions)

(Unaudited)


	March 31, 2017			July 1, 2016
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,026		$	1,125
Short-term investments		—			6
Accounts receivable, net		1,156			1,318
Inventories		1,038			868
Other current assets		240			216

Total current assets		5,460			3,533
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net		1,911			2,160
Goodwill		1,237			1,237
Other intangible assets, net		323			448
Deferred income taxes		605			616
Other assets, net		203			219

Total Assets	$	9,739		$	8,213

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	1,591		$	1,517
Accrued employee compensation		245			184
Accrued warranty		112			104
Current portion of long-term debt		158			—
Accrued expenses		683			444

Total current liabilities		2,789			2,249
Long-term accrued warranty		111			102
Long-term accrued income taxes		16			14
Other non-current liabilities		142			164
Long-term debt, less current portion		5,073			4,091

Total Liabilities		8,131			6,620
Commitments and contingencies (See Notes 12 and 14)
Shareholders’ Equity:
Ordinary shares and additional paid-in capital		6,122			5,929
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(27	)		(25	)
Accumulated deficit		(4,487	)		(4,311	)

Total Equity		1,608			1,593

Total Liabilities and Equity	$	9,739		$	8,213

The information as of July 1, 2016 was derived from the Company’s audited Consolidated Balance Sheet as of July 1, 2016.

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)


	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016			March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016
Revenue	$	2,674		$	2,595		$	8,365		$	8,506
Cost of revenue		1,858			2,071			5,857			6,553
Product development		324			298			944			930
Marketing and administrative		150			150			457			491
Amortization of intangibles		28			29			85			94
Restructuring and other, net		48			20			164			95

Total operating expenses		2,408			2,568			7,507			8,163

Income from operations		266			27			858			343
Interest income		5			1			7			2
Interest expense		(60	)		(47	)		(160	)		(142	)
Other, net		1			28			(10	)		18

Other expense, net		(54	)		(18	)		(163	)		(122	)

Income before income taxes		212			9			695			221
Provision for income taxes		18			30			37			43

Net income (loss)	$	194		$	(21	)	$	658		$	178

Net income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.66		$	(0.07	)	$	2.22		$	0.59
Diluted		0.65			(0.07	)		2.20			0.59
Number of shares used in per share calculations:
Basic		296			298			297			300
Diluted		300			298			299			303
Cash dividends declared per ordinary share	$	0.63		$	0.63		$	1.89		$	1.80

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(In millions)

(Unaudited)


	For the Three Months Ended					For the Nine Months Ended
	March 31, 2017		April 1, 2016			March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016
Net income (loss)	$	194	$	(21	)	$	658		$	178
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Cash flow hedges
Change in net unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges		1		(1	)		(2	)		(3	)
Less: reclassification for amounts included in net income		1		—			2			2

Net change		2		(1	)		—			(1	)

Marketable securities
Change in net unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities		—		—			—			—
Less: reclassification for amounts included in net income		—		—			—			—

Net change		—		—			—			—

Post-retirement plans
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on post-retirement plans		—		—			—			1
Less: reclassification for amounts included in net income		1		—			1			—

Net change		1		—			1			1

Foreign currency translation adjustments		3		5			(3	)		2

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		6		4			(2	)		2

Comprehensive income (loss)	$	200	$	(17	)	$	656		$	180

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In millions)

(Unaudited)


	For the Nine Months Ended
	March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$	658		$	178
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		573			615
Share-based compensation		110			95
Impairment of long-lived assets		35			25
Deferred income taxes		12			1
Other non-cash operating activities, net		17			10
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		165			531
Inventories		(170	)		85
Accounts payable		124			(31	)
Accrued employee compensation		61			(92	)
Accrued expenses, income taxes and warranty		69			1
Other assets and liabilities		19			(7	)

Net cash provided by operating activities		1,673			1,411

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of property, equipment and leasehold improvements		(330	)		(441	)
Maturities of short-term investments		6			—
Cash used in acquisition of business, net of cash acquired		—			(634	)
Other investing activities, net		(13	)		10

Net cash used in investing activities		(337	)		(1,065	)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Redemption and repurchase of debt		(97	)		(22	)
Net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		1,232			—
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards		(25	)		(55	)
Repurchases of ordinary shares		(248	)		(1,090	)
Dividends to shareholders		(374	)		(539	)
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares under employee stock plans		83			78
Other financing activities, net		—			(4	)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		571			(1,632	)

Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		(8	)		—

Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		1,899			(1,286	)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the beginning of the period		1,132			2,486

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of the period	$	3,031		$	1,200

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2017

(In millions)

(Unaudited)



	Number of Ordinary Shares			Par Value of Shares		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Accumulated Deficit			Total
Balance at July 1, 2016		299		$	—	$	5,929	$	(25	)	$	(4,311	)	$	1,593
Net income												658			658
Other comprehensive loss									(2	)					(2	)
Issuance of ordinary shares under employee stock plans		6					83								83
Repurchases of ordinary shares		(7	)									(248	)		(248	)
Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units		(1	)									(25	)		(25	)
Dividends to shareholders												(561	)		(561	)
Share-based compensation							110								110

Balance at March 31, 2017		297		$	—	$	6,122	$	(27	)	$	(4,487	)	$	1,608

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PLC

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1.	Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Seagate Technology plc (the “Company” or “Seagate”) is a leading provider of electronic data storage technology and solutions. Its principal products are hard disk drives, commonly referred to as disk drives, hard drives or HDDs. In addition to HDDs, it produces a broad range of electronic data storage products including solid state drives (“SSD”) in its Enterprise market portfolio and solid state hybrid drives (“SSHD”). The Company’s storage technology portfolio also includes storage subsystems, and high performance computing (“HPC”) solutions.

Hard disk drives are devices that store digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating disks with magnetic surfaces. Disk drives continue to be the primary medium of mass data storage due to their performance attributes, high quality and cost effectiveness. Complementing existing data center storage architecture, solid-state storage devices use integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data, and most SSDs use NAND-based flash memory. In addition to HDDs and SSDs, SSHDs combine the features of SSDs and HDDs in the same unit, containing a large hard disk drive and an SSD cache to improve performance of frequently accessed data.

The Company’s products are designed for mission critical and nearline applications in enterprise servers and storage systems; client compute applications, where its products are designed primarily for desktop and mobile computing; and client non-compute applications, where its products are designed for a wide variety of end user devices such as portable external storage systems, personal data backup systems, surveillance systems, digital video recorders (“DVRs”) and gaming consoles.

The Company’s Cloud Systems and Solutions product portfolio builds on the Seagate legacy to extend innovation from the device into the information infrastructure, onsite and in the cloud. This product portfolio includes HPC storage solutions, modular original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) storage systems and scale-out storage systems.

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances.

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The methods, estimates and judgments the Company uses in applying its most critical accounting policies have a significant impact on the results the Company reports in its condensed consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements reflect, in the opinion of management, all material adjustments necessary to present fairly the condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows and shareholders’ equity for the periods presented. Such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. Certain prior period amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation.

The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended July 1, 2016, are included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 5, 2016. The Company believes that the disclosures included in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, when read in conjunction with its Consolidated Financial Statements as of July 1, 2016, and the notes thereto, are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

The results of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for any subsequent interim period in the Company’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. The Company operates and reports financial results on a fiscal year of 52 or 53 weeks ending on the Friday closest to June 30. Both the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017 and the three and nine months ended April 1, 2016 consisted of 13 weeks and 39 weeks, respectively. Fiscal year 2017 will be comprised of 52 weeks and will end on June 30, 2017. The fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2017, December 30, 2016, and April 1, 2016, are also referred to herein as the “March 2017 quarter”, the “December 2016 quarter”, and the “March 2016 quarter”, respectively.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no significant changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies. Please refer to Note 1 of “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” contained in Part II, Item 8 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 1, 2016, as filed with the SEC on August 5, 2016 for a discussion of the Company’s other significant accounting policies.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, August 2015, April 2016, May 2016 and December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2014-09 (ASC Topic 606), Revenue from Contracts with Customers, ASU 2015-14 (ASC Topic 606) Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Deferral of the Effective Date, ASU 2016-10 (ASC Topic 606) Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, ASU 2016-12 (ASC Topic 606) Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, and ASU 2016-20 (ASC Topic 606) Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, respectively. ASC Topic 606 outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. It also requires entities to disclose both quantitative and qualitative information that enable financial statements users to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Early adoption is permitted for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, which is first quarter of fiscal 2018 for the Company. This standard may be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented, or retrospectively with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings in the year of adoption (“modified retrospective transition approach”). The Company is in the process of assessing the impact, on its condensed consolidated financial statements and plans to adopt the modified retrospective transition approach.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11 (ASC Topic 330), Inventory: Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. The amendments in this ASU require inventory measurement at the lower of cost and net realizable value. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. Early adoption is permitted by all entities as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. The Company is in the process of finalizing its assessment of the impact of this ASU, which is not expected to have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 (ASC Subtopic 825-10), Financial Instruments—Overall Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The amendments in this ASU require entities to measure all investments in equity securities at fair value with changes recognized through net income. This requirement does not apply to investments that qualify for the equity method of accounting, to those that result in consolidation of the investee, or for which the entity meets a practicability exception to fair value measurement. Additionally, the amendments eliminate certain disclosure requirements related to financial instruments measured at amortized cost and add disclosures related to the measurement categories of financial assets and financial liabilities. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Early adoption is permitted for only certain portions of the ASU. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 (ASC Topic 842), Leases. The ASU amends a number of aspects of lease accounting, including requiring lessees to recognize operating leases with a term greater than one year on their balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability, measured at the present value of the lease payments. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09 (ASC Topic 718), Stock Compensation—Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The amendments in this ASU are intended to simplify several areas of accounting for share-based compensation arrangements, including the income tax consequences, classification on the consolidated statement of cash flows and treatment of forfeitures. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15 (ASC Topic 230), Statement of Cash Flows—Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The amendments in this ASU are intended to clarify how certain cash receipts and cash payment are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16 (ASC Topic 740), Income Taxes: Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory. The amendments in this ASU require the recognition of the income tax consequences for intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory when the transfer occurs. Under current GAAP, current and deferred income taxes for intra-entity asset transfers are not recognized until the asset has been sold to an outside party. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01 (ASC Topic 805), Business Combination: Clarifying the Definition of a Business. The amendments in this ASU change the definition of a business to assist with evaluating when a set of transferred assets and activities is a business. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2015 and August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03 (ASC Subtopic 835-30), Interest-Imputation of Interest: Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs and ASU 2015-15 (ASC Subtopic 835-30), Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements- Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to Staff Announcement at June 18, 2015 EITF Meeting, respectively. The ASUs require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability, with the exception of those related to line-of-credit arrangements, be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. ASU 2015-03 became effective and was adopted by the Company in the September 2016 quarter on a retrospective basis. The adoption of this guidance resulted in a reduction to Other assets, net and Long-term debt by $39 million, within the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of July 1, 2016. ASU 2015-15 became effective and was adopted by the Company in the September 2016 quarter on a prospective basis with no material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16 (ASC Topic 805), Business Combinations Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments. The amendments in this update require that an acquirer recognize measurement period adjustments in the period in which the adjustments are determined. The income effects of such measurement period adjustments are to be recorded in the same period’s financial statements but calculated as if the accounting had been completed as of the acquisition date. The impact of measurement period adjustments to earnings that relate to prior period financial statements are to be presented separately on the income statement or disclosed by line item. The amendments in this update are for fiscal years, including interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. This ASU became effective and was adopted by the Company in the September 2016 quarter on a prospective basis with no material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18 (ASC Topic 230), Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash. The amendments in this update provide guidance on the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows. The ASU requires amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents to be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the total beginning and ending balances for the periods presented on the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this update are for fiscal years, including interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company elected to adopt this ASU in the December 2016 quarter on a retrospective basis with no material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures. The Company classifies restricted cash within Other current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04 (ASC Topic 350), Intangibles—Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The amendments in this ASU eliminate Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test, which requires entities to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill to measure a goodwill impairment charge. Instead, entities will record an impairment charge based on the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value, determined in step 1. The Company elected to adopt this ASU in the March 2017 quarter on a prospective basis with no material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

2.	Balance Sheet Information

Investments

The following table summarizes, by major type, the fair value and amortized cost of the Company’s investments as of March 31, 2017:


(Dollars in millions)	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gain/ (Loss)		Fair Value
Available-for-sale securities:
Money market funds	$	1,214	$	—	$	1,214
Time deposits and certificates of deposit		503		—		503

Total	$	1,717	$	—	$	1,717


Included in Cash and cash equivalents					$	1,712
Included in Other current assets						5

Total					$	1,717

As of March 31, 2017, the Company’s Other current assets included $5 million in restricted cash and investments held as collateral at banks for various performance obligations.

As of March 31, 2017, the Company had no material available-for-sale securities that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for a period greater than 12 months. The Company determined that no available-for-sale securities were other-than-temporarily impaired as of March 31, 2017.

The fair value and amortized cost of the Company’s investments classified as available-for-sale at March 31, 2017, by remaining contractual maturity were as follows:


(Dollars in millions)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in less than 1 year	$	1,717	$	1,717
Due in 1 to 5 years		—		—
Thereafter		—		—

Total	$	1,717	$	1,717

In the December 2016 quarter, the Company reclassified demand deposits from certificates of deposit and money market funds to cash. The corresponding prior period amounts were also reclassified to conform to that period’s presentation. This reclassification did not result in any change to the cash and cash equivalents balance as reported in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Cash Flows for all periods presented.

The following table summarizes, by major type, the fair value and amortized cost of the Company’s investments as of July 1, 2016:


(Dollars in millions)	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gain/ (Loss)		Fair Value
Available-for-sale securities:
Money market funds	$	232	$	—	$	232
Certificates of deposit		5		—		5
Corporate bonds		6		—		6

Total	$	243	$	—	$	243


Included in Cash and cash equivalents					$	230
Included in Short-term investments						6
Included in Other current assets						7

Total					$	243

As of July 1, 2016, the Company’s Other current assets included $7 million in restricted cash and investments held as collateral at banks for various performance obligations.

As of July 1, 2016, the Company had no material available-for-sale securities that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for a period greater than 12 months. The Company determined no available-for-sale securities were other-than-temporarily impaired as of July 1, 2016.

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash

The following table provides a summary of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets that reconciles to the corresponding amount in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:


(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017		July 1, 2016		April 1, 2016		July 3, 2015
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,026	$	1,125	$	1,193	$	2,479
Restricted cash included in Other current assets		5		7		7		7

Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the Statements of Cash Flows	$	3,031	$	1,132	$	1,200	$	2,486

Inventories

The following table provides details of the inventory balance sheet item:


(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017		July 1, 2016
Raw materials and components	$	382	$	307
Work-in-process		262		297
Finished goods		394		264

	$	1,038	$	868

Property, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements, net

The components of property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net, were as follows:


(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017			July 1, 2016
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements	$	9,709		$	9,884
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(7,798	)		(7,724	)

	$	1,911		$	2,160

Accrued Expenses

The following table provides details of the accrued expenses balance sheet item:


(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017		July 1, 2016
Dividends payable	$	187	$	—
Other accrued expenses		496		444

Total	$	683	$	444

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“AOCI”)

The components of AOCI, net of tax, were as follows:


(Dollars in millions)	Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges			Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Marketable Securities (a)		Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Post- Retirement Plans			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments			Total
Balance at July 1, 2016	$	(1	)	$	—	$	(7	)	$	(17	)	$	(25	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications		(2	)		—		—			(3	)		(5	)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		2			—		1			—			3

Other comprehensive income (loss)		—			—		1			(3	)		(2	)

Balance at March 31, 2017	$	(1	)	$	—	$	(6	)	$	(20	)	$	(27	)


Balance at July 3, 2015	$	1		$	—	$	(15	)	$	(16	)	$	(30	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications		(3	)		—		1			2			—
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		2			—		—			—			2

Other comprehensive income (loss)		(1	)		—		1			2			2

Balance at April 1, 2016	$	—		$	—	$	(14	)	$	(14	)	$	(28	)

(a)	The cost of a security sold or the amount reclassified out of AOCI into earnings was determined using specific identification.

Debt

Short-Term Borrowings

The credit agreement entered into by the Company and its subsidiary Seagate HDD Cayman on January 18, 2011 and subsequently amended (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) provides the Company with a $700 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The term of the Revolving Credit Facility is through January 15, 2020, provided that if the Company does not have Investment Grade Ratings (as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility) on August 15, 2018, then the maturity date will be August 16, 2018 unless certain extension conditions have been satisfied. The loans made under the Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus a variable margin that will be determined based on the corporate credit rating of the Company. The Company and certain of its material subsidiaries fully and unconditionally guarantee the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility is available for cash borrowings, subject to compliance with certain covenants and other customary conditions to borrowing, and for the issuance of letters of credit up to a sub-limit of $75 million.

The Revolving Credit Facility, as amended, includes three financial covenants: (1) minimum cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities; (2) a fixed charge coverage ratio; and (3) a net leverage ratio. On April 27, 2016, the Revolving Credit Agreement was amended in order to increase the allowable net leverage ratio to allow for higher net leverage levels. The Company was in compliance with the modified covenants as of March 31, 2017 and expects to be in compliance for the next 12 months.

As of March 31, 2017, no borrowings had been drawn or letters of credit utilized under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Long-Term Debt

$800 million Aggregate Principal Amount of 3.75% Senior Notes due November 2018 (the “2018 Notes”). The interest on the 2018 Notes is payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year. The issuer under the 2018 Notes is Seagate HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2018 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company. During the March 2017 quarter, the Company repurchased $39 million aggregate principal amount of the 2018 Notes for cash at a premium to their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company recorded a loss on the repurchase of approximately $1 million during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, which is included in Other, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

$600 million Aggregate Principal Amount of 7.00% Senior Notes due November 2021 (the “2021 Notes”). The interest on the 2021 Notes is payable semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 of each year. The issuer under the 2021 Notes is Seagate HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2021 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company. On March 15, 2017, the Company exercised its call option by providing notice of the redemption to the trustee of its intention to redeem all of its remaining outstanding 2021 Notes. The Notes will be redeemed on May 1, 2017 (the “Redemption Date”) at a redemption price equal to $102.333 per $100 principal amount of the 2021 Notes redeemed plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date. As a result, the 2021 Notes are classified as Current portion of long-term debt on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2017.

$750 million Aggregate Principal Amount of 4.25% Senior Notes due March 2022 (the “2022 Notes”). On February 3, 2017, Seagate HDD Cayman issued, in a private placement, $750 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Senior Notes which will mature on March 1, 2022. The interest on the 2022 Notes is payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2017. At any time before February 1, 2022, Seagate HDD Cayman may redeem some or all of the 2022 Notes at a ‘make whole’ redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. The ‘‘make-whole’’ redemption price will be equal to (1) 100% of the principal amount of the 2022 Notes redeemed, plus (2) the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 2022 Notes being redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at a rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points, minus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2022 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date over (b) the principal amount of the 2022 Notes being redeemed, plus (3) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2022 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date. The issuer under the 2022 Notes is Seagate HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2022 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company.

$1 billion Aggregate Principal Amount of 4.75% Senior Notes due June 2023 (the “2023 Notes”). The interest on the 2023 Notes is payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The issuer under the 2023 Notes is Seagate HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2023 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company. During the March 2017 quarter, the Company repurchased $34 million aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes for cash at a premium to their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company recorded an immaterial loss on the repurchase during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, which is included in Other, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

$500 million Aggregate Principal Amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due March 2024 (the “2024 Notes”). On February 3, 2017, Seagate HDD Cayman issued, in a private placement, $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes which will mature on March 1, 2024. The interest on the 2024 Notes is payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2017. At any time before January 1, 2024, Seagate HDD Cayman may redeem some or all of the 2024 Notes at a ‘make whole’ redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. The ‘‘make-whole’’ redemption price will be equal to (1) 100% of the principal amount of the 2024 Notes redeemed, plus (2) the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 2024 Notes being redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at a rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points, minus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2024 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date over (b) the principal amount of the 2024 Notes being redeemed, plus (3) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2024 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date. The issuer under the 2024 Notes is Seagate HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2024 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company.

$1 billion Aggregate Principal Amount of 4.75% Senior Notes due January 2025 (the “2025 Notes”). The interest on the 2025 Notes is payable semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 of each year. The issuer under the 2025 Notes is Seagate HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2025 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company. During the March 2017 quarter, the Company repurchased $20 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes for cash at a discount to their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company recorded a gain on the repurchase of approximately $1 million during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, which is included in Other, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

$700 million Aggregate Principal Amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due June 2027 (the “2027 Notes”). The interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The issuer under the 2027 Notes is Seagate HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2027 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company. During the March 2017 quarter, the Company repurchased $4 million aggregate principal amount of the 2027 Notes for cash at a discount to their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company recorded an immaterial gain on the repurchase during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, which is included in Other, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

$500 million Aggregate Principal Amount of 5.75% Senior Notes due December 2034 (the “2034 Notes”). The interest on the 2034 Notes is payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The issuer under the 2034 Notes is Seagate HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2034 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company.

At March 31, 2017, future principal payments on long-term debt were as follows (in millions):


Fiscal Year	Amount
Remainder of 2017	$	158
2018		—
2019		761
2020		—
2021		—
Thereafter		4,367

Total	$	5,286

4.	Income Taxes

The Company recorded an income tax provision of $18 million and $37 million in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017. The income tax provision for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017 included approximately $8 million of net discrete tax expense and approximately $3 million of net discrete tax expense, respectively. These discrete items are primarily associated with changes in valuation allowances offset by release of tax reserves due to the expiration of certain statutes of limitation, and prior year tax adjustments.

The Company’s income tax provision recorded for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017 differed from the provision for income taxes that would be derived by applying the Irish statutory rate of 25% to income before income taxes, primarily due to the net effect of (i) tax benefits related to non-U.S. earnings generated in jurisdictions that are subject to tax holidays or tax incentive programs and are considered indefinitely reinvested outside of Ireland, (ii) restructuring expenses with no associated tax benefits, and (iii) a net decrease in valuation allowance for certain deferred tax assets.

During the nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties increased by approximately $6 million to $76 million. The unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate were $76 million at March 31, 2017, subject to certain future valuation allowance reversals. During the 12 months beginning April 1, 2017, the Company expects that its unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by approximately $13 million, primarily as a result of the expiration of certain statutes of limitation.

The Company recorded an income tax provision of $30 million and $43 million in the three and nine months ended April 1, 2016. The income tax provision for the nine months ended April 1, 2016 included approximately $2 million of net discrete tax provision associated with prior year tax adjustments offset by the release of tax reserves due to the expiration of certain statutes of limitation.

The Company’s income tax provision recorded for the three and nine months ended April 1, 2016 differed from the provision for income taxes that would be derived by applying the Irish statutory rate of 25% to income before income taxes, primarily due to the net effect of (i) tax benefits related to non-U.S. earnings generated in jurisdictions that are subject to tax holidays or tax incentive programs and are considered indefinitely reinvested outside of Ireland and (ii) a net decrease in valuation allowance for certain U.S. deferred tax assets.

5.	Acquisitions

Dot Hill Systems Corp.

On October 6, 2015, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of Dot Hill Systems Corp. (“Dot Hill”), a supplier of software and hardware storage systems. The Company paid $9.75 per share, or $674 million, in cash for the acquisition. The acquisition of Dot Hill further expands the Company’s OEM-focused cloud storage systems business and advances the Company’s strategic efforts.

The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date:


(Dollars in millions)	Amount
Cash and cash equivalents	$	40
Accounts receivable, net		48
Inventories		21
Other current and non-current assets		7
Property, plant and equipment		10
Intangible assets		252
Goodwill		364

Total assets		742

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other		(68	)

Total liabilities		(68	)

Total	$	674

The following table shows the fair value of the separately identifiable intangible assets at the time of acquisition and the period over which each intangible asset will be amortized:


(Dollars in millions)	Fair Value		Weighted- Average Amortization Period
Existing technology	$	164		5.0 years
Customer relationships		71		7.0 years
Trade names		3		5.0 years

Total amortizable intangible assets acquired		238		5.5 years
In-process research and development		14

Total acquired identifiable intangible assets	$	252

The recognized goodwill, which is not deductible for income tax purposes, is primarily attributable to cost synergies expected to arise after the acquisition and the benefits the Company expects to derive from enhanced market opportunities.

LSI’s Flash Business

On September 2, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of certain assets and liabilities of LSI Corporation’s (“LSI”) Accelerated Solutions Division and Flash Components Division (collectively, the “Flash Business”) from Avago Technologies Limited for $450 million in cash. The transaction is intended to strengthen Seagate’s strategy to deliver a full suite of storage solutions, providing Seagate with established enterprise PCIe flash and SSD controller capabilities to deliver solutions for the growing flash storage market.

The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date:


(Dollars in millions)	Amount
Inventories	$	37
Property, plant and equipment		22
Intangible assets		141
Other assets		6
Goodwill		337

Total assets		543

Liabilities		(93	)

Total liabilities		(93	)

Total	$	450

The following table shows the fair value of the separately identifiable intangible assets at the time of acquisition and the weighted-average period over which intangible assets within each category will be amortized:


(Dollars in millions)	Fair Value		Weighted- Average Amortization Period
Existing technology	$	84		3.5 years
Customer relationships		40		3.8 years
Trade names		17		4.5 years

Total acquired identifiable intangible assets	$	141		3.7 years

The goodwill recognized is primarily attributable to the benefits the Company expects to derive from enhanced market opportunities, and is not deductible for income tax purposes.

6.	Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended March 31, 2017, are as follows:


(Dollars in millions)	Amount
Balance at July 1, 2016	$	1,237
Goodwill acquired		—
Foreign currency translation effect		—

Balance at March 31, 2017	$	1,237

Other Intangible Assets

Other intangible assets consist primarily of existing technology, customer relationships and trade names acquired in business combinations. During March 2017 quarter, the in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) of $14 million was completed and reclassified to existing technology. Intangibles are amortized on a straight-line basis over the respective estimated useful lives of the assets. Amortization is charged to Operating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The carrying value of other intangible assets subject to amortization as of March 31, 2017, is set forth in the following table:


(Dollars in millions)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Life
Existing technology	$	311	$	(126	)	$	185		3.7 years
Customer relationships		508		(394	)		114		3.2 years
Trade name		29		(20	)		9		2.2 years
Other intangible assets		29		(14	)		15		2.8 years

Total amortizable other intangible assets	$	877	$	(554	)	$	323		3.4 years

The carrying value of other intangible assets subject to amortization as of July 1, 2016 is set forth in the following table:


(Dollars in millions)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Life
Existing technology	$	297	$	(79	)	$	218		4.1 years
Customer relationships		510		(328	)		182		3.2 years
Trade name		29		(14	)		15		2.6 years
Other intangible assets		29		(10	)		19		3.2 years

Total amortizable other intangible assets	$	865	$	(431	)	$	434		3.6 years

The carrying value of IPR&D not subject to amortization was $14 million on July 1, 2016.

For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, the amortization expense of other intangible assets was $42 million and $126 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended April 1, 2016, the amortization expense of other intangible assets was $44 million and $131 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2017, expected amortization expense for other intangible assets for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter is as follows:


(Dollars in millions)	Amount
Remainder of 2017	$	42
2018		109
2019		71
2020		53
2021		25
Thereafter		23

Total	$	323

7.	Restructuring and Exit Costs

For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded restructuring charges of approximately $48 million and $164 million, respectively, comprised primarily of charges related to workforce reduction costs and facility exit costs associated with the restructuring of its workforce during the fiscal year. The Company’s significant restructuring plans are described below. All restructuring charges are reported in Restructuring and other, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

March 2017 Plan - On March 9, 2017, the Company committed to an additional restructuring plan (the “March 2017 Plan”) in connection with the continued consolidation of its global footprint. The Company is in the process of closing its design center in Korea, which will result in the reduction of the Company’s headcount by approximately 300 employees. The March 2017 Plan is expected to be substantially completed by the end of fiscal year 2017 with total future costs expected to be incurred of approximately $6 million, comprised primarily of facility exit costs. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded total restructuring charges of approximately $28 million and made cash payment of $16 million, comprised primarily of workforce reduction costs related to the March 2017 Plan. In addition, the Company committed to sell its land and building in Korea in the March 2017 quarter as part of the plan. This land and building met the criteria to be classified as assets held for sale and were included in Other current assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company recorded an impairment charge of $26 million as part of the fair value measurement to reduce the carrying amount of its land and building to its estimated fair value less costs to sell, which is included in Operating expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

July 2016 Plan - On July 11, 2016, the Company committed to a restructuring plan (the “July 2016 Plan”) for continued consolidation of its global footprint across Asia, EMEA and the Americas. The July 2016 Plan included reducing worldwide headcount by approximately 6,500 employees. The July 2016 Plan, is expected to be largely completed by the end of fiscal year 2017 with total future costs expected to be incurred of approximately $22 million, comprised of approximately $1 million of workforces reduction costs and $21 million of facility exit costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded total restructuring charges of approximately $9 million related to the July 2016 Plan, comprised of approximately $1 million of workforce reduction costs and $8 million of facility exit costs. For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded total restructuring charges of approximately $91 million, comprised of approximately $76 million for workforce reduction costs, $12 million for facility exit costs and $3 million of foreign currency remeasurement charges. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company made cash payments of $33 million, comprised primarily of $27 million for workforce reduction costs and $6 million for facility exit costs. For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company made cash payments of $52 million comprised primarily of $42 million for workforce reduction costs and $10 million for facility exit related to the July 2016 Plan.

June 2016 Plan - On June 27, 2016, the Company committed to a restructuring plan (the “June 2016 Plan”) as part of the Company’s efforts to reduce its cost structure to align with the then current macroeconomic conditions. The June 2016 Plan included reducing worldwide headcount by approximately 1,600 employees. The June 2016 Plan was largely completed by the fiscal quarter ended December 30, 2016 with no material future costs expected to be incurred. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company did not record any material restructuring charges. For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded total restructuring charges of approximately $1 million, comprised of facility exit costs. As of March 31, 2017, the cumulative amount incurred to date was approximately $70 million. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company made cash payments of $2 million and $40 million, respectively, comprised primarily of workforce reduction costs related to the June 2016 Plan.

Other Restructuring and Exit Costs - The total future costs expected to be incurred for other restructuring and exit activities is approximately $3 million, comprised primarily of facility exit costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded total restructuring charges of approximately $11 million, comprised of approximately $1 million of workforce reduction costs and $10 million of facility exit costs. For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded total restructuring charges of approximately $44 million, comprised of approximately $26 million for workforce reduction costs and $18 million for facility exit costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company made cash payments of $27 million, comprised primarily of $23 million for workforce reduction costs and $4 million for facility exit costs. For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company made cash payments of $42 million comprised primarily of $28 million for workforce reduction costs and $14 million for facility exit costs.

8.	Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate, interest rate, and to a lesser extent, equity market risks relating to its ongoing business operations. The Company enters into foreign currency forward exchange contracts in order to manage the foreign currency exchange rate risk on forecasted expenses denominated in foreign currencies. The Company’s accounting policies for these instruments are based on whether the instruments are classified as designated or non-designated hedging instruments. The Company records all derivatives in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. The changes in the fair value of the effective portions of designated cash flow hedges are recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. Derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments and the ineffective portions of cash flow hedges are adjusted to fair value through earnings. The amounts of net unrealized loss on cash flow hedges were $1 million and $2 million as of March 31, 2017 and July 1, 2016, respectively.

The Company dedesignates its cash flow hedges when the forecasted hedged transactions are realized or it is probable the forecasted hedged transactions will not occur in the initially identified time period. At such time, the associated gains and losses deferred in Accumulated other comprehensive loss are reclassified immediately into earnings and any subsequent changes in the fair value of such derivative instruments are immediately reflected in earnings. The Company did not recognize any net gains or losses related to the loss of hedge designation on discontinued cash flow hedges during the three months ended March 31, 2017. As of March 31, 2017, the Company’s existing foreign currency forward exchange contracts mature within 12 months. The deferred amount currently recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized into earnings over the next 12 months is immaterial.

The following tables show the total notional value of the Company’s outstanding foreign currency forward exchange contracts as of March 31, 2017 and July 1, 2016:


	As of March 31, 2017
(Dollars in millions)	Contracts Designated as Hedges		Contracts Not Designated as Hedges
Singapore Dollars	$	—	$	22
Thai Baht		—		22
British Pound Sterling		19		8


	As of July 1, 2016
(Dollars in millions)	Contracts Designated as Hedges		Contracts Not Designated as Hedges
British Pound Sterling	$	47	$	10

The Company is subject to equity market risks due to changes in the fair value of the notional investments selected by its employees as part of its Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan—the Seagate Deferred Compensation Plan (the “SDCP”). In fiscal year 2014, the Company entered into a Total Return Swap (“TRS”) in order to manage the equity market risks associated with the SDCP liabilities. The Company pays a floating rate, based on LIBOR plus an interest rate spread, on the notional amount of the TRS. The TRS is designed to substantially offset changes in the SDCP liability due to changes in the value of the investment options made by employees. As of March 31, 2017, the notional investments underlying the TRS amounted to $104 million. The original contract term of the TRS was through January 2016, and was settled on a monthly basis, therefore limiting counterparty performance risk. The Company renewed the contract term through January 2018 under materially the same terms. The Company did not designate the TRS as a hedge. Rather, the Company records all changes in the fair value of the TRS to earnings to offset the market value changes of the SDCP liabilities.

The following tables show the Company’s derivative instruments measured at fair value as reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2017 and July 1, 2016:


	As of March 31, 2017
	Asset Derivatives				Liability Derivatives
(Dollars in millions)	Balance Sheet Location		Fair Value		Balance Sheet Location		Fair Value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts		Other current assets	$	—		Accrued expenses	$	(2	)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts		Other current assets		2		Accrued expenses		—
Total return swap		Other current assets		—		Accrued expenses		—

Total derivatives			$	2			$	(2	)


	As of July 1, 2016
	Asset Derivatives				Liability Derivatives
(Dollars in millions)	Balance Sheet Location		Fair Value		Balance Sheet Location		Fair Value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts		Other current assets	$	—		Accrued expenses	$	(2	)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts		Other current assets		—		Accrued expenses		(1	)
Total return swap		Other current assets		3		Accrued expenses		—

Total derivatives			$	3			$	(3	)

The following tables show the effect of the Company’s derivative instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) and the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017:


(Dollars in millions) Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)					Location of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)						Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing) (a)
	For the Three Months		For the Nine Months				For the Three Months			For the Nine Months				For the Three Months		For the Nine Months
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	1	$	(2	)	Cost of revenue	$	(1	)	$	(2	)	Cost of revenue	$	—	$	—


	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments		For the Three Months		For the Nine Months
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	Other, net	$	4	$	1
Total return swap	Operating expenses		4		8

(a)

The amount of gain or (loss) recognized in income represents less than $1 million related to the ineffective portion of the hedging relationships and less than $1 million related to the amount excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, respectively.


(Dollars in millions) Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)					Location of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)		Amount of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)					Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)		Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing) (a)
	For the Three Months		For the Nine Months					For the Three Months		For the Nine Months					For the Three Months		For the Nine Months
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	(1)	$	(3	)		Cost of revenue	$	—	$	(2	)		Cost of revenue	$	—	$	—


	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments		For the Three Months		For the Nine Months
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	Other, net	$	—	$	(4	)
Total return swap	Operating expenses		1		(3	)

(a)

9.	Fair Value

Measurement of Fair Value

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and it considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.

Fair Value Hierarchy

A fair value hierarchy is based on whether the market participant assumptions used in determining fair value are obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) or reflects the Company’s own assumptions of market participant valuation (unobservable inputs). A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets that are unadjusted and accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are inactive; quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly; or

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The Company considers an active market to be one in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis, and views an inactive market as one in which there are few transactions for the asset or liability, the prices are not current, or price quotations vary substantially either over time or among market makers. Where appropriate the Company’s or the counterparty’s non-performance risk is considered in determining the fair values of liabilities and assets, respectively.

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present the Company’s assets and liabilities, by financial instrument type and balance sheet line item that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, excluding accrued interest components, as of March 31, 2017:


	Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
(Dollars in millions)	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Balance
Assets:
Money market funds	$	1,212	$	—		$	—	$	1,212
Time deposits		—		500			—		500

Total cash equivalents and short-term investments		1,212		500			—		1,712

Restricted cash and investments:
Money market funds		2		—			—		2
Time deposits and certificates of deposit		—		3			—		3
Derivative Assets		—		2			—		2

Total assets	$	1,214	$	505		$	—	$	1,719

Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	—	$	(2	)	$	—	$	(2	)

Total liabilities	$	—	$	(2	)	$	—	$	(2	)


	Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
(Dollars in millions)	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Balance
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,212	$	500		$	—	$	1,712
Other current assets		2		5			—		7

Total assets	$	1,214	$	505		$	—	$	1,719

Liabilities:
Accrued expenses	$	—	$	(2	)	$	—	$	(2	)

Total liabilities	$	—	$	(2	)	$	—	$	(2	)


	Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
(Dollars in millions)	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Balance
Assets:
Money market funds	$	230	$	—		$	—	$	230
Corporate bonds		—		6			—		—

Total cash equivalents and short-term investments		230		6			—		236

Restricted cash and investments:
Money market funds		2		—			—		2
Certificates of deposit		—		5			—		5
Derivative assets		—		3			—		3

Total assets	$	232	$	14		$	—	$	246

Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	—	$	(3	)	$	—	$	(3	)

Total liabilities	$	—	$	(3	)	$	—	$	(3	)


	Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
(Dollars in millions)	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Balance
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	230	$	—		$	—	$	230
Short-term investments		—		6			—		6
Other current assets		2		8			—		10

Total assets	$	232	$	14		$	—	$	246

Liabilities:
Accrued expenses	$	—	$	(3	)	$	—	$	(3	)

Total liabilities	$	—	$	(3	)	$	—	$	(3	)

The Company classifies items in Level 1 if the financial assets consist of securities for which quoted prices are available in an active market.

The Company classifies items in Level 2 if the financial asset or liability is valued using observable inputs. The Company uses observable inputs including quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities. Level 2 assets include: agency bonds, corporate bonds, commercial paper, municipal bonds, U.S. Treasuries, time deposits and certificates of deposit. These debt investments are priced using observable inputs and valuation models which vary by asset class. The Company uses a pricing service to assist in determining the fair values of all of its cash equivalents and short-term investments. For the cash equivalents and short-term investments in the Company’s portfolio, multiple pricing sources are generally available. The pricing service uses inputs from multiple industry standard data providers or other third party sources and various methodologies, such as weighting and models, to determine the appropriate price at the measurement date. The Company corroborates the prices obtained from the pricing service against other independent sources and, as of March 31, 2017, has not found it necessary to make any adjustments to the prices obtained. The Company’s derivative financial instruments are also classified within Level 2. The Company’s derivative financial instruments consist of foreign currency forward exchange contracts and the TRS. The Company recognizes derivative financial instruments in its consolidated financial statements at fair value. The Company determines the fair value of these instruments by considering the estimated amount it would pay or receive to terminate these agreements at the reporting date.

As of March 31, 2017 and July 1, 2016, the Company had no Level 3 assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

From time to time, the Company enters into certain strategic investments for the promotion of business and strategic objectives. These strategic investments primarily include cost basis investments representing those where the Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence as well as equity method investments representing those where the Company does have the ability to exercise significant influence but does not have control. These investments are included in Other assets, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and are periodically analyzed to determine whether or not there are indicators of impairment. The carrying value of the Company’s strategic investments at March 31, 2017 and July 1, 2016 totaled $99 million and $113 million, respectively, and consisted primarily of privately held equity securities without a readily determinable fair value.

For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company determined that a certain equity investment accounted for under the cost method was other-than-temporarily impaired, and recognized a charge of $25 million in order to write down the carrying amount of the investment to zero. The Company did not record any impairment charges in the three months ended March 31, 2017. For the three and nine months ended April 1, 2016, the Company recognized a charge of $2 million and $12 million, respectively in order to write down the carrying amount of the investment to zero. Since there was no active market for the equity securities of the investee, the Company estimated fair value of the investee by analyzing the underlying cash flows and future prospects of the investee. These amounts were recorded in Other, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

As of March 31, 2017, the Company has $47 million held for sale assets included in Other current assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, which primarily consisted of $37 million of land and building in Korea and the remainder of the balance comprised of property at another location (collectively, the “properties”). The respective properties to be sold met the criteria to be classified as held for sale during the March 2017 and December 2016 quarters. Depreciation related to the properties ceased as of the date these were determined to be held for sale. During the three and nine month ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded impairment charges of $26 million and $31 million, respectively in order to write down the carrying amount of such properties to their estimated fair values less costs to sell. The impairment charges were recorded in Operating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The fair values were determined using Level 3 unobservable inputs including non-binding real estate brokers’ quotations and related market analyses.

Other Fair Value Disclosures

The Company’s debt is carried at amortized cost. The fair value of the Company’s debt is derived using the closing price as of the date of valuation, which takes into account the yield curve, interest rates and other observable inputs. Accordingly, these fair value measurements are categorized as Level 2. The following table presents the fair value and amortized cost of the Company’s debt in order of maturity:


	March 31, 2017						July 1, 2016
(Dollars in millions)	Carrying Amount			Estimated Fair Value			Carrying Amount			Estimated Fair Value
3.75% Senior Notes due November 2018	$	761		$	781		$	800		$	804
7.00% Senior Notes due November 2021		158			162			158			164
4.25% Senior Notes due March 2022		748			743			—			—
4.75% Senior Notes due June 2023		956			961			990			857
4.875% Senior Notes due March 2024		496			491			—			—
4.75% Senior Notes due January 2025		975			958			995			795
4.875% Senior Notes due June 2027		695			654			698			514
5.75% Senior Notes due December 2034		489			446			489			357

	$	5,278		$	5,196		$	4,130		$	3,491
Less: debt issuance costs		(47	)		—			(39	)		—

Long-term debt, net of debt issuance costs	$	5,231		$	5,196		$	4,091		$	3,491
Less: short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt		(158	)		(162	)		—			—

Long-term debt, less current portion	$	5,073		$	5,034		$	4,091		$	3,491

10.

Equity

Share Capital

The Company’s authorized share capital is $13,500 and consists of 1,250,000,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.00001, of which 296,600,790 shares were outstanding as of March 31, 2017, and 100,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.00001, of which none were issued or outstanding as of March 31, 2017.

Ordinary shares—Holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends when and as declared by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”). Upon any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company, after required payments are made to holders of preferred shares, any remaining assets of the Company will be distributed ratably to holders of the preferred and ordinary shares. Holders of shares are entitled to one vote per share on all matters upon which the ordinary shares are entitled to vote, including the election of directors.

Preferred shares—The Company may issue preferred shares in one or more series, up to the authorized amount, without shareholder approval. The Board of Directors is authorized to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series, and to fix the rights, preferences and privileges of the shares of each wholly unissued series and any of its qualifications, limitations or restrictions. The Board of Directors can also increase or decrease the number of shares of a series, but not below the number of shares of that series then outstanding, without any further vote or action by the shareholders.

The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of preferred shares with voting or conversion rights that could harm the voting power or other rights of the holders of the ordinary shares. The issuance of preferred shares, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company and might harm the market price of its ordinary shares and the voting and other rights of the holders of ordinary shares.

Repurchases of Equity Securities

On April 22, 2015, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase an additional $2.5 billion of its outstanding ordinary shares.

All repurchases are effected as redemptions in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association.

As of March 31, 2017, $1.5 billion remained available for repurchase under the existing repurchase authorization limit. During the quarter ended March 31, 2017, the Company did not repurchase any ordinary shares.

The following table sets forth information with respect to repurchases of the Company’s shares during the nine months ended March 31, 2017:


(In millions)	Number of Shares Repurchased		Dollar Value of Shares Repurchased
Repurchases of ordinary shares		7	$	248
Tax withholding related to vesting of equity awards		1		25

Total		8	$	273

11.

Share-based Compensation

The Company recorded approximately $37 million and $110 million of share-based compensation expense during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, respectively. The Company recorded approximately $30 million and $95 million of share-based compensation expense during the three and nine months ended April 1, 2016, respectively.

12.

Guarantees

Indemnifications to Officers and Directors

On May 4, 2009, Seagate Technology, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Seagate-Cayman”), then the parent company, entered into a new form of indemnification agreement (the “Revised Indemnification Agreement”) with its officers and directors of Seagate-Cayman and its subsidiaries (each, an “Indemnitee”). The Revised Indemnification Agreement provides indemnification in addition to any of Indemnitee’s indemnification rights under Seagate-Cayman’s Articles of Association, applicable law or otherwise, and indemnifies an Indemnitee for certain expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of Seagate-Cayman or any of its subsidiaries, arising out of his or her service as a director, officer, employee or agent of Seagate-Cayman or any of its subsidiaries or of any other entity to which he or she provides services at Seagate-Cayman’s request. However, an Indemnitee shall not be indemnified under the Revised Indemnification Agreement for (i) any fraud or dishonesty in the performance of Indemnitee’s duty to Seagate-Cayman or the applicable subsidiary of Seagate-Cayman or (ii) Indemnitee’s conscious, intentional or willful failure to act honestly, lawfully and in good faith with a view to the best interests of Seagate-Cayman or the applicable subsidiary of Seagate-Cayman. In addition, the Revised Indemnification Agreement provides that Seagate-Cayman will advance expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in connection with enforcement of the Revised Indemnification Agreement or with the investigation, settlement or appeal of any action or proceeding against him or her as to which he or she could be indemnified.

On July 3, 2010, pursuant to a corporate reorganization, the common shareholders of Seagate-Cayman became ordinary shareholders of Seagate Technology plc (the “Company”) and Seagate-Cayman became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as described more fully in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 6, 2010 (the “Redomestication”). On July 27, 2010, in connection with the Redomestication, the Company, as sole shareholder of Seagate-Cayman, approved a form of deed of indemnity (the “Deed of Indemnity”), which provides for the indemnification by Seagate-Cayman of any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, Seagate-Cayman or any subsidiary of the Company (each, a “Deed Indemnitee”), in addition to any of a Deed Indemnitee’s indemnification rights under the Company’s Articles of Association, applicable law or otherwise, with a similar scope to the Revised Indemnification Agreement. Seagate-Cayman entered into the Deed of Indemnity with certain Deed Indemnitees effective as of July 3, 2010 and continues to enter into the Deed of Indemnity with additional Deed Indemnitees from time to time.

The nature of these indemnification obligations prevents the Company from making a reasonable estimate of the maximum potential amount it could be required to pay on behalf of its officers and directors. Historically, the Company has not made any significant indemnification payments under such agreements and no amount has been accrued in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements with respect to these indemnification obligations.

Intellectual Property Indemnification Obligations

The Company has entered into agreements with customers and suppliers that include limited intellectual property indemnification obligations that are customary in the industry. These guarantees generally require the Company to compensate the

other party for certain damages and costs incurred as a result of third party intellectual property claims arising from these transactions. The nature of the intellectual property indemnification obligations prevents the Company from making a reasonable estimate of the maximum potential amount it could be required to pay to its customers and suppliers. Historically, the Company has not made any significant indemnification payments under such agreements and no amount has been accrued in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements with respect to these indemnification obligations.

Product Warranty

The Company estimates probable product warranty costs at the time revenue is recognized. The Company generally warrants its products for a period of 1 to 5 years. The Company uses estimated repair or replacement costs and uses statistical modeling to estimate product return rates in order to determine its warranty obligation. Changes in the Company’s product warranty liability during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017 and April 1, 2016 were as follows:


	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016			March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016
Balance, beginning of period	$	222		$	223		$	206		$	248
Warranties issued		32			30			97			96
Repairs and replacements		(28	)		(37	)		(87	)		(118	)
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties, including expirations		(3	)		(11	)		7			(23	)
Warranty liability assumed from business acquisitions		—			—			—			2

Balance, end of period	$	223		$	205		$	223		$	205

13.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to shareholders by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to shareholders by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period and the number of additional shares that would have been outstanding if the potentially dilutive securities had been issued. Potentially dilutive securities include outstanding options, unvested restricted stock units and shares to be purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). The dilutive effect of potentially dilutive securities is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, an increase in fair market value of the Company’s share price can result in a greater dilutive effect from potentially dilutive securities. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to the shareholders of the Company:


	For the Three Months Ended					For the Nine Months Ended
(In millions, except per share data)	March 31, 2017		April 1, 2016			March 31, 2017		April 1, 2016
Numerator:
Net income (loss)	$	194	$	(21	)	$	658	$	178

Number of shares used in per share calculations:
Total shares for purposes of calculating basic net income (loss) per share		296		298			297		300
Weighted-average effect of dilutive securities:
Employee equity award plans		4		—			2		3

Total shares for purpose of calculating diluted net income (loss) per share		300		298			299		303

Net income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.66	$	(0.07	)	$	2.22	$	0.59
Diluted	$	0.65	$	(0.07	)	$	2.20	$	0.59

The anti-dilutive shares related to employee equity award plans that were excluded from the computation of diluted net income (loss) per share were 1 million and 2 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017, respectively, and 4 million and 2 million for the three and nine months ended April 1, 2016, respectively.

14.

Legal, Environmental and Other Contingencies

The Company assesses the probability of an unfavorable outcome of all its material litigation, claims, or assessments to determine whether a liability had been incurred and whether it is probable that one or more future events will occur confirming the fact of the loss. In the event that an unfavorable outcome is determined to be probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated, the Company establishes an accrual for the litigation, claim or assessment. In addition, in the event an unfavorable outcome is determined to be less than probable, but reasonably possible, the Company will disclose an estimate of the possible loss or range of such loss; however, when a reasonable estimate cannot be made, the Company will provide disclosure to that effect. Litigation is inherently uncertain and may result in adverse rulings or decisions. Additionally, the Company may enter into settlements or be subject to judgments that may, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its results of operations. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially.

Intellectual Property Litigation

Convolve, Inc. (“Convolve”) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) v. Seagate Technology LLC, et al.— On July 13, 2000, Convolve and MIT filed suit against Compaq Computer Corporation and Seagate Technology LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4,916,635 (the “‘635 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 5,638,267 (the “‘267 patent”), misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and other claims. On January 16, 2002, Convolve filed an amended complaint, alleging defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,314,473 (the “‘473 patent”). The district court ruled in 2010 that the ‘267 patent was out of the case.

On August 16, 2011, the district court granted in part and denied in part the Company’s motion for summary judgment. On July 1, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: 1) affirmed the district court’s summary judgment rulings that Seagate did not misappropriate any of the alleged trade secrets and that the asserted claims of the ‘635 patent are invalid; 2) reversed and vacated the district court’s summary judgment of non-infringement with respect to the ‘473 patent; and 3) remanded the case for further proceedings on the ‘473 patent. On July 11, 2014, the district court granted the Company’s further summary judgment motion regarding the ‘473 patent. On February 10, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: 1) affirmed the district court’s summary judgment of no direct infringement by Seagate because Seagate’s ATA/SCSI disk drives do not meet the “user interface” limitation of the asserted claims of the ‘473 patent; 2) affirmed the district court’s summary judgment of non-infringement by Compaq’s products as to claims 1, 3, and 5 of the ‘473 patent because Compaq’s F10 BIOS interface does not meet the “commands” limitation of those claims; 3) vacated the district court’s summary judgment of non-infringement by Compaq’s accused products as to claims 7-15 of the ‘473 patent; 4) reversed the district court’s summary judgment of non-infringement based on intervening rights; and 5) remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings on the ‘473 patent. In view of the rulings made by the district court and the Court of Appeals and the uncertainty regarding the amount of damages, if any, that could be awarded Convolve in this matter, the Company does not believe that it is currently possible to determine a reasonable estimate of the possible range of loss related to this matter.

Alexander Shukh v. Seagate Technology—On February 12, 2010, Alexander Shukh filed a complaint against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleging, among other things, employment discrimination and wrongful failure to name him as an inventor on certain Seagate patents. On March 31, 2014, the district court granted Seagate’s summary judgment motion. Mr. Shukh filed a notice of appeal on April 7, 2014. On October 2, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s grant of summary judgment on Mr. Shukh’s claim for correction of inventorship and affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment as to all other claims. On October 29, 2015, Mr. Shukh filed a petition for rehearing en banc with the court of appeals; the petition was denied on December 17, 2015. On March 16, 2016, Shukh filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court; the petition was denied on June 27, 2016. On March 30, 2017, the parties entered into a confidential settlement to resolve this matter. This settlement did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Enova Technology Corporation v. Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc., et al.—On June 5, 2013, Enova Technology Corporation (“Enova”) filed a complaint against Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc. and Seagate Technology LLC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,136,995 (the ‘“995 patent”), “Cryptographic Device,” and U.S. Patent No. 7,900,057 (the “‘057 patent”), “Cryptographic Serial ATA Apparatus and Method.” The Company believes the claims are without merit and intends to vigorously defend this case. On April 27, 2015, the district court ordered a stay of the case, in view of proceedings regarding the ‘995 and ‘057 patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. On September 2, 2015, PTAB issued its final written decision that claims 1-15 of the ‘995 patent are held unpatentable. On December 18, 2015, PTAB issued its final written decisions that claims 1-32 and 40-53 of the ‘057 patent are held unpatentable. On February 4, 2016, PTAB issued its final written decision that claims 33-39 of the ‘057 patent are held unpatentable. Enova has appealed PTAB’s decisions on the ‘995 patent and the ‘057 patent to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Oral argument for the appeal from PTAB’s decision on the ‘995 patent was held on March 13, 2017, at the court of appeals. On March 20, 2017, the court of appeals issued its judgment affirming PTAB’s decision on the ‘995 patent. A hearing before the court of appeals for the appeal from PTAB’s decision on the ‘057 patent has not yet been scheduled. In view of the uncertainty regarding the amount of damages, if any, that could be awarded in this matter, the Company does not believe that it is currently possible to determine a reasonable estimate of the possible range of loss related to this matter.

Lambeth Magnetic Structures LLC v. Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc., et al.—On April 29, 2016, Lambeth Magnetic Structures LLC filed a complaint against Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc. and Seagate Technology LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,128,988, “Magnetic Material Structures, Devices and Methods.” The Company believes the claims asserted in the complaint are without merit and intends to vigorously defend this case. In view of the uncertainty regarding the amount of damages, if any, that could be awarded in this matter, the Company does not believe that it is currently possible to determine a reasonable estimate of the possible range of loss related to this matter.

Environmental Matters

The Company’s operations are subject to U.S. and foreign laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, including those governing discharges of pollutants into the air and water, the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes and the cleanup of contaminated sites. Some of the Company’s operations require environmental permits and controls to prevent and reduce air and water pollution, and these permits are subject to modification, renewal and revocation by issuing authorities.

The Company has established environmental management systems and continually updates its environmental policies and standard operating procedures for its operations worldwide. The Company believes that its operations are in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, regulations and permits. The Company budgets for operating and capital costs on an ongoing basis to comply with environmental laws. If additional or more stringent requirements are imposed on the Company in the future, it could incur additional operating costs and capital expenditures.

Some environmental laws, such as the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (as amended, the “Superfund” law) and its state equivalents, can impose liability for the cost of cleanup of contaminated sites upon any of the current or former site owners or operators or upon parties who sent waste to these sites, regardless of whether the owner or operator owned the site at the time of the release of hazardous substances or the lawfulness of the original disposal activity. The Company has been identified as a potentially responsible party at several sites. At each of these sites, the Company has an assigned portion of the financial liability based on the type and amount of hazardous substances disposed of by each party at the site and the number of financially viable parties. The Company has fulfilled its responsibilities at some of these sites and remains involved in only a few at this time.

While the Company’s ultimate costs in connection with these sites is difficult to predict with complete accuracy, based on its current estimates of cleanup costs and its expected allocation of these costs, the Company does not expect costs in connection with these sites to be material.

The Company may be subject to various state, federal and international laws and regulations governing the environment, including those restricting the presence of certain substances in electronic products. For example, the European Union (“EU”) enacted the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment, which prohibits the use of certain substances, including lead, in certain products, including disk drives and server storage products, put on the market after July 1, 2006. Similar legislation has been or may be enacted in other jurisdictions, including in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, China, Japan and others. The European Union REACH Directive (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals, EC 1907/2006) also restricts substances of very high concern (“SVHCs”) in products. If the Company or its suppliers fails to comply with the substance restrictions, recycle requirements or other environmental requirements as they are enacted worldwide, it could have a materially adverse effect on the Company’s business.

Other Matters

The Company is involved in a number of other judicial, regulatory and administrative proceedings incidental to its business, and from time to time, the Company may be involved in various legal, regulatory or administrative investigation, negotiations or proceeding arising in the normal course of business. Although occasional adverse decisions or settlements may occur or adverse actions taken against the Company, the Company believes that the final disposition of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations.

ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following is a discussion of the financial condition, changes in financial condition, and results of operations for our fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2017, December 30, 2016 and April 1, 2016, referred to herein as the “March 2017 quarter,” the “December 2016 quarter,” and the “March 2016 quarter,” respectively. We operate and report financial results on a fiscal year of 52 or 53 weeks ending on the Friday closest to June 30. The March 2017, December 2016 and March 2016 quarters were all 13 weeks.

You should read this discussion in conjunction with financial information and related notes included elsewhere in this report. Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used herein, the terms “we,” “us,” “Seagate,” the “Company” and “our” refer to Seagate Technology plc, an Irish public limited company, and its subsidiaries. References to “$” are to United States dollars.

Some of the statements and assumptions included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, including, in particular, statements about our plans, strategies, growth prospects, demand for our products, our ability to effectively manage our debt obligations, our restructuring efforts, cost saving projections and estimates of industry growth for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2017 and the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 and beyond. These statements identify prospective information and may include words such as “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “may,” “will,” or negative of these words, variations of these words and comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to the Company as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are based on management’s current views and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are conditioned upon and also involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors may be beyond our control and may pose a risk to our operating and financial condition and include, but are not limited to: any regulatory, legal, logistical or other impediments to our ability to execute on our restructuring efforts, changes to the assumptions on which any restructuring related charges are based; our ability to achieve projected cost savings in connection with restructuring plans and consolidation of our manufacturing activities; the impact of the variable demand and adverse pricing environment for disk drives; our ability to successfully qualify, manufacture and sell our disk drive products in increasing volumes on a cost-effective basis and with acceptable quality, particularly the new disk drive products with lower cost structures; the impact of competitive product announcements and unexpected advances in competing technologies or changes in market trends; possible excess industry supply with respect to particular disk drive products; disruptions to our supply chain or production capabilities; the development and introduction of products based on new technologies and expansion into new data storage markets; our ability to comply with certain covenants in our credit facilities with respect to financial ratios and financial condition tests; currency fluctuations that may impact the Company’s margins and international sales; cyber-attacks or other data breaches that disrupt our operations or result in the dissemination of proprietary or confidential information and cause reputational harm; and fluctuations in interest rates. We also encourage you to read our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 1, 2016 which contains detailed information concerning risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements herein. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date and we undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made.

Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is provided in addition to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and notes to assist readers in understanding our results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows. Our MD&A is organized as follows:

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Our Company. Overview of our business.

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Overview of the March 2017 quarter. Highlights of events in the March 2017 quarter that impacted our financial position.

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Results of Operations. An analysis of our financial results comparing the March 2017 quarter to the December 2016 quarter and the March 2016 quarter.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources. An analysis of changes in our balance sheet and cash flows, and discussion of our financial condition including the credit quality of our investment portfolio and potential sources of liquidity.

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Critical Accounting Policies. Accounting policies and estimates that we believe are important to understanding the assumptions and judgments incorporated in our reported financial results.

Our Company

We are a leading provider of electronic data storage technology and solutions. Our principal products are hard disk drives, commonly referred to as disk drives, hard drives or HDDs. In addition to HDDs, we produce a broad range of electronic data storage products including solid state drives (“SSD”) in our Enterprise market portfolio and solid state hybrid drives (“SSHD”). Our storage technology portfolio also includes storage subsystems, and high performance computing (“HPC”) solutions.

Our products are designed for mission critical and nearline applications in enterprise servers and storage systems; client compute applications, where our products are designed primarily for desktop and mobile computing; and client non-compute applications, where our products are designed for a wide variety of end user devices such as portable external storage systems, personal data backup systems, surveillance systems, digital video recorders (“DVRs”) and gaming consoles.

Our Cloud Systems and Solutions product portfolio builds on the Seagate legacy to extend innovation from the device into the information infrastructure, onsite and in the cloud. This product portfolio includes HPC storage solutions, modular original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) storage systems and scale-out storage systems.

Overview of the March 2017 Quarter

During the March 2017 quarter, we shipped 65 exabytes of storage capacity, generating revenue of approximately $2.7 billion and gross margin of 31%. Our operating cash flow was $426 million. We issued $750 million of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2022 and $500 million of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2024, paid $97 million for the repurchase of our outstanding debt, as well as paid $186 million in dividends.

Results of Operations

We list in the tables below summarized information from our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations by dollars and as a percentage of revenue:


	For the Three Months Ended									For the Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017			December 30, 2016			April 1, 2016			March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016
Revenue	$	2,674		$	2,894		$	2,595		$	8,365		$	8,506
Cost of revenue		1,858			2,003			2,071			5,857			6,553

Gross margin		816			891			524			2,508			1,953
Product development		324			305			298			944			930
Marketing and administrative		150			155			150			457			491
Amortization of intangibles		28			28			29			85			94
Restructuring and other, net		48			33			20			164			95

Income from operations		266			370			27			858			343
Other expense, net		(54	)		(60	)		(18	)		(163	)		(122	)

Income before income taxes		212			310			9			695			221
Provision for income taxes		18			13			30			37			43

Net income (loss)	$	194		$	297		$	(21	)	$	658		$	178


	For the Three Months Ended									For the Nine Months Ended
	March 31, 2017			December 30, 2016			April 1, 2016			March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016
Revenue		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%
Cost of revenue		69			69			80			70			77

Gross margin		31			31			20			30			23
Product development		12			11			11			11			11
Marketing and administrative		6			5			6			6			6
Amortization of intangibles		1			1			1			1			1
Restructuring and other, net		2			1			1			2			1

Income from operations		10			13			1			10			4
Other expense, net		(2	)		(2	)		(1	)		(2	)		(1	)

Income before income taxes		8			11			—			8			3
Provision for income taxes		1			1			1			—			1

Net income (loss)		7	%		10	%		(1	)%		8	%		2	%

Revenue

The following table summarizes HDD information regarding average drive selling prices (“ASPs”), exabytes shipped, and revenues by channel and geography:


	For the Three Months Ended									For the Nine Months Ended
	March 31, 2017			December 30, 2016			April 1, 2016			March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016
ASPs (per unit)	$	67		$	66		$	60		$	67		$	59
Exabytes Shipped		65			68			56			200			171
Revenues by Channel (%)
OEMs		66	%		66	%		69	%		67	%		69	%
Distributors		19	%		18	%		16	%		18	%		17	%
Retailers		15	%		16	%		15	%		14	%		14	%
Revenues by Geography (%)
Americas		30	%		30	%		30	%		31	%		28	%
EMEA		17	%		19	%		17	%		17	%		18	%
Asia Pacific		53	%		51	%		53	%		52	%		54	%

Revenue in the March 2017 quarter decreased by $220 million from the December 2016 quarter as a result of a decrease in exabytes shipped driven primarily by higher seasonal demand in the December 2016 quarter and price erosion, partially offset by favorable product mix.

Revenue in the March 2017 quarter increased by $79 million from the March 2016 quarter primarily as a result of improved product mix translating to an increase in exabytes shipped. Revenue for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 decreased by $141 million from the nine months ended April 1, 2016 as a result of the impact of price erosion, partially offset by improved product mix translating to an increase in exabytes shipped.

We maintain various sales programs such as channel rebates and price masking. Sales programs were approximately at 11%, 11% and 14% of gross drive revenue for the March 2017 quarter, December 2016 quarter and March 2016 quarter, respectively. Adjustments to revenues due to under or over accruals for sales programs related to revenues reported in prior quarterly periods were less than 1% of quarterly gross revenue in all periods presented.

Cost of Revenue and Gross Margin


	For the Three Months Ended									For the Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017			December 30, 2016			April 1, 2016			March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016
Cost of revenue	$	1,858		$	2,003		$	2,071		$	5,857		$	6,553
Gross margin		816			891			524			2,508			1,953
Gross margin percentage		31	%		31	%		20	%		30	%		23	%

Gross margin as a percentage of revenue for the March 2017 quarter remained flat from the December 2016 quarter. Compared to the March 2016 quarter, gross margin as a percentage of revenue increased by 1,100 basis points driven by favorable product mix, and improved utilization of factories resulting from cost savings due to our ongoing workforce reductions and manufacturing consolidation activities, partially offset by price erosion.

Compared to the nine months ended April 1, 2016, gross margin for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 increased by 700 basis points due to a favorable product mix, and improved utilization of factories resulting from cost savings due to our ongoing workforce reductions and manufacturing consolidation activities, partially offset by price erosion.

In the March 2017 quarter, total warranty cost was in the historical range of 1% to 1.5% of revenue and included a favorable change in estimates of prior warranty accruals of less than 0.5% of revenue. Warranty cost related to new shipments was 1.2%, 1.2%, and 1.1% of revenue for each of the March 2017, December 2016 and March 2016 quarters, respectively.

Operating Expenses


	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017		December 30, 2016		April 1, 2016		March 31, 2017		April 1, 2016
Product development	$	324	$	305	$	298	$	944	$	930
Marketing and administrative		150		155		150		457		491
Amortization of intangibles		28		28		29		85		94
Restructuring and other, net		48		33		20		164		95

Operating expenses	$	550	$	521	$	497	$	1,650	$	1,610

Product development expense. Product development expense for the March 2017 quarter increased by $19 million from the December 2016 quarter due to a $26 million increase in impairment charges related to the closure of the Korea design center and $14 million increase in employee related benefits primarily due to increased use of vacation in the December 2016 quarter, partially offset by a $20 million increase in operational efficiencies in our business and a decrease in variable compensation.

Compared to the March 2016 quarter, product development expense increased by $26 million due to a $26 million increase in impairment charges related to the closure of Korea design center and $22 million increase in variable compensation driven by improved financial performance, offset by a decrease of $25 million due to an increase in operational efficiencies in our business and a decrease in salaries and related benefits as a result of the restructuring of our workforce in prior periods.

Product development expense for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 increased by $14 million as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to a $26 million increase in impairment charges related to the closure of Korea design center, an increase in variable compensation and share-based compensation of $66 million driven by better financial performance, offset by an $81 million decrease in salaries and related benefits as a result of an increase in operational efficiencies in our business and the restructuring of our workforce in the prior periods.

Marketing and administrative expense. Marketing and administrative expense for the March 2017 quarter decreased by $5 million from the December 2016 quarter primarily due to an increase in operational efficiencies in our business. Marketing and administrative expense remained flat from the March 2016 quarter.

Marketing and administrative expense for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 decreased by $34 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to a decrease in salaries and related benefits of $46 million as a result of the restructuring of our workforce in prior periods, a $34 million reduction resulting from an increase in operational efficiencies in our business and the completion of certain promotional and branding activities in fiscal year 2016, partially offset by a $48 million increase in variable compensation and share-based compensation driven by better financial performance.

Amortization of intangibles. Amortization of intangibles for the March 2017 quarter remained flat from the December 2016 quarter and March 2016 quarter.

Amortization of intangibles for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 decreased by $9 million as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to certain intangible assets reaching the end of their useful life.

Restructuring and other, net. Restructuring and other, net for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017 was comprised primarily of restructuring charges to reduce our global workforce by 300 and 6,800 employees respectively, as we continue to consolidate our global footprint across Asia, EMEA and the Americas.

Restructuring and other, net for the three and nine months ended April 1, 2016 was comprised primarily of a restructuring charge recorded for February 2016 Plan and the September 2015 Plan to reduce our workforce by approximately 2,000 and 1,000 employees respectively, as a result of our ongoing focus on cost efficiencies in all areas of our business, which were largely completed during fiscal year 2016. See “Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements-Note 7. Restructuring and Exit Costs” for more details.

Other Expense, Net


	For the Three Months Ended									For the Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017			December 30, 2016			April 1, 2016			March 31, 2017			April 1, 2016
Other expense, net	$	(54	)	$	(60	)	$	(18	)	$	(163	)	$	(122	)

Other expense, net decreased by $6 million from the December 2016 quarter, due to a $25 million charge related to the impairment of a strategic investment in the December 2016 quarter and a $4 million increase in earnings from strategic investments in the March 2017 quarter, partially offset by increase of $27 million expense in the March 2017 quarter including a $17 million change from unfavorable foreign currency changes in foreign exchange rates and $10 million interest expense on the issuance of $750 million of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2022 and $500 million of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2024.

Compared to the March 2016 quarter, Other expense, net increased by $36 million primarily due to the $33 million final payment of unpaid interest on the arbitration award amount in the Company’s case against Western Digital in the March 2016 quarter, a $10 million interest expense on the issuance of $750 million of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2022 and $500 million of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2024, partially offset by favorable foreign currency changes in foreign exchange rates and a $4 million increase in earnings from strategic investments.

Other expense, net for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 increased by $41 million from the corresponding period in the prior year primarily due to the $33 million final payment of unpaid interest on the arbitration award amount in the Company’s case against Western Digital in the March 2016 quarter, a $13 million increase related to the impairment of certain strategic investments, $10 million interest expense on the issuance of $750 million of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2022 and $500 million of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2024, offset by $14 million foreign currency remeasurement related to favorable foreign currency changes in foreign exchange rates.

Income Taxes


	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017		December 30, 2016		April 1, 2016		March 31, 2017		April 1, 2016
Provision for income taxes	$	18	$	13	$	30	$	37	$	43

Our income tax provision of $18 million and $37 million in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017 included approximately $8 million of net discrete tax expense and approximately $3 million of net discrete tax expense, respectively. These discrete items are primarily associated with changes in valuation allowances offset by the release of tax reserves due to the expiration of certain statutes of limitation, and prior year tax adjustments.

Our income tax provision recorded for the March 2017 quarter and for the first nine months of fiscal year 2017 differed from the provision for income taxes that would be derived by applying the Irish statutory rate of 25% to income before income taxes, primarily due to the net effect of (i) tax benefits related to non-U.S. earnings generated in jurisdictions that are subject to tax holidays or tax incentive programs and are considered indefinitely reinvested outside of Ireland, (ii) restructuring expenses with no associated tax benefits, and (iii) a net decrease in valuation allowance for certain deferred tax assets.

During the nine months ended March 31, 2017, our unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties increased by approximately $6 million to $76 million. The unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate were $76 million at March 31, 2017, subject to certain future valuation allowance reversals. During the 12 months beginning April 1, 2017, we expect that our unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by approximately $13 million, primarily as a result of the expiration of certain statutes of limitation.

Our income tax provision recorded for the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 included approximately $2 million of net discrete tax provision associated with prior year tax adjustments offset by the release of tax reserves due to the expiration of certain statutes of limitation.

Our income tax provision recorded for the March 2016 quarter and for the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 differed from the provision for income taxes that would be derived by applying the Irish statutory rate of 25% to income before income taxes, primarily due to the net effect of (i) tax benefits related to non-U.S. earnings generated in jurisdictions that are subject to tax holidays or tax incentive programs and are considered indefinitely reinvested outside of Ireland and (ii) a decrease in valuation allowance for certain U.S. deferred tax assets. The acquisition of Dot Hill Systems Corporation did not have a material impact on our effective tax rate in fiscal year 2016.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The following sections discuss our principal liquidity requirements, as well as our sources and uses of cash and our liquidity and capital resources. Our cash and cash equivalents are maintained in investments with remaining maturities of 90 days or less at the time of purchase. Our short-term investments consist primarily of money market funds, time deposits and certificates of deposit. The principal objectives of our investment policy are the preservation of principal and maintenance of liquidity. We believe our cash equivalents and short-term investments are liquid and accessible. We operate in some countries that have restrictive regulations over the movement of cash and/or foreign exchange across their borders. However, we believe our sources of cash have been and will continue to be sufficient to meet our cash needs for the next 12 months unimpeded by any restrictive regulations. We are not aware of any downgrades, losses or other significant deterioration in the fair value of our cash equivalents or short-term investments and we do not believe the fair value of our short-term investments has significantly changed from the values reported as of March 31, 2017.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments


(Dollars in millions)	March 31, 2017		July 1, 2016		Change
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,026	$	1,125	$	1,901
Short-term investments		—		6		(6	)

Total	$	3,026	$	1,131	$	1,895

Our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments increased from July 1, 2016 as a result of an increase in net cash provided by operating activities and the proceeds from the issuance of $750 million of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2022 and $500 million of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2024. These cash inflows were partially offset by net cash outflows for capital expenditures, early redemption and repayments of long-term debt, repurchase of our ordinary shares and dividends paid to our shareholders.

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 of $1,673 million includes the effects of net income adjusted for non-cash items including depreciation, amortization, share-based compensation, and:

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a decrease of $165 million in accounts receivable, primarily due to a decrease in revenues and improved collection; and

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an increase of $124 million in accounts payable, primarily due to the timing of payments of material purchases; offset by

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an increase in inventory of $170 million primarily due to an increase in units built in connection with adjustments to our manufacturing footprint.

Cash Used in Investing Activities

Cash used for investing activities for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 was $337 million and primarily attributable to the following activities:

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$330 million used to acquire property, equipment and leasehold improvements.

Cash Used in Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities of $571 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily attributable to the following activities:

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net proceeds of $1,232 million received from issuance of $750 million of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2022 and $500 million of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2024;

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$83 million in proceeds from the issuance of ordinary shares under employee stock plans, offset by;

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$374 million in dividend payments;

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$248 million paid to repurchase ordinary shares;

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$97 million of redemption and repayments of long-term debt;

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$25 million paid for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards.

Liquidity Sources, Cash Requirements and Commitments

Our primary sources of liquidity as of March 31, 2017 consisted of: (1) approximately $3.0 billion in cash and cash equivalents, (2) cash we expect to generate from operations and (3) a $700 million senior revolving credit facility.

As of March 31, 2017, no borrowings had been drawn under the revolving credit facility or had been utilized for letters of credit issued under this credit facility. The line of credit is available for borrowings, subject to compliance with financial covenants and other customary conditions to borrowing.

The credit agreement that governs our revolving credit facility, as amended, includes three financial covenants: (1) minimum cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities; (2) a fixed charge coverage ratio; and (3) a net leverage ratio. On April 28, 2016, the Revolving Credit Agreement was amended in order to increase the allowable net leverage ratio to adjust for our current financial liquidity position. We were in compliance with the modified covenants as of March 31, 2017 and expect to be in compliance for the next 12 months.

Our liquidity requirements are primarily to meet our working capital, product development and capital expenditure needs, to fund scheduled payments of principal and interest on our indebtedness, and to fund our quarterly dividend. Our ability to fund these requirements will depend on our future cash flows, which are determined by future operating performance, and therefore, subject to prevailing global macroeconomic conditions and financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. However, we believe our sources of cash will continue to be sufficient to meet our cash needs for the next 12 months

For fiscal year 2017, we expect capital expenditures to be less than 5% of revenue.

From time to time we may repurchase any of our outstanding notes in open market or privately negotiated purchases or otherwise, or may repurchase outstanding notes pursuant to the terms of the applicable indenture.

Dividends declared in the March 2017 quarter of $187 million were subsequently paid on April 5, 2017. The Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.63 per share on April 26, 2017, which is payable on July 5, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 21, 2017.

From time to time we may repurchase any of our outstanding ordinary shares through private, open market, or broker assisted purchases. As of March 31, 2017, $1.5 billion remained available for repurchase under our existing repurchase authorization limit. All repurchases are effected as redemptions in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association.

On March 15, 2017, we exercised our call option by providing notice of the redemption to the trustee of our intention to redeem all $158 million of our remaining outstanding 2021 Notes. The Notes will be redeemed on May 1, 2017 (the “Redemption Date”) at a redemption price equal to $102.333 per $100 principal amount of the 2021 Notes redeemed plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

Our contractual cash obligations and commitments as of March 31, 2017, have been summarized in the table below:


			Fiscal Year(s)
(Dollars in millions)	Total		Remainder of 2017		2018-2019		2020-2021		Thereafter
Contractual Cash Obligations:
Long-term debt (including current portion)	$	5,286	$	158	$	761	$	—	$	4,367
Interest payments on debt		1,974		121		467		420		966
Purchase obligations⁽²⁾		1,554		629		750		175		—
Operating leases⁽¹⁾		140		6		34		20		80
Capital expenditures		130		130		—		—		—
Other funding requirements ⁽³⁾		36		6		22		8		—

Subtotal		9,120		1,050		2,034		623		5,413
Commitments:
Letters of credit or bank guarantees		102		102		—		—		—

Total	$	9,222	$	1,152	$	2,034	$	623	$	5,413

(1)	Includes total future minimum rent expense under non-cancelable leases for both occupied and vacated facilities (rent expense

is shown net of sublease income).

(2)	Purchase obligations are defined as contractual obligations for the purchase of goods or services, which are enforceable and legally binding on us, and that specify all significant terms.

(3)	Consists of funding requirements related to strategic commitments.

As of March 31, 2017, we had a liability for unrecognized tax benefits and an accrual for the payment of related interest totaling $14 million, none of which is expected to be settled within one year. Outside of one year, we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of when cash settlement with a taxing authority will occur.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of such statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements. Our estimates are based on historical experience and other assumptions that we consider to be appropriate in the circumstances. However, actual future results may vary from our estimates.

Since our fiscal year ended July 1, 2016, there have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates. Refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 1, 2016, as filed with the SEC on August 5, 2016, for a discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See “Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements—Note 1. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for information regarding the effect of new accounting pronouncements on our financial statements.

ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We have exposure to market risks due to the volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, equity and bond markets. A portion of these risks are hedged, but fluctuations could impact our results of operations, financial position and cash flows. Additionally, we have exposure to downgrades in the credit ratings of our counterparties as well as exposure related to our credit rating changes.

Interest Rate Risk. Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment portfolio. As of March 31, 2017, we had no material available-for-sale securities that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for a period greater than 12 months. We determined no available-for-sale securities were other-than-temporarily impaired as of March 31, 2017. We currently do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio.

We have fixed rate debt obligations. We enter into debt obligations to support general corporate purposes including capital expenditures and working capital needs.

The table below presents principal amounts and related weighted-average interest rates by year of maturity for our investment portfolio and debt obligations as of March 31, 2017.


	Fiscal Years Ended															Total			Fair Value at March 31, 2017
(Dollars in millions, except percentages)	2017			2018		2019			2020		2021		Thereafter			Total			Fair Value at March 31, 2017
Assets
Cash equivalents:
Fixed rate	$	1,717		$	—	$	—		$	—	$	—	$	—		$	1,717		$	1,717
Average interest rate		0.95	%														0.95	%

Total fixed income	$	1,717		$	—	$	—		$	—	$	—	$	—		$	1,717		$	1,717
Average interest rate		0.95	%														0.95	%
Debt
Fixed rate	$	158		$	—	$	761		$	—	$	—	$	4,367		$	5,286		$	5,196
Average interest rate		7.00	%				3.75	%						4.81	%		4.72	%

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk. We may enter into foreign currency forward exchange contracts to manage exposure related to certain foreign currency commitments and anticipated foreign currency denominated expenditures. Our policy prohibits us from entering into derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes. At this time, we have not identified any material exposure associated with the changes as a result of the British vote to exit the European Union.

We also hedge a portion of our foreign currency denominated balance sheet positions with foreign currency forward exchange contracts to reduce the risk that our earnings will be adversely affected by changes in currency exchange rates. The changes in fair value of these hedges are recognized in earnings in the same period as the gains and losses from the remeasurement of the assets and liabilities. These foreign currency forward exchange contracts are not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. All these foreign currency forward contracts mature within 12 months.

We evaluate hedging effectiveness prospectively and retrospectively and record any ineffective portion of the hedging instruments in Cost of revenue on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. We did not have any material net gains (losses) recognized in Cost of revenue for cash flow hedges due to hedge ineffectiveness or discontinued cash flow hedges during the three months ended March 31, 2017.

The table below provides information as of March 31, 2017 about our foreign currency forward exchange contracts. The table is provided in U.S. dollar equivalent amounts and presents the notional amounts (at the contract exchange rates) and the weighted-average contractual foreign currency exchange rates.


(Dollars in millions, except average contract rate)	Notional Amount		Average Contract Exchange Rate		Estimated Fair Value (1)
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts:
British Pound Sterling	$	27	$	0.75	$	(2	)
Singapore Dollars		22		1.44		1
Thai Baht		22		36.04		1

Total	$	71			$	—

(1)	Equivalent to the unrealized net (loss) gain on existing contracts.

Other Market Risks. We have exposure to counterparty credit downgrades in the form of credit risk related to our foreign currency forward exchange contracts and our fixed income portfolio. We monitor and limit our credit exposure for our foreign currency forward exchange contracts by performing ongoing credit evaluations. We also manage the notional amount of contracts entered into with any one counterparty, and we maintain limits on maximum tenor of contracts based on the credit rating of the financial institution. Additionally, the investment portfolio is diversified and structured to minimize credit risk. As of March 31, 2017, we had no material credit exposure related to our foreign currency forward exchange contracts. Changes in our corporate issuer credit ratings have minimal impact on our financial results, but downgrades may negatively impact our future transaction costs and our ability to execute transactions with various counterparties.

We are subject to equity market risks due to changes in the fair value of the notional investments selected by our employees as part of our Seagate Deferred Compensation Plan (the “SDCP”). In fiscal year 2014, we entered into a Total Return Swap (“TRS”) in order to manage the equity market risks associated with the SDCP liabilities. We pay a floating rate, based on LIBOR plus an interest rate spread, on the notional amount of the TRS. The TRS is designed to substantially offset changes in the SDCP liability due to changes in the value of the investment options made by employees. See “Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements—Note 8. Derivative Financial Instruments” of this Report on Form 10-Q.

ITEM 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Based on the evaluation, our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2017. During the quarter ended March 31, 2017, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or were reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

For a discussion of legal proceedings, see “Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements—Note 14. Legal, Environmental and Other Contingencies” of this Report on Form 10-Q.

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes to the description of the risk factors associated with our business previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 1, 2016. In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as they could materially affect our business, financial condition and future results.

The Risk Factors are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or operating results.

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Repurchase of Equity Securities

All repurchases are effected as redemptions in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association.

On April 22, 2015, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase an additional $2.5 billion of its outstanding ordinary shares.

As of March 31, 2017, $1.5 billion remained available for repurchase under the existing repurchase authorization limit. There is no expiration date on this authorization. During the quarter ended March 31, 2017, the Company did not repurchase any ordinary shares.

The following table sets forth information with respect to all repurchases of our shares made during fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017:


(In millions, except average price paid per share)	Total Number of Shares Repurchased (a)		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Repurchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
December 31, 2016 through January 27, 2017		—	$	38.78		—	$	1,485
January 28, 2017 through February 24, 2017		—		46.89		—		1,485
February 25, 2017 through March 31, 2017		1		44.68		1		1,484

Total		1	$	43.93		1	$	1,484

(a)	Includes statutory tax withholdings related to vesting of employee equity awards.

ITEM 3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.

OTHER INFORMATION

On April 25, 2017, Regan J. MacPherson resigned as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective June 2, 2017. Kenneth M. Massaroni, Advisor to the CEO, Legal, will assume the role of Interim Chief Legal Officer until Ms. MacPherson’s successor is appointed.

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

See Exhibit Index on the page immediately following the signature page to this Report for a list of exhibits to this Report, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

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 undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

DATE: April 28, 2017	BY:	/s/ STEPHEN J. LUCZO
		Stephen J. Luczo
		Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer)

DATE: April 28, 2017	BY:	/s/ DAVID H. MORTON, JR.
		David H. Morton, Jr.
		Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit

3.1		Constitution of Seagate Technology Public Limited Company, as amended and restated by Special Resolution dated October 19, 2016, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on October 24, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference.

3.2		Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed on August 20, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference.

4.1		Indenture for the 2022 Notes, dated as of February 3, 2017, among Seagate HDD Cayman, as Issuer, Seagate Technology plc, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.

4.2		Form of 4.250% Senior Note due 2022, included in Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.

4.3		Indenture for the 2024 Notes, dated as of February 3, 2017, among Seagate HDD Cayman, as Issuer, Seagate Technology plc, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.

4.4		Form of 4.875% Senior Note due 2024 included in Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.

4.5		Registration Rights Agreement for the 2022 Notes, dated as of February 3, 2017, among Seagate HDD Cayman, Seagate Technology plc and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.

4.6		Registration Rights Agreement for the 2024 Notes, dated as of February 3, 2017, among Seagate HDD Cayman, Seagate Technology plc and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.

31.1+		Certification of Stephen J. Luczo, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2+		Certification of David H. Morton, Jr., Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1†		Certification of Stephen J. Luczo, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and David H. Morton, Jr., Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS+		XBRL Instance Document.

101.SCH+		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

101.CAL+		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

101.DEF+		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.

101.LAB+		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.

101.PRE+		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

+	Filed herewith.

†

The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 that accompany this Form 10-Q are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Seagate Technology plc under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.