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Seagate Technology plc – ‘10-K’ for 6/30/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 8/4/17, at 4:37pm ET · For: 6/30/17 · Accession #: 1193125-17-248796 · File #: 1-31560

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/04/17  Seagate Technology plc            10-K        6/30/17  109:13M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.20M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     45K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     31K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     59K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    114K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     49K 
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     92K 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     80K 
18: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    134K 
19: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     95K 
20: R8          Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     93K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
21: R9          Balance Sheet Information                           HTML    216K 
22: R10         Acquisitions                                        HTML     86K 
23: R11         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     94K 
24: R12         Restructuring and Exit Costs                        HTML    156K 
25: R13         Debt                                                HTML     87K 
26: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML    170K 
27: R15         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    116K 
28: R16         Fair Value                                          HTML    208K 
29: R17         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     60K 
30: R18         Share-based Compensation                            HTML    193K 
31: R19         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     62K 
32: R20         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML     78K 
33: R21         Legal, Environmental and Other Contingencies        HTML     56K 
34: R22         Commitments                                         HTML     50K 
35: R23         Guarantees                                          HTML     61K 
36: R24         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     40K 
37: R25         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML    172K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
38: R26         Balance Sheet Information (Tables)                  HTML    223K 
39: R27         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     80K 
40: R28         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     93K 
41: R29         Restructuring and Exit Costs (Tables)               HTML    146K 
42: R30         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     40K 
43: R31         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    161K 
44: R32         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    107K 
45: R33         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML    193K 
46: R34         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     46K 
47: R35         Share-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    161K 
48: R36         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     63K 
49: R37         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML     69K 
                (Tables)                                                         
50: R38         Commitments (Tables)                                HTML     44K 
51: R39         Guarantees (Tables)                                 HTML     52K 
52: R40         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     70K 
                Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details)                        
53: R41         Balance Sheet Information (Summary of fair value    HTML     57K 
                and amortized cost of investments, by major                      
                type)(Details)                                                   
54: R42         Balance Sheet Information (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     64K 
55: R43         Balance Sheet Information (Fair value and           HTML     56K 
                amortized cost of available-for-sale securities by               
                contractual maturity) (Details)                                  
56: R44         Balance Sheet Information (Cash, Cash Equivalents,  HTML     40K 
                and Restricted Cash) (Details)                                   
57: R45         Balance Sheet Information (Accounts Receivable,     HTML     39K 
                net) (Details)                                                   
58: R46         Balance Sheet Information (Allowance for Doubtful   HTML     41K 
                Accounts Rollforward) (Details)                                  
59: R47         Balance Sheet Information (Inventories) (Details)   HTML     42K 
60: R48         Balance Sheet Information (Property, Equipment and  HTML     56K 
                Leasehold Improvements, net) (Details)                           
61: R49         Balance Sheet Information (Accrued Expenses)        HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R50         Balance Sheet Information (Accumulated Other        HTML     58K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                           
63: R51         Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     58K 
64: R52         Acquisitions (Fair Value of Assets Acquired and     HTML     74K 
                Liabilities Assumed) (Details)                                   
65: R53         Acquisitions (Finite Lived Intangible Assets        HTML     66K 
                Acquired) (Details)                                              
66: R54         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Narrative)    HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R55         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Changes in    HTML     41K 
                the carrying amount of goodwill) (Details)                       
68: R56         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Carrying      HTML     55K 
                value of intangible assets) (Details)                            
69: R57         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Expected      HTML     48K 
                amortization expense for acquisition-related                     
                intangible assets) (Details)                                     
70: R58         Restructuring and Exit Costs (Narrative) (Details)  HTML     79K 
71: R59         Restructuring and Exit Costs (Schedule of           HTML     85K 
                Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost) (Details)                 
72: R60         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML    146K 
73: R61         Debt (Future principal payments on long-term debt)  HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R62         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     93K 
75: R63         Income Taxes (Schedule of Provision for (Benefit    HTML     62K 
                From) Income Taxes) (Details)                                    
76: R64         Income Taxes (Schedule of Income Before Income      HTML     38K 
                Taxes) (Details)                                                 
77: R65         Income Taxes (Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and   HTML     86K 
                Liabilities) (Details)                                           
78: R66         Income Taxes (Schedule of Reconciliation Between    HTML     59K 
                Income at Statutory Rate and Effective Rate)                     
                (Details)                                                        
79: R67         Income Taxes (Schedule of Gross Unrecognized Tax    HTML     50K 
                Benefits) (Details)                                              
80: R68         Derivative Financial Instruments (Narrative)        HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R69         Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule of       HTML     40K 
                notional value of outstanding foreign currency                   
                forward exchange contracts) (Details)                            
82: R70         Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule of       HTML     51K 
                gross fair value of derivative instruments)                      
                (Details)                                                        
83: R71         Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule of the   HTML     57K 
                effect of derivative instruments on Other                        
                comprehensive income (loss) and the Consolidated                 
                Statement of Operations) (Details)                               
84: R72         Fair Value (Narrative) (Details)                    HTML     57K 
85: R73         Fair Value (Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and      HTML     92K 
                Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis) (Details)               
86: R74         Fair Value (Schedule of Fair Value, by Balance      HTML     66K 
                Sheet Grouping, Measured on Recurring Basis)                     
                (Details)                                                        
87: R75         Fair Value (Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level  HTML     37K 
                3), Reconciliation) (Details)                                    
88: R76         Fair Value (Schedule of Carrying Values and         HTML    106K 
                Estimated Fair Values of Debt Instruments)                       
                (Details)                                                        
89: R77         Shareholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     57K 
90: R78         Shareholders' Equity (Schedule of Share             HTML     53K 
                Repurchases) (Details)                                           
91: R79         Share-based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML    168K 
92: R80         Share-based Compensation (Fair Value of Nonvested   HTML     36K 
                Shares and Performance Shares) (Details)                         
93: R81         Share-based Compensation (Weighted-average          HTML     94K 
                assumptions used to determine the fair value)                    
                (Details)                                                        
94: R82         Share-based Compensation (Stock option activity)    HTML     95K 
                (Details)                                                        
95: R83         Share-based Compensation (Nonvested share           HTML     58K 
                activity) (Details)                                              
96: R84         Share-based Compensation (Performance award         HTML     64K 
                activity) (Details)                                              
97: R85         Earnings Per Share (Schedule of computation of      HTML     57K 
                basic and diluted net income (Loss) Per Share)                   
                (Details)                                                        
98: R86         Earnings Per Share (Schedule of Antidilutive        HTML     37K 
                Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings                 
                Per Share) (Details)                                             
99: R87         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML     45K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
100: R88         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML     62K  
                (Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and                 
                Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas)                        
                (Details)                                                        
101: R89         Legal, Environmental and Other Contingencies        HTML     34K  
                (Details)                                                        
102: R90         Commitments (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     56K  
103: R91         Commitments (Future minimum lease payments for      HTML     50K  
                operating leases) (Details)                                      
104: R92         Guarantees (Narrative) (Details)                    HTML     39K  
105: R93         Guarantees (Product Warranty) (Details)             HTML     43K  
106: R94         Subsequent Events Details (Details)                 HTML     58K  
108: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    212K  
107: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    139K  
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11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- stx-20170630_lab                      XML   2.51M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- stx-20170630_pre               XML   1.64M 
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Filing Submission 0001193125-17-248796 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Seagate Technology plc – ‘10-K’ for 6/30/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 8/4/17, at 4:37pm ET · For: 6/30/17 · Accession #: 1193125-17-248796 · File #: 1-31560

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Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
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