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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Richarz David K   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY [STX] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP, Sales and CSO (Last) (First) (Middle) SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, 920 DISC DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/12/2008 (Street) SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Shares 09/12/2008   A   10,000 (1) A $ 0 61,102.4967 (2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

NQ Stock Option

$ 13.73

09/12/2008

A

120,000

09/12/2009(3)

09/12/2015

Common Shares

120,000

$ 0

120,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Richarz David K SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 920 DISC DRIVE SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066			EVP, Sales and CSO

Signatures

/s/ Roberta S Cohen for David K Richarz		09/16/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The vesting for these awards issued under the 2004 Stock Compensation Plan is subject to both continuous employment and specified performance goals. The earliest possible vesting is 25% annually over four years, however, depending on the timing of the achievement of specified performance goals, the grantee has up to seven years to completely vest in the award. Part or all of the award will not be vested if the employment ends prior to complete vesting or if the performance goal is not achieved as of the last vesting opportunity.
(2)	Includes 538 shares purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan on July 31, 2008.
(3)	Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Seagate Technology's 2004 Stock Compensation Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. After one year of continuous employment, one quarter of the option shares vest will vest on September 12, 2009. Following continuous employment, the remaining three quarters will vest proportionally monthly over the 36 months thereafter from September 12, 2009.

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