Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  MORTON DAVID H JR
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/30/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Seagate Technology [STX]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, 920 DISC DRIVE
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
VP, FINANCE, TREASURER &PAO
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 950600
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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Shares 2,000 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
NQ Stock Options 09/16/2005 09/16/2011(2) Common Shares 1,376 $ 13.62 D  
NQ Stock Options 09/27/2006 09/27/2012(3) Common shares 2,501 $ 15.065 D  
NQ Stock Options 10/03/2006 10/03/2012(4) Common Shares 1,501 $ 15.74 D  
NQ Stock Options 09/15/2007 09/15/2013(5) Common Shares 2,917 $ 21.9 D  
NQ Stock Options 10/16/2007 10/23/2013(6) Common Shares 26,250 $ 21.555 D  
NQ Stock Options 09/13/2008 09/13/2014(7) Common Shares 30,000 $ 24.63 D  
NQ Stock Options 09/12/2009 09/12/2015(8) Common Shares 12,000 $ 13.73 D  
NQ Stock Options 09/11/2010 03/06/2016(9) Common shares 80,000 $ 3.345 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
MORTON DAVID H JR
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
920 DISC DRIVE
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 950600
      VP, FINANCE, TREASURER &PAO  

Signatures

/S/ Roberta S Cohen for David H. Morton Jr. 11/09/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) Consists of a grant of restricted stock units awarded to the Reporting Person under the 2004 Stock Compensation Plan for no consideration. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Seagate common stock. Subject to the Reporting Person's Continuous Service with the Coompany, vested shares to be released to the reporting person on each of the first four anniversaries of the vesting commencement date of September 12, 2008. As of October 30, 2009, 666 shares have already been released and 2,000 shares remain subject to vesting.
(2) Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2001 Share Option Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on September 16, 2005. The remaining option shares are vesting proportionally each month over the 36 months following September 16, 2005.
(3) Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2001 Share Option Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on September 27, 2006. The remaining option shares are vesting proportionally each month over the 36 months following September 27, 2006.
(4) Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2004 Stock Compensation Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on October 3, 2006. The remaining option shares vest proportionally each month over the 36 months following October 3, 2006.
(5) Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2004 Stock Compensation Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on September 15, 2007. The remaining option shares vest proportionally each month over the 36 months following September 15, 2007.
(6) Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2004 Stock Compensation Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on October 16, 2007. The remaining option shares vest proportionally each month over the 36 months following October 16, 2007.
(7) Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2004 Stock Compensation Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on September 13, 2008. The remaining option shares vest proportionally each month over the 36 months following September 13, 2008.
(8) Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2004 Stock Compensation Plan are subject to a four-year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares vested on September 12, 2009. The remaining option shares vest proportionally each month over the 36 months following September 12, 2009.
(9) Options granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2004 Stock Compensation Plan are subject to a four and one-half year vesting schedule. One quarter of the option shares will vest on September 11, 2010. The remaining option shares vest proportionally each month over the 36 months following September 11, 2010.

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