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Exhibit 10.6
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
2004 SHARE COMPENSATION PLAN
Adopted by Board on August 5, 2004
Approved by Stockholders on October 28, 2004
Last Amended and Restated on July 27, 2010
Termination Date: October 28, 2014
I. PURPOSES.
1.1 Eligible Share Award Recipients
. The persons eligible to receive Share Awards are the Employees, Directors and Consultants
of the Company and its Affiliates.
1.2 Available Share Awards . The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible recipients of Share Awards may be
given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Ordinary Shares through the granting of Share Awards including, but not limited
to: (i) Incentive Stock Options, (ii) Nonstatutory Share Options, (iii) Restricted Share Bonuses, (iv) Restricted Share Purchase Rights, (v) Share
Appreciation Rights, (vi) Phantom Share Units, (vii) Restricted Share Units, (viii) Performance Share Bonuses, and (ix) Performance Share
Units.
1.3 General Purpose . The Company, by means of this new Plan, which is intended to replace the Company’s 2001 Share Option
Plan (“Predecessor Plan”), seeks to provide incentives for the group of persons eligible to receive Share Awards to align their long-
term interests
with those of the Company’s shareholders and to perform in a manner individually and collectively that enhances the success of the Company
and its Affiliates. Share Awards granted under the Predecessor Plan shall continue to be governed by the terms of the Predecessor Plan in effect
on the date of grant of such award.
II. DEFINITIONS.
2.1 Affiliate” means generally with respect to the Company, any entity directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controlling or controlled by (but not under common control with) the Company. Solely with respect to the granting of any Incentive Stock
Options, Affiliate means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are
defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code.
2.2 Beneficial Owner” means the definition given in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
2.3 Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.4 Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: