Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
DAVIDSON JAMES
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY [STX]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2725 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 150
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/03/2005
(Street)

MENLO PARK, CA 94025
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 01/03/2005   C(3)   30,000,000 D $ 16.62 209,500,000 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3)

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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
Futures Contract (obligation to sell) $ 16.62 01/03/2005   C(3)     30,000,000 06/10/2005 06/10/2005 Common Shares 30,000,000 $ 0 (3) 0 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
DAVIDSON JAMES
2725 SAND HILL ROAD
SUITE 150
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
  X      

Signatures

 /S/ Roberta S. Cohen for James A. Davidson   01/04/2005
**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) James A. Davidson (the "Reporting Person") is a shareholder and a director of Silver Lake (Offshore) AIV GP LTD., which is the general partner of each of Silver Lake Technology Associates Cayman, L.P. and Silver Lake Technology Investors Cayman, L.P. Silver Lake Technology Associates Cayman, L.P. is the general partner of each of Silver Lake Partners Cayman, L.P. and Silver Lake Investors Cayman, L.P. As of December 9, 2004, Silver Lake Technology Investors Cayman, L.P., Silver Lake Partners Cayman, L.P. and Silver Lake Investors Cayman, L.P. (collectively, the "Silver Lake Funds") owned approximately 31.8% of the outstanding ordinary shares of New SAC. New SAC is the controlling shareholder of Seagate Technology (the "Issuer"). New SAC entered into and delivered under the forward contract reported hereby.
(2) The Reporting Person is also a member of New SAC's board of directors. Because of his affiliation with the Silver Lake Funds and as a director of New SAC, the Reporting Person may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power over the securities held by New SAC. The Reporting Person, however, disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the securities beneficially owned by New SAC, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
(3) On January 3, 2005, New SAC rehypothecated 30,000,000 of Seagate Technology's common shares, par value $0.00001 per share (the "Shares"), satisfying its delivery obligation under a forward sale agreement with Goldman Sachs Financial Markets, L.P. ("GSFM"). At the same time, New SAC transferred to GSFM all voting, dividend and economic rights to the Shares in accordance with the terms of the forward sale agreement. The transaction is reflected in Table I as the disposition of the underlying Shares and in Table II as the settlement of the futures contract. On the same date, New SAC received payment for the Shares in accordance with the terms of the forward sale agreement.

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