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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 * TOKICH MICHAEL J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol STERIS plc [STE] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Sr. Vice Pres., CFO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RUTHERFORD HOUSE, STEPHENSONS WAY, CHADDESDEN 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/30/2018 (Street) DERBY, X0 DE21 6LY 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 Ordinary Shares, 10 pence par value 05/30/2018   F   1,370 (1) D $ 104.57 46,218 D   Ordinary Shares, 10 pence par value 05/31/2018   A   4,240 (2) A $ 0 50,458 (3) D   Ordinary Shares, 10 pence par value               3,369 I See Footnote Below. (4)

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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

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 114.22

05/31/2018

A

46,664

(5)

05/31/2028

Ordinary Shares

46,664

$ 0

46,664

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
TOKICH MICHAEL J C/O RUTHERFORD HOUSE, STEPHENSONS WAY CHADDESDEN DERBY, X0 DE21 6LY			Sr. Vice Pres., CFO

Signatures

/s/ Ronald E. Snyder, Authorized Representative under Power of Attorney		06/01/2018
**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)	1,370 shares were withheld from the 4,500 restricted shares that vested on May 30, 2018. These 1,370 shares represent the value of the taxes required to be withheld pursuant to applicable employment or tax laws, as determined by the Issuer. These 4,500 shares were awarded to Mr. Tokich on May 30, 2014 as part of an award of 4,500 restricted shares. These vested shares were valued at the NYSE closing market price on May 30, 2018.
(2)	All 4,240 of these Common Shares are restricted. The restrictions on these Common Shares lapse as follows: 4,240 on May 31, 2022.
(3)	25,940 of these ordinary shares are restricted. The restrictions on these ordinary shares lapse as follows: 7,000 on May 28, 2019; 4,000 on October 1, 2019; 4,700 on June 1, 2020; 6,000 on June 1, 2021; and 4,240 on May 31, 2022.
(4)	Units representing 3,369 ordinary share equivalents are held on behalf of the Reporting Person under the STERIS Corporation 401(k) Plan as of May 31, 2018.
(5)	This option becomes exercisable as follows: 11,666 on May 31, 2019; 11,666 on June 1, 2020; 11,666 on June 1, 2021 and 11,666 on May 31, 2022.

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