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United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)


☒			ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 001-38848

STERIS plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Ireland			98-1455064
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)			(IRS Employer Identification No.)

70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay,	Dublin 2,	Ireland	D02 R296
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip code)

353 1 232 2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:


Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Ordinary Shares, $0.001 par value	STE	New York Stock Exchange
2.700% Senior Notes due 2031	STE/31	New York Stock Exchange
3.750% Senior Notes due 2051	STE/51	New York Stock Exchange

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports); and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	o	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No x

The aggregate market value of Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of September, 30, 2020 was $14,957.7 million.

The number of Ordinary Shares outstanding as of May 21, 2021: 85,369,640

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting – Part III

Table of Contents


		Page
Part I
Item 1	Business	3
	Introduction	3
	Information Related to Business Segments	4
	Information with Respect to Our Business in General	5
Item 1A	Risk Factors	11
Item 1B	Unresolved Staff Comments	21
Item 2	Properties	21
Item 3	Legal Proceedings	22
Item 4	Mine Safety Disclosures	22
Part II
Item 5	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	23
Item 6	Selected Financial Data	24
Item 7	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	25
	Introduction	25
	Financial Measures	25
	Revenues-Defined	26
	General Overview & Executive Summary	26
	Non-GAAP Financial Measures	29
	Results of Operations	29
	Liquidity and Capital Resources	34
	Capital Expenditures	38
	Contractual and Commercial Commitments	38
	Supplemental Guarantor Financial Information	39
	Critical Accounting Policies, Estimates, a nd Assumptions	41
	Recently Issued Accounting Standards Impacting the Company	46
	Inflation	46
	Forward-Looking Statements	46
Item 7A	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	48
	Interest Rate Risk	48
	Foreign Currency Risk	48
	Commodity Risk	48
Item 8	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	49
Item 9	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	103
Item 9A	Controls and Procedures	103
Item 9B	Other Information	105
Part III
Item 10	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	106
Item 11	Executive Compensation	106
Item 12	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	106
Item 13	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	106
Item 14	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	106
Part IV
Item 15	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedule	107
	Signatures	112

PART I

Throughout this Annual Report, references to STERIS plc, "STERIS," "us," or "our," mean STERIS Ireland and its subsidiaries for periods from and after the Redomiciliation and STERIS UK and its subsidiaries for periods prior to the Redomiciliation (as such terms are hereinafter defined), unless otherwise noted. References in this Annual Report to a particular "year," "fiscal," "fiscal year," or "year-end" mean our fiscal year, which ends on March 31. For example, fiscal year 2021 ended on March 31, 2021.

Next: Item 1. BUSINESS