UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 27, 2023

STERIS plc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay

Dublin 2, Ireland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

+353 1 232 2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐

Explanatory Note

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) is being filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by STERIS plc (the “Company”) on July 27, 2023 (the “Original Form 8-K”). The Original Form 8-K was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to report the results of the matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders at the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on July 27, 2023 (the “Meeting”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to update disclosures made under Item 5.07, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, in the Original Form 8-K. Except as set forth herein, no other modifications have been made to the Original Form 8-K.

As previously disclosed in the Original Form 8-K, at the Meeting, in a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers (“say-on-pay”), the Company’s shareholders voted in favor of holding say-on-pay votes every year. In accordance with this result and its previous recommendation (as set forth in the definitive proxy statement for the Meeting filed with the SEC on June 7, 2023), the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) determined that the Company will hold future advisory say-on-pay votes on named executive officer compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of such say-on-pay votes or until the Board determines that it is in the best interest of the Company to hold such vote with a different frequency.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: November 7, 2023