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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-18-041449
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181024
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181029
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181029

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SIGNET JEWELERS LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000832988
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-JEWELRY STORES [5944]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0129

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32349
		FILM NUMBER:		181142776

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CLARENDON HOUSE
		STREET 2:		2 CHURCH STREET
		CITY:			HAMILTON
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM11
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44-207-317-9700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O 15 GOLDEN SQUARE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			W1F9JG

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SIGNET GROUP PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931213

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RATNERS GROUP PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931213
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;"><font style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt;"><font style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 24, 2018</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt;"><font style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Clarendon House</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(441) 296 5872</font></div>
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                <div><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">On October 24, 2018, the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Signet Jewelers Limited (&#8220;Signet&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) appointed Mr. Zackery Hicks to the Board,
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Hicks&#8217; election to the Board is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Board considered the independence of Mr. Hicks under the New York Stock Exchange (the &#8220;NYSE&#8221;) listing standards and Signet&#8217;s Corporate Governance
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Mr. Hicks is entitled to compensation and indemnification consistent with the compensation and indemnification provided to other members of the Board.
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        arrangements and director indemnification agreement is incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2018.</font></div>
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        Executive Officer of Toyota Connected, Inc., Toyota&#8217;s global data science unit. He has served in a variety of management positions at Toyota since joining the company in 1996, most recently Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of
        Toyota North America.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">There are no transactions between Mr. Hicks and the Company that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 27pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Date: October 29, 2018</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">/s/ Lynn Dennison</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lynn Dennison</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chief Legal &amp; Transformation Officer</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Signet Jewelers Announces Appointment of Zackery A. Hicks to Its Board of Directors</div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">October 29, 2018, HAMILTON, Bermuda &#8211; Signet Jewelers Limited (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) (NYSE: SIG), the world&#8217;s largest retailer of diamond jewelry, today announced
        that its Board of Directors has appointed Zackery A. Hicks as an Independent Director, effective October 26, 2018. Hicks currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of Toyota Motors North America (TMNA), Inc., and
        President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Connected, Inc.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;As part of our Path to Brilliance transformation plan, we identified the need to continue to strengthen our digital and data analytics capabilities across
        Signet to advance each of our three strategic priorities &#8211; Customer First, OmniChannel, and a Culture of Agility and Efficiency,&#8221; said H. Todd Stitzer, Chairman of Signet&#8217;s Board of Directors. &#8220;Throughout his career at Toyota, Zack has successfully
        delivered large-scale innovation and efficiency across business operations through advanced technology and data science. His data analytics experience will be instrumental for Signet in our OmniChannel strategy to improve individualized customer
        targeting. Our goal at Signet is to leverage systems for a stronger customer experience, especially on mobile.&#8221;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In addition, Stitzer added that Hicks will bring diversity of industry experience and a start-up mindset to complement Signet&#8217;s Board.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;We look forward to benefitting from his perspectives as we develop an innovative data-driven shopping experience for our customers,&#8221; Stitzer added.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In his role as Chief Digital Officer, Hicks leads Toyota&#8217;s Digital Transformation and Mobility group which oversees the strategy, development and operations
        of all systems and technology for the company&#8217;s North American operations. Hicks is also President and CEO of Toyota Connected, the company&#8217;s global data science unit responsible for its connected car ecosystem development by utilizing machine
        learning and artificial intelligence to create seamless, personalized experiences. After achieving strong early success, the program is expanding to Europe, where Hicks has been appointed Chairman of Toyota Connected Europe.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Hicks reports to the CEO of Toyota North America and is a member of Toyota Motors&#8217; North American Management Committee, Board member of The Toyota Foundation
        and Toyota Insurance Management, and chairs the Executive Steering Committee. Hicks has served in a variety of management positions at Toyota since joining the company in 1996, most recently Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of
        Toyota North America, where he led the establishment of a demand management function, the development of next-generation dealership technology, and designed an award-winning information systems strategy framework to align business and IT
        strategies. As Chief of Staff to the CIO from 2003 to 2007, he led the full-scale redesign of the company&#8217;s IT strategy, introducing new mobile retail applications and strengthening data analytics function to uncover deeper consumer insights.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In recent years, Hicks has been named by CIO Magazine as Ones to Watch, awarded multiple recognitions by CIO Magazine&#8217;s CIO 100 list, was one of the top 10
        Global Breakaway CIO Leaders by Vedanta/CIO Leadership Network, and named a Premier 100 IT Leader by Computerworld. He is an active member of the CIO Strategy Exchange, Corporate Executive Board for Chief Information Officers, CIO Leadership
        Network, Trevor Project Board of Directors and Research Board. Formerly, Hicks served as vice chairperson of the UCLA IS Associates and was active with the March of Dimes Foundation.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Hicks received a Master of Business Administration from University of California, Irvine and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Pepperdine
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">With Hicks&#8217; appointment, the Signet Board will consist of 12 Directors. Signet anticipates the retirement of Marianne Miller Parrs and Thomas Plaskett
        consistent with the company&#8217;s director tenure policy at the 2019 Annual General Meeting.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For more information regarding Signet Board members, please see&#160;<u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">http://www.signetjewelers.com/investors/corporate-governance/default.aspx</font></u>.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">About&#160;Signet Jewelers:</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Signet Jewelers Limited is the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry. Signet operates nearly 3,500 stores primarily under the name brands of Kay
        Jewelers, Zales, Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry, H.Samuel, Ernest Jones, Peoples, Piercing Pagoda, and&#160;<u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">JamesAllen.com</font></u>. Further information on Signet is available at<u>&#160;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www.signetjewelers.com</font></u>. See also <u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www.kay.com</font></u>, <u><font style="font-size: 10pt;
            font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www.zales.com</font></u>, <u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www.jared.com</font></u>, <u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www.hsamuel.co.uk</font></u>,
        <u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www.ernestjones.co.uk</font></u>, <u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www.peoplesjewellers.com</font></u>, <u><font style="font-size: 10pt;
            font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www.pagoda.com</font></u>, and&#160;<u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www.jamesallen.com</font></u>.&#160;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">Signet Jewelers Limited</font>&#160;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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        </font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">Investors:</font>&#160;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br>
        </font>Randi Abada, +1 330-668-3489<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br>
        </font>SVP Corporate Finance Strategy &amp; Investor Relations<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br>
        </font><u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">randi.abada@signetjewelers.com</font></u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br>
        </font>or<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br>
        </font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">Media:</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br>
        </font>David Bouffard, +1 330-668-5369<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br>
        </font>VP Corporate Affairs<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br>
        </font><u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">david.bouffard@signetjewelers.com</font></u></font></div>
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