FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *   Pike Thomas 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/01/2009 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Accenture plc [ACN] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Risk Officer 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) CHICAGO, IL 60601 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Class A ordinary shares 5,586 D   Class X ordinary shares 88,734 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	  (1)	02/18/2015	Class A ordinary shares	16,401	$ 24.73	D	Â
Class I ordinary shares of Accenture SCA	  (2)	  (2)	Class A ordinary shares	88,734	$ (2)	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Pike Thomas C/O ACCENTURE 161 N. CLARK STREET CHICAGO, IL 60601	Â	Â	  Chief Risk Officer	Â

Signatures

/s/ Kathryn Lloyd, Attorney-in-Fact for Thomas Pike		09/09/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	Options with respect to 16,401 underlying Class A ordinary shares vested and became exercisable prior to September 1, 2009.
(2)	Accenture SCA is a subsidiary of Accenture plc. Subject to certain contractual restrictions, Accenture SCA is obligated, at the option of the Reporting Person, to redeem any outstanding Accenture SCA Class I ordinary shares at a redemption price per share generally equal to the market price of an Accenture plc Class A ordinary share at the time of the redemption, subject to an adjustment. Accenture SCA may, at its option, pay the redemption price with cash or by delivering Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.

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