EXHIBIT 99.1
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Holding(s) in Company
April 27, 2016 - Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii | Shire plc |
| 2 Reason for the notification(please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X |
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | |
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | |
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
| Other (please specify): | | |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: iii | Susan Kilsby (Chairman of Shire plc and proxy holder) |
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv | Shareholders appointing the Chairman of Shire plc as proxy |
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v | 26 April 2016 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 27 April 2016 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:vi, vii | 3% |
| | | | | |
| 8. Notified details: |
| A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix |
Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
| Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Number
of
Shares | Number
of
Voting
Rights | Number
of shares | Number of voting
rights | % of voting rightsx |
| Direct | Directxi | Indirectxii | Direct | Indirect |
| Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each | 21,375 | 21,375 | 21,375 | 21,375 | 20,351,927 | 0.0036% | 3.4307% |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Type of financial
instrument | Expiration
datexiii | Exercise/
Conversion Periodxiv | Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted. | % of voting
rights |
| | | | | |
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi |
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Type of financial
instrument | Exercise price | Expiration datexvii | Exercise/
Conversion periodxviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rightsxix, xx |
| | | | | | Nominal | Delta |
| | |
| Total (A+B+C) |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 20,373,302 | 3.4343% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi |
|
| Proxy Voting: |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | Susan Kilsby (Chairman of Shire plc) |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold: | 20,351,927 |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights: | At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held on 28 April 2016, or any adjournment thereof |
13. Additional information: | The number of indirect voting rights represents the maximum number of discretionary proxy votes held by the Chairman of Shire plc pursuant to proxies received in respect of the resolutions to be considered by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 28 April 2016. The voting rights will expire immediately upon the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, or any adjournment thereof. The appointment of a proxy shall not preclude a shareholder of Shire plc from attending and voting in person at the Annual General Meeting.
|
| 14. Contact name: | Bill Mordan (Company Secretary of Shire plc) |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | +1 781 482 9393 |
For further information please contact:
| Investor Relations | | |
| Sarah Elton-Farr | seltonfarr@shire.com | +44 1256 894157 |
NOTES TO EDITORS
Shire enables people with life-altering conditions to lead better lives.
Our strategy is to focus on developing and marketing innovative specialty medicines to meet significant unmet patient needs.
We focus on providing treatments in Rare Diseases, Neuroscience, Gastrointestinal and Internal Medicine and we are developing treatments for symptomatic conditions treated by specialist physicians in other targeted therapeutic areas, such as Ophthalmics.
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