UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
| Commission File Numbers | 001-37895 001-37896 |
Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland
Designated Activity Company
Shire plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Block 2, Miesian Plaza,50-58 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland
+353 1 609 6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
1.900% Senior Notes due 2019; 2.400% Senior Notes due 2021; 2.875% Senior Notes due 2023; 3.200% Senior Notes
due 2026 of Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland Designated Activity Company
Guarantees of 1.900% Senior Notes due 2019; 2.400% Senior Notes due 2021; 2.875% Senior Notes due 2023; 3.200%
Senior Notes due 2026 of Shire plc
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule12g-4(a)(1) | ☐ | |
| Rule12g-4(a)(2) | ☐ | |
| Rule12h-3(b)(1)(i) | ☐ | |
| Rule12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | ☐ | |
| Rule15d-6 | ☒ | |
| Rule15d-22(b) | ☐ |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
1.900% Senior Notes due 2019: 78
2.400% Senior Notes due 2021: 77
2.875% Senior Notes due 2023: 68
3.200% Senior Notes due 2026: 59
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland Designated Activity Company and Shire plc have each caused this certification/notice to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned duly authorized persons.
| Date:February 7, 2019 | Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland Designated Activity Company | |||||
| By: | /s/ Fiona Foley | |||||
| Name: | Fiona Foley | |||||
| Title: | Director | |||||
| Date:February 7, 2019 | Shire plc | |||||
| By: | /s/ Amitabh Singh | |||||
| Name: | Amitabh Singh | |||||
| Title: | Director | |||||
