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 Numbers001-36782
001-37896
Baxalta Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
1200 Lakeside Drive, Bannockburn, Illinois
(224)940-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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)
1.875% Senior Notes due 2020; 3.600% Senior Notes due 2022; 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025;
and 5.250% Senior Notes due 2045 of Baxalta Incorporated
(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:
1.875% Senior Notes due 2020: 53
3.600% Senior Notes due 2022: 40
4.000% Senior Notes due 2025: 47
5.250% Senior Notes due 2045 : 39
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Baxalta Incorporated 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 | Baxalta Incorporated | |||||
| By: | /s/ John F. Miller | |||||
| Name: | John F. Miller | |||||
| Title: | President | |||||
| Date: February 7, 2019 | Shire plc | |||||
| By: | /s/ Amitabh Singh | |||||
| Name: | Amitabh Singh | |||||
| Title: | Director | |||||
