EX-99.1 2 dp50737_ex9901.htm PRESS RELEASE
Exhibit 99.1
 
Press Release
www.shire.com
  

 
Notification of major interests in shares

October 31, 2014 - Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Shire plc
2. Reason for the notification
State
Yes/No
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
No
Other (please specify):
No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):
30th October 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:
31st October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
rights
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
JE00B2QKY057
29,221,937
29,221,937
29,648,433
  
29,648,433
  
5.02


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date
Exercise/Conversion
Period/ Date
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the instrument
is exercised/converted
% of voting
rights
         
 
 
Registered in Jersey, No. 99854, 22 Grenville Street, St Helier, Jersey JE4 8PX
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise
price
Expiration
date
Exercise/
Conversion
period
Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to
% of voting rights
         
Nominal
Delta
   


Total (A+B+C)
  
Number of voting rights
% of voting rights
29,648,433
5.02

 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Custodian
Day to Day IM
Total
 
CROSBY ADVS LLC-CROSBY ADVISORS LLC
16,700 
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
FMRC-FMR CO., INC
18,800 
 
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
160,094 
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
42,900 
 
FMRC-FMR CO., INC
6,548,374 
 
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
16,530 
 
PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY
264,879 
CIBC MELLON TRUST (C)
PGA ULC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS (CANADA) ULC
38,200 
 
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
6,523 
 
PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY
13,200 
CITIBANK NA
FMRC-FMR CO., INC
3,724,065 
CITIBANK NA, HONG KONG BR (S)
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
7,197 
DEUTSCHE BANK ALEX BROWN (C)
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
3,600 
GOLDMAN SACHS AND CO
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
7,200 
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C)
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
3,257 
 
PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY
16,395 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
422,700 
 
FMRC-FMR CO., INC
7,704,519 
 
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
900 
 
PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY
13,523 
 
SELECTCOLLC-FIDELITY SELECTCO, LLC
150 
MELLON BANK NA (C)
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
48,242 
MORGAN STANLEY AND CO LLC
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
1,200 
NATIONAL BANK TRUST (C)
PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY
6,880 
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES(C)
SAI-STRATEGIC ADVISERS, INC.
1,603 
NORTHERN TRUST CO (C)
FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
1,110,100 
 
FMRC-FMR CO., INC
1,972,600 
 
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
88,401 
 
PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY
11,550 
ROYAL TRUST- TORONTO (C)
PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY
4,043 
STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (C
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
5,172 
STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
532,100 
 
FMRC-FMR CO., INC
5,960,380 
 
PGA ULC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS (CANADA) ULC
504,500 
 
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
228,057 
 
PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY
136,032 
US BANK NA (C)
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC
7,868 
Grand Total
  
29,648,433 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Proxy Voting:
 
10. Name of the proxy holder:
 
FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:
426,496
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:
30th October 2014

13. Additional information:
None
14. Contact name:
Nina Collomosse
15. Contact telephone number:
 
fil-regreporting@fil.com, 01737 837092
 

Contact at Shire plc: Tony Guthrie, Deputy Company Secretary, 01256 894746
 
For further information please contact:

Investor Relations
    
     
Jeff Poulton
jpoulton@shire.com
+1 781 482 0945
     
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 Neuroscience, Rare Diseases, Gastrointestinal, and Internal Medicine and we are developing treatments for symptomatic conditions treated by specialist physicians in other targeted therapeutic areas, such as Ophthalmology.

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