Shire plc Total Voting Rights

 
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Total Voting Rights 
 
December 1, 2016 - Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) (the "Company"), in 
accordance with 5.6.1R of the Financial Conduct Authority's (the "FCA") 
Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, notifies the market of the following: 
 
As at November 30, 2016, the Company's issued ordinary share capital comprised 
904,011,842 ordinary shares of 5 pence each with voting rights and a further 
7,971,461 ordinary shares held in treasury. 
 
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 904,011,842. 
This is the figure which should be used by shareholders as the denominator for 
the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify 
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the 
FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules. 
 
Sarah Rixon 
Company Secretarial Assistant 
 
For further information please contact: 
 
Investor Relations 
 
Sarah Elton-Farr                [e-mail]       [phone] 
 
Ian Karp                        [e-mail]            [phone] 
 
Robert Coates                   [e-mail]          [phone] 
 
NOTES TO EDITORS 
 
About Shire 
 
Shire is the leading global biotechnology company focused on serving people 
with rare diseases and other highly specialized conditions. We strive to 
develop best-in-class products, many of which are available in more than 100 
countries, across core therapeutic areas including Hematology, Immunology, 
Neuroscience, Ophthalmics, Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Gastrointestinal / 
Internal Medicine / Endocrine and Hereditary Angioedema; and a growing 
franchise in Oncology. 
 
Our employees come to work every day with a shared mission: to develop and 
deliver breakthrough therapies for the hundreds of millions of people in the 
world affected by rare diseases and other high-need conditions, and who lack 
effective therapies to live their lives to the fullest. 
 
www.shire.com 
 
 
 
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December 01, 2016 07:00 ET (12:00 GMT)