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8-K - FORM 8-K - Shire plc | dp67142_8k.htm |
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release |
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Holding(s) in Company
July 11, 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): | Decrease in voting rights ownership due to company increase in shares outstanding | X | ||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
Harbor International Fund (a series of Harbor Funds, a Delaware Statutory Trust) | |||
4.
Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v |
Trade Date: June 30, 2016 Settlement Date: July 5, 2016 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | July 8, 2016 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
3% of issuer’s voting rights | |||
8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | |||||||||||||||||
Class/type of
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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 x | |||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
Common SEDOL: B2QKY05
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19,156,536 | 19,156,536 | 19,156,536 | 19,156,536 | N/A | 2.13% | N/A | ||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date xiii |
Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
% of voting rights | |||||||||||||
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/ Conversion period xviii |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||
N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||
19,156,536 | 2.13% | ||||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
N/A
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Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
N/A | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
N/A | |
13. Additional information: |
on July 8, 2016
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14. Contact name: |
Jodie L. Crotteau Assistant Secretary | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 312-443-4428 | |
For further information please contact:
Investor Relations | ||
Sarah Elton-Farr | seltonfarr@shire.com | +44 1256 894157 |
NOTES TO EDITORS
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, Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Gastrointestinal / Internal Medicine / Endocrine and Hereditary Angioedema; a growing franchise in Oncology; and an emerging, innovative pipeline in Ophthalmics.
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.
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