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Exhibit 99.1

 

Press Release  
www.shire.com  

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

March 28, 2017 – Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG)

 

Notification of transactions by person discharging managerial responsibilities

 

1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities (“PDMR”) / person closely associated them (“PCA”)
a) Name Philip Vickers
2. Reason for the notification
a) Position / status Head of Research and Development – PDMR
b) Initial notification / amendment Initial notification
3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Shire plc
b) LEI 54930005LQRLI2UXRQ59
4. Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Shire plc American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”)

 

Identification code ISIN: US82481R1068
b) Nature of the transaction Disposal of ADSs
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
$177.59 100
$177.59 100
$177.58 100
$177.58 100
$177.57 100
$177.56 100
$177.55 100
$177.51 10
$177.49 100
$177.47 100
$177.47 100

 

 

    $177.48 100
$177.44 204
$177.44 96

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Weighted average price Volume
$177.52

1,410

 

e) Date of the transaction March 27, 2017
f) Place of the transaction NASDAQ
5. Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Shire plc American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”)

 

Identification code ISIN: US82481R1068
b) Nature of the transaction Disposal of ADSs
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
$177.50 200
$177.44 400
$177.45 200
$177.44 1
$177.45 600
$177.45 300

d)

 

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Weighted average price Volume
$177.45

1,701

 

e) Date of the transaction March 27, 2017
f) Place of the transaction NYSE BEST

 

Oliver Strawbridge

Senior Assistant Company Secretary

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Investor Relations    
Ian Karp ikarp@shire.com +1 781 482 9018
Robert Coates rcoates@shire.com +44 1256 894874
Media    
Lisa Adler lisa.adler@shire.com +1 617 588 8607
Debbi Ford debbi.ford@shire.com   +1 617 949 9083

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

 

About Shire

 

Shire is the leading global biotechnology company focused on serving people with rare diseases. 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.

 

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