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Shire plc : Total voting rights

01-02-2018

Total Voting Rights

February 1, 2018 - Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) (the "Company"), in accordance with 5.6.1R of the Financial Conduct Authority's (the "FCA") Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, notifies the market of the following:

As at January 31, 2018, the Company's issued ordinary share capital comprised 910,039,956 ordinary shares of 5 pence each with voting rights and a further 7,357,283 ordinary shares held in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 910,039,956. 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 Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Sarah Rixon
Company Secretarial Assistant

For further information please contact:

Investor Relations    
Christoph Brackmann christoph.brackmann@shire.com +41 795 432 359
Robert Coates rcoates@shire.com +44 203 549 0874
Sun Kim sun.kim@shire.com +1 617 588 8175
Media    
Lisa Adler lisa.adler@shire.com +1 617 588 8607
Katie Joyce kjoyce@shire.com  +1 781 482 2779

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Shire

Shire is the global leader in serving patients with rare diseases. We strive to develop best-in-class therapies across a core of rare disease areas including hematology, immunology, genetic diseases, neuroscience, and internal medicine with growing therapeutic areas in ophthalmics and oncology. Our diversified capabilities enable us to reach patients in more than 100 countries who are struggling to live their lives to the fullest.

We feel a strong sense of urgency to address unmet medical needs and work tirelessly to improve people's lives with medicines that have a meaningful impact on patients and all who support them on their journey.

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