Shire plc Holding(s) In Company
December 21 2018 - 7:00AM
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Holding(s) in Company
December 21, 2018 -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG)
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are attached(ii) Shire Plc
: JE00B2QKY057
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1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer
(please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
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Non-UK issuer X
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate
box or boxes with an "X")
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify)(iii) :
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv)
UBS Investment Bank
Name UBS Group AG
Zürich
City and country of registered office (if applicable) Switzerland
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3.)(v)
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Name UBS AG London Branch
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City and country of registered office (if applicable) London, United Kingdom
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5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(vi)
: 18 December 2018
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 20 December 2018
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation
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Total number of
% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. % of voting rights through financial instruments voting rights of
A) (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2) Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B) issuer(vii)
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Resulting situation on the date on which threshold
was crossed or reached 3.74% 2.26% 6.01% 917'035'252
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Position of previous notification (if
applicable) No Previous Disclosure No Previous Disclosure No Previous Disclosure
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on
the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii)
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Number of voting rights(ix) % of voting rights
Class/type of
shares Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ISIN code (if possible) (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1) (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
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JE00B2QKY057 34'317'833 3.74%
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SUBTOTAL 8. A 34'317'833 3.74%
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a)
of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the
Expiration Exercise/ instrument is
Type of financial instrument date(x) Conversion Period(xi) exercised/converted. % of voting rights
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Right to recall lent shares Anytime 1'264 0.0001%
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Right to recall lent ADRs (US82481R1068) Anytime 1'828'344 0.20%
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US82481R1068 16'918'686 1.84%
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Physically settled Long Call Options 21/12/2018 to 18/04/2019 1'083'000 0.12%
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SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 19'831'294 2.16%
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
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Expiration Exercise/ Physical or cash
Type of financial instrument date(x) Conversion Period (xi) settlement(xii) Number of voting rights % of voting rights
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Short Put Options 21/12/2018 to 18/01/2019 Physical 928'800 0.10%
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SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 928'800 0.10%
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9. Information in relation to the person subject to
the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not
controlled by any natural person or legal entity and
does not control any other undertaking(s) holding
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying)
issuer(xiii)
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which
the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting
with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal
entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as necessary) X
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% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than % of voting rights through financial instruments if Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable
Name(xv) the notifiable threshold it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold threshold
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UBS Group AG
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UBS AG
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UBS AG
London
Branch 3.69% 5.95%
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UBS Group AG
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UBS AG
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UBS Limited
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UBS Group AG
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UBS AG
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UBS
Switzerland
AG
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UBS Group AG
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UBS AG
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UBS Americas
Holding
LLC
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UBS Americas
Inc.
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UBS
Securities
LLC
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
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Name of the proxy holder
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The number and % of voting rights held
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The date until which the voting rights will be held
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11. Additional information(xvi)
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Place of completion Opfikon, Switzerland
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Date of completion 20.12.2018
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For further information please contact:
Investor Relations
Christoph Brackmann christoph.brackmann@shire.com +41 41 288 41 29
Sun Kim sun.kim@shire.com +1 617 588 8175
Scott Burrows scott.burrows@shire.com +41 41 288 4195
Media
Katie Joyce kjoyce@shire.com +1 781 482 2779
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Shire
Shire is the global biotechnology leader serving patients with rare
diseases and specialized conditions. We seek to push boundaries through
discovering and delivering new possibilities for patient communities who
often have few or no other champions. Relentlessly on the edge of what's
next, we are serial innovators with a diverse pipeline offering fresh
thinking and new hope. Serving patients and partnering with healthcare
communities in over 100 countries, we strive to be part of the entire
patient journey to enable earlier diagnosis, raise standards of care,
accelerate access to treatment, and support patients. Our diverse
portfolio of therapeutic areas includes Immunology, Hematology, Genetic
Diseases, Neuroscience, Internal Medicine, and Ophthalmics.
Championing patients is our call to action - it brings the opportunity -
and responsibility - to change people's lives.
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