Director Declaration

Director Declaration


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January 2, 2018

Dublin, Ireland – January 2, 2018 – Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) (the “Company”) announces that Dominic Blakemore, Non-Executive Director of the Company, was appointed Chief Executive of Compass Group PLC on January 1, 2018.

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Investor Relations  
Christoph Brackmann[email protected]+41 795 432 359
Robert Coates[email protected]+44 203 549 0874
Sun Kim[email protected]+1 617 588 8175
Media  
Lisa Adler[email protected]+1 617 588 8607
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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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