Directors’ shareholdings

Directors’ interests in the share capital of the Company are as follows (all interests are beneficial):

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At 31 Dec 2009

At 01 Jan 2009

At 31 Dec 2009

At 01 Jan 2009

 Name of director

No. of Ordinary Shares

No. of Ordinary Shares 

No. of ADSs

No. of ADSs  

Matthew Emmens

92,874 

39,434

60,861

5,670

Angus Russell

161,531 

17,219 

2,000 

2,000

Graham Hetherington

4,000

4,000

-

-

David Kappler

10,000

10,000 

-

Patrick Langlois

-

-

Dr Jeffrey Leiden 

-  

-  

Kate Nealon

2,251

2,251

-

David Stout

-

 

Significant shareholders

As at February 25, 2010, Shire plc was aware of the following amounting to 3% or more of the voting rights in the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company:

 

Number of voting rights 

% of voting rights

BlackRock Inc 

33,336,203

5.94

Capital Group International, Inc 

28,062,480

5.0092

Fidelity International Limited

27,763,419

4.99

Legal & General Group Plc

22,269,735

3.96

ExcellerateHRO Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited (i)

16,899,775  

3.02

 

(i) Shares held on behalf of the Shire Employee Benefit Trust

 

Geographic shareholder split of beneficial owners

As at December 31, 2009

 

Geographic shareholder split of beneficial owners