12 Sep 2008
Notification of Acquisition of American Depository Shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
Basingstoke, UK and Philadelphia, US – September 12, 2008 – Shire Limited (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that on September 11, 2008 it was notified by Mr David Mott, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, of an acquisition on the same day of 5,000 American Depository Shares, representing 15,000 ordinary shares of £0.05 each. The American Depository Shares were acquired at a price of $48 per American Depository Share. Following this transaction, Mr Mott holds 10,000 American Depository Shares in the company. This notification relates to disclosures made in accordance with 3.1.4(R)(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules. T May Company Secretary
For further information please contact:
Investor Relations Cléa Rosenfeld (Rest of the World)
+44 1256 894 160
Eric Rojas (North America) +1 484 595 8252
Notes to editors
SHIRE LIMITED Shire’s strategic goal is to become the leading specialty biopharmaceutical company that focuses on meeting the needs of the specialist physician. Shire focuses its business on attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), human genetic therapies (HGT), gastrointestinal (GI) and renal diseases. The structure is sufficiently flexible to allow Shire to target new therapeutic areas to the extent opportunities arise through acquisitions. Shire’s in-licensing, merger and acquisition efforts are focused on products in niche markets with strong intellectual property protection either in the US or Europe. Shire believes that a carefully selected portfolio of products with strategically aligned and relatively small-scale sales forces will deliver strong results. For further information on Shire, please visit the Company’s website: www.shire.com.
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