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Exhibit 99.01
 
Press Release
www.shire.com


PDMR Share Dealing

 
March 6, 2012 – Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company was notified today that on March 5, 2012, Barbara Deptula sold 5,209 American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) at a price of $105.5147 per ADS. One ADS is equal to three Shire ordinary shares.

This notification relates to disclosures made in accordance with 3.1.4(R)(1)(a) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.


Tony Guthrie
Deputy Company Secretary


For further information please contact:

Investor Relations
   
Eric Rojas
erojas@shire.com
+1 781 482 0999
Sarah Elton-Farr
seltonfarr@shire.com
+44 1256 894157


Notes to editors

SHIRE PLC

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 hyperactivity disorder, human genetic therapies, gastrointestinal diseases and regenerative medicine as well as opportunities in other therapeutic areas to the extent they arise through acquisitions.  Shire’s in-licensing, merger and acquisition efforts are focused on products in specialist markets with strong intellectual property protection and global rights.  Shire believes that a carefully selected and balanced 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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