Elections for Interim Dividend in Respect of the Six Months to June 30, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) announced on July 23,
2015, an interim dividend of 4.21 US cents per Ordinary Share payable on
October 2, 2015, to shareholders on the register of members at the close of
business on September 4, 2015.
Shareholders are reminded that the final date for submission of elections to
receive UK sourced dividends via the income access share arrangements is
September 4, 2015. In the absence of any such elections, previous elections or
deemed elections will remain in force.
Shareholders who do not elect (or have not been deemed to elect) to receive UK
sourced dividends through the income access share arrangements are reminded
that their dividends will be Irish sourced and subject to Irish dividend
withholding tax unless the Company's Registrar is in possession of a valid
exemption form by 5pm on September 4, 2015.
Enquiries may be addressed to the Company's Registrar's helpline on 0871 384
2553 or +44 121 415 7593.
Tony Guthrie
Deputy Company Secretary
For further information please contact:
Investor Relations
Sarah Elton-Farr seltonfarr@shire.com +44 1256 894157
NOTES TO EDITORS
Shire enables people with life-altering conditions to lead better lives.
Our strategy is to focus on developing and marketing innovative specialty
medicines to meet significant unmet patient needs.
We focus on providing treatments in Rare Diseases, Neuroscience,
Gastrointestinal and Internal Medicine and we are developing treatments for
symptomatic conditions treated by specialist physicians in other targeted
therapeutic areas, such as Ophthalmics.
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