Shire Buys 39,455 Own Shares to Hold in Treasury

LONDON--Biopharmaceutical company Shire PLC (SHP.LN), said Friday that it purchased 39,455 of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each on March 14, through both direct purchases of Ordinary Shares and through the purchase of Ordinary Shares underlying ADRs.

MAIN FACTS:

-The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

-The highest and lowest price paid for the directly acquired Ordinary Shares was 2070.00 pence per share and 2050.00 pence per share respectively and for those Ordinary Shares acquired through the purchase of ADRs was 3108.33 cents per share and 3100.33 cents per share respectively.

-Shire PLC shares at 0820 GMT traded down at 4.0 pence, or 0.2%, at GBP20.60, valuing the company at GBP11.48 billion.

-Write to Razak Musah Baba at razak.baba@dowjones.com

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