Shire plc

British company
Organization business Q905049
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 11 annual filings
Revenue
$15.16B
▲ 33.0% YoY FY2017
Net Income
$4.27B
▲ 1204.7% YoY FY2017
Assets
$67.76B
▲ 1.1% YoY FY2017
EPS (diluted)
$4.68
▲ 1014.3% YoY FY2017
$0.00$4.17B$8.34B$12.51B$16.68B FY2007: $2.44B · NI -$1.45B (-59.6% margin)FY2008: $3.02B · NI $156.00M (5.2% margin)FY2009: $3.01B · NI $491.60M (16.3% margin)FY2010: $3.47B · NI $588.00M (16.9% margin)FY2011: $4.16B · NI $865.00M (20.8% margin)FY2012: $4.53B · NI $745.40M (16.5% margin)FY2013: $4.93B · NI $665.10M (13.5% margin)FY2014: $6.02B · NI $3.41B (56.6% margin)FY2015: $6.42B · NI $1.30B (20.3% margin)FY2016: $11.40B · NI $327.40M (2.9% margin)FY2017: $15.16B · NI $4.27B (28.2% margin) '07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2017-12-31 · accession 0000936402-18-000007

Shire plc

Summary

Shire plc is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (694 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shire plc is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Shire plc's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Shire plc's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • Shire plc's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Shire plc's headquarters location is recorded as Basingstoke[7].
  • Shire plc's chief executive officer is recorded as Angus Russell[8].
  • Shire plc's chief executive officer is recorded as Flemming Ørnskov[9].
  • Shire plc's chief executive officer is recorded as Rolf Stahel[10].
  • Shire plc's chief executive officer is recorded as Matthew Emmens[11].
  • Shire plc's child organization or unit is recorded as Shire (United States)[12].
  • Shire plc's child organization or unit is recorded as Shire (Ireland)[13].
  • Shire plc's child organization or unit is recorded as Shire (Australia)[14].
  • Shire plc's child organization or unit is recorded as Shire (Canada)[15].
  • Shire plc's child organization or unit is recorded as Shire (Belgium)[16].
  • Shire plc's child organization or unit is recorded as Shire (France)[17].
  • Shire plc's child organization or unit is recorded as Shire (Sweden)[18].
  • Shire plc is part of FTSE 100 Index[19].
  • Shire plc's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[20].
  • Shire plc's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[21].
  • Shire plc's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[22].
  • January 1, 1986 marks the founding of Shire plc[23].
  • Shire plc was dissolved in 2019[24].
  • Shire plc's parent organization or unit is recorded as Takeda Pharmaceutical Company[25].
  • Shire plc's official website is recorded as http://www.shire.com/[26].
  • Shire plc's product or material produced is recorded as orphan drug[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300Z5QFCRGZEZFT16[28]

  • Registered legal name: Shire International GMBH[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: CH[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 3EKS[32]

  • Entity status: INACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: RETIRED[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2018-01-12[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-11-09[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2021-03-10[37]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000549[39]

  • Authority entity ID: CHE-115.596.602[40]

  • Other names: Shire AG[41]

  • Conformity flag: NOT_APPLICABLE[42]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1986 marks the founding of Shire plc[23].

Identity

Shire plc is part of FTSE 100 Index[19].

Leadership

Chief executives include Angus Russell[8], a businessperson[43], b. 1956[44], of United Kingdom[45]; Flemming Ørnskov[9], a business executive[46], b. 1958[47], of Kingdom of Denmark[48]; Rolf Stahel[10], a business executive[49], b. 1944[50], of Switzerland[51], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts[52]; and Matthew Emmens[11], a business executive[53], b. 1951[54], of United States[55].

Operations

Shire plc's headquarters location is recorded as Basingstoke[7]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Takeda Pharmaceutical Company[25]. Subsidiaries include Shire (United States)[12]; Shire (Ireland)[13]; Shire (Australia)[14], a business[56], in Australia[57], headquartered in North Ryde[58]; Shire (Canada)[15]; Shire (Belgium)[16]; and Shire (France)[17].

Industry

Shire plc's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[22].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Nasdaq[20] and London Stock Exchange[21]. Shire plc's product or material produced is recorded as orphan drug[27].

Dissolution

Shire plc was dissolved in 2019[24].

Why It Matters

Shire plc ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (694 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

References

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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