8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 29, 2013

Shire plc

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Jersey, Channel Islands

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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

0-29630                                                  98-0601486

(Commission File Number)                (IRS Employer Identification No.)

5 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin

24, Republic of Ireland

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(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code               +353 1 429 7700

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01.   Other Events

Shire plc has issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.01 which is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  Exhibits.  The following exhibit is filed herewith:

99.01    Press Release dated July 29, 2013

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SHIRE PLC
By:	/s/ T May
	Name:	Tatjana May
	Title:	General Counsel

Dated: July 29, 2013

EXHIBIT INDEX
Number	Description
99.01	Press release dated July 29, 2013

EX-99.01

Exhibit 99.01

Press Release
www.shire.com

Transaction in Own Shares

July 29, 2013 – Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) (the “Company”) announces that, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2013, it purchased 16,237 of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) on July 26, 2013.  The highest and lowest price paid for the directly acquired Ordinary Shares was 2348.00 pence per share and 2306.00 pence per share respectively.

The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, the Company holds 9,583,490 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and has 553,277,596 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The purchases were made by an independent third party which makes its trading decisions independently of, and uninfluenced by, the Company.  The independence of the third party enables the Company to continue to purchase Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares underlying ADRs) during close periods and other prohibited periods, should they arise. The third party has been appointed by the Company to make purchases to December 31, 2013.

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 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 provide treatments in Neuroscience, Rare Diseases, Gastrointestinal, Internal Medicine and Regenerative Medicine and we are developing treatments for symptomatic conditions treated by specialist physicians in other targeted therapeutic areas.

www.shire.com

Registered in Jersey, No. 99854, 22 Grenville Street, St Helier, Jersey JE4 8PX