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): October 1, 2014

Shire plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Jersey, Channel Islands

(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

(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code	+353 1 429 7700

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

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Item 8.01. Other Events

Shire plc have issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 which is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

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

99.1 Press Release dated October 1, 2014

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: October 1, 2014

EXHIBIT INDEX
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated October 1, 2014

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Press Release
www.shire.com

Total Voting Rights

October 1, 2014 - Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) (the “Company”), in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's (the “FCA”) Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1R, notifies the market of the following:

At close of business on September 30, 2014, the Company’s issued ordinary share capital comprised 589,562,539 ordinary shares of 5 pence each with voting rights and a further 9,019,832 ordinary shares held in treasury.

Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 589,562,539. This is the figure which should be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Tony Guthrie

Deputy Company Secretary

For further information please contact:

Investor Relations
Jeff Poulton	jpoulton@shire.com	+1 781 482 0945
Sarah Elton-Farr	seltonfarr@shire.com	+44 1256 894157
Media
Stephanie Fagan	sfagan@shire.com	+1 781 482 0460
Gwen Fisher	gfisher@shire.com	+1 484 595 9836

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

www.shire.com

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