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Baxalta Announces Date for Special Meeting of Stockholders to Vote on Combination With Shire (4/14/16)

BANNOCKBURN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baxalta Incorporated (NYSE:BXLT) announced today that the special meeting of stockholders to adopt the merger agreement with Shire plc (LSE:SHP, NASDAQ:SHPG) will be held on May 27, 2016, at 7:00 a.m. Central Time, for shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 11, 2016. The special meeting will be held at Baxalta’s corporate headquarters, located at 1200 Lakeside Drive, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015.

For more information, please refer to the merger proxy on Form S-4 that Shire has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

About Baxalta

Baxalta Incorporated (NYSE:BXLT) is a global biopharmaceutical leader developing, manufacturing and commercializing therapies for orphan diseases and underserved conditions in hematology, immunology and oncology. Driven by passion to make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives, Baxalta’s broad and diverse pipeline includes biologics with novel mechanisms and advanced technology platforms such as gene therapy. Launched in 2015 following separation from Baxter International, Baxalta’s heritage in biopharmaceuticals spans decades. Baxalta’s therapies are available in more than 100 countries and it has advanced biological manufacturing operations across 12 facilities, including state-of-the-art recombinant production and plasma fractionation. Headquartered in Northern Illinois, with its Global Innovation Center in Cambridge, Mass., Baxalta employs 17,000 employees worldwide.

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