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Shire plc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/09 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 2/26/10, at 12:40pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/09   ·   Accession #:  950103-10-520   ·   File #:  0-29630

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/26/10  Shire plc                         10-K       12/31/09   62:8.1M                                   Davis Polk & … LLP 01/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.87M 
 2: EX-10.26    Material Contract                                   HTML     37K 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     47K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     19K 
 5: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     19K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
47: XML         IDEA XML File -- Definitions and References          XML    131K 
55: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     94K 
52: XML.R1      Document And Entity Information                      XML     89K 
53: XML.R2      Consolidated Balance Sheets                          XML    268K 
32: XML.R3      Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)         XML     57K 
37: XML.R4      Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals in       XML     33K 
                GBP)                                                             
45: XML.R5      Consolidated Statements of Operations                XML    365K 
44: XML.R6      Consolidated Statements of Operations                XML     51K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
59: XML.R7      Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders'   XML   1.03M 
                Equity                                                           
22: XML.R8      Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income      XML    122K 
43: XML.R9      Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive        XML     51K 
                Income                                                           
20: XML.R10     Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income      XML     59K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
19: XML.R11     Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows                XML    545K 
31: XML.R12     Description Of Operations                            XML     35K 
49: XML.R13     Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies           XML     80K 
33: XML.R14     Business combinations                                XML     79K 
34: XML.R15     Termination costs                                    XML     38K 
41: XML.R16     Gain on sale of product rights                       XML     35K 
62: XML.R17     Reorganization costs                                 XML     43K 
29: XML.R18     Intergration and Acquisition costs                   XML     35K 
15: XML.R19     Accounts receivable, net                             XML     38K 
36: XML.R20     Inventories                                          XML     37K 
48: XML.R21     Assets held for sale                                 XML     35K 
25: XML.R22     Prepaid expenses and other current assets            XML     37K 
46: XML.R23     Investments                                          XML     40K 
35: XML.R24     Property Plant and Equipment, net                    XML     38K 
58: XML.R25     Goodwill                                             XML     39K 
51: XML.R26     Other intangible assets, net                         XML     43K 
38: XML.R27     Accounts payable and accrued expenses                XML     43K 
42: XML.R28     Other current liabilities                            XML     37K 
18: XML.R29     Long-term debt                                       XML     40K 
21: XML.R30     Other long-term debt                                 XML     36K 
26: XML.R31     Other non-current liabilities                        XML     37K 
30: XML.R32     Derivative instruments                               XML     45K 
40: XML.R33     Fair value measurement                               XML     53K 
50: XML.R34     Commitments and contingencies                        XML     56K 
17: XML.R35     Shareholders Equity                                  XML     41K 
23: XML.R36     Earnings per share                                   XML     52K 
54: XML.R37     Segmental reporting                                  XML     97K 
57: XML.R38     Interest expense                                     XML     36K 
39: XML.R39     Other income (expenses), net                         XML     39K 
60: XML.R40     Retirement benefits                                  XML     34K 
24: XML.R41     Taxation                                             XML     86K 
61: XML.R42     Share-based compensation plans                       XML     71K 
28: XML.R43     Restatement of previously issued financial           XML     35K 
                statements                                                       
16: XML.R44     Income Access Share Trust Financial Statements       XML     62K 
27: XML.R45     Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Schedule           XML     45K 
56: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    206K 
 9: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- shpgf-20091231                      XML    826K 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- shpgf-20091231_cal              XML    203K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- shpgf-20091231_def               XML     86K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- shpgf-20091231_lab                    XML    822K 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- shpgf-20091231_pre             XML    468K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- shpgf-20091231                        XSD     99K 


‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — shpgf-20091231_pre


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