Shire Delivers Strong Quarter: Driven by $243m of New Product Sales (+164% YOY Growth). Revenue Guidanc...(2350.0 1382.1 2737.0 ...)

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Operating (loss)/income (67.3) (1,775.1) 95.7 (1,633.9)

Interest income 6.5 14.9 19.2 34.7

Interest expense (16.8) (28.0) (34.1) (35.8)

Other income/(expenses), net 0.7 1.8 13.4 2.3

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Total other (expenses)/income, net (9.6) (11.3) (1.5) 1.2

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(Loss)/income before income taxes

and equity in (losses)/earnings of

equity method investees (76.9) (1,786.4) 94.2 (1,632.7)

Income taxes (0.2) (25.6) (44.3) (67.1)

Equity in (losses)/earnings of

equity method investees (1.9) 0.7 (0.3) 1.2

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Net (loss)/income (79.0) (1,811.3) 49.6 (1,698.6)

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(1) For the three months to June 30, 2007 $4.7 million of depreciation

was reclassified from Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)

costs to Cost of product sales ($1.9 million) and Research and

Development costs ($2.8 million). For the six months to June 30, 2007

$8.7 million of depreciation was reclassified from SG&A costs to Cost

of product sales ($3.9 million) and Research and development ($4.8

million).

(2 ) Cost of product sales includes amortization of intangible assets

relating to favorable manufacturing contracts of $0.4 million for

the three months to June 30, 2008 (2007: $nil) and $0.9 million for

the six
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