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Form 8.3 - SHIRE PLC

13th Jul 2018 11:57

RNS Number : 6177U

Societe Generale SA

13 July 2018

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Société Générale S.A.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Shire Plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	12/07/2018
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	YES: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary shares: 13,666,553 Shares Interests and 543,445 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 657,465 equivalent Shares interests and 12,717 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	14,324,018	1.57	556,162	0.06
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	195,395	0.02	11,326,841	1.24
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	275,000	0.03	150,000	0.02
TOTAL:	14,794,413	1.62	12,033,003	1.32

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Purchase	49	43.435
Ordinary	Purchase	962	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	97	43.3
Ordinary	Purchase	97	43.3
Ordinary	Purchase	97	43.3
Ordinary	Purchase	100	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	220	43.33
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.33
Ordinary	Purchase	69	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	681	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.345
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43
Ordinary	Purchase	75	43.3
Ordinary	Purchase	25	43.3
Ordinary	Purchase	100	42.98
Ordinary	Purchase	100	42.975
Ordinary	Purchase	31	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	59	42.99
Ordinary	Purchase	114	43.335
Ordinary	Purchase	87	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	200	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	1	43.38
Ordinary	Purchase	144	43.37
Ordinary	Purchase	719	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	719	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	611	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	504	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	65	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	5	43.336
Ordinary	Purchase	39	43.345
Ordinary	Purchase	63	43.345
Ordinary	Purchase	125	43.37
Ordinary	Purchase	125	43.38
Ordinary	Purchase	125	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	77	43.325
Ordinary	Purchase	110	43.205
Ordinary	Purchase	189	43.33
Ordinary	Purchase	125	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	30	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	24	43.325
Ordinary	Purchase	10	43.32
Ordinary	Purchase	13	43.325
Ordinary	Purchase	9	43.315
Ordinary	Purchase	69	42.99
Ordinary	Purchase	63	42.975
Ordinary	Purchase	10	43.185
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.185
Ordinary	Purchase	81	43.345
Ordinary	Purchase	104	43.33
Ordinary	Purchase	284	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	90	43.345
Ordinary	Purchase	23	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	10	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	59	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	31	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	193	43.345
Ordinary	Purchase	222	43.34
Ordinary	Purchase	217	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	84	42.98
Ordinary	Purchase	240	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	61	42.99
Ordinary	Purchase	90	43.245
Ordinary	Purchase	123	43.415
Ordinary	Purchase	5	43.335
Ordinary	Purchase	67	43.45
Ordinary	Purchase	62	43.43
Ordinary	Purchase	84	43.435
Ordinary	Purchase	5	43.245
Ordinary	Purchase	93	43.335
Ordinary	Purchase	142	43.385
Ordinary	Purchase	13	43.205
Ordinary	Purchase	65	43.21
Ordinary	Purchase	137	43.38
Ordinary	Purchase	54	43.345
Ordinary	Purchase	102	43.2
Ordinary	Purchase	145	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	138	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	161	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	144	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	90	43.37
Ordinary	Purchase	60	43.245
Ordinary	Purchase	88	43.41
Ordinary	Purchase	63	43.415
Ordinary	Purchase	66	43.415
Ordinary	Purchase	5	43.335
Ordinary	Purchase	102	43.38
Ordinary	Purchase	109	43.37
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.38
Ordinary	Purchase	98	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	18	43.38
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	158	43.255
Ordinary	Purchase	199	43.3
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	200	43.3
Ordinary	Purchase	168	43.195
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	102	43.3
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.95
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.21
Ordinary	Purchase	7	42.99
Ordinary	Purchase	96	42.99
Ordinary	Purchase	102	43.415
Ordinary	Purchase	102	43.285
Ordinary	Purchase	279	43.33
Ordinary	Purchase	45	43.33
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.955
Ordinary	Purchase	162	43.2
Ordinary	Purchase	117	43.2
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.21
Ordinary	Purchase	173	43.195
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.995
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.315
Ordinary	Purchase	197	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.195
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.19
Ordinary	Purchase	104	43.185
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.99
Ordinary	Purchase	124	42.98
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.965
Ordinary	Purchase	150	42.99
Ordinary	Purchase	185	42.99
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.19
Ordinary	Purchase	200	43.31
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.96
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.95
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	128	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	22	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	68	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	56	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.975
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.305
Ordinary	Purchase	98	43.245
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.995
Ordinary	Purchase	102	43.34
Ordinary	Purchase	104	43.325
Ordinary	Purchase	102	43.305
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.935
Ordinary	Purchase	85	42.98
Ordinary	Purchase	350	43.45
Ordinary	Purchase	300	43.45
Ordinary	Purchase	104	42.945
Ordinary	Purchase	18	42.98
Ordinary	Purchase	8	43
Ordinary	Purchase	95	43
Ordinary	Purchase	131	43.29
Ordinary	Purchase	102	43.28
Ordinary	Purchase	151	43.225
Ordinary	Purchase	144	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	101	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	50	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	195	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.24
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	151	43.22
Ordinary	Purchase	116	43.18
Ordinary	Purchase	37	43.18
Ordinary	Purchase	23	43.32
Ordinary	Purchase	79	43.32
Ordinary	Purchase	592	43.18
Ordinary	Purchase	38	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.98
Ordinary	Purchase	159	43.18
Ordinary	Purchase	105	42.94
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.935
Ordinary	Purchase	150	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	111	43.2
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.98
Ordinary	Purchase	164	43.195
Ordinary	Purchase	5	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	105	42.99
Ordinary	Purchase	290	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.26
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.26
Ordinary	Purchase	70	43.11
Ordinary	Purchase	30	43.11
Ordinary	Purchase	58	43.13
Ordinary	Purchase	309	43.255
Ordinary	Purchase	126	43.235
Ordinary	Purchase	90	43.065
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	25,000	43.313226
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	600	171.975
ADR	Purchase	147	172.29
ADR	Purchase	300	172.2783
ADR	Purchase	114	172.10513
ADR	Purchase	180	172.276
ADR	Purchase	42	172.29
ADR	Purchase	4,710	172.25854
ADR	Purchase	3,150	172.22048
ADR	Purchase	1,095	172.29
ADR	Purchase	3,504	172.29
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	44	42.99
Ordinary	Sale	16	42.99
Ordinary	Sale	9	42.99
Ordinary	Sale	51	42.99
Ordinary	Sale	81	43.42
Ordinary	Sale	89	43.145
Ordinary	Sale	17	43.145
Ordinary	Sale	162	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	125	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	163	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	4	43.405
Ordinary	Sale	76	42.99
Ordinary	Sale	4	43.41
Ordinary	Sale	297	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	1,047	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	185	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	4	43.41
Ordinary	Sale	512	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	469	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	469	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	545	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	9	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	298	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	383	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	677	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	639	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	597	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	298	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	342	43.36
Ordinary	Sale	64	43.2
Ordinary	Sale	27	43.17
Ordinary	Sale	70	43.32
Ordinary	Sale	93	43.14
Ordinary	Sale	102	43.315
Ordinary	Sale	10	43.14
Ordinary	Sale	102	43.315
Ordinary	Sale	102	43.32
Ordinary	Sale	32	43.32
Ordinary	Sale	104	43.095
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.1
Ordinary	Sale	798	43.3
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.345
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.04
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.25
Ordinary	Sale	64	43.33
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.025
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.025
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.055
Ordinary	Sale	55	43.2
Ordinary	Sale	104	43.255
Ordinary	Sale	105	43.275
Ordinary	Sale	78	43.17
Ordinary	Sale	105	43.17
Ordinary	Sale	104	43.175
Ordinary	Sale	58	43.33
Ordinary	Sale	150	42.99
Ordinary	Sale	150	42.99
Ordinary	Sale	130	43.29
Ordinary	Sale	300	43.34
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	6	171.955
ADR	Sale	600	171.84
ADR	Sale	300	171.77
ADR	Sale	600	171.785
ADR	Sale	2,190	172.29
	Total Purchases	62,671
	Total Sales	14,936

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit GBP

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

25,000

43.31322612

Ordinary

Euro Medium Term Note

Reducing a short position

43.36

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit GBP

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit GBP

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable) GBP

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Yes

Date of disclosure:	13/07/2018
Contact name:	Olivier Vero
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

Full name of person making disclosure:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:	Shire Plc

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which option or derivative relates	Exercise price per unit GBP	Type	Expiry date
Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which option or derivative relates		e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	150,000	32	American options	21/12/2018
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	30,000	40	American options	17/08/2018
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	75,000	41	American options	17/08/2018
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	150,000	32	American options	21/12/2018
Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which option or derivative relates	Exercise price per unit USD	Type	Expiry date
ADR	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	155	American options	18/01/2019

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.

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