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Form 8.3 - SHIRE PLC

23rd Oct 2018 12:20

RNS Number : 9174E

Societe Generale SA

23 October 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	22/10/2018
(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: 12,428,490 Shares Interests and 432,840 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 395,016 equivalent Shares interests and 34,554 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	12,823,506	1.40	467,394	0.05
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	5,507,219	0.60	12,378,463	1.35
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	333,900	0.04	290,000	0.03
TOTAL:	18,664,625	2.04	13,135,857	1.44

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	256	45.05
Ordinary	Purchase	57	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	256	45.06
Ordinary	Purchase	226	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	152	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	68	45.035
Ordinary	Purchase	256	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	171	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	84	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	238	44.805
Ordinary	Purchase	238	44.8
Ordinary	Purchase	240	44.825
Ordinary	Purchase	22	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	219	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	154	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	222	44.805
Ordinary	Purchase	257	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	256	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	200	45.125
Ordinary	Purchase	693	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	69	45.035
Ordinary	Purchase	81	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	55	45.125
Ordinary	Purchase	185	45.015
Ordinary	Purchase	205	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	87	45.1
Ordinary	Purchase	23	45.1
Ordinary	Purchase	17	45.1
Ordinary	Purchase	40	45.1
Ordinary	Purchase	125	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	78	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	110	45.025
Ordinary	Purchase	50	45.04
Ordinary	Purchase	125	45.04
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.965
Ordinary	Purchase	69	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	134	45.005
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.91
Ordinary	Purchase	13	45.05
Ordinary	Purchase	37	45.05
Ordinary	Purchase	30	45.05
Ordinary	Purchase	66	45.03
Ordinary	Purchase	300	45.02
Ordinary	Purchase	194	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	101	44.915
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.01
Ordinary	Purchase	64	45.01
Ordinary	Purchase	173	45.005
Ordinary	Purchase	52	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	93	44.915
Ordinary	Purchase	208	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	39	44.83
Ordinary	Purchase	39	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	54	44.825
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.825
Ordinary	Purchase	173	44.83
Ordinary	Purchase	24	44.825
Ordinary	Purchase	59	45.1
Ordinary	Purchase	136	45.035
Ordinary	Purchase	1,732	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	1,732	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	17,319	44.922412
Ordinary	Purchase	21	45.005
Ordinary	Purchase	24,617	44.94386885
Ordinary	Purchase	12,710	44.94386899
Ordinary	Purchase	25,000	45.04463632
Ordinary	Purchase	22,367	44.921601
Ordinary	Purchase	58,571	44.94386903
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	1,758	176.61
ADR	Purchase	11,505	176.61
ADR	Purchase	645	176.298512
ADR	Purchase	39	176.61
ADR	Purchase	6,258	175.8714
ADR	Purchase	6,696	176.61
ADR	Purchase	17,064	176.61
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	51	44.955
Ordinary	Sale	346	44.885
Ordinary	Sale	256	45.015
Ordinary	Sale	38	44.83
Ordinary	Sale	186	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	368	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	50	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	493	45.08
Ordinary	Sale	99	45.08
Ordinary	Sale	185	44.76
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.115
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	102	45.075
Ordinary	Sale	67	44.76
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	20	45.08
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	155	44.765
Ordinary	Sale	255	45.07
Ordinary	Sale	261	44.94
Ordinary	Sale	104	45
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.025
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.745
Ordinary	Sale	112	44.9
Ordinary	Sale	256	45.03
Ordinary	Sale	139	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	148	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	151	44.815
Ordinary	Sale	255	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	68	44.945
Ordinary	Sale	225	44.945
Ordinary	Sale	208	44.85
Ordinary	Sale	197	45.025
Ordinary	Sale	16	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	207	44.8
Ordinary	Sale	256	45.05
Ordinary	Sale	62	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	62	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	294	44.795
Ordinary	Sale	109	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	68	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	153	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	153	44.74
Ordinary	Sale	39	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	29	44.885
Ordinary	Sale	41	44.885
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.885
Ordinary	Sale	15	44.885
Ordinary	Sale	9	44.885
Ordinary	Sale	23	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	26	44.855
Ordinary	Sale	30	44.855
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	41	44.855
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.805
Ordinary	Sale	30	44.785
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.745
Ordinary	Sale	11	44.735
Ordinary	Sale	194	45.075
Ordinary	Sale	162	45.08
Ordinary	Sale	120	44.83
Ordinary	Sale	9	44.83
Ordinary	Sale	30	44.83
Ordinary	Sale	15	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	30	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	48	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.03
Ordinary	Sale	214	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	42	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	19	44.785
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.785
Ordinary	Sale	109	44.745
Ordinary	Sale	30	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	45	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	44	44.815
Ordinary	Sale	68	44.815
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.815
Ordinary	Sale	72	44.815
Ordinary	Sale	83	45.015
Ordinary	Sale	37	44.785
Ordinary	Sale	42	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	33	45
Ordinary	Sale	49	45
Ordinary	Sale	12	44.955
Ordinary	Sale	47	44.955
Ordinary	Sale	29	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	105	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	27	44.735
Ordinary	Sale	57	44.735
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.85
Ordinary	Sale	183	44.7
Ordinary	Sale	65	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.8
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	27	44.81
Ordinary	Sale	15	44.81
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.81
Ordinary	Sale	99	44.81
Ordinary	Sale	66	44.81
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.805
Ordinary	Sale	19	44.805
Ordinary	Sale	12	44.805
Ordinary	Sale	99	44.795
Ordinary	Sale	25	44.91
Ordinary	Sale	27	44.91
Ordinary	Sale	15	44.91
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.8
Ordinary	Sale	134	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	205	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	530	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	4	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	4,148	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	258	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	191	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	29	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	59	45.025
Ordinary	Sale	6	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	94	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	17	44.9
Ordinary	Sale	52	45
Ordinary	Sale	158	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	79	44.885
Ordinary	Sale	130	45.03
Ordinary	Sale	27	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	89	44.835
Ordinary	Sale	50	44.815
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	627	44.95
Ordinary	Sale	510	44.95
Ordinary	Sale	450	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	60	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	128	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	9	45.035
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	5,943	176.318405
	Total Purchases	216,132
	Total Sales	26,177

(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	24,617	44.94386885
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	12,710	44.94386899
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	25,000	45.04463632
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	22,367	44.921601
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	58,571	44.94386903

(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 USD

(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:	23/10/2018
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 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
ADR	Listed call-option	Sale	65,000	175	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Purchase	80,000	200	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Sale	15,000	185	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Purchase	23,900	190	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed put-option	Purchase	30,000	140	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed put-option	Purchase	30,000	170	American options	16/11/2018
ADR	Listed put-option	Sale	30,000	140	American options	16/11/2018
ADR	Listed put-option	Sale	30,000	170	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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