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Form 8.3 - SHIRE PLC

24th Jul 2018 11:45

RNS Number : 6030V

Societe Generale SA

24 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	23/07/2018
(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: 14,777,162 Shares Interests and 551,002 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 206,955 equivalent Shares interests and 13,035 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	14,984,117	1.64	564,037	0.06
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	195,395	0.02	11,389,013	1.25
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	275,000	0.03	150,000	0.02
TOTAL:	15,454,512	1.69	12,103,050	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	222	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	133	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	1,844	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	22	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	78	43.24
Ordinary	Purchase	48	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	83	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.71
Ordinary	Purchase	51	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	114	43.25
Ordinary	Purchase	138	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	286	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	48	43.38
Ordinary	Purchase	76	43.555
Ordinary	Purchase	59	43.33
Ordinary	Purchase	72	43.27
Ordinary	Purchase	47	43.505
Ordinary	Purchase	82	43.505
Ordinary	Purchase	63	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	90	43.3
Ordinary	Purchase	69	43.315
Ordinary	Purchase	104	43.32
Ordinary	Purchase	221	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	152	43.27
Ordinary	Purchase	125	43.375
Ordinary	Purchase	125	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	214	43.345
Ordinary	Purchase	125	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	125	43.31
Ordinary	Purchase	123	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	13	43.505
Ordinary	Purchase	13	43.38
Ordinary	Purchase	70	43.405
Ordinary	Purchase	280	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	71	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	138	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.585
Ordinary	Purchase	149	43.505
Ordinary	Purchase	170	43.5
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.405
Ordinary	Purchase	253	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.325
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.55
Ordinary	Purchase	104	43.335
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.47
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.525
Ordinary	Purchase	173	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	106	43.535
Ordinary	Purchase	112	43.5
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.395
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.575
Ordinary	Purchase	104	43.5
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	116	43.61
Ordinary	Purchase	4	43.5
Ordinary	Purchase	138	43.505
Ordinary	Purchase	33	43.5
Ordinary	Purchase	104	43.5
Ordinary	Purchase	133	43.5
Ordinary	Purchase	78	43.49
Ordinary	Purchase	82	43.49
Ordinary	Purchase	104	43.5
Ordinary	Purchase	135	43.5
Ordinary	Purchase	62	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	107	43.395
Ordinary	Purchase	173	43.31
Ordinary	Purchase	11	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	39	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	1	43.395
Ordinary	Purchase	64	43.27
Ordinary	Purchase	318	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	272	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	103	43.37
Ordinary	Purchase	84	43.365
Ordinary	Purchase	82	43.36
Ordinary	Purchase	100	43.35
Ordinary	Purchase	16	43.39
Ordinary	Purchase	54	43.39
Ordinary	Purchase	156	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	156	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	61	43.565
Ordinary	Purchase	242	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	401	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	200	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	120	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	233	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	281	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	113	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	156	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	121	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	156	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	321	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	201	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	5,159	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	1,808	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	401	43.51
Ordinary	Purchase	99	43.565
Ordinary	Purchase	99	43.555
Ordinary	Purchase	10,000	43.446257
Ordinary	Purchase	46,472	44.14227
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	300	170.71
ADR	Purchase	300	170.65
ADR	Purchase	2,496	170.93204
ADR	Purchase	39	171.15
ADR	Purchase	648	171.15
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	286	43.51
Ordinary	Sale	139	43.295
Ordinary	Sale	137	43.55
Ordinary	Sale	118	43.445
Ordinary	Sale	111	43.555
Ordinary	Sale	138	43.48
Ordinary	Sale	70	43.59
Ordinary	Sale	100	43.45
Ordinary	Sale	99	43.59
Ordinary	Sale	90	43.59
Ordinary	Sale	95	43.54
Ordinary	Sale	100	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	73	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	54	43.56
Ordinary	Sale	125	43.54
Ordinary	Sale	125	43.575
Ordinary	Sale	197	43.555
Ordinary	Sale	119	43.565
Ordinary	Sale	34	43.585
Ordinary	Sale	69	43.585
Ordinary	Sale	62	43.59
Ordinary	Sale	61	43.62
Ordinary	Sale	150	43.54
Ordinary	Sale	59	43.68
Ordinary	Sale	80	43.585
Ordinary	Sale	55	43.585
Ordinary	Sale	139	43.555
Ordinary	Sale	90	43.295
Ordinary	Sale	62	43.59
Ordinary	Sale	70	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	125	43.62
Ordinary	Sale	69	43.575072
Ordinary	Sale	71	43.55
Ordinary	Sale	200	43.54
Ordinary	Sale	64	43.305
Ordinary	Sale	5	43.55
Ordinary	Sale	76	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	134	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	121	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	102	43.55
Ordinary	Sale	164	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.55
Ordinary	Sale	90	43.57
Ordinary	Sale	104	43.56
Ordinary	Sale	134	43.655
Ordinary	Sale	104	43.585
Ordinary	Sale	4	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	150	43.45
Ordinary	Sale	60	43.68
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.57
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.565
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.5
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.505
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.56
Ordinary	Sale	154	43.64
Ordinary	Sale	119	43.675
Ordinary	Sale	180	43.62
Ordinary	Sale	242	43.62
Ordinary	Sale	39	43.305
Ordinary	Sale	77	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	66	43.58
Ordinary	Sale	62	43.55
Ordinary	Sale	21	43.55
Ordinary	Sale	59	43.68
Ordinary	Sale	79	43.53
Ordinary	Sale	62	43.585
Ordinary	Sale	131	43.545
Ordinary	Sale	71	43.54
Ordinary	Sale	124	43.575
Ordinary	Sale	46,472	44.14109
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	105	170.75886
ADR	Sale	600	170.76
ADR	Sale	450,000	171.15
ADR	Sale	3	171.1
ADR	Sale	36	170.95
ADR	Sale	4,752	171.15
ADR	Sale	2,940	171.15
ADR	Sale	12,000	171.25
	Total Purchases	81,171
	Total Sales	523,896

(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	10,000	43.44625738
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 USD
ADR	CFD	Reducing a short position	4,000	171.25
ADR	Equity Linked Swap	Expiry	150,000	N/A

(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:	24/07/2018
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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