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Form 8.3 - SHIRE PLC

31st Aug 2018 14:10

RNS Number : 4504Z

Societe Generale SA

31 August 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	30/08/2018
(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: 8,837,583 Shares Interests and 6,073,261 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 261,417 equivalent Shares interests and 12,501 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	9,099,000	0.99	6,085,762	0.67
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,316,367	1.13	9,079,971	0.99
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	195,000	0.02	175,000	0.02
TOTAL:	19,610,367	2.14	15,340,733	1.68

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	43	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	213	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.15
Ordinary	Purchase	74	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	43	45.085
Ordinary	Purchase	11	45.105
Ordinary	Purchase	97	45.155
Ordinary	Purchase	53	45.155
Ordinary	Purchase	117	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	47	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	126	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	117	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.065
Ordinary	Purchase	49	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	49	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	52	45.065
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.16
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.135
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.14
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.085
Ordinary	Purchase	51	45.08
Ordinary	Purchase	102	45.075
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.07
Ordinary	Purchase	101	45.065
Ordinary	Purchase	41	45.11
Ordinary	Purchase	72	45.11
Ordinary	Purchase	41	45.19
Ordinary	Purchase	32	45.19
Ordinary	Purchase	109	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	104	45.15
Ordinary	Purchase	84	45.1
Ordinary	Purchase	66	45.235
Ordinary	Purchase	92	45.235
Ordinary	Purchase	46	45.245
Ordinary	Purchase	62	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	122	45.07
Ordinary	Purchase	74	45.07
Ordinary	Purchase	95	45.11
Ordinary	Purchase	66	45.06
Ordinary	Purchase	30	45.11
Ordinary	Purchase	12	45.105
Ordinary	Purchase	66	45.105
Ordinary	Purchase	1,718	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	263	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	1,038	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	3	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	21	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	75,000	45.15498379
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	3,900	175.824615
ADR	Purchase	300	175.83
ADR	Purchase	99	175.85
ADR	Purchase	900	176.01
ADR	Purchase	300	175.99
ADR	Purchase	354	175.85
ADR	Purchase	795	175.949208
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	60	45.1
Ordinary	Sale	132	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	98	45.11
Ordinary	Sale	675	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	26	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	1,694	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	1,278	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	116	45.1
Ordinary	Sale	165	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	98	45.1
Ordinary	Sale	4	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	14	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	42	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	34	45.255
Ordinary	Sale	15	45.255
Ordinary	Sale	24	45.255
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	36	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	72	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	16	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.095
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	9	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	222	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	44	45.265
Ordinary	Sale	31	45.265
Ordinary	Sale	148	45.265
Ordinary	Sale	66	45.265
Ordinary	Sale	17	45.265
Ordinary	Sale	208	45.15
Ordinary	Sale	36	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	63	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	50	45.115
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	34	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	27	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	14	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	220	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	25	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	25	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	18	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	40	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	42	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	78	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	170	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	54	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	224	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	33	45.16
Ordinary	Sale	108	45.16
Ordinary	Sale	19	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	4	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	549	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	17	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	42	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	25	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	42	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	84	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	37	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	16	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	96	45.27
Ordinary	Sale	36	45.07
Ordinary	Sale	42	45.07
Ordinary	Sale	2	45.17
Ordinary	Sale	104	45.16
Ordinary	Sale	81	45.17
Ordinary	Sale	55	45.15
Ordinary	Sale	54	45.04
Ordinary	Sale	54	45.155
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.075
Ordinary	Sale	30	45.075
Ordinary	Sale	206	45.075
Ordinary	Sale	104	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	91	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	5	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	9	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	19	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	81	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	263	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	312	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	10	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	258	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	121	45.1
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.11
Ordinary	Sale	11	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	104	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	16	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	31	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	5	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	63	45.08
Ordinary	Sale	53	45.08
Ordinary	Sale	44	45.08
Ordinary	Sale	92	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	3	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	2	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	43	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	57	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	687	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	6	45.145
Ordinary	Sale	94	45.145
Ordinary	Sale	85	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	32	45.19
Ordinary	Sale	68	45.19
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.155
Ordinary	Sale	829	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	186	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	1,015	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	177	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	46	45.15
Ordinary	Sale	54	45.15
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.065
Ordinary	Sale	58	45.07
Ordinary	Sale	42	45.07
Ordinary	Sale	29	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	244	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	34	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	2,803	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	34	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	7	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	205	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	170	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	104	45.095
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	38	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	309	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	4	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	82	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.115
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.115
Ordinary	Sale	136	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	103	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	98	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	78	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	56	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	10	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	82	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	92	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.11
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.05
Ordinary	Sale	167	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	105	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	130	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	113	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	275	45.1
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.075
Ordinary	Sale	108	45.19
Ordinary	Sale	19	45.19
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.105
Ordinary	Sale	104	45.16
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	101	45.07
Ordinary	Sale	66	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.095
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.07
Ordinary	Sale	325	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	8	45.105
Ordinary	Sale	602	45.1
Ordinary	Sale	11	45.1
Ordinary	Sale	120	45.08
Ordinary	Sale	4	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	17	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	62	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	62	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	23	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	115	45.09
Ordinary	Sale	152	45.1
Ordinary	Sale	71	45.15
Ordinary	Sale	9	45.16
Ordinary	Sale	74	45.16
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	91	45.085
Ordinary	Sale	319	45.05
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	300	175.88
ADR	Sale	1,800	175.941667
ADR	Sale	15	175.85
	Total Purchases	88,100
	Total Sales	28,219

(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

75,000

45.15498379

(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:	31/08/2018
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	Purchase	25,000	185	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed Call-option	Sale	25,000	175	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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