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Form 8.3 - Shire Plc

24th Oct 2018 12:35

RNS Number : 0599F

Societe Generale SA

24 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	23/10/2018
(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: 12,505,506 Shares Interests and 152,249 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 401,562 equivalent Shares interests and 31,917 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	12,907,068	1.41	184,166	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	5,507,219	0.60	12,418,418	1.36
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	333,900	0.04	290,000	0.03
TOTAL:	18,748,187	2.05	12,892,584	1.41

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	7	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	27	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	27	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	31	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	5	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	37	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	2,602	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	299	44.835
Ordinary	Purchase	250	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	259	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	262	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	190	45.14
Ordinary	Purchase	200	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	66	44.885
Ordinary	Purchase	190	44.885
Ordinary	Purchase	258	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	256	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	23	44.89
Ordinary	Purchase	83	44.89
Ordinary	Purchase	37	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	256	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	112	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	117	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	244	44.825
Ordinary	Purchase	164	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	193	45.37
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.835
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.875
Ordinary	Purchase	147	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	190	44.58
Ordinary	Purchase	102	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	62	45.245
Ordinary	Purchase	24	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	622	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	500	44.84
Ordinary	Purchase	110	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	96	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	122	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	151	44.835
Ordinary	Purchase	151	44.835
Ordinary	Purchase	236	44.825
Ordinary	Purchase	26	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	126	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	132	44.835
Ordinary	Purchase	29	44.795
Ordinary	Purchase	110	44.795
Ordinary	Purchase	59	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	25	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	40	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	67	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	99	45.23
Ordinary	Purchase	211	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	148	44.78
Ordinary	Purchase	18	44.78
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.835
Ordinary	Purchase	231	44.84
Ordinary	Purchase	693	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	147	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	7	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	41	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	137	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	129	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	69	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	96	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	1,975	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	500	44.84
Ordinary	Purchase	175	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	213	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	250	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	63	44.84
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	500	44.84
Ordinary	Purchase	352	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	257	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	200	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	21	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	88	44.795
Ordinary	Purchase	250	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	15	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	500	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.875
Ordinary	Purchase	131	44.8
Ordinary	Purchase	54	44.875
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.835
Ordinary	Purchase	320,000	45.100023
Ordinary	Purchase	25,000	44.85220352
Ordinary	Purchase	17,122	45.24616134
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	5,664	176.13
ADR	Purchase	393	174.58931
ADR	Purchase	27	176.13
ADR	Purchase	5,700	175.46526
ADR	Purchase	45	176.13
ADR	Purchase	600	176.686
ADR	Purchase	6,900	174.43651
ADR	Purchase	6,912	176.13
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	55	45.365
Ordinary	Sale	37	45.005
Ordinary	Sale	91	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	271	45.365
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	63	44.76
Ordinary	Sale	142	45
Ordinary	Sale	34	45
Ordinary	Sale	91	45
Ordinary	Sale	83	45
Ordinary	Sale	102	44.725
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.71
Ordinary	Sale	176	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	255	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	162	44.855
Ordinary	Sale	80	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.745
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	59	45.29
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.29
Ordinary	Sale	85	45.04
Ordinary	Sale	73	45.04
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.885
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.805
Ordinary	Sale	185	44.84
Ordinary	Sale	113	45
Ordinary	Sale	50	44.795
Ordinary	Sale	27	44.84
Ordinary	Sale	207	44.795
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.7
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.83
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.83
Ordinary	Sale	26	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	235	45.365
Ordinary	Sale	56	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	76	44.83
Ordinary	Sale	25	44.83
Ordinary	Sale	45	44.84
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.955
Ordinary	Sale	261	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	263	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.675
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.675
Ordinary	Sale	78	44.685
Ordinary	Sale	220	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	22	44.715
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	256	45.005
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	193	44.76
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.775
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	153	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	256	45
Ordinary	Sale	309	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	64	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	219	45.005
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.765
Ordinary	Sale	343	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	94	44.89
Ordinary	Sale	225	45.37
Ordinary	Sale	110	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.295
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	65	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.775
Ordinary	Sale	149	44.73
Ordinary	Sale	786	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	4,876	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	636	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	57	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	52	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	81	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	223	44.855
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.35
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.37
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	159	45.37
Ordinary	Sale	72	44.85
Ordinary	Sale	58	45.365
Ordinary	Sale	83	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	229	45.02
Ordinary	Sale	104	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.785
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	74	44.785
Ordinary	Sale	51	44.785
Ordinary	Sale	129	44.85
Ordinary	Sale	105	45.02
Ordinary	Sale	31	45.02
Ordinary	Sale	78	45.255
Ordinary	Sale	52	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	75	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	43	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	82	45.375
Ordinary	Sale	52	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.04
Ordinary	Sale	94	45.04
Ordinary	Sale	56	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	83	45.055
Ordinary	Sale	72	44.975
Ordinary	Sale	72	44.975
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.975
Ordinary	Sale	62	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	49	45.115
Ordinary	Sale	15	45.045
Ordinary	Sale	114	45.04
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.365
Ordinary	Sale	38	45.365
Ordinary	Sale	80	45.365
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.395
Ordinary	Sale	22	45.375
Ordinary	Sale	94	44.96
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	80	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.3
Ordinary	Sale	83	45.36
Ordinary	Sale	107	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	124	44.78
Ordinary	Sale	67	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	93	44.915
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.29
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.14
Ordinary	Sale	4	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	156	44.775
Ordinary	Sale	13	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	120	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	14	45.37
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.37
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	32	45.37
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.92
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	600	175.605
ADR	Sale	588	175.34265
ADR	Sale	600	174.745
ADR	Sale	3,600	174.56363
ADR	Sale	51	176.08
ADR	Sale	150	174.306
ADR	Sale	4,968	176.13
ADR	Sale	6,501	175.4663
	Total Purchases	406,944
	Total Sales	40,154

(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	44.85220352
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	17,122	45.24616134
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	2,167	175.466299

(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:	24/10/2018
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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