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Form 8.3 - SHIRE PLC

25th Sep 2018 11:27

RNS Number : 8718B

Societe Generale SA

25 September 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	24/09/2018
(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: 10,039,057 Shares Interests and 8,266,721 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 264,588 equivalent Shares interests and 21,921 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	10,303,645	1.13	8,288,642	0.91
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	11,676,067	1.28	8,984,491	0.98
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	235,000	0.03	215,000	0.02
TOTAL:	22,214,712	2.43	17,488,133	1.91

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	17	45.105
Ordinary	Purchase	87	45.135
Ordinary	Purchase	4	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	275	45.535
Ordinary	Purchase	259	45.115
Ordinary	Purchase	254	45.17
Ordinary	Purchase	259	45.15
Ordinary	Purchase	259	45.11
Ordinary	Purchase	158	45.22
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	170	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	119	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	220	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	258	45.32
Ordinary	Purchase	259	45.145
Ordinary	Purchase	619	45.195
Ordinary	Purchase	80	45.125
Ordinary	Purchase	179	45.125
Ordinary	Purchase	258	45.325
Ordinary	Purchase	258	45.315
Ordinary	Purchase	58	45.145
Ordinary	Purchase	16	45.145
Ordinary	Purchase	172	45.135
Ordinary	Purchase	70	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	18	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	91	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	267	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	238	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	259	45.08
Ordinary	Purchase	12	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	259	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	259	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	197	45.35
Ordinary	Purchase	188	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	197	45.35
Ordinary	Purchase	92	45.175
Ordinary	Purchase	296	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	197	45.32
Ordinary	Purchase	197	45.33
Ordinary	Purchase	106	45.175
Ordinary	Purchase	132	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	197	45.29
Ordinary	Purchase	66	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	10	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	197	45.345
Ordinary	Purchase	70	45.515
Ordinary	Purchase	169	45.515
Ordinary	Purchase	86	45.515
Ordinary	Purchase	1,719	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	1,533	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	474	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	214	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	186	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	1,719	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	1,719	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	1,719	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	547	45.22
Ordinary	Purchase	19	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	108	45.14
Ordinary	Purchase	93	45.055
Ordinary	Purchase	100	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	19	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	69	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	21	45.225
Ordinary	Purchase	59	45.185
Ordinary	Purchase	119	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	119	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	119	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	111	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	119	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	119	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	110	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	111	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	62	45.145
Ordinary	Purchase	98	45.185
Ordinary	Purchase	133	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	106	45.14
Ordinary	Purchase	57	45.14
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.16
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.16
Ordinary	Purchase	52	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	102	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.145
Ordinary	Purchase	16	45.145
Ordinary	Purchase	56	45.1
Ordinary	Purchase	56	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	13	45.14
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.14
Ordinary	Purchase	47	45.14
Ordinary	Purchase	196	45.135
Ordinary	Purchase	48	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	1	45.13
Ordinary	Purchase	119	45.15
Ordinary	Purchase	79	45.15
Ordinary	Purchase	3,471	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	360	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	591	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	199	45.2
Ordinary	Purchase	98	45.185
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.185
Ordinary	Purchase	1,925	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	807	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	1,321	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	98	45.185
Ordinary	Purchase	5	45.17
Ordinary	Purchase	1	45.045
Ordinary	Purchase	17	45.015
Ordinary	Purchase	42	45.015
Ordinary	Purchase	6	45.015
Ordinary	Purchase	4	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	57	45.145
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.955
Ordinary	Purchase	93	45.165
Ordinary	Purchase	58	45.1125
Ordinary	Purchase	51	45.1675
Ordinary	Purchase	6	45.17
Ordinary	Purchase	60	45.17
Ordinary	Purchase	43	45.17
Ordinary	Purchase	47	45.195
Ordinary	Purchase	29	45.195
Ordinary	Purchase	65	45.16
Ordinary	Purchase	46	45.16
Ordinary	Purchase	137	45.22
Ordinary	Purchase	47	45.22
Ordinary	Purchase	246	45.225
Ordinary	Purchase	37	45.225
Ordinary	Purchase	51	45.225
Ordinary	Purchase	175	45.225
Ordinary	Purchase	54	45.175
Ordinary	Purchase	68	45.2
Ordinary	Purchase	50	45.07
Ordinary	Purchase	68	45.07
Ordinary	Purchase	88	45.075
Ordinary	Purchase	20	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	116	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	36	45.09
Ordinary	Purchase	71	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	18	45.15
Ordinary	Purchase	20	45.15
Ordinary	Purchase	43	45.15
Ordinary	Purchase	136	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	45	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	51	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	50	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	35	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	203	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	125	45.095
Ordinary	Purchase	4	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	57	45.115
Ordinary	Purchase	65	45.155
Ordinary	Purchase	64	45.145
Ordinary	Purchase	65	45.16
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	45.2105247
Ordinary	Purchase	17,033	45.157074
Ordinary	Purchase	17,033	45.157074
Ordinary	Purchase	146	45.185
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	9	177.38
ADR	Purchase	900	177.95
ADR	Purchase	1,806	177.38
ADR	Purchase	9	177.38
ADR	Purchase	3,447	177.476997
ADR	Purchase	17,280	177.38
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	5	45.335
Ordinary	Sale	19	45.415
Ordinary	Sale	463	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	29	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	315	45.32
Ordinary	Sale	259	45.36
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.33
Ordinary	Sale	46	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	260	45.32
Ordinary	Sale	104	45.34
Ordinary	Sale	115	45.295
Ordinary	Sale	59	45.28
Ordinary	Sale	216	45.28
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.28
Ordinary	Sale	22	45.385
Ordinary	Sale	79	45.34
Ordinary	Sale	103	45.385
Ordinary	Sale	111	45.33
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	141	44.955
Ordinary	Sale	261	45.08
Ordinary	Sale	948	44.955
Ordinary	Sale	807	44.955
Ordinary	Sale	255	45.39
Ordinary	Sale	109	45.35
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.35
Ordinary	Sale	127	45.17
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.37
Ordinary	Sale	473	45.195
Ordinary	Sale	120	45.315
Ordinary	Sale	93	45.33
Ordinary	Sale	165	45.33
Ordinary	Sale	440	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.42
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.42
Ordinary	Sale	17	45.42
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.42
Ordinary	Sale	267	45.255
Ordinary	Sale	242	45.255
Ordinary	Sale	236	45.145
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.145
Ordinary	Sale	79	45.32
Ordinary	Sale	258	45.35
Ordinary	Sale	86	45.325
Ordinary	Sale	210	45.325
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.325
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	137	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	233	45.375
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	109	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	258	45.325
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	144	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	117	45.17
Ordinary	Sale	199	45.325
Ordinary	Sale	105	45.325
Ordinary	Sale	61	45.36
Ordinary	Sale	202	45.36
Ordinary	Sale	72	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	187	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	37	45.39
Ordinary	Sale	259	45.05
Ordinary	Sale	258	45.315
Ordinary	Sale	121	45.39
Ordinary	Sale	1	45.14
Ordinary	Sale	258	45.14
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	195	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.415
Ordinary	Sale	82	45.395
Ordinary	Sale	18	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	107	45.325
Ordinary	Sale	17	45.33
Ordinary	Sale	98	45.34
Ordinary	Sale	344	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	36	45.545
Ordinary	Sale	823	45.545
Ordinary	Sale	120	45.195
Ordinary	Sale	56	45.255
Ordinary	Sale	50	45.325
Ordinary	Sale	17	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	106	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	113	45.115
Ordinary	Sale	63	45.115
Ordinary	Sale	226	45.18
Ordinary	Sale	75	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	2	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	59	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	246	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	251	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	197	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	107	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	3	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	20	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	205	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	186	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	73	45.195
Ordinary	Sale	48	45.385
Ordinary	Sale	65	45.35
Ordinary	Sale	30	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	7	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	45	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	57	45.355
Ordinary	Sale	11	45.35
Ordinary	Sale	57	45.34
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	32	45.295
Ordinary	Sale	44	45.295
Ordinary	Sale	252	45.34
Ordinary	Sale	33	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	23	45.41
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.395
Ordinary	Sale	21	45.33
Ordinary	Sale	60	45.33
Ordinary	Sale	220	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	24	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	207	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	210	45.345
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	190	45.455
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.37
Ordinary	Sale	34	45.37
Ordinary	Sale	92	45.195
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.195
Ordinary	Sale	17	45.365
Ordinary	Sale	39	45.36
Ordinary	Sale	108	45.355
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.39
Ordinary	Sale	12	45.43
Ordinary	Sale	22	45.43
Ordinary	Sale	18	45.43
Ordinary	Sale	50	45.145
Ordinary	Sale	190	45.145
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.145
Ordinary	Sale	76	45.32
Ordinary	Sale	212	45.32
Ordinary	Sale	97	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.325
Ordinary	Sale	64	45.375
Ordinary	Sale	53	45.385
Ordinary	Sale	18	45.39
Ordinary	Sale	81	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	106	45.33
Ordinary	Sale	9	45.39
Ordinary	Sale	22	45.39
Ordinary	Sale	89	45.41
Ordinary	Sale	40	45.34
Ordinary	Sale	31	45.34
Ordinary	Sale	135	45.125
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	23	45.145
Ordinary	Sale	17,033	45.1503
Ordinary	Sale	17,033	45.157074
Ordinary	Sale	39	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	39	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	29	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	39	45.185
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	42	177.38
ADR	Sale	600	177.68
ADR	Sale	12	178.1025
ADR	Sale	2,094	177.815158
ADR	Sale	300	178.39
ADR	Sale	3	178.12
ADR	Sale	5,616	177.38
ADR	Sale	15,000	177.993628
	Total Purchases	141,353
	Total Sales	79,692

(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	50,000	45.2105247
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	5,000	177.993628

(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:	25/09/2018
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	65,000	185	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Sale	65,000	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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