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Form 8.3 - SHIRE PLC

21st Aug 2018 11:11

RNS Number : 4416Y

Societe Generale SA

21 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	20/08/2018
(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: 8,213,509 Shares Interests and 440,459 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 256,323 equivalent Shares interests and 20,934 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	8,469,832	0.93	461,393	0.05
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	4,696,637	0.51	7,385,403	0.81
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	195,000	0.02	175,000	0.02
TOTAL:	13,361,469	1.46	8,021,796	0.88

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	153	44.555
Ordinary	Purchase	182	44.42
Ordinary	Purchase	26	44.42
Ordinary	Purchase	34	44.42
Ordinary	Purchase	123	44.415
Ordinary	Purchase	198	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	180	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	43	44.48
Ordinary	Purchase	112	44.425
Ordinary	Purchase	67	44.4
Ordinary	Purchase	110	44.45
Ordinary	Purchase	190	44.625
Ordinary	Purchase	57	44.41
Ordinary	Purchase	661	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	1,731	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	1,070	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	41	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	172	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	1,047	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	59	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	297	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	141	44.805
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	208	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	215	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	154	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	103	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	163	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	88	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	163	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	145	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	163	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	163	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	79	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	110	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	218	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	103	44.73
Ordinary	Purchase	187	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	54	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	180	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	179	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	173	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	139	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	133	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	27	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	149	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	72	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	107	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	71	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	73	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	40	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	3	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	208	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	200	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	47	44.415
Ordinary	Purchase	141	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	319	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	56	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	80	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	5	44.78
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	185	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	80	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	59	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	297	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	62	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	181	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	21	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	53	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	21	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	47	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	138	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	18	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	80	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	205	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	86	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	9,250	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	52	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	2,406	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	1,069	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	48	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.735
Ordinary	Purchase	2	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	44.612699
Ordinary	Purchase	25,000	44.66029
Ordinary	Purchase	600,000	44.498651
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	2,127	171.00767
ADR	Purchase	369	171.68081
ADR	Purchase	873	170.65
ADR	Purchase	240	170.65
ADR	Purchase	3,024	170.65
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	53	44.485
Ordinary	Sale	73	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	29	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	53	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	65	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	25	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	27	44.635
Ordinary	Sale	4,721	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	1,038	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	1,038	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	260	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	190	44.39
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	56	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	41	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	120	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	76	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	52	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	59	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	120	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.63
Ordinary	Sale	74	44.635
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	157	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.455
Ordinary	Sale	62	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	226	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	162	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	50	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.665
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	170	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	53	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	117	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.48
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	56	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	62	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	226	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	117	44.705
Ordinary	Sale	208	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	89	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	239	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	94	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	226	44.69
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	12	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	341	44.69
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.675
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.41
Ordinary	Sale	54	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	48	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	10	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	92	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	111	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.56
Ordinary	Sale	102	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	107	44.595
Ordinary	Sale	195	44.595
Ordinary	Sale	206	44.485
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.485
Ordinary	Sale	56	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.595
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	215	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	87	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	124	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	133	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	133	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	47	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	124	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	133	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	123	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	176	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	138	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	105	44.635
Ordinary	Sale	87	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	65	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	52	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	49	44.685
Ordinary	Sale	35	44.685
Ordinary	Sale	68	44.45
Ordinary	Sale	82	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	15	44.41
Ordinary	Sale	153	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	74	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	54	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	203	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	61	44.415
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	43	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	30	44.415
Ordinary	Sale	34	44.61
Ordinary	Sale	40	44.61
Ordinary	Sale	212	44.61
Ordinary	Sale	42	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	83	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	121	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	132	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	36	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	32	44.665
Ordinary	Sale	202	44.665
Ordinary	Sale	23	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	37	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	57	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	55	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	61	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	29	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	43	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	110	44.41
Ordinary	Sale	97	44.565
Ordinary	Sale	43	44.565
Ordinary	Sale	87	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	96	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	181	44.705
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	42	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	61	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	39	44.69
Ordinary	Sale	43	44.69
Ordinary	Sale	41	44.52
Ordinary	Sale	67	44.52
Ordinary	Sale	110	44.565
Ordinary	Sale	19	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	127	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.505
Ordinary	Sale	26	44.505
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.625
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	23	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	128	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	49	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	23	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	93	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	130	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	130	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	17	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	107	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	224	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	32	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	21	44.555
Ordinary	Sale	36	44.555
Ordinary	Sale	550	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	211	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	113	44.795
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.445
Ordinary	Sale	170	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	118	44.49
Ordinary	Sale	147	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.69
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.69
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.69
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.69
Ordinary	Sale	94	44.69
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.495
Ordinary	Sale	99	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	80	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	8	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	143	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	106	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	179	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	55	44.705
Ordinary	Sale	83	44.705
Ordinary	Sale	214	44.555
Ordinary	Sale	20	44.555
Ordinary	Sale	18	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	1	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	24	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	11	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	107	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	17	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	70	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	184	44.555
Ordinary	Sale	8,306	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	198	44.425
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	1,500	171.116
ADR	Sale	60	171.202
ADR	Sale	2,592	170.65
	Total Purchases	708,979
	Total Sales	38,368

(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

44.612699

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

25,000

44.66029031

(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:	21/08/2018
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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