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Form 8.3 - Shire Plc

29th Nov 2018 10:19

RNS Number : 9017I

Societe Generale SA

29 November 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	28/11/2018
(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: 13,323,362 Shares Interests and 12,953,632 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 488,784 equivalent Shares interests and 45,147 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	13,812,146	1.51	12,998,779	1.42
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	14,683,121	1.60	13,079,385	1.43
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	325,700	0.04	271,800	0.03
TOTAL:	28,820,967	3.15	26,349,964	2.88

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	13	44.62
Ordinary	Purchase	90	44.62
Ordinary	Purchase	66	44.62
Ordinary	Purchase	40	44.62
Ordinary	Purchase	54	44.62
Ordinary	Purchase	256	44.62
Ordinary	Purchase	7	44.825
Ordinary	Purchase	45	44.495
Ordinary	Purchase	53	44.515
Ordinary	Purchase	55	44.535
Ordinary	Purchase	183	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	38	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	36	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	140	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	48	45
Ordinary	Purchase	130	45
Ordinary	Purchase	258	44.595
Ordinary	Purchase	109	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	44	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	147	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	118	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	65	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	71	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	257	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.36
Ordinary	Purchase	36	45
Ordinary	Purchase	165	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	92	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	220	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	257	44.8
Ordinary	Purchase	257	44.795
Ordinary	Purchase	250	44.825
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.81
Ordinary	Purchase	206	44.81
Ordinary	Purchase	259	44.475
Ordinary	Purchase	257	44.81
Ordinary	Purchase	259	44.47
Ordinary	Purchase	257	44.78
Ordinary	Purchase	33	44.53
Ordinary	Purchase	225	44.53
Ordinary	Purchase	65	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	192	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	57	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	200	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	99	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	108	44.8
Ordinary	Purchase	42	44.715
Ordinary	Purchase	74	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	70	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	46	44.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.515
Ordinary	Purchase	42	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	55	44.77
Ordinary	Purchase	16	44.775
Ordinary	Purchase	45	44.58
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.58
Ordinary	Purchase	52	44.59
Ordinary	Purchase	39	44.59
Ordinary	Purchase	14	44.59
Ordinary	Purchase	57	44.59
Ordinary	Purchase	44	44.59
Ordinary	Purchase	101	44.56
Ordinary	Purchase	58	44.56
Ordinary	Purchase	104	44.62
Ordinary	Purchase	50	44.63
Ordinary	Purchase	44	44.625
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.64
Ordinary	Purchase	99	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	20	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	108	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	40	44.725
Ordinary	Purchase	41	44.725
Ordinary	Purchase	111	44.565
Ordinary	Purchase	41	44.565
Ordinary	Purchase	84	44.715
Ordinary	Purchase	54	44.565
Ordinary	Purchase	95	44.515
Ordinary	Purchase	32	44.35
Ordinary	Purchase	32	44.35
Ordinary	Purchase	147	44.92
Ordinary	Purchase	136	44.92
Ordinary	Purchase	85	44.92
Ordinary	Purchase	147	44.92
Ordinary	Purchase	2,983	44.92
Ordinary	Purchase	24	45.165
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.535
Ordinary	Purchase	151	44.535
Ordinary	Purchase	25	45.165
Ordinary	Purchase	50	44.385
Ordinary	Purchase	99	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	99	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	152	44.92
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	44.617392
Ordinary	Purchase	2,776	44.751781
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	45.61368
Ordinary	Purchase	3,300	44.75
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	24	171.4375
ADR	Purchase	300	172.88
ADR	Purchase	600	172.9
ADR	Purchase	4,389	172.99
ADR	Purchase	14,232	172.99
ADR	Purchase	8,400	172.03071
ADR	Purchase	855	172.60379
ADR	Purchase	435	172.99
ADR	Purchase	360	172.6215
ADR	Purchase	960	172.99
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	132	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	866	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	693	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	183	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	1,732	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	292	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	218	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	292	45.3
Ordinary	Sale	36	45.3
Ordinary	Sale	97	45.3
Ordinary	Sale	27	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	85	44.285
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.54
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.7
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	184	44.775
Ordinary	Sale	188	44.505
Ordinary	Sale	70	44.505
Ordinary	Sale	191	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	67	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.595
Ordinary	Sale	185	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	613	44.725
Ordinary	Sale	621	44.725
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.7
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.74
Ordinary	Sale	233	45.29
Ordinary	Sale	22	45.29
Ordinary	Sale	223	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	34	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	50	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	181	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	500	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	8	44.875
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.87
Ordinary	Sale	249	44.875
Ordinary	Sale	88	45.36
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.49
Ordinary	Sale	166	45.36
Ordinary	Sale	214	44.495
Ordinary	Sale	44	44.495
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.32
Ordinary	Sale	244	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	12	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	94	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	165	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.285
Ordinary	Sale	172	44.29
Ordinary	Sale	155	44.285
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.29
Ordinary	Sale	112	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	62	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	141	44.525
Ordinary	Sale	107	44.525
Ordinary	Sale	254	45.3
Ordinary	Sale	26	44.505
Ordinary	Sale	232	44.505
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.5
Ordinary	Sale	119	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	35	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	93	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	26	44.625
Ordinary	Sale	86	44.625
Ordinary	Sale	22	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	80	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	136	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	500	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	4,118	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	6,836	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	180	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	85	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	78	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	119	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	152	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	147	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	178	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	2,020	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	6,747	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	45	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	131	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	175	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	147	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	138	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	1,280	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	253	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.725
Ordinary	Sale	230	44.53
Ordinary	Sale	61	44.82
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	199	44.665
Ordinary	Sale	46	44.625
Ordinary	Sale	17	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	44	44.625
Ordinary	Sale	83	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	70	44.87
Ordinary	Sale	104	44.89
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.855
Ordinary	Sale	8	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	54	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	8	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	115	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	88	44.77
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	10	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	102	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	25	44.725
Ordinary	Sale	97	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	255	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	77	44.635
Ordinary	Sale	42	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	129	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	141	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	580	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	165	44.33
Ordinary	Sale	82	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	74	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	35	44.635
Ordinary	Sale	17	44.635
Ordinary	Sale	77	44.48
Ordinary	Sale	55	44.52
Ordinary	Sale	61	44.52
Ordinary	Sale	7	44.725
Ordinary	Sale	80	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	30	44.51
Ordinary	Sale	67	44.51
Ordinary	Sale	99	44.51
Ordinary	Sale	43	44.51
Ordinary	Sale	190	44.51
Ordinary	Sale	80	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	156	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	4,410	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	117	44.8
Ordinary	Sale	3,300	44.75
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	6,300	172.56524
ADR	Sale	243	172.93284
ADR	Sale	450	172.91333
ADR	Sale	282	172.73989
ADR	Sale	99	173.02
ADR	Sale	2,454	172.40819
ADR	Sale	300	172.45
ADR	Sale	9,504	171.49495
ADR	Sale	4,800	172.99
	Total Purchases	55,722
	Total Sales	74,350

(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	5,000	44.617392
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,000	45.61368
Ordinary	Equity Linked Swap	Reducing a long position	2,776	44.751781

(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:	29/11/2018
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 call-option	Sale	26,800	175	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Purchase	41,800	200	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Sale	15,000	185	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Purchase	33,900	190	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed put-option	Purchase	30,000	140	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed put-option	Sale	30,000	170	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	155	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Purchase	50,000	180	American options	07/12/2018
ADR	Listed call-option	Sale	50,000	175	American options	07/12/2018

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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