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Form 8.3 - Shire Plc

19th Oct 2018 13:00

RNS Number : 6421E

Societe Generale SA

19 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	18/10/2018
(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: 12,313,117 Shares Interests and 159,999 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 377,046 equivalent Shares interests and 56,013 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	12,690,163	1.39	216,012	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	5,507,219	0.60	12,165,198	1.33
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	333,900	0.04	290,000	0.03
TOTAL:	18,531,282	2.03	12,671,210	1.39

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	15	45.225
Ordinary	Purchase	310	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	450	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	450	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	640	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	640	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	587	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	80	45.32
Ordinary	Purchase	72	45.12
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.22
Ordinary	Purchase	73	45.22
Ordinary	Purchase	4	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	563	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	81	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	78	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	204	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	7	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	191	45.205
Ordinary	Purchase	94	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	168	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	124	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	2,521	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	2,133	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	1,638	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	905	45.21
Ordinary	Purchase	13	45.19
Ordinary	Purchase	4	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	63	45.34507937
Ordinary	Purchase	78	45.32
Ordinary	Purchase	106	45.39
Ordinary	Purchase	98	45.185
Ordinary	Purchase	4	45.18
Ordinary	Purchase	26	45.215
Ordinary	Purchase	6	45.225
Ordinary	Purchase	98	45.2
Ordinary	Purchase	34,620	45.220866
Ordinary	Purchase	25,000	45.31679103
Ordinary	Purchase	200,000	45.3
Ordinary	Purchase	40,000	45.3
Ordinary	Purchase	80,000	45.3
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	45.242576
Ordinary	Purchase	30,000	45.220789
Ordinary	Purchase	66,137	45.212011
Ordinary	Purchase	6,137	45.278655
Ordinary	Purchase	20,000	45.195584
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	69	177.38
ADR	Purchase	300	177.56
ADR	Purchase	3,447	177.422428
ADR	Purchase	858	177.302203
ADR	Purchase	24	176.98
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	77	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	11	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	21	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	11	45.315
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	77	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.195
Ordinary	Sale	336	45.15
Ordinary	Sale	241	45.315
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.195
Ordinary	Sale	418	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	154	45.065
Ordinary	Sale	254	45.025
Ordinary	Sale	129	45.28
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.28
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	114	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	60	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	271	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	226	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.265
Ordinary	Sale	140	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	59	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	49	45.15
Ordinary	Sale	204	45.15
Ordinary	Sale	203	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	50	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	254	45.03
Ordinary	Sale	14	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	4	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	40	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	232	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	92	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	115	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.275
Ordinary	Sale	207	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	63	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	177	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	254	45.105
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	155	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.195
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	254	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	254	45.04
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	313	45.18
Ordinary	Sale	254	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.245
Ordinary	Sale	80	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.27
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.275
Ordinary	Sale	254	45.03
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.29
Ordinary	Sale	129	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.065
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	54	45.11
Ordinary	Sale	254	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	247	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	216	45.25
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.215
Ordinary	Sale	225	45.015
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	106	45.215
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	82	45.215
Ordinary	Sale	21	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	165	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	115	45
Ordinary	Sale	103	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	7	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	202	45.32
Ordinary	Sale	50	45.32
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.11
Ordinary	Sale	191	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	253	45.3
Ordinary	Sale	256	45.12
Ordinary	Sale	197	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	68	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	205	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	115	45.165
Ordinary	Sale	91	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	24	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	81	45.305
Ordinary	Sale	168	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	167	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	89	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	208	45.28
Ordinary	Sale	67	45.25
Ordinary	Sale	426	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	74	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	1	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	50	45.215
Ordinary	Sale	112	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	168	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	170	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	89	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	25	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	186	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	10	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	638	45.18
Ordinary	Sale	510	45.18
Ordinary	Sale	306	45.21
Ordinary	Sale	74	45.27
Ordinary	Sale	74	45.27
Ordinary	Sale	91	45.27
Ordinary	Sale	330	45.27
Ordinary	Sale	61	45.27
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.275
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	540	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	74	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	146	45.155
Ordinary	Sale	22	45.155
Ordinary	Sale	96	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	85	45.27
Ordinary	Sale	49	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	118	45.245
Ordinary	Sale	52	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.185
Ordinary	Sale	31	45.18
Ordinary	Sale	121	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	209	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	138	45.18
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.16
Ordinary	Sale	315	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	158	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	121	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	49	45.2
Ordinary	Sale	80	45.13
Ordinary	Sale	81	45.305
Ordinary	Sale	158	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	53	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.18
Ordinary	Sale	65	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	49	45.225
Ordinary	Sale	35	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	104	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.06
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.205
Ordinary	Sale	222	45.175
Ordinary	Sale	114	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	184	45.245
Ordinary	Sale	92	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.17
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	158	45.235
Ordinary	Sale	132	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	148	45.16
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.24
Ordinary	Sale	140	45.02
Ordinary	Sale	119	45.26
Ordinary	Sale	50	45.215
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.22
Ordinary	Sale	103	45.155
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.23
Ordinary	Sale	484	45.315
Ordinary	Sale	555,555	45
Ordinary	Sale	29	45.015
Ordinary	Sale	66,137	45.211381
Ordinary	Sale	30,000	45.21627
Ordinary	Sale	6,137	45.278655
Ordinary	Sale	20,000	45.195584
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	66	177.84
ADR	Sale	7,584	177.1938
ADR	Sale	1,470	177.251224
ADR	Sale	30	177.57
ADR	Sale	900	177.433333
ADR	Sale	8,706	176.98
ADR	Sale	5,532	176.98
	Total Purchases	569,266
	Total Sales	728,653

(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	45.31679103
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	200,000	45.3
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	40,000	45.3
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	80,000	45.3
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	50,000	45.242576
Ordinary	Equity linked swap	Increasing a long position	555,555	45

(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

ADR

Listed Call-option

Purchasing

7,900

190

American

18/01/2019

4.31

(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:	19/10/2018
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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