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Form 8.3 - Shire Plc

8th Aug 2018 10:01

RNS Number : 1924X

Societe Generale SA

08 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	07/08/2018
(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: 10,981,422 Shares Interests and 393,029 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 210,333 equivalent Shares interests and 29,691 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	11,191,755	1.22	422,720	0.05
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	195,395	0.02	6,723,173	0.74
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	275,000	0.03	150,000	0.02
TOTAL:	11,662,150	1.28	7,295,893	0.80

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	85	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	40	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	10	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	26	44.735
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	9	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	78	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	10	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	76	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	24	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.735
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	50	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	50	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	54	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	23	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	73	44.715
Ordinary	Purchase	45	44.725
Ordinary	Purchase	55	44.725
Ordinary	Purchase	46	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	45	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	57	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	1	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	1	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	9	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	15	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	3	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	97	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	111	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	40	44.735
Ordinary	Purchase	5,540	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	4,025	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	78	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	116	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	122	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	92	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	8	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	23	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	320	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	121	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	117	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	110	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	80	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	80	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	41	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	75	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	70	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	12	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	104	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	2	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	58	44.745
Ordinary	Purchase	223	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.605
Ordinary	Purchase	209	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	130	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	243	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	111	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	87	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	63	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	20	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	130	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	149	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	79	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	200	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	43	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	160	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	25	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.71
Ordinary	Purchase	52	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	18	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	52	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.605
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.605
Ordinary	Purchase	37	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	90	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	145	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	118	44.715
Ordinary	Purchase	66	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	130	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	109	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	73	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	20	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	36	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	36	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	210	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	138	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	91	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	22	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	112	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	347	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	36	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	272	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	227	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	18	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	18	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	27	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	22	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	36	44.63
Ordinary	Purchase	47	44.63
Ordinary	Purchase	56	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	70	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	56	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	550	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	28	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	2	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	93	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	73	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	6	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	19	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	124	44.715
Ordinary	Purchase	25	44.715
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	56	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	65	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	29	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	164	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	103	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	77	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	68	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	229	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	171	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	101	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	53	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	327	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	70	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	170	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	120	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	229	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	83	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	37	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	104	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	91	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	93	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	346	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	116	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	338	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	130	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	104	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	104	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	138	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	171	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	11	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	36	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	271	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	57	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	63	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	50	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	188	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	74	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	113	44.615
Ordinary	Purchase	173	44.605
Ordinary	Purchase	243	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	59	44.715
Ordinary	Purchase	146	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	207	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	47	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	90	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	200	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	90	44.735
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.735
Ordinary	Purchase	91	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	2	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	13	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	43	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	130	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	130	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	59	44.76
Ordinary	Purchase	21	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	24	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	6	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	151	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	101	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	89	44.605
Ordinary	Purchase	280	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.725
Ordinary	Purchase	118	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	111	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	38	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	69	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	45	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	173	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	381	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	137	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	146	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	72	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	2	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	101	44.73
Ordinary	Purchase	166	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	74	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.73
Ordinary	Purchase	130	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	139	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	92	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	149	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	118	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	74	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	177	44.71
Ordinary	Purchase	101	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	20	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	291	44.735
Ordinary	Purchase	101	44.63
Ordinary	Purchase	113	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	109	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	121	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	416	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	185	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	103	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	349	44.75
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	149	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	12	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	589	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	139	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	50	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	56	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	146	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	68	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	74	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	170	44.69
Ordinary	Purchase	166	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	28	44.715
Ordinary	Purchase	92	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	152	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	346	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	59	44.61
Ordinary	Purchase	20	44.61
Ordinary	Purchase	233	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	230	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	33	44.61
Ordinary	Purchase	159	44.755
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.765
Ordinary	Purchase	109	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.63
Ordinary	Purchase	1	44.63
Ordinary	Purchase	173	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	224	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	101	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	180	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	109	44.605
Ordinary	Purchase	120	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	170	44.64
Ordinary	Purchase	102	44.71
Ordinary	Purchase	419	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	210	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	242	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	109	44.64
Ordinary	Purchase	181	44.73
Ordinary	Purchase	14	44.73
Ordinary	Purchase	148	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	197	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	47	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	120	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	197	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	44	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	102	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	62	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	24	44.785
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.66
Ordinary	Purchase	117	44.74
Ordinary	Purchase	37	44.735
Ordinary	Purchase	35,000	44.753081
Ordinary	Purchase	34,180	44.723057
Ordinary	Purchase	185,000	44.51
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	30	173.29
ADR	Purchase	315	173.29
ADR	Purchase	1,071	173.29
ADR	Purchase	3,000	173.841
ADR	Purchase	1,200	173.5575
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	7	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	68	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	6,415	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	57	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.755
Ordinary	Sale	57	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.495
Ordinary	Sale	98	44.495
Ordinary	Sale	116	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	692	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	89	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	62	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	23	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	3,561	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	54	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	81	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	81	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	73	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	47	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	70	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	46	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	38	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	39	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	61	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	54	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	23	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	130	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	130	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	140	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	140	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	46	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	133	44.75
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.565
Ordinary	Sale	131	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	44.295
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	600	173.505
ADR	Sale	54	173.87889
	Total Purchases	300,990
	Total Sales	14,750

(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	35,000	44.75308062
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	34,180	44.723057
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,000	44.295
Ordinary	Equity Linked Swap	Opening a short position	185,000	44.51

(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:	08/08/2018
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 call-option	Purchase	30,000	40	American options	17/08/2018
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	75,000	41	American options	17/08/2018
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

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.

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