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Form 8.3 - SHIRE PLC

15th Oct 2018 12:45

RNS Number : 0728E

Societe Generale SA

15 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	12/10/2018
(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: 12,194,121 Shares Interests and 144,726 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 362,313 equivalent Shares interests and 40,617 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	12,556,434	1.37	185,343	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	4,951,664	0.54	11,434,499	1.25
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	250,000	0.03	230,000	0.03
TOTAL:	17,758,098	1.94	11,849,842	1.30

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	1,731	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	1,039	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	1,731	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	1,731	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	170	42.91
Ordinary	Purchase	98	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	151	43.14
Ordinary	Purchase	37	43.14
Ordinary	Purchase	125	42.825
Ordinary	Purchase	77	42.95
Ordinary	Purchase	65	42.95
Ordinary	Purchase	152	42.815
Ordinary	Purchase	132	42.835
Ordinary	Purchase	67	42.835
Ordinary	Purchase	125	42.95
Ordinary	Purchase	125	42.87
Ordinary	Purchase	2	42.84
Ordinary	Purchase	60	42.84
Ordinary	Purchase	40	42.84
Ordinary	Purchase	7	42.84
Ordinary	Purchase	87	42.64
Ordinary	Purchase	118	42.86
Ordinary	Purchase	70	42.86
Ordinary	Purchase	32	43.04
Ordinary	Purchase	21	43.04
Ordinary	Purchase	84	43.04
Ordinary	Purchase	114	42.96
Ordinary	Purchase	128	42.96
Ordinary	Purchase	150	43.055
Ordinary	Purchase	704	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.935
Ordinary	Purchase	35	42.91
Ordinary	Purchase	68	42.91
Ordinary	Purchase	123	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	36	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	129	42.915
Ordinary	Purchase	5,297	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	4,206	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	116	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	3,601	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	1,786	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	111	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	129	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	53	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	96	42.96
Ordinary	Purchase	30	42.945
Ordinary	Purchase	38	42.945
Ordinary	Purchase	266	42.925
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.8
Ordinary	Purchase	266	42.94
Ordinary	Purchase	95	42.76
Ordinary	Purchase	172	42.76
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.765
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.82
Ordinary	Purchase	213	42.805
Ordinary	Purchase	54	42.805
Ordinary	Purchase	139	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	266	42.78
Ordinary	Purchase	179	42.77
Ordinary	Purchase	172	43.14
Ordinary	Purchase	152	43.14
Ordinary	Purchase	266	42.935
Ordinary	Purchase	145	42.95
Ordinary	Purchase	5	42.95
Ordinary	Purchase	266	42.835
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.82
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.83
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.825
Ordinary	Purchase	161	42.825
Ordinary	Purchase	106	42.825
Ordinary	Purchase	119	42.815
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.825
Ordinary	Purchase	189	42.965
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.79
Ordinary	Purchase	88	42.77
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.79
Ordinary	Purchase	267	42.765
Ordinary	Purchase	139	42.655
Ordinary	Purchase	199	42.845
Ordinary	Purchase	152	42.905
Ordinary	Purchase	121	42.905
Ordinary	Purchase	104	42.915
Ordinary	Purchase	35	42.945
Ordinary	Purchase	9	42.815
Ordinary	Purchase	133	43.07
Ordinary	Purchase	55	42.93
Ordinary	Purchase	48	42.93
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.94
Ordinary	Purchase	2	42.94
Ordinary	Purchase	9	42.94
Ordinary	Purchase	6	42.94
Ordinary	Purchase	138	42.94
Ordinary	Purchase	5	42.955
Ordinary	Purchase	32	42.97
Ordinary	Purchase	96	42.9675
Ordinary	Purchase	431	43.005
Ordinary	Purchase	97	42.915
Ordinary	Purchase	104	42.985
Ordinary	Purchase	61,453	42.86312673
Ordinary	Purchase	53,633	42.80358216
Ordinary	Purchase	13,335	42.86312709
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	42.954034
Ordinary	Purchase	103	42.95
Ordinary	Purchase	8,000	43.81366
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	216	169.711389
ADR	Purchase	600	169.54
ADR	Purchase	660	169.704864
ADR	Purchase	6,198	170.41
ADR	Purchase	2,100	170.41
ADR	Purchase	102	170.41
ADR	Purchase	1,500	169.661
ADR	Purchase	18	168.21
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	346	42.595
Ordinary	Sale	34	42.61
Ordinary	Sale	143	42.64
Ordinary	Sale	346	42.595
Ordinary	Sale	171	42.625
Ordinary	Sale	171	42.64
Ordinary	Sale	65	43.045
Ordinary	Sale	45	43.045
Ordinary	Sale	182	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	182	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	182	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	182	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	168	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	109	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	182	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	182	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	23	43.035
Ordinary	Sale	69	42.945
Ordinary	Sale	150	42.935
Ordinary	Sale	180	42.935
Ordinary	Sale	57	42.935
Ordinary	Sale	170	42.89
Ordinary	Sale	100	42.89
Ordinary	Sale	103	42.81
Ordinary	Sale	64	42.905
Ordinary	Sale	33	42.77
Ordinary	Sale	20	42.81
Ordinary	Sale	69	42.805
Ordinary	Sale	101	42.9
Ordinary	Sale	125	42.76
Ordinary	Sale	135	42.815
Ordinary	Sale	81	42.815
Ordinary	Sale	85	43.155
Ordinary	Sale	20	43.155
Ordinary	Sale	68	42.78
Ordinary	Sale	67	42.93
Ordinary	Sale	2	42.93
Ordinary	Sale	32	42.755
Ordinary	Sale	90	42.845
Ordinary	Sale	21	42.845
Ordinary	Sale	215	42.965
Ordinary	Sale	180	42.965
Ordinary	Sale	38	42.965
Ordinary	Sale	60	42.965
Ordinary	Sale	49	42.965
Ordinary	Sale	31	42.965
Ordinary	Sale	77	42.77
Ordinary	Sale	70	42.805
Ordinary	Sale	190	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	23	42.825
Ordinary	Sale	31	42.755
Ordinary	Sale	67	42.785
Ordinary	Sale	71	42.755
Ordinary	Sale	100	42.755
Ordinary	Sale	68	42.88
Ordinary	Sale	70	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	103	43.02
Ordinary	Sale	58	42.87
Ordinary	Sale	92	42.995
Ordinary	Sale	42	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	125	42.775
Ordinary	Sale	70	43.045
Ordinary	Sale	63	42.775
Ordinary	Sale	100	42.755
Ordinary	Sale	30	42.77
Ordinary	Sale	63	43.115
Ordinary	Sale	69	42.98
Ordinary	Sale	69	42.945
Ordinary	Sale	74	42.945
Ordinary	Sale	69	42.94
Ordinary	Sale	125	42.945
Ordinary	Sale	83	42.945
Ordinary	Sale	15	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	54	42.765
Ordinary	Sale	22	42.74
Ordinary	Sale	56	42.74
Ordinary	Sale	75	42.76
Ordinary	Sale	27	42.76
Ordinary	Sale	80	42.835
Ordinary	Sale	96	42.825
Ordinary	Sale	250	43.13
Ordinary	Sale	39	43.055
Ordinary	Sale	12	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	28	42.89
Ordinary	Sale	180	42.89
Ordinary	Sale	211	42.78
Ordinary	Sale	410	42.905
Ordinary	Sale	50	42.915
Ordinary	Sale	117	42.915
Ordinary	Sale	100	42.915
Ordinary	Sale	266	42.92
Ordinary	Sale	216	42.71
Ordinary	Sale	67	42.9
Ordinary	Sale	32	42.9
Ordinary	Sale	90	42.9
Ordinary	Sale	200	42.9
Ordinary	Sale	216	42.705
Ordinary	Sale	117	42.835
Ordinary	Sale	411	42.835
Ordinary	Sale	219	42.705
Ordinary	Sale	221	42.7
Ordinary	Sale	223	42.685
Ordinary	Sale	128	42.8
Ordinary	Sale	183	42.88
Ordinary	Sale	354	42.78
Ordinary	Sale	100	42.965
Ordinary	Sale	202	42.79
Ordinary	Sale	127	42.805
Ordinary	Sale	266	42.93
Ordinary	Sale	266	42.935
Ordinary	Sale	111	42.82
Ordinary	Sale	100	42.82
Ordinary	Sale	134	42.97
Ordinary	Sale	138	42.97
Ordinary	Sale	169	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	415	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	121	42.7
Ordinary	Sale	166	42.97
Ordinary	Sale	100	42.97
Ordinary	Sale	415	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	242	43.035
Ordinary	Sale	265	43.16
Ordinary	Sale	264	43.175
Ordinary	Sale	264	43.19
Ordinary	Sale	9	43.2
Ordinary	Sale	309	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	26	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	250	43.15
Ordinary	Sale	265	43.145
Ordinary	Sale	150	42.755
Ordinary	Sale	132	42.805
Ordinary	Sale	266	42.955
Ordinary	Sale	123	42.82
Ordinary	Sale	150	42.8
Ordinary	Sale	38	42.7
Ordinary	Sale	115	42.985
Ordinary	Sale	75	42.7
Ordinary	Sale	106	42.7
Ordinary	Sale	232	42.605
Ordinary	Sale	2	42.7
Ordinary	Sale	78	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	2,417	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	920	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	116	43.005
Ordinary	Sale	71	42.945
Ordinary	Sale	429	42.76
Ordinary	Sale	519	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	173	42.755
Ordinary	Sale	75	42.87
Ordinary	Sale	28	42.825
Ordinary	Sale	109	42.825
Ordinary	Sale	243	42.795
Ordinary	Sale	65	42.945
Ordinary	Sale	67	42.785
Ordinary	Sale	33	42.75515152
Ordinary	Sale	87	42.795
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	300	169.88
ADR	Sale	36	170.41
ADR	Sale	300	170.6
ADR	Sale	5,400	170.31
ADR	Sale	900	169.88
ADR	Sale	153	170.14902
ADR	Sale	90	169.958
ADR	Sale	18	168.59
ADR	Sale	726	168.962893
	Total Purchases	231,055
	Total Sales	31,361

(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	61,453	42.86312673
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	53,633	42.80358216
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	13,335	42.86312709
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	50,000	42.954034
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	8,000	43.81366

(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:	15/10/2018
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

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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