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Form 8.3 - SHIRE PLC

18th Oct 2018 13:07

RNS Number : 5031E

Societe Generale SA

18 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	17/10/2018
(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: 12,456,317 Shares Interests and 163,402 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 384,840 equivalent Shares interests and 44,217 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	12,841,157	1.40	207,619	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	4,951,664	0.54	11,770,198	1.29
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	326,000	0.04	290,000	0.03
TOTAL:	18,118,821	1.98	12,267,817	1.34

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	312	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	312	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	144	44.665
Ordinary	Purchase	175	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	298	44.535
Ordinary	Purchase	257	44.525
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	33	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	67	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	62	44.695
Ordinary	Purchase	1,731	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	157	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	16	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	50	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	40	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	579	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	5,605	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	20	44.71
Ordinary	Purchase	16	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	146	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	15	44.71
Ordinary	Purchase	92	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	440	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	72	44.51
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	18	44.51
Ordinary	Purchase	1	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	98	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	65	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.72
Ordinary	Purchase	5	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	2	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	2	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	38	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	34	44.725
Ordinary	Purchase	5	44.67
Ordinary	Purchase	3,462	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	110	44.65
Ordinary	Purchase	31	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	39	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	68	44.79
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	35	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	159	44.63
Ordinary	Purchase	36	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	14	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	36	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	47	44.68
Ordinary	Purchase	115	44.635
Ordinary	Purchase	39	44.685
Ordinary	Purchase	95	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	43	44.675
Ordinary	Purchase	124	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	104	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	50	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	72	44.655
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.61
Ordinary	Purchase	308	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	364	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	345	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	1,052	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	629	44.645
Ordinary	Purchase	75,000	44.68535646
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	44.637194
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	2,400	177.152125
ADR	Purchase	105	177.38
ADR	Purchase	6	176.06
ADR	Purchase	90	177.36
ADR	Purchase	90	176.985333
ADR	Purchase	69	177.36
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	234	44.615
Ordinary	Sale	107	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.8
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.795
Ordinary	Sale	252	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	146	44.655
Ordinary	Sale	300	44.545
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.73
Ordinary	Sale	185	44.73
Ordinary	Sale	216	44.725
Ordinary	Sale	139	44.545
Ordinary	Sale	42	44.545
Ordinary	Sale	12	44.545
Ordinary	Sale	20	44.545
Ordinary	Sale	124	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	162	44.635
Ordinary	Sale	261	44.74
Ordinary	Sale	83	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	218	44.785
Ordinary	Sale	38	44.785
Ordinary	Sale	42	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	81	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	33	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.79
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.795
Ordinary	Sale	126	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	54	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	227	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	92	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	94	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.63
Ordinary	Sale	208	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	19	44.61
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.615
Ordinary	Sale	238	44.61
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	46	44.56
Ordinary	Sale	200	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	76	44.56
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.615
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.615
Ordinary	Sale	68	44.62
Ordinary	Sale	89	44.61
Ordinary	Sale	168	44.61
Ordinary	Sale	191	44.62
Ordinary	Sale	262	44.62
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.625
Ordinary	Sale	38	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	140	44.665
Ordinary	Sale	52	44.545
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	134	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	126	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	72	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	130	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	4	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	115	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	54	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	27	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	112	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	26	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	74	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	61	44.53
Ordinary	Sale	41	44.53
Ordinary	Sale	17	44.53
Ordinary	Sale	461	44.53
Ordinary	Sale	24	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	113	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	92	44.565
Ordinary	Sale	162	44.565
Ordinary	Sale	58	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	6	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	5,219	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	21	44.545
Ordinary	Sale	19	44.545
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	79	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	57	44.605
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.625
Ordinary	Sale	59	44.56
Ordinary	Sale	70	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	50	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	140	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	18	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	140	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	10	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	140	44.63
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	539	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	76	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	85	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.595
Ordinary	Sale	91	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	86	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	126	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	18	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	85	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	32	44.595
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.595
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.595
Ordinary	Sale	51	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	140	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.585
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	46	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	51	44.575
Ordinary	Sale	140	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	47	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	51	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	49	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	110	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	120	44.635
Ordinary	Sale	160	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	123	44.64
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.625
Ordinary	Sale	93	44.78
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	52	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	1	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	30	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	134	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	107	44.515
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.66
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	25	44.6
Ordinary	Sale	136	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	147	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	136	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	147	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	147	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	136	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	147	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	137	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	137	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	222	44.58
Ordinary	Sale	6	44.58
Ordinary	Sale	148	44.645
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	11,400	177.405303
ADR	Sale	93	177.319032
ADR	Sale	84	176.06
ADR	Sale	24	176.4275
ADR	Sale	228	177.36
ADR	Sale	3,300	177.035455
ADR	Sale	21	177.33
ADR	Sale	12	177.35
ADR	Sale	2,160	177.36
	Total Purchases	147,589
	Total Sales	39,789

(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

75,000

44.68535646

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

50,000

44.637194

(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	16,000	190	American	18/01/2019	3.60
ADR	Listed Put-option	Purchasing	30,000	170	American	16/11/2018	2.67
ADR	Listed Put-option	Purchasing	30,000	140	American	18/01/2019	1.08
ADR	Listed Put-option	Selling	30,000	140	American	16/11/2018	0.39
ADR	Listed Put-option	Selling	30,000	170	American	18/01/2019	6.56

(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:	18/10/2018
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	16,000	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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