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Form 8.3 - SHIRE PLC

20th Aug 2018 11:13

RNS Number : 2996Y

Societe Generale SA

20 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	17/08/2018
(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: 8,128,032 Shares Interests and 1,023,112 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 258,048 equivalent Shares interests and 25,140 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	8,386,080	0.92	1,048,252	0.11
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	4,696,637	0.51	7,310,403	0.80
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	195,000	0.02	175,000	0.02
TOTAL:	13,277,717	1.45	8,533,655	0.93

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	17,000	44.425
Ordinary	Purchase	2,222	44.425
Ordinary	Purchase	83	44.455
Ordinary	Purchase	78	44.365
Ordinary	Purchase	232	44.425
Ordinary	Purchase	633	44.425
Ordinary	Purchase	63	44.415
Ordinary	Purchase	346	44.36
Ordinary	Purchase	66	44.375
Ordinary	Purchase	69	44.355
Ordinary	Purchase	96	44.34
Ordinary	Purchase	199	44.365
Ordinary	Purchase	75	44.37
Ordinary	Purchase	71	44.35
Ordinary	Purchase	17	44.4
Ordinary	Purchase	97	44.4
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.495
Ordinary	Purchase	104	44.495
Ordinary	Purchase	160	44.35
Ordinary	Purchase	98	44.34
Ordinary	Purchase	41	44.36
Ordinary	Purchase	53	44.36
Ordinary	Purchase	81	44.42
Ordinary	Purchase	1,730	44.36
Ordinary	Purchase	692	44.36
Ordinary	Purchase	1,731	44.36
Ordinary	Purchase	345	44.425
Ordinary	Purchase	173	44.4
Ordinary	Purchase	200	44.35
Ordinary	Purchase	122	44.34
Ordinary	Purchase	115	44.34
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.38
Ordinary	Purchase	138	44.38
Ordinary	Purchase	270	44.38
Ordinary	Purchase	113	44.38
Ordinary	Purchase	704	44.45
Ordinary	Purchase	57	44.4
Ordinary	Purchase	55	44.4
Ordinary	Purchase	541	44.45
Ordinary	Purchase	30,000	40
Ordinary	Purchase	75,000	41
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.395
Ordinary	Purchase	126	44.455
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.405
Ordinary	Purchase	46	44.42
Ordinary	Purchase	199	44.485
Ordinary	Purchase	70	44.465
Ordinary	Purchase	133	44.425
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.405
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.335
Ordinary	Purchase	10	44.465
Ordinary	Purchase	25,000	44.429308
Ordinary	Purchase	344,000	44.43
Ordinary	Purchase	48,539	44.417122
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	381	169.89921
ADR	Purchase	72	170.42
ADR	Purchase	3,300	169.58273
ADR	Purchase	45	170.42
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	12	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	239	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.3
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	177	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	79	44.46
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	66	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	33	44.395
Ordinary	Sale	287	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	173	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	1,051	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	639	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	599	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	346	44.43
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	135	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	66	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	277	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	70	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	76	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	64	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	39	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	72	44.35
Ordinary	Sale	42	44.35
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.35
Ordinary	Sale	158	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	143	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	138	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	99	44.39
Ordinary	Sale	25,958	44.425788
Ordinary	Sale	85	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	51	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	97	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	93	44.32
Ordinary	Sale	104	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	173	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	98	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	322	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	135	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	155	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.295
Ordinary	Sale	63	44.275
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.345
Ordinary	Sale	7	44.345
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.42
Ordinary	Sale	70	44.345
Ordinary	Sale	229	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	219	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	109	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	18	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	35	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	40	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	202	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	34	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	118	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	18	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	326	44.35
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	177	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	40	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	73	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	163	44.36
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	1	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	77	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	22	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.36
Ordinary	Sale	3	44.36
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	73	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	173	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	98	44.345
Ordinary	Sale	205	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	52	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	219	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	99	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	41	44.415
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	203	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	14	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.475
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	4	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	57	44.42
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.415
Ordinary	Sale	45	44.42
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.41
Ordinary	Sale	274	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	50	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.435
Ordinary	Sale	102	44.44
Ordinary	Sale	178	44.345
Ordinary	Sale	20	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	82	44.365
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.39
Ordinary	Sale	22	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.41
Ordinary	Sale	80	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.31
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.39
Ordinary	Sale	475	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.355
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.47
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.42
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.4
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	30	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.45
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	102	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.455
Ordinary	Sale	102	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	234	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	94	44.385
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	67	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	23	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	78	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.415
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.405
Ordinary	Sale	17	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	84	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.4
Ordinary	Sale	102	44.37
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	60	44.415
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.36
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.44
Ordinary	Sale	475	44.425
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.375
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.395
Ordinary	Sale	141	44.445
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.38
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.39
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.39
Ordinary	Sale	200	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	8	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	9	44.46
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.48
Ordinary	Sale	40	44.395
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.395
Ordinary	Sale	149	44.465
Ordinary	Sale	135	44.46
Ordinary	Sale	45	44.455
Ordinary	Sale	57	44.455
Ordinary	Sale	11	44.415
Ordinary	Sale	8,800	44.374627
Ordinary	Sale	39,200	44.3747
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	21	170.42
ADR	Sale	1,899	170.14929
ADR	Sale	690	169.983
ADR	Sale	3,600	169.71425
	Total Purchases	556,591
	Total Sales	100,762

(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	44.42930765
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	48,539	44.417122
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	8,800	44.374627
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	39,200	44.3747
Ordinary	Future	Expiry	17,000	N/A

(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

Ordinary

Listed Call Option

Expiry

30,000

N/A

American

17/08/2018

N/A

Ordinary

Listed Call Option

Expiry

75,000

N/A

American

17/08/2018

N/A

(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:	20/08/2018
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 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	Purchase	25,000	185	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed Call-option	Sale	25,000	175	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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