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Form 8.3 - Shire Plc

19th Sep 2018 10:30

RNS Number : 2589B

Societe Generale SA

19 September 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	18/09/2018
(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: 10,057,742 Shares Interests and 8,245,804 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 257,838 equivalent Shares interests and 29,644 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	10,315,580	1.13	8,275,448	0.90
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	11,676,067	1.28	9,940,495	1.09
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	235,000	0.03	215,000	0.02
TOTAL:	22,226,647	2.43	18,430,943	2.02

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	13	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	15	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	67	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	63	44.865
Ordinary	Purchase	66	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	353	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	115	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	339	44.875
Ordinary	Purchase	109	44.865
Ordinary	Purchase	100	44.895
Ordinary	Purchase	7	44.975
Ordinary	Purchase	33	44.975
Ordinary	Purchase	268	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	1,717	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	687	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	1,717	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	1,717	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	90	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	567	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	81	44.865
Ordinary	Purchase	269	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	275	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	106	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	52	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	66	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	96	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	103	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	58	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	44	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	111	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	103	44.865
Ordinary	Purchase	94	44.865
Ordinary	Purchase	192	44.865
Ordinary	Purchase	98	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	258	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	104	44.895
Ordinary	Purchase	82	44.895
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.895
Ordinary	Purchase	117	44.895
Ordinary	Purchase	279	44.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	227	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	69	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	64	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	64	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	68	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	24	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	23	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	54	44.885
Ordinary	Purchase	96	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	32	44.705
Ordinary	Purchase	58	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	62	44.7
Ordinary	Purchase	76	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	147	44.82
Ordinary	Purchase	250	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	107	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	65	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	87	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	60	44.815
Ordinary	Purchase	48	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	46	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	71	44.6
Ordinary	Purchase	368	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	184	44.61
Ordinary	Purchase	51	44.83
Ordinary	Purchase	46	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	124	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	43	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	41	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	188	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	28	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	89	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	70	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	75	44.85
Ordinary	Purchase	150	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	4	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	41	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	37	44.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	68	44.87
Ordinary	Purchase	55	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	258	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	125	44.86
Ordinary	Purchase	188	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	143	44.845
Ordinary	Purchase	77	44.895
Ordinary	Purchase	186	44.88
Ordinary	Purchase	59	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	59	44.855
Ordinary	Purchase	65	44.905
Ordinary	Purchase	77	44.905
Ordinary	Purchase	67	44.905
Ordinary	Purchase	18,687	44.705477
Ordinary	Purchase	29,863	44.78572867
Ordinary	Purchase	19,748	44.78572827
Ordinary	Purchase	7,151	44.751216
Ordinary	Purchase	25,000	44.84072658
Ordinary	Purchase	13,162	45.00707064
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	600	177.08
ADR	Purchase	72	178.15
ADR	Purchase	93	178.15
ADR	Purchase	4,752	178.15
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	29	44.615
Ordinary	Sale	1,986	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	49	44.755
Ordinary	Sale	283	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	105	44.755
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	3	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	171	44.97
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.01
Ordinary	Sale	153	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	34	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	33	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.74
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.02
Ordinary	Sale	78	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	65	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	59	44.63
Ordinary	Sale	51	44.625
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.97
Ordinary	Sale	99	44.975
Ordinary	Sale	99	44.975
Ordinary	Sale	84	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	49	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	106	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	116	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	3	44.325
Ordinary	Sale	7	44.325
Ordinary	Sale	3,058	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	1,756	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	81	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	8,331	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	81	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	91	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.325
Ordinary	Sale	172	44.325
Ordinary	Sale	133	44.325
Ordinary	Sale	60	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	131	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.97
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.705
Ordinary	Sale	36	44.705
Ordinary	Sale	88	44.975
Ordinary	Sale	99	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	77	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	198	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	96	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	89	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	61	44.84
Ordinary	Sale	14	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	16	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.9
Ordinary	Sale	129	44.9
Ordinary	Sale	82	44.905
Ordinary	Sale	88	44.78
Ordinary	Sale	88	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	130	44.7
Ordinary	Sale	130	44.7
Ordinary	Sale	186	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	97	44.82
Ordinary	Sale	187	44.71
Ordinary	Sale	68	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	137	44.715
Ordinary	Sale	67	44.715
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.9
Ordinary	Sale	212	44.33
Ordinary	Sale	475	44.33
Ordinary	Sale	6	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	139	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	105	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	104	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	54	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	196	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	128	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	198	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	231	44.615
Ordinary	Sale	229	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	19	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.68
Ordinary	Sale	117	44.97
Ordinary	Sale	42	44.97
Ordinary	Sale	239	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	200	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.695
Ordinary	Sale	58	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	6	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	140	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.325
Ordinary	Sale	201	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	28	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	20	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	98	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	151	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	247	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	118	44.855
Ordinary	Sale	258	45
Ordinary	Sale	242	44.325
Ordinary	Sale	275	44.325
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.86
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.84
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.695
Ordinary	Sale	84	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	134	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	84	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	105	45.005
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.9
Ordinary	Sale	134	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	104	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	51	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	37	44.78
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	161	44.78
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.715
Ordinary	Sale	51	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	162	44.85
Ordinary	Sale	102	44.85
Ordinary	Sale	126	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	266	45
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.02
Ordinary	Sale	521	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	259	44.825
Ordinary	Sale	181	44.82
Ordinary	Sale	41	44.82
Ordinary	Sale	134	44.695
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.87
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.895
Ordinary	Sale	155	44.82
Ordinary	Sale	162	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	183	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	283	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.94
Ordinary	Sale	142	44.84
Ordinary	Sale	179	44.685
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.84
Ordinary	Sale	80	44.685
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.945
Ordinary	Sale	260	44.96
Ordinary	Sale	257	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	165	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	188	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	129	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	110	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	183	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	258	44.875
Ordinary	Sale	207	44.87
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.755
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.755
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.755
Ordinary	Sale	101	44.755
Ordinary	Sale	260	44.645
Ordinary	Sale	150	44.85
Ordinary	Sale	97	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	33	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	114	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	134	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	77	44.97
Ordinary	Sale	63	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	74	44.7
Ordinary	Sale	209	44.865
Ordinary	Sale	120	44.67
Ordinary	Sale	93	44.71
Ordinary	Sale	169	44.65
Ordinary	Sale	100	44.68
Ordinary	Sale	50	44.68
Ordinary	Sale	262	44.68
Ordinary	Sale	56	44.68
Ordinary	Sale	143	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	17	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	2	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	31	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	55	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	82	44.665
Ordinary	Sale	97	44.725
Ordinary	Sale	103	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	199	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	30	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	22	44.995
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	161	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	25	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	56	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	93	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	248	44.55
Ordinary	Sale	115	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	319	44.92
Ordinary	Sale	86	44.735
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.97
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	66	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	167	44.57
Ordinary	Sale	61	44.705
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.02
Ordinary	Sale	139	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	65	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	24	44.82
Ordinary	Sale	235	44.7
Ordinary	Sale	65	44.845
Ordinary	Sale	90	44.82
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.8
Ordinary	Sale	15	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	58	44.59
Ordinary	Sale	256	44.91
Ordinary	Sale	22	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	343	44.99
Ordinary	Sale	44	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	46	44.72
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.855
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.84
Ordinary	Sale	213	44.87
Ordinary	Sale	201	44.985
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.97
Ordinary	Sale	125	44.96
Ordinary	Sale	69	44.98
Ordinary	Sale	79	44.88
Ordinary	Sale	71	44.855
Ordinary	Sale	200,000	44.325
Ordinary	Sale	8,000,000	44.325
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	3,825	178.136392
ADR	Sale	30	178.15
ADR	Sale	900	178.053333
ADR	Sale	255	177.796706
ADR	Sale	300	177.63
ADR	Sale	6	177.38
ADR	Sale	900	177.793333
ADR	Sale	2,100	177.546429
ADR	Sale	600	176.885
	Total Purchases	135,407
	Total Sales	8,252,491

(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	18,687	44.705477
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	29,863	44.78572867
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	19,748	44.78572827
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	7,151	44.751216
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	25,000	44.84072658
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	13,162	45.00707064
Ordinary	Equity Linked Swap	Increasing a long position	8,000,000	44.325

(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

(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:	19/09/2018
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	65,000	185	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Sale	65,000	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.

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