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Form 8.3 - Shire Plc

9th Nov 2018 11:54

RNS Number : 9314G

Societe Generale SA

09 November 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	08/11/2018
(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: 12,993,056 Shares Interests and 4,358,119 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 307,179 equivalent Shares interests and 34,128 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	13,300,235	1.45	4,392,247	0.48
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	7,724,617	0.84	*14,196,056	1.55
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	295,700	0.03	251,800	0.03
TOTAL:	21,320,552	2.33	18,840,103	2.06

*The change in the holding of 1,343,625 shares is due to a derivative which is referenced to a basket of securities becoming disclosable for the purpose of the code.

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	95	45.745
Ordinary	Purchase	17	45.755
Ordinary	Purchase	45	45.755
Ordinary	Purchase	55	45.705
Ordinary	Purchase	47	45.705
Ordinary	Purchase	59	45.695
Ordinary	Purchase	47	45.695
Ordinary	Purchase	53	45.635
Ordinary	Purchase	41	45.635
Ordinary	Purchase	35	45.615
Ordinary	Purchase	77	45.615
Ordinary	Purchase	59	45.625
Ordinary	Purchase	155	45.69
Ordinary	Purchase	112	45.745
Ordinary	Purchase	166	45.745
Ordinary	Purchase	62	45.995
Ordinary	Purchase	124	45.905
Ordinary	Purchase	123	45.645
Ordinary	Purchase	577	45.995
Ordinary	Purchase	221	45.695
Ordinary	Purchase	232	45.615
Ordinary	Purchase	82	45.755
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.725
Ordinary	Purchase	191	45.625
Ordinary	Purchase	78	45.7
Ordinary	Purchase	105	45.755
Ordinary	Purchase	10	45.7
Ordinary	Purchase	78	45.685
Ordinary	Purchase	130	45.755
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.63
Ordinary	Purchase	56	45.66
Ordinary	Purchase	2	45.745
Ordinary	Purchase	55	45.66
Ordinary	Purchase	137	45.935
Ordinary	Purchase	11	45.62
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.775
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.765
Ordinary	Purchase	94	45.765
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.765
Ordinary	Purchase	168	45.765
Ordinary	Purchase	132	45.63
Ordinary	Purchase	60	45.995
Ordinary	Purchase	314	45.995
Ordinary	Purchase	48	45.76
Ordinary	Purchase	43	45.55
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.91
Ordinary	Purchase	59	45.55
Ordinary	Purchase	55	45.62
Ordinary	Purchase	90	45.77
Ordinary	Purchase	72	45.95
Ordinary	Purchase	188	45.625
Ordinary	Purchase	139	45.935
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.765
Ordinary	Purchase	37	45.75
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.755
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.745
Ordinary	Purchase	170	45.755
Ordinary	Purchase	80	45.755
Ordinary	Purchase	60	45.795
Ordinary	Purchase	192	45.83
Ordinary	Purchase	73	45.74
Ordinary	Purchase	77	45.66
Ordinary	Purchase	226	45.63
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.63
Ordinary	Purchase	227	45.635
Ordinary	Purchase	207	45.635
Ordinary	Purchase	175	45.635
Ordinary	Purchase	151	45.635
Ordinary	Purchase	82	45.635
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.68
Ordinary	Purchase	13	45.68
Ordinary	Purchase	219	45.63
Ordinary	Purchase	150	45.645
Ordinary	Purchase	84	45.645
Ordinary	Purchase	124	45.645
Ordinary	Purchase	104	45.8
Ordinary	Purchase	101	45.635
Ordinary	Purchase	48	45.73
Ordinary	Purchase	24	45.69
Ordinary	Purchase	11	45.69
Ordinary	Purchase	204	45.875
Ordinary	Purchase	170	45.875
Ordinary	Purchase	98	45.635
Ordinary	Purchase	38	45.93
Ordinary	Purchase	266	45.93
Ordinary	Purchase	225	45.93
Ordinary	Purchase	148	45.93
Ordinary	Purchase	203	45.895
Ordinary	Purchase	48	45.735
Ordinary	Purchase	281	45.895
Ordinary	Purchase	28	45.645
Ordinary	Purchase	12	45.645
Ordinary	Purchase	38	45.645
Ordinary	Purchase	490	45.63
Ordinary	Purchase	38	45.63
Ordinary	Purchase	64	45.735
Ordinary	Purchase	52	45.71
Ordinary	Purchase	36	45.72
Ordinary	Purchase	192	45.965
Ordinary	Purchase	22	45.965
Ordinary	Purchase	64	45.985
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Purchase	942	180.82224
ADR	Purchase	5,100	180.834706
ADR	Purchase	63	180.89
ADR	Purchase	1,500	180.938
ADR	Purchase	174	180.95
ADR	Purchase	1,788	180.95
ADR	Purchase	36	180.88
ADR	Purchase	600	180.88
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	55	45.645
Ordinary	Sale	79	45.615
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.765
Ordinary	Sale	1	45.635
Ordinary	Sale	75	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	93	45.855
Ordinary	Sale	79	45.905
Ordinary	Sale	7	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	781	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	954	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	196	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	2,176	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	124	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	1,609	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	665	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	5	45.7
Ordinary	Sale	4	45.7
Ordinary	Sale	1	45.7
Ordinary	Sale	3	45.7
Ordinary	Sale	1	45.79
Ordinary	Sale	100	45.645
Ordinary	Sale	71	45.815
Ordinary	Sale	400	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	2	45.815
Ordinary	Sale	151	45.975
Ordinary	Sale	13	45.75
Ordinary	Sale	37	45.75
Ordinary	Sale	133	45.815
Ordinary	Sale	69	45.935
Ordinary	Sale	105	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	75	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	64	45.96
Ordinary	Sale	110	45.555
Ordinary	Sale	80	45.985
Ordinary	Sale	9	45.985
Ordinary	Sale	50	45.755
Ordinary	Sale	3,966	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	112	45.995
Ordinary	Sale	11	45.74
Ordinary	Sale	73	45.74
Ordinary	Sale	247	45.945
Ordinary	Sale	248	45.835
Ordinary	Sale	248	45.84
Ordinary	Sale	247	45.955
Ordinary	Sale	126	45.62
Ordinary	Sale	249	45.64
Ordinary	Sale	81	45.94
Ordinary	Sale	49	45.94
Ordinary	Sale	248	45.73
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.68
Ordinary	Sale	94	45.68
Ordinary	Sale	96	45.68
Ordinary	Sale	106	45.795
Ordinary	Sale	46	45.795
Ordinary	Sale	65	45.64
Ordinary	Sale	102	46.065
Ordinary	Sale	60	45.875
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.875
Ordinary	Sale	92	45.865
Ordinary	Sale	140	45.865
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.865
Ordinary	Sale	132	45.855
Ordinary	Sale	21	45.96
Ordinary	Sale	226	45.96
Ordinary	Sale	247	45.98
Ordinary	Sale	118	45.645
Ordinary	Sale	231	45.635
Ordinary	Sale	16	45.635
Ordinary	Sale	129	45.925
Ordinary	Sale	214	45.615
Ordinary	Sale	425	45.985
Ordinary	Sale	247	46.005
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.615
Ordinary	Sale	9	45.74
Ordinary	Sale	111	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	227	45.635
Ordinary	Sale	92	45.905
Ordinary	Sale	76	45.905
Ordinary	Sale	30	45.765
Ordinary	Sale	220	45.66
Ordinary	Sale	819	45.66
Ordinary	Sale	763	45.66
Ordinary	Sale	101	45.635
Ordinary	Sale	247	45.925
Ordinary	Sale	659	45.66
Ordinary	Sale	200	45.895
Ordinary	Sale	76	45.895
Ordinary	Sale	127	45.635
Ordinary	Sale	153	45.645
Ordinary	Sale	20	45.645
Ordinary	Sale	238	45.91
Ordinary	Sale	214	45.81
Ordinary	Sale	247	45.92
Ordinary	Sale	248	45.755
Ordinary	Sale	215	45.69
Ordinary	Sale	33	45.69
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.905
Ordinary	Sale	16	45.905
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.905
Ordinary	Sale	89	45.64
Ordinary	Sale	247	45.945
Ordinary	Sale	139	45.9
Ordinary	Sale	500	45.79
Ordinary	Sale	245	45.99
Ordinary	Sale	150	45.65
Ordinary	Sale	73	45.62
Ordinary	Sale	60	45.975
Ordinary	Sale	70	45.645
Ordinary	Sale	39	45.645
Ordinary	Sale	65	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	41	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	54	46.02
Ordinary	Sale	56	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	120	45.555
Ordinary	Sale	10	45.7
Ordinary	Sale	31	45.7
Ordinary	Sale	39	45.7
Ordinary	Sale	154	46
Ordinary	Sale	323	45.985
Ordinary	Sale	282	45.96
Ordinary	Sale	176	45.96
Ordinary	Sale	110	45.95
Ordinary	Sale	8	45.67
Ordinary	Sale	51	45.67
Ordinary	Sale	143	45.855
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.865
Ordinary	Sale	84	45.9
Ordinary	Sale	49	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	148	45.815
Ordinary	Sale	59	45.94
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.655
Ordinary	Sale	73	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	95	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	144	45.615
Ordinary	Sale	49	45.98
Ordinary	Sale	36	45.615
Ordinary	Sale	63	45.615
Ordinary	Sale	4	45.745
Ordinary	Sale	6	45.745
Ordinary	Sale	1	45.745
Ordinary	Sale	285	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	208	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	32	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.645
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.615
Ordinary	Sale	144	45.645
Ordinary	Sale	206	45.935
Ordinary	Sale	171	45.61
Ordinary	Sale	20	45.945
Ordinary	Sale	231	45.945
Ordinary	Sale	98	45.705
Ordinary	Sale	180	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	56	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	127	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	255	45.64
Ordinary	Sale	262	45.63
Ordinary	Sale	193	46
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.705
Ordinary	Sale	130	46.015
Ordinary	Sale	125	45.905
Ordinary	Sale	132	45.94
Ordinary	Sale	178	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	120	45.685
Ordinary	Sale	232	45.62
Ordinary	Sale	11	45.985
Ordinary	Sale	171	45.985
Ordinary	Sale	112	45.75
Ordinary	Sale	10,215	45.99
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
ADR	Sale	36	181.06
ADR	Sale	6,600	180.859091
ADR	Sale	42	180.892857
ADR	Sale	2,400	180.85875
ADR	Sale	2,583	180.95
ADR	Sale	1,200	180.82
ADR	Sale	300	180.74
ADR	Sale	900	180.98
ADR	Sale	8,277	180.870555
	Total Purchases	22,004
	Total Sales	64,317

(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 USD

ADR

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,759

180.870555

(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:	09/11/2018
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 call-option	Sale	26,800	175	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Purchase	41,800	200	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Sale	15,000	185	American options	18/01/2019
ADR	Listed call-option	Purchase	23,900	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
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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END

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