10th Sep 2014 11:37
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
e.. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Shire Plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | AbbVie Inc. |
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 09 September 2014 |
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | Yes. AbbVie Inc. |
2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(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:
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| Interests | Short positions | ||
Number | % | Number | % | |
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 3,178,584 | 0.54% | 217,617 | 0.04% |
(2) Derivatives (other than options): | 3,054,135 | 0.52 | 6,108,270 | 1.04% |
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: | ||||
TOTAL: | 6,232,719 | 1.06% | 6,325,887 | 1.07% |
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: | |
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
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(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
e.. Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security | Purchase/sale
| Number of securities | Price per unit (USD) |
ADS | Purchase
Sale
| 151 25,000 50,000 100 200 100 300 100 100 100 100 100 100 1,344 500 200 100 100 100 1,056 300 100 100 100 300 400 200 1,400 100 100 100 100
25,000 11 100,000 8,000 | 248.7200 248.8296 251.3045 251.7800 251.9100 251.9200 251.9250 251.9350 251.9650 251.9800 251.9850 251.9900 252.0000 252.1202 252.1860 252.2000 252.5100 252.5200 252.5400 252.5492 252.9333 252.9350 252.9400 252.9600 252.9667 253.1150 253.1750 253.2543 253.3850 253.5450 253.5600 253.5950
248.8296 250.2375 251.3045 251.6500 |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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) |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(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 (USD) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (USD) |
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
(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) |
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
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 exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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" |
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(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | No |
| Date of disclosure: | 10 September 2014 |
| Contact name: | Tung T Le
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| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7272 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [email protected]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
Related Shares:
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