JPMorgan Securities Plc Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Shire plc (5644B)

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RNS Number : 5644B

JPMorgan Securities Plc

21 September 2018

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                        J.P. Morgan Securities Plc 
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant   Shire plc 
 securities this form relates: 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
                                                            ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt        Joint Financial Adviser to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company 
 principal trader is connected:                              Limited 
                                                            ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                20 September 2018 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the        Yes, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 
 exempt principal trader making disclosures 
 in respect of any other party to this offer? 
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
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   2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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      Purchases/ sales       Total number of       Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
                                                                               (GBP)                    (GBP) 
    Ordinary Shares          Purchases               229,575                  45.3950                  44.9397 
 
                                Sales                358,433                   45.4414                  44.9950 
                         -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities               (GBP) 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
 Ordinary Shares               Equity Swaps                 Long                      2,123                45.0608 
                                                                                      13,167                45.0880 
                                                                                        44                  45.0900 
                                                                                        68                  45.1337 
                                                                                        385                 45.1424 
                                                                                        350                 45.1701 
                                                                                       1,258                45.2015 
                                                                                        215                 45.2118 
                                                                                       8,572                45.2173 
                                                                                       1,484                45.2395 
                                                                                        363                 45.2472 
                                                                                       4,662                45.2512 
                                                                                        71                  45.2686 
                                                                                        133                 45.2713 
                                                                                        61                  45.2736 
                                                                                        243                 45.2858 
                                                                                        792                 45.4998 
 
                                                            Short                       200                 44.9714 
                                                                                        78                  45.0189 
                                                                                      29,256                45.0900 
                                                                                      14,372                45.0920 
                                                                                        254                 45.0949 
                                                                                      12,925                45.0983 
                                                                                        986                 45.1138 
                                                                                       2,029                45.1170 
                                                                                       4,108                45.1393 
                                                                                        22                  45.1459 
                                                                                       6,661                45.1479 
                                                                                        71                  45.1775 
                                                                                        31                  45.2127 
                                                                                        99                  45.3725 
                                                                                        44                  45.3984 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of       Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise          Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant     description    purchasing,     securities      price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security      e.g. call       selling,       to which         unit         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option          (GBP)         European                       unit 
                                                relates                          etc.                        (GBP) 
 
 
   (ii)        Exercise 
 
   Class of relevant      Product description   Exercising/ exercised    Number of securities     Exercise price per 
        security            e.g. call option           against                                           unit 
                                                                                                        (GBP) 
 
 
   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) (GBP) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
 
 
   3.         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: 
  Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such 
  agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
 None 
 
   (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" 
 None 
 
 
 Date of disclosure:    21 September 2018 
 Contact name:          Alwyn Basch 
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 Telephone number:      020 7742 7407 
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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 dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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