SHIRE AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 3,000 TO 496,789
ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 3,000
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 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: | Joint Financial Adviser to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 12 April 2018 |
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the 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' | Yes, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited |
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 security | Purchases/ sales | Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received (GBP) | Lowest price per unit paid/received (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares | Purchases Sales | 496,789 297,989 | 37.1150 37.1581 | 36.1750 36.0421 |
(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 Shares | Equity Swaps | Long Short | 226 33 6,549 695 5,763 41,463 2,935 54,985 80 6,697 129 16,809 1,191 35 34 4,724 3,641 105 125,000 3,000 423 4,607 18,149 4,538 3,142 28,053 19,404 1,124 6,840 42,076 10,642 8,754 7,805 1,068 1,848 448 | 36.0421 36.2441 36.7939 36.8043 36.8067 36.8092 36.8179 36.8346 36.8432 36.8455 36.8550 36.8560 36.8953 36.1761 36.2311 36.2434 36.6094 36.6578 36.7150 36.7851 36.7930 36.8431 36.8475 36.8476 36.8498 36.8550 36.8567 36.8579 36.8785 36.8788 36.8822 36.8899 36.8990 36.9015 36.9428 37.0892 |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(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 (GBP) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares | Call Option Call Option Put Option | Selling Purchasing Purchasing | 100,000 100,000 100,000 | 38.00 42.00 34.00 | American American American | 15/06/2018 15/06/2018 15/06/2018 | 1.9850 0.3800 1.1100 |
(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) |
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: | 19 April 2018 |
Contact name: | Alwyn Basch |
Telephone number: | 020 7742 7407 |
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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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