J.P. Morgan Securities LLC



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")

1. 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:

17 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:


Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

3,178,362

0.54

67,458

0.01

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

-

-

3,054,135

0.52

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

-

-

-

-

TOTAL:

3,178,362

0.54

3,121,593

0.53

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

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

(USD)

ADS

Purchase

Sale

200

116

416

5

100

100

100

100

501

100

250

100

67

38

303

109

161

12

92

154

100

100

700

211

100

4

101

100

400

100

1070

100

229

100

219

137

141

10

100

209

201

102

100

200

106

206

100

710

712

447

100

113

100

200

100

200

100

100

10

219

70

100

40

100

200

11,891

10

11

259.9450

260.1100

260.1216

260.1300

260.1500

260.1600

260.1900

260.2000

260.2735

260.2800

260.3300

260.3500

260.3600

260.3650

260.3800

260.5600

260.5800

260.7450

260.7500

260.7526

260.7575

260.8700

260.8971

260.9479

260.9600

260.9650

260.9800

260.9900

260.9950

261.0000

261.0661

261.1400

261.4469

261.4500

261.4600

261.4700

261.6000

261.6200

261.6400

261.6500

261.6645

261.6700

261.6750

261.6950

261.7000

261.7100

261.7200

261.7306

261.7430

261.7596

261.7700

261.7900

261.8350

261.8550

261.8900

261.9500

261.9550

261.9650

261.9700

261.9800

261.9950

262.0000

262.0100

262.0300

262.2050

258.7500

259.8000

261.2482

(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)




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"

(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"

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

No

Date of disclosure:

18 September 2014

Contact name:

Tung T Le

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 atmonitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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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