Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC



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:

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

ABBVIE INC

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

SHIRE PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

22 AUGUST 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

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchases/sales

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

PURCHASES

41,009

55.2600 USD

54.3800 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

SALES

1,622,850

55.2600 USD

54.3800 USD

(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

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1,000

54.6731 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

64,997

54.7446 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

400

54.7875 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

49,400

54.9218 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

680

54.9307 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

2

54.9450 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1,478,400

54.9600 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

3,500

55.0171 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

2,400

55.0271 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

10

55.0800 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1

55.0800 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

7

55.0800 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

23

55.0800 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

5,700

55.0943 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

700

55.1085 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1,500

55.1120 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1,300

55.1292 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

17

55.1300 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1,500

55.1362 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1,700

55.1517 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

5,227

55.1518 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

615

55.1518 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

173

55.1518 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

25

55.1518 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1

55.1700 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

4

55.1700 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

6

55.1700 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

4

55.1700 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1

55.1700 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

12

55.1900 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

245

55.2396 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

400

54.4600 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

5,700

54.4670 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

12

54.5200 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

3,000

54.5280 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

247

54.5457 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

2,083

54.5662 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

100

54.5900 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

2

54.6500 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

3,200

54.6506 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

200

54.6700 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

10

54.6700 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

23

54.6700 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

53

54.6988 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

170

54.6988 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

1,454

54.6988 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

7

54.6988 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

3

54.7456 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

593

54.7456 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

70

54.7456 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

34

54.7456 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

200

54.7500 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

4,900

54.7534 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

14,081

54.9761 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

4

55.0000 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

1

55.0000 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

6

55.0000 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

1

55.0000 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

4

55.0000 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

300

55.0500 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

661

55.1705 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

498

55.1705 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

1,200

55.1742 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

700

55.1750 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

1

55.1881 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

18

55.1881 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

158

55.1881 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

6

55.1881 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

700

55.1886 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

100

55.1900 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

Type e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(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)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

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:

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:

26 AUGUST 2014

Contact name:

Darren Wickert

Telephone number:

+44 (0)20 7425 6578

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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