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:

19 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

44,487

55.2966 USD

54.2200 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

SALES

116,091

55.3000 USD

54.2400 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

535

54.4978 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

48

54.4978 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

3

54.7000 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

2,800

54.7011 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1

54.7300 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

31

54.7400 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1,800

54.7491 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

4

54.7900 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

4

54.7900 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

5

54.7900 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

3,100

54.8000 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

3,120

54.8362 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

6,000

54.8798 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

4,800

54.9013 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

65,600

54.9156 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1,800

55.0733 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

4,100

55.1595 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

200

55.1725 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

34

55.1800 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

500

55.1886 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

2,100

55.2419 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

1,500

55.2427 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

LONG

40

55.2900 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

482

54.2276 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

3,500

54.2768 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

400

54.4990 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

32

54.5300 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

1

54.7200 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

160

54.7200 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

20

54.7200 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

100

54.8400 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

8,900

54.8678 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

1,520

54.9470 USD

COMMON SHARES OF USD 0.01 PAR VALUE

CFD

SHORT

7

55.2600 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:

20 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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