GoldmanSachs International

Amendment - due to the amendment of Equity and Derivative transactions, the disclosure made on 29 July for dealings on 28 July has been updated. Sections 2(a) and 2(b) have been updated.

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:

(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

(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:

SHIRE PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

28 July 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 - disclosed previously for ABBVIE INC

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

5p ordinary

Purchases

504,361

49.5300 GBP

49.2900 GBP

5p ordinary

Sales

554,754

49.6000 GBP

49.2800 GBP

(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

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

77,500

49.3400 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

3,362

49.3400 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

600

49.3700 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

49.3776 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

49.3776 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

16

49.3776 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

49.3776 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

49.3776 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

49.3776 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

49.3776 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

3,000

49.3800 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

14

49.4139 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

17

49.4139 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

426

49.4139 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

13

49.4139 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

16

49.4139 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

18

49.4139 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

18

49.4139 GBP

(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

(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 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:

31 July 2014

Contact name:

Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis

Telephone number:

+44(20) 7051 9046 / +44(20) 7774 7107

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 at monitoring@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.


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