Morgan Stanley Securities Limited



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 Securities Limited

(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:

30 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

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 STOCK

PURCHASES

606,776

49.3100 GBP

48.9900 GBP

COMMON STOCK

SALES

667,524

49.3100 GBP

48.9700 GBP

COMMON STOCK

PURCHASES

27,353

83.4794 USD

83.4794 USD

ADS

SALES

16,000

250.6777 USD

250.6777 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 STOCK

CFD

LONG

149,142

49.1940 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

LONG

53

49.2295 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

LONG

1,018

49.2295 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

LONG

263

49.2295 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

LONG

28

49.2336 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

LONG

1,529

49.2457 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

LONG

8,370

49.2983 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

LONG

28,349

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

LONG

127

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

LONG

4,046

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

228

49.1500 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

269

49.1500 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

210

49.1512 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

148,216

49.1959 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

314

49.2100 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

120

49.2103 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

171

49.2117 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

83,488

49.2152 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

172

49.2300 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

391

49.2378 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

20

49.2378 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

101

49.2378 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

174

49.2400 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

2,739

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

880

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

127

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

2,325

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

45,267

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

4,051

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

14

49.3000 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

89

49.1536 GBP

COMMON STOCK

CFD

SHORT

27,353

83.4794 GBP

ADS

CFD

SHORT

2,500

250.7541 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:

31 JULY 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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