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:

Deutsche Bank AG London

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure 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 of dealing:

30/09/2014

(e) Have you previously disclosed, or are you today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other relevant security 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

£

5p Ordinary

Purchase

128835

53.6

53.4

5p Ordinary

Sales

132399

53.7

53.344665

(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

Long

54643

53.479886

5p Ordinary

CFD

Long

30000

53.52819

5p Ordinary

CFD

Long

6875

53.477315

5p Ordinary

CFD

Long

4975

53.393275

5p Ordinary

CFD

Long

2431

53.4

5p Ordinary

CFD

Long

1345

53.344665

5p Ordinary

CFD

Long

606

53.53276

5p Ordinary

CFD

Long

558

53.611138

5p Ordinary

CFD

Long

400

53.4

5p Ordinary

CFD

Long

340

53.544647

5p Ordinary

CFD

Short

60000

53.488556

5p Ordinary

CFD

Short

10000

53.45

5p Ordinary

CFD

Short

10000

53.59917

5p Ordinary

CFD

Short

10000

53.41295

5p Ordinary

CFD

Short

7835

53.4

5p Ordinary

CFD

Short

2043

53.6

5p Ordinary

CFD

Short

1200

53.493896

5p Ordinary

CFD

Short

143

53.466035

5p Ordinary

CFD

Short

40

53.449

(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

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit








(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise date

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:

01/10/2014

Contact name:

Kelly-Jade Ledwich

Telephone number:

020 7545 7804

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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