19th Nov 2015 14:39
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)
1. KEY INFORMATION
| (a) | Full name of discloser: | Barclays PLC. | |||
| (b) | Owner or controller of interest and short | ||||
| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | |||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | BG GROUP PLC | |||
| relevant securities this form relates: | |||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an | ||||
| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | |||||
| offeror/offeree: | |||||
| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 18 November 2015 | |||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: | |||
| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC |
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
| Class of relevant security: | ORD | ||||||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
| and/or controlled: | 31,736,516 | 0.93% | 26,719,246 | 0.78% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 7,568,714 | 0.22% | 20,252,714 | 0.59% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 475,000 | 0.01% | 500,000 | 0.01% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 39,780,230 | 1.16% | 47,471,960 | 1.39% | |||||||
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)
| Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: | |
| Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
| security | securities | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 308 | 10.1126 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 346 | 10.0350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 362 | 10.0400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 388 | 10.0550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 392 | 10.0300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 608 | 10.0161 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 726 | 10.1700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 798 | 10.1319 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 799 | 10.2100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 837 | 10.1200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 872 | 10.0500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 919 | 10.1400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 996 | 10.0850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,104 | 10.0800 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 1,296 | 15.4229 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,164 | 10.1449 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,186 | 10.2125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,269 | 10.1960 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,421 | 10.1075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,431 | 10.1350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,489 | 10.0753 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,704 | 10.1750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,812 | 10.1650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,910 | 10.0975 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,043 | 10.1725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,555 | 10.0900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,613 | 10.0950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,634 | 10.2250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,656 | 10.2150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,750 | 10.1175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,767 | 10.2075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,085 | 10.1203 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,529 | 10.0875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,702 | 10.1425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,985 | 10.0925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,221 | 10.1100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,332 | 10.1873 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,505 | 10.1150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,568 | 10.1225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,670 | 10.1125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,811 | 10.1300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,927 | 10.1800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,250 | 10.1450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,323 | 10.2050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,509 | 10.1675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,633 | 10.1250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,389 | 10.2200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,656 | 10.1475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,800 | 10.1050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,895 | 10.1900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,903 | 10.1025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,958 | 10.1500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,198 | 10.2000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,313 | 10.2175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,365 | 10.1625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,403 | 10.1600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,486 | 10.1000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,645 | 10.1375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,729 | 10.1373 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,279 | 10.2025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,576 | 10.1275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,197 | 10.1520 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,396 | 10.1471 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,817 | 10.1975 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,014 | 10.1950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 14,037 | 10.1325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 14,751 | 10.1850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 14,781 | 10.1775 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 15,793 | 10.1550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 16,086 | 10.2225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 17,885 | 10.1575 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 18,162 | 10.1525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 18,580 | 10.1825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 19,660 | 10.1445 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 25,144 | 10.1925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 29,215 | 10.1875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 84,071 | 10.1589 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 97,833 | 10.1531 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 201,676 | 10.0450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 205,682 | 10.1629 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 214,110 | 10.1641 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 346 | 10.0350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 362 | 10.0400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 388 | 10.0550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 392 | 10.0300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 726 | 10.1700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 799 | 10.2100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 820 | 10.0150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 837 | 10.1200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 872 | 10.0500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 919 | 10.1400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 996 | 10.0850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,104 | 10.0800 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 1,296 | 15.4229 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,647 | 10.1323 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,676 | 10.0450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,186 | 10.2125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,421 | 10.1075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,431 | 10.1350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,704 | 10.1750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,812 | 10.1650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,910 | 10.0975 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,043 | 10.1725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,555 | 10.0900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,613 | 10.0950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,634 | 10.2250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,750 | 10.1175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,767 | 10.2075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,868 | 10.1596 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,005 | 10.1619 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,078 | 10.1714 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,529 | 10.0875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,702 | 10.1425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,985 | 10.0925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,221 | 10.1100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,505 | 10.1150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,568 | 10.1225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,670 | 10.1125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,811 | 10.1300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,927 | 10.1800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,250 | 10.1450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,323 | 10.2050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,509 | 10.1675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,633 | 10.1250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,767 | 10.2150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,343 | 10.1525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,389 | 10.2200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,656 | 10.1475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,656 | 10.1550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,800 | 10.1050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,895 | 10.1900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,903 | 10.1025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,958 | 10.1500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,198 | 10.2000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,313 | 10.2175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,365 | 10.1625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,403 | 10.1600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,486 | 10.1000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,645 | 10.1375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 10,279 | 10.2025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,390 | 10.1275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,198 | 10.0418 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,817 | 10.1975 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 13,014 | 10.1950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,037 | 10.1325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,751 | 10.1850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,781 | 10.1775 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 16,086 | 10.2225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 17,885 | 10.1575 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 18,580 | 10.1825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 19,379 | 10.0437 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 21,732 | 10.1444 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 22,374 | 10.0343 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 23,785 | 10.0462 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 25,144 | 10.1925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 26,764 | 10.1440 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 29,215 | 10.1875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 31,429 | 10.0449 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 728,821 | 10.1469 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 647 | 10.1689 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 648 | 10.1805 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 1,766 | 10.2017 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 2,102 | 10.1242 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 6,351 | 10.1087 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 3,768 | 10.2186 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 20,452 | 10.1397 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 22,929 | 10.1461 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 308 | 10.1126 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 746 | 10.1510 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 5,995 | 10.1123 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 10,088 | 10.1369 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 19,660 | 10.1445 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 20,732 | 10.1634 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(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) Exercise
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | 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) |
4. 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none” |
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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” |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | ||
| Date of disclosure: | 19 Nov 2015 | ||
| Contact name: | Jay Supaya | ||
| Telephone number: | 020 7773 0635 |
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 [email protected]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)
1. KEY INFORMATION
| Identity of the person whose positions/dealings | Barclays PLC. | ||
| are being disclosed: | |||
| Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | BG GROUP PLC | ||
| relevant securities this from relates: |
2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | |||||||
| of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | ||||||||
| relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | ||||||||||
| security | varying etc | to which | |||||||||||
| option | |||||||||||||
| relates | |||||||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 475,000 | 10.8500 | European | 15 Jan 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -500,000 | 1100.0000 | American | 15 Jan 2016 |
3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
| Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood: |
It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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