23rd Jun 2015 08:17
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: | 19 June 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: | 23,281,007 | 0.68% | 15,924,651 | 0.47% | ||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | |||||||||
| 6,090,385 | 0.18% | 9,967,864 | 0.29% | |||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | |||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 1,750,000 | 0.05% | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | ||||||
| TOTAL: | 31,121,392 | 0.91% | 26,892,515 | 0.79% | ||||||
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
| (a) | Purchases and sales | |||||
| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | |||
| security | securities | |||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.8200 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 667 | 10.8025 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 667 | 10.8950 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 713 | 10.8600 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 767 | 10.8650 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 779 | 10.7796 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,199 | 10.8408 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,340 | 10.7925 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,474 | 10.8500 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,692 | 10.8350 GBP | |||
| ADR | Purchase | 4,290 | 17.2218 USD | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,390 | 10.8852 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,561 | 10.8850 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,076 | 10.8455 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,101 | 10.8403 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,781 | 10.8300 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,200 | 10.8400 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,506 | 10.8021 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,871 | 10.8621 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 15,622 | 10.8355 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 18,000 | 10.8125 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 20,178 | 10.8637 GBP | |||
| ADR | Purchase | 46,200 | 17.2252 USD | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 102,062 | 10.8647 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 116,005 | 10.8453 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 119,376 | 10.7700 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 141,002 | 10.7721 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 165,531 | 10.8150 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.8200 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 667 | 10.8025 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 667 | 10.8950 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 713 | 10.8600 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 767 | 10.8650 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 2,127 | 10.8500 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 2,657 | 10.8381 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 3,329 | 10.8429 GBP | |||
| ADR | Sale | 4,290 | 17.2218 USD | |||
| ORD | Sale | 5,510 | 10.8450 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 6,519 | 10.8368 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 6,860 | 10.8270 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 7,516 | 10.8586 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 10,781 | 10.8300 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 11,200 | 10.8400 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 11,775 | 10.7925 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 14,473 | 10.8060 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 20,101 | 10.8031 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 22,055 | 10.8850 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 23,823 | 10.8283 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 24,092 | 10.8033 GBP | |||
| ADR | Sale | 46,200 | 17.2252 USD | |||
| ORD | Sale | 100,000 | 10.8211 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 105,945 | 10.7716 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 105,984 | 10.8274 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 125,000 | 10.8609 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 250,000 | 10.8383 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 385,663 | 10.7700 GBP | |||
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | ||||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | |||||
| security | securities | |||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 2,009 | 10.8085 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 2,145 | 10.8502 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 18,141 | 10.8419 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 19,000 | 10.7690 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 26,241 | 10.8484 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 14,540 | 10.8198 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 82,210 | 10.8195 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 776 | 10.8510 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 779 | 10.7792 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 9,804 | 10.8532 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 16,286 | 10.8701 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 23,100 | 10.8345 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 26,293 | 10.8290 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 31,617 | 10.8817 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 52,982 | 10.8772 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 116,005 | 10.8453 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 141,002 | 10.7721 GBP | ||||
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option | |||||||
| of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | money | ||||||||
| relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | paid/ | ||||||||||
| security | varying etc | to which | received | |||||||||||
| option | per unit | |||||||||||||
| relates | ||||||||||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Selling | 750,000 | 1050 GBP | American | 17 Jul 2015 | 12.0000 GBP | |||||||
(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: 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: NONE |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | |
| Date of disclosure: | 22 Jun 2015 | |
| Contact name: | RAJESH MUTHANNA | |
| Telephone number: | 020 3555 4634 | |
| SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS) |
| DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE 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. | OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES | |||||||||||
| 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 | Put Options | Purchased | -1,000,000 | 10.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | ||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Written | 750,000 | 1050.0000 | American | 17 Jul 2015 | ||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 1,000,000 | 10.5000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | ||||||
| 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: | ||
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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.
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