20th Jul 2015 15:06
| 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: | 17 July 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 | ||||||||||||||
| (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: | 24,056,822 | 0.70% | 21,200,627 | 0.62% | |||||||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||||||
| 6,208,110 | 0.18% | 9,121,573 | 0.27% | ||||||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | |||||||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 31,264,932 | 0.92% | 31,322,200 | 0.92% | |||||||||||
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales | ||||||||||||||
| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||||||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1 | 10.7600 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2 | 10.7225 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 342 | 10.7075 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 606 | 10.7412 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 667 | 10.7800 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 800 | 10.7475 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 834 | 10.7525 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,236 | 10.7200 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,299 | 10.7025 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,631 | 10.7450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,605 | 10.6987 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,660 | 10.7000 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,789 | 10.7321 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,070 | 10.7535 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,341 | 10.7050 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,532 | 10.7556 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,647 | 10.7081 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,971 | 10.7425 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,865 | 10.7491 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,233 | 10.7650 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,323 | 10.7275 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,771 | 10.7350 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,414 | 10.7325 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,515 | 10.7375 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,669 | 10.7056 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,373 | 10.7509 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,599 | 10.7500 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 16,370 | 10.7300 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 17,182 | 10.7250 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Purchase | 36,600 | 16.8000 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 50,752 | 10.6961 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 68,693 | 10.7289 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 78,193 | 10.7408 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 92,530 | 10.6950 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 169,199 | 10.7336 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 254,637 | 10.7400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1 | 10.7600 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2 | 10.7225 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 407 | 10.7408 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 429 | 10.7372 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 667 | 10.7800 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 10.7415 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 800 | 10.7475 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 834 | 10.7525 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,230 | 10.7614 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,236 | 10.7200 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,299 | 10.7025 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,631 | 10.7450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,440 | 10.7292 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,500 | 10.7050 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,606 | 10.7402 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,971 | 10.7425 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,637 | 10.7400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,233 | 10.7650 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,323 | 10.7275 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,660 | 10.7000 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,016 | 10.7383 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,050 | 10.7350 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,414 | 10.7325 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,415 | 10.6950 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,515 | 10.7375 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,233 | 10.7003 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,891 | 10.7234 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,599 | 10.7500 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,265 | 10.7429 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,962 | 10.7250 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 16,208 | 10.7340 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 16,370 | 10.7300 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 16,980 | 10.7244 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 19,272 | 10.7320 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 24,082 | 10.7396 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 26,411 | 10.7412 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 30,582 | 10.7435 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 36,483 | 10.7355 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Sale | 36,600 | 16.8000 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 50,506 | 10.7393 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 52,380 | 10.7331 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 75,292 | 10.7427 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 90,444 | 10.7359 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 114,406 | 10.7418 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 114,534 | 10.7296 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 | 600 | 10.7418 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 1,907 | 10.7507 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 8,891 | 10.7234 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 15,070 | 10.7430 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 28,670 | 10.7521 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 60,309 | 10.7438 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 69,712 | 10.7104 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 843 | 10.7436 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,209 | 10.7426 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 14,344 | 10.6951 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 18,300 | 10.6972 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 28,817 | 10.7454 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 32,931 | 10.7541 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 | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Exercising | ||||||||||||||
| Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||||||||||
| security | securities | unit | |||||||||||||
| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||||||||||
| Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||||||||||
| security | applicable) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings 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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: | |||||||||||||||
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| NONE | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Attachments | ||||||||||||||
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | ||||||||||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 20 Jul 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Contact name: | Jay Supaya | ||||||||||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 7773 0635 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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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