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Form 8.3 - BG Group Plc

22nd Sep 2015 14:47

RNS Number : 8446Z

Societe Generale SA

22 September 2015

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:	Société Générale S.A.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	BG Group Plc
(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: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	21/09/2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	YES: 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:	25p ordinary: 63,081,417 Shares interests and 2,463,874 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary) : 27,300 equivalent Shares interests and 0 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 1 ordinary share)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	63,108,717	1.85	2,463,874	0.07
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	12,478,482	0.37	41,605,344	1.22
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	1,072,000	0.03	3,234,000	0.09
TOTAL:	76,659,199	2.24	47,303,218	1.38

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 security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
Ordinary	Purchase	4,080	9.922
Ordinary	Purchase	550	9.8434255
Ordinary	Purchase	1,468	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	24,782	9.9092852
Ordinary	Purchase	5,944	9.904
Ordinary	Purchase	542	9.8880074
Ordinary	Purchase	8,170	9.9221554
Ordinary	Purchase	226	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	36,509	9.904
Ordinary	Purchase	1,334	9.8808246
Ordinary	Purchase	2,274	9.9062471
Ordinary	Purchase	2,852	9.9150526
Ordinary	Purchase	20,935	9.8918621
Ordinary	Purchase	2,319	9.904
Ordinary	Purchase	304	9.907
Ordinary	Purchase	824	9.9214806
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.9395
Ordinary	Purchase	8,246	9.8845173
Ordinary	Purchase	2	9.899
Ordinary	Purchase	17	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	5,997	9.8788778
Ordinary	Purchase	19	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	5,460	9.8968353
Ordinary	Purchase	557	9.904
Ordinary	Purchase	1,143	9.893727
Ordinary	Purchase	2,937	9.8927508
Ordinary	Purchase	1,080	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	2,100	9.915
Ordinary	Purchase	174	9.9257471
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.872
Ordinary	Purchase	17	9.882
Ordinary	Purchase	5	9.935
Ordinary	Purchase	8	9.931
Ordinary	Purchase	559	9.8713417
Ordinary	Purchase	2,437	9.8799038
Ordinary	Purchase	221	9.8790045
Ordinary	Purchase	312	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	5,285	9.9010747
Ordinary	Purchase	513	9.9365536
Ordinary	Purchase	396	9.899
Ordinary	Purchase	975	9.908441
Ordinary	Purchase	16	9.81625
Ordinary	Purchase	9,217	9.9031608
Ordinary	Purchase	1,718	9.904
Ordinary	Purchase	2176	9.831822
Ordinary	Purchase	3	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	6	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	7	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	20	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	20	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	26	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	26	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	28	9.853
Ordinary	Purchase	28	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	28	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	29	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	30	9.893
Ordinary	Purchase	31	9.853
Ordinary	Purchase	31	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	31	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	34	9.853
Ordinary	Purchase	34	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	50	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	62	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	124	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	176	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	256	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	336	9.906
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.893
Ordinary	Purchase	544	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	1	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	1	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	513	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	513	9.893
Ordinary	Purchase	865	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	257	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	305	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	305	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	834	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	1,732	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	803	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	931	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	145	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	161	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	177	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	185	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	290	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	338	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	580	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	580	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	868	9.902
Ordinary	Purchase	613	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	291	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	291	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	435	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	435	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	1,036	9.853
Ordinary	Purchase	1,359	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	85	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	130	9.904
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	154	9.893
Ordinary	Purchase	178	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	194	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	202	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	276	9.899
Ordinary	Purchase	340	9.907
Ordinary	Purchase	340	9.891
Ordinary	Purchase	520	9.891
Ordinary	Purchase	584	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	808	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	872	9.891
Ordinary	Purchase	357	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	421	9.9055
Ordinary	Purchase	501	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	522	9.888
Ordinary	Purchase	618	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	682	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	970	9.902
Ordinary	Purchase	1,045	9.8965
Ordinary	Purchase	939	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.8975
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.8975
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	139	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	139	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	139	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	187	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	278	9.909
Ordinary	Purchase	294	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	470	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	844	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8915
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8915
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8925
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8925
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8945
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8945
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	279	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	343	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	686	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.909
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.904
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	814	9.891
Ordinary	Purchase	655	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	655	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	655	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	911	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	35	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	35	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	37	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	37	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	55	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	61	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	86	9.907
Ordinary	Purchase	90	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	204	9.893
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.893
Ordinary	Purchase	236	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	252	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	280	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	408	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	720	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	976	9.908
Ordinary	Purchase	1,120	9.902
Ordinary	Purchase	881	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	914	9.908
Ordinary	Purchase	531	9.906
Ordinary	Purchase	755	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.893
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	346	9.893
Ordinary	Purchase	692	9.903
Ordinary	Purchase	916	9.876
Ordinary	Purchase	1,320	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	789	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	917	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	1,899	9.891
Ordinary	Purchase	918	9.908
Ordinary	Purchase	950	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	759	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	951	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	99	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	206	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	254	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	284	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	568	9.899
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	728	9.886
Ordinary	Purchase	729	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	953	9.908
Ordinary	Purchase	1,459	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	365	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	365	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	730	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	2,539	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	135	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	151	9.903
Ordinary	Purchase	159	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	207	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	207	9.886
Ordinary	Purchase	286	9.893
Ordinary	Purchase	446	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	700	9.9055
Ordinary	Purchase	700	9.902
Ordinary	Purchase	925	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	1,147	9.8965
Ordinary	Purchase	287	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	303	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	495	9.903
Ordinary	Purchase	702	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	863	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	927	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	16	9.766
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	576	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	771	9.897
Ordinary	Purchase	93	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	186	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	325	9.851
Ordinary	Purchase	325	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.8965
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.8955
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.8965
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	971	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8945
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8945
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8935
Ordinary	Purchase	972	9.8935
Ordinary	Purchase	878	9.896
Ordinary	Purchase	785	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	1,126	9.894
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.877
Ordinary	Purchase	395	9.898
Ordinary	Purchase	1,410	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	3,104	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	3,024	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	3,412	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	2,032	9.892
Ordinary	Purchase	2,144	9.879
Ordinary	Sale	13,183	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	549	9.904
Ordinary	Sale	2,937	9.8942404
Ordinary	Sale	3,398	9.9336504
Ordinary	Sale	5,029	9.9145041
Ordinary	Sale	5,271	9.9232802
Ordinary	Sale	573	9.9206353
Ordinary	Sale	1,055	9.9248948
Ordinary	Sale	14,012	9.93501
Ordinary	Sale	31,828	9.8740622
Ordinary	Sale	25	9.851
Ordinary	Sale	2,754	9.9175563
Ordinary	Sale	246	9.948
Ordinary	Sale	2,668	9.9444217
Ordinary	Sale	41	9.914
Ordinary	Sale	9,932	9.9284837
Ordinary	Sale	1	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	12,340	9.904
Ordinary	Sale	6	9.897
Ordinary	Sale	44	9.879
Ordinary	Sale	1,660	9.8974048
Ordinary	Sale	13	9.931
Ordinary	Sale	29	9.877
Ordinary	Sale	600	9.884
Ordinary	Sale	1,290	9.8898279
Ordinary	Sale	3,287	9.9323791
Ordinary	Sale	334	9.904
Ordinary	Sale	26	9.923
Ordinary	Sale	9	9.913
Ordinary	Sale	74	9.909
Ordinary	Sale	64	9.879
Ordinary	Sale	2,141	9.904
Ordinary	Sale	2	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	4	9.841
Ordinary	Sale	6	9.841
Ordinary	Sale	17	9.841
Ordinary	Sale	13	9.841
Ordinary	Sale	22,369	9.904
Ordinary	Sale	6,824	9.9142717
Ordinary	Sale	33	9.886
Ordinary	Sale	64	9.884
Ordinary	Sale	2,912	9.9468832
Ordinary	Sale	7,860	9.904
Ordinary	Sale	3,363	9.92461
Ordinary	Sale	5	9.851
Ordinary	Sale	150,000	9.867
	Total purchases	315,356
	Total sales	308,891

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

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

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2,176

9.83

(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
Ordinary	Listed Call option	Purchasing	10,000	10.0	American	20/11/15	0.5
Ordinary	Listed Call option	Purchasing	10,000	9.5	American	20/11/15	0.785
Ordinary	Listed Call option	Purchasing	20,000	10.5	American	20/11/15	0.28

(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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:	22/09/2015
Contact name:	Jean-Baptiste GICQUEL
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6826

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

Full name of person making disclosure:	Société Générale S.A.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:	BG Group Plc

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which option or derivative relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
Ordinary	OTC put-option	Purchase	1,750,000	10.778	European options	06/01/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	10,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	25,000	12.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	1,000	14	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	2,000	11.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	20,000	10.500	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	10,000	10	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	10,000	9.500	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	10,000	12	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	275,000	11	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	1,000	10	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	19,000	12	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	225,000	11	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	4,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	75,000	12.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	12	American options	16/10/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	75,000	12	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	144,000	12	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	75,000	13	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	250,000	6	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	14,000	6	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	94,000	7.1	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	46,000	7.2	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	5,000	7.5	American options	17/06/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	30,000	7	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	8.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	10,000	8.8	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed-put option	Purchase	31,000	8	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed-put option	Purchase	6,000	9.6	American options	16/12/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	5,000	9.6	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	50,000	14	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	500,000	10.5	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	12.5	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	400,000	10	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	7.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	50,000	9	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	4,000	10	American options	18/03/2016

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.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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