27th Apr 2015 15:15
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: | 24 April 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: | 25,455,412 | 0.75% | 12,052,098 | 0.35% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 5,481,115 | 0.16% | 6,820,198 | 0.20% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 30,936,527 | 0.91% | 18,872,296 | 0.55% | |||||||
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 | 31 | 11.7655 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 133 | 11.7580 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 149 | 11.7530 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 167 | 11.7630 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 428 | 11.7680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 440 | 11.7487 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 598 | 11.7222 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 612 | 11.7100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 964 | 11.6750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,138 | 11.7675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,224 | 11.7150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,228 | 11.6925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,266 | 11.7725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,845 | 11.6975 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,208 | 11.7000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,418 | 11.7025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,751 | 11.7075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,993 | 11.7700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,642 | 11.7400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,752 | 11.7525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,764 | 11.6900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,409 | 11.7050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,136 | 11.7625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,411 | 11.6950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,266 | 11.7413 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,486 | 11.7575 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,170 | 11.7650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,193 | 11.6850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,418 | 11.7450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,063 | 11.7464 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 14,747 | 11.7500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 16,180 | 11.7302 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 16,549 | 11.7355 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 21,417 | 11.7550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 22,706 | 11.7512 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 23,158 | 11.7350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 24,050 | 11.7368 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 25,370 | 11.7600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 34,146 | 11.7101 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 39,795 | 11.7398 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 39,918 | 17.7590 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 88,594 | 11.7228 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 91,691 | 11.7189 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 288,342 | 11.7211 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 706,448 | 11.7300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,300,000 | 11.7315 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 102 | 11.7680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 477 | 11.7700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 500 | 11.7354 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 518 | 11.6925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 612 | 11.7100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 946 | 11.7450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 993 | 11.7675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,170 | 11.7500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,221 | 11.7118 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,224 | 11.7150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,266 | 11.7725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,649 | 11.6828 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,845 | 11.6975 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,095 | 11.7650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,208 | 11.7000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,560 | 11.7400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,751 | 11.7075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,421 | 11.7525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,626 | 11.7600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,764 | 11.6900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,866 | 11.7550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,409 | 11.7050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,653 | 11.7037 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,017 | 11.7625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,416 | 11.7575 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,193 | 11.6850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,527 | 11.6989 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 10,738 | 11.6965 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,177 | 11.6951 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 15,834 | 11.7063 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 22,418 | 11.7025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 24,432 | 11.6750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 40,560 | 11.6997 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 42,513 | 11.7508 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 63,432 | 17.7590 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 114,816 | 11.7115 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 147,913 | 11.7203 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 156,842 | 11.7350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 159,025 | 11.7232 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 257,839 | 11.7076 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 278,753 | 11.7117 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 296,197 | 11.6950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 359,302 | 11.7157 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 512,207 | 11.6816 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 706,448 | 11.7300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 933,681 | 11.7186 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 | 400 | 11.6938 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 11,108 | 11.7268 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 19,959 | 11.6893 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 29,684 | 11.7190 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 37,535 | 11.6986 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 196,837 | 11.7195 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 434,083 | 11.7235 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 372,830 | 11.7137 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 598 | 11.7221 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 2,039 | 11.6756 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 3,818 | 11.7369 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 7,043 | 11.7543 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 11,053 | 11.7120 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 13,957 | 11.7293 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 30,841 | 11.7237 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 31,105 | 11.6751 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 66,842 | 11.7050 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 372,366 | 11.7264 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? | NO | ||
| Date of disclosure: | 27 Apr 2015 | ||
| Contact name: | RAJESH MUTHANNA | ||
| Telephone number: | 020 3555 4634 |
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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