Become a Member

Track your favourite stocks
Create & monitor portfolios
Daily portfolio value

Company	Chg	Chg %
Quickpicks
£	%
Add shares to your quickpicks to display them here!

Form 8.3 - BG Group Plc

19th May 2015 13:34

RNS Number : 6616N

Societe Generale SA

19 May 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	18/05/2015
(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: 54,452,983 Shares interests and 1,078,198 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:	54,480,283	1.60	1,078,198	0.03
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	36,632,260*	1.07
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	1,333,167	0.04	4,308,167	0.13
TOTAL:	55,813,450	1.63	42,018,625	1.23

\* The change in the holding of {position move from basket removal - 4,400,682 shares} is due to a derivative which is referenced to a basket of securities ceasing to be discloseable for the purpose of the Code.

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	3,273	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,829	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	2,075	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,489	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	935	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	118	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	5,883	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,706	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,394	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,360	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	2,185	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	262	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,706	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	5,883	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,520	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,660	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,500	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,500	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,020	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	403	11.66
Ordinary	Purchase	710	11.66
Ordinary	Purchase	503	11.66
Ordinary	Purchase	526	11.655
Ordinary	Purchase	55	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	257	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	55	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	2,318	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,029	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	3,176	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	34,656	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	39,795	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	11,542	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	406	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	34,027	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,151	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,561	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	484	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	874	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	9,455	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	14,127	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	8,631	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	240	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	13,372	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,912	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	15,000	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,628	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	165	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,518	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,682	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	309	11.765
Ordinary	Purchase	338	11.765
Ordinary	Purchase	1,599	11.79307
Ordinary	Purchase	382	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	416	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	399	11.725
Ordinary	Purchase	191	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,405	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	937	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	937	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	469	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	468	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	469	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	937	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	469	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	468	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	7	11.635
Ordinary	Purchase	899	11.655
Ordinary	Purchase	899	11.65
Ordinary	Sale	5,360	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	1,326	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	48	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	2,320	11.76049
Ordinary	Sale	760	11.645
Ordinary	Sale	500	11.645
Ordinary	Sale	80	11.64
Ordinary	Sale	1,289	11.65
Ordinary	Sale	100	11.65
Ordinary	Sale	2,000	11.65
Ordinary	Sale	276	11.645
Ordinary	Sale	760	11.65
Ordinary	Sale	17	11.64
Ordinary	Sale	1,600	11.64
Ordinary	Sale	500	11.64
Ordinary	Sale	25	11.64
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.69
Ordinary	Sale	139	11.69
Ordinary	Sale	935	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	1,360	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	2,075	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.685
Ordinary	Sale	358	11.685
Ordinary	Sale	9,370	11.79303
Ordinary	Sale	188	11.69
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.8
Ordinary	Sale	1,071	11.65
Ordinary	Sale	495	11.65
Ordinary	Sale	319	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	80	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	485	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	93	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	236	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	95	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	174	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	520	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	1,372	11.68366
Ordinary	Sale	1,977	11.65038
Ordinary	Sale	850	11.625
Ordinary	Sale	995	11.65
Ordinary	Sale	2	11.65
Ordinary	Sale	522	11.625
Ordinary	Sale	158	11.625
Ordinary	Sale	1,616	11.625
Ordinary	Sale	423	11.66
Ordinary	Sale	722	11.66
Ordinary	Sale	2,674	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	2,089	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	2,185	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	1,334	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	1,078	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	1,122	11.64
Ordinary	Sale	1,197	11.64
Ordinary	Sale	244	11.63
Ordinary	Sale	3,117	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	499	11.635
Ordinary	Sale	2,873	11.63
Ordinary	Sale	592	11.725
Ordinary	Sale	500	11.63
Ordinary	Sale	15	11.63
Ordinary	Sale	527	11.63
Ordinary	Sale	611	11.63
Ordinary	Sale	63	11.63
Ordinary	Sale	422	11.63
Ordinary	Sale	221	11.63
Ordinary	Sale	1,185	11.655
Ordinary	Sale	537	11.74
Ordinary	Sale	2,000	11.74
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.74
Ordinary	Sale	2,166	11.74
Ordinary	Sale	172	11.74
Ordinary	Sale	125	11.755
Ordinary	Sale	623	11.755
Ordinary	Sale	249	11.755
Ordinary	Sale	405	11.755
Ordinary	Sale	62	11.755
Ordinary	Sale	224	11.655
Ordinary	Sale	312	11.655
Ordinary	Sale	53	11.655
Ordinary	Sale	315	11.655
	Total purchases	302,554
	Total sales	76,382

(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

(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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:	19/05/2015
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 call-option	Purchase	79,167	8.548	European options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	OTC put-option	Purchase	79,167	8.548	European options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	OTC put-option	Purchase	1,750,000	10.778	European options	06/01/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	8,000	10	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	10,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	1,000	11	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	30,000	11.5	American	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	90,000	12.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	25,000	12.500	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	5,000	12.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	70,000	12	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	25,000	12	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	165,000	12	American options	21/08/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	25,000	12	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	1,000	14	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	6,000	14	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	3,000	10	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	1,000	10	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	2,000	10	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	50,000	11.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	44,000	11	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	21,000	12	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	50,000	13.500	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	265,000	13	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	126,000	13	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	94,000	14	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	2,000	9.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	21,000	9.600	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	1,000	9	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	85,000	10	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	50,000	11.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	56,000	11.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	12	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	25,000	12	American options	16/10/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	4,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	10,000	12.500	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	75,000	12.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	144,000	12	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	90,000	12	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	250,000	12	American options	21/08/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	1,000	13	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	232,000	13	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	11,000	16	American options	19/06/2015
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	7.100	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	46,000	7.200	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	5,000	7.500	American options	17/06/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	1,000	7	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	30,000	7	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	8.500	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	25,000	8.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	3,000	8.800	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	10,000	8.800	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	8	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	36,000	8	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	24,000	8	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	6,000	9.600	American options	16/12/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	35,000	9.600	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	5,000	9.600	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed-put option	Purchase	95,000	12	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed-put option	Purchase	25,000	12.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	2,000	10.5	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	12.5	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	25,000	12	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	52,000	10	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	400,000	10	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	14,000	11	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	21,000	14	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	7.500	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	1,000	7.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	66,000	8.800	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	161,000	9.600	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	13,000	9	American options	19/06/2015

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:

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

END

RETPKCDNBBKDBPD

Related Shares:

FTSE 100 Latest

Value8,444.91

Change29.66