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Form 8.3 - BG GROUP PLC

16th Sep 2015 13:57

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 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

15 Sept 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: ORD
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 28,696,004 0.84% 23,177,957 0.68%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
6,285,339 0.18% 16,423,997 0.48%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(4)
TOTAL: 34,981,343 1.02% 39,601,954 1.16%

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 1 9.8050 GBP
ORD Purchase 1 9.8880 GBP
ORD Purchase 42 9.9740 GBP
ORD Purchase 72 9.8690 GBP
ADR Purchase 160 15.4100 USD
ORD Purchase 186 9.9860 GBP
ORD Purchase 186 9.9470 GBP
ORD Purchase 199 9.8220 GBP
ORD Purchase 207 9.8650 GBP
ORD Purchase 210 9.8840 GBP
ORD Purchase 235 9.8170 GBP
ORD Purchase 290 9.9700 GBP
ORD Purchase 306 10.0625 GBP
ORD Purchase 306 9.9360 GBP
ORD Purchase 306 9.8900 GBP
ORD Purchase 306 9.9300 GBP
ORD Purchase 306 9.9880 GBP
ORD Purchase 306 9.9890 GBP
ORD Purchase 307 9.9710 GBP
ORD Purchase 309 9.8120 GBP
ORD Purchase 314 9.9190 GBP
ORD Purchase 316 9.9680 GBP
ORD Purchase 333 9.8800 GBP
ORD Purchase 337 9.9600 GBP
ORD Purchase 342 9.8320 GBP
ORD Purchase 352 9.9480 GBP
ORD Purchase 360 9.8250 GBP
ORD Purchase 365 9.9800 GBP
ORD Purchase 366 9.8890 GBP
ORD Purchase 375 9.8140 GBP
ORD Purchase 381 9.8670 GBP
ORD Purchase 405 9.8700 GBP
ORD Purchase 420 9.9000 GBP
ORD Purchase 420 9.8870 GBP
ORD Purchase 434 9.8660 GBP
ORD Purchase 442 9.9450 GBP
ORD Purchase 454 9.8130 GBP
ORD Purchase 456 9.9295 GBP
ORD Purchase 460 9.9540 GBP
ORD Purchase 464 9.8720 GBP
ORD Purchase 492 9.8210 GBP
ORD Purchase 497 9.9140 GBP
ORD Purchase 500 10.0325 GBP
ORD Purchase 511 9.8960 GBP
ORD Purchase 524 9.8760 GBP
ADR Purchase 539 15.4821 USD
ORD Purchase 541 9.9350 GBP
ORD Purchase 557 9.9780 GBP
ORD Purchase 586 10.0100 GBP
ORD Purchase 600 9.9510 GBP
ORD Purchase 612 9.9260 GBP
ORD Purchase 617 9.8770 GBP
ORD Purchase 622 9.8280 GBP
ORD Purchase 634 9.8200 GBP
ORD Purchase 655 9.8460 GBP
ORD Purchase 678 9.9920 GBP
ORD Purchase 697 9.9760 GBP
ORD Purchase 698 9.8270 GBP
ORD Purchase 700 9.9210 GBP
ORD Purchase 728 10.0450 GBP
ORD Purchase 735 9.8260 GBP
ORD Purchase 739 10.0000 GBP
ORD Purchase 822 9.9050 GBP
ORD Purchase 828 9.9230 GBP
ORD Purchase 889 9.8290 GBP
ORD Purchase 981 10.0725 GBP
ORD Purchase 985 9.8740 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,054 9.8240 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,064 9.8550 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,088 9.8500 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,097 9.8970 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,100 9.8640 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,101 10.0493 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,117 9.8730 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,226 10.0675 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,256 9.9110 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,284 9.8580 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,323 9.8600 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,345 9.8820 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,361 9.9040 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,392 9.9010 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,517 9.8990 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,536 9.9180 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,540 9.8310 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,540 9.9090 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,650 9.9200 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,651 9.9330 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,666 9.8910 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,772 9.9070 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,785 9.9080 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,791 9.8860 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,850 9.9170 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,989 9.9130 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,107 9.8980 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,119 9.9020 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,302 9.9100 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,452 9.9420 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,468 9.8940 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,552 9.9160 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,575 10.0050 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,696 9.8810 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,083 10.0575 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,107 10.0400 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,301 10.0300 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,452 9.8950 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,513 9.9120 GBP
ADR Purchase 3,744 15.4000 USD
ORD Purchase 3,747 9.8230 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,793 9.9660 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,675 9.9150 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,947 10.0800 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,962 9.9844 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,644 9.9030 GBP
ORD Purchase 9,502 10.0350 GBP
ORD Purchase 9,940 9.9344 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,625 9.9299 GBP
ORD Purchase 13,421 9.9690 GBP
ORD Purchase 15,329 10.0750 GBP
ORD Purchase 17,909 10.0550 GBP
ORD Purchase 18,086 10.0700 GBP
ORD Purchase 23,654 10.0600 GBP
ORD Purchase 24,761 9.9535 GBP
ORD Purchase 30,954 9.9172 GBP
ORD Purchase 35,116 9.9457 GBP
ORD Purchase 38,470 10.0650 GBP
ADR Purchase 40,132 15.4720 USD
ORD Purchase 41,232 9.9294 GBP
ORD Purchase 44,625 10.0261 GBP
ORD Purchase 121,259 10.0500 GBP
ORD Purchase 202,844 10.0528 GBP
ORD Purchase 280,571 9.9650 GBP
ORD Purchase 295,000 9.8923 GBP
ORD Sale 1 9.8050 GBP
ORD Sale 1 9.8880 GBP
ORD Sale 42 9.9740 GBP
ORD Sale 72 9.8690 GBP
ADR Sale 160 15.4100 USD
ORD Sale 186 9.9470 GBP
ORD Sale 186 9.9860 GBP
ORD Sale 199 9.8220 GBP
ORD Sale 200 10.0200 GBP
ORD Sale 207 9.8650 GBP
ORD Sale 210 9.8840 GBP
ORD Sale 235 9.8170 GBP
ORD Sale 306 9.9300 GBP
ORD Sale 306 9.8900 GBP
ORD Sale 306 9.9360 GBP
ORD Sale 306 10.0625 GBP
ORD Sale 306 9.9890 GBP
ORD Sale 306 9.9880 GBP
ORD Sale 306 9.9660 GBP
ORD Sale 307 9.9710 GBP
ORD Sale 309 9.8120 GBP
ORD Sale 314 9.9190 GBP
ORD Sale 316 9.9680 GBP
ORD Sale 333 9.8800 GBP
ORD Sale 334 9.9650 GBP
ORD Sale 337 9.9600 GBP
ORD Sale 342 9.8320 GBP
ORD Sale 352 9.9480 GBP
ORD Sale 360 9.8250 GBP
ORD Sale 365 9.9800 GBP
ORD Sale 366 9.8890 GBP
ORD Sale 375 9.8140 GBP
ORD Sale 381 9.8670 GBP
ORD Sale 405 9.8700 GBP
ORD Sale 420 9.9000 GBP
ORD Sale 420 9.8870 GBP
ORD Sale 434 9.8660 GBP
ORD Sale 442 9.9450 GBP
ORD Sale 454 9.8130 GBP
ORD Sale 456 9.9295 GBP
ORD Sale 460 9.9540 GBP
ORD Sale 464 9.8720 GBP
ORD Sale 492 9.8210 GBP
ORD Sale 497 9.9140 GBP
ORD Sale 500 10.0325 GBP
ORD Sale 511 9.8960 GBP
ORD Sale 524 9.8760 GBP
ADR Sale 539 15.4821 USD
ORD Sale 541 9.9350 GBP
ORD Sale 557 9.9780 GBP
ORD Sale 586 10.0100 GBP
ORD Sale 600 9.9510 GBP
ORD Sale 612 9.9260 GBP
ORD Sale 617 9.8770 GBP
ORD Sale 622 9.8280 GBP
ORD Sale 634 9.8200 GBP
ORD Sale 642 9.8333 GBP
ORD Sale 655 9.8460 GBP
ORD Sale 678 9.9920 GBP
ORD Sale 697 9.9760 GBP
ORD Sale 698 9.8270 GBP
ORD Sale 700 9.9210 GBP
ORD Sale 728 10.0450 GBP
ORD Sale 735 9.8260 GBP
ORD Sale 739 10.0000 GBP
ORD Sale 822 9.9050 GBP
ORD Sale 828 9.9230 GBP
ORD Sale 862 9.8290 GBP
ORD Sale 981 10.0725 GBP
ORD Sale 985 9.8740 GBP
ORD Sale 1,010 9.8464 GBP
ORD Sale 1,054 9.8240 GBP
ORD Sale 1,061 10.0605 GBP
ORD Sale 1,064 9.8550 GBP
ORD Sale 1,088 9.8500 GBP
ORD Sale 1,097 9.8970 GBP
ORD Sale 1,100 9.8640 GBP
ORD Sale 1,117 9.8730 GBP
ORD Sale 1,226 10.0675 GBP
ORD Sale 1,256 9.9110 GBP
ORD Sale 1,284 9.8580 GBP
ORD Sale 1,323 9.8600 GBP
ORD Sale 1,329 10.0468 GBP
ORD Sale 1,345 9.8820 GBP
ORD Sale 1,350 10.0507 GBP
ORD Sale 1,361 9.9040 GBP
ORD Sale 1,392 9.9010 GBP
ORD Sale 1,536 9.9180 GBP
ORD Sale 1,540 9.8310 GBP
ORD Sale 1,540 9.9090 GBP
ORD Sale 1,647 9.9099 GBP
ORD Sale 1,650 9.9200 GBP
ORD Sale 1,651 9.9330 GBP
ORD Sale 1,666 9.8910 GBP
ORD Sale 1,772 9.9070 GBP
ORD Sale 1,785 9.9080 GBP
ORD Sale 1,791 9.8860 GBP
ORD Sale 1,850 9.9170 GBP
ORD Sale 1,984 9.8987 GBP
ORD Sale 1,989 9.9130 GBP
ORD Sale 2,087 9.8990 GBP
ORD Sale 2,107 9.8980 GBP
ORD Sale 2,119 9.9020 GBP
ORD Sale 2,302 9.9100 GBP
ORD Sale 2,452 9.9420 GBP
ORD Sale 2,468 9.8940 GBP
ORD Sale 2,552 9.9160 GBP
ORD Sale 2,696 9.8810 GBP
ORD Sale 3,083 10.0575 GBP
ORD Sale 3,107 10.0400 GBP
ORD Sale 3,452 9.8950 GBP
ORD Sale 3,513 9.9120 GBP
ADR Sale 3,744 15.4000 USD
ORD Sale 3,747 9.8230 GBP
ORD Sale 3,767 9.9427 GBP
ORD Sale 4,675 9.9150 GBP
ORD Sale 5,947 10.0800 GBP
ORD Sale 6,644 9.9030 GBP
ORD Sale 9,502 10.0350 GBP
ORD Sale 13,073 9.9212 GBP
ORD Sale 13,846 9.9310 GBP
ORD Sale 15,329 10.0750 GBP
ORD Sale 15,508 9.9302 GBP
ORD Sale 16,402 9.9538 GBP
ORD Sale 17,909 10.0550 GBP
ORD Sale 18,086 10.0700 GBP
ORD Sale 21,404 10.0500 GBP
ORD Sale 22,589 9.9216 GBP
ORD Sale 22,687 9.8512 GBP
ORD Sale 23,654 10.0600 GBP
ORD Sale 26,727 9.9027 GBP
ORD Sale 31,416 9.9621 GBP
ORD Sale 38,186 9.9542 GBP
ORD Sale 38,470 10.0650 GBP
ADR Sale 40,132 15.4720 USD
ORD Sale 50,935 9.9241 GBP
ORD Sale 70,421 9.9393 GBP
ORD Sale 95,836 9.9956 GBP
ORD Sale 135,252 10.0300 GBP
ORD Sale 151,371 9.9955 GBP
ORD Sale 263,967 9.9700 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 300 10.0119 GBP
ORD CFD Long 642 9.8333 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 1,641 9.9062 GBP
ORD CFD Long 5,092 10.0470 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 5,675 9.9214 GBP
ORD CFD Long 20,066 10.0139 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 22,687 9.8511 GBP
ORD CFD Long 26,324 9.9457 GBP
ORD CFD Long 38,186 9.9542 GBP
ORD CFD Long 20,827 9.8914 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 55,340 9.9293 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,101 10.0493 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,872 9.9327 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 2,512 9.9182 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 10,165 9.9160 GBP
ORD CFD Short 21,006 9.9555 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 45,445 9.9590 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 55,317 9.9223 GBP
ORD CFD Short 263,243 9.9785 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:

16 Sept 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.

View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150916005886/en/

Copyright Business Wire 2015


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