20th May 2015 13:45
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: | 19 May 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: | 24,047,950 | 0.70% | 12,500,119 | 0.37% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 6,565,683 | 0.19% | 6,123,513 | 0.18% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 30,613,633 | 0.90% | 18,623,632 | 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 | 40 | 11.5954 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 252 | 11.6050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 257 | 11.5650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 257 | 11.6375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 257 | 11.6525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 320 | 11.5750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 620 | 11.6275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 620 | 11.6800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 656 | 11.6350 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 1,077 | 18.0500 USD | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 1,077 | 18.1500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,180 | 11.6153 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,347 | 11.6500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,542 | 11.6650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,626 | 11.6150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,649 | 11.6300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,667 | 11.5950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,780 | 11.6750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,877 | 11.6000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,120 | 11.6200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,472 | 11.5955 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,591 | 11.6550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,598 | 11.6850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,647 | 11.6700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,679 | 11.6600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,400 | 11.6484 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 9,070 | 18.0654 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,636 | 11.6532 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 14,239 | 11.6501 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 22,657 | 11.5470 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 23,968 | 11.5400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 38,306 | 11.6334 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 40,200 | 18.0687 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 107,487 | 11.6473 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 209,770 | 11.6252 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 516,624 | 11.6450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 39 | 11.6620 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 47 | 11.6290 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 55 | 11.6820 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 64 | 11.6606 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 73 | 11.6870 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 82 | 11.6440 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 113 | 11.6270 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 11.5850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 242 | 11.5400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 252 | 11.6420 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 257 | 11.5650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 257 | 11.6375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 257 | 11.6525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 298 | 11.6520 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 302 | 11.6340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 320 | 11.5750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 620 | 11.6275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 620 | 11.6800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 656 | 11.6350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,016 | 11.6750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,347 | 11.6500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,354 | 11.6410 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,395 | 11.6850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,495 | 11.6173 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,607 | 11.6665 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,626 | 11.6150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,649 | 11.6300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,667 | 11.5950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,769 | 11.6450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,877 | 11.6000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,120 | 11.6200 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 2,154 | 18.1500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,523 | 11.6550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,632 | 11.6479 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,161 | 11.6700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,260 | 11.6405 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,528 | 11.6600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,008 | 11.6048 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 9,070 | 18.0654 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 19,513 | 11.6541 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 20,359 | 11.6295 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 26,458 | 11.5788 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 28,213 | 11.6182 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 40,200 | 18.0687 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 43,110 | 11.6464 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 43,729 | 11.6494 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 69,377 | 11.6472 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 69,400 | 11.6085 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 70,491 | 11.6312 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 97,873 | 11.6289 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100,000 | 11.5686 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 115,807 | 11.5605 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 239,504 | 11.6265 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 302 | 11.6340 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,270 | 11.6055 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 4,535 | 11.6151 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 8,008 | 11.6048 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 10,084 | 11.6372 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 12,450 | 11.6279 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 15,384 | 11.6628 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 17,431 | 11.6407 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 18,048 | 11.5521 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 69,400 | 11.6085 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 108,460 | 11.6047 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 276,814 | 11.6328 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 1,142 | 11.6512 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 3,005 | 11.5810 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 3,216 | 11.6467 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 5,930 | 11.6520 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 15,841 | 11.6454 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 20,000 | 11.5410 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 20,100 | 11.6016 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 18,434 | 11.6826 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 51,064 | 11.6087 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 260,501 | 11.6359 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: | 20 May 2015 | ||
| Contact name: | Jay Supaya | ||
| Telephone number: | 020 7773 0635 |
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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