24th Sep 2015 14:42
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: | 23 September 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: | 28,648,496 | 0.84% | 23,194,348 | 0.68% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 6,206,600 | 0.18% | 16,481,895 | 0.48% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 34,854,634 | 1.02% | 39,676,243 | 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
| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
| security | securities | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4 | 9.6630 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4 | 9.6815 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9 | 9.6923 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 13 | 9.6786 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 45 | 9.7086 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 45 | 9.7230 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 87 | 9.7400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 117 | 9.7451 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 152 | 9.6931 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 152 | 9.6825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 152 | 9.6805 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 152 | 9.6596 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 157 | 9.7661 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 161 | 9.6770 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 169 | 9.6660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 197 | 9.7130 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 304 | 9.6995 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 305 | 9.7630 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 305 | 9.7497 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 305 | 9.6981 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 305 | 9.6911 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 305 | 9.7535 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 305 | 9.7765 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 307 | 9.7395 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 309 | 9.7040 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 310 | 9.7615 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 316 | 9.7545 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 318 | 9.7450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 318 | 9.7415 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 321 | 9.7654 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 322 | 9.7530 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 327 | 9.7591 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 329 | 9.7332 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 332 | 9.7036 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 333 | 9.7645 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 336 | 9.6880 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 338 | 9.7675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 338 | 9.6990 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 338 | 9.7275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 338 | 9.7441 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 342 | 9.7372 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 345 | 9.7116 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 350 | 9.7286 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 350 | 9.7052 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 352 | 9.7636 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 354 | 9.7210 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 355 | 9.7310 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 357 | 9.7475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 358 | 9.7355 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 358 | 9.7465 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 361 | 9.7461 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 373 | 9.7391 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 387 | 9.7295 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 394 | 9.7521 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 396 | 9.7570 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 397 | 9.7625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 400 | 9.7610 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 400 | 9.7700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 403 | 9.7325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 409 | 9.7340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 439 | 9.7672 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 445 | 9.7491 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 500 | 9.7551 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 500 | 9.7421 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 516 | 9.7445 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 546 | 9.7305 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 570 | 9.7525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 584 | 9.6900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 600 | 9.7420 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 613 | 9.7480 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 646 | 9.7380 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 655 | 9.7360 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 672 | 9.7620 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 675 | 9.7407 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 691 | 9.6870 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 718 | 9.7500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 728 | 9.7285 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 785 | 9.7496 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 786 | 9.7520 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 831 | 9.7590 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 936 | 9.7550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 952 | 9.7680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 964 | 9.7685 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,018 | 9.7660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,100 | 9.6920 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,109 | 9.7585 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,131 | 9.7335 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,153 | 9.7471 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,166 | 9.7375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,251 | 9.7470 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 1,482 | 14.9195 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,694 | 9.7410 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,801 | 9.7655 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,860 | 9.7650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,202 | 9.7234 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,332 | 9.7670 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,013 | 9.7018 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,129 | 9.7695 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,137 | 9.7690 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,095 | 9.7429 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,505 | 9.5420 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 16,182 | 9.7148 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 17,619 | 9.7226 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 36,436 | 15.0013 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 38,669 | 9.7107 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 42,286 | 9.7455 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 43,933 | 9.7597 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 64,046 | 9.7251 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 89,061 | 9.6991 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 112,326 | 9.7063 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4 | 9.6815 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4 | 9.6630 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9 | 9.6923 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 13 | 9.6786 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 45 | 9.7230 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 45 | 9.7086 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 87 | 9.7400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 117 | 9.7451 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 152 | 9.6931 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 152 | 9.6825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 152 | 9.6596 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 152 | 9.6805 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 157 | 9.7661 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 161 | 9.6770 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 169 | 9.6660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 197 | 9.7130 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 9.7440 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 304 | 9.6995 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 305 | 9.6981 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 305 | 9.7497 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 305 | 9.7765 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 305 | 9.7630 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 305 | 9.6911 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 305 | 9.7535 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 307 | 9.7395 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 309 | 9.7040 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 310 | 9.7615 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 318 | 9.7415 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 318 | 9.7450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 321 | 9.7654 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 322 | 9.7530 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 322 | 9.7455 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 327 | 9.7591 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 329 | 9.7332 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 332 | 9.7036 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 333 | 9.7645 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 336 | 9.6880 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 338 | 9.7441 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 338 | 9.7675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 338 | 9.7275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 338 | 9.6990 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 342 | 9.7372 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 345 | 9.6991 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 345 | 9.7116 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 350 | 9.7052 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 350 | 9.7286 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 352 | 9.7636 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 354 | 9.7210 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 355 | 9.7310 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 357 | 9.7475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 358 | 9.7465 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 358 | 9.7355 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 361 | 9.7461 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 373 | 9.7391 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 387 | 9.7295 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 394 | 9.7521 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 396 | 9.7570 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 397 | 9.7625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 9.7610 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 9.7700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 403 | 9.7325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 409 | 9.7340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 439 | 9.7672 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 445 | 9.7491 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 450 | 9.6503 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 500 | 9.7421 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 516 | 9.7445 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 546 | 9.7305 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 570 | 9.7525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 584 | 9.6900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 9.7420 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 613 | 9.7480 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 646 | 9.7380 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 655 | 9.7360 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 672 | 9.7620 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 675 | 9.7407 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 691 | 9.6870 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 718 | 9.7500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 728 | 9.7285 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 785 | 9.7496 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 786 | 9.7520 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 831 | 9.7590 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 850 | 9.6842 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 936 | 9.7550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 964 | 9.7685 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,018 | 9.7660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,109 | 9.7585 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,131 | 9.7335 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,153 | 9.7471 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,166 | 9.7375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,251 | 9.7470 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 1,482 | 14.9195 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,640 | 9.7464 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,694 | 9.7410 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,801 | 9.7655 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,857 | 9.7545 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,860 | 9.7650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,032 | 9.7282 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,648 | 9.7670 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,780 | 9.7680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,220 | 9.7695 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,364 | 9.6510 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,786 | 9.7456 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,183 | 9.7551 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,247 | 9.6977 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,650 | 9.6472 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,823 | 9.7690 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,912 | 9.6920 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,390 | 9.7145 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,284 | 9.6937 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 21,055 | 9.5964 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 21,588 | 9.7404 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 21,942 | 9.7105 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 36,436 | 15.0013 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 741 | 9.7422 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 1,599 | 9.7570 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 2,200 | 9.7382 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 2,809 | 9.7243 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 10,600 | 9.7200 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 12,284 | 9.6938 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 40,691 | 9.7260 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 800 | 9.6609 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 2,000 | 9.7359 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 4,403 | 9.7333 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 8,527 | 9.6943 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 18,218 | 9.7667 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 40,472 | 9.6976 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 45,664 | 9.6658 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 70,216 | 9.7522 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: | 24 Sep 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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