8th Jul 2015 14:16
| 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: | 7 July 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 | ||||||||||||||
| (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: | 23,814,038 | 0.70% | 19,932,935 | 0.58% | |||||||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||||||
| 6,694,162 | 0.20% | 9,528,725 | 0.28% | ||||||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 1,750,000 | 0.05% | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | |||||||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 32,258,200 | 0.94% | 30,461,660 | 0.89% | |||||||||||
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive 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 | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales | ||||||||||||||
| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||||||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8 | 10.5900 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.4100 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.4350 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.4400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.4500 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.4550 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.4600 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.4825 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 234 | 10.5600 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 351 | 10.5450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 402 | 10.4805 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 500 | 10.4850 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 664 | 10.5725 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,452 | 10.4200 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,457 | 10.4300 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,564 | 10.4800 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,700 | 10.4750 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,067 | 10.4225 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,415 | 10.4834 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,259 | 10.4527 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,832 | 10.4695 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,389 | 10.5400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,597 | 10.5257 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 24,230 | 10.4944 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Purchase | 27,906 | 16.1831 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 83,786 | 10.3450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 118,156 | 10.3813 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 120,800 | 10.5491 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 155,029 | 10.4798 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 859,163 | 10.3477 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.4100 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.4350 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.4400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.4500 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.4550 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.4600 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.4825 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 122 | 10.5340 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 220 | 10.5520 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 234 | 10.5600 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 351 | 10.5450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 10.5790 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 402 | 10.4805 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 500 | 10.4850 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 664 | 10.5725 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 850 | 10.5815 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 920 | 10.5410 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 949 | 10.5356 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,025 | 10.5641 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,375 | 10.5685 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,452 | 10.4200 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,457 | 10.4300 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,564 | 10.4800 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,700 | 10.4750 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,991 | 10.5084 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,067 | 10.4225 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,150 | 10.5326 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,514 | 10.4094 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,875 | 10.5855 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,352 | 10.5023 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,477 | 10.5080 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,524 | 10.4431 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,728 | 10.5400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,934 | 10.5389 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,252 | 10.5430 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,287 | 10.4783 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 10,242 | 10.4922 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,749 | 10.3670 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 13,104 | 10.6450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 13,943 | 10.4470 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Sale | 27,906 | 16.1831 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 28,598 | 10.5073 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 29,935 | 10.4659 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 46,665 | 10.5424 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 93,462 | 10.3450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 100,000 | 10.4425 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 154,226 | 10.4927 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 877,606 | 10.3473 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 | 122 | 10.5340 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 1,025 | 10.5641 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 4,050 | 10.5487 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 5,524 | 10.4431 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 19,524 | 10.4688 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 22,800 | 10.4577 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 15,049 | 10.4942 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 44,569 | 10.4902 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 100,000 | 10.4425 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 139,809 | 10.4904 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 35 | 10.5165 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 878 | 10.4065 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 12,637 | 10.5014 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 13,953 | 10.4335 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 45,131 | 10.4932 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 65,940 | 10.4350 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 120,800 | 10.5491 GBP | |||||||||||
| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||||||||||
| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option | ||||||||
| of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | money | |||||||||
| relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | paid/ | |||||||||||
| security | varying etc | to which | received | ||||||||||||
| option | per unit | ||||||||||||||
| relates | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Exercising | ||||||||||||||
| Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||||||||||
| security | securities | unit | |||||||||||||
| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||||||||||
| Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||||||||||
| security | applicable) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings 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: | |||||||||||||||
| 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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: | |||||||||||||||
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| NONE | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Attachments | ||||||||||||||
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | ||||||||||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 8 Jul 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Contact name: | Jay Supaya | ||||||||||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 7773 0635 | ||||||||||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS) | |||||||||||||||
| DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO | |||||||||||||||
| PURCHASE OR SELL ETC. | |||||||||||||||
| Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | KEY INFORMATION | ||||||||||||||
| Identity of the person whose positions/dealings | Barclays PLC. | ||||||||||||||
| are being disclosed: | |||||||||||||||
| Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | BG GROUP PLC | ||||||||||||||
| relevant securities this from relates: | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES | ||||||||||||||
| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | |||||||||
| of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | ||||||||||
| relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | ||||||||||||
| security | varying etc | to which | |||||||||||||
| option | |||||||||||||||
| relates | |||||||||||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | -1,000,000 | 10.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Written | 750,000 | 1050.0000 | American | 17 Jul 2015 | |||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 1,000,000 | 10.5000 | American | 21 Aug 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: | |||||||||||||||
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