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Form 8.3 - BG Group Plc

5th Aug 2015 13:07

RNS Number : 2040V

Societe Generale SA

05 August 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	04/08/2015
(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: 74,626,114 Shares interests and 1,405,853 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:	74,653,414	2.19	1,405,853	0.04
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	6,481,481	0.19	47,772,659	1.40
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	1,324,000	0.04	3,928,000	0.12
TOTAL:	82,458,895	2.41	53,106,512	1.55

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 security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
Ordinary	Purchase	688	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.835
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.835
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.825
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.825
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.825
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.825
Ordinary	Purchase	2,975	10.85558
Ordinary	Purchase	60,911	10.882549
Ordinary	Purchase	415	10.855012
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	896	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	560	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	2,822	10.895004
Ordinary	Purchase	4,614	10.90205
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	89	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	3	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	11,768	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	1,541	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	27	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	43,663	10.857186
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	9,900	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.805
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.805
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.805
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.845
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.835
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.835
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	1,366	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	8,291	10.878443
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.805
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.805
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.805
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.805
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.805
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	11	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.825
Ordinary	Purchase	267	10.87
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.855
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,711	10.899132
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.895
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.835
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	7	10.815
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.825
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.825
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.905
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.905
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.905
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.905
Ordinary	Purchase	5,430	10.897961
Ordinary	Purchase	1,805	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	3,253	10.89116
Ordinary	Purchase	1,453	10.875003
Ordinary	Purchase	15	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	9,814	10.873787
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	19	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	19	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	7	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	57	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	35	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.885
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.865
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.875
Ordinary	Purchase	3,942,550	10.87
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	2,071	10.86915
Ordinary	Sale	14,512	10.866674
Ordinary	Sale	760	10.85
Ordinary	Sale	124	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	16,041	10.86703
Ordinary	Sale	1,961	10.843947
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.855
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.855
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.865
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.865
Ordinary	Sale	3,332	10.895
Ordinary	Sale	988	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	1,466	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	454	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	13,328	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	20	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	443	10.815011
Ordinary	Sale	4,772	10.811703
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	480	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	547	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	61	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	61	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	2,593	10.84624
Ordinary	Sale	2,292	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	3,448	10.842093
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	7	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	1,612	10.86951
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.825
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.825
Ordinary	Sale	357	10.82
Ordinary	Sale	4,251	10.85
Ordinary	Sale	25,963	10.83724
Ordinary	Sale	25,806	10.833938
Ordinary	Sale	109,778	10.82407
Ordinary	Sale	1,610	10.848301
Ordinary	Sale	44,584	10.873973
Ordinary	Sale	616	10.863701
Ordinary	Sale	3,942,550	10.87
	Total purchases	4,122,262
	Total sales	4,227,722

(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

Ordinary

Listed Put Option

Purchasing

50,000

American

18/03/16

2.28

(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?

Date of disclosure:	05/08/2015
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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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 put-option	Purchase	1,750,000	10.778	European options	06/01/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	10,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
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	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	2,000	11.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	200,000	11	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	100,000	13	American options	18/03/2016
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	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	98,000	13	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	94,000	14	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	21,000	9.600	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	200,000	12	American options	21/08/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	200,000	11	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	50,000	11.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	12	American options	16/10/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	4,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	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	1,000	13	American options	18/09/2015
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	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	36,000	8	American options	18/12/2015
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	75,000	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	Purchase	50,000	13	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	75,000	12	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	500,000	10.5	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	12.5	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	20,000	7.500	American options	18/12/2015

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

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