26th Aug 2015 14:32
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: | 25 August 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: | 30,429,028 | 0.89% | 17,600,717 | 0.52% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 7,156,552 | 0.21% | 16,436,168 | 0.48% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 37,585,580 | 1.10% | 34,036,885 | 1.00% | |||||||
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 | 26 | 9.5170 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 27 | 9.5728 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 39 | 9.6169 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 73 | 9.6204 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 164 | 9.6130 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 179 | 9.6069 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 185 | 9.5763 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 190 | 9.6019 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 195 | 9.6027 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 211 | 9.5140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 226 | 9.5833 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 258 | 9.6115 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 271 | 9.5959 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 311 | 9.6140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 342 | 9.5625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 343 | 9.5285 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 9.5690 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 9.6143 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 9.5790 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 9.5815 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 9.6139 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 9.5992 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 9.6535 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 9.6465 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 9.5730 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 370 | 9.5824 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 373 | 9.5920 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 378 | 9.6445 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 378 | 9.6485 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 381 | 9.5725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 388 | 9.6425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.5758 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.5739 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.5579 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6245 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6155 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6149 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6144 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6129 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6120 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6084 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6049 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6048 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6035 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6030 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.6025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.5954 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.5904 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 406 | 9.5820 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 408 | 9.6018 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 421 | 9.6695 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 454 | 9.6020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 479 | 9.5804 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 479 | 9.5020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 479 | 9.5660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 501 | 9.6124 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 516 | 9.5970 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 544 | 9.5635 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 559 | 9.5781 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 582 | 9.5240 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 598 | 9.6114 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 600 | 9.5470 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 602 | 9.6184 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 612 | 9.6135 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 617 | 9.5848 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.6099 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.6145 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.5620 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.5700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.5744 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.5765 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.5825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.5865 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.6005 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.6045 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 677 | 9.6059 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 700 | 9.6550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 740 | 9.6384 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 747 | 9.6515 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 831 | 9.6050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 873 | 9.5980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 956 | 9.5330 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 956 | 9.6430 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,041 | 9.6100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,083 | 9.6085 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,138 | 9.6450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,158 | 9.6010 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,167 | 9.5995 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,411 | 9.6390 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,714 | 9.5519 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,582 | 9.5572 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,715 | 9.5868 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,754 | 9.6104 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,684 | 9.6299 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,773 | 9.5401 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 10,400 | 15.2348 USD | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 11,116 | 15.1088 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,382 | 9.5936 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 20,000 | 9.5838 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 31,171 | 9.5455 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 52,538 | 9.6221 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 54,976 | 9.5706 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 65,222 | 9.6060 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 101,718 | 9.5985 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 207,396 | 9.5607 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 26 | 9.5170 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 27 | 9.5728 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 39 | 9.6169 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 164 | 9.6130 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 179 | 9.6069 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 185 | 9.5763 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 195 | 9.6027 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 211 | 9.5140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 226 | 9.5833 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 258 | 9.6115 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 271 | 9.5959 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 311 | 9.6140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 342 | 9.5625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 343 | 9.5285 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.5985 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.6143 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.5815 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.5690 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.5730 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.6139 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.5790 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.5992 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.6535 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 9.6465 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 370 | 9.5824 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 370 | 9.6384 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 373 | 9.5920 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 378 | 9.6445 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 378 | 9.6485 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 381 | 9.5725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 388 | 9.6425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 9.5374 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 9.6230 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.5758 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.5739 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.5579 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6245 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6155 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6149 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6144 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6129 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6120 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6084 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6049 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6048 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6035 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6030 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.6025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.5954 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.5904 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 406 | 9.5820 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 408 | 9.6018 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 454 | 9.6020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 479 | 9.5020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 479 | 9.5804 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 479 | 9.5660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 501 | 9.6124 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 516 | 9.5970 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 544 | 9.5635 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 559 | 9.5781 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 582 | 9.5240 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 598 | 9.6114 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 9.5470 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 602 | 9.6184 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 612 | 9.6135 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 617 | 9.5848 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.6145 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.5620 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.5700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.5744 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.5765 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.5825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.5865 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.6005 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.6045 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.6059 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 677 | 9.6099 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 9.6550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 710 | 9.5387 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 719 | 9.6034 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 747 | 9.6515 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 831 | 9.6050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 842 | 9.6695 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 857 | 9.5900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 873 | 9.5980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 927 | 9.5270 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 956 | 9.6430 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 956 | 9.5330 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,041 | 9.6100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,077 | 9.5752 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,083 | 9.6085 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,158 | 9.6010 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,167 | 9.5995 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,362 | 9.5268 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,411 | 9.6390 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,412 | 9.6450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,351 | 9.5968 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,105 | 9.6567 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,163 | 9.5714 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,544 | 9.4868 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,610 | 9.5780 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,999 | 9.5317 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,029 | 9.5269 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,512 | 9.5945 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,596 | 9.5983 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,252 | 9.5514 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,956 | 9.5355 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,893 | 9.5853 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 10,400 | 15.2348 USD | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 11,116 | 15.1088 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,796 | 9.5202 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 21,373 | 9.5933 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 27,000 | 9.6392 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 29,745 | 9.5979 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 31,362 | 9.5905 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 35,021 | 9.5537 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 58,875 | 9.5251 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 64,701 | 9.6019 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 81,683 | 9.5421 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 121,360 | 9.5533 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 146,072 | 9.6060 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 550,917 | 9.6056 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 | 400 | 9.5374 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 1,362 | 9.5268 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 1,963 | 9.5810 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 2,449 | 9.6038 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 2,615 | 9.5800 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,365 | 9.5765 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 5,315 | 9.5893 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 5,495 | 9.5688 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 5,558 | 9.5711 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 6,512 | 9.5945 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 8,326 | 9.5044 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 20,076 | 9.5967 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 21,373 | 9.5933 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 40,000 | 9.6051 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 103,066 | 9.5644 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 100,134 | 9.5225 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 73 | 9.6205 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 3,005 | 9.5929 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 4,915 | 9.6157 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 5,042 | 9.5843 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 5,200 | 9.6006 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 9,218 | 9.5924 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 12,122 | 9.6383 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 19,187 | 9.5612 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 77,181 | 9.5750 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 103,006 | 9.5606 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: | 26 Aug 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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