27th May 2015 14:09
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: | 26 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: | 24,841,565 | 0.73% | 13,005,316 | 0.38% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 6,549,489 | 0.19% | 7,015,538 | 0.21% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 31,391,054 | 0.92% | 20,020,854 | 0.59% | |||||||
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 | 63 | 11.3600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 67 | 11.4195 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 91 | 11.3900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 276 | 11.4045 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 311 | 11.3250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 319 | 11.4390 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 373 | 11.4300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 416 | 11.4650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 463 | 11.4900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 463 | 11.4950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 463 | 11.5250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 550 | 11.3500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 561 | 11.4295 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 564 | 11.4000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 594 | 11.3800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 705 | 11.4450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 756 | 11.3475 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 800 | 17.5550 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 827 | 11.4600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 874 | 11.3225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 969 | 11.3675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,006 | 11.3925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,166 | 11.3625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,329 | 11.3000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,557 | 11.3825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,612 | 11.4350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,748 | 11.3200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,796 | 11.4775 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,797 | 11.3775 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,135 | 11.3854 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,179 | 11.3125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,204 | 11.3275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,290 | 11.3375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,325 | 11.3175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,351 | 11.4550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,463 | 11.3075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,532 | 11.4400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,563 | 11.4100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,751 | 11.3425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,881 | 11.3875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,886 | 11.4050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,066 | 11.4525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,227 | 11.4194 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,289 | 11.4125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,339 | 11.4225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,348 | 11.4575 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,392 | 11.3725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,491 | 11.4250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,552 | 11.3662 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,980 | 11.4475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,996 | 11.3575 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,241 | 11.4025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,335 | 11.4675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,432 | 11.3325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,438 | 11.4700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,770 | 11.5350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,900 | 11.3525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,908 | 11.4375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,013 | 11.4275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,234 | 11.3100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,285 | 11.4325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,642 | 11.3150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,649 | 11.3025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,684 | 11.3857 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,720 | 11.4500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,829 | 11.4425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,889 | 11.3050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,405 | 11.3603 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,413 | 11.4725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,958 | 11.4625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,692 | 11.4004 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,487 | 11.4075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,238 | 11.4750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,489 | 11.3300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 16,007 | 11.4460 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 25,059 | 11.4150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 53,286 | 11.3472 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 68,734 | 17.6295 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 69,326 | 11.4237 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 92,482 | 11.4175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 240,000 | 11.4117 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 240,153 | 11.4013 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 243,953 | 11.4098 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 48 | 11.3586 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 49 | 11.4416 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 50 | 11.3816 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 57 | 11.3636 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 61 | 11.4368 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 63 | 11.3600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 76 | 11.4316 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 79 | 11.3568 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 80 | 11.4432 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 80 | 11.4672 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 82 | 11.3136 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 11.3536 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 101 | 11.4036 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 101 | 11.4666 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 102 | 11.3768 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 120 | 11.4716 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 123 | 11.4168 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 123 | 11.4572 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 133 | 11.4518 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 145 | 11.3316 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 146 | 11.4617 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 146 | 11.4686 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 170 | 11.5350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 187 | 11.4116 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 202 | 11.4766 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 203 | 11.4068 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 221 | 11.4616 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 225 | 11.4118 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 227 | 11.3966 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 232 | 11.4318 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 240 | 11.3716 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 276 | 11.4045 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 284 | 11.4366 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 305 | 11.3386 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 311 | 11.3250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 319 | 11.4390 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 373 | 11.4300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 401 | 11.4066 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 416 | 11.4650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 455 | 11.4266 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 463 | 11.4900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 463 | 11.4950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 463 | 11.5250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 550 | 11.3500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 561 | 11.4295 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 564 | 11.4000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 565 | 11.3000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 594 | 11.3800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 705 | 11.4450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 747 | 11.4457 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 756 | 11.3475 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 800 | 17.5550 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 827 | 11.4600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 874 | 11.3225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 930 | 11.3200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 969 | 11.3675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 989 | 11.4461 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,006 | 11.3925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,166 | 11.3625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,478 | 11.3050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,557 | 11.3825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,612 | 11.4350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,727 | 11.4150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,728 | 11.4478 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,748 | 11.3100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,796 | 11.4775 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,797 | 11.3775 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,161 | 11.4022 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,179 | 11.3125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,204 | 11.3275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,290 | 11.3375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,325 | 11.3175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,375 | 11.4665 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,463 | 11.3075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,510 | 11.4618 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,532 | 11.4400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,563 | 11.4100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,751 | 11.3425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,861 | 11.4550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,881 | 11.3875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,886 | 11.4050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,945 | 11.4075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,066 | 11.4525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,289 | 11.4125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,339 | 11.4225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,348 | 11.4575 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,392 | 11.3725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,585 | 11.4250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,980 | 11.4475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,996 | 11.3575 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,241 | 11.4025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,335 | 11.4675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,432 | 11.3325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,438 | 11.4700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,790 | 11.3342 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,900 | 11.3525 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,908 | 11.4375 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,013 | 11.4275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,128 | 11.3150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,140 | 11.4377 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,285 | 11.4325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,448 | 11.3209 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,649 | 11.3025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,720 | 11.4500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,829 | 11.4425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,887 | 11.4175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,413 | 11.4725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,029 | 11.4628 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,958 | 11.4625 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 10,329 | 11.4750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,509 | 11.4458 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 19,730 | 11.3900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 23,917 | 11.4210 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 27,721 | 11.3868 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 30,608 | 11.3300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 38,987 | 11.3248 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 42,038 | 11.4158 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 49,247 | 11.4381 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 66,963 | 11.3750 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 68,734 | 17.6295 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 80,736 | 11.4321 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 107,034 | 11.4165 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 123,356 | 11.4090 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 140,377 | 11.4489 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 357,774 | 11.4134 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 462,468 | 11.5500 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 1,288 | 11.4142 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 4,790 | 11.3343 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 5,140 | 11.4378 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 19,133 | 11.4319 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 11,456 | 11.4272 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 27,721 | 11.3868 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 66,963 | 11.3750 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 83,307 | 11.4389 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 83,316 | 11.3696 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 383,005 | 11.4168 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 982 | 11.3387 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,000 | 11.3791 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 1,153 | 11.4252 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 6,890 | 11.4763 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 3,607 | 11.4765 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 7,500 | 11.3589 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 7,761 | 11.4274 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 10,000 | 11.3260 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 5,682 | 11.4665 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 19,492 | 11.4309 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 19,555 | 11.3977 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 33,962 | 11.3880 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 319,083 | 11.4243 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: | 27 May 2015 | ||
| Contact name: | Rajesh Muthanna | ||
| Telephone number: | 020 3555 4634 |
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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