24th Dec 2015 12:09
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: | 23 December 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: | 35,857,870 | 1.05% | 26,220,782 | 0.77% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 6,946,264 | 0.21% | 21,174,029 | 0.62% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 475,000 | 0.01% | 500,000 | 0.01% | |||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 43,279,134 | 1.27% | 47,894,811 | 1.40% | |||||||
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 | 50 | 9.6090 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 92 | 9.6100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 130 | 9.9050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 204 | 9.3475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 204 | 9.5514 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 305 | 9.7290 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 336 | 9.9115 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 336 | 9.8840 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 336 | 9.8930 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 336 | 9.6160 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 336 | 9.6150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 380 | 9.8880 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 410 | 9.8980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 421 | 9.5260 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 434 | 9.6145 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 436 | 9.8950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 512 | 9.5305 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 512 | 9.5395 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 512 | 9.5340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 558 | 9.8816 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 561 | 9.4864 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 570 | 9.8960 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 646 | 9.5320 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 691 | 9.8940 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 724 | 9.6980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 820 | 9.8750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 860 | 9.8970 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 911 | 9.9140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,061 | 9.9120 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,339 | 9.9040 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,575 | 9.5140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,654 | 9.7035 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,075 | 9.8890 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,463 | 9.8289 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,481 | 9.6990 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,569 | 9.9015 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,587 | 9.9020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,908 | 9.8703 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,102 | 9.8769 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,000 | 9.8800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,674 | 9.7529 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,374 | 9.5345 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,538 | 9.8817 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,640 | 9.7682 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,774 | 9.8810 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,446 | 9.7933 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 16,808 | 9.8910 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 17,710 | 9.5096 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 29,308 | 9.6175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 50,000 | 9.7368 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 59,133 | 9.6297 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 66,023 | 9.7078 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 73,845 | 9.6244 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 78,567 | 9.7493 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 128,747 | 9.6420 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 243,000 | 9.8898 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 360,783 | 9.7776 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9 | 9.6991 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 24 | 9.6090 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 92 | 9.6100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 130 | 9.9050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 204 | 9.5514 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 204 | 9.3475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 276 | 9.8850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 305 | 9.7290 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 329 | 9.8910 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 336 | 9.8950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 336 | 9.8860 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 336 | 9.8930 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 336 | 9.9115 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 336 | 9.6150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 336 | 9.6160 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 380 | 9.8880 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 410 | 9.8980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 421 | 9.5260 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 434 | 9.6145 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 512 | 9.5305 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 512 | 9.5340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 512 | 9.5395 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 558 | 9.8816 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 570 | 9.8960 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 646 | 9.5320 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 691 | 9.8940 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 692 | 9.8970 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 715 | 9.6989 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 724 | 9.6980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 812 | 9.5677 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 820 | 9.8750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 906 | 9.8943 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 911 | 9.9140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 912 | 9.8840 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 9.5300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,061 | 9.9120 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,339 | 9.9040 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,575 | 9.5140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,598 | 9.5100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,654 | 9.7035 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,075 | 9.8890 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,284 | 9.6497 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,481 | 9.6990 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,589 | 9.6422 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,602 | 9.6471 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,641 | 9.6236 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,587 | 9.9020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,101 | 9.6886 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,194 | 9.5441 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,123 | 9.6121 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,542 | 9.7704 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,000 | 9.8800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,911 | 9.8139 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,364 | 9.5120 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,374 | 9.5345 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,538 | 9.8963 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,978 | 9.7911 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 13,321 | 9.6891 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 16,526 | 9.5343 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 27,406 | 9.8998 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 34,784 | 9.6457 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 50,389 | 9.7144 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 64,783 | 9.7347 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 65,515 | 9.7092 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 86,085 | 9.8810 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 95,424 | 9.6857 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 192,740 | 9.6125 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 | 906 | 9.8943 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 5,101 | 9.6886 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 9,538 | 9.8963 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 13,580 | 9.7586 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 15,475 | 9.8908 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 22,663 | 9.7254 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 50,953 | 9.6887 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 121,246 | 9.6803 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,218 | 9.6061 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,727 | 9.8877 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 3,908 | 9.8703 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 5,869 | 9.3486 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 9,538 | 9.8817 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 13,601 | 9.7810 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 16,479 | 9.8911 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 21,385 | 9.8810 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 20,531 | 9.6709 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 50,000 | 9.7368 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 73,718 | 9.8739 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 39,737 | 9.7098 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 94,131 | 9.5035 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 243,000 | 9.8898 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: |
| 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: |
| NONE |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | |
| Date of disclosure: | 24 Dec 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.
143221.01
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
| 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. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
| 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 | Call Options | Purchased | 475,000 | 10.8500 | European | 15 Jan 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -500,000 | 1100.0000 | American | 15 Jan 2016 |
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.
View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151224005195/en/
Copyright Business Wire 2015
Related Shares:
BarclaysBG..L