4th Sep 2015 15:10
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: | 03 September 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: | 30,120,416 | 0.88% | 19,989,686 | 0.58% | ||||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | |||||||||||
| 6,366,069 | 0.19% | 16,523,107 | 0.48% | |||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | |||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
| (4) | ||||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 36,486,485 | 1.07% | 36,512,793 | 1.07% | ||||||||
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 | 27 | 9.8609 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 39 | 9.8620 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 44 | 9.9260 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 55 | 9.8587 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 9.8670 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 9.8680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 165 | 9.8489 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 9.8616 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 211 | 9.8588 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 216 | 9.8224 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 245 | 9.8455 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 245 | 9.9456 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 314 | 9.8170 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 315 | 9.8440 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 339 | 9.8528 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 353 | 9.8685 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 353 | 9.8595 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 353 | 9.8615 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 353 | 9.8619 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 353 | 9.8635 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 361 | 9.9029 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 374 | 9.8120 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 375 | 9.8860 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 395 | 9.8515 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 424 | 9.8485 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 424 | 9.9295 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 424 | 9.8558 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 500 | 9.8840 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 516 | 9.8500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 522 | 9.8805 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 523 | 9.8630 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 534 | 9.8886 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 590 | 9.9020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 599 | 9.8210 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 600 | 9.8980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 602 | 9.9035 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 602 | 9.8400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 602 | 9.9069 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 608 | 9.8665 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 629 | 9.8240 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 637 | 9.8330 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 642 | 9.8380 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 645 | 9.8600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 666 | 9.8080 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 667 | 9.8610 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 680 | 9.9270 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 700 | 9.9070 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 716 | 9.8140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 738 | 9.9005 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 740 | 9.9210 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 748 | 9.8430 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 760 | 9.8350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 769 | 9.9504 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 780 | 9.8530 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 785 | 9.8480 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 795 | 9.8700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 800 | 9.8829 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 842 | 9.8410 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 864 | 9.8570 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 878 | 9.9000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 883 | 9.8565 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 957 | 15.0700 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 966 | 9.8540 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,054 | 9.8280 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,067 | 9.8490 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,086 | 9.8660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,100 | 9.8765 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,122 | 9.9030 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,160 | 9.8550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,170 | 9.8640 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,176 | 9.8070 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,246 | 9.8900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,264 | 9.8845 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,284 | 9.9015 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,297 | 9.8780 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,356 | 9.8740 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,429 | 9.8090 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,551 | 9.8750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,581 | 9.8220 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,604 | 9.8760 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,634 | 9.8460 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,644 | 9.9280 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,647 | 9.8250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,777 | 9.8180 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,883 | 9.8710 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,918 | 9.8475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,962 | 9.8290 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,993 | 9.9200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,020 | 9.8705 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,045 | 9.8130 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,106 | 9.8230 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,124 | 9.8150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,168 | 9.8510 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,316 | 9.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,326 | 9.8110 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,404 | 9.9310 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,494 | 9.8992 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,604 | 9.8781 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,196 | 9.9600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,505 | 9.8941 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,649 | 9.9300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,701 | 9.9500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,923 | 9.8470 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,679 | 9.8717 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,220 | 9.8202 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 17,204 | 9.8989 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 20,900 | 9.8921 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 22,684 | 9.8736 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 36,948 | 9.8959 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 61,167 | 9.8791 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 73,500 | 9.8833 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 95,692 | 15.1191 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 107,602 | 9.8676 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 117,568 | 9.8207 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 138,292 | 9.8927 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 196,069 | 9.8931 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,214,593 | 9.8785 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 27 | 9.8609 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 39 | 9.8620 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 44 | 9.9260 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 55 | 9.8587 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 9.8670 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 165 | 9.8489 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 9.8616 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 211 | 9.8588 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 216 | 9.8224 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 245 | 9.8455 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 314 | 9.8170 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 315 | 9.8440 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 339 | 9.8528 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 353 | 9.8595 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 353 | 9.8615 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 353 | 9.8619 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 353 | 9.8635 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 353 | 9.8685 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 361 | 9.9029 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 374 | 9.8120 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 375 | 9.8860 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 395 | 9.8515 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 424 | 9.8485 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 424 | 9.8558 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 424 | 9.9295 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 473 | 9.7580 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 500 | 9.8840 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 516 | 9.8500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 522 | 9.8805 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 523 | 9.8630 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 590 | 9.9020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 599 | 9.8210 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 9.8980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 602 | 9.9069 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 602 | 9.8400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 602 | 9.9035 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 608 | 9.8665 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 629 | 9.8240 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 637 | 9.8330 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 642 | 9.8380 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 645 | 9.8600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 666 | 9.8080 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 667 | 9.8610 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 680 | 9.9270 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 9.9070 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 716 | 9.8140 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 738 | 9.9005 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 740 | 9.9210 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 748 | 9.8430 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 750 | 9.8976 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 760 | 9.8350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 769 | 9.9504 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 780 | 9.8530 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 785 | 9.8480 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 795 | 9.8700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 800 | 9.8829 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 842 | 9.8410 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 864 | 9.8570 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 878 | 9.9000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 883 | 9.8565 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 957 | 15.0700 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 966 | 9.8540 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,054 | 9.8280 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,067 | 9.8490 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,122 | 9.9030 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,160 | 9.8550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,176 | 9.8070 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,246 | 9.8900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,264 | 9.8845 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,284 | 9.9015 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,297 | 9.8780 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,356 | 9.8740 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,400 | 9.8196 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,429 | 9.8090 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,500 | 9.8971 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,551 | 9.8750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,581 | 9.8220 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,604 | 9.8760 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,634 | 9.8460 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,644 | 9.9280 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,647 | 9.8250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,667 | 9.8589 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,777 | 9.8180 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,830 | 9.8368 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,866 | 9.8251 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,883 | 9.8710 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,918 | 9.8475 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,962 | 9.8290 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,993 | 9.9200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,020 | 9.8705 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,045 | 9.8130 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,106 | 9.8230 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,120 | 9.8470 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,124 | 9.8150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,168 | 9.8510 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,316 | 9.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,326 | 9.8110 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,404 | 9.9310 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,679 | 9.8444 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,196 | 9.9600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,649 | 9.9300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,701 | 9.9500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,944 | 9.8422 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,541 | 9.8553 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,371 | 9.8429 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 13,785 | 9.8765 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,839 | 9.8794 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 16,704 | 9.8757 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 21,000 | 9.9305 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 25,706 | 9.8267 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 26,814 | 9.8702 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 28,712 | 9.8668 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 29,251 | 9.8694 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 39,297 | 9.8746 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 39,311 | 9.8667 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 72,570 | 9.8278 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 78,838 | 9.8772 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 95,692 | 15.1191 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100,896 | 9.8660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 123,460 | 9.8640 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 131,330 | 9.8673 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 133,030 | 9.9372 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 133,030 | 9.9357 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 169,553 | 9.8680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 189,666 | 9.8776 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300,000 | 9.8585 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 497,094 | 9.8545 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 537,177 | 9.8837 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 | 400 | 9.8686 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 1,374 | 9.8335 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 1,400 | 9.8197 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 1,667 | 9.8589 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 7,108 | 9.8569 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 14,839 | 9.8793 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 66,293 | 9.8797 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 68,509 | 9.8272 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 80,255 | 9.8645 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 126,702 | 9.8814 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 245 | 9.9456 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 534 | 9.8886 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 2,115 | 9.8608 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 2,803 | 9.8470 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 6,863 | 9.9185 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 7,586 | 9.9169 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 34,833 | 9.8981 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 35,048 | 9.9094 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 47,846 | 9.8431 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 50,540 | 9.9136 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 73,500 | 9.8796 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 78,443 | 9.8682 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 123,424 | 9.9167 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: | 4 Sep 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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