20th Apr 2015 14:17
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: | 17 April 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: | 24,829,737 | 0.73% | 13,052,145 | 0.38% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 6,148,068 | 0.18% | 6,618,671 | 0.19% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 30,977,805 | 0.91% | 19,670,816 | 0.58% | |||||||
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 | 108 | 11.9400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 209 | 11.8875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 223 | 11.8971 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 336 | 11.9055 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 579 | 11.8825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 615 | 11.7750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 615 | 11.7800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 615 | 11.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 616 | 11.8925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,572 | 11.8808 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,845 | 11.7950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,856 | 11.8891 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,460 | 11.8050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,639 | 11.8100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,660 | 11.8254 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,955 | 11.8550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,690 | 11.9207 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,831 | 11.8968 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,228 | 11.8854 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,538 | 11.8650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,407 | 11.8799 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,515 | 11.8600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,216 | 11.8700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,486 | 11.8974 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,002 | 11.9075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,000 | 12.0000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,584 | 11.9150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,963 | 11.8871 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,190 | 11.8948 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 15,799 | 11.9100 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 17,208 | 17.8508 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 18,219 | 11.8975 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 18,396 | 11.9250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 18,631 | 11.8861 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 23,404 | 11.8829 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 24,161 | 11.8848 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 36,059 | 11.9050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 37,301 | 11.8750 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 38,600 | 17.8440 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 40,086 | 11.8876 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 43,311 | 11.8987 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 48,554 | 11.8800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 91,885 | 11.8850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 93,065 | 11.8885 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 106,699 | 11.8900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 108,171 | 11.8872 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 124,235 | 11.9000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 149,889 | 11.8847 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 184,631 | 11.9146 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 437,687 | 11.8920 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 640,763 | 11.8950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 108 | 11.9400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 209 | 11.8875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 539 | 11.9250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 615 | 11.7750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 615 | 11.7800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 615 | 11.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 616 | 11.8925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 672 | 11.9055 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 956 | 11.8825 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,379 | 11.8907 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,845 | 11.7950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,429 | 11.8917 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,460 | 11.8050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,639 | 11.8100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,722 | 11.9086 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,955 | 11.8550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,562 | 11.8675 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,538 | 11.8650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,000 | 12.0000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,440 | 11.8920 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,515 | 11.8600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,002 | 11.9075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 10,584 | 11.9150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,727 | 11.8700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 15,799 | 11.9100 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 17,208 | 17.8508 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 17,646 | 11.8886 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 18,064 | 11.8975 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 36,059 | 11.9050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 37,301 | 11.8750 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 38,600 | 17.8440 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 48,554 | 11.8800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 79,896 | 11.8842 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 91,885 | 11.8850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 106,699 | 11.8900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 109,658 | 11.8839 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 112,834 | 11.8866 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 120,774 | 11.9000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 124,263 | 11.8950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 129,659 | 11.8916 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 159,325 | 11.8881 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 159,537 | 11.8845 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 208,658 | 11.8762 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 234,872 | 11.8898 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 240,216 | 11.8876 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 288,189 | 11.8894 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 308,109 | 11.9088 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 411,978 | 11.9013 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 505,734 | 11.8838 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 | 24 | 11.8912 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 326 | 11.8999 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 2,555 | 11.9242 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 2,722 | 11.9086 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 4,000 | 11.9039 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 5,440 | 11.8920 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 11,095 | 11.8712 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 19,300 | 11.8905 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 30,000 | 11.8715 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 41,209 | 11.8770 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 21,546 | 11.9053 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 130,246 | 11.8787 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 147,256 | 11.8855 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 234,872 | 11.8898 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 459,597 | 11.8797 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 1,572 | 11.8807 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 2,185 | 11.8639 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 2,819 | 11.8729 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 4,441 | 11.8992 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 5,816 | 11.8990 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 8,604 | 11.9036 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 8,802 | 11.8888 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 13,190 | 11.8948 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 54,376 | 11.8906 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 129,676 | 11.8745 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 92,127 | 11.9068 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 418,977 | 11.8921 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: | 20 Apr 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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