3rd Aug 2015 14:35
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: | 31 July 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: | 25,491,745 | 0.75% | 21,971,748 | 0.64% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 6,589,028 | 0.19% | 10,696,101 | 0.31% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 33,080,773 | 0.97% | 33,667,849 | 0.99% | |||||||
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 | 18 | 10.8300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 30 | 10.8275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 61 | 10.8925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.9500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 103 | 10.8400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 121 | 10.7800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 124 | 10.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 275 | 10.8850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 354 | 10.9775 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 366 | 10.8937 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 369 | 10.8075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 414 | 10.8651 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 421 | 10.9725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 453 | 10.9050 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 500 | 17.1200 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 510 | 10.8989 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 541 | 10.7990 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 553 | 10.9800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 591 | 10.9200 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 600 | 17.1033 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 776 | 10.9278 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 957 | 10.9300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,221 | 10.8950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,152 | 10.9250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,161 | 10.8994 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,660 | 10.9267 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,824 | 10.9400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,824 | 10.9425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,985 | 10.9650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,194 | 10.9000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,280 | 10.9700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,072 | 10.8900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,125 | 10.9254 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,354 | 10.8921 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,104 | 10.8999 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,059 | 10.9600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 16,094 | 10.9253 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 22,570 | 17.1769 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 23,163 | 10.9016 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 104,745 | 10.9247 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 111,750 | 10.9160 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 175,361 | 10.9209 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 442,207 | 10.8500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 18 | 10.8300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 26 | 10.8500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 48 | 10.8284 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.9500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 103 | 10.8400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 121 | 10.7800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 124 | 10.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 172 | 10.8894 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 199 | 10.9719 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 204 | 10.8975 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 275 | 10.8850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 277 | 10.9619 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 354 | 10.9775 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 369 | 10.8075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 386 | 10.9218 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 500 | 17.1200 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 510 | 10.8925 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 530 | 10.8968 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 578 | 10.9725 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 591 | 10.9200 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 600 | 17.1033 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 957 | 10.9300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,214 | 10.9800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,316 | 10.9063 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,375 | 10.8918 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,412 | 10.9400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,412 | 10.9425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,863 | 10.7853 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,885 | 10.9418 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,014 | 10.9050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,653 | 10.9850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,693 | 10.9000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,610 | 10.9750 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,260 | 10.9341 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,467 | 10.8950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,548 | 10.9159 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,669 | 10.9295 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,083 | 10.9700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 10,529 | 10.9576 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,772 | 10.9650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 13,653 | 10.9389 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 17,869 | 10.8872 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 21,026 | 10.9319 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 22,570 | 17.1769 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 25,098 | 10.9320 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 27,764 | 10.8900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 30,638 | 10.9368 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 31,343 | 10.8964 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 32,402 | 10.9600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 33,615 | 10.9044 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 36,166 | 10.9263 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 75,218 | 10.8798 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 81,229 | 10.9226 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 143,957 | 10.9250 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 | 819 | 10.9154 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 8,945 | 10.9308 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 8,593 | 10.8912 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 19,552 | 10.8683 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 23,696 | 10.8420 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 66,517 | 10.8989 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 200 | 10.9260 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 376 | 10.9560 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 831 | 10.9438 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 11,315 | 10.8970 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 62,453 | 10.8952 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 83,095 | 10.9309 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? | YES | ||
| Date of disclosure: | 3 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.
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 | Put Options | Purchased | -1,000,000 | 10.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 1,000,000 | 10.5000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 |
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.
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