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Form 8.3 - BG Group Plc

18th May 2015 15:11

RNS Number : 5438N

Societe Generale SA

18 May 2015

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:	Société Générale S.A.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	BG Group Plc
(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: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	15/05/2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	YES: 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:	25p ordinary: 54,306,019 Shares interests and 1,157,406 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 27,300 equivalent Shares interests and 0 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 1 ordinary share)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	54,333,319	1.59	1,157,406	0.03
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	41,032,942	1.20
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	1,333,167	0.04	4,308,167	0.13
TOTAL:	55,666,486	1.63	46,498,515	1.36

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 security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
Ordinary	Purchase	1,738	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	600	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	5,542	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	2,300	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	4,434	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	2,900	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	3,238	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	5,542	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	5,543	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	4,434	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	5,543	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	1,138	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	201	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	745	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	377	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	447	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	2,880	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	4,340	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	892	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	696	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	3,030	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	1,816	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	354	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	100	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	347	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	354	11.745
Ordinary	Purchase	334	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	263	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	222	11.715
Ordinary	Purchase	180	11.74
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	11.785
Ordinary	Purchase	5	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	14	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	527	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	231	11.745
Ordinary	Purchase	231	11.745
Ordinary	Purchase	580	11.745
Ordinary	Purchase	2,084	11.735
Ordinary	Purchase	1,127	11.695
Ordinary	Purchase	155	11.695
Ordinary	Purchase	670	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	23	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	305	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	40	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	380	11.78
Ordinary	Purchase	291	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	24,772	11.799025
Ordinary	Purchase	941	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	198	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	301	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	99	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	73	11.79
Ordinary	Purchase	127	11.79
Ordinary	Purchase	2,605	11.73
Ordinary	Purchase	212	11.79
Ordinary	Purchase	100	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	634	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	580	11.785
Ordinary	Purchase	390	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	144	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	476	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	588	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	440	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	114	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	379	11.74
Ordinary	Purchase	315	11.74
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.74
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.74
Ordinary	Purchase	662	11.785
Ordinary	Purchase	2,361	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	717	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	700	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	318	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	100	11.775
Ordinary	Purchase	440	11.775
Ordinary	Purchase	588	11.775
Ordinary	Purchase	200	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	6,448	11.714864
Ordinary	Purchase	800	11.775
Ordinary	Purchase	304	11.775
Ordinary	Purchase	278	11.775
Ordinary	Purchase	218	11.775
Ordinary	Purchase	3,817	11.765724
Ordinary	Purchase	1,557	11.725
Ordinary	Purchase	456	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	505	11.765
Ordinary	Purchase	677	11.765
Ordinary	Purchase	119	11.765
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.765
Ordinary	Purchase	225	11.765
Ordinary	Purchase	588	11.765
Ordinary	Purchase	55	11.765
Ordinary	Purchase	224	11.735
Ordinary	Purchase	754	11.75
Ordinary	Purchase	630	11.785
Ordinary	Purchase	168	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	3,236	11.75
Ordinary	Purchase	226	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	800	11.785
Ordinary	Purchase	117	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	898	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	549	11.78
Ordinary	Purchase	198	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	200,000	11.781545
Ordinary	Purchase	312	11.74141
Ordinary	Purchase	90	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	681	11.79
Ordinary	Purchase	892	11.77
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	14
Ordinary	Sale	1,422	11.77
Ordinary	Sale	442	11.77
Ordinary	Sale	17,526	11.77
Ordinary	Sale	192	11.77
Ordinary	Sale	441	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	2,471	11.8
Ordinary	Sale	385	11.8
Ordinary	Sale	380	11.8
Ordinary	Sale	383	11.8
Ordinary	Sale	517	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	183	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	103	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	7	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	19	11.79
Ordinary	Sale	481	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	511	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	6	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	2,838	11.76
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	6	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	516	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	710	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	363	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	452	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	106	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	507	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	281	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	669	11.725
Ordinary	Sale	1,543	11.715
Ordinary	Sale	829	11.715
Ordinary	Sale	93	11.715
Ordinary	Sale	2,674	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	13,372	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	6,685	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	9,951	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	2,674	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	13,372	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	3,421	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	13,372	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	1,711	11.76
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	244	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	500	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	401	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	750	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	208	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	2,046	11.723861
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.75
Ordinary	Sale	750	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	2,365	11.755
Ordinary	Sale	518	11.78
Ordinary	Sale	7,547	11.706865
Ordinary	Sale	750	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	400	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	380	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	400	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	750	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.715
Ordinary	Sale	1,198	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	1,548	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.69
Ordinary	Sale	650	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	752	11.72
Ordinary	Sale	46	11.77
Ordinary	Sale	690	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	999	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	100	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	15,039	11.8129
Ordinary	Sale	423	11.715
Ordinary	Sale	123	11.715
Ordinary	Sale	472	11.715
Ordinary	Sale	354	11.715
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.71
Ordinary	Sale	643	11.77
Ordinary	Sale	6,685	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	999	11.815
	Total purchases	336,089
	Total sales	157,144

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	200,000	11.78155

(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

Ordinary

Listed call-option

Expiry

900,000

12.5

American

15/05/2015

N/A

Ordinary

Listed call-option

Expiry

240,000

American

15/05/2015

N/A

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Exercised against

10,000

9.5

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Exercised against

1,000

(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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:	18/05/2015
Contact name:	Jean-Baptiste GICQUEL
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6826

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

Full name of person making disclosure:	Société Générale S.A.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:	BG Group Plc

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which option or derivative relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
Ordinary	OTC call-option	Purchase	79,167	8.548	European options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	OTC put-option	Purchase	79,167	8.548	European options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	OTC put-option	Purchase	1,750,000	10.778	European options	06/01/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	8,000	10	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	10,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	1,000	11	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	30,000	11.5	American	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	90,000	12.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	25,000	12.500	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	5,000	12.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	70,000	12	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	25,000	12	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	165,000	12	American options	21/08/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	25,000	12	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	1,000	14	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	6,000	14	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	3,000	10	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	1,000	10	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	2,000	10	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	50,000	11.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	44,000	11	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	21,000	12	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	50,000	13.500	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	265,000	13	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	126,000	13	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	94,000	14	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	2,000	9.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	21,000	9.600	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	1,000	9	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	85,000	10	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	50,000	11.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	56,000	11.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	12	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	25,000	12	American options	16/10/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	4,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	10,000	12.500	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	75,000	12.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	144,000	12	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	90,000	12	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	250,000	12	American options	21/08/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	1,000	13	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	232,000	13	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	11,000	16	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	250,000	6	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	14,000	6	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	94,000	7.100	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	46,000	7.200	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	5,000	7.500	American options	17/06/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	1,000	7	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	30,000	7	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	8.500	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	25,000	8.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	3,000	8.800	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	10,000	8.800	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	8	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	36,000	8	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	24,000	8	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	6,000	9.600	American options	16/12/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	35,000	9.600	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	5,000	9.600	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed-put option	Purchase	95,000	12	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed-put option	Purchase	25,000	12.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	2,000	10.5	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	12.5	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	25,000	12	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	52,000	10	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	400,000	10	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	14,000	11	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	21,000	14	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	7.500	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	1,000	7.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	66,000	8.800	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	161,000	9.600	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	13,000	9	American options	19/06/2015

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.

This information is provided by RNS

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