5th May 2015 12:40
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: | 1 May 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: | 10p ordinary (inc ADR's) | ||||||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
| and/or controlled: | 24,915,807 | 0.73% | 12,369,192 | 0.36% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 5,407,435 | 0.16% | 6,449,041 | 0.19% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 30,323,242 | 0.89% | 18,818,233 | 0.55% | |||||||
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 | 1 | 11.7900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1 | 11.8300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2 | 11.8850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5 | 11.8350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11 | 11.9394 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 36 | 11.9379 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 222 | 11.9245 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 265 | 11.8800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 613 | 11.9275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 613 | 11.9500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 613 | 11.9600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 655 | 11.8550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 710 | 11.8650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 914 | 11.9434 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 925 | 11.8500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 949 | 11.8905 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 989 | 11.8150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,100 | 11.9415 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,110 | 11.8100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,769 | 11.8050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,038 | 11.8250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,495 | 11.7250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,857 | 11.7950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,360 | 11.8400 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 4,000 | 18.0800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,085 | 11.8000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,421 | 11.8972 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,668 | 11.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,604 | 11.8450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,386 | 11.7356 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 19,800 | 18.2800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 21,858 | 11.8878 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 54,738 | 11.8822 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 110,901 | 11.8815 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 133,702 | 11.8851 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 133,702 | 11.9300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 153,000 | 11.8938 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 295,146 | 11.8941 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1 | 11.7900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1 | 11.8300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1 | 11.8850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5 | 11.8350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 37 | 11.8037 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 113 | 11.8890 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 164 | 11.9270 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 222 | 11.9245 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 498 | 11.9550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 500 | 11.7622 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 613 | 11.9275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 613 | 11.9500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 613 | 11.9600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 655 | 11.8550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 690 | 11.9416 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 710 | 11.8650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 925 | 11.8500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 989 | 11.8150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 11.8800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,110 | 11.8100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,769 | 11.8050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,038 | 11.8250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,061 | 11.9435 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,218 | 11.8934 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,857 | 11.7950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,360 | 11.8400 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 4,000 | 18.0800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,085 | 11.8000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,668 | 11.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,021 | 11.8038 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,604 | 11.8450 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,878 | 11.8969 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 19,115 | 11.8906 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 19,800 | 18.2800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 23,719 | 11.8280 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 36,591 | 11.8899 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 41,812 | 11.8748 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 59,548 | 11.8716 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 140,456 | 11.8812 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 243,928 | 11.8768 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 530,192 | 11.8938 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 | 72 | 11.8693 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 326 | 11.9311 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 500 | 11.9178 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 618 | 11.9488 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 2,000 | 11.8789 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 4,100 | 11.8250 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 7,551 | 11.9133 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 26,254 | 11.9212 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 101,057 | 11.8985 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 70,085 | 11.8832 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 564,561 | 11.8855 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,796 | 11.9058 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 4,100 | 11.8250 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 8,021 | 11.8423 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 9,900 | 11.9610 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 7,551 | 11.9416 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 16,901 | 11.8774 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 95,024 | 11.9120 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 53,223 | 11.9346 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 108,175 | 11.9050 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 133,702 | 11.8851 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 133,702 | 11.9300 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 183,848 | 11.8541 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: | 5 May 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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