22nd Jul 2015 13:13
| 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: | 21 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 | ||||||||||||||
| (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: | 24,123,051 | 0.71% | 21,351,537 | 0.63% | |||||||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||||||
| 6,264,282 | 0.18% | 9,083,956 | 0.27% | ||||||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | |||||||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 31,387,333 | 0.92% | 31,435,493 | 0.92% | |||||||||||
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales | ||||||||||||||
| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||||||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 10.7925 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 486 | 10.7345 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 688 | 10.7400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 719 | 10.7350 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,000 | 10.8000 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,000 | 10.8050 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,012 | 10.7450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,130 | 10.7125 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,247 | 10.7175 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,261 | 10.7225 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,582 | 10.7788 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,785 | 10.7050 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,926 | 10.7800 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,934 | 10.7900 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,060 | 10.7275 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,112 | 10.7100 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,261 | 10.7325 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,413 | 10.7500 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,434 | 10.7850 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,586 | 10.7732 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,729 | 10.7150 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Purchase | 4,000 | 16.8800 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,399 | 10.7750 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,075 | 10.7300 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,014 | 10.7200 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 21,226 | 10.7250 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 27,041 | 10.7708 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 29,401 | 10.7700 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 30,975 | 10.7698 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Purchase | 31,140 | 16.8182 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 42,589 | 10.7696 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 56,580 | 10.7224 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 85,734 | 10.7256 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 130,600 | 10.7581 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 182,125 | 10.7749 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 250,000 | 10.8025 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 10.7925 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 486 | 10.7345 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 500 | 10.7215 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 688 | 10.7400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 719 | 10.7350 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 10.8000 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 10.8050 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,012 | 10.7450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,024 | 10.7867 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,130 | 10.7125 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,247 | 10.7175 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,785 | 10.7050 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,819 | 10.7225 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,926 | 10.7800 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,060 | 10.7275 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,112 | 10.7100 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,261 | 10.7325 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,413 | 10.7500 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,434 | 10.7850 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,466 | 10.7688 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,729 | 10.7150 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,813 | 10.7664 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Sale | 4,000 | 16.8800 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,076 | 10.7230 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,399 | 10.7750 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,269 | 10.7300 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,591 | 10.7310 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,098 | 10.7373 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,014 | 10.7200 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,495 | 10.7363 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,860 | 10.7900 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 13,143 | 10.7472 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 21,226 | 10.7250 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 21,868 | 10.7733 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 25,424 | 10.7760 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 26,457 | 10.7708 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 26,501 | 10.7264 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Sale | 31,140 | 16.8182 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 31,642 | 10.7696 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 36,199 | 10.7445 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 51,929 | 10.7778 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 58,128 | 10.7700 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 68,714 | 10.7374 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 90,693 | 10.7679 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 160,071 | 10.7492 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 | 7,300 | 10.7742 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 15,570 | 10.7788 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 27,972 | 10.7605 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 20,649 | 10.7251 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 43,633 | 10.7276 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 2,000 | 10.7908 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 5,578 | 10.7730 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 22,545 | 10.7562 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 28,080 | 10.7563 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 75,032 | 10.7775 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 47,897 | 10.7884 GBP | |||||||||||
| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||||||||||
| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option | ||||||||
| of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | money | |||||||||
| relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | paid/ | |||||||||||
| security | varying etc | to which | received | ||||||||||||
| option | per unit | ||||||||||||||
| relates | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Exercising | ||||||||||||||
| Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||||||||||
| security | securities | unit | |||||||||||||
| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||||||||||
| Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||||||||||
| security | applicable) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings 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: | |||||||||||||||
| 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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: | |||||||||||||||
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| NONE | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Attachments | ||||||||||||||
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | ||||||||||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 22 Jul 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Contact name: | Jay Supaya | ||||||||||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 7773 0635 | ||||||||||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS) | |||||||||||||||
| DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE 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. | OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES | ||||||||||||||
| 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: | |||||||||||||||
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