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Form 8.3 - BG Group Plc

22nd Apr 2015 15:01

RNS Number : 0270L

Societe Generale SA

22 April 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	21/04/2015
(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: 15,968,555 Shares interests and 4,259,962 short position ADR (referencing the ordinary): 84,000 equivalent Shares interests and 56,700 equivalent Shares as short position Where (1 ADR = 1 ordinary share)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	16,052,555	0.47	4,316,662	0.13
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	5,176,904	0.15
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	1,738,167	0.05	5,889,167	0.17
TOTAL:	17,790,722	0.52	15,382,733	0.45

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	465	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,337	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	4,236	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	12,809	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	23,177	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	1,866	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	953	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	477	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	476	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	3,393	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	13,225	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	14,329	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	401	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	178	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	1,602	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	240	11.965
Ordinary	Purchase	747	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	1,710	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	1,113	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	3,013	11.93
Ordinary	Purchase	535	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	5,218	11.971156
Ordinary	Purchase	350	11.945
Ordinary	Purchase	800	11.965
Ordinary	Purchase	352	11.965
Ordinary	Purchase	669	11.98
Ordinary	Purchase	5,841	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	6,683	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	2,480	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	680	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	4,817	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	476	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	6,683	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	2,460	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	150	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	477	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	476	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	119	11.965
Ordinary	Purchase	345	11.965
Ordinary	Purchase	464	11.96
Ordinary	Purchase	401	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	243	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	102	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	267	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	534	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	1,014	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	606	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	223	11.96
Ordinary	Purchase	232	11.95
Ordinary	Purchase	464	11.965
Ordinary	Purchase	1,443	11.975003
Ordinary	Purchase	95	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	250	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,161	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	143	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	64	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,071	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	924	11.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,818	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	907	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	9	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	921	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	242	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	301	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	107	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.965
Ordinary	Purchase	37	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	499	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	106	11.97
Ordinary	Purchase	586	11.945
Ordinary	Purchase	4,602	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	1,145,729	11.939992
Ordinary	Purchase	305	11.971443
Ordinary	Purchase	6,683	11.94
Ordinary	Purchase	870	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	315	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	1,203	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	178	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	1,560	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	1,119	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	700	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	1,536	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	464	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	668	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	453	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	506	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	399	11.93
Ordinary	Sale	247	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	190	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	403	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	7,502	11.95413
Ordinary	Sale	1,831	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	462	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	100	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	620	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	838	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	208	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	462	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	1,043	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	297	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	534	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	3,990	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	297	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	2,226	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	268	11.935
Ordinary	Sale	400	11.935
Ordinary	Sale	343	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	403	11.955
Ordinary	Sale	321	11.945
Ordinary	Sale	213	11.945
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	111	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	290	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	638	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	275	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	691	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	161	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	1,900	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	672	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	583	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	2,401	11.955
Ordinary	Sale	400	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	750	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	1	11.955
Ordinary	Sale	1,478	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	46	11.985
Ordinary	Sale	217	11.985
Ordinary	Sale	158	11.985
Ordinary	Sale	105	11.985
Ordinary	Sale	2,131	11.935
Ordinary	Sale	759	11.935
Ordinary	Sale	2,537	11.935
Ordinary	Sale	500	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	400	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	572	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	7	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	348	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	394	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	133	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	152	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	98	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	10,317	11.967026
Ordinary	Sale	332	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	1,580	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	401	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	870	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	76	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	572	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	542	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	183	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	668	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	1,546	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.93
Ordinary	Sale	411	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	178	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	3,959	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	11,441	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	2,005	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	57	11.93
Ordinary	Sale	345	11.93
Ordinary	Sale	999	11.935
Ordinary	Sale	51	11.935
Ordinary	Sale	546	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	1,942	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	161	11.945
Ordinary	Sale	1,318	11.895
Ordinary	Sale	267	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	903	11.955
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.945
Ordinary	Sale	507	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	539	11.93
Ordinary	Sale	31	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	447	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	353	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	360	11.87
Ordinary	Sale	750	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	128	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	181	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	299	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	396	11.945
Ordinary	Sale	725	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	742	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	407	11.98
Ordinary	Sale	38	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	529	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	169	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	310	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	156	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	511	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	230	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	511	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	31,381	11.94791
Ordinary	Sale	854	11.875
Ordinary	Sale	688	11.97
ADR	Sale	103	11.97
ADR	Sale	1,778	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	669	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	162	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	105	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	511	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	199	11.925
Ordinary	Sale	19	11.925
Ordinary	Sale	336	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	496	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	386	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	527	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	2,982	11.956854
Ordinary	Sale	398	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	499	11.95
Ordinary	Sale	1,309	11.95783
Ordinary	Sale	433	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	401	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.96
Ordinary	Sale	299	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	473	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	882	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	534	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	728	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.955
Ordinary	Sale	242	11.94
Ordinary	Sale	1,502	11.975
Ordinary	Sale	526	11.955
Ordinary	Sale	547	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	360	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	26	11.97
Ordinary	Sale	190	11.965
Ordinary	Sale	31	11.945
Ordinary	Sale	31	11.945
ADR	Sale	14,700	11.95
	Total purchases	1,300,781
	Total sales	181,103

(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	Equity Linked Swap	Opening a short position	1,145,729	11.939992

(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

Purchase

25,000

American

21/08/2015

0.505

Ordinary

Listed-put option

Purchase

25,000

American

21/08/2015

0.705

(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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:	22/04/2015
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	500,000	11	European options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	OTC put-option	Purchase	1,750,000	10.778	European options	06/01/2016
Ordinary	OTC put-option	Purchase	250,000	8.100	European options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	8,000	10	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	301,000	11	American options	15/05/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	1,000	11	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	90,000	12.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	240,000	12	American options	15/05/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	45,000	12	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	164,000	12	American options	21/08/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	31,000	14	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	Purchase	5,000	9.600	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	19,000	10	American options	15/05/2015
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	70,000	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	900,000	12.500	American options	15/05/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	65,000	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	15,000	8.800	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	35,000	9.500	American options	15/05/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	40,000	9.500	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	27,000	9.500	American options	19/06/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	11,000	9.600	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	20,000	9	American options	15/05/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	23,000	9	American options	17/07/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	35,000	9	American options	19/06/2015
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	25,000	11.500	American options	19/06/2015
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	30,000	12.500	American options	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	100,000	12	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	89,000	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	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	30,000	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	10,000	9.500	American options	15/05/2015
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

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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