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Form 8.3 - BG Group Plc

11th May 2015 14:39

RNS Number : 8031M

Societe Generale SA

11 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	08/05/2015
(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: 54,294,888 Shares interests and 2,283,455 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:	54,322,188	1.59	2,283,455	0.07
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0,00	36,554,893	1.07
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	1,547,167	0.04	5,933,167	0.17
TOTAL:	55,869,355	1.64	44,771,515	1.31

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	346	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	538	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	137	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	328	11.87
Ordinary	Purchase	249	11.87
Ordinary	Purchase	2,671	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	268	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	61	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	267	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	605	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	245	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	471	11.875
Ordinary	Purchase	2,400	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	535	11.875
Ordinary	Purchase	8,549	11.858912
Ordinary	Purchase	203	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	198	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	293	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	776	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	23	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	753	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	1,143	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	528	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	288	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	333	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	669	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	830	11.9
Ordinary	Purchase	800	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	618	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	327	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	773	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	24	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	581	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	1,263	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	232	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	1,205	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	137	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	205	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	268	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	368	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	528	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	374	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	436	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	267	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	268	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	18	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	801	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	848	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	11.79
Ordinary	Purchase	535	11.79
Ordinary	Purchase	750	11.785
Ordinary	Purchase	610	11.785
Ordinary	Purchase	989	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	568	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	668	11.875
Ordinary	Purchase	669	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	266	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	31	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	728	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	669	11.87
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	402	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	268	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	1,569	11.87
Ordinary	Purchase	1,106	11.87
Ordinary	Purchase	1,872	11.87
Ordinary	Purchase	54	11.87
Ordinary	Purchase	346	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	447	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	45	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	636	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	286	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	401	11.885
Ordinary	Purchase	726	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,377	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	156	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	449	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	131	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	91	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	275	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	302	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	317	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	538	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	518	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	1,605	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	838	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	838	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,774	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	3,438	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,885	11.86
Ordinary	Purchase	636	11.865
Ordinary	Purchase	232	11.865
Ordinary	Purchase	2,612	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	664	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	4,778	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	359	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	1,363	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	411	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.795
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.795
Ordinary	Purchase	731	11.79
Ordinary	Purchase	1,684	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	2,174	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	100	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	624	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	109	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	29	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	517	11.885
Ordinary	Purchase	421	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	79	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	931	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	431	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	421	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	254	11.88
Ordinary	Purchase	47	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	276	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	794	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	547	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	329	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	852	11.88
Ordinary	Purchase	618	11.88
Ordinary	Purchase	1,788	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	802	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	418	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	117	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	462	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	423	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	549	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	252	11.86
Ordinary	Purchase	667	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	339	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	535	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	1	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	675	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	355	11.885
Ordinary	Purchase	61	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	6,533	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,710	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,096	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	802	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	3,980	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,097	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	508	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,515	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,096	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,516	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	401	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	843	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,096	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	75	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	5,681	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,002	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	601	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,677	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,080	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,714	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,677	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,671	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,677	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	178	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,677	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,258	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	654	11.86
Ordinary	Purchase	447	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	53	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	147	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	14	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	481	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	519	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	519	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	268	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	296	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	1,400	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	440	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	1,130	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	686	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	1,678	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	750	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.8
Ordinary	Purchase	520	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	70,601	11.842177
Ordinary	Purchase	471	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	401	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	107	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	312	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	396	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	435	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	187	11.865
Ordinary	Purchase	1,049	11.865
Ordinary	Purchase	517	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	390	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	449	11.865
Ordinary	Purchase	463	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	50	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	878	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	701	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	28	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	402	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	339	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	792	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,591	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	404	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	401	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	281	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	203	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	62	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	635	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	233	11.845
Ordinary	Purchase	705	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	231	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	340	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	526	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	409	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	1,503	11.9
Ordinary	Purchase	3,484	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	627	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	842	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	383	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	517	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	401	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	964	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	781	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	379	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	262	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	350	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	800	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	950	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	800	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	302	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	429	11.85
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	402	11.795
Ordinary	Purchase	2,883	11.86
Ordinary	Purchase	968	11.795
Ordinary	Purchase	1,258	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,891	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	3,980	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,258	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	420	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	2,640	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,849	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	9,661	11.905
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	500	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	528	11.865
Ordinary	Purchase	3,490	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	237	11.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,602	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	458	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	538	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	366	11.795
Ordinary	Purchase	777	11.87
Ordinary	Purchase	800	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	189	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	265	11.87
Ordinary	Purchase	785	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	651	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	268	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	984	11.86
Ordinary	Purchase	401	11.855
Ordinary	Purchase	768	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	891	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	134	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	475	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	401	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	253	11.825
Ordinary	Purchase	19	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	195	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	300	11.84
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	427	11.83
Ordinary	Purchase	595	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	991	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	160	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	1,879	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	1,109	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	671	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	2,889	11.805
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.79
Ordinary	Purchase	230	11.815
Ordinary	Purchase	2,737,939	11.81
Ordinary	Purchase	5,250,984	11.945
Ordinary	Purchase	713	11.865
Ordinary	Purchase	400	11.82
Ordinary	Purchase	1,203	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	516	11.895
Ordinary	Sale	516	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	383	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	500	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	375	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	250	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	416	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	388	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	200	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	314	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	754	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	125	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	250	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	5,280	11.856699
Ordinary	Sale	1,040	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	1,227	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	328	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	441	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	391	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	1,038	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	51	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	530	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	169	11.795
Ordinary	Sale	436	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	528	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	2,107	11.845
Ordinary	Sale	801	11.84
Ordinary	Sale	508	11.885
Ordinary	Sale	578	11.885
Ordinary	Sale	2,076	11.885
Ordinary	Sale	435	11.815
Ordinary	Sale	65	11.9
Ordinary	Sale	500	11.9
Ordinary	Sale	958	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	1,042	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	628	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	15	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	872	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	374	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	280	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	286	11.8
Ordinary	Sale	838	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,640	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,640	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	195	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	3,438	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	443	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	214	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	452	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	1,958	11.83
Ordinary	Sale	727	11.79
Ordinary	Sale	731	11.79
Ordinary	Sale	436	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	375	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	74	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	371	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	618	11.88
Ordinary	Sale	387	11.88
Ordinary	Sale	538	11.84
Ordinary	Sale	356	11.84
Ordinary	Sale	225	11.84
Ordinary	Sale	436	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	265	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	325	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	332	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	747	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	436	11.835
Ordinary	Sale	886	11.875
Ordinary	Sale	356	11.875
Ordinary	Sale	3	11.875
Ordinary	Sale	1,233	11.88
Ordinary	Sale	708	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	75	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	8,650	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,560	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,007	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,096	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	6,685	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,096	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,096	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	238	11.875
Ordinary	Sale	239	11.875
Ordinary	Sale	189	11.87
Ordinary	Sale	343	11.87
Ordinary	Sale	31	11.87
Ordinary	Sale	30	11.87
Ordinary	Sale	30	11.87
Ordinary	Sale	1,875	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,504	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	288	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,097	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,515	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	843	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,733	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	861	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	61	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,677	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	4,162	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	152	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,053	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,640	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,258	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	856	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,640	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	9,840	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	230	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	342	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,640	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	6,676	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,677	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	11,730	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,677	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	209	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,080	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	90	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,660	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,443	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	234	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	7,520	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,714	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	5,821	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,677	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,258	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	11,730	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	268	11.885
Ordinary	Sale	211	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	826	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	155	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	141	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	80	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	61	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	400	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	114	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	1,555	11.84
Ordinary	Sale	1,555	11.845
Ordinary	Sale	58	11.84
Ordinary	Sale	19,213	11.853059
Ordinary	Sale	433	11.82
Ordinary	Sale	447	11.835
Ordinary	Sale	1,337	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	482	11.89
Ordinary	Sale	665	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	1,606	11.9
Ordinary	Sale	32	11.9
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.88
Ordinary	Sale	423	11.88
Ordinary	Sale	334	11.88
Ordinary	Sale	400	11.88
Ordinary	Sale	280	11.88
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	408	11.85
Ordinary	Sale	5,066	11.9
Ordinary	Sale	1,351	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	276	11.87
Ordinary	Sale	1,374	11.87
Ordinary	Sale	421	11.88
Ordinary	Sale	6,812	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	2,891	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	7,454	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	3,980	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	6,533	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	3,980	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	1,710	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	401	11.905
Ordinary	Sale	655	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	400	11.805
Ordinary	Sale	435	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	169	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	339	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	800	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	67	11.855
Ordinary	Sale	750	11.845
Ordinary	Sale	400	11.845
Ordinary	Sale	860	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	460	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	1,337	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	565	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	33	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	1,903	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	1,307	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	935	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	3,343	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	372	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	52	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	838	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	548	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	2,408	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	1,068	11.81
Ordinary	Sale	195	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	1,540	11.865
Ordinary	Sale	7,763	11.875685
Ordinary	Sale	579	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	652	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	182	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	127	11.875
Ordinary	Sale	769	11.84
Ordinary	Sale	435	11.86
Ordinary	Sale	770	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	105	11.825
Ordinary	Sale	1,432	11.892877
Ordinary	Sale	211	11.805
	Total purchases	8,313,889
	Total sales	289,119

(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	Increasing a short position	5,250,984	11.945

(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

Purchasing

44,000

American

18/12/15

0.57

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Purchasing

44,000

American

18/12/15

0.87

(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:	11/05/2015
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	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	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	19/06/15
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	240,000	12	American options	15/05/2015
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	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	900,000	12.500	American options	15/05/2015
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	70,000	12	American	18/09/2015
Ordinary	Listed-put option	Purchase	25,000	12.5	American	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	2,000	10.5	American	18/09/15
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	25,000	12	American	18/03/16
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

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