14th Dec 2015 13:00
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: | 11 December 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: | ORD | ||||||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
| and/or controlled: | 35,486,560 | 1.04% | 26,991,307 | 0.79% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 7,579,537 | 0.23% | 20,694,198 | 0.61% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 475,000 | 0.01% | 500,000 | 0.01% | |||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 43,541,097 | 1.27% | 48,185,505 | 1.41% | |||||||
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 | 21 | 9.6680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 36 | 9.6635 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 49 | 9.2970 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 75 | 9.6560 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 9.2560 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 300 | 9.7033 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 323 | 9.3020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 323 | 9.3060 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 345 | 9.3025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 401 | 9.3340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 577 | 9.3015 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 600 | 9.4540 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 600 | 14.0800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 600 | 9.2600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 600 | 9.4480 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 646 | 9.3000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 646 | 9.2980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 700 | 9.2430 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 700 | 9.4500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 700 | 9.4870 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 707 | 9.3090 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 879 | 9.3390 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 946 | 9.3070 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 953 | 9.3335 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,102 | 9.3045 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,200 | 9.4510 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,270 | 9.3324 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,337 | 9.2990 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,771 | 9.3010 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,121 | 9.3030 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,223 | 9.3040 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,323 | 9.3284 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,599 | 9.3080 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,809 | 9.3050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,523 | 9.3034 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,000 | 9.5870 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,194 | 9.3058 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,391 | 9.6148 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 7,736 | 14.1499 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,843 | 9.3277 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,954 | 9.3266 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,350 | 9.4368 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 15,814 | 9.2580 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 36,533 | 9.3978 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 51,907 | 9.6355 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 55,939 | 9.4362 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 59,881 | 9.4588 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 84,351 | 9.6265 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 103,582 | 9.6123 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 168,506 | 9.5166 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 15 | 9.3030 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 21 | 9.6680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 63 | 9.6652 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 75 | 9.6560 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 163 | 9.6406 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 9.2560 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 323 | 9.3020 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 345 | 9.3025 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 384 | 9.3090 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 401 | 9.3340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 577 | 9.3015 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 9.2600 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 600 | 14.0800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 9.4540 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 9.4480 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 646 | 9.3040 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 9.4500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 9.4870 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 9.2430 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 852 | 9.3010 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 879 | 9.3390 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 946 | 9.3070 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 953 | 9.3335 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,094 | 9.3050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,102 | 9.3045 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,400 | 9.4231 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,450 | 9.5432 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,253 | 9.3501 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,590 | 9.6704 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,599 | 9.3080 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,755 | 9.3601 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,076 | 9.5870 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 7,736 | 14.1499 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,033 | 9.5899 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,454 | 9.3336 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,459 | 9.2580 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 76,484 | 9.5994 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 106,704 | 9.5932 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 146,959 | 9.5707 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 168,506 | 9.5204 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 | 300 | 9.2986 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 400 | 9.3509 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 15,027 | 9.6866 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 22,072 | 9.5027 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 54,150 | 9.4222 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 2,816 | 9.3410 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 3,868 | 9.3257 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 9,760 | 9.3649 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 18,940 | 9.5456 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 44,786 | 9.4675 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 54,163 | 9.4564 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 38,130 | 9.3351 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: |
| 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: |
| NONE |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | |
| Date of disclosure: | 14 Dec 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.
143221.01
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
| 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. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
| 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 | Call Options | Purchased | 475,000 | 10.8500 | European | 15 Jan 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -500,000 | 1100.0000 | American | 15 Jan 2016 |
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.
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