24th Jul 2015 14:22
| 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: | 23 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: | 22,914,399 | 0.67% | 20,076,815 | 0.59% | |||||||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||||||
| 6,559,099 | 0.19% | 9,578,635 | 0.28% | ||||||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | |||||||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 30,472,412 | 0.89% | 30,655,450 | 0.90% | |||||||||||
| (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 | 100 | 10.5600 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 174 | 10.5238 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 426 | 10.5500 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 482 | 10.4950 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 482 | 10.5200 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 556 | 10.5225 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 743 | 10.5400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 790 | 10.5304 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Purchase | 800 | 16.4800 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 926 | 10.5850 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,000 | 10.5700 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,516 | 10.5266 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,614 | 10.5250 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,880 | 10.5150 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,067 | 10.5300 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,739 | 10.5482 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,835 | 10.5450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,954 | 10.5165 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,955 | 10.5475 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,035 | 10.5060 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,323 | 10.5253 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Purchase | 4,774 | 16.4959 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,985 | 10.5317 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,814 | 10.5582 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,120 | 10.5431 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,526 | 10.5319 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 22,124 | 10.5331 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 22,803 | 10.5619 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 23,716 | 10.5620 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 39,883 | 10.5383 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 115,789 | 10.5350 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.5600 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 426 | 10.5500 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 482 | 10.4950 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 482 | 10.5200 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 556 | 10.5225 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 10.5650 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 743 | 10.5400 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Sale | 800 | 16.4800 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 926 | 10.5850 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 10.5700 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,614 | 10.5250 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,880 | 10.5150 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,067 | 10.5300 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,181 | 10.5471 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,250 | 10.5260 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,835 | 10.5450 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,903 | 10.5504 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,955 | 10.5475 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,078 | 10.5149 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,085 | 10.5359 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ADR | Sale | 4,774 | 16.4959 USD | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,785 | 10.5365 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,242 | 10.5478 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,180 | 10.5390 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,675 | 10.5387 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,917 | 10.5481 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,484 | 10.5183 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 18,016 | 10.5408 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 22,590 | 10.5472 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 25,265 | 10.5356 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 40,967 | 10.5350 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 50,839 | 10.5624 GBP | ||||||||||||
| ORD | Sale | 119,695 | 10.5268 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 | 1,500 | 10.5586 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 2,387 | 10.5734 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,079 | 10.5322 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,532 | 10.5235 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 4,078 | 10.5149 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 8,746 | 10.5181 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 38,769 | 10.5419 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 101,932 | 10.5233 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 400 | 10.5483 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,900 | 10.5303 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 7,523 | 10.5373 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 11,526 | 10.5319 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 12,419 | 10.5420 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 13,336 | 10.5534 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 37,588 | 10.5311 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP Expires 27/08/2016 | Short | 76,754 | 10.5376 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP Expires 27/08/2016 | Short | 76,755 | 10.5426 GBP | |||||||||||
| ORD | SWAP Expires 27/08/2016 | Short | 130,759 | 10.5314 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: | 24 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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