12th Nov 2015 14:35
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 November 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: | 31,886,989 | 0.93% | 26,345,184 | 0.77% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 5,838,885 | 0.17% | 20,021,917 | 0.59% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 475,000 | 0.01% | 500,000 | 0.01% | |||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 38,200,874 | 1.11% | 46,867,101 | 1.37% | |||||||
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 | 56 | 9.9360 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 227 | 9.9730 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 240 | 9.9570 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 267 | 9.9850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 300 | 9.9890 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 301 | 9.9520 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 326 | 9.9530 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 326 | 9.9650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 326 | 9.9670 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 326 | 9.9540 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 326 | 9.9640 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 330 | 9.9760 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 330 | 9.9315 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 330 | 9.9880 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 367 | 9.9680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 367 | 9.9490 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 398 | 9.9930 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 409 | 9.9500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 629 | 9.9710 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 656 | 9.9740 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 683 | 9.9980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 884 | 10.0125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 902 | 9.9720 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 938 | 9.9700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 989 | 9.9970 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 994 | 10.0100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,252 | 9.9790 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,320 | 9.9660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,383 | 9.9610 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,573 | 9.9560 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,981 | 9.9929 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,654 | 9.9910 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,037 | 9.9800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,373 | 10.0325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,737 | 9.9548 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,461 | 9.9539 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,365 | 10.0050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,116 | 9.9728 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,770 | 9.9837 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,952 | 9.9906 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,894 | 9.9918 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,251 | 9.9510 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,410 | 9.9905 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 15,496 | 9.9756 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 18,903 | 9.9573 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 54,118 | 9.9709 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 60,243 | 9.9528 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 68,339 | 9.9781 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 78,985 | 9.9619 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 79,333 | 9.9480 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 111,186 | 15.1631 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 227 | 9.9730 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 240 | 9.9570 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 267 | 9.9850 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 9.9890 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 301 | 9.9520 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 326 | 9.9530 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 326 | 9.9640 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 326 | 9.9650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 326 | 9.9540 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 326 | 9.9670 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 330 | 9.9315 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 330 | 9.9880 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 330 | 9.9760 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 367 | 9.9680 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 367 | 9.9490 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 397 | 9.9480 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 398 | 9.9930 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 409 | 9.9500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 497 | 10.0100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 629 | 9.9710 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 683 | 9.9980 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 826 | 9.9538 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 866 | 9.9740 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 902 | 9.9720 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 910 | 9.9071 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 938 | 9.9700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 989 | 9.9970 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,068 | 9.9523 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,117 | 10.0039 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,252 | 9.9790 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,320 | 9.9660 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,383 | 9.9610 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,573 | 9.9560 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,744 | 10.0131 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,768 | 10.0125 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,831 | 10.0325 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,654 | 9.9910 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,037 | 9.9800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,723 | 9.9636 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,099 | 10.0050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,749 | 9.9950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 15,650 | 9.9817 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 18,616 | 9.9253 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 22,000 | 9.9944 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 23,250 | 9.9627 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 41,481 | 9.9926 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 111,186 | 15.1631 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 172,058 | 9.9633 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 184,234 | 9.9778 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 | 1,068 | 9.9523 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 4,184 | 9.9987 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 4,753 | 9.9781 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 15,536 | 9.9890 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 22,000 | 9.9944 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 23,766 | 9.9821 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 33,593 | 10.0322 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 63,495 | 9.9640 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 122,989 | 9.9829 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,663 | 9.9466 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 4,737 | 9.9548 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 11,774 | 9.9616 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 17,226 | 10.0379 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 26,459 | 9.9864 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 28,636 | 9.9613 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 62,724 | 9.9687 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP Expires 13/12/2016 | Short | 9,594,094 | 9.9300 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: 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” |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | ||
| Date of disclosure: | 12 Nov 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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