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Form 8.3 - BG Group Plc

9th Oct 2015 15:14

RNS Number : 8570B

Societe Generale SA

09 October 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	08/10/2015
(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: 67,346,159 Shares interests and 2,243,101 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:	67,373,459	1.97	2,243,101	0.07
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	12,478,482	0.37	59,119,389	1.73
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	1,199,000	0.04	3,329,000	0.10
TOTAL:	81,050,941	2.37	64,691,490	1.89

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	533	10.83
Ordinary	Purchase	317,542	10.83
Ordinary	Purchase	1,083	10.875439
Ordinary	Purchase	7,795	10.823607
Ordinary	Purchase	8,572	10.815318
Ordinary	Purchase	265	10.84
Ordinary	Purchase	1,214	10.83
Ordinary	Purchase	762	10.801614
Ordinary	Purchase	610	10.82
Ordinary	Purchase	1,995	10.83
Ordinary	Purchase	1,195	10.866582
Ordinary	Purchase	8,428	10.83
Ordinary	Purchase	2,633	10.800881
Ordinary	Purchase	12,493	10.838799
Ordinary	Purchase	531	10.807589
Ordinary	Purchase	1,950	10.881205
Ordinary	Purchase	6,520	10.83
Ordinary	Purchase	4,253	10.834031
Ordinary	Purchase	2,346	10.83
Ordinary	Purchase	45,949	10.82977
Ordinary	Sale	64,940	10.819086
Ordinary	Sale	19,902	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	19,902	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	71,731	10.82789
Ordinary	Sale	61	10.895
Ordinary	Sale	5	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	79	10.805
Ordinary	Sale	67	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	9	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	69	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	1,172	10.77
Ordinary	Sale	31	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	11,497	10.816617
Ordinary	Sale	8,282	10.825927
Ordinary	Sale	1,302	10.88
Ordinary	Sale	2,760	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	791	10.78
Ordinary	Sale	16,195	10.88614
Ordinary	Sale	15,418	10.877692
Ordinary	Sale	302,727	10.823563
Ordinary	Sale	4,928	10.875629
Ordinary	Sale	1,359	10.834996
Ordinary	Sale	420	10.8
Ordinary	Sale	14,680	10.821266
Ordinary	Sale	4,370	10.773602
Ordinary	Sale	398	10.775
Ordinary	Sale	15	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	81,298	10.880256
Ordinary	Sale	132	10.855
Ordinary	Sale	394	10.818706
Ordinary	Sale	42,317	10.822774
Ordinary	Sale	7	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	10	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	11	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	12	10.75
Ordinary	Sale	12	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	24	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	24	10.855
Ordinary	Sale	25	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	40	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	48	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	56	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	62	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	80	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	108	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	124	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	168	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	184	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	248	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	320	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	320	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	416	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	1,347	10.78
Ordinary	Sale	1,347	10.78
Ordinary	Sale	305	10.78
Ordinary	Sale	337	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	353	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	401	10.82
Ordinary	Sale	547	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	137	10.76
Ordinary	Sale	185	10.825
Ordinary	Sale	193	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	193	10.82
Ordinary	Sale	354	10.85
Ordinary	Sale	386	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	466	10.77
Ordinary	Sale	517	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	307	10.865
Ordinary	Sale	371	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	387	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	550	10.785
Ordinary	Sale	65	10.885
Ordinary	Sale	113	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	146	10.825
Ordinary	Sale	234	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	250	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	250	10.875
Ordinary	Sale	250	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	309	10.77
Ordinary	Sale	309	10.82
Ordinary	Sale	309	10.76
Ordinary	Sale	341	10.865
Ordinary	Sale	341	10.76
Ordinary	Sale	341	10.775
Ordinary	Sale	341	10.805
Ordinary	Sale	341	10.805
Ordinary	Sale	341	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	501	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	554	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	171	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	179	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	243	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	342	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	342	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	358	10.795
Ordinary	Sale	374	10.775
Ordinary	Sale	422	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	470	10.825
Ordinary	Sale	716	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	263	10.78
Ordinary	Sale	263	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	407	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	471	10.75
Ordinary	Sale	750	10.765
Ordinary	Sale	750	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	47	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	47	10.815
Ordinary	Sale	59	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	63	10.855
Ordinary	Sale	63	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	82	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	90	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	98	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	114	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	132	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	164	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	164	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	196	10.78
Ordinary	Sale	236	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	244	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	312	10.775
Ordinary	Sale	312	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	328	10.77
Ordinary	Sale	328	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	392	10.825
Ordinary	Sale	329	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	133	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	157	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	189	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	298	10.765
Ordinary	Sale	378	10.78
Ordinary	Sale	378	10.785
Ordinary	Sale	410	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	458	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	347	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	363	10.82
Ordinary	Sale	411	10.775
Ordinary	Sale	411	10.82
Ordinary	Sale	491	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	75	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	87	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	91	10.83
Ordinary	Sale	142	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	174	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	332	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	536	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	568	10.8
Ordinary	Sale	301	10.835
Ordinary	Sale	239	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	247	10.87
Ordinary	Sale	366	10.84
Ordinary	Sale	398	10.855
Ordinary	Sale	398	10.795
Ordinary	Sale	398	10.81
Ordinary	Sale	398	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	398	10.845
Ordinary	Sale	462	10.765
Ordinary	Sale	494	10.77
Ordinary	Sale	8,361	10.83
	Total purchases	426,669
	Total Sales	733,200

(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

(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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:	09/10/2015
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 put-option	Purchase	1,750,000	10.778	European options	06/01/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	10,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	25,000	12.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	1,000	14	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	2,000	11.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	35,000	10.5	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	10,000	10	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	10,000	9.500	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	12,000	11	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	10,000	12	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	275,000	11	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	1,000	10	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	19,000	12	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	25,000	9	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	225,000	11	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	4,000	11	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	75,000	12.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	12	American options	16/10/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	75,000	12	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	144,000	12	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	75,000	13	American options	18/03/2016
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	7.1	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	46,000	7.2	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	5,000	7.5	American options	17/06/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	30,000	7	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	20,000	8.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	10,000	8.8	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	31,000	8	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	6,000	9.6	American options	16/12/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	5,000	9.6	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	50,000	14	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	25,000	9	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Purchase	45,000	10.5	American options	20/11/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	500,000	10.5	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	12.5	American options	18/03/2016
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	500,000	10	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	20,000	7.5	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	50,000	9	American options	18/12/2015
Ordinary	Listed put-option	Sale	4,000	10	American options	18/03/2016

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.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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