7th Jul 2015 09:57
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: | 3 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
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: | 23,253,543 | 0.68% | 19,261,181 | 0.56% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 6,446,011 | 0.19% | 9,475,349 | 0.28% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 1,750,000 | 0.05% | 1,000,000 | 0.03% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 31,449,554 | 0.92% | 29,736,530 | 0.87% | |||||||
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 | 1 | 10.6975 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 45 | 10.7800 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 299 | 10.7450 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 501 | 10.7200 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 573 | 10.7125 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 704 | 10.7075 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 836 | 10.7325 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 964 | 10.7224 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 972 | 10.7275 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,440 | 10.7150 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,497 | 10.7500 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,680 | 10.7750 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,851 | 10.7300 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,401 | 10.7410 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,132 | 10.7350 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,878 | 10.7400 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,028 | 10.7078 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,928 | 10.6900 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,054 | 10.7233 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,105 | 10.6950 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,562 | 10.6925 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,233 | 10.7716 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,690 | 10.7100 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,876 | 10.7175 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 14,613 | 10.7250 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 23,789 | 10.7050 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 24,297 | 10.7049 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 25,587 | 10.7161 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 30,000 | 10.6905 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 42,648 | 10.7119 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 50,672 | 10.7000 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 55,730 | 10.7098 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 101,498 | 10.7281 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 187,493 | 10.7317 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 291,496 | 10.7116 GBP | |||
| ORD | Purchase | 896,418 | 10.7072 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 1 | 10.6975 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 45 | 10.7800 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 182 | 10.7512 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 184 | 10.7093 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 299 | 10.7450 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 475 | 10.7770 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 501 | 10.7200 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 573 | 10.7125 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 836 | 10.7325 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 1,440 | 10.7150 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 1,497 | 10.7500 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 1,680 | 10.7750 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 2,053 | 10.6955 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 2,256 | 10.7075 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 2,536 | 10.7255 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 2,637 | 10.7033 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 4,132 | 10.7350 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 4,522 | 10.7038 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 4,878 | 10.7400 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 5,524 | 10.6995 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 5,588 | 10.7036 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 5,928 | 10.6900 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 6,819 | 10.7083 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 7,105 | 10.6950 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 8,866 | 10.7292 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 11,458 | 10.7257 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 11,710 | 10.7008 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 11,898 | 10.7053 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 12,700 | 10.7100 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 14,613 | 10.7250 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 16,484 | 10.6925 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 17,104 | 10.6987 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 23,789 | 10.7050 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 27,614 | 10.7000 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 114,928 | 10.6970 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 181,418 | 10.7218 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 444,058 | 10.7300 GBP | |||
| ORD | Sale | 1,410,253 | 10.7178 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 | 184 | 10.7093 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 1,552 | 10.7075 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,634 | 10.7163 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 5,524 | 10.6995 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 17,958 | 10.7048 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 23,071 | 10.6986 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 28,499 | 10.7106 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 36,006 | 10.7365 GBP | ||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 236,441 | 10.7088 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 3,401 | 10.7410 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 7,832 | 10.7214 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 18,112 | 10.7208 GBP | ||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 24,730 | 10.7064 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 or 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: | 6 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 | Put Options | Written | 750,000 | 1050.0000 | American | 17 Jul 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: | ||
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.
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