15th May 2015 15:18
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: | 14 May 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: | 24,545,159 | 0.72% | 12,005,805 | 0.35% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 6,124,828 | 0.18% | 6,421,212 | 0.19% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 30,669,987 | 0.90% | 18,427,017 | 0.54% | |||||||
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 | 67 | 11.8719 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 233 | 11.7875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 257 | 11.8175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 466 | 11.8100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 593 | 11.8225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 622 | 11.8425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 932 | 11.8000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,031 | 11.8350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,600 | 11.8500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,603 | 11.8400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,740 | 11.8150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,779 | 11.8275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,800 | 11.8550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,000 | 11.8381 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,542 | 11.8250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,137 | 11.8331 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,867 | 11.8284 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,988 | 11.8321 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,996 | 11.8292 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 14,722 | 18.7694 USD | ||||
| ADR | Purchase | 21,900 | 18.7424 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 24,635 | 11.8310 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 31,204 | 11.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 106,449 | 11.8259 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 110,653 | 11.8274 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 126,967 | 11.8300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 281,625 | 11.8307 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 58 | 11.8356 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 59 | 11.7790 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 59 | 11.8168 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 64 | 11.7890 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 79 | 11.7840 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 82 | 11.8520 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 82 | 11.8556 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 89 | 11.8312 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 92 | 11.8111 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 11.8500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 119 | 11.8220 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 135 | 11.8258 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 147 | 11.8640 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 201 | 11.8390 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 210 | 11.7990 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 211 | 11.8456 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 221 | 11.8306 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 231 | 11.8370 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 233 | 11.7875 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 241 | 11.8340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 257 | 11.8175 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 257 | 11.8270 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 286 | 11.8440 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 337 | 11.7870 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 373 | 11.8170 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 414 | 11.8420 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 419 | 11.8290 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 466 | 11.8100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 563 | 11.8320 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 622 | 11.8425 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 681 | 11.8470 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 932 | 11.8000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,097 | 11.8353 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,290 | 11.8350 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,728 | 11.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,740 | 11.8150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,779 | 11.8275 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,800 | 11.8550 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,169 | 11.8400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,593 | 11.8250 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,611 | 11.8293 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,891 | 11.8300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,727 | 11.8243 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,845 | 11.8214 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,856 | 11.8237 GBP | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 14,722 | 18.7694 USD | ||||
| ADR | Sale | 21,900 | 18.7424 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 26,587 | 11.8249 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 27,088 | 11.8225 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 39,709 | 11.8102 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 46,088 | 11.8282 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 46,565 | 11.8253 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 80,229 | 11.8226 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200,577 | 11.8190 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 221,230 | 11.8256 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 | 963 | 11.8348 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 2,100 | 11.8482 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 10,220 | 11.8314 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 14,238 | 11.8192 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 16,783 | 11.8148 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 33,269 | 11.8093 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 51,034 | 11.8337 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 158,963 | 11.8232 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 200,577 | 11.8189 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 67 | 11.8719 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 1,945 | 11.8358 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 3,271 | 11.8350 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 5,961 | 11.8268 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 6,631 | 11.8495 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 8,275 | 11.8378 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 8,911 | 11.8282 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 18,259 | 11.8204 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 52,018 | 11.8292 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 116,327 | 11.8473 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 322,885 | 11.8234 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? | NO | ||
| Date of disclosure: | 15 May 2015 | ||
| Contact name: | Rajesh Muthanna | ||
| Telephone number: | 020 3555 4634 |
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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