7th Dec 2015 11:49
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: | (GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | BG GROUP PLC |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 04 December 2015 |
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader 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 - disclosed previously for BG GROUP PLC |
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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 | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | Purchases | 1,029,4531,178,792 | 16.6892 GBP23.1550 EUR | 15.8250 GBP21.9718 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | Sales | 893,8111,038,914 | 23.1350 EUR16.5750 GBP | 21.9850 EUR15.7750 GBP |
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | Purchases | 1,771,1742,771 | 16.7150 GBP23.0900 EUR | 15.8950 GBP23.0900 EUR |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | Sales | 1,897,77442,771 | 16.7050 GBP23.0900 EUR | 15.8950 GBP22.8261 EUR |
(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 |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 810 | 15.8550 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 25,000 | 15.9309 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 100 | 16.2450 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 100 | 16.2550 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 5,000 | 16.2988 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 810 | 16.4700 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 867 | 22.3748 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 162,600 | 22.4222 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Opening a short position | 5,699 | 15.9303 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Opening a short position | 3,153 | 15.9303 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Reducing a long position | 10,165 | 16.0225 GBP |
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 |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 5,541 | 15.9828 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 712 | 15.9828 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 979 | 15.9950 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 1,208 | 15.9950 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 267 | 15.9950 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 182 | 15.9950 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 1,547 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 3,162 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 2,548 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 5,058 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 5,609 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 7,149 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 11,490 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 3,003 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 18,195 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 28,417 | 16.0099 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 236 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 69 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 3,600 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 266 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 242 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 388 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 810 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 3,709 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 82 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,823 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 795 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,372 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 211 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 47 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 396 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,018 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,612 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 4,400 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 9,339 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 54 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 721 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 5,200 | 16.0469 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 4,500 | 16.0477 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 16,896 | 16.0595 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 85,326 | 16.2324 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 100 | 16.2900 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 100 | 16.2950 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 139 | 16.2981 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 79 | 16.2981 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 100 | 16.3900 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 550 | 16.4589 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 1,384 | 16.4589 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 1,554 | 16.4589 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 1,957 | 16.4589 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 100 | 16.4700 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 1,208 | 16.4800 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 444 | 16.4983 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 877 | 16.4983 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 5,541 | 16.4983 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 100 | 16.6650 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 219,012 | 16.2108 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 1,110 | 16.2536 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 2,950 | 16.2536 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 91,985 | 16.2756 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 1,542 | 16.4254 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 |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | Forward | Opening a short position | 1,012,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 14.5572 GBP |
(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) |
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3. 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 exempt principal trader 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" |
NONE
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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" |
NONE
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| Date of disclosure: | 07 December 2015 |
| Contact name: | Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis |
| Telephone number: | +44(20) 7051 9046 / +44(20) 7774 7107 |
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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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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