17th Dec 2015 08:48
AMENDMENT
INCREASED ORDINARY A SHARE GBP EQUITY PURCHASES BY 45,000 TO 539,932. INCREASED ORDINARY A SHARE EUR EQUITY SALES BY 32,371 TO 734,393. INCREASED ORDINARY B SHARE GBP EQUITY PURCHASES BY 334 TO 1,021,212. DECREASED ORDINARY B SHARE EQUITY SALES BY 484,567 TO 998,507. ADDED ORDINARY B SHARE EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 334.
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: | J.P. Morgan Securities plc |
(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: | 02 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 this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | Yes 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
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Ordinary A Shares | Purchases
Sales | 539,932 1,291,258
1,006,392 734,393 | 16.8445 GBP 23.9400 EUR
16.8000 GBP 23.9950 EUR | 16.4100 GBP 23.4350 EUR
16.4150 GBP 23.4250 EUR |
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received
| Lowest price per unit paid/received
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Ordinary B Shares | Purchases
Sales | 1,021,212 48
998,507 | 17.0100 GBP 23.9150 EUR
17.1140 GBP | 16.5800 GBP 23.9150 EUR
16.5400 GBP |
(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
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Ordinary A Shares
| Equity Swaps
| Long
Short
| 639,000 6,023 41,021 2,217 504 40,178 300 81,159 1,231 37,097 2,949
2,159 695 54,075 231,762 2,949 95,020 227,080 16 363 11,843 500 17,000 | 16.4500 GBP 16.6008 GBP 16.6335 GBP 23.5119 EUR 23.5303 EUR 23.5739 EUR 23.6090 EUR 23.6110 EUR 23.6182 EUR 23.6407 EUR 23.7119 EUR
16.6370 GBP 16.6475 GBP 16.8445 GBP 23.4950 EUR 23.5136 EUR 23.5778 EUR 23.6450 EUR 23.6657 EUR 23.6700 EUR 23.7167 EUR 23.7273 EUR 23.7470 EUR |
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
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Ordinary B Shares | Equity Swap | Long
Short
| 14,253 800 47,065 17,834 4,100
334 8,096 48 | 16.6880 GBP 16.7370 GBP 16.8105 GBP 16.8534 GBP 16.8540 GBP
16.8218 GBP 16.8677 GBP 23.9168 EUR |
(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 (EUR) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (EUR) |
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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 (GBP) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP) |
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(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit
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Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
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(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) (GBP) |
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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: | 17 December 2015 |
| Contact name: | Tung Le |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7272 |
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 dealing 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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