9th Oct 2015 16:41
AMENDMENT
INCREASED ORDINARY A SHARES GBP EQUITY PURCHASES BY 175,000 TO 496,379. INCREASED ORDINARY A SHARES GBP EQUITY SALES BY 152,891 TO 526,431. INCREASED ORDINARY B SHARES GBP EQUITY SALES BY 223 TO 2,160,245.
ADDED ORDINARY B SHARES EQUITY SWAP PURCHASE OF 223.
ADDED ORDINARY A SHARES EQUITY SWAP PURCHASE OF 152,891
ADDED ORDINARY A SHARES EQUITY SWAP SALE OF 175,000
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: | 29 September 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
|
Ordinary A Shares | Purchases
Sales | 496,379 980,803
526,431 880,091 | 15.4650 GBP 21.1200 EUR
15.4600 GBP 21.0350 EUR | 15.0300 GBP 20.2750 EUR
15.0600 GBP 20.2953 EUR |
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received
| Lowest price per unit paid/received
|
Ordinary B Shares | Purchases
Sales | 2,312,994
2,160,245 | 15.6100 GBP
15.6100 GBP | 15.0300 GBP
15.0900 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
|
Ordinary A Shares
| Equity Swaps | Long
Short | 152,891 5,965 50,000 845
82 72 36,126 865 175,000 25 168 78 81 134 42,915 350 78 674 1,343 110 5,385 1,907 16,895 1,329 769 269 | 15.2113 GBP 15.4101 GBP 15.4476 GBP 20.3544 EUR
15.3701 GBP 15.3839 GBP 15.3854 GBP 15.3878 GBP 15.3880 GBP 15.3890 GBP 15.3932 GBP 15.4020 GBP 15.4036 GBP 15.4169 GBP 20.8598 EUR 20.8632 EUR 20.8816 EUR 20.9103 EUR 20.9192 EUR 20.9199 EUR 20.9203 EUR 20.9371 EUR 20.9406 EUR 20.9407 EUR 20.9569 EUR 20.9671 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
|
Ordinary B Shares | Equity Swap | Long
Short | 74,168 10,531 854 19,300 19,641
1,251 2,139 1,566 3,452 2,013 25,570 2,793 84,976 2,494 1,536 148 506 612 50,000 40,000 | 15.4146 GBP 15.4355 GBP 15.4386 GBP 15.4522 GBP 15.5655 GBP
15.4445 GBP 15.4450 GBP 15.4453 GBP 15.4463 GBP 15.4486 GBP 15.4487 GBP 15.4503 GBP 15.4561 GBP 15.4590 GBP 15.4646 GBP 15.4658 GBP 15.4665 GBP 15.4747 GBP 15.5132 GBP 15.5828 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 (EUR) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (EUR) |
(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) (GBP) |
|
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
|
(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
|
| Date of disclosure: | 09 October 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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