23rd Nov 2015 09:14
AMENDMENT
INCREASED ORDINARY A SHARE EUR EQUITY PURCHASES BY 785 TO 1,519,957. INCREASED ORDINARY B SHARE GBP EQUITY SALES BY 441,258 TO 1,087,559.
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: | 04 November 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 | 628,016 1,519,957
531,474 920,977 | 17.9300 GBP 25.4800 EUR
17.9300 GBP 25.5100 EUR | 17.5600 GBP 24.9800 EUR
17.5700 GBP 24.9800 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 | 932,494
1,087,559 72 | 17.9700 GBP
18.0200 GBP 25.5850 EUR | 17.6525 GBP
17.6600 GBP 25.5850 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
|
Ordinary A Shares
| Equity Swaps | Long
Short | 1,140 100,145 22,459 72,962 353 10,000 52,809 20,000 770 47,705
43,009 47,013 29,697 7,891 600 734,000 7,343 176 420 | 17.5700 GBP 17.7033 GBP 17.7263 GBP 17.7786 GBP 24.9781 EUR 25.2359 EUR 25.2540 EUR 25.2629 EUR 25.3140 EUR 25.3814 EUR
17.5700 GBP 17.7321 GBP 17.7573 GBP 17.8244 GBP 24.9800 EUR 25.0350 EUR 25.0800 EUR 25.0875 EUR 25.0947 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
| 2,290 47,306 5,805 2,800 15,000 10,000 72
38,400 30,400 193,009 3,850 | 17.6800 GBP 17.6914 GBP 17.7176 GBP 17.8140 GBP 17.9236 GBP 18.0018 GBP 25.5831 EUR
17.7056 GBP 17.7161 GBP 17.7478 GBP 17.8136 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) |
Ordinary A Shares | |||||||
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) |
Ordinary B Shares |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit
|
Ordinary A Shares |
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary B Shares |
(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: | 23 November 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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