8th Oct 2015 11:19
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: | 07 October 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 | 1,909,912 1,987,308
1,908,328 2,075,455 | 18.0691 GBP 24.7350 EUR
18.0900 GBP 24.7200 EUR | 17.6450 GBP 23.9750 EUR
17.6800 GBP 24.0500 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 | 2,942,006
3,110,387 30 | 18.3475 GBP
18.3300 GBP 24.7100 EUR | 17.7500 GBP
17.7550 GBP 24.7100 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 | 1,014 52,152 190,000 5,816 234,130 14,693 24,222 3,142 5,897 4,841 312 186,456 27 23 65 460 1,100 152 378 2,459 827 7 1 132 8,389 101 58 645 31 18 160 3,177 17 65
34,778 9,539 44,023 56,132 237 | 17.8600 GBP 17.8623 GBP 17.8637 GBP 17.8743 GBP 17.8797 GBP 17.8913 GBP 17.8950 GBP 24.3382 EUR 24.3388 EUR 24.3441 EUR 24.3443 EUR 24.3510 EUR 24.3626 EUR 24.3650 EUR 24.3658 EUR 24.3666 EUR 24.3677 EUR 24.3693 EUR 24.3694 EUR 24.3716 EUR 24.3730 EUR 24.3770 EUR 24.3776 EUR 24.3799 EUR 24.3824 EUR 24.3861 EUR 24.3870 EUR 24.3885 EUR 24.3888 EUR 24.3911 EUR 24.4009 EUR 24.4050 EUR 24.4058 EUR 24.4153 EUR
17.7095 GBP 17.8899 GBP 24.2092 EUR 24.3648 EUR 24.6270 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
| 17,287 632 8,035 6 122,485 116 159 1,996 8,296 298 2,200 24 3,302 262 13,500 3,310 258 1,045 295,085 600 30
39,169 17,287 22,270 6,291 | 18.0093 GBP 18.0495 GBP 18.0496 GBP 18.0532 GBP 18.0619 GBP 18.0739 GBP 18.0816 GBP 18.0818 GBP 18.0875 GBP 18.0911 GBP 18.0940 GBP 18.0948 GBP 18.1075 GBP 18.1080 GBP 18.1204 GBP 18.1305 GBP 18.1311 GBP 18.1352 GBP 18.1358 GBP 18.1386 GBP 24.7081 EUR
17.8733 GBP 18.1536 GBP 18.1782 GBP 18.2301 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: | 08 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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