1st Feb 2016 14:19
AMENDMENT
INCREASED ORDINARY A SHARES EQUITY SALES BY 173,223 TO 2,901,856.
ADDED ORDINARY A SHARES EQUITY SWAP PURCHASE OF 173,223
INCREASED ORDINARY B SHARES EQUITY PURCHASES BY 172,837 TO 1,857,369. INCREASED ORDINARY B SHARES EQUITY SALES BY 223 TO 3,653,843.
ADDED ORDINARY B SHARES EQUITY SWAP PURCHASE OF 223.
ADDED ORDINARY B SHARES EQUITY SWAP SALE OF 172,837.
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 January 2016 |
(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 | 818,418 333,850
1,909,495 992,361 | 14.6550 GBP 19.9400 EUR
14.6650 GBP 19.9000 EUR | 14.0950 GBP 19.1450EUR
14.0900 GBP 19.1400 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 | 1,857,369
3,653,843 | 14.7350
14.7350 | 14.1900
14.1850 |
(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 | 173,223 28,560 2,428 2,469 55,452 21,580 687 85,000 27,764 16,118 37,500 34,863 1,000 34,057 95,000 7,875 210,278
109,050 1,832 833 36,010 7,550 2,239 1,647 221 | 14.1885 GBP 14.1894 GBP 14.1980 GBP 14.3083 GBP 14.3790 GBP 14.4063 GBP 14.5450 GBP 19.4552 EUR 19.4655 EUR 19.4932 EUR 19.5528 EUR 19.6201 EUR 19.6401 EUR 19.7671 EUR 19.7705 EUR 19.8392 EUR 19.9000 EUR
14.4064 GBP 14.5450 GBP 19.2904 EUR 19.3517 EUR 19.6529 EUR 19.7579 EUR 19.7800 EUR 19.7815 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
| 251 2,957 15,730 10,958 499 14,531 5,179 2,331 1,080,000 6,240 31,707 11,490 5,886 48,361 4,800 360,043 683 13,686 223 8,200
172,837 216,489 3,000 | 14.2988 GBP 14.3033 GBP 14.3675 GBP 14.3850 GBP 14.3886 GBP 14.3971 GBP 14.4016 GBP 14.4183 GBP 14.4185 GBP 14.4286 GBP 14.4291 GBP 14.4494 GBP 14.4595 GBP 14.4603 GBP 14.4833 GBP 14.6000 GBP 14.6200 GBP 14.6358 GBP 14.6466 GBP 14.6595 GBP
14.2973 GBP 14.4995 GBP 14.6389 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: | 01 February 2016 |
| 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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