1st Sep 2015 07:00
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: | Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC |
(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: | 28 AUGUST 2015 |
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | Yes |
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 |
A ADSs | PURCHASES | 34,148 | 52.8700 USD | 51.7100 USD |
A ADSs | SALES | 1,600 | 52.8800 USD | 52.3100 USD |
B ADSs | PURCHASES | 1,960 | 52.8600 USD | 51.8200 USD |
B ADSs | SALES | 2,700 | 52.9700 USD | 52.1400 USD |
(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 |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 100 | 52.4100 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 200 | 52.4100 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 1,300 | 52.6538 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 20,958 | 52.3512 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 3,300 | 52.4201 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 3,090 | 52.4799 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 6,800 | 52.5258 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 100 | 52.4600 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 600 | 52.4666 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 1,000 | 52.4960 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 100 | 52.5700 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 900 | 52.7689 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 1,400 | 52.4361 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 560 | 52.4824 USD |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 30 | 22.8800 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 15,461 | 23.1200 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 13,226 | 23.1432 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,690 | 23.1743 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 4 | 23.3317 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 4 | 23.3317 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 7,807 | 23.3317 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 3,196 | 23.3317 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 633 | 23.3319 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 300 | 23.0773 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 23 | 23.2565 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 6 | 23.2565 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 484 | 23.2565 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 12 | 23.3433 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 2,056 | 23.3900 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 49,710 | 16.7297 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 66,390 | 16.7297 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 12,853 | 16.7300 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 19,606 | 16.8102 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 66,793 | 16.8291 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 6,737 | 16.8291 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 104,683 | 16.8291 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,444 | 16.8946 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,195 | 16.8046 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 6,500 | 16.8174 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 740 | 16.9199 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 12 | 16.9500 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 249 | 16.9500 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 11,700 | 16.9500 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 42 | 25.7723 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 10,775 | 16.7950 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 47,000 | 16.8816 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 927 | 16.9333 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 2,010 | 16.9374 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,240 | 17.0278 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 18,579 | 16.9144 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 11,813 | 16.9144 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,191 | 16.9144 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 11,434 | 16.9393 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 165 | 16.9691 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 16,527 | 17.0650 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 10 | 17.0650 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 7,400 | 17.0650 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 | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(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) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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.
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: 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: | 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 |
| Contact name: | Craig Horsley |
| Telephone number: | +44(141) 245 7736 |
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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