17th Aug 2015 11:00
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: | 14 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 | 25,035 | 56.7600 USD | 56.3300 USD |
A ADSs | SALES | 318 | 56.4800 USD | 56.4449 USD |
B ADSs | PURCHASES | 1,500 | 57.0600 USD | 56.7500 USD |
B ADSs | SALES | 5,300 | 57.0800 USD | 56.7400 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 | 10 | 56.4600 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 8 | 56.4600 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 300 | 56.4649 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 729 | 56.4593 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 9,600 | 56.5126 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 1,200 | 56.5188 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 7,200 | 56.5248 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 5,717 | 56.5988 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 389 | 56.6534 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 200 | 56.7150 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 700 | 56.8842 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 2,000 | 56.9082 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 2,600 | 56.9290 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 100 | 56.7500 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 456 | 56.9313 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 344 | 56.9313 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 600 | 56.9683 USD |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 5 | 25.3400 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 658 | 25.4094 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 2,678 | 25.4473 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 2,194 | 25.3703 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 222 | 25.3901 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1 | 25.3901 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1 | 25.3901 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1 | 25.3902 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1 | 25.3902 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 2,396 | 25.3902 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1 | 25.3902 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 993 | 25.3902 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1 | 25.3902 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 9 | 25.3953 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 330 | 25.3953 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 17 | 25.3953 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 8,800 | 25.3968 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 120 | 25.4000 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 4,116 | 25.4850 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 3,950 | 17.9958 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 2,135 | 18.0224 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 11,700 | 18.0406 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 630 | 18.0557 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 20,620 | 17.9955 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,245 | 18.0006 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 57,248 | 18.0006 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,600 | 18.0060 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 17,904 | 18.1496 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 17,730 | 18.1544 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,396 | 18.1650 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 801 | 18.1651 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 23,000 | 18.1659 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 485 | 18.1716 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 4,807 | 18.1716 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 7,533 | 18.1716 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,243 | 18.1780 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 7,400 | 18.1877 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 184 | 18.1445 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 108,644 | 18.1566 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 768 | 18.1678 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,531 | 18.2262 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: | 17 AUGUST 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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