REG - D E Shaw & Co LP Royal Dutch Shell BG Group - Form 8.3 - BG Group Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 4960ND E Shaw & Co LP29 January 2016FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
BG Group Plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
January 28, 2016,
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?
Yes: Royal Dutch Shell Plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
10p ordinary
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
264,316
0.01
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
37,743,654
1.10
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
38,007,970
1.11
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
638
GBP 10.320
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 10.325
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 10.335
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
60
GBP 10.340
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
89
GBP 10.345
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
243
GBP 10.350
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
647
GBP 10.355
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1,287
GBP 10.360
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2,458
GBP 10.365
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
865
GBP 10.370
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
119
GBP 10.375
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
576
GBP 10.380
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2,958
GBP 10.385
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2,172
GBP 10.390
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 10.395
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
197
GBP 10.410
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2,020
GBP 10.415
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
658
GBP 10.425
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 10.430
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
200
GBP 10.435
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
469
GBP 10.440
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1,402
GBP 10.445
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2,864
GBP 10.450
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
200
GBP 10.455
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1,242
GBP 10.460
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1,387
GBP 10.465
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1,411
GBP 10.470
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
36
GBP 10.495
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
494
GBP 10.520
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
468
GBP 10.535
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
655
GBP 10.540
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
101
GBP 10.555
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
458
GBP 10.570
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
681
GBP 10.610
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
159
GBP 10.620
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1,004
GBP 10.625
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1
GBP 10.650
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
124
GBP 10.320
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.325
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
365
GBP 10.350
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,281
GBP 10.360
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.365
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
575
GBP 10.370
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.375
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
43
GBP 10.385
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,276
GBP 10.390
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
599
GBP 10.395
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,608
GBP 10.400
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
835
GBP 10.405
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,244
GBP 10.410
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,192
GBP 10.415
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,137
GBP 10.420
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
587
GBP 10.425
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
429
GBP 10.430
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
288
GBP 10.435
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.440
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 10.445
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
213
GBP 10.450
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
716
GBP 10.455
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 10.460
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
152
GBP 10.465
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.470
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
880
GBP 10.475
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
102
GBP 10.480
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
252
GBP 10.485
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
695
GBP 10.490
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
438
GBP 10.495
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
519
GBP 10.500
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,038
GBP 10.505
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,230
GBP 10.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,904
GBP 10.515
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
919
GBP 10.520
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
102
GBP 10.525
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
595
GBP 10.535
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
244
GBP 10.540
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
722
GBP 10.545
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,034
GBP 10.550
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,179
GBP 10.555
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,195
GBP 10.560
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
283
GBP 10.565
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,242
GBP 10.570
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
718
GBP 10.575
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,200
GBP 10.580
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.585
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,666
GBP 10.600
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
281
GBP 10.615
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 10.620
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.625
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.645
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(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
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
(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)
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(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
4. 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 person 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
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
Date of disclosure:
January 29, 2016
Contact name:
Kevin Krist (Compliance Department)
Telephone number:
+44 (0) 20 7409 4420
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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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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