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 : 9763ND E Shaw & Co LP03 February 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:
February 2, 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):
37,803,143
1.11
81
0.00
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
38,067,459
1.11
81
0.00
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
Reducing a short position
2,251
GBP 10.300
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
1,236
GBP 10.275
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
404
GBP 10.245
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
1,968
GBP 10.230
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
1,119
GBP 10.200
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
2,214
GBP 10.180
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
2,125
GBP 10.150
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
952
GBP 10.175
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
555
GBP 10.185
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
2,797
GBP 10.170
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
737
GBP 10.145
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
800
GBP 10.160
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
450
GBP 10.140
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
1,267
GBP 10.130
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
5,354
GBP 10.110
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
22
GBP 10.340
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
365
GBP 10.315
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
380
GBP 10.310
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,975
GBP 10.270
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,122
GBP 10.265
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,271
GBP 10.250
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,378
GBP 10.195
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
227
GBP 10.245
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,900
GBP 10.230
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
712
GBP 10.235
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
160
GBP 10.255
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,046
GBP 10.260
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
558
GBP 10.200
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,808
GBP 10.190
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
955
GBP 10.150
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,867
GBP 10.145
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,383
GBP 10.140
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
496
GBP 10.130
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
782
GBP 10.125
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
47
GBP 10.115
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,496
GBP 10.135
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,345
GBP 10.155
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
135
GBP 10.335
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
96
GBP 10.320
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
274
GBP 10.330
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
300
GBP 10.300
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
66
GBP 10.190
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
700
GBP 10.200
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
601
GBP 10.150
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
106
GBP 10.175
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
27
GBP 10.185
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
373
GBP 10.170
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
231
GBP 10.145
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
69
GBP 10.160
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
26,031
GBP 10.140
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
700
GBP 10.130
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
56
GBP 10.325
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.335
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
174
GBP 10.320
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
79
GBP 10.330
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
21
GBP 10.350
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
193
GBP 10.355
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
150
GBP 10.305
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.310
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.315
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.300
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.270
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 10.255
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
279
GBP 10.190
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.200
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
300
GBP 10.195
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
300
GBP 10.150
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.175
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
600
GBP 10.145
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 10.155
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
586
GBP 10.140
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
212
GBP 10.130
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
390
GBP 10.125
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
78
GBP 10.135
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
362
GBP 10.120
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
248
GBP 10.110
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
104
GBP 10.105
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
386
GBP 10.115
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
102
GBP 10.090
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
258
GBP 10.085
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 10.080
(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:
February 3, 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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