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REG - Morgan Stanley&CoLLC BG Group Royal Dutch Shell - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement Royal Dutch Shell <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

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RNS Number : 6205Q
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
18 June 2015 
 
AMENDMENT (Section 2c) 
 
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 & Co. 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:                                                                                                              16 JUNE 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  
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         PURCHASES        20,000                        25.7384 EUR                           25.5703 EUR                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         SALES            20,000                        25.7380 EUR                           25.5700 EUR                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         PURCHASES        33,221                        18.5423 GBP                           18.4697 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         SALES            33,221                        18.4500 GBP                           18.3778 GBP                          
 B ADSs                      PURCHASES        55,892                        59.1800 USD                           58.1300 USD                          
 B ADSs                      SALES            55,892                        59.1800 USD                           58.1300 USD                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         PURCHASES        10,000                        18.8388 GBP                           18.8388 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         SALES            10,000                        18.7450 GBP                           18.7450 GBP                          
 A ADSs                      PURCHASES        292,324                       58.3300 USD                           57.2500 USD                          
 A ADSs                      SALES            292,326                       58.3300 USD                           57.2500 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  
 N/A                         N/A                                       N/A                                                                                                      N/A                             N/A             
 
 
(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  
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CALL                                              PURCHASE                                    385,000                                       1,900.0000               A                                    21/08/2015   410.0000 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CALL                                              PURCHASE                                    187,000                                       1,900.0000               A                                    21/08/2015   410.0000 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CALL                                              PURCHASE                                    86,000                                        1,900.0000               A                                    21/08/2015   410.0000 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CALL                                              SALE                                        86,000                                        1,900.0000               A                                    21/08/2015   410.0000 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CALL                                              SALE                                        385,000                                       1,900.0000               A                                    21/08/2015   410.0000 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CALL                                              SALE                                        187,000                                       1,900.0000               A                                    21/08/2015   410.0000 GBP                          
 A ADSs                      PUT                                               PURCHASE                                    500                                           57.5000                  A                                    19/06/2015   0.3000 USD                            
 A ADSs                      PUT                                               PURCHASE                                    1,100                                         57.5000                  A                                    19/06/2015   0.3000 USD                            
 A ADSs                      CALL                                              PURCHASE                                    100                                           60.0000                  A                                    17/07/2015   0.4000 USD                            
 A ADSs                      CALL                                              PURCHASE                                    400                                           62.5000                  A                                    16/10/2015   0.7500 USD                            
 A ADSs                      PUT                                               PURCHASE                                    300                                           45.0000                  A                                    20/01/2017   1.8100 USD                            
 
 
(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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 
 
(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:  18 JUNE 2015       
 Contact name:        Craig Horsley      
 Telephone number:    +44(141) 245 7736  
 
 
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
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. 
 
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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