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RNS Number : 2093M
Societe Generale SA
18 January 2016
FORM 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) Full name of discloser:
Socit Gnrale S.A.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
BG GroupPlc
(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:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
15/01/2016
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES: Royal Dutch Shell Plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
(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:
25p ordinary: 89,339,342 Shares interests and 164,056 short position
ADR (referencing the ordinary) : 27,300 equivalent Shares interests and 0 equivalent Shares as short position 
Where (1 ADR = 1 ordinary share)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
89,366,642
2.61
164,056
0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
14,488,128
0.42
84,612,664
2.48
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
540,000
0.02
2,981,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
104,394,770
3.05
87,757,720
2.57
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
Ordinary
Purchase
3,515
9.3198862
Ordinary
Purchase
19,538
9.376277
Ordinary
Purchase
13,192
9.327
Ordinary
Purchase
3,957
9.35
Ordinary
Purchase
295
9.4230169
Ordinary
Purchase
19,941
9.3731528
Ordinary
Purchase
15,491
9.340803
Ordinary
Purchase
15,207
9.35
Ordinary
Purchase
3,067
9.3138063
Ordinary
Purchase
4,579
9.3627058
Ordinary
Purchase
26,762
9.3218709
Ordinary
Purchase
1,448
9.3839986
Ordinary
Purchase
694
9.3384294
Ordinary
Purchase
569
9.324007
Ordinary
Purchase
205
9.366
Ordinary
Purchase
59
9.386
Ordinary
Purchase
5,572
9.3758112
Ordinary
Purchase
19,558
9.308134
Ordinary
Purchase
6,596
9.35
Ordinary
Purchase
41,442
9.3467011
Ordinary
Purchase
3,799
9.3362364
Ordinary
Purchase
1,073
9.35
Ordinary
Purchase
1,355
9.3276236
Ordinary
Purchase
3,003
9.3735431
Ordinary
Purchase
32
9.336
Ordinary
Purchase
6,914
9.3748123
Ordinary
Purchase
119
9.523
Ordinary
Purchase
28
9.313
Ordinary
Purchase
8,969
9.3217029
Ordinary
Purchase
8,794
9.3259745
Ordinary
Purchase
1,254
9.3214354
Ordinary
Purchase
4,860
9.35
Ordinary
Purchase
1,074
9.3442272
Ordinary
Purchase
6,646
9.332568
Ordinary
Purchase
72
9.353
Ordinary
Purchase
61
9.306
Ordinary
Purchase
7
9.306
Ordinary
Purchase
1
9.36
Ordinary
Purchase
12,030
9.376365
Ordinary
Purchase
13,186
9.3383877
Ordinary
Purchase
24
9.328
Ordinary
Purchase
3,802
9.3878196
Ordinary
Purchase
6,481,481
9.496
Ordinary
Purchase
10,529
9.3264631
Ordinary
Purchase
300,000
9.33
Ordinary
Sale
9,731
9.3320203
Ordinary
Sale
25,236
9.4158638
Ordinary
Sale
2,880
9.3625278
Ordinary
Sale
2,638
9.35
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.495
Ordinary
Sale
3,307
9.4057
Ordinary
Sale
20,850
9.4132508
Ordinary
Sale
32,025
9.3209658
Ordinary
Sale
8,219
9.4377954
Ordinary
Sale
3,396
9.3514282
Ordinary
Sale
46
9.374
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.496
Ordinary
Sale
47
9.341
Ordinary
Sale
528
9.4857955
Ordinary
Sale
59,847
9.3908037
Ordinary
Sale
88,685
9.3835619
Ordinary
Sale
205
9.36
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.473
Ordinary
Sale
27,703
9.3350465
Ordinary
Sale
8,770
9.3298278
Ordinary
Sale
1,600
9.447
Ordinary
Sale
3
9.518
Ordinary
Sale
29
9.295
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.295
Ordinary
Sale
2,602
9.344854
Ordinary
Sale
10,737
9.3409602
Ordinary
Sale
15,457
9.3782576
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
9.3484
Ordinary
Sale
17,428
9.3966805
Ordinary
Sale
1,783
9.3436904
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.346
Ordinary
Sale
54,157
9.35
Ordinary
Sale
4,452
9.3179537
Ordinary
Sale
1,890
9.3412169
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.456
Ordinary
Sale
32
9.456
Ordinary
Sale
8,977
9.3357763
Ordinary
Sale
12,439
9.2848009
Ordinary
Sale
1,550
9.3421361
Ordinary
Sale
28
9.356
Ordinary
Sale
22
9.356
Ordinary
Sale
11,176
9.3862295
Ordinary
Sale
13
9.317
Ordinary
Sale
17
9.317
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.319
Ordinary
Sale
19
9.391
Ordinary
Sale
17
9.427
Ordinary
Sale
17,620
9.4312605
Ordinary
Sale
40,087
9.3227166
Ordinary
Sale
5
9.341
Ordinary
Sale
5
9.341
Ordinary
Sale
26
9.339
Ordinary
Sale
27
9.321
Ordinary
Sale
33,510
9.3803566
Ordinary
Sale
46
9.386
Ordinary
Sale
14
9.471
Ordinary
Sale
50,000
9.418056
Ordinary
Sale
2,018
9.312385
Ordinary
Sale
65,865
9.3309543
Ordinary
Sale
8
9.312
Ordinary
Sale
300,000
9.33

Total Purchases
7,070,800


Total Sales
949,783

(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
Ordinary
Equity Linked Swap
Expiry
5,419,467
NA
(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








(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Expiry
350,000
NA
(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)



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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
YES
Date of disclosure:
18/01/2016
Contact name:
Jean-Baptiste GICQUEL
Telephone number:
+44 20 7676 6826
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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.


SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
Full name of person making disclosure:
Socit Gnrale S.A.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:
BG GroupPlc
2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Written or purchased
Number of securities to which option or derivative relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Ordinary
OTC put-option
Purchase
1,750,000
9.805
European options
06/01/2017
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
3,000
11.5
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
13,000
12
American options
16/09/2016
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
10,000
12
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
275,000
11
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
25,000
9
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
350,000
11
American options
15/01/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
350,000
7
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
5,000
7.5
American options
17/06/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
57,000
8
American options
16/09/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
28,000
9
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
6,000
9.6
American options
16/12/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
225,000
11
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
75,000
12
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
75,000
13
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
50,000
13
American options
17/06/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
50,000
14
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
4,000
10
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
500,000
10.5
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
20,000
12.5
American options
18/03/2016
3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:
It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's 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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