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19/01/2016 14:30

RNS Number : 3426M
Societe Generale SA
19 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
18/01/2016
(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: 89,598,102 Shares interests and 316,284 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:
89,625,402
2.62
316,284
0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
8,006,647
0.23
84,756,594
2.48
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
540,000
0.02
2,981,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
98,172,049
2.87
88,053,878
2.58
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
4,534
9.286
Ordinary
Purchase
2,092
9.3618743
Ordinary
Purchase
13,135
9.286
Ordinary
Purchase
56
9.286
Ordinary
Purchase
6,153
9.3150502
Ordinary
Purchase
6,018
9.286
Ordinary
Purchase
994
9.3568209
Ordinary
Purchase
5,159
9.3244582
Ordinary
Purchase
514
9.286
Ordinary
Purchase
3,306
9.3563672
Ordinary
Purchase
2,896
9.3733633
Ordinary
Purchase
10,305
9.3225599
Ordinary
Purchase
10,884
9.3223466
Ordinary
Purchase
55,474
9.3258445
Ordinary
Purchase
1,201
9.3260866
Ordinary
Purchase
10,485
9.3286447
Ordinary
Purchase
917
9.3329989
Ordinary
Purchase
14,420
9.286
Ordinary
Purchase
6,708
9.286
Ordinary
Purchase
264
9.325
Ordinary
Purchase
87
9.286
Ordinary
Purchase
14,923
9.3254519
Ordinary
Purchase
30,919
9.3136826
Ordinary
Purchase
396
9.3589899
Ordinary
Purchase
1,483
9.286
Ordinary
Purchase
143,930
9.343051
Ordinary
Purchase
53,236
9.3300845
Ordinary
Sale
35
9.311
Ordinary
Sale
54
9.319
Ordinary
Sale
9,462
9.3290039
Ordinary
Sale
8
9.307
Ordinary
Sale
1,721
9.3251133
Ordinary
Sale
23
9.286
Ordinary
Sale
56
9.286
Ordinary
Sale
2,257
9.3018972
Ordinary
Sale
8,205
9.3443863
Ordinary
Sale
844
9.3051268
Ordinary
Sale
1,570
9.2989834
Ordinary
Sale
5,982
9.3239017
Ordinary
Sale
1,514
9.3396235
Ordinary
Sale
250
9.309
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.316
Ordinary
Sale
6,183
9.3553809
Ordinary
Sale
17,483
9.3485197
Ordinary
Sale
5,263
9.3318621
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.333
Ordinary
Sale
2,998
9.3238372
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.318
Ordinary
Sale
693
9.2920058
Ordinary
Sale
2,559
9.3463228
Ordinary
Sale
12,824
9.3348105
Ordinary
Sale
46,343
9.3341363
Ordinary
Sale
79
9.325
Ordinary
Sale
1,660
9.3308494
Ordinary
Sale
41,368
9.3516699
Ordinary
Sale
11
9.318
Ordinary
Sale
3,851
9.3258115
Ordinary
Sale
22
9.301
Ordinary
Sale
79,811
9.3085679
Ordinary
Sale
264
9.3929924
Ordinary
Sale
396
9.34
Ordinary
Sale
29,485
9.3601723
Ordinary
Sale
7,916
9.286
Ordinary
Sale
929
9.286
Ordinary
Sale
331
9.2911843
Ordinary
Sale
1,502
9.3223036

Total Purchases
400,489


Total Sales
293,957

 
(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
6,481,481
NA
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
143,930
9.343051
(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





(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:
19/01/2016
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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