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20/01/2016 14:00

RNS Number : 4759M
Societe Generale SA
20 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
19/01/2016
(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: 82,140,873 Shares interests and 279,917 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:
82,168,173
2.40
279,917
0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
8,006,647
0.23
77,411,418
2.26
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
540,000
0.02
2,981,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
90,714,820
2.65
80,672,335
2.36
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
2,398
9.3801597
Ordinary
Purchase
17
9.3588235
Ordinary
Purchase
9,386
9.3724973
Ordinary
Purchase
1,818
9.4442574
Ordinary
Purchase
13,773
9.4082901
Ordinary
Purchase
13
9.504
Ordinary
Purchase
909
9.3653795
Ordinary
Purchase
1,480
9.4345541
Ordinary
Purchase
35
9.3877143
Ordinary
Purchase
5,183
9.4372371
Ordinary
Purchase
10,146
9.3984974
Ordinary
Purchase
18
9.399
Ordinary
Purchase
14
9.399
Ordinary
Purchase
10,295
9.3971569
Ordinary
Purchase
500
9.361
Ordinary
Purchase
309
9.356
Ordinary
Purchase
747
9.399
Ordinary
Purchase
1
9.419
Ordinary
Purchase
7
9.414
Ordinary
Purchase
6,223
9.4295035
Ordinary
Purchase
6,694
9.4540365
Ordinary
Purchase
292
9.3880137
Ordinary
Purchase
2,868
9.4295847
Ordinary
Purchase
5,958
9.3878567
Ordinary
Purchase
424
9.36
Ordinary
Purchase
2,711
9.4366249
Ordinary
Purchase
447
9.3980089
Ordinary
Purchase
2,051
9.4329693
Ordinary
Purchase
2
9.412
Ordinary
Purchase
2,330
9.399
Ordinary
Purchase
528
9.3619886
Ordinary
Purchase
13,467
9.4208703
Ordinary
Purchase
15,028
9.4027589
Ordinary
Purchase
16
9.35875
Ordinary
Purchase
2,199
9.4062256
Ordinary
Purchase
904
9.347117
Ordinary
Purchase
30,196
9.4214038
Ordinary
Purchase
1,151
9.395358
Ordinary
Purchase
44
9.4155
Ordinary
Sale
18
9.456
Ordinary
Sale
6
9.456
Ordinary
Sale
2,286
9.4325652
Ordinary
Sale
42
9.363
Ordinary
Sale
2,176
9.4350735
Ordinary
Sale
5,404
9.4311695
Ordinary
Sale
4,146
9.4046551
Ordinary
Sale
10,602
9.399
Ordinary
Sale
8,673
9.4317877
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.345
Ordinary
Sale
36
9.398
Ordinary
Sale
22
9.398
Ordinary
Sale
38
9.398
Ordinary
Sale
52
9.398
Ordinary
Sale
33,593
9.3951641
Ordinary
Sale
6,060
9.399
Ordinary
Sale
13,192
9.399
Ordinary
Sale
1,440
9.3400208
Ordinary
Sale
28,356
9.3986736
Ordinary
Sale
419
9.46
Ordinary
Sale
5,265
9.399
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.452
Ordinary
Sale
5,809
9.387058
Ordinary
Sale
305
9.4948197
Ordinary
Sale
2,160
9.3765079
Ordinary
Sale
5,482
9.399
Ordinary
Sale
5,661
9.4397986
Ordinary
Sale
931
9.392739
Ordinary
Sale
6,196
9.3943694
Ordinary
Sale
770
9.399
Ordinary
Sale
2,029
9.423
Ordinary
Sale
2,020
9.416
Ordinary
Sale
20,726
9.4064856
Ordinary
Sale
4,292
9.4259483
Ordinary
Sale
211
9.362
Ordinary
Sale
11,872
9.399
Ordinary
Sale
264
9.3320076
Ordinary
Sale
7,375,372
9.409
Ordinary
Sale
24
9.398
Ordinary
Sale
5,492
9.349898

Total Purchases
150,582


Total Sales
7,571,444

 
(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
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
30,196
9.4214038
Ordinary
Equity Linked Swap
Reducing a Short Position
7,375,372
9.409
(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:
20/01/2016
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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