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21/01/2016 10:10

RNS Number : 5813M
Societe Generale SA
21 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
20/01/2016
(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: 82,332,784 Shares interests and 207,304 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:
82,360,084
2.41
207,304
0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
8,006,647
0.23
77,621,393
2.27
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
540,000
0.02
2,981,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
90,906,731
2.66
80,809,697
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
13,778
9.0423189
Ordinary
Purchase
2,993
8.976
Ordinary
Purchase
14,353
9.1866666
Ordinary
Purchase
6,254
9.0906351
Ordinary
Purchase
6,166
9.2439539
Ordinary
Purchase
673
9.11
Ordinary
Purchase
840
9.186
Ordinary
Purchase
24,380
8.976
Ordinary
Purchase
3
9.104
Ordinary
Purchase
38
9.104
Ordinary
Purchase
31
9.173
Ordinary
Purchase
6,334
9.1854057
Ordinary
Purchase
10,533
9.0462803
Ordinary
Purchase
17,476
9.117491
Ordinary
Purchase
4,598
9.1793704
Ordinary
Purchase
19,452
9.1366487
Ordinary
Purchase
117,794
8.976
Ordinary
Purchase
39,742
8.976
Ordinary
Purchase
30,904
9.1243321
Ordinary
Purchase
12,089
9.18977
Ordinary
Purchase
1,549
9.192479
Ordinary
Purchase
396
9.21
Ordinary
Purchase
2,170
9.0320922
Ordinary
Purchase
6,542
9.1318511
Ordinary
Purchase
20,479
9.1248332
Ordinary
Purchase
8,670
9.1806332
Ordinary
Purchase
11,135
9.1817719
Ordinary
Purchase
37,669
9.0272603
Ordinary
Purchase
37
9.182
Ordinary
Purchase
1,550
8.976
Ordinary
Purchase
92,694
9.1587466
Ordinary
Purchase
111,640
9.182933
Ordinary
Purchase
5,641
9.368483
Ordinary
Sale
6,596
9.173
Ordinary
Sale
1,662
9.1822696
Ordinary
Sale
211
9.1919905
Ordinary
Sale
14,635
9.1058756
Ordinary
Sale
18
9.163
Ordinary
Sale
25,237
9.1788203
Ordinary
Sale
74
9.024
Ordinary
Sale
63
9.135
Ordinary
Sale
5,721
9.102839
Ordinary
Sale
6,596
8.976
Ordinary
Sale
29
9.214
Ordinary
Sale
91
9.185
Ordinary
Sale
91
9.185
Ordinary
Sale
91
9.185
Ordinary
Sale
2,135
9.195363
Ordinary
Sale
12
9.179
Ordinary
Sale
19,607
9.183629
Ordinary
Sale
17
9.164
Ordinary
Sale
1,319
9.15
Ordinary
Sale
42
9.203
Ordinary
Sale
47
9.189
Ordinary
Sale
32
9.189
Ordinary
Sale
12,277
9.1763064
Ordinary
Sale
15,303
9.187837
Ordinary
Sale
19
9.164
Ordinary
Sale
18,419
9.1110701
Ordinary
Sale
6,326
9.0497237
Ordinary
Sale
99
9.165
Ordinary
Sale
3,104
9.191
Ordinary
Sale
9,912
9.1879998
Ordinary
Sale
6
9.158
Ordinary
Sale
3,662
9.0612944
Ordinary
Sale
4
9.154
Ordinary
Sale
56
9.154
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.063
Ordinary
Sale
18
9.162
Ordinary
Sale
31
9.013
Ordinary
Sale
1,731
9.1928481
Ordinary
Sale
7
9.164
Ordinary
Sale
24
9.161
Ordinary
Sale
8
9.161
Ordinary
Sale
32
9.161
Ordinary
Sale
17,447
9.1834734
Ordinary
Sale
3,952
9.1890511
Ordinary
Sale
1,641
9.2195612
Ordinary
Sale
600
9.108
Ordinary
Sale
21
9.108
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.131
Ordinary
Sale
16
9.233
Ordinary
Sale
768
9.074375
Ordinary
Sale
8,562
9.0407685
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.186
Ordinary
Sale
5
9.183
Ordinary
Sale
581
9.1401033
Ordinary
Sale
3,439
8.976
Ordinary
Sale
18,296
9.1873306
Ordinary
Sale
31,475
9.091219
Ordinary
Sale
16,795
9.0691586
Ordinary
Sale
52,465
9.1788669
Ordinary
Sale
8
9.156
Ordinary
Sale
33,420
8.976
Ordinary
Sale
4,185
8.976
Ordinary
Sale
91
9.205
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.154
Ordinary
Sale
9,792
9.1970016
Ordinary
Sale
5,150
9.011581

Total Purchases
628,603


Total Sales
364,079

 
(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
92,694
9.1587466
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
111,640
9.182933
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
5,641
9.368483
(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:
21/01/2016
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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