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RNS Number : 9139M
Societe Generale SA
25 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
22/01/2016
(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: 89,574,060 Shares interests and 261,583 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:
89,601,360
2.62
261,583
0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
8,006,647
0.23
84,717,392
2.48
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
665,000
0.02
3,106,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
98,273,007
2.88
88,084,975
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
1,245
9.708
Ordinary
Purchase
3,351
9.7364936
Ordinary
Purchase
8,109
9.7143433
Ordinary
Purchase
29
9.796
Ordinary
Purchase
15,020
9.802
Ordinary
Purchase
7,539
9.8271521
Ordinary
Purchase
240
9.677
Ordinary
Purchase
22,378
9.824352
Ordinary
Purchase
3,539
9.6881407
Ordinary
Purchase
285
9.854
Ordinary
Purchase
5,062
9.7103722
Ordinary
Purchase
6,596
9.802
Ordinary
Purchase
7,465
9.8153851
Ordinary
Purchase
8,375
9.802439
Ordinary
Purchase
81,453
9.8231591
Ordinary
Purchase
2,502
9.674
Ordinary
Purchase
9,877
9.802
Ordinary
Purchase
9,337
9.802
Ordinary
Purchase
800
9.62
Ordinary
Purchase
1,300
9.799
Ordinary
Purchase
374
9.8540107
Ordinary
Purchase
53
9.792
Ordinary
Purchase
44,107
9.8244059
Ordinary
Purchase
859
9.727
Ordinary
Purchase
5,128
9.803371
Ordinary
Purchase
2,670,621
9.8273
Ordinary
Purchase
7,169
9.646291
Ordinary
Purchase
500,000
9.054525
Ordinary
Purchase
340,000
9.058
Ordinary
Purchase
1,000,000
9.0707
Ordinary
Purchase
500,000
9.067832
Ordinary
Purchase
1,300,000
9.0602969
Ordinary
Purchase
17,357
9.135744
Ordinary
Purchase
550,000
9.026948
Ordinary
Purchase
9,119
9.022059
Ordinary
Sale
1,300
9.6497462
Ordinary
Sale
1,067
9.8118557
Ordinary
Sale
25,351
9.650325
Ordinary
Sale
889
9.802
Ordinary
Sale
23,917
9.6428244
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.657
Ordinary
Sale
3,328
9.8088528
Ordinary
Sale
4,024
9.6678007
Ordinary
Sale
1,381
9.8322448
Ordinary
Sale
41,718
9.650594
Ordinary
Sale
24,467
9.7019594
Ordinary
Sale
2,181
9.6058505
Ordinary
Sale
58
9.782
Ordinary
Sale
35,514
9.6832902
Ordinary
Sale
30,441
9.7988435
Ordinary
Sale
421
9.802
Ordinary
Sale
1,485
9.801138
Ordinary
Sale
13,959
9.8092393
Ordinary
Sale
15,000
9.8273333
Ordinary
Sale
446
9.782
Ordinary
Sale
457
9.7958928
Ordinary
Sale
3
9.853
Ordinary
Sale
57
9.811
Ordinary
Sale
3
9.816
Ordinary
Sale
700
9.6543571
Ordinary
Sale
34,942
9.8267932
Ordinary
Sale
3,957
9.587
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.623
Ordinary
Sale
6,256
9.710957
Ordinary
Sale
13,192
9.802
Ordinary
Sale
11,400
9.802
Ordinary
Sale
2,638
9.587
Ordinary
Sale
32,279
9.671616
Ordinary
Sale
68
9.688
Ordinary
Sale
34,439
9.6721307
Ordinary
Sale
140
9.8197857
Ordinary
Sale
18
9.701
Ordinary
Sale
743
9.7769987
Ordinary
Sale
3,230
9.802
Ordinary
Sale
44,278
9.678869
Ordinary
Sale
72
9.727
Ordinary
Sale
38
9.727
Ordinary
Sale
2,120
9.842
Ordinary
Sale
58
9.707
Ordinary
Sale
223
9.656009
Ordinary
Sale
1,250
9.822032
Ordinary
Sale
1,689
9.8564002
Ordinary
Sale
214
9.8170561
Ordinary
Sale
20,666
9.6527523
Ordinary
Sale
35,000
9.812713
Ordinary
Sale
45,000
9.8
Ordinary
Sale
20
9.781
Ordinary
Sale
464
9.596

Total Purchases
7,139,289


Total Sales
522,563

 
(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
2,670,621
9.827300
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
500,000
9.054525
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
340,000
9.058000
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
1,000,000
9.070700
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
500,000
9.067832
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
1,300,000
9.060297
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
17,357
9.135744
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
550,000
9.026948
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
9,119
9.022059
(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
Ordinary
Listed Call-option
Purchasing
125,000
9.5
American
18/03/16
0.895
Ordinary
Listed Call-option
Selling
125,000
11
American
18/03/16
0.270
(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:
25/01/2016
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
Purchase
125,000
9.5
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
125,000
11
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 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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