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RNS Number : 1955N
Societe Generale SA
27 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
26/01/2016
(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: 110,230,411 Shares interests and 291,813 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:
110,257,711
3.23
291,813
0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
8,006,647
0.23
105,234,861
3.08
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
665,000
0.02
3,106,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
118,929,358
3.48
108,632,674
3.18
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
15,860
9.8560712
Ordinary
Purchase
661
9.75
Ordinary
Purchase
4
9.842
Ordinary
Purchase
9
9.771
Ordinary
Purchase
4,715
9.9141043
Ordinary
Purchase
3,652
9.6103122
Ordinary
Purchase
18
9.754
Ordinary
Purchase
13,319
9.7865846
Ordinary
Purchase
3,642
9.8881082
Ordinary
Purchase
14
9.908
Ordinary
Purchase
66
9.719
Ordinary
Purchase
1,535
9.767544
Ordinary
Purchase
17,588
9.7828485
Ordinary
Purchase
2,178
9.6052319
Ordinary
Purchase
182,931
9.949
Ordinary
Purchase
482
9.9222822
Ordinary
Purchase
62
9.6970968
Ordinary
Purchase
367
9.8573842
Ordinary
Purchase
1,583
9.8900821
Ordinary
Purchase
314
9.8565924
Ordinary
Purchase
9
9.751
Ordinary
Purchase
15,604
9.8218191
Ordinary
Purchase
15,227
9.649011
Ordinary
Purchase
10,955
9.6475785
Ordinary
Purchase
28,340
9.9219848
Ordinary
Purchase
2,326
9.8698968
Ordinary
Purchase
2,359
9.8912463
Ordinary
Purchase
1,768
9.949
Ordinary
Purchase
699
9.7260944
Ordinary
Purchase
1
9.739
Ordinary
Purchase
45
9.807
Ordinary
Purchase
22
9.813
Ordinary
Purchase
11,141
9.8662463
Ordinary
Purchase
24
9.738
Ordinary
Purchase
470,632
9.79746
Ordinary
Purchase
45,000
9.828034
Ordinary
Purchase
3,750,000
9.7739
Ordinary
Sale
4,207
9.949
Ordinary
Sale
24
9.866
Ordinary
Sale
65,961
9.88645
Ordinary
Sale
4,373
9.9306494
Ordinary
Sale
9,480
9.949
Ordinary
Sale
7,558
9.7175152
Ordinary
Sale
10,976
9.8405274
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.692
Ordinary
Sale
11
9.687
Ordinary
Sale
12,472
9.6477534
Ordinary
Sale
43
9.732
Ordinary
Sale
2,570
9.6496537
Ordinary
Sale
15,509
9.6409627
Ordinary
Sale
18,446
9.949
Ordinary
Sale
12,820
9.8354789
Ordinary
Sale
1,083
9.949
Ordinary
Sale
1,655
9.6912024
Ordinary
Sale
12
9.632
Ordinary
Sale
37
9.631
Ordinary
Sale
25,117
9.6770263
Ordinary
Sale
500
9.647
Ordinary
Sale
1,682
9.6551082
Ordinary
Sale
14,884
9.875462
Ordinary
Sale
4,723
9.8388651
Ordinary
Sale
264
9.7579924
Ordinary
Sale
6,963
9.7044263
Ordinary
Sale
5,953
9.9197799
Ordinary
Sale
3,874
9.949
Ordinary
Sale
5,136
9.906816
Ordinary
Sale
10,000
9.872122
Ordinary
Sale
15,216
9.8464951
Ordinary
Sale
750
9.942

Total Purchases
4,603,152


Total Sales
262,300

 
(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
470,632
9.79746
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
45,000
9.828034
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
3,750,000
9.7739
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Long Position
10,000
9.872122
(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:
27/01/2016
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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