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RNS Number : 3387N
Societe Generale SA
28 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
27/01/2016
(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: 105,857,625 Shares interests and 294,327 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:
105,884,925
3.10
294,327
0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
8,006,647
0.23
97,302,712
2.85
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
665,000
0.02
3,106,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
114,556,572
3.35
100,703,039
2.95
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
65,994
10.239536
Ordinary
Purchase
750
9.891
Ordinary
Purchase
203
10.295
Ordinary
Purchase
237
10.02
Ordinary
Purchase
4,066
9.8548844
Ordinary
Purchase
380
10.07
Ordinary
Purchase
24,428
10.10843
Ordinary
Purchase
1,731
10.157845
Ordinary
Purchase
3,973
9.894586
Ordinary
Purchase
4,883
10.147014
Ordinary
Purchase
12,928
10.152628
Ordinary
Purchase
1,205
9.8273029
Ordinary
Purchase
10,332
10.219322
Ordinary
Purchase
3,782
9.7908567
Ordinary
Purchase
1,350
9.8842741
Ordinary
Purchase
23,287
10.138409
Ordinary
Purchase
750
9.887
Ordinary
Purchase
32
10.295
Ordinary
Purchase
46,813
10.295
Ordinary
Purchase
937,939
9.845409
Ordinary
Purchase
1,283
10.202003
Ordinary
Purchase
1,024,480
9.86517
Ordinary
Purchase
60,000
9.859195
Ordinary
Purchase
2,900,722
9.7672802
Ordinary
Sale
13,192
10.295
Ordinary
Sale
17,505
10.120365
Ordinary
Sale
2,004
9.9829741
Ordinary
Sale
27,553
9.8803243
Ordinary
Sale
253
10.11502
Ordinary
Sale
38,616
10.295
Ordinary
Sale
7,420
10.098336
Ordinary
Sale
1,000
10.14702
Ordinary
Sale
11,874
10.295
Ordinary
Sale
66
9.939
Ordinary
Sale
4
9.901
Ordinary
Sale
648
9.9129938
Ordinary
Sale
7,090
10.295
Ordinary
Sale
461
10.115011
Ordinary
Sale
12,340
10.295
Ordinary
Sale
81
9.895
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.971
Ordinary
Sale
3
9.763
Ordinary
Sale
73
9.772
Ordinary
Sale
3,177
10.13186
Ordinary
Sale
6,488
9.9120391
Ordinary
Sale
4,413
10.136779
Ordinary
Sale
11,640
9.8783677
Ordinary
Sale
395
9.8230127
Ordinary
Sale
16,479
9.9498643
Ordinary
Sale
3,956
10.11094
Ordinary
Sale
2,565
9.9601676
Ordinary
Sale
1,376
9.884782
Ordinary
Sale
8,696,799
9.918
Ordinary
Sale
60,000
9.961721
Ordinary
Sale
556,875
9.984716
Ordinary
Sale
2,501
10.295

Total Purchases
5,131,548


Total Sales
9,506,848

 
(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
937,939
9.845409
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
1,024,480
9.86517
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
60,000
9.859195
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
2,900,722
9.7672802
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a Short Position
60,000
9.961721
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a Short Position
556,875
9.984716
Ordinary
Equity Linked Swap
Expiry
12,238,415
N/A
(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:
28/01/2016
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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