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01/02/2016 14:20

RNS Number : 6675N
Societe Generale SA
01 February 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
29/01/2016
(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: 104,944,909 Shares interests and 603,015 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:
104,972,209
3.07
603,015
0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
8,006,647
0.23
96,475,932
2.82
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
665,000
0.02
3,106,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
113,643,856
3.32
100,184,947
2.93
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
19,695
10.459941
Ordinary
Purchase
4,584
10.526814
Ordinary
Purchase
9,900
10.451894
Ordinary
Purchase
5,047
10.517237
Ordinary
Purchase
4,912
10.462408
Ordinary
Purchase
1,184
10.58
Ordinary
Purchase
1,310
10.398924
Ordinary
Purchase
938
10.358657
Ordinary
Purchase
70,324
10.473558
Ordinary
Purchase
853
10.545
Ordinary
Purchase
1,351
10.422487
Ordinary
Purchase
31
10.48
Ordinary
Purchase
786
10.377341
Ordinary
Purchase
5,724
10.439388
Ordinary
Purchase
67
10.425
Ordinary
Purchase
81
10.475
Ordinary
Purchase
440
10.476795
Ordinary
Purchase
12,636
10.548365
Ordinary
Purchase
8,961
10.478048
Ordinary
Purchase
4,802
10.448224
Ordinary
Purchase
35,959
10.477845
Ordinary
Purchase
75,058
10.458511
Ordinary
Purchase
8,940
10.550522
Ordinary
Purchase
17
10.505
Ordinary
Purchase
386,127
10.540513
Ordinary
Purchase
2,614
10.511645
Ordinary
Purchase
150,000
10.47
Ordinary
Purchase
13,380
10.498224
Ordinary
Purchase
230,000
10.38283
Ordinary
Purchase
95,503
10.4275
Ordinary
Purchase
96,433
10.44764
Ordinary
Purchase
1,947
10.62753
Ordinary
Purchase
1,000,000
10.48
Ordinary
Purchase
1,000,000
10.48
Ordinary
Sale
1,937
10.544161
Ordinary
Sale
16,597
10.433361
Ordinary
Sale
18,683
10.46636
Ordinary
Sale
6,016
10.466267
Ordinary
Sale
11,124
10.451547
Ordinary
Sale
2,120
10.545
Ordinary
Sale
11
10.465
Ordinary
Sale
46,172
10.545
Ordinary
Sale
50,084
10.545
Ordinary
Sale
264
10.415
Ordinary
Sale
6,059
10.444983
Ordinary
Sale
2,310
10.47142
Ordinary
Sale
13,074
10.452698
Ordinary
Sale
5,481
10.457338
Ordinary
Sale
10,141
10.545
Ordinary
Sale
2
10.47
Ordinary
Sale
15,332
10.421327
Ordinary
Sale
4,513
10.514045
Ordinary
Sale
13,025
10.545
Ordinary
Sale
843
10.545
Ordinary
Sale
741
10.45
Ordinary
Sale
2,190
10.409982
Ordinary
Sale
219
10.51
Ordinary
Sale
58,044
10.545
Ordinary
Sale
1,796
10.43799
Ordinary
Sale
48,370
10.482272
Ordinary
Sale
41
10.485
Ordinary
Sale
1,100
10.45
Ordinary
Sale
7,260
10.4702
Ordinary
Sale
9,276
10.534042
Ordinary
Sale
81
10.385
Ordinary
Sale
11
10.495
Ordinary
Sale
3,918
10.474574
Ordinary
Sale
61
10.445
Ordinary
Sale
4,040
10.545
Ordinary
Sale
15,418
10.417968
Ordinary
Sale
8,937
10.446628
Ordinary
Sale
230,000
10.38283
Ordinary
Sale
95,503
10.4275
Ordinary
Sale
96,433
10.44764
Ordinary
Sale
1,947
10.62753
Ordinary
Sale
1,000,000
10.48
Ordinary
Sale
1,000,000
10.48

Total Purchases
3,249,604


Total Sales
2,809,174

 
(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
386,127
10.540513
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
150,000
10.47
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a Short Position
15,418
10.417968





(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:
01/02/2016
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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