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RNS Number : 8393N
Societe Generale SA
02 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
01/02/2016
(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: 106,957,554 Shares interests and 628,794 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:
106,984,854
3.13
628,794
0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
8,006,647
0.23
98,475,932
2.88
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
665,000
0.02
3,106,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
115,656,501
3.38
102,210,726
2.99
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
31338
10.51566
Ordinary
Purchase
655
10.457252
Ordinary
Purchase
2638
10.6
Ordinary
Purchase
2932
10.518472
Ordinary
Purchase
2017
10.475
Ordinary
Purchase
43190
10.526484
Ordinary
Purchase
1451
10.517739
Ordinary
Purchase
1
10.515
Ordinary
Purchase
3
10.515
Ordinary
Purchase
46344
10.514921
Ordinary
Purchase
7961
10.458994
Ordinary
Purchase
368
10.475
Ordinary
Purchase
302
10.475
Ordinary
Purchase
264
10.555
Ordinary
Purchase
6993
10.442402
Ordinary
Purchase
282
10.36
Ordinary
Purchase
11059
10.461864
Ordinary
Purchase
99
10.555
Ordinary
Purchase
1420
10.364366
Ordinary
Purchase
323
10.475
Ordinary
Purchase
2890
10.477311
Ordinary
Purchase
528
10.5225
Ordinary
Purchase
5000
10.557112
Ordinary
Purchase
21050
10.475
Ordinary
Purchase
79
10.375063
Ordinary
Purchase
1,500,000
10.420125
Ordinary
Purchase
500,000
10.4866
Ordinary
Purchase
3,000,000
10.487832
Ordinary
Purchase
57,191
10.789443
Ordinary
Purchase
20,000
10.499792
Ordinary
Purchase
772,100
10.49718
Ordinary
Purchase
180,000
10.49718
Ordinary
Sale
260
10.475
Ordinary
Sale
2306
10.449744
Ordinary
Sale
27
10.475
Ordinary
Sale
1412
10.606154
Ordinary
Sale
607
10.406911
Ordinary
Sale
16072
10.476947
Ordinary
Sale
495
10.417374
Ordinary
Sale
929
10.630194
Ordinary
Sale
31704
10.5982
Ordinary
Sale
16
10.46
Ordinary
Sale
3298
10.6
Ordinary
Sale
17
10.39
Ordinary
Sale
1600
10.47
Ordinary
Sale
771
10.381401
Ordinary
Sale
4108
10.432729
Ordinary
Sale
13929
10.440469
Ordinary
Sale
4354
10.422432
Ordinary
Sale
331
10.435015
Ordinary
Sale
8713
10.47285
Ordinary
Sale
3363
10.546131
Ordinary
Sale
99
10.385
Ordinary
Sale
8379
10.4154
Ordinary
Sale
9000
10.422336
Ordinary
Sale
21
10.447143
Ordinary
Sale
936
10.42
Ordinary
Sale
29407
10.402497
Ordinary
Sale
238
10.37
Ordinary
Sale
1
10.345
Ordinary
Sale
6007
10.414615
Ordinary
Sale
13192
10.475
Ordinary
Sale
1199
10.41633
Ordinary
Sale
67
10.385
Ordinary
Sale
322
10.46
Ordinary
Sale
13180
10.480671
Ordinary
Sale
1600
10.475
Ordinary
Sale
377
10.378833
Ordinary
Sale
9556
10.43154
Ordinary
Sale
893
10.49
Ordinary
Sale
800
10.44
Ordinary
Sale
7735
10.477048
Ordinary
Sale
5000
10.572884
Ordinary
Sale
3,000,000
1.047832
Ordinary
Sale
20,000
10.5
Ordinary
Sale
57,191
10.483472
Ordinary
Sale
772,100
10.49718
Ordinary
Sale
180,000
10.49718

Total Purchases
6,218,478


Total Sales
4,231,612

 
(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
5,000
10.56
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
1,500,000
10.42
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
500,000
10.49
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a Short Position
5,000
10.57
(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:
02/02/2016
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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