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03/02/2016 13:20

RNS Number : 9720N
Societe Generale SA
03 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
02/02/2016
(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: 88,661,168 Shares interests and 377,507 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:
88,688,468
2.59
377,507
0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0
0.00
78,810,571
2.31
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
665,000
0.02
3,106,000
0.09
 TOTAL:
89,353,468
2.61
82,294,078
2.41
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
29
10.125
Ordinary
Purchase
25,053
10.126426
Ordinary
Purchase
4,024
10.164125
Ordinary
Purchase
13,192
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
528
10.280909
Ordinary
Purchase
264
10.16
Ordinary
Purchase
69
10.315
Ordinary
Purchase
91
10.275
Ordinary
Purchase
29,823
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
263
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
316
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
474
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
17,332
10.273308
Ordinary
Purchase
18,831
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
20,257
10.160382
Ordinary
Purchase
1,485
10.141953
Ordinary
Purchase
43,964
10.14321
Ordinary
Purchase
2,380
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
3,731
10.2842
Ordinary
Purchase
8,938
10.167857
Ordinary
Purchase
17,066
10.239968
Ordinary
Purchase
32,281
10.254701
Ordinary
Purchase
20,801
10.133455
Ordinary
Purchase
47,678
10.254652
Ordinary
Purchase
33,963
10.269422
Ordinary
Purchase
95,306
10.141699
Ordinary
Purchase
14,894
10.249435
Ordinary
Purchase
7
10.135
Ordinary
Purchase
17,751
10.138414
Ordinary
Purchase
3,172
10.147525
Ordinary
Purchase
1,170
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
305
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
3,318
10.241187
Ordinary
Purchase
1,932
10.151563
Ordinary
Purchase
25,756
10.141365
Ordinary
Purchase
1,779,661
10.147605
Ordinary
Purchase
70,000
10.1302
Ordinary
Purchase
5,997,001
10.4
Ordinary
Purchase
160,000
10.174535
Ordinary
Purchase
2,009,646
10.400001
Ordinary
Purchase
659
10.156214
Ordinary
Purchase
520
10.14
Ordinary
Purchase
70,000
10.3976
Ordinary
Purchase
50,000
10.494279
Ordinary
Purchase
57,191
10.789443
Ordinary
Purchase
20,000
10.499792
Ordinary
Purchase
3,884,505
10.4
Ordinary
Sale
617
10.130373
Ordinary
Sale
2,544
10.1234
Ordinary
Sale
374
10.135
Ordinary
Sale
233
10.23
Ordinary
Sale
264
10.18
Ordinary
Sale
8,247
10.236697
Ordinary
Sale
1,185
10.130996
Ordinary
Sale
31
10.14
Ordinary
Sale
4,704
10.271352
Ordinary
Sale
559
10.2
Ordinary
Sale
532
10.13
Ordinary
Sale
13,865
10.236592
Ordinary
Sale
49
10.135
Ordinary
Sale
25
10.135
Ordinary
Sale
2,296
10.261476
Ordinary
Sale
1,433
10.131752
Ordinary
Sale
30,504
10.236636
Ordinary
Sale
9,894
10.14
Ordinary
Sale
5,175
10.248332
Ordinary
Sale
24,292
10.145475
Ordinary
Sale
8,258
10.236925
Ordinary
Sale
29
10.225
Ordinary
Sale
4,111
10.145648
Ordinary
Sale
91
10.125
Ordinary
Sale
650
10.237323
Ordinary
Sale
2,447
10.124381
Ordinary
Sale
527
10.13
Ordinary
Sale
3,069
10.2352
Ordinary
Sale
3,720,301
10.4
Ordinary
Sale
3,632,149
10.4
Ordinary
Sale
4,196,176
10.4
Ordinary
Sale
10,241,821
10.4
Ordinary
Sale
296,781
10.4
Ordinary
Sale
1,823,811
10.4
Ordinary
Sale
4,643,853
10.4
Ordinary
Sale
3,555
10.235286
Ordinary
Sale
4,575
10.545522
Ordinary
Sale
20,000
10.5
Ordinary
Sale
57,191
10.483472
Ordinary
Sale
3
10.130923
Ordinary
Sale
3,884,505
10.4

Total Purchases
14,605,627


Total Sales
32,650,726

 
(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
1,779,661
10.15
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
70,000
10.13
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
160,000
10.17
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
70,000
10.40
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a Short Position
50,000
10.49
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a Short Position
4,575
10.55
Ordinary
Equity Linked Swap
Closing a Long position
5,997,001
10.40
Ordinary
Equity Linked Swap
Closing a Long position
2,009,646
10.40
Ordinary
Equity Linked Swap
Closing a Short Position
3,720,301
10.40
Ordinary
Equity Linked Swap
Closing a Short Position
3,632,149
10.40
Ordinary
Equity Linked Swap
Closing a Short Position
4,196,176
10.40
Ordinary
Equity Linked Swap
Closing a Short Position
10,241,821
10.40
(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:
03/02/2016
Contact name:
Olivier Vero
Telephone number:
+44 20 7676 6821 / 6969
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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