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RNS Number : 7557K
Societe Generale SA
04 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
Royal Dutch Shell Plc
(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
31/12/2015
(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 :BG Group 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:
EUR 0.07 A ordinary:11,792,366 Shares interests and 26,240,280 shares as short position
ADR (referencing the A ords): 339,178 equivalent Shares interests and 74,597 equivalent Shares as short position
Where (1 ADR = 2 ordinary shares)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
12,131,544
0.30
26,314,877
0.66
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
60,416,585
1.51
5,641,413
0.14
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
2,353,977
0.06
4,883,667
0.12
TOTAL:
74,902,106
1.88
36,839,957
0.92

Class of relevant security:
EUR 0.07 B ordinary: 1,985,637 Shares interests and 9,577,482 shares as short position
ADR (referencing the B ords): 28,000, equivalent Shares interests and 1,327,066 equivalent Shares as short position
Where (1 ADR = 2 ordinary shares)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
2,013,637
0.08
10,904,548
0.45
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
9,043,514
0.37
12,321
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
1,037,200
0.04
1,043,000
0.04
TOTAL:
12,094,351
0.50
11,959,869
0.49
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
A Ordinary
Purchase
4,889
20.69
A Ordinary
Purchase
1,898
20.69
A Ordinary
Purchase
6,960
20.69
A Ordinary
Purchase
2,024
21.0187253
A Ordinary
Purchase
1,350
21.04354444
A Ordinary
Purchase
2,567
21.02745617
A Ordinary
Purchase
37,341
21.09418816
A Ordinary
Purchase
1,572
20.9737659
A Ordinary
Purchase
146
20.97
A Ordinary
Purchase
40,450
21.195
A Ordinary
Purchase
1,820
21.195
A ADR
Purchase
148
20.95
A ADR
Purchase
290
20.98
A ADR
Purchase
150
20.95
A Ordinary
Sale
764
20.69
A Ordinary
Sale
18,401
20.69
A Ordinary
Sale
1,528
20.81
A Ordinary
Sale
641
21.095
A Ordinary
Sale
1,165
21.095
A Ordinary
Sale
10
21.075
A Ordinary
Sale
250
21.085
A ADR
Sale
2,956
20.95

Total Purchase
101,605


Total Sales
25,715

Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
B Ordinary
Purchase
14,402
20.92
B Ordinary
Purchase
3,011
20.92
B Ordinary
Purchase
145
20.92
B Ordinary
Sale
941
20.99
B Ordinary
Sale
470
20.92
B ADR
Sale
574
21.06

Total Purchase
17,558


Total Sales
1,985

  
 
(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





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
B Ordinary
Listed put warrant
Closing a Long Position
600
1.64
(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








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





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:
04/01/2016
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:
Royal Dutch Shell Plc
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
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Certificate
Sale
27
N/A
N/A
01/07/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Certificate
Sale
5
N/A
N/A
29/03/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Certificate
Sale
10
N/A
N/A
01/07/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Euro Medium Term Note
Sale
25
N/A
N/A
25/11/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Euro Medium Term Note
Sale
14,500
N/A
N/A
26/11/2018
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Euro Medium Term Note
Purchase
140,977
N/A
N/A
23/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
116,600
26
American options
21/12/2018
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
139,000
28
American options
21/12/2018
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
102,000
30
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
71,400
32
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
170,000
32
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
10,000
35
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
10,000
40
American options
21/12/2018
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
211,700
25
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
85,900
24
American options
19/02/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
170,000
26
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
225,100
26
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
50,000
25
American options
21/12/2018
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
71,500
28
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
130,500
28
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
75,000
28
American options
20/12/2019
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
177,700
30
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
35,000
30
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
98,700
30
American options
21/12/2018
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
50,000
32
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
150,000
32
American options
16/06/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
600
35
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
200,000
24
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
450,000
24
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
105,500
26
American options
15/12/2017
A ADRs
Listed call-option
Sale
50,000
52.5
American options
15/01/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
800
15
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
60,000
19
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
25,000
22
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
10,000
23
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
354,500
26
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
270,000
26
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
5,000
26
American options
21/12/2018
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
145,000
28
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
300,000
28
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
85,000
30
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
75,000
32
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
85,000
18
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
100,000
18
American options
20/12/2019
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
250,000
17
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
200,000
20
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
33,000
15
American options
16/09/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
31,000
15
American options
16/09/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
100,200
21
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
47,300
20
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
200,000
24
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
85,000
25
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
96,500
26
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
100
30
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
300,000
24
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
150,000
20
American options
15/12/2017
A ADRs
Listed put-option
Sale
27,500
60
American options
15/01/2016
A ADRs
Listed put-option
Sale
40,000
50
American options
20/01/2017
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
350,000
24
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
OTC call-option
Sale
350,000
27.4
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary
OTC put-option
Purchase
350,000
27.4
American options
16/12/2016
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
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
8,000
21
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
8,000
19.5
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
4,000
16.5
American options
15/01/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
5,000
18.5
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
5,000
19.0
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
2,000
18
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
2,000
19
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
3,000
16
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
3,000
22.5
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
8,000
16
American options
15/01/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
51,000
14
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
68,000
16
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
1,000
17.500
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
7,000
18.500
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
60,000
18
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
27,000
18
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
520,000
14
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
1,000
19.500
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
60,000
20
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
40,000
20
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
20,000
20
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
10,000
22
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
5,000
22
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
25,000
18
American options
16/12/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
30,000
17
American options
17/06/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
30,000
12
American options
15/09/2017
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
30,000
12
American options
15/12/2017
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
30,000
12
American options
17/03/2017
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
329,000
18
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
8,000
17
American options
18/03/2016
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
24,000
16
American options
18/03/2016
B ADRs
Listed put-option
Sale
633,200
55
American options
15/01/2016

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