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09/09/2015 14:30

RNS Number : 5749Y
Societe Generale SA
09 September 2015
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
08/09/2015
(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: 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: 79,874,434 Shares interests and 458,400 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:
79,874,734
2.34
458,400
0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
6,481,481
0.19
57,400,334*
1.68
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
1,197,000
0.04
3,666,000
0.11
 TOTAL:
87,553,215
2.56
61,524,734
1.80
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
*The change in the holding of 4,400,682 shares is due to a derivative which is referenced to a basket of securities becoming disclosable for the purpose of the Code.
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
402
9.820995
Ordinary
Purchase
13,083
9.838
Ordinary
Purchase
2,102
9.838
Ordinary
Purchase
1
9.834
Ordinary
Purchase
14,634
9.838
Ordinary
Purchase
710
9.8253746
Ordinary
Purchase
279
9.798
Ordinary
Purchase
46,226
9.838
Ordinary
Purchase
27,088
9.8129572
Ordinary
Purchase
14,933
9.7657169
Ordinary
Purchase
765
9.8368
Ordinary
Purchase
18
9.806
Ordinary
Purchase
211
9.736019
Ordinary
Purchase
22,693
9.7672137
Ordinary
Purchase
45
9.751
Ordinary
Purchase
4,344
9.8306262
Ordinary
Purchase
426
9.838
Ordinary
Purchase
1,873
9.838
Ordinary
Purchase
2,957
9.838
Ordinary
Purchase
7,964
9.7580126
Ordinary
Purchase
1,404
9.8024145
Ordinary
Purchase
45
9.76
Ordinary
Purchase
500,000
9.81
Ordinary
Purchase
150,000
9.81
Ordinary
Purchase
1,100,000
9.631
Ordinary
Sale
14,287
9.8061251
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.814
Ordinary
Sale
27
9.788
Ordinary
Sale
486
9.7739918
Ordinary
Sale
6,652
9.838
Ordinary
Sale
750
9.7905333
Ordinary
Sale
18
9.851
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.856
Ordinary
Sale
341
9.838
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.797
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.798
Ordinary
Sale
1,417
9.8116344
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.796
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.798
Ordinary
Sale
412
9.825
Ordinary
Sale
891
9.7850056
Ordinary
Sale
14
9.748
Ordinary
Sale
344
9.8109884
Ordinary
Sale
81
9.775
Ordinary
Sale
6
9.801
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.801
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.814
Ordinary
Sale
4
9.814
Ordinary
Sale
6
9.803
Ordinary
Sale
4
9.807
Ordinary
Sale
4
9.804
Ordinary
Sale
50
9.738
Ordinary
Sale
60,980
9.838
Ordinary
Sale
1,302
9.838
Ordinary
Sale
14
9.813
Ordinary
Sale
5
9.795
Ordinary
Sale
5
9.793
Ordinary
Sale
189
9.838
Ordinary
Sale
3,931
9.8042959
Ordinary
Sale
233
9.8150215
Ordinary
Sale
4,440
9.7830923
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.777
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.786
Ordinary
Sale
741
9.789
Ordinary
Sale
9,985
9.838
Ordinary
Sale
570
9.7703158
Ordinary
Sale
5,370
9.7232659
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.814
Ordinary
Sale
15,020
9.8123549
Ordinary
Sale
4,428
9.862091
Ordinary
Sale
1,100,000
9.631

Total purchases
1,912,203


Total sales
1,233,025

(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
500,000
9.81
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
150,000
9.81
(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
Ordinary
Listed call option
Purchasing
100,000
13
American
18/03/16
0.05
Ordinary
Listed call option
Selling
100,000
11
American
18/03/16
0.43
(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:
09/09/2015
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
10.778
European options
06/01/2016
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
10,000
11
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
90,000
12.500
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
25,000
12.500
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
25,000
12
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
1,000
14
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
2,000
11.5
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
1,000
11.500
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Purchase
11,000
11
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
10,000
12
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
275,000
11
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
3,000
10
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
1,000
10
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
19,000
12
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
98,000
13
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
94,000
14
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
2,000
10.500
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
50,000
11.500
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
225,000
11
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
4,000
11
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
75,000
12.500
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
75,000
12.500
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
20,000
12
American options
16/10/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
75,000
12
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
95,000
12
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
144,000
12
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
50,000
13
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
1,000
13
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
250,000
6
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
14,000
6
American options
20/11/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
94,000
7.100
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
46,000
7.200
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
5,000
7.500
American options
17/06/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
1,000
7
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
30,000
7
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
20,000
8.500
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
3,000
8.800
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
10,000
8.800
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed-put option
Purchase
31,000
8
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed-put option
Purchase
6,000
9.600
American options
16/12/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
35,000
9.600
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
5,000
9.600
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
50,000
14
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
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
53,000
10
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
400,000
10
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
14,000
11
American options
18/09/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
20,000
7.500
American options
18/12/2015
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
25,000
10
American options
20/11/2015
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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