Form 8.3 - BG GROUP PLC

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

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:	Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose	BG GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:	31 July 2015
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making	YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	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:		ORD
		Interests		Short Positions
		Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:	25,491,745	0.75%	21,971,748	0.64%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		6,589,028	0.19%	10,696,101	0.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	1,000,000	0.03%	1,000,000	0.03%
	TOTAL:	33,080,773	0.97%	33,667,849	0.99%

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 Form 8 (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	Purchase/sale	Number of	Price per unit
security		securities
ORD	Purchase	18	10.8300 GBP
ORD	Purchase	30	10.8275 GBP
ORD	Purchase	61	10.8925 GBP
ORD	Purchase	100	10.9500 GBP
ORD	Purchase	103	10.8400 GBP
ORD	Purchase	121	10.7800 GBP
ORD	Purchase	124	10.8200 GBP
ORD	Purchase	275	10.8850 GBP
ORD	Purchase	354	10.9775 GBP
ORD	Purchase	366	10.8937 GBP
ORD	Purchase	369	10.8075 GBP
ORD	Purchase	414	10.8651 GBP
ORD	Purchase	421	10.9725 GBP
ORD	Purchase	453	10.9050 GBP
ADR	Purchase	500	17.1200 USD
ORD	Purchase	510	10.8989 GBP
ORD	Purchase	541	10.7990 GBP
ORD	Purchase	553	10.9800 GBP
ORD	Purchase	591	10.9200 GBP
ADR	Purchase	600	17.1033 USD
ORD	Purchase	776	10.9278 GBP
ORD	Purchase	957	10.9300 GBP
ORD	Purchase	1,221	10.8950 GBP
ORD	Purchase	2,152	10.9250 GBP
ORD	Purchase	2,161	10.8994 GBP
ORD	Purchase	2,660	10.9267 GBP
ORD	Purchase	2,824	10.9400 GBP
ORD	Purchase	2,824	10.9425 GBP
ORD	Purchase	2,985	10.9650 GBP
ORD	Purchase	3,194	10.9000 GBP
ORD	Purchase	3,280	10.9700 GBP
ORD	Purchase	4,072	10.8900 GBP
ORD	Purchase	6,125	10.9254 GBP
ORD	Purchase	7,354	10.8921 GBP
ORD	Purchase	9,104	10.8999 GBP
ORD	Purchase	10,059	10.9600 GBP
ORD	Purchase	16,094	10.9253 GBP
ADR	Purchase	22,570	17.1769 USD
ORD	Purchase	23,163	10.9016 GBP
ORD	Purchase	104,745	10.9247 GBP
ORD	Purchase	111,750	10.9160 GBP
ORD	Purchase	175,361	10.9209 GBP
ORD	Purchase	442,207	10.8500 GBP
ORD	Sale	18	10.8300 GBP
ORD	Sale	26	10.8500 GBP
ORD	Sale	48	10.8284 GBP
ORD	Sale	100	10.9500 GBP
ORD	Sale	103	10.8400 GBP
ORD	Sale	121	10.7800 GBP
ORD	Sale	124	10.8200 GBP
ORD	Sale	172	10.8894 GBP
ORD	Sale	199	10.9719 GBP
ORD	Sale	204	10.8975 GBP
ORD	Sale	275	10.8850 GBP
ORD	Sale	277	10.9619 GBP
ORD	Sale	354	10.9775 GBP
ORD	Sale	369	10.8075 GBP
ORD	Sale	386	10.9218 GBP
ADR	Sale	500	17.1200 USD
ORD	Sale	510	10.8925 GBP
ORD	Sale	530	10.8968 GBP
ORD	Sale	578	10.9725 GBP
ORD	Sale	591	10.9200 GBP
ADR	Sale	600	17.1033 USD
ORD	Sale	957	10.9300 GBP
ORD	Sale	1,214	10.9800 GBP
ORD	Sale	1,316	10.9063 GBP
ORD	Sale	1,375	10.8918 GBP
ORD	Sale	1,412	10.9400 GBP
ORD	Sale	1,412	10.9425 GBP
ORD	Sale	1,863	10.7853 GBP
ORD	Sale	1,885	10.9418 GBP
ORD	Sale	2,014	10.9050 GBP
ORD	Sale	2,653	10.9850 GBP
ORD	Sale	3,693	10.9000 GBP
ORD	Sale	4,610	10.9750 GBP
ORD	Sale	6,260	10.9341 GBP
ORD	Sale	6,467	10.8950 GBP
ORD	Sale	6,548	10.9159 GBP
ORD	Sale	8,669	10.9295 GBP
ORD	Sale	9,083	10.9700 GBP
ORD	Sale	10,529	10.9576 GBP
ORD	Sale	11,772	10.9650 GBP
ORD	Sale	13,653	10.9389 GBP
ORD	Sale	17,869	10.8872 GBP
ORD	Sale	21,026	10.9319 GBP
ADR	Sale	22,570	17.1769 USD
ORD	Sale	25,098	10.9320 GBP
ORD	Sale	27,764	10.8900 GBP
ORD	Sale	30,638	10.9368 GBP
ORD	Sale	31,343	10.8964 GBP
ORD	Sale	32,402	10.9600 GBP
ORD	Sale	33,615	10.9044 GBP
ORD	Sale	36,166	10.9263 GBP
ORD	Sale	75,218	10.8798 GBP
ORD	Sale	81,229	10.9226 GBP
ORD	Sale	143,957	10.9250 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of	Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant	description		reference	unit
security			securities
ORD	SWAP	Long	819	10.9154 GBP
ORD	CFD	Long	8,945	10.9308 GBP
ORD	CFD	Long	8,593	10.8912 GBP
ORD	CFD	Long	19,552	10.8683 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Long	23,696	10.8420 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Long	66,517	10.8989 GBP
ORD	CFD	Short	200	10.9260 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Short	376	10.9560 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Short	831	10.9438 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Short	11,315	10.8970 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Short	62,453	10.8952 GBP
ORD	CFD	Short	83,095	10.9309 GBP

(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:	3 Aug 2015
Contact name:	Jay Supaya
Telephone number:	020 7773 0635

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 [e-mail]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on [phone].

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

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings	Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose	BG GROUP PLC
relevant securities this from relates:

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit
security		varying etc	to which
			option
			relates
ORD	Put Options	Purchased	-1,000,000	10.0000	American	21 Aug 2015
ORD	Call Options	Purchased	1,000,000	10.5000	American	21 Aug 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 [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Category Code: RET

Sequence Number: 477747

Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20150803T133608+0100