19 Jan 2016 10:50
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: | (GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL |
(b) 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 |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | BG GROUP PLC |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 18 January 2016 |
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader 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 - disclosed previously for BG GROUP PLC |
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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 | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | Purchases | 712,818978,278 | 18.2400 EUR13.6700 GBP | 17.7134 EUR13.3850 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | Sales | 1,648,512751,257 | 13.7250 GBP18.2200 EUR | 13.2470 GBP17.6752 EUR |
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | Purchases | 2,349,731 | 13.7200 GBP | 13.3400 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | Sales | 3,605,985 | 13.7200 GBP | 13.3350 GBP |
(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 |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 836 | 13.3850 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 900 | 13.4677 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 836 | 13.6250 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 8,367 | 17.8319 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 65,507 | 13.4199 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 4,794 | 13.4199 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 30,549 | 13.4199 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 66,175 | 13.4199 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 61,141 | 13.4350 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 4,474 | 13.4350 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 28,512 | 13.4350 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 61,763 | 13.4350 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 52,405 | 13.5400 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 3,835 | 13.5400 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 24,439 | 13.5400 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 52,941 | 13.5400 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 17,469 | 13.5615 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 1,278 | 13.5615 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 8,147 | 13.5615 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 17,646 | 13.5615 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 61,140 | 13.5616 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 4,474 | 13.5616 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 28,512 | 13.5616 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 61,764 | 13.5616 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 66,810 | 13.6273 GBP |
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 |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 500 | 13.4480 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 72,385 | 13.5047 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 9,637 | 13.5063 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 214 | 13.5451 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 127 | 13.5451 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 7,794 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 11,126 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 28,540 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 5,387 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 9,109 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 1,726 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 310,469 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 1,125 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 8,154 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 13,301 | 13.4165 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 5,566 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 687 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 3,292 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 189,732 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 1,055 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 17,441 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 6,800 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 4,763 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 4,983 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 8,128 | 13.4210 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 6,198 | 13.4343 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Reducing a short position | 7,995 | 13.4343 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Reducing a short position | 125,785 | 13.4343 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Reducing a short position | 650,000 | 13.4650 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 4,004 | 13.4786 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 3,439 | 13.4786 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Increasing a long position | 71 | 13.4786 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 |
Warrant | Put Warrant | Purchasing | 1,000 | 20.7675 EUR | AMERICAN | 31/12/2030 | 2.8900 EUR |
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 |
Warrant | Call Warrant | Purchasing | 4,000 | 15.0790 EUR | AMERICAN | 31/12/2030 | 2.7900 EUR |
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 |
Warrant | Call Warrant | Purchasing | 9,000 | 15.4418 EUR | AMERICAN | 31/12/2030 | 3.6100 EUR |
(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) |
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3. 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 exempt principal trader 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" |
NONE
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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" |
NONE
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| Date of disclosure: | 19 January 2016 |
| Contact name: | Joanna Foley and Yiannis Bardis |
| Telephone number: | +44(20) 7051 9996 / +44(20) 7774 7107 |
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.