7 Jan 2016 16:38
Amendment - due to the amendment of Equity and Derivative transactions, the disclosure made on 02 Dec for dealings on 01 Dec has been updated. Sections 2(a) and 2(b) have been updated.
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: | 01 December 2015 |
(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 | 74,496377,845 | 23.7750 EUR16.5650 GBP | 23.4850 EUR16.4000 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | Sales | 480,05198,059 | 16.5750 GBP23.7600 EUR | 16.3662 GBP23.4550 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 | 863,599 | 16.7050 GBP | 16.5000 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | Sales | 1,049,090 | 16.7050 GBP | 16.4950 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 | Increasing a long position | 100 | 16.3900 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 1,399 | 16.4400 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 140,706 | 16.4401 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 100 | 16.4450 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 2,130 | 16.4634 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 300 | 16.4634 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 7,670 | 16.4634 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 1,399 | 16.4650 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 12,079 | 16.4815 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 874 | 23.6025 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Reducing a short position | 96 | 23.6450 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Reducing a short position | 67 | 23.6450 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Reducing a short position | 34 | 23.6450 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Reducing a short position | 175 | 23.6450 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Opening a short position | 370 | 23.6500 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Opening a short position | 24 | 23.6500 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Opening a short position | 23 | 23.6500 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Opening a short position | 41 | 23.6500 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | SWAP | Opening a short position | 46 | 23.6500 EUR |
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 | 100 | 16.5200 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 5,700 | 16.5712 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 66,810 | 16.5774 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 4,972 | 16.5775 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 4 | 16.5863 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 2,685 | 16.5865 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 54 | 16.5929 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 228 | 16.5929 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 2,488 | 16.5932 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 7,883 | 16.5932 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 5,900 | 16.5941 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 680 | 16.5955 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 1,069 | 16.5958 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 18,234 | 16.5990 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 3,020 | 16.5998 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 8,729 | 16.6009 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 606 | 16.6009 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 134 | 16.6050 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 187 | 16.6050 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 319 | 16.6050 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 602 | 16.6050 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 204 | 16.6050 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 602 | 16.6050 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 5,995 | 16.6050 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 238 | 16.6050 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 830 | 16.6060 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 711 | 16.6111 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 124 | 16.6111 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,117 | 16.6111 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,573 | 16.6111 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 959 | 16.6111 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,800 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 474 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,741 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,823 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 127 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 836 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,192 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 4,198 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 4,177 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 100 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 31 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 432 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2 | 16.6388 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 1,389 | 16.5841 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 80,034 | 16.5841 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 290 | 16.5841 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 5,892 | 16.5841 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 206,088 | 16.6096 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 746 | 16.6096 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 15,173 | 16.6096 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Opening a long position | 3,575 | 16.6096 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | SWAP | Reducing a long position | 22,270 | 16.6506 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) |
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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: | 7 January 2015 |
| Contact name: | Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis |
| Telephone number: | +44(20) 7051 9046 / +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.