30 Dec 2015 10:46
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: | J.P. Morgan Securities plc |
(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: | 29 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 this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | Yes 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
|
Ordinary A Shares | Purchases
Sales | 1,097,566 402,975
1,067,684 282,916 | 15.6550 GBP 21.4050 EUR
15.6550 GBP 21.3800 EUR | 15.3850 GBP 21.0000 EUR
15.3850 GBP 21.0000 EUR |
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received
| Lowest price per unit paid/received
|
Ordinary B Shares | Purchases
Sales | 1,442,388 21
1,254,165 | 15.8100 GBP 21.5200 EUR
15.7900 GBP | 15.5050 GBP 21.5200 EUR
15.5350 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
|
Ordinary A Shares
| Equity Swaps
| Long
Short
| 101 47,531 1,115 5,000 1,568 3,598
47,873 8,505 7,421 3,297 1,044 152,710 42,832 3,340 16 302 | 15.4735 GBP 15.5009 GBP 15.6100 GBP 21.1229 EUR 21.2037 EUR 21.2944 EUR
15.4750 GBP 15.6383 GBP 15.6612 GBP 21.1957 EUR 21.2152 EUR 21.2205 EUR 21.2802 EUR 21.2831 EUR 21.2871 EUR 21.3266 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
|
Ordinary B Shares | Equity Swap | Long
Short
| 18,685 10,979 198 1,111
58,574 23,300 21 | 15.5983 GBP 15.6132 GBP 15.7185 GBP 15.7900 GBP
15.6140 GBP 15.7346 GBP 21.5216 EUR |
(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 (EUR) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (EUR) |
Ordinary A Shares |
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 (GBP) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary B Shares |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit
|
Ordinary A Shares |
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary B Shares |
(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) (GBP) |
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
|
(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
|
| Date of disclosure: | 30 December 2015 |
| Contact name: | Tung Le |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7272 |
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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.