29 Dec 2015 07:00
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: | Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC |
(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: | 24 DECEMBER 2015 |
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | Yes |
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 |
A ADSs | PURCHASES | 43,367 | 46.7700 USD | 46.2600 USD |
A ADSs | SALES | 8,396 | 46.9400 USD | 46.2600 USD |
B ADSs | PURCHASES | 1,500 | 47.1600 USD | 46.8000 USD |
B ADSs | SALES | 975 | 46.8600 USD | 46.5600 USD |
(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 |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 100 | 46.2600 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 18 | 46.2700 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 23 | 46.2700 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 400 | 46.4275 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 818 | 46.4822 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 716 | 46.4839 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 1,709 | 46.4844 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 2,012 | 46.4844 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 2,200 | 46.5415 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | LONG | 400 | 46.5800 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 3,900 | 46.4390 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 400 | 46.4425 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 234 | 46.4752 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 2,829 | 46.4887 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 300 | 46.5100 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 33,600 | 46.5312 USD |
A ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 2,104 | 46.5835 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 161 | 46.5947 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 214 | 46.5947 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 100 | 46.7500 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | LONG | 500 | 46.8310 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 100 | 46.8200 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 300 | 46.8600 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 800 | 46.8725 USD |
B ADSs | CFD | SHORT | 300 | 47.0000 USD |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 135 | 21.5121 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 713 | 21.5450 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 4,436 | 21.4826 EUR |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | LONG | 5,822 | 15.6400 GBP |
EUR 0.07 A ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 12,866 | 15.6085 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 6,600 | 15.7650 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | LONG | 733 | 15.7653 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,100 | 15.7368 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 19,476 | 15.7601 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 3,519 | 15.8024 GBP |
EUR 0.07 B ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 583 | 15.8024 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 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(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) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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.
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: 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: | 29 DECEMBER 2015 |
| Contact name: | Craig Horsley |
| Telephone number: | +44(141) 245 7736 |
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.