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FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BYA PERSON
WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORERule
8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: MFS Investment Management, Inc.
(b) Owner or controller
of interests and short
positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee
or vehicle companies
is insufficient. For a
trust, the trustee(s), settlor and
beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree BG Group Plc
in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for
each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected
with an offeror/offeree,
state this and specify identity
of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing 26 November 2015
undertaken:
For an opening position disclosure,
state the latest
practicable date prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in YES - Royal Dutch Shell Plc
1(c) above, is the discloser
making disclosures in respect of
any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible
cash offer, state "N/A"
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 10p ordinary + ADRs(as-converted on a 1:1 basis)
security:
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities 52,878,246 1.55%
owned
and/or controlled:
(2) Cash-settled
derivatives:
(3) Stock-settled
derivatives
(including options)
and agreements to
purchase/DEALING:
TOTAL: 52,878,246 1.55%
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/DEALING Number of securities Price per unit
security
ADR Purchase 795 15.2400 USD
(b)Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant Product Nature of Number of reference Price per unit
security description dealing securities
e.g. CFD e.g.
opening/closing
along/short
position,
increasing/reducing
along/short
position
(c)Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number Exercise price Type Expiry date Option money
relevant descriptione.g. purchasing, of securities per unit e.g. American, paid/
security call selling, to European etc. received
option varying etc. which option per unit
relates
(ii)Exercise
Class of relevant Product Exercising/ Number Exercise price
security description exercised of securities per unit
e.g. call against
option
(d)Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealinge.g. Details Price per unit (if
security subscription, applicable)
conversion
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"
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"
None
(c)Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 27 November 2015
Contact name: Robert R. Flaherty
Telephone number: 617-954-5814
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.
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