Recommended cash and share offer for BG group plc by Royal Dutch Shell plc
Shell plc (at the time known as Royal Dutch Shell plc) announced that the Scheme became effective and that the entire issued ordinary share capital of BG Group plc (“BG”) is now owned by Shell. This follows the Court’s sanction of the Scheme at a hearing held on February 11, 2016 and the delivery of the Court Order to the Registrar of Companies from February 15, 2016.
Scheme of Arrangement becomes effective - 15 Feb 2016
BG General Meeting - 28 Jan 2016
Shell General Meeting - 27 Jan 2016
Press release - publication of circular and prospectus
Webcasts
Video message from Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc, on the publication of the Prospectus.
Related announcements
- 15 Feb 2016 - Scheme of Arrangement becomes effective (PDF, 34 kB)
- 11 Feb 2016 - Court sanctions Scheme of Arrangement (PDF, 24 kB)
- 05 Feb 2016 - Shell's recommended cash and share offer for BG Group plc: publication of a second supplementary prospectus (PDF, 27 kB)
- 27 Jan 2016 - Shell shareholders vote in favour of the recommended combination between Shell and BG (PDF, 63 kB)
- 20 Jan 2016 - Shell’s recommended cash and share offer for BG Group plc: publication of supplementary prospectus (PDF, 303 kB)
- 22 Dec 2015 - Publication of the Prospectus (PDF, 96 kB)
- 21 Dec 2015 - Update on the recommended combination between Royal Dutch Shell plc and BG Group plc (PDF, 41 kB)
- 14 Dec 2015 - Shell updates on its intentions for the combined Shell-BG group (PDF, 52 kB)
- 14 Dec 2015 - Shell-BG recommended combination receives unconditional Chinese antitrust clearance. Pre-conditional approval process now complete. (PDF, 55 kB)
- 3 Dec 2015 - Shell-BG recommended combination receives final Australian regulatory clearance (PDF, 55 kB)
- 19 Nov 2015 - Shell-BG recommended combination receives Australian antitrust clearance (PDF, 55 kB)
- 03 Nov 2015 - Management Day November 2015 strategy release (PDF, 164 kB)
- 02 Sep 2015 - Shell-BG recommended combination receives EU antitrust clearance (PDF, 53 kB)
- 24 Jul 2015 - Shell-BG recommended combination receives Brazilian antitrust clearance (PDF, 100 kB)
- 22 Jun 2015 Royal Dutch Shell plc - Rule 2.10 Announcement - Issuance of New Shares (PDF, 30 kB)
- 16 Jun 2015 - Shell-BG recommended combination clears US antitrust hurdle (PDF, 77 kB)
- 13 May 2015 Royal Dutch Shell plc - Joint Defense Agreement on Shell and BG websites (PDF, 33 kB)
- 01 May 2015 Royal Dutch Shell plc - New Bridge Credit Facility (PDF, 31 kB)
- 8 Apr 2015 - Recommended Cash and Share Offer Announcement (PDF, 262 kB)
Memorandum and articles of association
Translations of documents for securities law purposes
- Extracts from the Prospectus translated into Italian (PDF, 469 kB)
- Extracts from the Prospectus translated into German (PDF, 794 kB)
- Extracts from the Prospectus translated into French (PDF, 161 kB)
- Extracts from the Prospectus translated into Greek (PDF, 366 kB)
- Extracts from the Prospectus translated into Spanish (PDF, 222 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 20 January 2016 translated into Italian (PDF, 30 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 20 January 2016 translated into German (PDF, 33 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 20 January 2016 translated into Spanish (PDF, 31 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 20 January 2016 translated into French (PDF, 30 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 20 January 2016 translated into Greek (PDF, 70 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 5 February 2016 translated into Italian (PDF, 129 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 5 February 2016 translated into German (PDF, 129 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 5 February 2016 translated into Spanish (PDF, 111 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 5 February 2016 translated into French (PDF, 113 kB)
- Extracts from the Supplementary prospectus dated 5 February 2016 translated into Greek (PDF, 164 kB)
Financial information
- Royal Dutch Shell plc’s annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2014 (PDF, 3 MB)
- Royal Dutch Shell plc’s annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013 (PDF, 3 MB)
- Royal Dutch Shell plc’s annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 (PDF, 2 MB)
- Royal Dutch Shell plc’s interim results announcement for the three months ended 30 September 2015 (PDF, 340 kB)
- Royal Dutch Shell plc’s interim results announcement for the three months ended 30 June 2015 (PDF, 378 kB)
- Royal Dutch Shell plc’s interim results announcement for the three months ended 31 March 2015 (PDF, 312 kB)
- BG Group plc’s annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2014 (PDF, 9 MB)
- BG Group plc’s annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013 (PDF, 9 MB)
- BG Group plc’s annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 (PDF, 8 MB)
- BG Group plc’s interim results announcement for the three months ended 30 September 2015 (PDF, 805 kB)
- BG Group plc’s interim results announcement for the three months ended 30 June 2015 (PDF, 922 kB)
- BG Group plc’s interim results announcement for the three months ended 31 March 2015 (PDF, 399 kB)
Irrevocable undertakings from BG Group plc directors
- Andrew Gould (PDF, 1 MB)
- Helge Lund (PDF, 1 MB)
- Simon Lowth (PDF, 1 MB)
- Vivienne Cox (PDF, 1 MB)
- Pamela Daley (PDF, 1 MB)
- Martin Ferguson (PDF, 1 MB)
- Caio Koch-Weser (PDF, 1 MB)
- Lim Haw Kuang (PDF, 1 MB)
- Sir David Manning (PDF, 1 MB)
- Mark Seligman (PDF, 1 MB)
- Patrick Thomas (PDF, 1 MB)
- Baroness Hogg (PDF, 1 MB)
- Sir John Hood (PDF, 1 MB)
Other offer related documents
- Co-operation Agreement (PDF, 8 MB)
- Confidentiality Agreement (PDF, 257 kB)
- Clean Team Confidentiality Agreement (PDF, 1 MB)
- Bridge Credit Facility Agreement (PDF, 7 MB)
- Agency Fee Letter (PDF, 62 kB)
- Opening Position Disclosure - Royal Dutch Shell plc (PDF, 22 kB)
- Opening Position Disclosure - BG Group plc (PDF, 17 kB)
- Joint Defense Agreement (PDF, 3 MB)
BG shareholder documents
- Shareholder Guide (PDF, 6 MB)
- Sample Form of Proxy for Court Meeting (PDF, 508 kB)
- Sample Form of Proxy for General Meeting (PDF, 508 kB)
- Sample Form of Election [Please note that if you are a BG shareholder resident, located or with a registered address in Italy, you should not access the Form of Election] (PDF, 521 kB)
- Sample Royal Dutch Shell Nominee Service Opt-Out Form (PDF, 473 kB)