FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of April 2007
BG Group plc
100 Thames Valley Park Drive
Reading RG6 1PT
ENGLAND
(Address of principal executive offices)
The registrant files annual reports under cover of Form 20-F. By furnishing
the information contained in this Form the reigistrant is not also furnishing
the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
BG Group plc
A. Notification of Interests in Shares
BG Group Share Incentive Plan ('SIP') - Free Shares & Partnership Shares
On 27 April 2007 the following Executive Directors and Persons Discharging
Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) were awarded the numbers of BG Group plc
Ordinary Shares of 10p each set out below under the terms of the SIP. As a
result of these awards the beneficial interests in the ordinary share capital of
BG Group plc have increased as shown.
Free Shares Partnership Shares Revised beneficial
awarded at awarded at interest in
a price of 730.1p a price of 642.7p Ordinary 10p shares
per share per share
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Frank Chapman 410 117 436,342
William Friedrich 410 117 370,120
Ashley Almanza 410 117 177,118
PDMRS
Jorn Berget 410 117 1,346
Charles Bland 410 117 174,533
Mark Carne 410 116 1,032
Peter Duffy 410 117 103,086
Stuart Fysh 410 116 319,955
Martin Houston 410 - 268,001
Stefan Ricketts 410 117 33,338
Note: The SIP is an HM Revenue & Customs approved all-employee share scheme.
Under the rules of the SIP, partnership shares are awarded to all eligible
employees at the lower of the market value at the beginning of the six-month
accumulation period and the date the shares are acquired.
B. TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
BG Group plc also announces that it has today transferred to the Trustee of its
Share Incentive Plan 651,658 ordinary shares. The transferred shares were all
formerly held as treasury shares.
Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 161,337,692 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 3,399,967,900.
BG Group plc
27 April 2007
website www.bg-group.com
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BG Group plc
Date: 27 April 2007 By: ___Ben Mathews___
Ben Mathews
Company Secretary