article_snippet.sent: Hundreds of thousands of people who bought British Gas shares in the 1980s are in line for a windfall after Hundreds of thousands of people who bought British Gas shares in the 1980s investment soared in value last night.
article_snippet.sent: British Gas shares are one of the most popular in the UK due to the hugely successful
article_snippet.sent: Last night shares in what is now called BG Group rose by nearly 30 per cent to 1,153p.
article_snippet.sent: British Gas shares are one of the most popular in the UK the UK due to the hugely successful
article_snippet.sent: The rise came after the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announced plans to buy BG Group in a £47billion deal.
article_snippet.sent: News of a £47billion deal has driven up the price of shares in BG now owned by people who originally bought British Gas shares in 1986.
article_snippet.sent: In 1997 British Gas was split in two to form the oil explorer BG Group and the British Gas owner Centrica.
article_snippet.sent: The holding across the now separate companies of Centrica, National Grid and BG Group, is currently worth more than £1,604.
article_snippet.sent: The proposed Shell takeover will mean investors are now due 383p for every BG share investors own.
article_snippet.sent: the numbers’ on BG, Britain’s third largest energy company,
article_snippet.sent: Shell’s chief executive Ben van Beurden described the deal as a ‘fantastic fit’ and said the ‘logic’ to buy BG has always been there but that the falling oil price made the falling oil price a ‘whole lot more compelling’.
highlights_snippet.sent: Value rose 30% to 1,153p  after Royal Dutch Shell indicated intention to buy .
  