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    REG - BkofA Merrill Lynch BG Group Royal Dutch Shell - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

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    15/07/2015 13:29
    RNS Number : 5817K
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    17 April 2015
    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: 
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    (b) 
    Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
    relevant securities this form relates:
    Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
    BG Group PLC
    (c) 
    Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC
    (d) 
    Date dealing undertaken: 
    16/04/2015
    (e) 
    In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the
    exempt principal trader making disclosures in
    respect of any other party to this offer?
    If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
    YES 
    If YES, specify which: 

    Royal Dutch Shell PLC
    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 
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Purchase
    24,828,558
    12.03 GBP
    11.865 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    22,010,206
    12.035 GBP
    11.865 GBP
    (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
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    100,000
    11.938 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    50,000
    11.917 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    100,000
    11.918 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    621,776
    11.911 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    621,776
    11.911 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    29
    11.99 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    284
    11.99 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    13,800
    11.965 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,200
    11.965 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    323
    11.895 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    480
    11.896 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    11,164
    11.9 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    15,238
    11.924 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    35,072
    11.905 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,282
    11.944 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    35,868
    11.905 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    35,072
    11.944 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    20,000
    11.931 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    20,000
    11.94 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    200
    11.934 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    130,000
    11.996 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    565,000
    11.975 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    140,000
    11.912 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    150,000
    11.984 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    50,000
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    510,205
    11.937 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    489,795
    11.937 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    794
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1203
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1305
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2772
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    11324
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    11865
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    11865
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    32519
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    44754
    11.939 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    49441
    11.938 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    50540
    11.938 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    52260
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    91033
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    157694
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    625366
    12.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    625366
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    157694
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    91033
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    52260
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    50540
    11.938 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    49441
    11.947 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    44754
    11.938 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    32519
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    11865
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    11865
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    11324
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2772
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1305
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1203
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    794
    11.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Futures
    Purchasing 
    12,000
    11.881 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
    Exercising/
    exercised
    against 
    Number of 
    securities 
    Exercise Price per 
    unit 
    N/A
    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
    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: 
    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 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
    Date of disclosure:
    17/04/2015
    Contact name:
    Stacy Otieno
    Telephone number:
    0207 995 1335
    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. 
    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: 
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    (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: 
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC
    (d) 
    Date dealing undertaken: 
    16/04/2015
    (e) 
    In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the
    exempt principal trader making disclosures in
    respect of any other party to this offer?
    If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
    YES 
    If YES, specify which: 

    BG Group PLC 
    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 
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    420,522
    29.42 EUR
    29.075 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,333,211
    21.14 GBP
    20.84 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    558,172
    29.42 EUR
    29.1 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,509,434
    21.12 GBP
    20.85 GBP
    ADR (A Shares) - ISIN US7802592060
    Sale
    942
    63.42 USD
    63.22 USD
    Common (B Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Purchase
    2,332,313
    21.52 GBP
    21.23 GBP
    Common (B Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    4,124,058
    21.52 GBP
    21.22 GBP
    (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
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    15,809
    20.715 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    43,205
    21.038 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    16,045
    29.177 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    250
    29.096 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    977,438
    21.016 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,500
    20.996 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,500
    20.996 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    5,000
    20.996 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    7,000
    20.996 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    18,500
    20.996 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    23,000
    20.996 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    987
    21.041 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    186
    21.041 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    42,450
    29.247 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    5,957
    29.33 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    15,279
    21.089 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,581
    21.001 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    6,278
    21.001 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    41,354
    21.001 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    18,930
    21.001 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    100
    21.079 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    15,809
    20.715 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    4,377
    21.056 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    92,810
    29.315 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    977,438
    21.013 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    11
    21.118 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    4
    29.405 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,211
    29.306 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,653
    29.313 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    999
    29.155 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    50,820
    29.353 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    13,312
    29.091 EUR
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    11,025
    20.868 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,581
    20.905 GBP
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,038
    29.351 EUR
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    5,148
    21.427 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    11,830
    21.416 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    16,711
    21.427 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    26,092
    21.39 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    247,000
    21.292 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    664,683
    21.352 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    31,500
    21.372 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    4,000
    21.372 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    15,054
    21.372 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    18,000
    21.372 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    2,500
    21.339 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    2,500
    21.339 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,054
    21.513 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,793
    21.339 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    27
    21.439 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    573
    21.339 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    2,455
    21.43 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    47
    21.449 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    10,215
    21.449 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    5,723
    21.449 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    7,361
    21.443 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    7,216
    21.422 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    8,908
    21.344 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    63,000
    21.424 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    245,000
    21.392 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    263,000
    21.292 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    66,810
    21.469 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    22,270
    21.469 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    218,155
    21.316 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    227,245
    21.316 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    4,870
    21.401 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    664,683
    21.35 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    22
    21.504 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    4,279
    21.253 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,053
    21.293 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,212
    21.286 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,066
    21.338 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    7,671
    21.252 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    15,474
    21.364 GBP 
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    14,041
    21.369 GBP 
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    12,242
    21.369 GBP 
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    14,041
    21.358 GBP
    Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    27,716
    21.351 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
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Purchasing
    15,000
    20
    American
    19/06/2015
    0.45
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Call Option
    Writing
    170,000
    32
    American
    18/03/2016
    0.7
    Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Writing
    170,000
    26
    American
    18/03/2016
    1.32
    (ii)
    Exercise
    Class of relevant security
    Product description
    e.g. call option
    Exercising/
    exercised
    against 
    Number of 
    securities 
    Exercise Price per 
    unit 
    N/A
    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
    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: 
    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 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
    Date of disclosure:
    17/04/2015
    Contact name:
    Stacy Otieno
    Telephone number:
    0207 995 1335
    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. 

    This information is provided by RNS
    The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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