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RNS Number : 8563K
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
21 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: 
20/04/2015
(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
1,887,155
12 GBP
11.9 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
1,559,174
11.995 GBP
11.9 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
Long
150,000
11.947 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
50,000
11.947 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
494,695
11.957 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
2,717
11.957 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
494,695
11.957 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
32,000
11.966 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
11,200
11.94 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
6,800
11.94 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
20,495
11.965 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
15,000
11.967 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
316
11.984 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
248
11.984 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
88
11.974 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
301
11.961 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
23,450
11.957 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
7,834
11.955 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
891
11.965 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
5,766
11.954 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
27,443
11.959 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,571
11.959 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
9,557
11.961 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
121
11.962 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
100
11.963 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,053
11.937 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
330,000
11.971 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
220,000
11.971 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
52,871
11.96 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
29,729
11.957 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
27,097
11.957 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
29,729
11.959 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
79,968
11.954 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:
21/04/2015
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: 
20/04/2015
(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
854,653
29.485 EUR
29.1 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
910,080
21.215 GBP
21.03 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
905,303
29.485 EUR
25.9 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
977,368
21.21 GBP
21.015 GBP
ADR (A Shares) - ISIN US7802592060
Sale
1,071
62.85 USD
62.815 USD
Common (B Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Purchase
937,272
21.51 GBP
21.36 GBP
Common (B Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,233,594
21.52 GBP
21.37 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
30,022
21.152 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
19,240
29.43 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,500
21.129 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
546,154
21.138 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,489
21.138 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,000
21.118 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,184
29.399 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
384
29.419 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
6,248
29.337 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
13,529
29.389 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
18,436
29.374 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
138
29.334 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
245
29.334 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,038
29.334 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
11,264
21.124 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
9,712
21.124 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
5,256
21.155 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,149
21.125 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
5,150
29.3 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
343
21.135 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
546,154
21.135 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,791
21.097 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
427
21.097 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
21,001
29.427 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
293
29.412 EUR
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
25,130
21.18 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
5,555
21.139 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
9,712
21.125 GBP
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
16,520
21.141 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
4,602
21.433 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
6,915
21.433 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
183
21.433 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
684,982
21.451 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3,400
21.464 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
2,857
21.451 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
2,236
21.454 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
65
21.455 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
97,988
21.418 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
146,982
21.418 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
22,031
21.451 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
12,567
21.455 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
7,655
21.451 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
193
21.416 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3,500
21.462 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
948
21.448 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
684,982
21.448 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
5,000
21.442 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
12,498
21.468 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
5,518
21.468 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
920
21.457 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
8,908
21.459 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
75,000
21.507 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
7,216
21.459 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
9,091
21.459 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3,431
21.454 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
7,361
21.459 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,737
21.459 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
508
21.459 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2,024
21.454 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
28,611
21.459 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
7,014
21.459 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
4,554
21.459 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
914
21.455 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
20,222
21.451 GBP
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
22,031
21.451 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
Call Option
Purchasing
6,600
22.5
American
18/07/2015
0.2313
Common (A Shares) - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Call Option
Purchasing
6,600
22.5
American
18/07/2015
0.2355
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Call Option
Purchasing
10,000
21.5
American
16/05/2015
0.44
Common (B shares) - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Put Option
Purchasing
10,000
21
American
16/05/2015
0.45
(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:
21/04/2015
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. 

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