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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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    16/07/2015 11:23
    RNS Number : 4465Q
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    17 June 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: 
    16/06/2015
    (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
    2,039,154
    10.905 GBP
    10.735 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    1,838,509
    10.905 GBP
    10.74 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
    414
    10.811 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,156,954
    10.812 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    5,483
    10.812 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,156,954
    10.812 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    42,000
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    32,707
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    10,000
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    59,293
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    7,000
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    15,000
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    12,000
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    8,000
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    10,000
    10.851 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    14,000
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    10,554
    10.81 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    3,172
    10.807 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,615
    10.805 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    67
    10.765 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    865
    10.807 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    67
    10.807 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    13,375
    10.761 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    7,310
    10.761 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    3,992
    10.799 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,271
    10.838 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    4,340
    10.785 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2,484
    10.785 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,758
    10.833 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    59,000
    10.768 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    20,000
    10.768 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,500
    10.768 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    75,600
    10.83 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    192,780
    10.83 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    31,620
    10.83 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    25,000
    10.823 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    17,858
    10.814 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    14,809
    10.816 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    4,138
    10.825 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,097
    10.816 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    555
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    555
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    3,097
    10.812 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    4,138
    10.824 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    14,809
    10.812 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    17,858
    10.812 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:
    17/06/2015
    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: 
    16/06/2015
    (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 - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Purchase
    1,627,303
    18.885 GBP
    18.545 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    1,882,086
    18.89 GBP
    18.545 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    891,898
    25.82 EUR
    25.44 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,532,896
    18.6 GBP
    18.255 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    826,035
    25.82 EUR
    25.44 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,546,815
    18.595 GBP
    18.255 GBP
    ADR - ISIN 
    US7802592060
    Sale
    3,117
    58.32 USD
    58.28 USD
    (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 GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    800
    18.7 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,060
    18.7 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    510
    18.7 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    18,240
    18.7 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    51,055
    18.7 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    3,924
    18.743 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    57
    18.778 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    793,790
    18.679 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    113
    18.676 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,610
    18.679 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    793,790
    18.676 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    26,000
    18.687 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    97
    18.752 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    937
    18.66 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    211
    18.714 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    4,753
    18.584 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    500
    18.599 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    362
    18.569 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    309
    18.584 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    191
    18.809 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    196
    18.729 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    84
    18.809 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    136
    18.729 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    84
    18.551 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    196
    18.551 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,321
    18.752 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    507
    18.781 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,278
    18.67 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,420
    18.751 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    735
    18.728 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    79
    18.722 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    14,084
    18.657 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    33,672
    18.657 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    85,864
    18.657 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    8,324
    18.621 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,657
    18.384 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    35,047
    18.468 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    54,250
    25.643 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    11,196
    25.56 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    37
    18.507 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    917,261
    18.392 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    290
    18.393 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    92
    18.393 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    917,261
    18.393 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    8,473
    25.589 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    175
    25.556 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,682
    25.681 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    206
    25.556 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,600
    25.557 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    559
    25.556 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    61
    25.556 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    592
    25.589 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    682
    25.589 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    500
    18.311 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    866
    18.318 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    51
    18.499 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    666
    25.627 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,342
    18.429 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,138
    18.429 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    3,138
    18.338 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    12,006
    18.429 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,216
    18.429 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,322
    18.405 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    859
    18.471 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    3,457
    18.417 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    565
    18.408 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    565
    18.313 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    565
    18.318 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    25
    25.581 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    306
    18.36 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    165
    18.487 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    574
    25.591 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    539,927
    25.591 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    126
    25.591 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    539,927
    25.591 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    7
    18.495 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    173
    18.495 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    11,768
    18.40
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    904
    18.33
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    282
    18.33
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    282
    18.36
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    904
    18.43
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    11,768
    18.36
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    9,630
    18.67
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    5,037
    18.66
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,409
    18.66
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,409
    18.64
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    5,037
    18.69
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    9,630
    18.64
    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 - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Purchasing
    250,000
    25
    American
    20151218
    1.41
    (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:
    17/06/2015
    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
      END
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