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RNS Number : 5606K
GoldmanSachs International
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:
(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(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:
BG GROUP PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
16 April 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 the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES - disclosed previously for 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Purchases
2,472,656
505,068
21.1411 GBP
29.4400 EUR
20.8250 GBP
29.0600 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
2,678,664
1,495,609
29.4450 EUR
21.1250 GBP
29.0658 EUR
20.8450 GBP
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
Lowest price per unit paid/received
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Purchases
2,654,931
21.5150 GBP
21.2200 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
2,503,383
25.5623 GBP
21.2200 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
963
21.0450 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
242,393
21.0709 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
7,607
21.0843 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
42,393
21.0843 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
7,000
21.0886 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
47,968
21.0886 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
571
21.0900 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,479
21.0900 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
963
21.0900 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
7,607
21.1140 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
42,607
21.1270 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
57,393
21.1270 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
100,000
21.1411 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
6,144
29.2213 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
3,414
29.3412 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
40,284
29.3493 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
269,906
21.0233 GBP
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
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
4,788
21.2617 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
71,494
21.2923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
109
21.3606 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,598
21.3666 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
215
21.3666 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
5,653
21.3863 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
8,654
21.3863 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
9,878
21.3863 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
14,698
21.3886 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,131
21.3905 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,975
21.3905 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,731
21.3905 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,781
21.3921 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
9
21.4210 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,825
21.4210 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
30
21.4210 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
7,478
21.4359 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,146
21.4359 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
919
21.4450 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,825
21.4450 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,743
21.4450 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,038
21.4512 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,185
21.4512 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
678
21.4512 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
919
21.4697 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
44,500
21.3586 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
50,000
21.3812 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
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
24,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
172,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
63,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
325,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
24,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
325,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
71,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
63,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
71,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
172,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.7400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
71,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
24,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
325,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
24,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
71,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
172,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
63,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
172,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
325,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
63,000
21.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
15/05/2015
0.4500 GBP
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising / exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit





(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)



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 April 2015
Contact name:
Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis
Telephone number:
+44(20) 7051 9046 / +44(20) 7774 7107
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 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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