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RNS Number : 9832K
GoldmanSachs International
22 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:
21 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
1,340,872
444,597
29.4500 EUR
21.2000 GBP
29.1994 EUR
20.9300 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
495,549
824,766
21.2000 GBP
29.4350 EUR
20.9350 GBP
29.2000 EUR
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
1,158,711
21.4250 GBP
21.2450 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
1,078,906
21.4100 GBP
21.2150 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 long position
3,642
21.0000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
478
21.0000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,000
21.0000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
4,101
21.0000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
478
21.1000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,000
21.1400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
81,838
29.3900 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,411
29.4308 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
18,656
29.4308 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,324
29.4308 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
15,052
29.4308 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
5,431
29.4308 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
26,604
29.4308 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,647
29.4308 EUR
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
Reducing a short position
33
21.2650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
445
21.2650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
621
21.2650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
24,579
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,843
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,224
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,657
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
635
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
10,826
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,567
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,014
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,000
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
8,686
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,141
21.2936 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
82
21.2937 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
11,494
21.2997 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
3,620
21.3022 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
445
21.3600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
645
21.3650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
3,630
21.3818 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
860
21.3004 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
810
21.3004 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
7,050
21.3004 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
360
21.3004 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
3,020
21.3004 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








(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:
22 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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