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RNS Number : 0349L
JPMorgan Asset Management
22 April 2015
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
JPMorgan Asset Management
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
N/A
(c) 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
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
Yes
BG Group PLC
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
21 April 2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser 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
BG Group PLC
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary Shares
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
24,078,759*
0.62


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
19,021
0.00


(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
24,097,780*
0.62


*In addition to the dealings in Section 3, there is a reduction in the holding of 81 ADR shares due to a transfer.
Class of relevant security:
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary Shares
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
21,151,287
0.87


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
908,679
0.04
848,980
0.03
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
22,059,966
0.91
848,980
0.03
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary Shares
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
Ordinary Share
Ordinary Share
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
ADR
Purchase
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
Sale
1,200
50,051
27
51
8
3
6
27
247
167
60
12
11
2
1
6
3,357
202
6
22
36
38
9
18
3
11
4,185
6,554
18,153
3,274
76
144
33
55
9
21.0000 GBP
21.0065 GBP
62.3080 USD
62.3090 USD
62.3100 USD
62.3500 USD
62.3530 USD
62.3540 USD
62.3550 USD
62.3560 USD
62.3570 USD
62.3580 USD
62.3600 USD
62.3950 USD
62.4000 USD
62.4050 USD
62.4100 USD
62.4110 USD
62.4330 USD
62.4380 USD
62.4390 USD
62.4400 USD
62.9300 USD
62.9350 USD
62.9370 USD
62.9380 USD
62.9400 USD
62.9410 USD
62.9420 USD
62.9430 USD
62.9440 USD
62.9450 USD
62.9470 USD
62.9500 USD
62.9600 USD
EUR 0.07 B Ordinary Shares
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
Ordinary Share
Purchase
800
21.2650 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
EUR 0.07 A Ordinary Shares
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 Shares
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





(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)



4. 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 person 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"
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
No
Date of disclosure:
22 April 2015
Contact name:
Daniel Swart
Telephone number:
0207 134 6168
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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