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RNS Number : 7626J
JPMorgan Securities Plc
09 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:
J.P. Morgan Securities plc
(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:
08 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 this offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
Yes
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
(GBP)
Lowest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
Ordinary A Shares
Purchases
Sales
2,407,759
3,314,316
20.8777
20.7826
19.7843
19.7550
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
Lowest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
Ordinary B Shares
Purchases
Sales
3,240,977
3,807,320
21.5600
21.5582
20.1000
20.1000
(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
(GBP)
Ordinary A Shares
Equity Swaps
Futures
Long
Short
Long
5,993
16,700
1,721
1
2,021
22,594
110
8,618
305
2,400
1,419
13
88
70
16,200
90
29
33
41
90,000
40,000
832
68,000
2,723
202
493
1,266
300
16,652
820
136
12,605
1,373
17,395
280,090
767
13,574
26,426
40,000
50,000
19.7734
19.8203
20.0781
20.1703
20.1783
20.2015
20.2691
20.3275
20.3325
20.3340
20.3425
20.3458
20.3673
20.4050
20.4143
20.4407
20.4680
20.4724
20.4942
19.7609
19.7787
19.8199
20.0666
20.1799
20.3455
20.3584
20.4076
20.4110
20.4125
20.4252
20.4276
20.4421
20.4514
20.4644
20.4818
20.4937
20.5528
20.5708
20.7402
1.0318
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
(GBP)
Ordinary B Shares
Equity Swaps
Long
Short
16,656
187
25,500
27,500
218
289
4
543
180
15,589
491
15
482
6,062
799
365,228
99
93,534
113
187,068
32,000
106
125,210
35,000
187,068
5,993
788
27,500
10,000
40,051
30,000
50,000
10,000
20.1849
20.1934
20.2056
20.2306
20.2637
20.2805
20.3130
20.3486
20.3978
20.4243
20.4514
20.4566
20.4710
20.4932
20.5083
20.5270
20.5355
20.6020
20.6482
20.7492
20.8175
20.8197
20.8219
20.8990
20.9790
20.1947
20.1950
20.2271
20.5041
20.6216
20.8360
20.8370
21.1516
(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 (GBP)
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP)
Ordinary B Shares
Call Option
Purchasing
89,000
19.5000
American
17/07/15
1.1600
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
(GBP)





(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) 
(GBP)



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:
09 April 2015
Contact name:
Jasper Niesing
Telephone number:
020 7742 4613
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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