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RNS Number : 8840J
JPMorgan Securities Plc
10 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:
09 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
925,208 
1,213,069
20.2233
20.2233
19.7269
19.7100
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
2,203,125
2,125,031
20.5726
20.4850
19.9500
19.9650
(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
Long
Short
68,086 
8,176 
79,744 
5,992 
70,000 
9,509 
244 
12 
8 
604 
12,160 
1,533 
85 
1 
7 
64 
90 
1,570 
115 
6,355 
7,963 
518 
39 
8,397 
46,576 
59 
774 
8,892 
656 
393 
45,062
19.8181 
19.8797 
19.9226 
19.9783 
19.9826 
20.2263 
19.9019 
19.9163 
19.9225 
19.9334 
19.9340 
19.9737 
19.9831 
20.0120 
20.0198 
20.0119 
20.0463 
20.0597 
20.0599 
20.0846 
20.0912 
20.1035 
20.1041 
20.1320 
20.1384 
20.1635 
20.1667 
20.1861 
20.1864 
20.1954 
20.2161
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
34,000 
27,000 
664 
50,000 
9,135 
4,454 
14,698 
44,540 
30,000 
37,700 
11,135 
 
30,000 
80 
506 
269 
241 
67,250 
664 
144 
130 
394 
2,877 
60,288 
30 
5,992 
20.0375 
20.0853 
20.0900 
20.1232 
20.1403 
20.1798 
20.2302 
20.2377 
20.2481 
20.2684 
20.3606 
20.0030 
20.0398 
20.0570 
20.0660 
20.0813 
20.0842 
20.0988 
20.1050 
20.1171 
20.1242 
20.1358 
20.1954 
20.2263 
20.2630
(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 A Shares
Ordinary B Shares
Put Option
Call Option
Call Option
Put Option
Call Option
Call Option
Selling
Selling
Selling
Purchasing
Purchasing
Selling
75,000
75,000
208,500
23,500
23,500
23,500
19.6604 
21.1167 
20.3885 
18.5000
23.0000
21.0000
American
American
American
American
American
American
19/06/15
19/06/15
17/04/15
19/06/15
19/06/15
19/06/15
0.7716
0.2584
0.1528
0.3400
0.0650
0.3925
(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:
10 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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