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RNS Number : 2543I
AllianzGI-Global Equity Business
07 December 2015
  FORM 8.3
PUBLIC 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:
Allianz Global Investors - Global Equity Business Unit
(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.

(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:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
 04 December 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
(incl. A ADRs)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
43,764,056
1.11%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
16,000
0.00003%
143,000
0.004%
 TOTAL:
43,780,056
1.11%
143,000
0.004%
Class of relevant security:
EUR 0.07 B ordinary shares
(incl. B ADRs)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
10,553,900
0.43%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




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


70,000
0.003%
 TOTAL:
10,553,900
0.43%
70,000
0.003%
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
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit (USD)
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
58
48.8790
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
231
48.5891
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
652
48.5437
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
94
48.4793
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
464
48.4648
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
79
48.4616
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
163
48.4330
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
186
48.4292
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
115
48.4090
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
61
48.4043
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
119
48.3991
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
938
48.3892
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
348
48.3891
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
98
48.3792
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
92
48.3791
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
92
48.3789
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
321
48.3641
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
91
48.3515
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
44
48.3291
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
400
48.3191
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
5
48.3180
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
59
48.2593
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
87
48.2441
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
599
48.2440
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
353
48.2432
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
1,441
48.2430
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
123
48.2429
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
623
48.2393
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
1,018
48.2392
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
93
48.2391
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
124
48.2340
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
157
48.2332
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
122
48.2240
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
492
48.1991
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
30
48.1990
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
102
48.1891
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
92
48.1739
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
499
48.1715
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
513
48.1691
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
161
48.1591
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
133
48.1491
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
464
48.1299
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
383
47.9765
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
142
47.9491
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
124
47.9291
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
711
47.9005
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Sale
414
47.8739
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
806
47.8498
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
60
47.8500
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
1,785
47.8850
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
11
47.8855
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
230
48.1400
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
20
48.2000
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
165
48.2250
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
15
48.2253
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
10
48.2480
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
6
48.3533
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
1,044
48.3535
EUR 0.07
A type ADRs
Purchase
50
48.3536
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
EUR 0.07 A ordinary shares
Sale
16,691
16.2178 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary shares
Purchase
19,219
22.7148 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary shares
Purchase
51,000
16.2500 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary shares
Purchase
18,000
22.7929 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary shares
Purchase
25,000
22.7919 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary shares
Purchase
870
16.2950 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




(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"
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"
None
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
YES
Date of disclosure:
07 December 2015
Contact name:
Sujith Sudevan
Telephone number:
+44 (0) 20 3246 7578
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
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
Identity of person whose open positions are being disclosed:
Allianz Global Investors - Global Equity Business Unit
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:
Royal Dutch Shell Plc
2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Written or purchased
Number of securities to which option or derivative relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g.American, European etc.
Expiry date
A type shares
Call Option
Written
68,000
EUR 30 
American
18 Dec 2015
A type shares
Call Option
Written
75,000
EUR 25.5
American
18 Dec 2015
A type shares
Call Option
Purchased
16,000
EUR 30 
American
18 Dec 2015
B type shares
Put Option
Purchased
36,000
GBP 20
American
18 March 2016
B type shares
Put Option
Purchased
34,000
GBP 22
American
18 March 2016
3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:
It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences ("CFDs") or spread bets.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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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