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    REG - BkofA Merrill Lynch BG Group Royal Dutch Shell - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

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    15/07/2015 17:54
    RNS Number : 3548N
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    15 May 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: 
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    (b) 
    Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
    relevant securities this form relates:
    Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
    BG Group PLC
    (c) 
    Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC
    (d) 
    Date dealing undertaken: 
    14/05/2015
    (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 
    If YES, specify which: 

    (Royal Dutch Shell 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 
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Purchase
    950,328
    11.863 GBP
    11.725 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    581,786
    11.87 GBP
    11.755 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
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,070
    11.826 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,209
    11.826 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    283,500
    11.828 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    283,500
    11.826 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    3,500
    11.853 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,995
    11.82 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    708
    11.83 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    121
    11.835 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,479
    11.83 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    429
    11.83 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    597
    11.806 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,248
    11.822 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,500
    11.828 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    380
    11.836 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    380
    11.803 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,562
    11.836 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    240,994
    11.839 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    94,359
    11.839 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    39,647
    11.839 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    47,396
    11.83
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    13,383
    11.82
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    13,383
    11.82
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    21,051
    11.83
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    26,345
    11.82
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,228
    11.84
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    3,228
    11.83
    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
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    (ii)
    Exercise
    Class of relevant security
    Product description
    e.g. call option
    Exercising/
    exercised
    against 
    Number of 
    securities 
    Exercise Price per 
    unit 
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    (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)
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    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:
    15/05/2015
    Contact name:
    Stacy Otieno
    Telephone number:
    0207 995 1335
    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. 
    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: 
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    (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: 
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC
    (d) 
    Date dealing undertaken: 
    14/05/2015
    (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 
    If YES, specify which: 

    (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 
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Purchase
    739,352
    20.66 GBP
    20.385 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    910,472
    20.665 GBP
    20.385 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    2,567,473
    20.27 GBP
    27.78 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,555,872
    20.27 GBP
    27.77 EUR
    ADR - ISIN US7802592060
    Sale
    1,845
    63.495 USD
    63.47 USD
    (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
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    3,141
    20.517 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    21,066
    20.551 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    61
    20.553 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    50,000
    20.469 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    2,538
    20.539 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    359,210
    20.537 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    359,210
    20.539 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    5,000
    20.597 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,000
    20.601 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    427
    20.526 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,608
    20.537 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,256
    20.573 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,440
    20.571 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,332
    20.551 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    491
    20.549 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,064
    20.567 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    472
    20.567 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    5,734
    20.567 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    8,881
    20.424 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    42,027
    20.555 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    17,659
    20.555 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    107,339
    20.555 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    4,312
    20.142 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    130
    20.171 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    37,067
    27.916 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,009
    27.939 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    60
    20.188 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,500
    27.96 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    374
    27.957 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,626
    27.957 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,000
    27.957 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    457,504
    20.179 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    457,504
    20.182 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,306
    20.179 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    7,500
    20.268 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    928
    28.035 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,800
    28.022 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,800
    27.887 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    3,743
    28.022 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,735
    28.057 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,130
    27.982 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    443
    28.097 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    100
    28.123 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,440
    20.212 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    644
    20.099 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    4,192
    20.265 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,613
    20.228 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,006
    20.267 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    40,106
    20.093 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    14,193
    20.205 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    7,987
    20.205 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    65
    20.205 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    800
    20.193 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    865
    20.236 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    527
    20.236 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,946
    20.067 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    433
    20.236 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    185,251
    28.02 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    185,251
    28.02 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    5,516
    20.56
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    4,503
    20.47
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,740
    20.56
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,740
    20.57
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    10,019
    20.55
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,071
    20.15
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    450
    20.07
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,621
    20.07
    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
    GB00B03MLX29
    Put Call
    Purchasing
    250,000
    18
    American
    20160318
    0.755
    (ii)
    Exercise
    Class of relevant security
    Product description
    e.g. call option
    Exercising/
    exercised
    against 
    Number of 
    securities 
    Exercise Price per 
    unit 
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    (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)
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    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:
    15/05/2015
    Contact name:
    Stacy Otieno
    Telephone number:
    0207 995 1335
    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. 

    This information is provided by RNS
    The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
      END
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