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RNS Number : 6422P
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
09 June 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
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: 
08/06/2015
(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
Sale
1,118,504
19.275 GBP
19 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Purchase
1,172,677
19.275 GBP
19 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,250,165
26.455 EUR
25.905 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,308,766
19.14 GBP
18.86 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,144,746
26.463 EUR
25.91 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,311,924
19.135 GBP
18.855 GBP
ADR - ISIN US7802592060
Sale
1020
58.325 USD
58.325 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
Short
3,837
19.143 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
11,092
19.132 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
60
19.128 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
638,025
19.16 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
639,010
19.158 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
25,000
19.057 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,261
19.19 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
396
19.024 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
22
19.134 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
249
19.157 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
55
19.186 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
196
19.186 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
135
19.157 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
196
19.157 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
249
19.066 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
255
19.264 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,407
19.133 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2,639
19.128 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
191
19.128 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,360
19.15 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
600
19.089 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
534
25.932 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
7,753
26.081 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
21
26.111 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
386
25.933 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,300
19.006 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,843
19.006 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,730
18.884 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,012
18.894 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
500
18.876 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,589
18.868 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
834
19.014 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
374
19.021 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
44
19.021 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
75
18.944 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
374
18.944 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,004
26.078 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
5,198
26.135 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
5,796
26.146 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
6,434
26.102 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
400
25.918 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
400
25.921 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,524
25.936 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,021
19.043 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
492
18.981 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,726
19.018 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,000
19.058 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
461
18.982 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
8,607
19.077 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,853
19.077 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
461
19.077 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
25
19.074 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
100
19.045 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
468
19.064 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
380
18.955 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
361,878
26.083 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
706
26.083 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
361,878
26.083 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
5
26.083 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
560
19.042 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
100
19.085 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,850
18.975 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
34,000
19.031 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,253
19.06 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
209
19.048 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
59,108
26.111 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,197
26.064 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
161
19.018 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
166
26.028 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
761,541
19.018 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
761,541
19.016 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
24,000
18.951 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,098
26.015 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
15,571
26.015 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
277
26.015 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
596
26.081 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,004
26.081 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,004
26.078 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
534
26.081 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,100
25.911 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,140
19.07569
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
648
19.07569
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
42
19.105
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
690
19.04578
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,140
19.05964
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
8,681
19.18028
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
2,908
19.16789
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
873
19.18028
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3,781
19.18414
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
8,681
19.17413
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Futures
Short
150,000
1.49 EUR
(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:
09/06/2015
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
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: 
08/06/2015
(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
2,410,372
11.14 GBP
10.97 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
2,367,887
11.14 GBP
10.97 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
Long
411
11.049 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
137
11.071 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
657
11.074 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
6,104
11.078 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
18,115
11.032 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
576
11.032 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
10,155
11.032 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
5,023
11.032 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
14,333
11.093 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
5,338
11.038 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
14,334
11.051 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
5,054
11.019 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
10,000
11.069 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
3,800
11.02 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,232
11.022 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
744
11.104 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
744
11.022 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
395
10.969 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,046,693
11.051 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,048,272
11.051 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
9,332
10.97 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
944
11.029 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
31
11.029 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
657
11.071 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
4,576
11.042 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
31
11.042 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
411
11.042 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
4,576
11.071 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
28,666
11.058 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
26,428
11.064 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
11,276
11.064 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,082
11.065 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,082
11.065 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
11,276
11.062 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
55,094
11.055 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:
09/06/2015
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. 

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