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    16/07/2015 11:10
    RNS Number : 2988Q
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    16 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: 
    15/06/2015
    (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
    Purchase
    1,167,175
    18.92 GBP
    18.66 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Purchase
    167
    26.1 EUR
    26.1 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    960,414
    18.9 GBP
    18.65 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,034,157
    25.83 EUR
    25.49 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,346,219
    18.66 GBP
    18.39 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,020,953
    25.83 EUR
    24.94 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,099,487
    18.62 GBP
    18.43 GBP
    ADR - ISIN 
    US7802592060
    Purchase
    2,157
    58.09 USD
    58.01 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 GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    921
    18.511 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    924,033
    18.511 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    12,478
    25.606 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    682
    25.578 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,535
    18.565 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    500
    18.565 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    720
    18.565 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    60,638
    25.497 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    19,270
    18.512 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    12,966
    18.512 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    21,530
    18.512 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,558
    18.498 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    328
    25.667 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,199
    18.493 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    126
    25.668 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    613,862
    25.668 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    6,521
    18.497 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,766
    18.497 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    644
    18.446 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    4,691
    18.41 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    20,305
    25.62 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    149
    18.547 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    45
    25.748 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    924,125
    18.511 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    22,000
    18.455 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    99
    25.747 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    301
    25.747 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    222
    25.793 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    720
    18.421 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    500
    18.391 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,212
    25.807 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,216
    18.526 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    881
    25.669 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    613,862
    25.669 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    3,766
    18.493 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    7,165
    18.505 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    6,872
    18.75 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    57
    18.803 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    675,782
    18.783 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,542
    18.783 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,547
    18.797 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    520
    18.797 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    400
    18.724 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,584
    18.797 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    5,042
    18.869 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,530
    18.765 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    2,882
    18.805 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    342
    18.869 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    2,612
    18.797 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    3,030
    18.805 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    7,013
    18.787 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    5,836
    18.787 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    4,432
    18.767 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,013
    18.689 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    677,392
    18.781 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    28,000
    18.731 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,056
    18.814 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    3,324
    18.82 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,676
    18.82 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,393
    18.676 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    7,707
    18.765 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,547
    18.684 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    920
    18.676 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    167
    26.102 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,838
    18.838 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    3,031
    18.838 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    7,013
    18.787 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    10,268
    18.769 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
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Purchasing
    250,000
    25 EUR
    American
    18/12/2015
    1.41 EUR
    (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:
    16/06/2015
    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: 
    15/06/2015
    (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
    1,484,729
    10.955 GBP
    10.79 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    1,371,515
    10.955 GBP
    10.79 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
    522
    10.886 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    500
    10.869 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,030,909
    10.869 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    5,483
    10.869 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,030,909
    10.869 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    5,526
    10.865 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,225
    10.865 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    413
    10.885 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2,217
    10.865 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    10,134
    10.885 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,717
    10.874 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    861
    10.869 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    196
    10.806 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    462
    10.83 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    865
    10.852 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    196
    10.819 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    218
    10.83 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,717
    10.852 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    218
    10.806 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    134
    10.819 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    4,595
    10.838 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,272
    10.852 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    9,267
    10.835 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,712
    10.849 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,218
    10.835 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,684
    10.849 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    8,858
    10.869 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2,681
    10.853 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    4,052
    10.89 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,568
    10.813 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    88,000
    10.825 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    29,000
    10.825 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,000
    10.825 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    19,542
    10.867 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    20,982
    10.872 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    19,647
    10.873 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    19,542
    10.888 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,335
    10.888 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:
    16/06/2015
    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. 

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